Daily Archives: September 18, 2022

2022-09-18: News Headlines

Felicity Arbuthnot (2022-09-18). Ukraine: US Launches a Fascist Government, and World War Three? globalresearch.ca It all started on March 5, 2014: a US sponsored fascist coalition government under the disguise of democracy was installed in Ukraine. | With historical foresight this article by Felicity Arbuthnot was first published on March 15, 2014 in the immediate …

Staff (2022-09-18). Pelosi reacts to recent conflict between Azerbaijan, Armenia. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Sep. 18 (MNA) — In reaction to the recent conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia, Nancy Pelosi, the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, condemned the attacks of the Republic of Azerbaijan on Armenia.

Local housing advocates (2022-09-18). Tuesday 9/20: The Fight For Housing — PUSH Screening & 2022 Election Informational Event. indybay.org Grand Lake Theater | 3200 Grand Avenue | Oakland, CA 94610…

Dean Baker (2022-09-18). Hey, If the Government Pays for the Research, It Doesn't Have to Grant Patent Monopolies. cepr.net I was glad to see Ezra Klein's piece today touting the Biden administration's creation of ARPA-H. This is the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Health, a DARPA-type agency explicitly designed to promote the development of health-related innovations, like vaccines, drugs, and medical equipment. Like Ezra, I'm a big fan of increased public funding for biomedical research. However, …

Labor Video Project (2022-09-18). Barbara Lee & "Pete" Get An Earful In Oakland Over Tax Dollars For A's Owner John Fisher. indybay.org Congresswoman Barbara Lee, US Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg and Oakland Mayor Libby Schaff joined together to talk about Federal funding for Oakland projects. Barbara Lee and "Pete" refused to say whether they supported Federal funds going to the GAP A's billionaire owner John Fisher's proposed new A' stadium on Port of Oakland public land at Howard Terminal. "Pete" also refused to say whether this project would harm the Port of Oakland as a working port.

EDMIN (2022-09-18). The Overview: An all-encompassing Axiom. sitrepworld.info I used to develop databases in Filemaker, an Apple software product so easy that it was often the Administrative Assistant who created the organization's database(s). Except for enormous transactional systems, like those handling the ATMs of large banks, Filemaker was a far better choice, for many reasons, than the clumsy, dysfunctional piece of junk called Oracle, for a tiny fraction of the cost. I bring this up because this is one of innumerable examples of the innate corruption of the Imperialist/Capitalist system, where profit predictably trumps common sense, not to mention simple human decency. Oracle,…

Brenda Norrell (2022-09-18). Oak Flat: Biden's Justice Dept opposes Apache Elder, NCAI, Grandmothers in Federal Court. indybay.org In an insulting blow, President Biden's Justice Department is opposing an Apache Elder, the National Congress of American Indians, the International Council of Thirteen Indigenous Grandmothers, and the MICA Group, who filed as friends of the court in support of the Apache Stronghold's protection of sacred Oak Flat in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco.

Staff (2022-09-18). US' Pelosi Arrives in Armenia amid conflict with Azerbaijan. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Sep. 18 (MNA) — US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi arrived in the Armenian capital of Yerevan on Saturday.

Staff (2022-09-18). No meeting with Biden on sidelines of UNGA session: Raeisi. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Sep. 18 (MNA) — Iranian President said that he has no plans for either meeting or talking with his American counterpart, Joe Biden, during his upcoming trip to New York to attend the 77th Session of the United Nations General Assembly.

Staff (2022-09-18). Pelosi condena a Azerbaiyán y pregunta a Armenia sus necesidades en defensa. cubadebate.cu Pelosi es la funcionaria estadounidense de más alto nivel que llega a Armenia desde su independencia tras la desintegración de la URSS. Además de reunirse con su homólogo armenio, la congresista tiene previsto mantener un encuentro con el primer ministro Nikol Pashinián.

