(2021-10-24). China and the British Empire's Opium Wars: The Role of Synthetic Cults and the Haunting of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. globalresearch.ca
(2021-10-24). Europe Should Avoid Being Drawn Into The US' Cold War On China. popularresistance.org The US administration is attempting to draw Europe into its cold war policy against China, which so far the European Union, in particular, has refused to participate in. This makes the region a key focal point in world politics today. | This threatening U.S agenda, which is completely against the interests of the people of Europe, China and the US, is unfortunately and persistently being advanced by the US administration. But significant opposition to this dangerous cold war approach is also growing across the world, including in Europe. | The opposing interest of the US proponents of the new Cold War and interes…
(2021-10-24). Can We Avoid a War with China? zcomm.org The cold war in the Taiwan Strait threatens to turn hot…
(2021-10-24). In collaboration with Missile Defense Agency, U.S. Army and Navy test hypersonic missiles. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com ==== From 2010: Prompt Global Strike: World Military Superiority Without Nuclear Weapons Commentary on the article by Fidel Castro: The origin of wars ==== Navy and Army Demonstrate Advanced Hypersonic Technologies The Navy Strategic Systems Programs (SSP) and the Army Hypersonic Program Office (AHPO) successfully conducted a High Operational Tempo for Hypersonics flight campaign on …
(2021-10-24). Amazon Labor Union to file for election in Brooklyn, N.Y., Oct. 25. workers.org 
Workers Assembly Against Racism news advisory After organzing to form an independent worker-led Amazon Labor Union (ALU) for the last six months, workers at Amazon's Staten Island JFK8 warehouse and the surrounding facilities (LDJ5, DYY6, DYX2) announced they would file for election Oct. 25 at 2 p.m., in downtown Brooklyn, . . . |
(2021-10-24). Minnesotans press Klobuchar to vote against Iron Dome funding. fightbacknews.org Minneapolis, MN – On October 20 people rallied in the rain to protest the Iron Dome Supplemental Appropriations Act, a proposed bill which would earmark another $1 billion in U.S. military aid to Israel on top of the $3.8 billion already allocated. The protest of over 20 people targeted Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar because the bill is coming to the U.S. Senate. The Anti-War Committee, the initiator of the protest, applauded the nine members of Congress, including Minnesota's own Ilhan Omar, who voted against this extra $1 billion in funding. | Israel is the largest recipient of U.S. foreign aid in the world. T…
(2021-10-24). Chile: Carabineros Repress Peaceful Demonstration Two Years After Popular Uprising. orinocotribune.com On Friday, October 22, Chile's special forces, known as Carabineros, were deployed to suppress a peaceful demonstration held at Plaza Dignidad in capital Santiago. The demonstration celebrated the second anniversary of the start of the social uprising that shook Chile back in 2019. | On Friday, protesters gathered in the main square of Santiago to demand freedom for the political prisoners detained during the social unrest in late 2019. | The Carabineros arrived at around 8: 00 p.m. in the downtown area of Santiago to disperse the protest. According to police, two were arrested, including a minor, for public disor…
(2021-10-24). Oil Giant BP paid ex-MI6 spy firm to snoop on green campaigners. juancole.com 
By Martin Williams, Lucas Amin and Gabriel Pogrund | ( Opendemocracy.net ) — Oil and gas giant BP spent years spying on peaceful climate campaigners — and even hired a private intelligence firm set up by a former MI6 agent. A new report by openDemocracy, published on Monday, reveals a "shocking" web of surveillance that …
(2021-10-24). Thursday 11/11: Bay Area COP26 Rebellion: March & Rally to Demand Climate Emergency Action Now! indybay.org San Francisco Ferry Building, 1 Ferry Building, San Francisco, CA 94111; Peaceful protest | Wear a Mask. Please follow current COVID guidelines: covid19.ca.gov/safely-reopening/…
(2021-10-24). India Deploys Advanced Anti-Aircraft Guns In High Altitude Border Standoff With China. southfront.org 
Indian Army artillery Unit | Originally published on Two weeks ago the Chinese and Indian militaries announced that the latest round of peace talks amid the 17-month standoff along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) separating India from China have failed. The 13th round of talks collapsed after China accused the India side with issuing "unrealistic and unreasonable" demands. | The Indian Army has within the past days announced the fresh deployment of batteries of upgraded…
(2021-10-24). U.S.-NATO war games in Black, Adriatic Seas to include largest-even military landing in Greece. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com US Forces Prepare for Largest-Ever Military Landing in Greece US forces are preparing for what is described as the largest-ever military landing in Greece, which is scheduled for November at Alexandroupolis. A large number of helicopters, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), tanks, cannons, and artillery are expected to reach the Greek port near the border with …
