Daily Archives: September 29, 2022

2022-09-29: News Headlines

TeleSUR, JCM (2022-09-29). Beijing exige a EE.UU. respetar el principio de una sola China. telesurtv.net El vocero de la cancillería Wang Wenbin criticó las recientes declaraciones de la vicepresidenta estadounidense Kamala Harris sobre Taiwán.

WSWS (2022-09-29). Seditious conspiracy trial begins for Oath Keeper leader Stewart Rhodes and accomplices in January 6 attack. wsws.org The trial of five members of the Trump-aligned militia group began Tuesday with jury selection.

_____ (2022-09-29). Why does Africa Oppose the Presence of UN Peacekeepers? journal-neo.org UN peacekeeping in Africa is in deep crisis, with the Blue Helmets not only failing in their missions but also regularly getting caught up in the middle of scandals. For the past few years there have been rallies in the Democratic Republic of Congo against the presence of representatives of the UN multidimensional mission in …

Ramon du Houx (2022-09-29). Elected officials encourage EPA to use California standards as baseline for Clean Cars. indybay.org Over 600 elected officials support the Biden-Harris Administration in implementing stronger vehicle standards to reduce carbon emissions by 2030. They also want the nation to apply CA's strong clean car standards as soon as possible.

Staff (2022-09-29). Harris, S Korea president discuss regional issues. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Sep. 29 (MNA) — US Vice President Kamala Harris and South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol met and held talks in Seoul, discussing regional issues.

WSWS (2022-09-29). Inmate strike spreads to all major Alabama prisons. wsws.org Republican Governor Kay Ivey has refused to enter discussion with the inmates and has said that their demands for better treatment and legal reform will not be considered.

WSWS (2022-09-29). Widespread opposition in Japan to Shinzo Abe's state funeral. wsws.org The purpose of the state funeral was to glorify Abe and his right-wing record as prime minister in order to further plans for remilitarization and attacks on democratic rights.

Minnie Bruce Pratt (2022-09-28). Inclusive, expansive, revolutionary — New Family Code approved by Cubans 2-1. workers.org After years of intense discussion, debate and an on-the-ground, neighborhood-by-neighborhood democratic process, the people of Cuba have passed a new Family Code. The provisions of this "Code of Affections," as it is familiarly known, are progressive, revolutionary and honor the reality of the wide range of families that people are . . . |

Ben Armbruster (2022-09-28). Poll Shows Majority in US Want Harder Diplomatic Push to End Ukraine War. commondreams.org Most voters want to see the war over "as soon as possible," but is the Biden administration doing enough to make that possible?

____ (2022-09-28). China's Xiangyang becomes sister city with Nigeria's Oshogbo. ecns.cn Xiangyang City of central China's Hubei Province and Oshogbo City of Nigeria held an online signing ceremony Monday to become sister cities.

Dave DeCamp (2022-09-28). Kamala Harris Says US Will Operate 'Undaunted, Unafraid' in Taiwan Strait. news.antiwar.com Vice President Kamala Harris Harris made the comments after attending the funeral of Shinzo Abe, the former Japanese prime minister who was assassinated in July. Her trip came at a time of soaring tensions between the US and China over the issue of Taiwan. | "We will continue to fly, sail and operate, undaunted and unafraid, wh…

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2022-09-28). U.S. Act of War against the European Union: Did President Biden Order the Terror Attack against Nord Stream? globalresearch.ca

Toni Webb (2022-09-28). Friends Ask Friends to Vote. aclu.org The midterm elections are coming, but voting can be confusing and overwhelming. People want to be good voters. They want to make informed choices about who to vote for and how to vote on issues. The rise of election disinformation, coupled with the billions of dollars spent on campaign advertisements, make it hard to sort through the facts. Voters are looking for trusted sources for information about what issues and candidates are on their ballots. That's where you come in. | Successful campaigns are created by a blend of political art and science. Magic happens when a candidate connects with voters through pa…

Isheka N. Harrison (2022-09-28). New Trend: Couples Ask Wedding Guests For Down Payment on Mortgage. moguldom.com With inflation on the rise and housing prices out of reach for many working Americans, some couples are opting for cash assistance with a housing down payment instead of tangible wedding gifts. Alexa Feneque and Silvio Tellez are among the group — and their ask netted them $30,000 in cash gifts from family and friends, …

Peter Certo (2022-09-28). In OtherWords: September 28, 2022. otherwords.org This week in OtherWords, Shailly Gupta Barnes explains the remarkable drop in U.S. poverty last year. | It's no miracle, she writes — it's the result of the federal government finally implementing common sense anti-poverty programs at scale. But with many of those programs winding down or already expired, she warns, poor people and their allies will have to pull together in the midterm elections to sustain this remarkable progress. | Also this week, Paul Armentano calls on leading Democrats to live up to their promises to reform U.S. marijuana laws, which he argues is good politics and even better policy. A…

Kenny Coyle (2022-09-28). The U.S. gets ready for war in Taiwan. struggle-la-lucha.org

TeleSUR (2022-09-28). New School Year in DRC Marred by Massive Refugee Displacements. telesurenglish.net Since the beginning of the new school year, schools in the northeastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) are marred by ongoing rebel conflicts, with classrooms squatted by displaced refugees to flee war and seek sanctuary. | RELATED: | In Rumangabo, a town of the North Kivu province, currently the epicenter of violent armed conflicts between the government army and rebels of the March 23 Mouvement (M23),…

