Daily Archives: October 1, 2022

2022-10-01: News Headlines

WSWS (2022-10-01). For the independent mobilization of the working class against the threat of dictatorship in Brazil. wsws.org The Brazilian political crisis is one of the epicenters of a globally interconnected process of dissolution of democratic forms of rule by the ruling class in all countries.

Staff (2022-10-01). US Officials tell congressmen JCPOA revival talks stalled. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Oct. 01 (MNA) — In a closed briefing with US lawmakers, Biden administration officials told that negotiations to revive the 2015 Iran nuclear deal are stalled.

Jan Oberg (2022-10-01). Biden and Nuland Promised to Destroy Nordstream before the Russian Invasion. dissidentvoice.org People from the Danish Defence Academy, other military experts — e.g. those of the Danish Broadcasting Corporation — most major Danish media and — of course — the Ukrainian President's advisor uniformly point — to Russia as the saboteur of the Nordstream gas pipelines near Bornholm, the Danish island south of Sweden. The Danish Prime …

Staff (2022-10-01). Biden reacts to Putin's Friday remarks. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Oct. 01 (MNA) — US President Joe Biden reacted to the remarks of his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin that were made on the accession of four regions of Ukraine to Russia.

_____ (2022-10-01). US Sanctions Will Make China Stronger. popularresistance.org For the past five years, with the rapid decline of the U.S. empire and the peaceful rise of China, the U.S. has rapidly developed a baffling policy of anti-China hysteria. From Trump to Biden, Republicans and Democrats, neo-cons and "progressives," are all now focused entirely on a racist cold war of China-bashing and Russophobia, rather than doing anything constructive for the people of the United States and global society. | From a never-ending trade war, financial war, sanctions and the war against Huawei they turned to spreading unfounded stories of Chinese communist "high-tech" spies in the U.S., and a "Wuha…

TeleSUR, ajb -MER (2022-10-01). øCómo nace la República Popular China. telesurtv.net China conmemora el 73 aniversario como República Popular, que surgió tras un importante proceso revolucionario.

Roger D. Harris (2022-10-01). US Hybrid War Against Venezuela Goes to Court: The Case of Venezuelan Diplomat Alex Saab. orinocotribune.com Ambassador Alex Saab, a victim of the US economic war to achieve regime change in Venezuela, has been under arrest for over two years. This article recounts the developments in the diplomat's court case. Saab is fighting against his illegal detention and extradition before the 8th District Court in Miami. | As Venezuela's special envoy and a deputy ambassador to the African Union, Saab has diplomatic immunity from arrest and detention under the 1961 Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations. Although a party to the convention, the US has flouted this principle of international law. | Judicial overreach on politic…

_____ (2022-10-01). PRC-DPRK Relations in 2021-2022; the Political Aspect. journal-neo.org Following a series of articles on the interaction between Seoul and Beijing, it is worth examining what the communication between Beijing and Pyongyang has looked like. Kim and Xi have constantly exchanged personal messages. For example, on March 23, 2021 Kim Jong-un sent a verbal personal message to Xi Jinping, informing him about the 8th …

David Skripac (2022-10-01). Why Capitalism Is Incongruous with Democracy. globalresearch.ca

Rachel Simon-Kumar, Sonia Lewycka, Terryann C Clark, Theresa Fleming, Roshini Peiris-John (2022-10-01). [Articles] Flexible resources and experiences of racism among a multi-ethnic adolescent population in Aotearoa, New Zealand: an intersectional analysis of health and socioeconomic inequities using survey data. thelancet.com Indigenous and ethnic minority experiences of racism are heterogeneous. Structural flexible resources (wealth) and, more substantially, embodiment flexible resources (perceived Whiteness) mitigate individual experiences of racism. In multi-ethnic western societies, anti-racist interventions and policies must address both structural deprivation and associated intergenerational mobility and colourism (ie, implicit and explicit bias against non-White youth).

WSWS (2022-10-01). In cave-in to the banks, Biden changes student loan forgiveness rules to make 800,000 people ineligible. wsws.org The rule change reverses the previous guidance and makes 800,000 people, whose loans are guaranteed by the government but held by private banks, ineligible for the $10,000 debt write-off.

