Anonymous103 (2022-07-29). US Aircraft Carrier Group Heads Towards Taiwan As tension Over Nancy Pelosi's Possible Visit Continues To Grow. southfront.org The USS Ronald Reagan and its escorts left Singapore on Monday sailing northeast, according to ship tracking information. The ship's…

____ (2022-07-28). Xi speaks with Biden over phone. ecns.cn Chinese President Xi Jinping spoke with U.S. President Joe Biden on the phone at the request of the latter on Thursday evening. The two presidents had a candid communication and exchange on China-U.S. relations and issues of mutual interest.

____ (2022-07-28). Chinese spokesperson slams NATO for strategic concept referring to China. ecns.cn A Chinese defense spokesperson on Thursday voiced firm opposition to certain content regarding China in a strategic concept document published by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).

Staff (2022-07-29). U.S. pushes for India to join NATO Plus arrangement. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Republic WorldJuly 27, 2022 US Lawmaker Ro Khanna Proposes India Be 6th Nation In NATO Plus To Bolster Defence Ties US Congressman Ro Khanna stated that he has proposed India become the sixth nation in the NATO Plus arrangement to strengthen the bilateral defence relations. US Congressman Ro Khanna on Tuesday stated that he has …

____ (2022-07-29). China, Russia pledge to enhance strategic communication, safeguard multilateralism. ecns.cn Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov agreed on Thursday to further strengthen bilateral strategic communication and jointly promote the genuine multilateralism.

Anonymous103 (2022-07-29). Kiev Assassinated Dozens Of Its Own Azov Heroes (18+). southfront.org In the early morning of July 29, Kiev's forces shelled a detention center for Ukrainian prisoners of war (POWs) in the village of Elenovka in the Donetsk People's Republic. The blow was struck precisely at the barracks in which the captured soldiers of the Ukrainian Nazi Azov regiment were held. | The Russian Ministry of Defence confirmed the attack. According to the Russia's Defense Ministry and local authorities, Ukrainian troops used US-supplied HIMARS multiple rocket launchers to strike th…

Editor (2022-07-29). Lee Camp: The Shadow Bank That Owns The World. scheerpost.com By Lee Camp / Behind the Headlines…

Editor (2022-07-29). The Shadow Bank That Owns The World. scheerpost.com By Lee Camp / Behind the Headlines…

Editor (2022-07-29). Ralph Nader: Keep Calling Powerful Players—Even If They Won't Answer. scheerpost.com By Most of us play both roles of the Caller and Callee. Guess which role rules? The Callee. I've lost count of how many older adults tell me, week after week, how hard it is to get through to powerful Callees. Especially by telephone! The latter include your local electric, gas and telephone company, your bank and insurance compa…

Editor (2022-07-29). Callers Say "Can't Get Through" Callees Say "Don't Want to Let Them Through" scheerpost.com By Most of us play both roles of the Caller and Callee. Guess which role rules? The Callee. I've lost count of how many older adults tell me, week after week, how hard it is to get through to powerful Callees. Especially by telephone! The latter include your local electric, gas and telephone company, your bank and insurance compa…

WSWS (2022-07-29). Biden's infection and the horrific reality of "forever COVID" wsws.org The infection of US President Joe Biden has prompted the White House to openly state their criminal new policy towards the pandemic: everyone will get infected with COVID-19, repeatedly, year after year, forever.

Martha Grevatt (2022-07-29). Italian government arrests militant unionists. workers.org Six union leaders were placed under house arrest in Piacenza, Italy, in the early morning hours of July 19, under orders from the local prosecutor's office. Two are members of USB (Unione Sindacale di Base), and four belong to SI Cobas, two militant unions that represent workers in the logistics . . . |

Contributing Writers (2022-07-29). Our Retirements Gone? Where Did the 21 Trillion Go?/By Justus R. Hope, MD. marktaliano.net Original Link Here: Our Retirements Gone? Where Did the 21 Trillion Go? | Columnists | thedesertreview.com As anyone making a tight family budget knows, there are only two ways to balance it. The first is to increase income. The second is to decrease spending. Unfortunately, Catherine Austin Fitts says our government chose the latter to …

Anonymous103 (2022-07-29). Ukrainian Gas Industry Failed. southfront.org Zelensky addresses members of the Norwegian parliament | Written by The Norwegian government refused to supply Kiev with about five billion cubic meters of gas for the heating season of 2022-2023. Despite Zelensky's held the ground before the Norwegian parliament and expressed confidence in long-term bilateral cooperation in this area, the Norwegian leadership, after consulting with its oil and gas industry representatives…

Jason Ditz (2022-07-29). 17 Killed in Fighting in South Syria. news.antiwar.com Two days of fighting raged in Sweida, in southern Syria, where pro-government fighters clashed with locals in the Druze-majority province. Ten of the killed were government fighters and the other seven were local. A dozen combatants were wounded. Unconfirmed reports say as many as 40 civilians were also wounded. | Fighting in SW Syria has been off and on throughout the war, but this is the first clash in awhile, as pro-government forces largely control the area. Many rebel-leaning…

WSWS (2022-07-29). Sri Lankan regime extends its arrests of leading anti-government protesters. wsws.org While the repression is targeting protest activists, government moves are in preparation for a far broader crackdown on the working class.