Anonymous669 (2022-09-28). Turkish Drone Strike Kills Two SDF Officials In Northeastern Syria (Video). southfront.org Click to see full-size image. Source: the Hawar News Agency. | On September 27, two officials of the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria, the administrative wing of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), were killed in a Turkish drone strike. | A Turkish combat drone targeted a pickup truck that was carrying the officials, who were identified as Zeinab Muhammed and Yilmaz Shru, near the village of Tell Jman in the northeastern countryside of al-Hasakah. The two officials…

Lilly Dragnev (2022-09-28). 2022 Midterms: Help Get the Vote Out! peaceaction.org The midterm elections are nearly upon us. In less than six weeks voters will be hitting the polls, with early voting kicking off even before that. Now is the time that you can help Peace Action in its work to elect peace candidates in the closest races throughout the country. Sign up to make calls …

TeleSUR (2022-09-28). Violence Shakes Final Stretch of Brazil's Presidential Campaign. telesurenglish.net Less than four days before the presidential elections to be held on Sunday, October 2, Brazilians are outraged by new cases of political violence generated by supporters of the far-right President Jair Bolsonaro. | RELATED: | The authorities are investigating the murder of at least four people after political arguments and other violent attacks on militants and democratic candidates. As a result of the escalation of th…

_____ (2022-09-28). Failing To Count The Arabs: The Myth Of The 'Democratic' Jewish State. popularresistance.org Israel wants the world to believe that it is a majority Jewish state with a 20% Arab minority and that the Arab population enjoys a good standard of living and full equal rights. And while this is easy to disprove, it is still part of the mainstream discourse on Israel. | It is true that at around two million people, the Palestinian citizens of Israel represent about twenty-one percent of Israeli citizens. However, Israel counts its Jewish citizens regardless of where they reside throughout the country — including the West Bank and East Jerusalem — and all Jewish Israelis are citizens. In contrast, Pa…

_____ (2022-09-28). Israel on the Eve of the Fifth Round of Elections. journal-neo.org Israeli interim Prime Minister Yair Lapid, in just 29 words from the rostrum of the UN General Assembly, radically changed the fifth electoral round of elections from the first four electoral cycles of the past two and a half years. From the rostrum of one of the world's largest international diplomatic forums, he said, "An …

_____ (2022-09-28). Failing to Count the Arabs: the Myth of the "Democratic" Jewish State. popularresistance.org Israel wants the world to believe that it is a majority Jewish state with a 20% Arab minority and that the Arab population enjoys a good standard of living and full equal rights. And while this is easy to disprove, it is still part of the mainstream discourse on Israel. | It is true that at around two million people, the Palestinian citizens of Israel represent about twenty-one percent of Israeli citizens. However, Israel counts its Jewish citizens regardless of where they reside throughout the country — including the West Bank and East Jerusalem — and all Jewish Israelis are citizens. In contrast, Pa…

Isheka N. Harrison (2022-09-28). Lawsuit Alleges Zillow Wiretaps Website Visits, Records User Activity. moguldom.com A new class action lawsuit accuses Zillow of using tech that is the equivalent of wiretapping the activity of users who visit the company's website. The class action complaint was filed in a federal court in Seattle, Washington on behalf of Natalie Perkins and Kenneth Hasson and other plaintiffs with similar grievances. According to court documents, the session-replay technology …

Staff (2022-09-28). Armenia ex-Pres. calls for deepening defense coop. with Iran. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Sep. 28 (MNA) — Armenian former President Robert Kocharyan considers the deepening of the defense cooperation between Armenia and Iran a necessity as a part of Armenia's security component.

David Sirota (2022-09-28). Before Hurricane, Florida Republicans Helped Oil Donors Fight Climate Rules. levernews.com

WSWS (2022-09-28). Socialist Equality Group to hold online event "The Crisis of Democracy in Brazil and the Perspective of Socialist Revolution" wsws.org The event will be held Saturday, at 3pm (GMT-3), on the eve of elections which mark the highest point of the crisis of bourgeois rule in Brazil in four decades.

Brett Wilkins (2022-09-28). Sanders, Kaine Hail US Senate's Passage of Brazil Election Resolution. commondreams.org "It is important for the people of Brazil to know we're on their side, on the side of democracy," said Sen. Bernie Sanders. "With passage of this resolution, we are sending that message."

Editor (2022-09-28). NYT Op-Ed Criticizes Biden for Not Being Hawkish Enough. scheerpost.com

Staff (2022-09-28). US to continue deepening unofficial ties with Taiwan: Harris. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Sep. 28 (MNA) — In her provocative remarks on Wednesday, US Vice President Kamala Harris said that Washington would continue to deepen its 'unofficial ties' with Taiwan.

Peter Certo (2022-09-28). The Climate Legacy of the British Empire. ips-dc.org When Queen Elizabeth passed away, much of the Western establishment's reaction was one of uncritical mourning. Likewise, her successor King Charles' ascent to the throne was greeted with celebration. | It's one thing for world leaders to send formal condolences for a loss or congratulations for an ascendance. But in the United States, President Biden and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi

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