Ramon du Houx (2022-10-01). 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.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-10-01). Brazil: A Presidential Election that Will Mark the Immediate Future of Latin America. libya360.wordpress.com Gustavo A Maranges A man sits next to a graffiti of former Brazil's President and candidate for presidential election Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva at his campaign headquarters in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil September 28, 2022. REUTERS/Pilar Olivares Interview with Latin American political scientist and filmmaker Micaela Ovelar on the current scenario in the South…

TeleSUR, DRL (2022-10-01). Presidente Putin firma tratados de adhesión de territorios a Rusia. telesurtv.net El mandatario Vladímir Putin hizo un llamamiento al Gobierno ucraniano "para que cese inmediatamente el fuego".

Infobrics (2022-09-30). Trump warns sabotage of Nord Stream pipelines could lead to war. infobrics.org Biden will never accept Trump's offers to mediate peace deal between Russia and Ukraine.

Jeremy Kuzmarov (2022-09-30). Is That a Chilling Echo of Dr. Strangelove We Are Hearing from Biden's Nominee to Oversee America's Nuclear Weapons Arsenal? globalresearch.ca

_____ (2022-09-30). The Democratic Party, Now The Leading Party Of War. popularresistance.org The prowar mentality among the progressive Dem pols is not limited to Biden's cruel proxy war to the last Ukrainian. It extends to a second proxy war now being ginned up in Taiwan. When Nancy Pelosi recently visited the island to stir up secessionist sentiment, not a single progressive Democrat in Congress made so much as a peep of protest. In fact Rep. Ro Khanna, Co-chair of Bernie Sanders's 2020 Presidential campaign boosted it in rants on CNN and Twitter. | Both of these proxy wars bring the US into conflict with two other major global nuclear powers. If the progressive pols cannot be against military escalati…

Dave DeCamp (2022-09-30). Senate Approves Up to $16 Billion in Ukraine Aid as Part of Funding Bill. news.antiwar.com The Senate on Thursday approved a stopgap funding bill needed to avert a government shutdown that includes up to $16 billion in new aid for Ukraine. The legislation passed the Senate in a vote of 72-25 and is expected to be passed quickly by the House so it can reach President Biden's desk by Friday …

TeleSUR (2022-09-30). Lula and Bolsonaro on Ukraine and Sanctions Against Russia. telesurenglish.net Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro and former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (2003-2011) are the favorites for the presidential elections that Brazil will hold on Sunday, October 2. Over the last few months, they have made several statements that portray what they think about the conflict in Ukraine and the sanctions against Russia. | Several people walk in front of a street towel stall with images of the current president of Brazil and candidate for re-election, Jair Bolsonaro, and his contender, former Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva…

Editor (2022-09-30). 'End War in Ukraine' Say 66 Nations at UN General Assembly. scheerpost.com President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. addresses the 77th Session of the United Nations General Assembly at UN Headquarters in New York City in September 21, 2022. U.S. Department of State from United States, Public domain, via By Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J.S. Davies / We have spent the past week reading and listening to speeches by…

Rainer Shea (2022-09-30). Neo-Colonial Apologia, Imperialist Hypocrisy, & the Chauvinism Driving Pro-NATO Liberals. orinocotribune.com By Rainer Shea Sep 26, 2022 | None are more hypocritical than the Americans who say that Russia is waging an imperialist war. The same goes for when they say China is carrying out a colonial genocide, or when they say the DPRK violates its people's human rights, or when they say Cuba is anti-democratic. The biggest of these projections is the one in which Americans say the PRC is carrying out neo-colonialism. Because not only are the U.S. and its wealthiest allies themselves guilty of neo-colonialism, but the central motive behind their cold war escalations is to maintain this neo-colonial extraction. | The…

Indie Left (2022-09-30). 9/30: DARK BRANDON GOES FULL GANGSTER ON THE EU | FIRED Amazon Employees Tell Their Stories | "Rigged" Election Claims – Trump 2020 vs Clinton 2016 | Why Is Everything Turning Into Uber? independentleftnews.substack.com Weekend Time! Friday's 6-pack of videos, hand-picked by Indie just for you for 9/30, found at

Infobrics (2022-09-30). Trump cautions about suicidal US foreign policy. infobrics.org "More than anything else, I think we could end up in World War III," Trump warned.

