(2022-07-20). Ukraine Defense Minister Offers Ukraine as a 'Testing Ground' for NATO Weapons. news.antiwar.com Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov on Tuesday Reznikov said that Ukraine "is essentially a testing ground" for the advanced weaponry the US and its allies are pouring into the country. "Many weapons are now getting tested in the field in the real condit…
(2022-07-20). IMF Warns of Deep Recessions in Europe If Russia Cuts Gas Supply. news.antiwar.com The IMF warned Tuesday that if Russia cuts off its natural gas supplies to the European Union, IMF researchers
(2022-07-20). Nancy Pelosi Will Visit Taiwan in August Despite Warnings from China. news.antiwar.com According to several media reports, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is set to lead a delegation to Taiwan next month despite repeated warnings from China that the visit will escalate tension between Washington and Beijing. Pelosi's visit would mark the first time in 25 years that a sitting House speaker visited the island since Newt Gingrich …
(2022-07-20). Israel's crimes against children manifestation of war crimes. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 20 (MNA) — Iran's Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the UN Majid Takht Ravanchi calls on the world body to demand accountability on the part of the Israeli regime for its "heinous" crimes against children.
(2022-07-20). Online events w) Gary Snyder. John Clark, Nina Turner, Medea Benjamin, Karen Armstrong etc. indybay.org Here are some 15 online events taking place over the next week (and starting at 10: 30 am tomorrow, July 20th), featuring people such as Gary Snyder, Kim Stanley Robinson, tiny (lisa) gray-garcia, John P. Clark, Nina Turner, David Sirota, Medea Benjamin, Dilar Dirik, Karen Armstrong, and many others. | These events are hosted from various locations all across the country, as well from Canada and the UK (however, the listed times are all for our "Pacific time zone"). Of course, feel free to share this info with others who might be interested in it.
(2022-07-20). Iran Helps Venezuela's PDVSA to Increase Production, Says Reuters. orinocotribune.com Iran will be increasing the supply of a key type of crude oil to Venezuela, with the aim of boosting the productivity of Venezuelan refineries, and thus freeing up its oil for exports. | According to a Iran w…
(2022-07-20). Extradited—Ernesto Quintero, Leopoldo López's Protégé, Back in Venezuela. orinocotribune.com This Tuesday, July 19, in his regular press conference, the attorney general of Venezuela, Tarek William Saab, reported that Leopoldo López's protégé, Ernesto Quintero, was extradited from Spain to Venezuela. Quintero is implicated in the financial scam carried out by ABA Mercado de Capitales. | The representative of the Public Ministry said that about 300 people, mostly elderly, were victimized by this fraud, carried out by Ernesto Quintero and others, for an amount of some $ million. | Saab specified that Quintero was charged on July 18, electronically, from the 51st Control Court of the Metropolitan Area of &…
(2022-07-20). Amazon worker in New Jersey dies during Prime Week amid worldwide heat wave. wsws.org The deaths at Amazon highlight an ongoing crass exploitation and disregard for worker safety in the warehouse and logistics industry.
(2022-07-20). China, India agree to keep peace at border. ecns.cn China and India have agreed to maintain security and stability in the western sector of China-India border areas, according to a joint news release.
(2022-07-20). Extreme heat waves 'here to stay': WMO. ecns.cn The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) warned on Tuesday that Europe's heat wave could persist into the middle of next week, whereas the negative impacts of climate change are bound to continue at least until 2060s.
(2022-07-20). Australian workers and youth speak out: "If there was democracy Assange would never have gone to jail" wsws.org "The attack on Assange is being used as a warning against any journalist, including future journalists to be careful as to what they bring to the attention of the general public."
