Daily Archives: September 8, 2022

2022-09-08: News Headlines

____ (2022-09-07). Former Trump adviser Bannon to be indicted in New York: reports. ecns.cn Steve Bannon, who served as chief strategist for former U.S. President Donald Trump, will surrender to New York State prosecutors on Thursday, according to media reports quoting anonymous sources.

Dave DeCamp (2022-09-08). Latest US Congressional Delegation Arrives in Taiwan. news.antiwar.com Another US congressional delegation The delegation consists of a bipartisan group of House lawmakers that is being led by Rep. Stephanie Murphy (D-FL). The visit is the sixth time a US delegation traveled to the island since the beginning of August when House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) made the trip. | Murphy is joined in Taiwan by fellow Democrat Rep. Kaiali'i Kahele (HI) and Republican Reps. Scott Franklin (FL)…

Dave DeCamp (2022-09-08). Mossad Chief Wraps Up Trip to US Focused on Iran, Says Israel Won't 'Sit Idly By'. news.antiwar.com David Barnea, the head of Israel's Mossad spy agency, wrapped up a trip in Washington on Thursday that was focused on Iran as Israel has been pushing hard for the Biden administration to exit nuclear deal negotiations with Tehran. According to a statement from the Israeli prime minister's office, Barnea stressed to officials in Washington …

WSWS (2022-09-08). FBI found documents on nuclear weapons at Mar-a-Lago, Washington Post claims. wsws.org The latest press salvo against Trump underscores the extraordinary intensity of the political conflict within the US ruling elite.

Dave DeCamp (2022-09-08). US Announces $2.8 Billion in Military Aid for Ukraine, Allies in the Region. news.antiwar.com On Thursday, the Biden administration In Kyiv, Blinken met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and other officials and said that the administration was…

Kamal Iranidoost (2022-09-08). Putin appoints Russia's new ambassador to Tehran. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Sep. 08 (MNA) — Russian president has appointed Alexey Dedov as Russia's new ambassador to Iran replacing long-serving Levan Dzhagaryan.

____ (2022-09-08). China's largest freshwater lake sees extremely low water level. ecns.cn The water level of China's largest freshwater lake, Poyang, continued to decline due to persistent high temperature and the lack of rainfall, local authorities said Tuesday.

____ (2022-09-08). Mudflat in Poyang Lake presents landscape of tree. ecns.cn A large area of mudflat was exposed in Poyang Lake in east China's Jiangxi Province on Tuesday. The dried-up lake bed presented a landscape of a tree.

Steve Fraser (2022-09-08). The Trump Supreme Court is nothing new. nationofchange.org Donald Trump's three appointments to the court—Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh, and Amy Coney Barrett—cemented in place a rightward shift in its center of gravity that had begun decades earlier.

WSWS (2022-09-08). The Good Boss: A film, unfortunately, that Bernie Sanders would also like. wsws.org Blanco is pulling out all the stops to ready his factory and his workforce for an imminent visit from a committee that will decide which local firm collects a prestigious business excellence award.

____ (2022-09-08). S.Korea proposes talks with DPRK for reunion of separated families. ecns.cn South Korea on Thursday proposed talks with the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) for the reunion of families separated by the 1950-53 Korean War.

Molly Comeaux (2022-09-08). NYC failing migrants sent from Texas. liberationnews.org Since April, Texas governor Greg Abbott has ordered the chartering of buses to transport between 8,000-9,000 migrants to Washington, DC and New York City. Operation Lone Star is a political retaliation to the Biden administration ending the Remain in Mexico order from former President Trump and the status of these cities as sanctuary cities for asylum seekers.

Emanuel Pastreich (2022-09-08). The Democratization of Money: A Revolutionary Dollar of the People, for the People, and by the People. globalresearch.ca

Ryan Kidwiler (2022-09-08). Manchin sells out working class Appalachians for Mountain Valley Pipeline. liberationnews.org First proposed in 2014, the MVP is an unfinished natural gas pipeline traveling through West Virginia and Virginia.

