(2022-07-26). American Federation of Teachers convention: In service of American capitalism's COVID-19 coverup, strike suppression, and war plans. wsws.org The American Federation of Teachers biennial convention towed the Democratic Party line in regard to covering up the pandemic, supporting war against Russia, and suppressing the working class through the trade union apparatus.
(2022-07-26). The Biden administration's new policy: Everyone will get COVID. wsws.org White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said yesterday during a brief on President Biden's recovery that everyone is going to get COVID-19, explicitly stating the reactionary shift in the response to the coronavirus and the pandemic.
(2022-07-26). Biden Presses Chip Legislation in Meeting With Lockheed CEO. news.antiwar.com President Biden and Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen Hicks The legislation, known as the CHIPS Act,
(2022-07-26). AB 1655 – California Juneteenth Holiday Bill, "Official" vs. "Optional" indybay.org The State of California Legislature is considering Assembly Bill 1655, amended several times, yet still "official" vs. "optional" is the salient consideration. Governor Newsom can help align California Law with Federal Law or sign a separate and unequal "California Grown" construct without consideration for our unique "California Journey from Slavery to Freedom." Nearly 2,000 United States Colored Troops served from California in the bloody and costly US Civil War. USCT were reportedly part of the margin for victory that helped preserve the Union, while ending "legal" slavery throughout America. Slavery in Califo…
(2022-07-26). The Power Troika Trumps Biden in West Asia. orinocotribune.com By Pepe Escobar Jul 20, 2022 | The presidents of Russia, Iran, and Turkey convened to discuss critical issues pertaining to West Asia, with the illegal US occupation of Syria a key talking point. Oil and gas, wheat and grains, missiles and drones — the hottest topics in global geopolitics today — were all on the agenda in Tehran this week. | The Tehran summit uniting Iran-Russia-Turkey was a fascinating affair in more ways than one. Ostensibly about the Astana peace process in Syria, launched in 2017, the summit joint statement duly noted that Iran, Russia and (recently rebranded) Turkiye will c…
(2022-07-26). Fidel Castro: El 26 de julio comenzó la última y definitiva etapa por la independencia nacional (+Video). cubadebate.cu Aquel 26 de Julio de 1953 que fue la culminación del esfuerzo de un grupo de jóvenes llenos de ideales que se lanzaron hacia aquella lucha desigual y difícil. Y aquello no fue más que el inicio, el inicio de una lucha de siete años, porque así son los frutos que los hombres deben adquirir con su esfuerzo. A continuación Cubadebate y el sitio Fidel Soldado de las Ideas expone a través de Fidel Castro diferentes análisis realizados en entrevistas y discursos sobre el Asalto al Cuartel Moncada.
(2022-07-26). Biden declares Washington D.C. cops the heroes of January 6. wsws.org In pre-taped and edited remarks to the National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives, Biden falsely claimed that someone "can't be pro-insurrection and pro-cop."
(2022-07-26). California Juneteenth Holiday "Official" or "Optional" indybay.org Adding a California Juneteenth Freedom Day as an official Holiday for the Great State of California is the desired goal to align with our Federal Juneteenth Holiday, building upon our unique journey documented 20 years ago in AB 1749 (Longville)…
(2022-07-26). How the January 6 hearing covered up Trump's co-conspirators. wsws.org Last Thursday's event whitewashed the role of the Pentagon, the Department of Homeland Security, and various Trump aides who supported the attack on the US Capitol.
(2022-07-26). Who will Britain's Next Leader Be? 3rd female Prime Minister or the 1st PM of Indian Origin? juancole.com Oxford (Special to Informed Comment) The two candidates selected by the Conservative members of the British Parliament to replace Boris Johnson, Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak, went head-to-head in their first TV debate organized by the BBC on Monday night, 25 July. The new selection of Conservative Party leader and therefore Prime Minister comes …
(2022-07-26). The New Middle East, Same as the old Middle East The Meaning of Biden's Trip. juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) Assessing President Biden's Trip to the Middle East. Thanks to Margot Patterson at KKFI for having me on to discuss President Biden's trip a couple of weeks ago to the Middle East. Listen here, beginning 2: : The interview references this article at Informed Comment, "Bin Salman: US Whitewashed Israeli Killing …
(2022-07-26). Palestinian Authority Leader Mahmoud Abbas Is Endorsing an Altered Status Quo After Biden's Visit. globalresearch.ca All Global Research articles can be read in 51 languages by activating the "Translate Website" drop down menu on the top banner of our home page (Desktop version). | To receive Global Research's Daily Newsletter (selected articles), Follow …
(2022-07-26). The Human Rights Price of Biden's Visit to Jeddah. juancole.com Adam Coogle, Deputy Director, Middle East and North Africa Division | | ( With President Biden publicly abandoni…
(2022-07-26). "My entire store plans on voting no"—Significant opposition from Ohio Kroger workers to UFCW-backed contract. wsws.org The World Socialist Web Site has received many comments from Kroger grocery workers in Columbus, Ohio, denouncing a three-year contract brought by the United Food and Commercial Workers Local 1059. Voting on the deal, which contains substandard wage increases and a divisive multi-tier wage structure, takes place Tuesday and Wednesday. The WSWS publishes a selection of these comments below.
