Daily Archives: September 21, 2022

2022-09-21: News Headlines

WSWS (2022-09-21). After Biden threatens war with China over Taiwan, US sends warship through Taiwan Strait. wsws.org Just days after US president Joe Biden pledged that he would not hesitate to send US troops to fight China in a potential war over Taiwan, US and Canadian warships sailed through the Taiwan strait in a deliberate provocation.

Dave DeCamp (2022-09-21). US Navy Commander Says China Is Capable of Blockading Taiwan. news.antiwar.com The head of the US Navy's Japan-based Seventh Fleet said that he believes China is capable of blockading the island of Taiwan. | "They have a very large navy, and if they want to bully and put ships around Taiwan, they very much can do that," Vice Adm. Karl Thomas Thomas' comments come after China launched its largest-ever military exercises around Taiwan in response to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visiting the island in early August. As part of the drills, China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) simulate…

Infobrics (2022-09-21). Russia in Favor of Algeria's Accession to BRICS. infobrics.org Russia does not have any objections to Algeria's accession to the BRICS group of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa, Russian Ambassador to Algeria Valeryan Shuvaev said…

Labor Video Project (2022-09-21). 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.

TeleSUR, jaa, MER (2022-09-21). Honduras insta a discutir seriamente sobre la multipolaridad global. telesurtv.net La mandataria hondureña consideró inaceptable "este orden mundial arbitrario en el que existen países de tercera y de cuarta categoría".

Philip Giraldi (2022-09-21). More Disinformation From Israel. Biden Caves to Jewish Pressure, As Usual. globalresearch.ca

Fight Back (2022-09-21). UW-Milwaukee SDS rallies to make Milwaukee an abortion sanctuary. fightbacknews.org Milwaukee, WI — Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) at UW-Milwaukee rallied on September 15 to make Milwaukee an abortion sanctuary. The demonstration was in response to the national SDS day of action call. Approximately 40 students and community members met in UWM's Spaights Plaza at 4 p.m. | The overturning of Roe v. Wade on June 22 had devastating effects all over the U.S. In the state of Wisconsin, statute 940.04 makes assisting in and getting an abortion a felony with the exception of "critical life saving" situations. Articles about a Wisconsin woman who was denied care after an incomplete abortio…

Local housing advocates (2022-09-21). Tuesday 9/20: The Fight For Housing — PUSH Screening & 2022 Election Informational Event. indybay.org Grand Lake Theater | 3200 Grand Avenue | Oakland, CA 94610…

Staff (2022-09-21). Otra del bloqueo: Estados Unidos obliga a pedir visa de ese país a los poseedores de visa europea que visiten Cuba. cubadebate.cu Los europeos y los cubanos con doble nacionalidad, que hayan viajado a Cuba deberán solicitar una visa de ingreso antes de visitar Estados Unidos, según las disposiciones del Gobierno de ese país. La medida se debe a que Cuba fue designada espuriamente como Estado Patrocinador del Terrorismo por la administración del expresidente Donald Trump. El gobierno de Joe Biden, el pasado mayo, volvió a incluir a la isla en la lista negra junto a países como Venezuela, Irán, Corea del Norte y Siria.

Staff (2022-09-21). República Dominicana: Fiona deja miles de damnificados. cubadebate.cu Las autoridades de República Dominicana han confirmado este martes que el paso del huracán Fiona por ese país ha dejado un saldo de más de 1.900 personas albergadas o desplazadas, bloqueos de vías y comunidades, serias afectaciones al sistema eléctrico y cuantiosos daños a la agricultura.

TeleSUR, ysm, JCM (2022-09-21). Fiona deja miles de damnificados en República Dominicana. telesurtv.net República Dominicana activó 59 albergues que alojan a 1.559 personas, y el resto permanece junto a familiares o amigos.

Infobrics (2022-09-20). Biden's allegations about Russia's supposed nuclear escalation in Ukraine are hypocrisy. infobrics.org The accusations are quite ironic given the US history of using WMDs.