Editor (2022-07-29). Katie Halper: Trump 'Broke Liberals' Brains'. scheerpost.com Katie Halper. [Womens Media Center] | Click to subscribe on: Katie Halper needs no introduction in leftist circles these days. The comedian cut her teeth…

Ron Forthofer (2022-07-29). Lessons from recent US history. dissidentvoice.org For much of the period since the breakup of the Soviet Union, the US was politically, militarily and economically unchallenged. The US was now the world's hegemon and, to remain dominant, it couldn't allow powerful challengers to arise. This goal meant that the US viewed the relationship with nations such as Russia and China as …

Vijay Prashad (2022-07-29). All That I Ask Is That You Fight for Peace Today. dissidentvoice.org Fuyuko Matsui (Japan), Becoming Friends with All the Children of the World, 2004. The fragility of Europe's energy supply has once again been on display in recent months. Gas shipments through the Nord Stream 1 pipeline, which runs from Russia to Germany, were reduced to 40% of capacity in June, a cut that Moscow said …

Vijay Prashad (2022-07-29). All that I ask is that you fight for peace today: The Thirtieth Newsletter (2022). mronline.org Gas shipments through the Nord Stream 1 pipeline, which runs from Russia to Germany, were reduced to 40% of capacity in June, a cut that Moscow said was due to delays in the servicing of a turbine by the German firm Siemens.

_____ (2022-07-29). Will Christina Quinn Impose US-style Democracy on Armenia? journal-neo.org The US has made no secret of its wish to push Armenia from Russia's sphere of influence, and in order to boost its efforts Washington plans to make some staffing changes at its embassy in Yerevan. Specifically, it intends to strengthen its core of "experienced personnel" who have already been trained in anti-Russian activities in …

Dr. Joseph Mercola (2022-07-29). How Medicine Was Corrupted: Difficult Times Ahead — How to Break Free From the System. globalresearch.ca

____ (2022-07-28). China, Uzbekistan reach consensuses on strengthening ties. ecns.cn China and Uzbekistan reached a series of consensuses on raising bilateral relations to a higher level during Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi's visit to Tashkent on Thursday.

Global Research News (2022-07-29). Selected Articles: DARPA, Insects, Mad Science, and Us: Nowhere to Hide. globalresearch.ca By You may think that you have seen it all but here is a great idea. Take some insects, infect them with a genetically modified …

Binoy Kampmark (2022-07-29). Facial Recognition Technology Down Under. dissidentvoice.org The language is far from reassuring. Despite being caught red handed using facial recognition technology unbeknownst to customers, a number of Australia's large retail companies have given a meek assurance that they will "pause" their use. The naughty will only show contrition in the most qualified of ways. It all began with an investigation by …

Brett Wilkins (2022-07-29). 'This victory is historic': Massachusetts Trader Joe's becomes first to unionizeÔøº. nationofchange.org "Our worker-led union ensures that we are protected and properly compensated—on our terms," explained a crew member at the Hadley store.

Chris Wright (2022-07-29). Organized Labor and the Crisis of Democracy. dissidentvoice.org We live in a time when it's become a boring cliché to say that democracy is under attack. Whether it's an ultra-reactionary Supreme Court, a nationwide Republican assault on voting rights, a MAGA movement that hopes to put an amoral power addict back in the presidency in 2024, a gathering backlash against women's rights and …

Cristen Hemingway Jaynes (2022-07-29). Could tolerant and peaceful bonobos be the model for human peacemaking? nationofchange.org "Both chimpanzees and bonobos are our closest living relatives and therefore studying their social systems and behavior can allow us to trace the evolutionary trajectories of certain phenomenons."

| Reuters | (2022-07-29). China to resume visa issuance to Afghans, exempt Afghan imports from tax. tribune.com.pk China will resume issuing visas to Afghans from August 1 and allow 98% of Afghan imports to enter tax free, the Chinese foreign ministry said on Friday. | Foreign Minister Wang Yi announced the measures when he met Afghanistan's Taliban-appointed foreign affairs chief in Uzbekistan on Thursday, according to a statement on the ministry website. | Wang also told acting Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi that China supports extending the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor into Afghanistan, the statement said. | He also reiterated a call for the West to stop imposing sanctions against Afghanistan. | Afghanistan's ec…

Cygaelle Bergado (2022-07-29). Filipinos Call Out Marcos-Duterte Government in War-Torn Philippines. towardfreedom.org Hours before Filipino President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos, Jr., gave his first State of the Nation address on July 24, Filipino people throughout the world protested. They held their own "People's State of the Union Address," or PSONA. Claudia Jones Editorial Intern Cygaelle Bergado reports from New York City.