(2021-10-24). China's Winding Road Toward Capitalism. counterpunch.org 
Image by There is perhaps no bigger controversy among partisans of the Left than the nature of China and its economy. Is it socialist? Capitalist? State capitalist? A hybrid? That so much debate swirls around this issue is its own proof that the question doesn't have a definitive answer, at least not yet. | What can be agreed upon is that China has experienced decades of extraordinary economic growth. But the nature of that growth, and the base upon which it has been created, are also subject to intense debate, arguments that necessarily rest on how a…
(2021-10-24). Pentagon chief in Romania: should deterrence fail, U.S. and NATO positioned for war in Black Sea. Video and text. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III's Remarks at Romanian Ministry of Defense Post-Bilat Joint Press Event As President Biden affirmed at the Bucharest Nine Summit in May, this Administration is committed to strengthening our Euro-Atlantic bonds and to ensuring a secure Eastern Flank. *** I also wanted to be here to honor the Romanian …
(2021-10-24). President Maduro Visits Central University of Venezuela, Inspects Renovation Works (Photos). orinocotribune.com 
On Thursday, October 21, President Nicolás Maduro visited the Central University of Venezuela (UCV) campus in Caracas, to inspect the ongoing renovation works at Venezuela's oldest institute of higher education. After his visit, President Maduro stressed that the renovation of this World Heritage Site will be a cause for reconciliation and educational and cultural benefit for Venezuela. In videos posted on his Twitter account this Friday, the president expressed his congratulations to "the entire Presidential Commission, the workers and the students involved for the coordinated work they are doing towards a recov…
(2021-10-24). Racist Western Monopoly Media Ignore Colin Powell's Horrendous War Crimes. dissidentvoice.org 
The pro-Apartheid Israel former African-American military commander, mass murderer and genocidal liar, Colin Powell, has just died. Mendacious, racist and pro-war Western Monopoly media and politicians have been fulsome in their praise for the first Black US Secretary of State, white-washing his deadly lies over non-existent Iraqi Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD), and ignoring the …
(2021-10-24). Biden Administration Is Undermining The Venezuela Dialogue. popularresistance.org The talks between the Venezuelan government and the extreme-right wing opposition had been going well. There are still outstanding issues to be resolved, like ending the economic war, but the discussions held in Mexico led to concrete electoral developments. The European Union agreed to send an electoral observation mission. The United Nations decided to send a panel of electoral experts. (Both institutions refused to observe the 2018 presidential and 2020 legislative elections, despite invitations from the government.) Thousands of opposition candidates registered to run in the mega-elections, which include voti…
(2021-10-24). Biden Threatens To Deploy National Guard To Move Cargo. popularresistance.org Baltimore, MD – At a CNN town hall event Thursday evening, President Joe Biden revealed that he is considering using National Guard troops to ease the bottleneck at Southern California ports. In response to questioning from moderator Anderson Cooper, Biden said the plans potentially include having soldiers drive trucks from the ports to warehouses and distribution centers. | This would mean the militarization of the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, which handle 40 percent of US imports. It would be a direct state attack on longshoremen, truck drivers and warehouse workers, with soldiers serving essentially as…
(2021-10-24). Proposed Romanian prime minister veteran of three NATO war theaters. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Romanian president proposes army general as prime minister With Romania trapped in political deadlock, President Klaus Iohannis on Thursday asked Nicolae CiucƒÉ, the country's interim defense minister, to form the next government. *** "CiucƒÉ is an exceptional military man….who went into war theaters," Hunor said, referring to the nominee's participation in NATO and U.S. operations …
(2021-10-24). More Skeletons In Obama's Closet. popularresistance.org I recently witnessed the exhumation of human remains from a mass grave that contains more than 200 bodies. It was a profound and profoundly disturbing experience. Each body in this grave represents an unnecessary and unjust death, a murder, and each of these more than 200 murders can never be forgotten or forgiven. | There is a message that cries out from these bones that must be heard and understood, and acted upon by all good people in the world. Otherwise, history will repeat itself, and again, the killers and the killing will continue, and more mass graves will be filled. | After seven years of war, a war tha…