(2022-07-25). The Multipolar "Iran-Russia-Turkey Troika" Overshadows "Unipolar Joe Biden" in West Asia. transcend.org 20 Jul 2022 – The Tehran summit uniting Iran-Russia-Turkey was a fascinating affair in more ways than one. Their Presidents convened to discuss critical issues pertaining to West Asia, with the illegal US occupation of Syria and wholesale rejection of the "war on terror" exceptionalist unipolarity that once ruled West Asia, as key talking points.
(2022-07-25). Biden Administration Fears Pelosi Taiwan Trip Could Spark Cross-Strait Crisis. news.antiwar.com The Washington Post reported Saturday that Biden administration officials increasingly fear that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's planned trip to Taiwan next month Media reports said last week that Pelosi plans to make the trip in August, prompting strong warnings from China. Beijing would view the visit as a major provocation since Pelosi is a high-level official in the US government and it would signal that Washington was moving away from the one-China policy. | Administration officials told…
(2022-07-25). Biden's Staff Sounds Climate Alarm. popularresistance.org President Joe Biden's surrender on climate policy amid the intensifying crisis has prompted his own agency experts to sound a rare public alarm about their boss's retreat, according to a letter being circulated throughout the administration and Capitol Hill. | The letter to Biden and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) — provided to The Lever by a House Democratic staffer — is initialed by 165 staffers at federal health and environmental agencies and at 75 congressional offices. They are demanding the president use more aggressive tactics to pass his long-promised climate agenda through the…
(2022-07-25). After Missing Inflation, Is The Biden White House Changing The Definition Of Recession For Politics? moguldom.com The economy may be slowing but the U.S. government is working hard to convince you that this is not a recession, triggering discussions over what defines the "R" word and accusations that the government is trying to redefine the term for the sake of politics. Consumer spending is up, Americans' finances are solid for the …
(2022-07-25). R Kelly's Manager Found Guilty At Trial Over Surviving R Kelly Movie Screening Threat, Warned a Shooter Would Start Bustin'. moguldom.com R Kelly isn't the only one in his camp who's feeling the legal fallout from his sex crimes. The disgraced singer's manager was found guilty of calling in a shooting threat to a Manhattan movie theater in 2018 to sabotage the premiere of the "Surviving R. Kelly" docuseries, which detailed the allegations of Kelly's long …
(2022-07-25). 'The Battle at Lake Changjin': China's onscreen contesting of American aggression. peoplesworld.org 
As House Speaker Nancy Pelosi readies an announcement of a state visit to Taiwan most likely to stoke calls for Taiwanese independence, China continues to warn the U.S. about upping its level of aggression in a land that both the U.S. and China have affirmed for almost half a century is a part of China. …
(2022-07-25). Trump, Republican lawmakers incite fascist violence at far-right conference in Florida. wsws.org While Republicans at the conference defended Trump's coup and threatened their political enemies, outside the conference hall, neo-Nazis attacked abortion rights demonstrators.
(2022-07-25). Biden's Middle East Visit: An Orgy of Cynicism, Hypocrisy, and Erasures. transcend.org 21 Jul 2022 — This piece criticizes the dual tracks of Biden's ill-executed trip in mid-July to Israel and Saudi Arabia. It faults Biden for the extreme cynicism of pursuing a realpolitik approach in Riyadh and an approach in Israel that mixed silences about apartheid, Shireen Abu Akleh, and the Palestinian ordeal with fanciful claims about shared values and democratic affinities.