Liberation Staff (2022-07-29). Berkeley REI workers fight for fair union election. liberationnews.org "Look at all the other stores trying to organize, at Starbucks and Amazon. We want to inspire other workers to organize and fight for real change."

Contributing Writers (2022-07-29). Kiev Eliminates POW Witnesses/ Commentary and Photos by Eva Bartlett. marktaliano.net Reality Theories, Eva K Bartlett, [2022-07-29 11: AM][ Album ]*Warning, graphic photos in this post. Pretty horrific scenes today at the detention center near the village of Yelenovka which Ukraine bombed late last night with American HIMARS. Press Secretary of the DPR Military Command, Eduard Basurin, said there are a confirmed 53 Ukrainian POWs dead, …

Anonymous103 (2022-07-29). The Skripals Are Either Imprisoned Or Murdered By UK. southfront.org Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia | Written by On 8 March 2018, the brilliant geostrategic analyst who anonymously writes the "Moon of Alabama" blog headlined

CounterSpin (2022-07-29). Vivek Shandas on Climate Disruption & Heat Waves, Jamie Kalven on Laquan McDonald Coverup. fair.org NBC Nightly News ( This week on CounterSpin: In what is being reported as an "abrupt" or "surprise" development, Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin, whose shtick relies heavily on legislative roadblocking, has agreed to sign on to a package that includes some $369 billion for "climate and energy proposals." | The New York Times The package…

David Ridley (2022-07-29). Rebuilding collective intelligence. mronline.org Human capital theory cannot solve our economic woes. David Ridley says we need a socialist alternative.

Editor2 (2022-07-29). Black Alliance for Peace Condemns Renewal of the UN Mission to Haiti (BINUH). orinocotribune.com By Black Alliance For Peace Jul 20, 2022 | JULY 18, 2022—On Friday, July 15, the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) unanimously adopted the The Black Alliance for Peace welcomed th…

Editor2 (2022-07-29). Puerto Ricans Demand Cancellation of Contract With Canadian-American Energy Company LUMA. orinocotribune.com By Peoples Dispatch Jul 23, 2022 | On Wednesday July 20, thousands of Puerto Ricans took to the streets of the capital San Juan, demanding that Governor Pedro Rafael Pierluisi cancel the contract with private electricity distribution company LUMA over chronic power outages and frequent rate hikes. | Workers from across diverse sectors, members of various social organizations, and legislators of left-wing opposition Puerto Rican Independence Party marched from the Capitol, the legislative assembly, to the La Fortaleza, the governor's office, demanding that the government terminate the contract signed between…

Editor (2022-07-29). Despite domestic priorities, RBI will have to follow the U.S. Fed. mronline.org India will have to respond by increasing interest rates further sooner rather than later. Higher U.S. interest rates make global capital abandon other countries and rush to American bonds whose market yields have doubled at the shorter end.

Editor (2022-07-29). Sanctions had no effect on Moscow yet Europe lost 4 governments: Orban. mronline.org The Western strategy to weaken Russia backfires on Europe.

Editor (2022-07-29). The value of the federal minimum wage is at its lowest point in 66 years. mronline.org The value of the federal minimum wage has reached its lowest point in 66 years, according to an EPI analysis of recently released Consumer Price Index (CPI) data.

Editor (2022-07-29). Massachusetts Trader Joe's Becomes First to Unionize in Huge Workers' Victory. scheerpost.com [ By Brett Wilkins | Workers at a Massachusetts Trader Joe's on Thursday voted to become the first of the supermarket chain's more than 0 locations to unionize, a historic development that comes amid a nationwide labor organizing wave. | "Our crew needs to be represented by an entity that is solely dedicated to our best interests." | Employees at the Trader Joe's in Hadley, a suburb of Sprin…

Fight Back (2022-07-29). Machinists in Missouri and Illinois set to strike August 1. fightbacknews.org St. Louis, MO – Around 2500 members of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) who work for Boeing in Illinois and Missouri voted down a contract offer from management on July 24. They have set a date to begin a strike on August 1. | The workers build F-15 and F-18 aircraft as well as other military equipment like drones and missiles. A strike at the Boeing plants is expected to significantly effect Boeing and also supply chains to the U.S. military. | The union is demanding pay increases to keep up with rapidly rising costs, and to keep retirement plans in effect, as well as to g…