Binoy Kampmark (2022-09-08). Dunderheaded Diplomacy: Australia's Funding Offer to the Solomon Islands. dissidentvoice.org What is it about Australian diplomacy that makes it so clumsy and dunderheaded? Is it the harsh delivery, the tactless expression, or the inability to do things with subtle reflection? On September 6, Australian diplomacy gave another display of such form with Foreign Minister Penny Wong's remarks about the Solomon Islands elections. Things have been …

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-09-08). Italy at a Crossroads Ahead of Crucial Elections. libya360.wordpress.com The snap elections in Italy come in the context of the dissolution of the Parliament in July, eight months ahead of its term ending. All major political parties and their coalitions are competing in the elections. Leftist parties have also launched their electoral platform called the People's Union (PU) and have begun campaigning across the…

Matthew Ehret-Kump (2022-09-08). New Documentary: Why Assume There Will be Another Election? The 1934 Bankers Coup Revisited. globalresearch.ca

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-09-08). UK is a Dictatorship, Not a Democracy. libya360.wordpress.com Eric Zuesse UK's recent string of atrocious Prime Ministers have not represented a majority of UK subjects (subjects of the Queen, who is sovereign; they are not citizens of their country — a "subject" is the very opposite of "a citizen," who possesses sovereignty, there being no dictatorship, of any type, over citizens). (To call…

Federico Fuentes (2022-09-08). Brazil: 'The left as a whole faces a historic moment'. greenleft.org.au Sao Paulo socialist councillor Luana Alves recently spoke about why Brazil's upcoming election is the most important in decades, and about the challenges for the left in defeating Jair Bolsonaro's dangerous movement. Federico Fuentes reports.

_____ (2022-09-08). Britain Checks the Trans Advance. strategic-culture.org When it comes to sport, Biden has proposed amendments to Title IX regulations to clarify that sex includes "gender identity." This means that male athletes like Lia Thomas can compete alongside women. In the U.K., on the other hand, sports like rugby and cycling have taken steps to reinforce single sex participation.

WSWS (2022-09-08). Biden calls rail unions to Washington for talks in bid to head off strike action. wsws.org The fact that Wednesday's talks took place at all is a sign of extreme nervousness that the union bureaucracy may not have workers—who are demanding strike action on September 16—under control.

Mark Gruenberg (2022-09-08). Speedy organizing drive brings minor-league baseball players into union fold. peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON—In a record for speedy organizing—one week—more than 90% of the nation's 5,400 minor league baseball players signed National Labor Relations Board union election authorization cards to join the Major League Baseball Players Association. The announcement, from MLBPA Executive Director Tony Clark—a former minor leaguer and major league star himself and devoted unionistcame at a …

Joe Sims (2022-09-08). The unity imperative: Lessons for building the anti-fascist alliance. peoplesworld.org The call for unity resonates across a wide swath of today's democratic and social movements. Attend any demonstration and you're likely to hear marchers rhythmically shouting in Spanish and English, "El pueblo unido jamás será vencido" (The people united will never be defeated), a chant born and made famous around the world by Salvador Allende's …

Revolution Books (2022-09-08). Sunday 9/11: Biden's Imperialist Climate Bill: The Devil Lies in the Big Picture. indybay.org Revolution Books, 2444 Durant Ave. Berkeley…

Mark Gruenberg (2022-09-08). For Sen. Sherrod Brown, 'dignity of work' is essential to life. peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON—For progressive Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown, "the dignity of work" means more than just quantity of jobs, symbolized by the latest low monthly unemployment rate of 3.7%. The same could be said for Biden Administration Labor Secretary Marty Walsh. "It means hard work pays off no matter who you are or what you do," the …

TeleSUR, hvh, JDO (2022-09-08). Galenos marchan contra aseguradoras en República Dominicana. telesurtv.net El líder del colegio médico local, Senén Caba, afirmó que la marcha es un reto, un desafío y sobre todo un compromiso con el pueblo.

TeleSUR, DRL (2022-09-08). Parlamentarios franceses visitan Taiwán en medio de tensiones. telesurtv.net Se unen así a la reciente visita a la isla de la presidenta de la Cámara de Representantes de EE. UU., Nancy Pelosi.

TeleSUR- lvm, JL (2022-09-08). Parlatino rechaza atentado contra Cristina Fernández. telesurtv.net "Los discursos y práctica de odio mellan la base misma de la democracia como sistema político", pronunció Parlatino.