(2022-07-19). Europe Facing Major Economic Crisis from Sanctions Campaign Against Russia. news.antiwar.com The US-led sanctions campaign against Russia has done nothing to stop the war in Ukraine or hurt Vladimir Putin, but the toll continues to mount on Western economies and there are The euro has reached a 20-year low against the dollar, inflation is at a record-high 8.6%, and economists are predicting a recession if the EU is cut off from Russian gas. Russia has already stopped supplying some EU members for their refusal to pay in rubles…
(2022-07-19). Europe Facing Major Economic Crisis From Sanctions Against Russia. popularresistance.org The US-led sanctions campaign against Russia has done nothing to stop the war in Ukraine or hurt Vladimir Putin, but the toll continues to mount on Western economies and there are increasing signs that Europe is facing a major economic crisis. | The euro has reached a 20-year low against the dollar, inflation is at a record-high 8.6%, and economists are predicting a recession if the EU is cut off from Russian gas. Russia has already stopped supplying some EU members for their refusal to pay in rubles, something Putin required in retaliation for sanctions that targeted Russia's use of the dollar and euro. | The No…
(2022-07-19). Western Tensions With Russia And China Extend To Outer Space. southfront.org 
Click to see full-size imageESA has ended its cooperation with Russia on Mars over the Russian special operation in Ukraine. | Written by Uriel Araujo, researcher with a focus on international and ethnic conflicts. | In June, authorities from both the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the European Space Agency (ESA) met in an unprecedented virtual summit to discuss joint missions. Chinese and Russian authorities were not present. ESA's Director General, Josef Aschbacher claimed that since t…
(2022-07-19). This proxy war has no exit strategy. mronline.org 
The International Committee of the Democratic Socialists of America has released a statement opposing the U.S. government's ongoing proxy war in Ukraine, saying the billions being funneled into the military-industrial complex "at a time when ordinary Americans are struggling to pay for housing, groceries, and fuel" is "a slap in the face for working people."
(2022-07-19). Class struggle inside Ukraine. mronline.org 
Two recent articles in Open Democracy report responses from Ukrainian trade unions to the "Lugano Declaration", which came out of a conference between high Western and Ukrainian officials in Switzerland last week and sets out plans for economic reconstruction "after the war is over" by the Ukrainian Oligarchy* and its major imperial sponsors; the U.S., UK and EU.
(2022-07-19). Joe Biden's Secret War in Ukraine. The Imminent Danger of a Large Scale US-Russia War. globalresearch.ca
(2022-07-19). House Endorses Expanding NATO Into Sweden and Finland. news.antiwar.com The bipartisan consensus for expanding NATO remains strong as the House approved a resolution on Monday endorsing Sweden and Finland's memberships On Tuesday, the Senate Armed Services Committee easily gave approval for Sweden and Finland's NATO bids, setting up a vote in the Senate
(2022-07-19). EU to Ease Sanctions on Russian Banks to Allow Food Trade. news.antiwar.com The European Union plans to ease some sanctions on Russia by unfreezing funds belonging to top Russian banks to allow the shipment of more grain and fertilizer, EU diplomats are expected to agree to the amended sanctions on Wednesday. The draft says that the money could be released "after having determined that such funds or economic resources are necessary for the purchase, import or transport of agricultural and food product…
(2022-07-19). Climate catastrophe vs. super profits: the real worries of the ruling class. mronline.org 
The devastating effects of global warming are being felt by billions of people all around the world. Meanwhile, capitalist fat cats are openly downplaying the risk of entire cities being buried beneath the rising oceans as a trifling inconvenience. Like Emperor Nero before them, the rulers of this destructive system are fiddling—this time—as Rome drowns.
(2022-07-19). US Bombs Somalia, Says Two al-Shabaab Fighters Killed. news.antiwar.com The US launched an airstrike against al-Shabaab in a remote region of Somalia on Sunday, AFRICOM said its "initial assessment" found that the strike killed two al-Shabaab fighters and claimed no civilians were harmed, although the Pentagon is notorious for under-counting civilian casualties,
(2022-07-19). Iraq's Sadr: No Right for Maliki to Lead After Plot Claims. news.antiwar.com Iraqi cleric Moqtada al-Sadr accused Nouri al-Maliki of The plot accuses Britain of wanting to use Sadr to sideline Iraq's Shi'ites, and then These are broad claims, but within Iraq ant conspiracy that ends with the Sunni minority retaking power is treated at least as plausible. | The plot came in audio recordings,…
(2022-07-19). EU sides with Israel against its own member states. electronicintifada.net Brussels rewards Tel Aviv for crimes against Palestinians by resuming high-level forum.