(2021-10-24). At its heart, Dune is a Tragedy, and a Warning against Trumpism. juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — The protagonist of the new Denis Villeneuve film, Dune, Paul Atreides, is a complex character, but he should be seen as an antihero, as the protagonist of a Greek tragedy with a fatal tragic flaw. The author of the 1965 novel on which the film is based, Frank Herbert, was …
(2021-10-24). Twitter's Dorsey warns of surging inflation after his platform 'mistakenly' censors GOP lawmaker's video about… inflation. rt.com 
Jack Dorsey may have to censor himself after the Twitter CEO tweeted that hyperinflation will soon grip the US and global economies. The observation, which does not align with the mainstream media narrative, drew pushback online. | Hyperinflation is going to change everything. It's happening.— jack‚ö°Ô∏è (@jack) "Hyperinflation is going to change everything," Dorsey said on Friday night. "It's happening." When Nigerian businessman Tayo Oviosu — who, like Dorsey, i…
(2021-10-24). Saudi-led Coalition Destroys Booby-Trapped Boat In Al-Hudaydah, Strikes Houthis In Ma'rib (Photos, Video). southfront.org 
Illustrative image. | On October 24, the Saudi-led coalition announced that its warplanes had destroyed a booby-trapped boat of the Houthis (Ansar Allah) off the coast of the western Yemeni province of al-Hudaydah. | In a statement shared by the Saudi Press Agency, the Saudi-led coalition said that the water-borne improvised explosive device (WBIED) was hidden in the Island of Kamaran. According to the coalition, the boat was being prepared for an "imminent attack"."The [Houthi] militia continues to violate the script…
(2021-10-24). The 1.5 target calls for an eco-socialist revolution. indybay.org The only responsible way forward is the IPCC's P1 scenario, which envisages rapid and radical interventions in existing production, transport and consumption structures, i.e. a massive industrial transformation and deconstruction in the main capitalist countries (15ff.). In the social struggle, the politically and culturally highly fragmented class of wage earners comes to class consciousness.
(2021-10-24). Nuclear Option Against Russia — German Dreams Of World War III. southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | You can read this article in German: Although she is only temporarily in office due to the upcoming change of government, the German minister of defence, Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, is tightening the escalation screw against Russia even further. | On October 21, on the side-lines of the NATO summit in Brussels, she gave an interview to Deutschlandfunk radio in which she threatened Russia with the use of nuclear weapons if the country did not bow to NATO's guidelines. The B…
(2021-10-24). Syrian Army Fired Precision-Guided Missile At Greater Idlib In Rare Attack (Photos). southfront.org 
File image. | On October 23, the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) fired a precision-guided missile of an unidentified type at a warehouse located in the southern outskirts of the town of Ma'arrat Misrin in the Greater Idlib region. | The warehouse was likely a covert position of al-Qaeda-affiliate Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), the de-facto ruler of Greater Idlib. | The wreckage of the missile indicate that it was of Iranian origins, possibly made locally in Syria. The Roman number "IV" can be seen on one of the missile's pie…
(2021-10-24). Friday 10/29: SF March & Street Mural: Defund Climate Chaos & Fossil Fuels Global Day of Action. indybay.org Outside of BlackRock HQ, 400 Howard St., San Francisco, CA | Wear a Mask. Please follow current COVID guidelines: covid19.ca.gov/safely-reopening/…
(2021-10-24). Russian Warplanes Hammer Greater Idlib For Second Day In Row (Videos, Photos). southfront.org 
2712070 10/04/2015 Russian servicemen attach a Kh-25 high-precision missile to a Su-24 aircraft at the Khmeimim airbase in Syria. Dmitriy Vinogradov/RIA Novosti | On October 24, a new wave of Russia airstrikes hit the northwestern Syrian region of Greater where several terrorists groups are present. | The airstrikes targeted the outskirts of the town of Jisr al-Shughur in the western countryside of Idlib. The town is an infamous stronghold of the al-Qaeda-affiliated Turkistan Islamic Party and Hay'at Ta…
(2021-10-24). Military Situation In Yemen On October 24, 2021 (Map Update). southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | The Liaison and Coordination Officers' Operations Room (loyal to Ansar Allah) reported 212 ceasefire violations in al-Hudaydah during the past 24 hours | On October 23, Saudi-led coalition warplanes conducted 16 airstrikes on the Jubah district | On October 23, Saudi-led coalition warplanes conducted 3 airstrikes on the Sarwah district | On October 23, Saudi-led coalition warplanes conducted 3 airstrikes on the Hazm district | On October 23, Saudi-led coalition warplanes c…