Dave DeCamp (2022-09-07). Report: US Tells Israel the Nuclear Deal With Iran Is Off the Table for Now. news.antiwar.com The Israeli news website Zman Yisrael didn't cite any sources but said that this message had been conveyed to Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid in recent conversations with President Biden and other US officials. | Prospects for a revival of the nuclear deal, known as the JCPOA, seemed unlikely after the US slammed Iran's latest response…

_____ (2022-09-07). Joint US-South Korea military exercises conclude, with an eye on North Korea and China. popularresistance.org Between August 22 and September 1, the United States and South Korea concluded their largest joint military drills in the Korean Peninsula since 2017, under the name 'Ulchi Freedom Shield'. Over the last four years, the scope of the annual exercises had been scaled back, first because of Donald Trump's attempts at diplomacy with North Korea's Kim Jong-un and later because of the COVID-19 pandemic. | With these drills, however, the US and South Korea seem to be attempting to send a clear message to both North Korea and China of their united military posture in the region, and come at a time when the US' encircleme…

_____ (2022-09-07). Joint US-South Korea Military Exercises Conclude. popularresistance.org Between August 22 and September 1, the United States and South Korea concluded their largest joint military drills in the Korean Peninsula since 2017, under the name 'Ulchi Freedom Shield'. Over the last four years, the scope of the annual exercises had been scaled back, first because of Donald Trump's attempts at diplomacy with North Korea's Kim Jong-un and later because of the COVID-19 pandemic. | With these drills, however, the US and South Korea seem to be attempting to send a clear message to both North Korea and China of their united military posture in the region, and come at a time when the US' encircleme…

Anonymous103 (2022-09-07). Dancing with the Politicians. US Foreign Policy Has Become a Full-time Comedy Routine. southfront.org Written by If the non-stop dancing duo Biden and Blinken is seriously seeking to validate its view that the United States of America is and should be the world's hegemon, they are going about it the wrong way. They should be taking their lead from Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky by turning their press conferences into e…

Ann Brown (2022-09-07). Biden White House Calls For $5.5 Billion More For Ukraine, Black America Criticizes Priorities. moguldom.com "They got money for wars but couldn't feed the poor in 1993," the late hip-hop icon 2Pac rhymed on his song "Keep Ya Head Up." As the U.S. readies to send more financial aid to Ukraine to aid the eastern European country that was invaded by Russia on Feb. 24, many Black Americans are wondering …

_____ (2022-09-07). The US Is A Serial Human Rights Abuser. popularresistance.org The latest report from the China Society for Human Rights Studies (CSHRS), entitled "U.S. commits serious crimes of violating human rights in the Middle East and beyond," provides a detailed assessment of the United States' human rights record, particularly in relation to its wars and regime change operations in the Middle East. | Noting that U.S. imperialism has caused "permanent damage and irreparable losses to countries and people in the region," the report highlights a valuable lesson to be learned by the peoples of the world: that the pervasive Western narrative of democracy and human rights is nothing but a…

Ben Norton (2022-09-07). Biden, Like Trump, Breaks International Law, Violating UN Neutrality by Blocking Countries. globalresearch.ca

_____ (2022-09-07). The Community Solution To The Climate Crisis. popularresistance.org Climate chaos is here right now. It's not something off in the future like fast food restaurants selling bug patties, emotionally fulfilling sex with robots, or a lab-created dinosaur accidentally getting loose in a shopping mall. New floods, wildfires, and droughts hit communities around the world everyday but the most obvious solutions to this crisis are rarely even discussed. | So what can be done? | To begin with, the Biden administration could actually fund action on climate change. Congress recently passed $840 BILLION for the war machine. They sent $52 Billion to semiconductor chip manufacturers and Presid…

Joe Lamb (2022-09-07). On Trees and Democracy: An Arborist's Open Letter to Herschel Walker. commondreams.org The $1.5 billion in the IRA for urban forestry will improve the lives of many, many people. It will also be a step toward environmental justice.

Editor (2022-09-07). The US Keeps Betting on Cuba Surrendering Out of Hunger and Desperation. scheerpost.com By Gustavo A. Maranges / Resumen Latinoamericano Last week, US President Joe Biden extended for one more year the sanctions on Cuba, arguing the Trading with the Enemy Act of 1917. This mechanism has been used for the last 60 years to back the countless sanctions that make up the US blockade against Cuba. This time, …