Staff (2022-09-18). Vicepresidente cubano Salvador Valdés Mesa asistirá a Funeral de Estado de Su Majestad la Reina Isabel II. cubadebate.cu El vicepresidente de la República de Cuba, Salvador Valdés Mesa, arribará a Londres para asistir al Funeral de Estado de Su Majestad la Reina Isabel II, que tendrá lugar este lunes 19 de septiembre, en la Abadía de Westminster, en esa capital. Asimismo, participará en otras actividades organizadas por la Casa Real y la Cancillería británica.

Staff (2022-09-17). Biden warns Russia against nuclear option in Ukraine. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Sep. 17 (MNA) — US President Joe Biden has warned Russia of harsh consequences should it use nuclear or chemical weapons in Ukraine.

Alexander Rubinstein (2022-09-17). Zelensky and NATO plan to transform post-war Ukraine into 'a big Israel'. thegrayzone.com The NATO-backed Atlantic Council has proposed apartheid Israel as a blueprint for a hyper-militarized Ukraine. The paper was authored by Obama's former ambassador to Tel Aviv, now an Israeli spy-tech consultant. Just forty days after Russia's military campaign began inside Ukraine, Ukrainian President Vlodymyr Zelensky told reporters that in the future, his country would be like "a big Israel." The following day, one of Israel's top promoters in the Democratic Party published an op-ed in NATO's official think tank exploring …

Kyle Anzalone (2022-09-17). White House Announces Massive $10 Billion Aid Package for Jordan. news.antiwar.com The Joe Biden administration rolled out a new assistance agreement with Jordan. Washington will send Amman $10.15 billion over the next seven years. The new deal will make Jordan the third largest recipient of American aid, following only Ukraine and Israel. The White House signed the new memorandum of understanding (MOU) on Friday. The Biden …

A Guest Author (2022-09-17). U.S. firms get rich, Ukrainian youth die. workers.org By Sergio Rodríguez Gelfenstein Sergio Rodríguez Gelfenstein is a Venezuelan international relations expert, who was previously Director of the International Relations of the Presidency of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, his country's ambassador to Nicaragua and an advisor for international politics for TeleSUR. This article, published Sept. 7, was translated . . . |

_____ (2022-09-17). Sanctions Won't Stop Latin American Leaders From Talking With US Workers. popularresistance.org On September 24, leaders from Cuba and Venezuela will speak at an event titled "The People's Summit: Democracy Beyond the US Empire". The event is convened by the International Peoples' Assembly, an international network of people's movements and organizations. The event will be held in the historic Riverside Church in Morningside Heights, as the UN General Assembly convenes further downtown in Manhattan. | Speakers include Bruno Rodriguez, the Foreign Minister of Cuba, Carlos Faria, the Foreign Minister of Venezuela, Kristin Richardson Jordan, District 9 Council Member for New York City, Vijay Prashad, Director…

WSWS (2022-09-17). Overturn University of Melbourne student union's anti-democratic disaffiliation of the IYSSE! wsws.org The IYSSE is fighting the decision, which is intended as a precedent to be used, above all, against clubs that represent oppositional, anti-war and left-wing voices.

Scott Huminski (2022-09-17). Gov. Ron DeSantis – The New Nixon – cover-up worse than the crime. indybay.org How similar is Gov. Ron DeSantis' cover-up of the felony forgeries of Chief of Special Prosecutions (Fl 20th Judicial Circuit), Anthony Kunasek, Esq. and State's Attorney Amira Fox to Watergate? Especially in light of the Governor's suspension of Andrew Warren for simply exercising prosecutorial discretion.

Prof. Anthony J. Hall (2022-09-17). COVID as a "Political Gift"? Stillborn from COVID-injected Mothers, Heart Attacks in Children… globalresearch.ca In the course of the rigged presidential election of 2020 Jane Fonda declared "COVID is God's Gift to the Left." See Will Jane Fonda's "Left" own God's Gift of COVID now that there is so much news associating …

_____ (2022-09-17). Joe Biden Thinks A Rail Strike Has Been Averted. popularresistance.org Just after 5 a.m. on Thursday, Marty Walsh tweeted that the railroad companies and the railroad unions had come to a tentative agreement, less than 19 hours from a potential shutdown: | "Moments ago, following more than 20 consecutive hours of negotiations at [the Department of Labor], the rail companies and union negotiators came to a tentative agreement that balances the needs of workers, businesses, and our nation's economy. The Biden Administration applauds all parties for reaching this hard-fought, mutually beneficial deal. Our rail system is integral to our supply chain, and a disruption would have had cata…