_____ (2022-09-30). Walk To Freedom For Leonard Peltier Halfway To Washington. popularresistance.org Volunteers demanding the freedom of Leonard Peltier have trekked 500 miles over the last four weeks in a protest walk organized by the American Indian Movement (AIM) Grand Governing Council. | Peltier (Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians), 78, was convicted of aiding and abetting in the murder of two Federal Bureau of Investigation agents on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation on June 26, 1975. He has spent the last 46 years in federal prison. | AIM hopes the walk will raise awareness for Peltier's plight and apply some pressure on President Joe Biden to grant executive clemency to Peltier. | "The walk and pra…

Ann Brown (2022-09-30). Political Scientist Dr. Jason Johnson: What Has The Democratic Party Done For Black Men But Blame Us? moguldom.com MSNBC political contributor Dr. Jason Johnson is tired of the Democratic party blaming Black men for losses. And he claimed he can see a "blame game" being set up against Black voters, especially Black men, ahead of possible Democratic Party losses in the midterms. Johnson is a professor, political analyst, and public speaker. The author of …

Linn Washington (2022-09-30). Philly DA Target Of Vile GOP Ouster Effort. thiscantbehappening.net The dozens of protestors in Philadelphia who gathered recently outside the hearing held by a Republican dominated investigative committee of the Pennsylvania State House loudly chanted "Hey, Hey, Ho, Ho, This Political Circus Got To Go!" That protest included circus performers to dramatize protestors' contention that the committee's hearing was a 'clown show' intended to … |

TeleSUR (2022-09-30). US Congress: Stopgap Funding Bill Ahead of Gov't Shutdown. telesurenglish.net On Friday, the U.S. House of Representatives approved a stopgap funding bill to fund the government through mid-December, following a Senate passage on Thursday. | The House cleared the bill on a 230-201 vote, sending it to President Joe Biden for his signature. The Senate voted 72-25. | RELATED: | The so-called continuing resolution would prevent a partial government shutdown after the current fiscal year expires Friday night. | "It's become routine…

_____ (2022-09-30). For Haitian Asylum Seekers, Biden Is The More Effective Evil. popularresistance.org For many 2020 voters of Presidential candidate Joe Biden and Vice-Presidential candidate Kamala Harris, their historic electoral win would symbolize a drastic change from the vituperative language and callous policies that came to define the chaotic and destructive Trump years. Whether it was the Trump administration's criminalization of asylum seekers, separation of mother and child at the border through their cruel "zero tolerance" strategy, reduction in refugee resettlement, or use of xenophobic rhetoric before racializing a viral disease like COVID-19 that would stoke rampant Sinophobia, a more "compassionate…

_____ (2022-09-30). Nigeria's Upcoming Elections Exacerbate the Situation in the Country. journal-neo.org Nigeria occupies a very important place in current world politics. This country is home to almost a fifth of the African continent's population, about one in six Africans is Nigerian. Its already large population is expected to have doubled to 400 million by 20 , moving Nigeria from the 7th most populous country in the world to …

TeleSUR (2022-09-30). N Korea Fires Two Short-Range Ballistic Missiles From Pyongyang. telesurenglish.net

Isheka N. Harrison (2022-09-30). Inside Derrick Hayes And Pinky Cole's Goal To Sign Up 25,000 Black Men For Life Insurance, Pay 1st Year Of Coverage. moguldom.com Entrepreneurial power couple Pinky Cole and Derrick Hayes of Slutty Vegan and Big Dave's Cheesesteaks fame are not strangers to using their creative and financial prowess to give back to the community. One of those initiatives aims to help Black men in a major way. The Atlanta-based duo launched Square 1: The Liife Experience in June 2021 to provide 25,000 Black …

_____ (2022-09-30). Non-Tenure-Track Skidmore College Faculty Votes To Unionize. popularresistance.org Saratoga Springs, New York – In a major milestone for an organizing effort that began in 2018, full-time and part-time, non-tenure-track faculty and other Skidmore College staff voted this month in favor of unionizing. | The National Labor Relations Board conducted two separate mail-in elections — one for full-time staff and one for part-time staff — and 65% of full-time staff voted to join with the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), Local 200United, while 67% of part-time employees voted in favor of joining the union, according to an SEIU news release. | The votes, announced Sept. 27, affe…

Liberation Staff (2022-09-30). PSL Editorial: We stand with the people of Brazil vs. Bolsonaro's coup plots. liberationnews.org Brazilians will go to the polls in a pivotal election on Sunday to choose a new president. Support for former president Lula da Silva of the Workers Party, the main candidate of the left, is surging.