____ (2022-09-20). China, Russia hold new round of strategic security consultation. ecns.cn Yang Jiechi, a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, Monday co-chaired the 17th Round of Strategic Security Consultation between China and Russia with Nikolai Patrushev, secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation, in east China's Fujian Province.

WSWS (2022-09-20). Biden on "60 Minutes": American capitalism is at war with the world, at war with reality. wsws.org In the space of 25 minutes, Biden declared the COVID-19 "pandemic over," threatened a massive escalation of war against Russia and pledged US forces to a possible war with China.

____ (2022-09-20). Biden order would further restrict Chinese investment in U.S. tech. ecns.cn As the latest move to contain China's technology development, U.S. President Joe Biden has issued a new order to further restrict foreign investment in American technologies, but experts said it may undercut the U.S. economic competitiveness.

TeleSUR, JCM (2022-09-20). Lugansk y Jérson desean realizar referendos para adherirse a Rusia. telesurtv.net La autoproclamada Republica Popular de Lugansk tiene ya un 90% de su territorio liberado de las fuerzas de ocupación ucranianas que le negaron el referéndum de 2014.

Isheka N. Harrison (2022-09-20). Tyler Perry Is Worried About Hollywood Diversity Efforts Pushing People In Seats They Aren't Ready For. moguldom.com Billionaire entertainment mogul Tyler Perry recently came under fire for voicing his concern that Hollywood's recent move to embrace more diversity may push Black people into positions they aren't yet equipped to fill. While Perry said he was excited to see Hollywood more open to offering Black people better opportunities, the multi-hyphenate filmmaker said he …

The Lever (2022-09-20). Introducing Election Insider . levernews.com

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Rhode Island Gov. Dan McKee votes in the state's primary election at the Community School in Cumberland, R.I., on Sept. 13, 2022. (AP Photo/David Goldman)By September 19, 2022 As we rapidly approach the country's November midterm elections, corporate media seems uninterested in one of the biggest threats to democracy: Billionaires and Big Business using huge sums of money to try to secretly buy elections on both sides of the aisle.Increasingly, a small handful o…

Dave DeCamp (2022-09-20). White House Official Says Biden's Comments on Defending Taiwan 'Speak for Themselves'. news.antiwar.com The top Asia official on the White House's National Security Council said Monday that President Biden's recent comments on defending Taiwan "speak for themselves" and rejected the characterization that the White House walked them back. "I do not believe that it is appropriate to call the remarks that came from the White House today as …

Deweylaura (2022-09-20). Latino working-class voters are key. cpusa.org This November, the extreme right aims to win control of the Senate and House of Representatives and retain and augment control of key state and local posts. To defeat the Trump/MAGA-dominated Republican Party, mobilizing the greatest turnout of voters possible is imperative. This will require ideological, strategic, and tactical awareness and preparation. A large …

_____ (2022-09-20). PRC-ROK Relations after the Election of Yoon Suk-yeol; the Political Aspect. journal-neo.org We begin our digest of "PRC-ROK relations in the Yun Suk-yeol era" with interactions in the political sphere. On March 10, 2022, the Chinese government congratulated South Korean President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol on his election victory and expressed hope for further development of relations between the neighbors. President Xi congratulated Yong by telephone, while Chinese Foreign …

TeleSUR (2022-09-20). Chile's President Brings up Constitutional Process at UNGA. telesurenglish.net In his speech at the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), Boric referred to the constituent process carried out in Chile in recent years, which he said was "the way out to walk in the peaceful and democratic solution" to the crisis marked by the social outburst in 2019. | RELATED: | Boric talked about the agreement reached between the main political forces that "allowed the elaboration of a route…

Fight Back (2022-09-20). Tallahassee SDS marches for women's and reproductive rights. fightbacknews.org Tallahassee, FL — On September 7, Florida State University Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) held a march in defense of women's and reproductive rights, following the aftermath of the Supreme Court's overturning of Roe v. Wade. More than 40 students attended the march from the Legacy Fountain to the Integration Statue, accompanied by chants like "We won't go back! We will fight back!" | FSU SDS joined organizations across the country for a National Day of Action to defend reproductive rights and resist attacks on bodily autonomy. People across the country recognize the necessity to continue the strugg…