(2022-07-25). Is The Real Smash-And-Grab Inside The US Government? Son And Son-In-Law Under Federal Investigations Over Potential Corruption. moguldom.com Some Americans have been decrying the increased resurgence of smash-and-grab crimes across the country. Certain media outlets are even reporting these thefts as national news. Others, however, say smash-and-grab crimes and other petty thefts are nothing compared to how some government officials have used their elite status to enrich themselves. Both Hunter Biden and Jared …
(2022-07-25). NYC protest blasts Philippines President Marcos. fightbacknews.org New York, NY — Around 75 protesters gathered under the scorching hot sun of a New York heatwave on the afternoon of July 24 to listen to the Peoples State of the Nation Address (PSONA) in front of the Philippine Consulate. The People's State of the Nation Address was counter to Marcos Jr's first state of the nation address, and to express the real state of the nation, exposing the lies and disinformation of the current regime. | This year marked a tense PSONA as it was Marcos' first time addressing the nation as the newly elected president. The controversial election was riddled with machine misha…
(2022-07-25). US Considers Deploying Carriers To Support Pelosi's Taiwan Trip. popularresistance.org The US military is considering "moving aircraft carriers or sending fighter planes for close air support" as part of a potential trip by US house speaker Nancy Pelosi to Taiwan, the Washington Post reported Saturday. | The discussions about US military actions in support of Pelosi's trip were first reported in an op-ed by Josh Rogin, who wrote, | The U.S. military is devising options for protecting Pelosi's delegation, who—as is normal procedure for congressional delegations to Taiwan—would be flying on a military plane. The measures under consideration include moving aircraft carriers or sending figh…
(2022-07-25). The Sickness Of Our Healthcare System Is Rooted In American Exceptionalism. popularresistance.org July 30 will be the 57th anniversary of the passage of Medicare, widely celebrated as Medicare's birthday. People are taking action across the country this week in support of a National Improved Medicare for All single payer healthcare system culminating in a national march and rally in Washington, DC on Saturday (find info at M4M4All.org). Clearing the FOG speaks with Dr. Ana Malinow, a leader of the group National Single Payer, about the growing privatization and corporatization of the US healthcare system and how people are organizing to fight back and win a system in which everyone in the US will have the car…
(2022-07-25). "Neither liberal nor social democratic policies have a structured approach to understanding imperialism, including its ecological history" mronline.org 
Alejandro Pedregal – in conversation with Max Ajl…
(2022-07-25). Resolution in Support of the Palestinian Struggle for Self-Determination, Liberation, and Return. fightbacknews.org Fight Back News Service is circulating the following resolution adopted at the 9th Congress of Freedom Road Socialist Organization. | As anti-imperialists and proletarian internationalists, Freedom Road Socialist Organization supports the heroic national liberation struggle of the people of Palestine to liberate every inch of their land, to secure their rights to self-determination and Return, and to end Zionist Israel's colonization and occupation of all Arab territories. We especially support the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) and its revolutionary struggle for a free, democratic, and…
(2022-07-25). Will the Jan. 6 Hearings finally Dent the Cult of Trump in the Republican Party or is it Too Far Gone? juancole.com Oakland, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment) January 6 was Donald Trump's ultimate, cathartic, lifetime adrenalin high. He enjoyed it so much from the White House dining room that it took more than three hours for his staff and family to talk him down and out of it. He had calculated and stage-managed that day …
(2022-07-25). Around Half of US Seniors Living Alone Can't Afford Basic Expenses: Study. commondreams.org "There's a myth that Social Security and Medicare miraculously take care of all of people's needs in older age. The reality is they don't, and far too many people are one crisis away from economic insecurity."
(2022-07-25). Trump-Backed Insurrection Proves Election Protection Reforms Are Needed. commondreams.org The plot to steal the 2020 presidential election was eye-opening. Now Congress must act.
(2022-07-25). Why we Should Celebrate Medicare's 57th Birthday by Enacting Medicare for All. juancole.com Gainesville, Florida (Special to Informed Comment) — On July 30. 1965, Congress enacted Medicare under Title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide health insurance to people age 65 and older, regardless of income or medical history. President Lyndon B Johnson signed the Medicare Act into law and created two new programs, Medicare for …
(2022-07-25). Great Salt Lake water level drops to all-time low. peoplesworld.org 
Amid a mega-drought across the western U.S., the Great Salt Lake in Utah has now reached a record-low water level, its second record low in less than one year. The water level plummeted to an average daily surface water elevation of 4,190.1 feet. This is the lowest water level since recording began in 1847, as …
(2022-07-25). Will Biden end his presidency? en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 25 (MNA) — Joe Biden's poor performance along with signs indicating that he is mentally and physically unfit to perform his duties as the President of the United States has raised questions about his remaining in power.
(2022-07-25). US considers deploying carriers to support House speaker's Taiwan trip – Washington Post. wsws.org The US military is considering "moving aircraft carriers or sending fighter planes for close air support" as part of a potential trip by US house speaker Nancy Pelosi to Taiwan, the Washington Post reported Saturday.