Brett Heinz (2022-09-30). The Fake News Machine: How Meta Endangers Brazilian Democracy. cepr.net With just days left before Brazilians head to the polls to decide the political future of their country, the use of social media by political elites to manipulate elections is again in full swing.

TeleSUR (2022-09-30). Lula Says South America Wants His Victory in Brazilian Elections. telesurenglish.net Former president and candidate Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said today that South America wants to see him win the October 2 elections in Brazil to reorganize the Union of South American Nations (Unasur) once again. | Presidential candidate Luís Inácio Lula da Silva (c) participates in a campaign event today, in Fortaleza (Brazil)…

Annie Game (2022-09-30). Can Democracy Survive Brazil's Upcoming Elections? commondreams.org What is next for Brazil? There is no simple answer, but democracy is at risk as the country approaches a national election on October 2, 2022—and we should all be concerned.

WSWS (2022-09-30). No to another school year of mass infection and death! Mobilize Canada's education workers to fight for the global elimination of COVID-19! wsws.org Governments in every province, from John Horgan's New Democrats in British Columbia to the hard-right Ford Tories in Ontario, reopened schools at the beginning of this month after dismantling all remaining COVID public health measures.

WSWS (2022-09-30). Virginia Thomas, wife of Supreme Court justice, reaffirms Trump's "Big Lie" wsws.org Chairman of the committee Bennie Thompson told CNN reporters that it was unlikely the committee would meet next week, further increasing the chances that Thomas' testimony will not be featured in a public hearing until after the midterm elections.

Fred Wertheimer (2022-09-30). Two Key Battles Underway to Save US Democracy From GOP Attack. commondreams.org Two critical issues that go to the heart of the integrity of our elections will play out this fall—one in Congress and one in the Supreme Court.

Bella DeVaan (2022-09-30). It's Time to Eradicate Dark Money From Politics. commondreams.org While federal lawmakers fail to pass dark money donor disclosure, voters in Arizona have an opportunity to reveal who's exerting outsize influence in their elections.

Deweylaura (2022-09-30). Democracy is on the line in November. cpusa.org The following is adapted from a talk given at the online Marxist School in 2022. People's life experience has a decisive influence on their reaction to events. But it is not always determinative. Someone influenced by progressive class-struggle ideas, racial and gender equality, and generally by mass democratic movements and who gains a relative …

Lucrecia Franco (2022-09-30). Brazil's general elections debate. america.cgtn.com With Brazil's general elections just two days away, Brazil's far right-wing President, Jair Bolsonaro, and leftist ex-President, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, faced off in a fiery debate in Rio de Janeiro. Polls indicate the race has come down to these two candidates with …

Jake Kallio (2022-09-29). US and UK undermining Bosnian democracy with sectarian electoral law changes. multipolarista.com Bosnia and Herzegovina is already governed by a neocolonial system, but the US, UK, and Israel are further undermining democracy by pushing for sectarian election law amendments that could weaken the civil rights of minorities like Jews and Roma.

Contributing Writers (2022-09-29). Scott Ritter on North Stream sabotage. marktaliano.net READ MORE: U.S. Act of War against the European Union: Did President Biden Order the Terror Attack against Nord Stream? Germany and EU Have Been Handed Over a Declaration of War…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-09-29). Thays Carvalho: We Have to Combine All Struggles to Confront Bolsonarism and Build Hope in Brazil. libya360.wordpress.com Ahead of national elections in Brazil, Thays Carvahlo from the People's Brazil Movement spoke to Peoples Dispatch about the loss of rights suffered by the Brazilian people in the last six years and the hope offered by the upcoming polls of building a people's government. She talks about the response of the youth movement to…

Anonymous669 (2022-09-29). SDF Uncovers Large Weapons Cache Of ISIS Near Al-Hawl Camp In Northeastern Syria (Video). southfront.org Click to see full-size image. Source: the Syrian Democratic Forces. | On September 28, the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) announced that it had uncovered a large weapons cache of ISIS cells near the notorious al-Hawl camp in Syria's northeastern region. | The weapons cache was located in the village of Al-Qairouan, just a few kilometers away from the al-Hawl in the eastern countryside al-Hasakah. | In the cache, SDF units and security forces, Asayish, found dozens of assault rifles and…

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