Daily Archives: October 8, 2022

2022-10-08: News Headlines

Kyle Anzalone (2022-10-08). White House Says Biden's 'Armageddon' Comment Not Based on New Intelligence. news.antiwar.com White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said there is no new intelligence suggesting Russia was deploying nuclear weapons. She was speaking with reporters about President Joe Biden's statement that the US and Russia are approaching armageddon. The comment raised alarms of a potential nuclear war between NATO and Russia.Biden warned that the world is closer …

_____ (2022-10-08). Report: US Special Operations Forces are on the Ground in Ukraine. popularresistance.org US special operations forces are on the ground in Ukraine as part of a broad covert operation that includes CIA personnel, *The Intercept* reported on Wednesday, citing unnamed US intelligence and military officials. | The report said that the US withdrew its CIA and special operations assets from Ukraine shortly before Russia's invasion, although one US official said the CIA "never completely left." | The CIA initially predicted that Kyiv would fall quickly to Russia, but after it became clear that wouldn't happen, the Biden administration sent its covert assets back into Ukraine.

WSWS (2022-10-08). European Political Community summit pledges to escalate war on Russia. wsws.org Even as US President Biden admitted that the NATO war with Russia threatens to unleash nuclear Armageddon, 44 European countries met and pledged to escalate the war.

WSWS (2022-10-08). Will Lehman: "Oppose threats to Stellantis Warren Truck Plant workers' jobs!" wsws.org "I call on all workers to oppose this attack on the workers at Warren Truck and mobilize in defense of their jobs," Lehman said.

WSWS (2022-10-08). Australia: Nurses' union promotes New South Wales Labor election campaign. wsws.org Despite the token character of Labor's proposed measures, which would do nothing to resolve a healthcare meltdown, New South Wales Nurses and Midwives' Association leader Shaye Candish hailed "a fantastic announcement."

WSWS (2022-10-08). CDC deepens COVID-19 cover-up, switches to weekly reporting of cases and deaths. wsws.org Coming just before what is tipped to be another devastating surge of the pandemic across the US this fall and winter, the move is a major escalation of the Biden administration's homicidal "forever COVID" policy.

South Bay Progressive Alliance (2022-10-08). Saturday 10/15: Elections Forum. indybay.org Roosevelt Community Center | 901 East Santa Clara Street | San Jose, CA 95116 | (Access Parking lot from North 21st Street)…

WSWS (2022-10-08). Endless Australian university union betrayals result in election debacle. wsws.org While the incumbent NTEU leadership scraped back into office with small votes, "opposition" groups failed in their bankrupt appeals to "rebuild" or "renew" the discredited union.

Karl Kramer (2022-10-08). Saturday 10/22: El Salvador event. indybay.org At Accion Latina, 2958 24th Street (btw Harrison and Alabama Streets), San Francisco…

WorkWeek (2022-10-08). WorkWeek On LA SEIU 399 Organzing Struggles, Democracy & Business Unionism. indybay.org The struggle in Los Angeles SEIU 399 was central to the Justice For Janitors campaign. The workers however who led this struggle faced a struggle to continue the fight for the membership when they won control of the Local through the Multi-Racial Alliance. Prior to the AFL-CIO convention in LA they had a sit-in at their offices. The International sent in SEIU president's aid Bill Fletcher to end the sit-in. He promised that they would get control of the local but as soon as the sit-in ended they sold the building and merged the local into SEIU 1877.

_____ (2022-10-07). How Did A Hurricane Kill Over 100 People In Florida? popularresistance.org Over 100 people are dead in Florida after Hurricane Ian ripped through the state, making landfall on September 28 as a Category 4 storm. Over 202,000 Florida homes and businesses are still without power. The hurricane caused damage that Biden claimed could rank as "the worst in the nation's history," with economic damage that could cost up to $75 billion—possibly among the five costliest storms in US history. | The death toll combined with the imagery of utter destruction paints a harrowing picture of the fate of Floridians after this storm. Cities such as Fort Myers were leveled, Sanibel Island completely…

_____ (2022-10-07). Advocates Cheer Biden Move To Pardon Marijuana Convictions. popularresistance.org Reasserting that "no one should be in jail just for using or possessing marijuana," U.S. President Joe Biden said on Thursday that he is planning to issue an executive order pardoning everyone convicted of low-level marijuana possession, a move that drew applause from drug policy reform advocates. | "Sending people to jail for possessing marijuana has upended too many lives—for conduct that is legal in many states. That's before you address the clear racial disparities around prosecution and conviction," Biden—who as recently as 2019 called cannabis a "gateway drug"—tweeted. "Today, we begin to…

Dave DeCamp (2022-10-07). Biden: Nuclear 'Armageddon' Risk Highest Since Cuban Missile Crisis. news.antiwar.com President Biden said Thursday that the risk of nuclear "armageddon" is at its highest point since the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis, a rare admission of the danger his policy of supporting Ukraine in a war on Russia's border poses. Biden said that Russian President Vladimir Putin is "not joking when he talks about the use …

WSWS (2022-10-07). Biden warns: Prepare for nuclear Armageddon. wsws.org The New York Times reports that President Biden told a group of billionaires at a fundraising event last night: "We have not faced the prospect of Armageddon since Kennedy and the Cuban Missile Crisis."