Staff (2022-09-20). Two Palestinian student leaders jailed without charge or trial #FreePalestinianStudents. samidoun.net On Friday, 16 September, Israeli occupation forces seized 23 Palestinian students — part of the Progressive Democratic Student Pole, the leftist student organization at Bir Zeit University, while they were on a group trip to Aboud village west of Ramallah. Occupation forces then kept 11 jailed and under interrogation for several days until Monday, 19 …

Andy Kroll (2022-09-20). Donald Trump's Document Grab. tomdispatch.com Thanks to Donald Trump, secrecy is big news these days. However, as political pundits and legal experts race to expose the layers of document-related misdeeds previously buried at his Mar-a-Lago estate, one overlooked reality looms large: despite all the coverage of the thousands of documents Trump took with him when he left the White House, there's been next to no acknowledgment that such a refusal to share information has been part and parcel of the Washington scene for far longer than the current moment. The hiding of information by the former president, repeatedly described as "unprecedented" behavior, is act…

Sarah Brannon (2022-09-20). National Voter Registration Day is Today: Here's What You Need to Know. aclu.org Today is National Voter Registration Day, and it's important to make sure you are registered at your current address and ready to vote. You can get information about registering to vote or updating your voter registration When every eligible person can register and vote, the promise of democracy becomes more real for all of us. | We need our federal leaders to do everything within their authority to protect and promote the fundamental right to vote. | Last year, the Biden administration put forth…

Stephen Sefton (2022-09-20). United Nations, Democracy and Terrorism. globalresearch.ca

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-09-20). Morocco Fails to Obtain Kenyan Endorsement for its Colonial Occupation of Western Sahara. libya360.wordpress.com Pavan Kulkarni SADR President Brahim Ghali attending the inauguration ceremony of the Kenyan President William Ruto on September 13. (Photo: : Kamal Fadel/Twitter A Kenyan foreign ministry's communique has clarified that the announcement made on Twitter by newly elected President Willian Ruto on rescinding recognition for the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) was arbitrary and had…

TeleSUR (2022-09-20). Bolsonaro's Speech at the United Nations Outrages Brazilians. telesurenglish.net At the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday, President Jair Bolsonaro described a Brazil that "does not exist." This was the phrase used by Brazilian outlets to refer to "the lies" told by the far-right politician who aspires to re-election on October 2. | RELATED: | Dragged by the voters' high rejection levels, "he addressed his supporters by describing a fictitious country and presenting himself as a speech fre…

Jim Spellman (2022-09-20). Congress proposes law limiting "dark money" america.cgtn.com Current U.S. election law allows for almost unlimited amounts of money to flow through groups including PACS- Political Action Committees, without the source of the money ever being revealed.

WSWS (2022-09-20). Long COVID and ME/CFS patients denounce Biden in protest outside White House. wsws.org The myalgic encephalomyelitis action group demonstrated in front of the White House to demand Biden declare that condition and Long COVID a national emergency and to rebuke his declaration that the pandemic is over.

David Sirota (2022-09-20). üëâ Biden Just Cited The Lever. levernews.com

Karen Greenberg (2022-09-20). Donald Trump and the Presidential Privatization of Secrecy. commondreams.org Enhanced secrecy techniques are the order of the day (and the century, too).

WSWS (2022-09-20). Social Democrats concede defeat in Swedish election as far-right Sweden Democrats become second-largest party. wsws.org Whether or not the Sweden Democrats are formally included in the next government, it is clear that the far-right party will play a decisive role in determining its policies.

Brett Wilkins (2022-09-20). Lula Up 16 Points Over Bolsonaro as Lead Grows Ahead of Brazilian Election. commondreams.org With less than two weeks to go, former leftist president ahead of far-right incumbent by double digits.