Edu Montesanti (2022-09-07). Yemen Truce, No Hope: Horrible Catastrophe, Just Maybe UN-Led Efforts Will Alleviate It, Says Chomsky (Interview). orinocotribune.com From the US "War on Terror" to the national "Spring" and the Saudi-US "humanitarian intervention," the Yemeni people are being totally disregarded and indiscriminately attacked as well as in every single "peace process," as the country is a stage of international and local elites disputes, just feeding and practicing terror | As Biden approved to sell more weapons to the Saudis allegedly for "defense" purposes, Chomsky is concerned. "The line between offensive and defensive weapons is very blurred," exclusively says the legendary American analyst | Sure not by accident as some say, US-Saud…

Laith Fadel (2022-09-07). Jackson water crisis reveals aging infrastructure issue in US. america.cgtn.com Aging infrastructure is challenging communities across the United States and the problems are made worse by climate change. The Biden administration and Congress have committed a trillion dollars toward U.S. infrastructure investment, but will it be enough? CGTN's Jim Spellman reports. For more, check out …

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2022-09-07). US Stands Behind Assassination Attempt on Argentine Vice President Cristina Kirchner. orinocotribune.com By Dmitry Sudakov Sep 2, 2022 | The attempt on the life of Argentine Vice President Cristina Kirchner was organized by the United States. Washington wants to stop Kirchner from entering the 2023 presidential election. That's what her supporters think. | Kirchner's attacker is a supporter of the Azov Regiment* | The man who attacked Kirchner during her meeting with supporters was detained. The man was identified as Fernando Andres Sabag Montiel, a 35-year-old Brazilian national. | The gun that Montiel tried to fire was loaded with five bullets. For some strange reason the gun did not fire when the man pulled…

_____ (2022-09-07). Our Business Schools Have A Blindspot. popularresistance.org Tranby is an Indigenous adult education school in the inner-city Sydney suburb of Glebe. Founded in 1957, its graduates include Eddie Mabo, who went on to win the most significant land rights legal battle in Australian history — overturning the fiction of terra nullius. | What makes Tranby special is not just being Australia's oldest not-for-profit independent Indigenous education provider. It is the type of education it provides — teaching the skills needed to manage organisations and communities democratically. | It teaches co-operation, and the skills to run co-operative organisations. | This makes…

Ryan Cristián (2022-09-07). COVID Jab Coverup Exposed & WHO Chief Scientist Admits It's Unknown If Bivalent Jabs Safe/Effective. thelastamericanvagabond.com Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (9/7/22). As always, take the information discussed in the video below and research it for yourself, and come to your own conclusions. Anyone telling you what the truth

TeleSUR (2022-09-07). Syria Condemns Extension of US 'Trading with the Enemy' Act. telesurenglish.net On Wednesday, Syria's Foreign Affairs Minister Faisal Al-Mekdad condemned President Joe Biden's decision to extend the validity of the "Trading with the Enemy Act" (TWEA), which is at the base of the blockade the U.S. has maintained against Cuba for over six decades. | RELATED: | "Economic blockade policies and the imposition of unilateral coercive measures violate international law and the will of United Nations member states," Al-Mekda…

_____ (2022-09-07). Joe Biden's Middle Eastern Mirages and Dreams. journal-neo.org As the second year of US President Joe Biden's "glorious" tenure comes to an end, it is already possible to take stock of some of his policies around the world, including in the Middle East. Many unfortunate events, particularly in recent months, have taken place during this period. These include the Yemeni Houthis' missile strikes …

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-09-07). Rwanda and Uganda's M23 Militia Reappears to Slaughter and Plunder in DRC: US Backs Rwanda and Uganda. libya360.wordpress.com Ann Garrison Rwanda and Uganda are again plundering the Congo. As always they do so with the backing of the U.S. Rwanda and Uganda's M23 militia have returned to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), once again slaughtering Congolese people to plunder their resources. To understand this, we have to return to March 2013, after M23 had been…

TeleSUR (2022-09-07). New York to Charge Former White House Adviser Steve Bannon. telesurenglish.net The New York State Attorney's Office will file charges against far-right Steve Bannon, a former White House adviser during the administration of President Donald Trump (2017-2021). | RELATED: | Bannon holds that New York authorities plan to "file false charges" against him, commenting that this happens 60 days before the mid-term elections, a statement through which he implies that there are political motivations behind th…

WSWS (2022-09-07). Fall COVID-19 booster campaign begins in the US as CDC approves bivalent vaccines with limited data. wsws.org Last week, the FDA and CDC approved the next generation of bivalent anti-COVID-19 vaccines designed for the dominant Omicron strains, as the Biden administration continues its vaccine-only strategy.