Otis Grotewohl (2022-09-17). West Virginia politicians ban abortion, but not without a fight. workers.org Charleston, West Virginia Sept. 14 — The Republican-majority West Virginia legislature passed an abortion ban during a Sept. 13 special session. The same legislature had introduced the bill to ban abortion, known as HB 302, in late July. (See "Abortion access under attack in West Virginia," Workers World, July 29.) . . . |

Anonymous669 (2022-09-17). Turkish Drone Strike Kills Five SDF Fighters In Northeastern Syria. southfront.org Late on September 16, a Turkish combat drone targeted a position of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) near the town of Ain Issa in the northern countryside of Syria's Raqqa. | The drone strike reportedly killed five members of the SDF. Two were fighters of the group, while the rest were members of its Military Police unit. | In an initial response to the deadly strike, the SDF targeted positions of the Turkish military and its proxies in the villages of Jahbal and al-Misherfah wh…

____ (2022-09-17). U.S. judge names 'special master' to review seized items in Trump's Mar-a-Lago search. ecns.cn A federal judge named a "special master" on Thursday to review items seized by Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agents in the search of former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago residence.

Fight Back (2022-09-17). Austin students rally in defense of abortion rights. fightbacknews.org Austin, TX — The Austin Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) organized a rally at the University of Texas at Austin on September 15 in defense of women's and reproductive rights, as a part of the National SDS Day of Action. About 35 students rallied at 6 p.m. at the corner of Speedway and 21st Street on UT campus. Speakers from six other organizations gave speeches condemning the overturning of Roe v. Wade and the Texas Heartbeat Act. | The Texas Heartbeat Act (SB8) was passed in September last year in preparation for the overturning of Roe v. Wade. It bans abortions when there are cells that will l…

Staff (2022-09-17). A sacar a Cuba de la lista negra. cubadebate.cu Ahora, cuando el Gobierno de Petro le ha pedido al de La Habana que continúe siendo sede de los diálogos con el ELN y otros países se han ofrecido a colaborar con el proceso, el Gobierno de Biden no tiene un solo argumento para no dar los pasos necesarios con el fin de sacar de inmediato a Cuba de la tenebrosa lista.

Staff (2022-09-17). Agostinho Neto: La claridad política y la firmeza revolucionaria (+ Fotos). cubadebate.cu Sobre el primer presidente de la Angola independiente, el líder de la Revolución Fidel Castro dijo en 1992: "Una de las cualidades excepcionales de Agostinho Neto fue la firmeza revolucionaria, la defensa intransigente de los principios, la tenacidad en su lucha que lo llevó a la victoria".

TeleSUR, mcs, MER (2022-09-17). Declaran alerta en 19 provincias dominicanas por tormenta Fiona. telesurtv.net En alerta amarilla están Samaná, La Romana, El Seibo, San Cristóbal, San Pedro de Macorís, Barahona, La Altagracia, entre otras.

TeleSUR, JDO (2022-09-17). República Dominicana califica a Haití de amenaza a su seguridad. telesurtv.net Presidente Luis Abinader expresa que la situación en ese país amenaza la seguridad y estabilidad regional.

TeleSUR, hvh, JDO (2022-09-17). Abaten a hombre que mató a civiles en República Dominicana. telesurtv.net El agresor se atrincheró en una tienda de barrio y se enfrentó a la Policía. Fue identificado como Román Guerrero Tavárez.

Mark Gruenberg (2022-09-16). Trump-named judge gives Trump another reward, stalling Justice Dept. probe. peoplesworld.org WEST PALM BEACH, Fla.—Florida U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon, named to the job by former Republican Oval Office occupant Donald Trump, has given Trump a second reward within three weeks. She's further stalled the Justice Department's investigation into Trump's criminal heist of secret and sensitive national security documents from the White House to his Mar-A-Lago …

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