(2021-10-24). Talk World Radio: Daniel Ellsberg on the Most Dangerous Missiles. warisacrime.org 
Talk World Radio is recorded as audio and video on Riverside.fm. Here is this week's video and all the videos on Youtube. Daniel Ellsberg is a former U.S. military analyst employed by the RAND Corporation who precipitated a national uproar in 1971 when he released the Pentagon Papers, the U.S. military's account of activities during …
(2021-10-24). Price of Subsidized Fuel Adjusted in Venezuela — Long Lines to Remain. orinocotribune.com 
Caracas, October 23, 2021 ( Since June 1, 2020, Venezuela has a dual scheme of gasoline sales where most gas stations inthe country, approximately 1,500 nationwide, sell gasoline at a subsidized rate of Bs. 0.005 per liter and approximately 200 stations were handed to private entities to sell gasolin…
(2021-10-23). Facebook and Washington vs Internet Sovereignty. newatlas.report October 23, 2021 (Brian Berletic — NEO) — Another serious warning sign of Washington's interest in expanding its campaign of global interference was sounded during a hearing in front of the US Congress featuring Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen. While at face value it appears to be a promising step in the direction of reining in …
(2021-10-23). US 'Justice' Now After Former Minister of Foreign Trade José Vielma Mora — the Goal is to Starve Venezuelans. orinocotribune.com On Thursday, October 21, the Department of Justice of the United States government reported about a formal accusation issued at a US court against five persons allegedly linked to a corruption plot through the Local Supply and Production Committees (CLAP) program of Venezuela. One of those five is Venezuela's National Assembly deputy, José Vielma Mora. | A federal jury in the Southern District of Florida issued a formal indictment, which was filed on October 7, nine days before the kidnapping of Venezuelan diplomat Alex Saab from Cape Verde, against three Colombian citizens and two Venezuelans, for their alleged…
(2021-10-23). Speaking Truth to Empire with Joan Roelofs. warisacrime.org Speaking Truth to Empire on KFCF 88.1 FM independently owned and locally operated in Fresno since 1975, Dan Yaseen interviews Joan Roelofs. She is Professor Emerita of Political Science, Keene State College, New Hampshire. She is the author of Foundations and Public Policy: The Mask of Pluralism and Greening Cities. A community education short course …
(2021-10-23). Alex Saab's Extradition Proves the Hard Truth of 'Soft' US Imperialism. orinocotribune.com By Carlos Cruz Mosquera — Oct 21, 2021 | Venezuelan diplomat Alex Saab has been extradited to the US on thinly-veiled political grounds — but the media and 'humanitarian' NGOs are all too happy to toe the State Department's line. | For over six years, the US government has enforced unilateral sanctions against Venezuela in what UN experts have called a breach of the country's human rights and a violation of international law. A UN-commissioned
(2021-10-23). Solidarity Committees With Venezuela Support Alex Saab's Cause. telesurenglish.net Friends of Venezuela Solidarity Committees called on the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) to condemn the extradition of Venezuelan diplomat Alex Saab to the U.S. | RELATED: | The Committees recalled that Saab's extradition represents a dangerous precedent as it violates the international treaties on diplomatic relations. | The activists also warned that The United Nations Human Rights Committee, the West African (…
(2021-10-23). Selected Articles: US' Attempt at Preserving Its Crumbling Hegemonic Status. globalresearch.ca There is no gainsaying that there has been relative peace and stability after the second World War, given the absence of another global war. Many alluded this international order to the so-called Pax Americana where American influence primarily brings peace …
(2021-10-23). 72 years later, Kremlin discovers NATO "was not created for peace" antibellum679354512.wordpress.com ==== Dmitry Peskov in July: "Indeed, Turkey is a NATO nation but, concurrently, our relations with Turkey are an example showing that partner relations can and must be built even with NATO countries, in the person of Turkey." The Kremlin spokesman expressed the hope that the situation in Russia's relations with NATO nations "is not …
(2021-10-23). NATO: Women, War and Insecurity. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Women, War and Insecurity would be more to the point. The result of UN Security Council Resolution 1325 of 2000, the purpose of the Women, Peace and Security global initiative is in theory to address the alleged disproportionate impact of war on females. In fact what Western nations have pushed in the intervening 21 years …
(2021-10-23). Venezuela: ConocoPhillips Closer to Enforcing $9.7B Award After Guaidó Opposition Misses Payments. venezuelanalysis.com The opposition leader has drawn fierce criticism for his handling of foreign assets and international arbitration cases.