Fight Back (2022-07-29). St. Paul protest marks Kalamazoo oil spill, opposes Line 3. fightbacknews.org Saint Paul, MN – On Saturday, July 23, roughly 30 climate activists gathered outside the Saint Paul Farmers' Market to commemorate the 12th anniversary of the Kalamazoo oil spill and demand a stop to Line 3, a new tar sands pipeline. The action was organized by the Climate Justice Committee (CJC). | The Kalamazoo oil spill occurred on July 26, 2010 and was one of the largest in U.S. history. Spills and accidents happen regularly from oil pipelines. Between 2010 and 2020 alone, the U.S. and Canada had a combined 3398 pipeline spills. | B Becker from the Climate Justice Committee opened the protest, stating, "Enbri…

Https: (2022-07-29). Brothers mark 40th transplant anniversary. mayoclinic.org/rss/all-news Pete Suby thought he had the flu. He'd been exhausted for a while and had recently vomited at work. An appointment at Mayo Clinic would reveal a much more serious reason for his symptoms: Pete's kidneys were failing. He was just 25 years old. "They couldn't believe I was standing up," says Pete, who went straight to the ICU. It was February 1982. The news wasn't a complete surprise though. When Pete was in middle…

Olujimi Alade (2022-07-29). Choice means choice ‚àí a WW commentary. workers.org By Olujimi Alade The SCOTUS overturning of Roe v. Wade has inspired a wave of reaction. The fervor in support of reproductive autonomy is unlike any I've witnessed before, and it is a powerful sign that people in the U.S. are waking up to the fact that democracy in the . . . |

Peoples Dispatch (2022-07-29). U.S. political prisoner Mutulu Shakur has six months to live. Will courts finally grant compassionate release? mronline.org Renowned revolutionary leader and health worker Mutulu Shakur has spent over three decades in prison. As his cancer worsens, activists are demanding his release.

Staff (2022-07-29). Head of NATO Military Committee attends Indo-Pacific Chiefs of Defence Conference for first time. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com NATOJuly 28, 2022 First Chair of the Military Committee to attend Indo-Pacific Chiefs of Defence Conference From 25 to 27 July 2022, Admiral Rob Bauer, Chair of the Military Committee attended the 24th annual Indo-Pacific Chiefs of Defence Conference in Australia. On the sidelines of the conference, he met with NATO Partners' Chiefs of Defence …

Staff (2022-07-29). Hugo Chávez, Leader of the Bolivarian Revolution, Was Born 68 Years Ago. orinocotribune.com It is said that on a rainy night, in Sabaneta de Barinas, the boy who would become one of the greatest political leaders of Venezuela, and of the Latin American and Caribbean region, was born. This was Commander Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías, the great leader of the Bolivarian Revolution. Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías, peasant boy, baseball-playing teenager, young soldier, insurgent man, firm and loving leader, and leading light of peoples and revolutions. | The great revolutionary leader ventured into the military world in an attempt to reach the US major leagues of baseball, but the call of his homeland, and outrage at a…

Staff (2022-07-29). Venezuela and Colombia to Resume Full Diplomatic Relations In Less Than 2 Weeks. orinocotribune.com In a joint declaration issued Thursday, July 28 by the designated foreign affairs minister of Colombia, àÅlvaro Leyva Durán, and Venezuelan foreign minister, Carlos Faría, both nations confirmed their willingness to resume full diplomatic and consular relations as of Monday, August 7, the date that Colombia's President-elect Gustavo Petro will be inaugurated. | After the end of the bilateral meeting, held in San Cristobal, Táchira state, Venezuela, and hosted by governor of Táchira, Freddy Bernal, with Colombia's incoming head of foreign affairs, the authorities offered a press conference to announce the ag…

____ (2022-07-29). Ministry: PLA will not tolerate separatist acts. ecns.cn The People's Liberation Army will never tolerate "Taiwan independence" acts or any interference from outside forces and will firmly smash such actions, said Senior Colonel Wu Qian, a spokesman for the Ministry of National Defense.

Dave DeCamp (2022-07-28). Pelosi Invites Lawmakers to Join Her in Taiwan as Military Prepares for Her Trip. news.antiwar.com House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) has invited other members of Congress Rep. Michael McFaul (R-TX), the top Republican on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, said Wednesday that Pelosi invited him and Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-NY), who chairs the committee. | McFaul said he couldn't go to Taiwan due to a prior engagem…

____ (2022-07-28). China vows 'forceful' moves on sovereignty. ecns.cn China's military will take "forceful measures" to defend national sovereignty and territorial integrity if anyone wants to breach China's bottom line on the Taiwan question, Beijing's top envoy in Washington said on Tuesday.