Anonymous669 (2022-09-07). SDF, US-led Coalition Held Joint Drills In Northeastern Syria (Video, Photos). southfront.org Click to see full-size image. Source: sdf-press.com | On September 7, the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) announced that its units had held joint drills with the US-led coalition in Syria's northeastern region. | In a statement, the Kurdish-led group said that the drills took place near the village of Taql Baql in the northeastern countryside of al-Hasakah, just a few kilometers away from the border with Turkey and Iraq. | The drills included live-fire exercises with medium and heavy weapons, a…

WSWS (2022-09-07). Teachers unions, White House host town hall to demand in-person learning as school year starts. wsws.org US teachers unions and White House held a school reopening town hall to cover up the danger of COVID-19 in schools and demand schools remain fully in-person, while highlighting the "partnership" between the unions and Biden administration.

John Bachtell (2022-09-07). Time is now to unite an electoral majority to confront fascism. peoplesworld.org History reveals that fascism took power in Italy, Germany, and elsewhere through a long process. Fascists captured institutions and positions step-by-step, consolidated forces, crushed rivals, radicalized masses, and ultimately captured governmental power. The need to take this dire threat to democracy seriously and uniting the broadest majority to confront fascism at every turn of its …

____ (2022-09-07). Xi sends congratulations to Kenyan President-elect Ruto. ecns.cn Chinese President Xi Jinping sent a congratulatory message Wednesday to William Samoei Ruto on his election as Kenyan president.

Anonymous669 (2022-09-07). Saudi-led Coalition CH-4 Combat Drone Crashes In Northern Yemen. southfront.org Click to see full-size image. Via Twitter. | On September 4, a Chinese-made CH-4 combat drone of the Saudi-led coalition crashed in the northern Yemeni province of al-Jawf. | The wreckage of the drone was found in al-Ryan desert to the east of the city of al-Hazm. The pro-Saudi media claimed that the drone belonged to the Houthis (Ansar Allah). However, the only side that operates CH-4s over Yemen is the coalition. | It is possible that the combat drone was shot down by the air defense of the Houthis. The…

TeleSUR, hvh, JDO (2022-09-07). Galenos marcharán contra aseguradoras en República Dominicana. telesurtv.net El líder del colegio médico local, Senén Caba, afirmó que la marcha es un reto, un desafío y sobre todo un compromiso con el pueblo.

WSWS (2022-09-07). Anger among Columbia University support staff as SEIU rams through sellout contract with de facto pay cuts. wsws.org Facing opposition from the rank-and-file, SEIU leadership resorted to anti-democratic measures and intimidation tactics to bully workers into passing the contract.

TeleSUR, mcs, JGN (2022-09-07). Jubilados argentinos expresan apoyo a Cristina Fernández. telesurtv.net "Nos movilizamos en defensa de la democracia, la República y las instituciones, si atacan a Cristina agreden al pueblo", aseveró el líder del sector Adultos Mayores de Capital Federal (AMCF), Renée Girardi.

TeleSUR- jaa- JL (2022-09-07). Tribunal de Brasil niega candidatura de Reis para vicegobernador. telesurtv.net Los siete jueces del organismo judicial votaron por unanimidad para rechazar a Reis como vicegobernador en la propuesta de Cláudio Castro.

Andrew Korybko (2022-09-06). "Divider in Chief": Biden Impairs the Soul of the American Nation by Pitting His People Against One Another. globalresearch.ca

Fight Back (2022-09-06). Denver SDS marches to campus police station, demands withdrawal from Pentagon 1033 Program. fightbacknews.org Denver, CO – On August 31, two dozen students and community members marched to the Auraria Campus Police Department to demand the end of their participation in the Pentagon 1033 Program, which provides military grade weapons to domestic law enforcement agencies. Other demands included the defunding and demilitarization of ACPD by surrendering their weapons. The march was led by Denver Students for a Democratic Society. They were joined by the Denver-Aurora Community Action Committee, Movimiento Poder, and Freedom Road Socialist Organization. | Around 4 p.m., the crowd gathered for communal sign making before the…

Jeffrey C. Isaac (2022-09-06). On Joe Biden, FDR, and the Promise of Labor Day. commondreams.org If there is any day on which it is important to remember the connection between defense of democracy and defense of the labor movement—and social and economic rights more generally—it's Labor Day.

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