WSWS (2022-10-07). Biden warns of nuclear "Armageddon" as Zelensky calls for "preventive strikes" on Russia. wsws.org President Joe Biden said Thursday that the world is at risk of nuclear "Armageddon," implying that the rapid escalation of the war in Ukraine could lead to nuclear war between the United States and Russia.

WSWS (2022-10-07). North Korea fires missile over Japan for first time since 2017. wsws.org The US isolation and goading of Pyongyang has increased the destabilization of Northeast Asia.

Misión Verdad (2022-10-07). CIA Strengthens Presence in Ukraine on Biden's Orders. orinocotribune.com A journalistic report by The Intercept has revealed that the CIA remains in Ukraine and that its operations, as well as the number of troops, have increased considerably since the middle of this year. Although the investigation is aimed at dismissing the Russian military operation, it has uncovered details regarding the actions of the US intelligence agency on Ukrainian soil. | One of those details is that the CIA has taken credit for Ukraine's latest gains on the battlefield, while downplaying its failures or poor predictions during the open war that began in February this year. For example, they had said that R…

WSWS (2022-10-07). US Congressional leaders of both parties welcome members of neo-Nazi Azov Battalion to Washington. wsws.org The embrace of neo-Nazi's by both big business parties obliterates any notions that the US government is fighting for "democracy" or "human rights" in Ukraine, or anywhere else.

WSWS (2022-10-07). Congressional leaders of both parties welcome members of neo-Nazi Azov Battalion to Washington. wsws.org The embrace of neo-Nazis by both big business parties obliterates any notions that the US government is fighting for "democracy" or "human rights" in Ukraine, or anywhere else.

WSWS (2022-10-07). Assange's wife Stella Moris demolishes US warmonger John Bolton on live TV. wsws.org Moris presented a powerful defence of Assange and of democratic rights. Bolton ranted and raved about the "right" of the American government to destroy anyone who threatened its interests.

WSWS (2022-10-07). Assange's wife Stella Moris demolishes US war criminal John Bolton on live TV. wsws.org Moris presented a powerful defence of Assange and of democratic rights. Bolton ranted and raved about the "right" of the American government to destroy anyone who threatened its interests.

John Bachtell (2022-10-07). Republicans crank up their hypocrisy and lie machines in Georgia. peoplesworld.org Republicans, anti-abortion groups, and fascist Christian white supremacists have desperately rallied around Georgia Senate candidate Herschel Walker despite new revelations he paid for the abortion of an ex-girlfriend who was also the mother of one of his children. Walker is running on a "no exceptions" anti-abortion platform, even in the case of rape, incest, or …

WSWS (2022-10-07). After executive threatens to close the plant, Warren Truck workers speak with supporters of UAW presidential candidate Will Lehman. wsws.org Supporters of Mack Trucks worker Will Lehman spoke to workers at the Stellantis Warren Truck Plant about the threat by management, backed by the UAW, to slash jobs.

Mark Gruenberg (2022-10-07). Organizing the Congress: Three lawmakers' staffs go union. peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON —It's a little-known nickname, but Capitol Hill's workers—the staff, not the lawmakersoften call their job site "The Last Plantation." Now, exploited staffers are starting to change that. Congress received that moniker from their own aides and especially from the cafeteria cooks, servers and others who toil in its warrens. The reasons: Low pay, no …

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-10-07). Sudanese Resistance Committees Agree on Revolutionary Charter for the Establishment of People's Power. libya360.wordpress.com Sudanese demonstrators attend rally to demand the return to civilian rule, in Khartoum, Sudan, October 6, 2022. (AP) More than 50 Sudanese pro-democracy groups have agreed on a new draft constitution, in one of the largest shows of unity from the country's opposition since the 2019 popular uprising. The document, signed Wednesday evening, is meant…

Isheka N. Harrison (2022-10-07). Black America Pushes Elijah Muhammad To Official Trending Status On Twitter. moguldom.com Elijah Muhammad is currently trending on Twitter because Black America is acknowledging what would have been the Nation Of Islam leader's 125th birthday. Born Elijah Poole on Oct. 7, 1897, Muhammad eventually rose to become one of the most popular religious leaders of his time. Though some found his teachings controversial, many acknowledged the NOI's …

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-10-07). Gilmar Mauro: "Defeating Fascism in Brazil is Fundamental" libya360.wordpress.com Days after the first round of elections in Brazil, Gilmar Mauro, of the national board of the Landless Rural Workers' Movement spoke to Peoples Dispatch about the challenges ahead for people's movements in Brazil to secure the victory of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of the Workers' Party of Brazil.