____ (2022-07-28). EU court confirms broadcasting ban on Russia. ecns.cn The European Court of Justice (ECJ) rejected on Wednesday a request by Russian state news network RT (Russia Today) France to lift a broadcasting ban it is subjected to under the sanctions imposed by the European Union (EU) on Russia in response to the Russia-Ukraine conflict.

Andres Arauz (2022-07-28). The US must free Afghanistan's $7 billion reserves. zcomm.org Biden must release Afghanistan's foreign reserves to alleviate suffering…

Kamal Iranidoost (2022-07-28). Western Ukrainian cities hit by Russian strikes, reports say. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 28 (MNA) — While media have reported that Ukraine's counter-offensive in Kherson is gathering momentum, according to the UK Ministry of Defence, there are reports that Russia has attacked cities in the center and west on Thursday.

Rick Sterling (2022-07-28). The Dangers of Military Escalation: Lessons from Vietnam for Ukraine. globalresearch.ca

WSWS (2022-07-28). Canada's New Democrats join far-right Ukrainian nationalists in denouncing Trudeau over Nord Stream turbine's return to Russia. wsws.org Canada's social democrats have made common cause with the right-wing Conservative opposition and the far-right-led Ukrainian Canadian Congress in accusing the Liberal government of appeasing Russian aggression.

WSWS (2022-07-28). Fed lifts interest rate in the face of growing signs of economic slowdown. wsws.org During his press conference, Fed chair Jerome Powell made clear the key determinant of the central bank's decision was the drive to clamp down on workers' wage demands in response to inflation now running at more than 9 percent.

WSWS (2022-07-28). Sri Lankan government endorses and extends President Wickremesinghe's state of emergency. wsws.org Ranil Wickremesinghe has been installed as president to impose the austerity demands of the International Monetary Fund in return for emergency funding and to suppress the widespread opposition of workers and rural toilers.

| AFP | (2022-07-28). Alarm as Earth hits 'Overshoot Day' Thursday. tribune.com.pk Mankind marks a dubious milestone Thursday, the day by which humanity has consumed all earth can sustainably produce for this year, with NGOS warning the rest of 2022 will be lived in resource deficit. | The date — dubbed "Earth Overshoot Day" — marks a tipping point when people have used up "all that ecosystems can regenerate in one year", according to the Global Footprint Network and WWF. | "From January 1 to July 28, humanity has used as much from nature as the planet can renew in the entire year. That's why July 28 is Earth Overshoot Day," said Mathis Wackernagel, president of the Global Footprint Networ…

Staff (2022-07-28). N Korea warns US ready for any military conflict. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 28 (MNA) — North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un warned that his government is "fully prepared" for any military conflict with the United States.

Staff (2022-07-28). Russia reportedly agrees to give S-300, S-400 to Syria. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 28 (MNA) — A Hebrew-language media claimed that a meeting was held in Damascus between Syrian, Russian and Iranian commanders during which the Russians declared their readiness to hand over 3-400 advanced defense systems to Syrian army.

Anarchist Black Cross Federation (2022-07-28). Dan Baker Statement in Support of Pushing Down the Walls. itsgoingdown.org Anarchist and antifascist prisoner Dan Baker addresses an upcoming event in support of political prisoners. For more info on Dan Baker and how to support him, go here. The United $tates of AmeriKKKa is a white supremacist terrorist organization. Their government strives for a monopoly on violence to defend their profits, acquired through the prison…

Anonymous Contributor (2022-07-28). Anarchists Confront Far-Right and TERF Coalition in DC. itsgoingdown.org Action report on counter-protest against far-Right and TERF coalition in DC. Originally posted to FTP Distro. We were about 25-30 people deep that day, armed only with whistles, pots and pans, tranarchy flags, protest signs and one (surprisingly loud) bullhorn. The transphobic coalition that converged on June 23rd , ostensibly for the th anniversary of…

Editor (2022-07-28). Police departments spend vast sums of money creating "Copaganda" mronline.org U.S. police departments spend tens of millions of dollars every year to manipulate the news, flooding the discourse with "copaganda." These aggressive tactics give the public a distorted view of what public safety means, what threatens it, and how to solve it.