(2022-07-25). Trump dice que quiso otorgarse la Medalla de Honor, pero le dijeron que era "inapropiado" cubadebate.cu Trump comentó que fue disuadido de otorgarse a sí mismo la Medalla de Honor del Congreso —el máximo galardón al valor militar en acción— al encabezar la Cumbre de Acción Estudiantil de Turning Point USA. "Como presidente, quería entregarme la Medalla de Honor del Congreso, pero no me dejaron hacerlo… Dijeron que sería inapropiado", declaró Trump.
(2022-07-25). Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency "weaponised" against health workers in the COVID pandemic. wsws.org The sanctioning of Dr David Berger shows that AHPRA is being used to suppress democratic rights and prevent exposure of COVID misinformation.
(2022-07-25). Dems Accuse Hulu of 'Outrageous' Censorship of Abortion Rights, Gun Control Ads. commondreams.org "Hulu's censorship is dangerous and anti-democratic, and they need to answer for it," said one Democratic strategist.
(2022-07-25). Let's Acknowledge Why the Midterms Look So Bleak for Democrats: Joe Biden. commondreams.org A change of direction is needed quickly from Democrats.
(2022-07-25). Brazil's presidential candidates launch campaigns. america.cgtn.com Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro was officially nominated by his right-wing Liberal Party on Sunday to run for re-election in October.
(2022-07-25). A socialist campaign in the UAW presidential elections. wsws.org The World Socialist Web Site has endorsed William Lehman for UAW president, which marks a new point of departure for the development of a rank-and-file rebellion of workers and the fight for a socialist and internationalist program.
(2022-07-25). How Left Voice and the DSA assist the union bureaucrats in selling out the Michigan Medicine nurses' contract fight. wsws.org These organizations seek to buttress the union bureaucrats who block strike action and promote the illusion that nurses can rely on the Democratic Party to put an end to intolerable working conditions.
(2022-07-24). Kastous Kalinovski: The Alliance of Neo-Nazis and Christian Democrats. libya360.wordpress.com Laurent Brayard Kastous Kalinovski is a regiment composed of Belarusians that was formed recently. It is the result of an alliance of early neo-Nazis, who came to fight in Ukraine in 2014-2015, with political dissidents from the Young Front, led by ex-presidential candidate Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, now in exile. The veterans of the ATO operation and…
(2022-07-24). Tampa turns out to show right-wing student group Turning Point USA they aren't welcome. fightbacknews.org Tampa, FL – Hundreds came out to protest the right-wing, billionaire-funded "student group" Turning Point USA summit, July 23. The Turning Point summit featured a gaggle of reactionary, racist and chauvinistic speakers, not the least of whom was Donald Trump, looking to build momentum for a possible second presidential run. | Shouts of "shame!" echoed through downtown as speaker Laura Rodriguez from Tampa Bay Community Action Committee spoke about the conference's police protection, stating, "They're paying cops to protect those racists and bigots in our city." | Rodriguez continued, "This city is in a housing c…
(2022-07-24). Congresswoman Karen Bass And The Will To Intervene. popularresistance.org Los Angeles, California – What will it mean if the Vice Chair of the board of the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) becomes the Mayor of Los Angeles? Meaning, of course, Karen Bass, the current Vice Chair of that soft power tool, who is also Chair of the House Foreign Relations Committee's Subcommittee on Africa. Come November, the Black Congresswoman representing parts of Los Angeles will most likely become its mayor, having pulled well ahead of Rick Caruso, the billionaire real estate developer who spent more than $41 million on his primary campaign. Bass spent a mere $3.28 million but still finished ahead…
(2022-07-24). A breakthrough for the French left? canadiandimension.com 
La France Insoumise leader Jean-Luc Mélenchon at the inaugural convention for NUPES. Photo by Hugo Rota. | In a world heading toward more wars, economic crisis, climate catastrophe and the resurgence of the far-right, any success for the left is good news. So the results of the second round of elections for the French National Assembly will have been welcomed not only in France but far beyond its frontiers. | The setback for the newly-elected president Macron is well-deserved. His first five years in power have led to growing inequality, with the poorest sections of society suffering the most; his taxation…
(2022-07-24). Amazon Joins The Medicare Privatization Spree. popularresistance.org Amazon, the $1.25 trillion company founded and led by Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos, has announced that it is acquiring One Medical, a private equity-backed primary care provider that generates over half of its revenue from Medicare. | While Amazon's profits from its core consumer retail business are dwindling, in part because of heightened competition from brick-and-mortar retailers that were shut down at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the corporation's cloud computing division, Amazon Web Services, continues to enjoy robust profits thanks in part to generous government contracts. Now Amazon could be…