Mark Gruenberg (2022-09-20). Grass-roots railroaders' movement to picket September 21 against proposed pact. peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON—A grass-roots movement of railroaders, who believe their national union leaders fell short of getting them what they deserve in a tentative agreement the Biden administration brokered between their unions and freight railroads, will conduct informational picketing nationally on September 21. The organization, Rail Labor for Coordinated Bargaining in 2025—which is when the next contract …

WSWS (2022-09-20). Australia: More than 3,000 COVID-19 deaths in residential aged care this year. wsws.org Since the May 21 federal election, more than 1, 0 aged care residents have died from the virus, exposing Labor's promise to bring "dignity, quality and humanity back into aged care" as an utter fraud.

Staff (2022-09-20). Presidente de la República de Zimbabue realizará visita oficial a Cuba. cubadebate.cu El Excmo. Sr. Emmerson Mnangagwa, presidente de la República de Zimbabue, realizará una visita oficial a Cuba a partir de este viernes, 23 de septiembre. Según informó este martes el Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores de Cuba, el distinguido visitante sostendrá conversaciones oficiales con autoridades cubanas y realizará otras actividades.

TeleSUR, jaa, JDO (2022-09-20). Reportan un fallecido en República Dominicana por Fiona. telesurtv.net Según lo publicado, el hombre de 65 años fue aplastado por un árbol cuando salió al patio de su casa a arreglar una hoja de zinc de un techo.

TeleSUR, jaa, JDO (2022-09-20). Kirguistán y Tayikistán acuerdan retirar tropas de la frontera. telesurtv.net Comunicados emitidos por ambas naciones resaltan que la forma para encontrar solución a los conflictos debe ser la vía política y la democracia.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-09-19). How the US is Using the Azeri-Armenian Conflict to "Extend" Russia. libya360.wordpress.com Many have noted the suspicious and very convenient timing regarding Azerbaijan-Armenia hostilities which serve as an additional distraction for Russia amid its special military operation in Ukraine and its ongoing operations in Syria. In addition to a recent visit by US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to Armenia, anti-CSTO protests promoted by US government-funded media organizations…

Dean Baker (2022-09-19). NYT Spreads Myths on Inflation. cepr.net There is a common myth that Germany's hyperinflation led to the collapse of democracy in Germany and the rise of Hitler. That is a nice story for pushing the inflation hawks' agenda, but it doesn't correspond to reality. | The hyperinflation had

Derrick Crowe (2022-09-19). People's Action Announces People's Slate, Endorsing 113 Candidates for 2022. peoplesaction.org WASHINGTON, D.C.—People's Action today announced its People's Slate—a list of 113 local, county, state, and federal candidates endorsed by the organization for the 2022 general election. The endorsements are part of People's Action's strategy to build people power and elect movement champions who will co-govern with our working-class members. These candidates run movement politics, people-powered …

Isheka N. Harrison (2022-09-19). Future Hall Of Famer Steph Curry: 7 Things To Know About His Work In The Community And Stepping Into Politics. moguldom.com NBA Superstar and future Hall of Famer Steph Curry is one of the most beloved athletes of all time. For many, that might be enough, but Curry realizes his influence and impact extend far beyond the basketball court. He's doing his part to make sure he uses it to change the world for the better. Here are …

Jorge Alemán (2022-09-19). Ultraderecha internacional argentina. globalizacion.ca Del mismo modo que el neoliberalismo no rechaza al Estado, la nueva ultraderecha no se opone a la democracia, más bien quiere controlarla y manipularla a su antojo. | Por otro lado, la ultraderecha no surge exclusivamente del odio político a…

_____ (2022-09-19). On the First Ministerial Meeting of IPEF Member Countries. journal-neo.org On September 8-9, the first meeting of the trade ministers of the member countries of the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity, which is oftentimes abbreviated to, for some reason, only IPEF (rather than, say, IPEFP), was held in Los Angeles. US President Joe Biden announced the very fact of this association being created on May …

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