Staff (2022-07-28). 30 July, NYC: Ghassan Lives! Palestine Lives! A community event honoring Ghassan Kanafani. samidoun.net Saturday, 30 July 4 pm Shore Road Park Brooklyn, NY (Between 99th and Third Ave) RSVP here: bit.ly/KanafaniNYC Samidoun NY/NJ will be joining PYM New York City for a community event in commemoration of the th anniversary of the assassination of Ghassan Kanafani, revolutionary writer and political icon of the Palestinian resistance. Please join us for …

Brett Wilkins (2022-07-28). Congressional Staffers Arrested for Climate Sit-In at Schumer's Office. zcomm.org "Guess Chuck really didn't want to talk about climate today"

Global Research News (2022-07-28). Selected Articles: From Bill Gates to "The Great Refusal": Farmers on the Frontline. globalresearch.ca By Prior to the Industrial Revolution, most humans were engaged in agriculture. Our relationship with nature was immediate. Within just a few generations, …

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-07-28). Eat the rainbow for good health. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Instead of painting a rainbow, how about eating a rainbow of colors? Red, orange, yellow, green, white, blue and purple. Each of these colors has health benefits, including: Improved visionDecreased inflammationReduced risk of chronic diseases, including cancer, heart disease and diabetesStrengthened immune system These benefits are due to the phytochemicals that occur naturally within these foods. Phytochemicals also give foods their distinct aroma and taste. While each color provides certain benefits, when paired with other…

Contributing Writers (2022-07-28). Western-supported Nazism, Money-Laundering and Attacks on Real Journalism/ Report by Tara Reade. marktaliano.net READ MORE: Germany Criminalizes Journalist for Exposing Ukrainian War Crimes Ukraine's Kill List and What Western Media Ignores About Donetsk Civilians w/Eva Bartlett Mariupol Residents Accuse Ukraine Of Firing On Civilians/ Report by Patrick Lancaster nazism Archives…

TeleSUR- lvm- JL (2022-07-28). Recuerdan a niños víctimas de guerra en Donetsk desde 2014. telesurtv.net Más de 515 sufrieron lesiones de diversa consideración durante la guerra.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-07-28). Russian Ops in Ukraine (July 28, 2022): Ukraine's "Kherson Offensive," Battle in the Donbass. libya360.wordpress.com Update on Russia operations in Ukraine for July 28, 2022 — US continues sending weapons to Ukraine but in diminished numbers; — Pentagon overstates impact of HIMARS, omits Russian gains in Donbass; — Washington DC-based think tank admits Russia is still making gains; — Best case scenario for Ukraine's "Kherson Offensive" falls far short of…

Anonymous669 (2022-07-28). In Video: Russian Loitering Munition Takes Out Bayraktar Drone Communication Station In Ukraine. southfront.org MOSCOW REGION, RUSSIA JUNE 25, 2019: A ZALA Lancet-3 attack drone developed by Kalashnikov Concern on display at the Army 2019 International Military Technical Forum at Patriot Park. Marina Lystseva/TASS | The Russian military has destroyed a communication station for Bayraktar TB2 combat drones that was deployed by Ukrainian forces near the front in Kherson. | A video released on July 28 shows the communication station receiving a direct hit from a Russian Lancet loitering munition, which was reportedly laun…

Anonymous103 (2022-07-28). Military Situation In Ukraine On July 28, 2022 (Map Update). southfront.org Russia struck the AFU 72nd Mechanised Brigade near Artyomovsk with high-precision missiles; | Russia struck the AFU 60th Infantry Brigade in Topolinoye with high-precision missiles; | Russia struck the AFU 53rd Mechanised Brigade near Malyie Shcherbaki with high-precision missiles; | Russia struck the AFU 28th Mechanised Brigade near Pokrovskoye with high-precision missiles; | Russian air defense systems shot down 3 Ukrainian drones near Kamenka in the Kharkov region, Yasin…

_____ (2022-07-28). Lessons From Vietnam For Ukraine. popularresistance.org Learning no lessons from the failure and mass slaughter of the Korean War in the previous decade, the US military commenced widespread bombing of Vietnam and sent hundreds of thousands of soldiers. | At the time, spring 1965, about 400 US soldiers had died in the conflict. The war was not yet widely unpopular. Americans who protested against the Vietnam War were a small minority. It would be two years before Martin Luther King's famous denunciation of the war. | Years later, after hundreds of thousands had been drafted into the military with the deaths of tens of thousands, the war became widely unpopular. Ultima…

Anonymous765 (2022-07-28). Washington Proposes Prisoners' Swap As Russian Operations Continue In Ukraine. southfront.org |

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-07-28). Western Media Fail in Desperate Attempts to Ridicule Russia's Use of Combat Lasers. libya360.wordpress.com Drago Bosnic Last week, Russia revealed it has been using combat lasers in military operations in Ukraine. Primary targets of these weapons are believed to be quadrocopter commercial drones the Ukrainian military has increasingly started relying on, as its much-touted "Bayraktar" TB-2 and other similar large drones have failed miserably, being picked off by Russia's second-to-none air…