Slorinoco (2022-10-07). High-Value US Asset 'Fat Leonard' Arrested in Venezuela — Possible Prisoner Swap. orinocotribune.com By Roger D. Harris Oct 4, 2022 | The principal perpetrator in what AP News The culprit goes by the moniker "Fat Leonard." He tips the scales at 3 pounds, according to the US Marshals wanted poster. | ABC News

Isheka N. Harrison (2022-10-07). A Recap Of The Reparations And Political Panels At The Revolt Summit. moguldom.com Paying the debt of reparations to Black Americans is not a new idea. Black leaders have been advocating for them since the 1800s when President Andrew Johnson reneged on the promise of his assassinated predecessor, President Abraham Lincoln, to give each newly freed man 40 acres and a mule to atone for slavery. However, no one can …

Isheka N. Harrison (2022-10-07). Federal Agents, US Govt. Believe They Have Enough To Charge Joe Biden's Son, Hunter Biden, With Crimes. moguldom.com The Federal Bureau of Investigation believes its agents have gathered enough evidence to charge Hunter Biden, son of U.S. President Joe Biden, with crimes, according to a report by The Washington Post. According to…

Isheka N. Harrison (2022-10-07). Biden Pardons Those With Marijuana Possession Offenses Before Midterm Elections: 3 Things To Know. moguldom.com President Joe Biden pardoned Americans with convictions for marijuana possession on Thursday, Oct. 6, and he called on governors across the country to do the same. Here are three things to know about Biden's latest executive action. 1. Biden announced his pardons of Americans with simple marijuana possession convictions as fulfilling a campaign promise. Biden …

Kurt Nimmo (2022-10-07). FBI and Corporate Media Gear Up Lies for Midterm Election. globalresearch.ca

Keri Blakinger (2022-10-07). Alabama lied: Prisoners face deadly retaliation for their strike. peoplesworld.org Last Friday, five days after Alabama prisoners launched a statewide labor strike, Republican Gov. Kay Ivey assured reporters that the head of the state's beleaguered corrections department had things "well under control." But images and interviews from inside the state's prisons show a system in disarray, with deteriorating conditions, pervasive violence, multiple deaths and little …

____ (2022-10-07). Something For The Weekend. smoothiex12.blogspot.com "Lev Sharansky" is at it again, LOL)) But many people still do not understand a huge significance of all that. I explain some of it in my latest (today):
So, enjoy the weekend.

Brett Wilkins (2022-10-07). Advocates Lament 'Extremely Disappointing' Exclusion of Noncitizens From Biden Marijuana Pardons. commondreams.org "President Biden can and should ensure that marijuana possession convictions do not jeopardize a person's immigration status," argued one immigrant rights attorney.

____ (2022-10-07). Ecological environment improved at Baiyangdian Lake in Xiong'an New Area. ecns.cn

WSWS (2022-10-07). Reinforcements for the CIA Democrats in the 2022 elections: Part two. wsws.org The coming together of the Democratic Party and the Pentagon-CIA axis refutes the notion, peddled by Bernie Sanders, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and pseudo-left groups like the Democratic Socialists of America, that it is possible to push the Democratic Party to the left and transform it into a vehicle for progressive social reform.

Fred Wertheimer (2022-10-07). Empowered GOP Election Deniers Are a Direct Threat to US Democracy. commondreams.org The fact that election deniers around the country are running for office is just part of Trump's destructive legacy.

TeleSUR -mcs, DRL (2022-10-07). Partido opositor rechaza posible intervención militar en Haití. telesurtv.net De acuerdo con la organización política, el país ha sufrido como consecuencia de la presencia de fuerzas extranjeras.

Fight Back (2022-10-06). UCONN SDS fights to save cultural centers. fightbacknews.org Storrs, CT – Members of the University of Connecticut's Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) chapter are rallying to defend the campus' cultural centers after the new UCONN president's attack on the Diversity and Inclusion program. On September 28, members of the UCONN board of trustees voted to appoint Radenka Maric as the new president of the University of Connecticut. This decision, without consent from the student body, comes on the heels of Maric's recent campaign to restructure funding for the diversity and equity program that cuts the budgets of many cultural centers. | In the case of the Native America…

Editor (2022-10-06). 'Next Up? Legalize It': Advocates Cheer Biden Move to Pardon Marijuana Convictions. scheerpost.com

Editor (2022-10-06). Our Democracy Was Stolen A Long Time Ago w/ Chris Hedges and Jimmy Dore. scheerpost.com "American democracy has been steadily eroding since the Reagan administration, Hedges says, and if you think Donald Trump's arrival on the political scene is what killed democracy you have not been paying attention."

Editor (2022-10-06). The Supreme Court May Well Legalize Election Theft This Term. scheerpost.com

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