(2022-07-19). Protests held across Brazil to call for peace and justice for Marcelo Arruda. peoplesdispatch.org Mobilizations have taken place in cities across Brazil following a claim by Police claim that the murder of Marcelo was not politically motivated…
(2022-07-19). BAP Condemns 2022 Renewal Of The United Nations Mission To Haiti. popularresistance.org On Friday, July 15, the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) unanimously adopted the resolution to extend the mandate of the United Nations Integrated Office in Haiti (BINUH) for one year (until July 15, 2023). The vote took place two days after it was postponed by the People's Republic of China, which wanted additional consultation and significant adjustments to the resolution co-penned by Mexico and the United States. | The Black Alliance for Peace welcomed this delay, as well as several of the objections to BINUH's renewal raised by China and supported by the Russian Federation. In reviewing the terms of BIN…
(2022-07-19). Hong Kong: The Truth Is Out. popularresistance.org Hong Kong marked the 25th anniversary of its return to Chinese sovereignty with Chinese president Xi Jinping appearing in the city to witness the inauguration of the Chinese territory's new leadership headed by John Lee. | The largely indoor ceremony had been forecast to take place amid a mild tropical typhoon, but for the past three years Hong Kong has been battered by quite different kinds of storms. | Xi's visit takes place after an unprecedented period of turmoil. The first stage beginning in 2019 was characterized by a wave of initially peaceful mass protests against extradition legislation, which rapidly sp…
(2022-07-19). Nurses In The US Are Suffering 'Moral Injury'. popularresistance.org Minnesota emergency room nurse Cliff Willmeng remembers, during the early days of the pandemic, treating a patient at United Hospital who asked how the nurses were doing. The man was a Vietnam veteran, and Willmeng recalls that he said, "This is your war." | "I kind of laughed, like what do you mean by that?" said Willmeng, who recalled he didn't grasp at the time how horrible the pandemic would become. "He said, 'We dealt with this in Vietnam. You don't know it yet but none of you are ever going to be the same again.'" | More than two years later, Willmeng, like countless other nurses and frontline workers natio…
(2022-07-19). US Intel Officer Targeted by John Bolton Reacts To Coup-Plot Confession. scheerpost.com 
By Aaron Maté / In a live interview with CNN, former senior US official John Bolton admitted that he has "helped plan coups d'etat" in a number of foreign countries, including Venezuela. | Fulton Armstrong, a former senior US intelligence official, has a unique perspective on Bolton's coup confession. In 2002, Bolton unsuccessfully tried to have Armstrong removed from his post after the US intelligence community refused to back Bolton's allegations of an advanced Cuban bio…
(2022-07-19). Omicron Drives Surge in Venezuela's COVID-19 Cases. orinocotribune.com This Sunday night, Venezuela's Presidential Commission for the Prevention, Care, and Control of COVID-19 reported that 672 new infections were registered in the country in the last 24 hours, of which 666 cases were due to community transmission, and six were imported. This was reported by Vice President Delcy Rodríguez Rodríguez reported that the state in which the largest number of new cases occurred is Miranda (272), with…
(2022-07-19). Military Situation In Syria On July 19, 2022 (Map Update). southfront.org 
On July 19, Russia reported that Idlib militants violated the ceasefire regime in Greater Idlib 14 times: 2 in Idlib province, 8 in Aleppo province, 1 in Lattakia province; | On June 19, the Russian Military Police and Turkish forces conducted a joint patrol in the countryside of the city of Ain al-Arab; | On June 19, Syrian Foreign Minister Faisal Miqdad traveled to Tehran to meet with his Iranian counterpart Hossein Amirabdollahian; | On July 12, artil…
(2022-07-19). Diosdado Cabello: Washington Sends Mercenaries to Attack Venezuela's Pipelines. orinocotribune.com On Monday, July 18, the first vice president of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), Diosdado Cabello, denounced the US government for sending mercenaries to Venezuela "to attack oil facilities." | During a press conference given by the ruling party, Cabello spoke about the attack perpetrated this Sunday on a pipeline in eastern Venezuela. | "The attacks against the electrical system and against the oil system come from the United States through mercenaries," said Cabello. "All attacks on the electrical system are transversal. In the end, they affect the water as well, but they look for places to do da…