Editor2 (2022-07-28). No Russian Roulette: The Hunger Emergency and the Global Corporate System. orinocotribune.com By Sajai Jose Jul 22, 2022 | As government efforts to contain it fails even in rich nations, the world's hunger and livelihoods crisis is rapidly escalating into an emergency. Western leaders and media have been blaming Russia and the war in Ukraine for this unfolding catastrophe, but the facts say otherwise. | A month ago, the Food and Work Network, a coalition of academics, community activists, and trade unions in the United Kingdom issued an

_____ (2022-07-28). ROK and the US — Words and Facts. journal-neo.org After the text about the President of the ROK at the NATO summit was published, part of the audience questioned whether the ROK, despite its loyalist statements, was in fact in no particular hurry to do Washington's bidding. This question is best answered by a combination of words and facts. The joint statement of the …

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-07-28). Russia's New Satellite-Blinding Lasers to Disrupt NATO Surveillance. libya360.wordpress.com Drago Bosnic Space has been a war-fighting domain for over half a century now. Although largely non-kinetic, space warfare is slowly transitioning to a more traditional one, with competitors now fielding capabilities to directly target hostile space-based systems. Russia, one of the world leaders in this field, is building a new ground-based laser weapon for…

TeleSUR, gao, SH (2022-07-28). Corte Suprema salvadoreña recibe cientos de habeas corpus. telesurtv.net La "Guerra contra las Pandillas" ha provocado detenciones arbitrarias y denuncias de asesinatos policiales.

Staff (2022-07-28). El precio de una vida: Asesinato del profesor Santiago Morgado en Sancti Spíritus. cubadebate.cu Que al profesor Santiago Diosdado Morgado Morgado lo asesinaron para robarle la moto es un secreto a voces que confirma la Jefatura del àìrgano de Investigación Criminal del Ministerio del Interior en Sancti Spíritus. Los cinco implicados se encuentran asegurados con la medida cautelar de prisión provisional impuesta por la Fiscalía.

Staff (2022-07-28). Cuba competirá en Campeonato Mundial de Canotaje en Halifax, Canadá. cubadebate.cu El campeón olímpico Serguey Torres Madrigal lidera la delegación cubana que competirá del 3 al 7 de agosto venidero en el Campeonato Mundial de Velocidad en Canoa de Halifax 2022, en Canadá. Junto a él harán el viaje las campeonas en copas del mundo Yarisleidis Cirilo y Katherin Nuevo, así como José Ramón Pelier y Tabiani Diéguez.

Dave DeCamp (2022-07-28). House Passes $280 Billion Industrial Policy Bill Meant to Counter China. news.antiwar.com On Thursday, The CHIPS and Science Act of 2022 includes $52.7 billion to subsidize the domestic production of semiconductor chips and $24 billion for tax incentives and other…

Mark Gruenberg (2022-07-28). Sanders battles corporate welfare subsidizing of semiconductor firms. peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON—Brushing aside Vermont Independent Sen. Bernie Sanders's charges of "massive corporate welfare," the Senate approved the multibillion-dollar CHIPS Act to revive the U.S. semiconductor/chip industry. The bipartisan vote was 64-33, with 32 Republicans joining Sanders's "no." Sanders agreed the U.S. must revitalize semiconductor and microchip manufacturing, but objected to using tax dollars to do it—especially …

____ (2022-07-28). NDRC allocates $355 mln for greener economy. ecns.cn The National Development and Reform Commission, China's top economic regulator, recently announced an allocation of 2.4 billion yuan ($355 million) to save energy and reduce carbon emissions as part of the country's effort to transition to a greener economy.

Juan Cole (2022-07-28). Surprise Dem Senate Bill makes US Global Climate Leader, Sees 40% Carbon Reduction by 2030. juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) In a huge surprise on Wednesday, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and the Chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, Joe Manchin, announced an agreement on a package of legislation that includes an unprecedented $369 billion to encourage green energy and cut carbon dioxide emissions, on a …

WSWS (2022-07-28). US Senate passes CHIPS and Science Act to bolster US tech against China. wsws.org The Senate passed a $280 billion package of investments in the semiconductor industry and other high-tech research areas as part of the intensifying confrontation with China.