(2021-10-23). Humanitarian cost of post-9/11/01 U.S. and NATO wars tops 4 million dead. workers.org 
U.S. post-9/11 wars left Libya in ruins, and killed millions worldwide. The author is an anti-imperialist German analyst of the U.S./NATO wars in Central and West Asia. Translation: by John Catalinotto. According to the latest report from the Costs of War Project at Brown University in Rhode Island, the wars . . . |
(2021-10-23). 'March Of Millions' In Sudan Revives Spirit Of December Revolution. popularresistance.org Demanding a full transfer of state power from military to civilian authority, millions of pro-democracy protesters took to the streets in a show of force in cities and towns across Sudan on Thursday, October 21. | "The rallies and marches went on for kilometers long," said Osman Saeed Abu Kumbal, a member of the Sudanese Communist Party (SCP) who took part in the protest in Omdurman, the twin city of capital Khartoum. | Some protesters in Omdurman were injured when the riot police intermittently fired rubber bullets and even live ammunition as the rally marched towards the parliament building, which has remained…
(2021-10-23). Do wage increases impact the unemployed? workers.org 
Why has David Card been co-awarded the 2021 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences? Card, who teaches at UC Berkeley, did his research in the 1990s. The Committee obviously feels his research had major policy implications. (The research of the two other winners is more technical.) Hundreds of newspapers, web sites . . . |
(2021-10-23). Snowden tells The Belmarsh Tribunal: If you love truth, you're as much of a criminal as Assange and risk sharing his fate. rt.com 
WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange is a political prisoner and the process against him is a crime against journalism, said a group of academics, politicians, journalists and advocates convened ahead of his extradition hearing. | "What we're witnessing is a murder," NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden told the 'Belmarsh Tribunal' in London on Friday, appearing via video link. | "Everywhere we look, from Afghanistan to economics, from pandemic to pervasive surveillance, the obvious has been made unspeakable," he added, because speaking up would put one in the same category as Assange, a "political criminal" charged…
(2021-10-23). Biden's Forest Service To Facilitate Quadrupling Of Oil Production. popularresistance.org Salt Lake city, Utah – In a massive blow to U.S. efforts to address the climate crisis, the Biden administration is poised to approve a right-of-way through the Ashley National Forest that would take the climate-damaging Uinta Basin Railway one step closer to being built. | The railway would enable crude oil production in the basin to quadruple to 350,000 barrels a day. Over a year, that much oil would produce planet-warming pollution conservatively estimated at 53 million tons of carbon dioxide — equivalent to the emissions from six of Utah's dirtiest coal plants. | At an October 22 meeting of the Seven Co…
(2021-10-23). Biden says US will go to war with China to defend Taiwan. wsws.org Biden's statement is another provocative step that undermines the basis of US-China diplomatic relations and intensifies the already acute tensions between the two countries.
(2021-10-23). Manufacturing Ignorance: Keeping The Public Away From Power. dissidentvoice.org 
In their classic book on the news media, Manufacturing Consent, Edward Herman and Noam Chomsky presented a 'propaganda model' of how the major broadcasters and newspapers operate. Whereas the 'mainstream' media declare that their aim is to educate, inform and entertain the public, their actual societal purpose 'on matters that are of significance for established …
(2021-10-23). Gravy train: Corporate profiteering on national defense. zcomm.org War in the Middle East since 1990 has cost the US roughly $7 trillion. Yet the United States evidently can't afford a $3.5 trillion bill for the well-being of all its citizens—a real national security bill…
(2021-10-23). As Harvard Study Reveals Limits of Mandatory Vaccine Regime, Joe Biden Should Let Americans Decide Their Own Fate. strategic-culture.org 
It would be wise to heed the words from the Harvard team at a time when society is being increasingly divided between two warring camps. | As millions of U.S. workers are about to be made redundant in the wake of the Biden administration's harsh vaccine mandate, a recent study by Harvard University, which appears to show no discernable link between people fully vaccinated and new COVID-19 cases, deserves a second look. | By all indications, there is a Cateogy-5 socio-economic hurricane barreling down on the United States, yet few people — least of all in the legacy media — are willing to talk about. Pos…
(2021-10-23). EU Threatens Poland With Retaliations for Its 'Direct Challenges'. strategic-culture.org By Paul ANTONOPOULOS | Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki was repeatedly criticised on Tuesday during a tense session in the European Parliament in Brussels, with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen warning Warsaw that its "direct challenges" against the unity of the bloc would not go unpunished. | "Your arguments are not getting better. You're just escaping the debate," von der Leyen said after four hours of frustrating debate with Morawiecki. She added that a ruling by Poland's Constitutional Tribunal last week, which claimed that parts of EU law are incompatible with the Polish constitutio…
(2021-10-23). U.S. viceroy dictates conditions for Ukraine joining NATO, EU. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com ==== Aptly enough Kvien has a graduate degree from the United States Army War College. Europeans may want to ask themselves how European their union is when a U.S. State Department functionary determines the criteria for European candidate countries joining it. ==== Ukraine needs judicial reform to join NATO and EU, CDA Kvien believes The …