(2022-07-19). Everything You've Always Wanted To Know About: 'Good' Wars, 'Good' War Criminals, 'Good' Dictators, 'Good' Separatists, 'Good' Oligarchs, 'Good' Money Launderers—And Their Antitheses! covertactionmagazine.com Everything Is Either Good or Evil! When Saddam Hussein, Iraq's president, invaded Iran on September 22, 1980, he was a …
(2022-07-19). AFT says mass exodus of teachers can be stopped. peoplesworld.org 
BOSTON —Even before the coronavirus pandemic made everything worse, some 300,000 teachers and school support staffers were leaving the profession every year. Now the Teachers (AFT) have stepped forward with a comprehensive report analyzing why—and what to do about it. The 56-page report, Here Today, Gone Tomorrow? from a 25-member AFT task force, says a …
(2022-07-19). Julian: Let's Take a Stand. southfront.org On July 1, Julian Assange has appealed his extradition from the U.K., prolonging legal wrangling over whether the WikiLeaks founder should be sent to the U.S. At the end of April, a British court decided to extradite Assange to the United States, where he faces life imprisonment. In mid-June, the Interior Minister approved the expulsion of the founder of WikiLeaks. | In the United States, Assange risk to be tried for publishing classified information related to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The accusation against him was made after hundreds of thousands of government documents were published on the WikiLea…
(2022-07-19). UK declares national emergency in heat wave. ecns.cn A woman uses a fan to keep cool in London, UK, July 18, 2022. UK issued a red warning for extreme heat, the highest-level alert.
(2022-07-19). Europe's "apocalypse of heat" highlights capitalism's climate crisis. wsws.org Thousands are dying, vast swaths of land are burning, and harvests are being destroyed as global warming makes heat waves and droughts ever more frequent and severe.
(2022-07-19). U.S. military biological activities warrant closest attention: Lavrov. ecns.cn In an article published on Monday, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov called for closest attention to the Pentagon's military biological activities around the world.
(2022-07-19). The War in Syria, Middle East Geopolitics: Is Erdogan Contemplating "Taking Over Aleppo Again": Dr. Ahmad Alderzi. globalresearch.ca
(2022-07-18). Chinese FM spokesperson urges investigations into UK, U.S. war crimes, human rights violations. ecns.cn A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson on Monday said the international community should conduct a thorough investigation into the UK's and U.S. war crimes and human rights violations.
(2022-07-19). Unpacking Iran's nuclear warning shot. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 19 (MNA) — In what appeared to be a strong warning shot, Iran announced that it is technically capable of developing a nuclear weapon but it has no intentions of using that capability.
(2022-07-19). Britain's leading health journals the BMJ and HSJ warn: "The NHS is not living with Covid, it's dying from it." wsws.org This week the World Health Organization reported that coronavirus cases have tripled across Europe in the past six weeks, accounting for nearly half of all infections globally. Hospitalisation rates have doubled.
(2022-07-19). Europe burns in heat wave that fuels fires in France, Spain. peoplesworld.org 
LA TESTE-DE-BUCH, France (AP) — A heat wave broiling Europe spilled northward Monday to Britain and fueled ferocious wildfires in Spain and France, which evacuated thousands of people and scrambled water-bombing planes and firefighters to battle flames in tinder-dry forests. Two people were killed in the blazes in Spain that its prime minister linked to global warming, …
(2022-07-19). Israeli regime presence in region only brings insecurity. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 19 (MNA) — The Iranian defense minister held a meeting with Commander of Royal Navy of Oman Rear Admiral Saif Bin Nasser Bin Mohsin Al Rahbi in Tehran Tues. during which he warned against the Israeli regime's presence in the region.