Staff (2022-07-28). Argentina Supports Venezuela's Readmission to Mercosur. orinocotribune.com Argentina supports the complete readmission of Venezuela into Mercosur (the Common Market of the South), said Oscar Laborde, Argentina's ambassador to Venezuela, on Tuesday, July 26. | "This is the time for regional unity, in this multipolar world. America has to be a pole, a pole of autonomy, of standing up to the powerful," Laborde said in a statement reported by state-owned Venezuelan News Agency (AVN). | "Venezuela has to reint…

Dave DeCamp (2022-07-28). Senate Passes Resolution Calling for Russia to Be Labeled as Sponsor of Terror. news.antiwar.com The Senate on Wednesday passed a non-binding resolution that calls for Secretary of State Antony Blinken to designate Russia as a "state sponsor of terrorism." The resolution passed by unanimous voice vote as there is a strong bipartisan consensus to add Russia to the list. A similar resolution has been introduced in the House, and …

_____ (2022-07-28). Interest Rate Hikes Will Not Save Us From Inflation. popularresistance.org In prescribing cures for inflation, economists rely on the diagnosis of Nobel laureate Milton Friedman: inflation is always and everywhere a monetary phenomenon—too much money chasing too few goods. But that equation has three variables: too much money ("demand") chasing (the "velocity" of spending) too few goods ("supply"). And "orthodox" economists, from Lawrence Summers to the Federal Reserve, seem to be focusing only on the "demand" variable. | The Fed's prescription is to suppress demand (borrowing and spending) by raising interest rates. Summers, a former U.S. Treasury Secretary who presided over the…

_____ (2022-07-28). Lufthansa Workers Strike Over Wages. popularresistance.org The ver.di union, one of the unions representing workers at the German airline Lufthansa, has called for a new strike on Wednesday, July 27, to demand a 9.5-percent wage increase to address inflation. The strike affects ground workers in maintenance and towing. | "The situation at airports is degenerating and employees are increasingly under pressure and overworked due to severe understaffing, high inflation, and no raise for three years," Christine Behl, a ver.di leader, told AFP. This flows from a shortfall of 7,000 employees in Germany's aviation sector, the result of precarious jobs marked by low wages, along…

_____ (2022-07-28). Trade Unionists Take A Stand For Jobs, Pay, Pensions And Conditions. popularresistance.org The rail network was brought to a standstill today as thousands of RMT and TSSA members walked out over jobs, pay, pensions and other conditions. | RMT is in dispute with Network Rail and 14 train operators while TSSA is striking at Avanti West Coast. | Speaking from the Euston picket line, RMT general secretary Mick Lynch said the union had received an "inadequate" pay offer from Network Rail last week. | He said: "It's a pay offer over three years which is nowhere near the rate of inflation. | "And the conditions that they wish to impose on that are not acceptable to the members." | TSSA general secretary Manue…

Dana Sanchez (2022-07-28). After Biden Dismissed Inflation, GDP Contracts 2 Quarters In Row Triggering Technical Recession Definition. moguldom.com Technically, it's official … kind of. After the second straight quarter of a declining economy, the U.S. is technically in a recession — a definition triggered when a country's real gross domestic product (GDP)—the most-watched indicator of economic activity—contracts for two or more consecutive quarters. Most economists agree that this defines a recession. However, the White House …

WSWS (2022-07-28). Australian inflation figures point to intensifying cost-of-living crisis for working-class households. wsws.org The Labor government, while feigning concern for "households," seized on the figures to reject demands for wage rises to cope with the soaring prices, saying such expectations were unrealistic.

____ (2022-07-28). U.S. Fed raises rates by another three-quarter point amid persistent inflation. ecns.cn The U.S. Federal Reserve on Wednesday raised its benchmark interest rate by 75 basis points, the second in a row of that magnitude, as elevated inflation showed no clear sign of easing.

Josef Thoman, David Goessmann (2022-07-28). Energy crisis: market intervention by policymakers is necessary. indybay.org We are in the middle of a multiple energy crisis. The supply of energy is in danger, and prices will continue to rise. This is not only a problem for private households and companies; rather, there is a danger that the persistently high inflation will become entrenched. Then we will be faced with a severe economic depression.

Matt Sedlar (2022-07-28). Fed Needs to Make Sure That It Doesn't Bring On the Next Recession. cepr.net Interest rate hikes are threatening to cause a recession. The Fed should be able to make sure that it doesn't make that mistake.

Staff (2022-07-28). GDP Falls at a 0.9 Percent Rate, Driven by Slower Inventory Growth and Falling Housing Construction. cepr.net Recession-fearing households increased spending on hotels and restaurants at a 13.5 percent annual rate in Q2.

WSWS (2022-07-28). Comrade Wije Dias: A fighter for Trotskyism (August 27, 1941 — July 27, 2022). wsws.org It is with profound sorrow that the International Committee of the Fourth International (ICFI) announces the death of Comrade Wije Dias, the longtime general secretary of the Socialist Equality Party (Sri Lanka) and its forerunner, the Revolutionary Communist League.