(2022-07-19). Biggest Lie in World History: There Never Was A Pandemic. The Data Base is Flawed. The Covid Mandates including the Vaccine are Invalid. globalresearch.ca Fake science was supportive of this devastating agenda. The lies were sustained by a massive media disinformation campaign. The historic March 11, 2020 lockdown triggered economic and social chaos Worldwide. It was an act of "economic warfare": a war against humanity.
(2022-07-19). UPEC desarticula campaña de desinformación contra Cuba. cubadebate.cu El sitio Cubaperiodistas, de la Unión de Periodistas de Cuba, informó en sus redes sociales que utilizando la herramienta Gephi para visualizar la red en Twitter en torno a la etiqueta que convoca a la desobediencia civil en Cuba, detectaron 8 190 usuarios que han generado 27 301 interacciones en los últimos días, la mayor parte de ellos ubicados en EE.UU., Venezuela, México y Colombia.
(2022-07-19). Zelensky dismisses head of secret service, state prosecutor general. wsws.org The purge of top officials from two agencies that are central to the war effort points to a severe crisis in the Zelensky government and intense conflicts within the ruling class and state.
(2022-07-19). Iran center of dynamic diplomacy: Amir-Abdollahian. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 19 (MNA) — Referring to the tripartite meeting of the heads of the guarantors' states of peace in Syria in Tehran, the Iranian Foreign Minister said that Iran is center of dynamic diplomacy.
(2022-07-19). Dockworker crushed to death by straddle carrier in Newark, New Jersey. wsws.org Uriel Matamoros was killed in the first hours of July 13 when his straddle carrier turned over.
(2022-07-19). Invest in the Present to Make the Future More Livable. Stand for Peace and Truth. globalresearch.ca We are in an era of Pax Americana where peace supposedly exists under the hegemony of the global superpower, the United States. But the years of American leadership have rather brought more wars, hostilities and chaos than one can remember. …
(2022-07-19). Oregón 2022: Una reverencia para Leyanis Pérez (+ Videos). cubadebate.cu Parecía una consagrada sobre la pista rojiza del Hayward Field. Quien la vio competir esta noche de seguro se impresionó con su altura y su físico ideal para el triple salto, y entre elogios y admiraciones tal vez muchos olvidaron que Leyanis Pérez, la cubana que acaba de terminar cuarta en el triple salto tiene apenas 20 años.
(2022-07-18). Three Illuminating Quotes about the War in Ukraine. transcend.org 12 Jul 2022 – John Pilger, Noam Chomsky and Chris Hedges have lent their expertise to the subject of the war in Ukraine with some recent comments that help bring some much-needed clarity to an often confusing and always contentious issue. Here they are:…
(2022-07-18). Ukraine: End War. Lift Sanctions. transcend.org 11 Jul 2022 – NATO's hardline position on expansion and membership is further reinforced by a motive which has become more obvious in the course of the war. Some members of NATO and the US leadership are keen to exploit the war to emasculate Russia as a military power. This is why they would like to prolong the war.
(2022-07-18). The West Is Experiencing a Contraction of Its Power, Not Necessarily Its Decline. transcend.org 15 Jul 2022 – With the same ease with which they foresee being able to reduce Russia (one of the largest nuclear power in the world) to a vassal state or bring it to ruin, they foresee neutralizing China (which is on its way to becoming the first world economy) and soon provoking a war in Taiwan, (like the one in Ukraine) to achieve that purpose. On the other hand, the history of empires shows that contraction goes hand in hand with decline, and that decline is irreversible and entails much human suffering.
(2022-07-18). In Ukraine, a Proxy War on the Planet. transcend.org 15 Jul 2022 – As the Ukraine crisis causes global havoc, US officials won't negotiate with Russia to end the fighting — and are even willing to "countenance" mounting hunger as a result.