(2023-07-14). House votes down amendment to block cluster bomb shipments to Ukraine. thegrayzone.com As US cluster munitions arrived in Ukraine, a bi-partisan vote struck down an effort to stop the internationally banned weapons' transfer. Meanwhile, every House Democrat and a majority of Republicans voted down a measure to strip $300 million of Ukraine aid from the NDAA. The House on Thursday night voted down an amendment to the 2024 National Defense Authorization Act that would have prohibited the transfer of cluster munitions to Ukraine. The amendment was led by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene …
(2023-07-13). Biden Order Activates 3,000 Reservists for Europe Deployments. news.antiwar.com President Biden on Thursday signed an executive order allowing the Pentagon to mobilize 3,000 reservists for deployments in Europe, where the US military has significantly increased its presence since Russia invaded Ukraine. Since February 2022, the US has deployed over 20,000 additional troops to Europe, bringing US troop levels on the continent to over 100,000 …
(2023-07-13). Lavrov Says Russia Will View F-16s in Ukraine as Nuclear Threat. news.antiwar.com Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Wednesday that Russia will view US-made F-16 fighter jets in Ukraine as a nuclear threat because they are capable of carrying nuclear weapons. "We have informed the nuclear powers, the United States, Britain and France, that Russia cannot ignore the ability of these aircraft to carry nuclear weapons. No …
(2023-07-13). Report: US Almost Scaled Back NATO Commitment for Ukraine Over Zelensky Tweet. news.antiwar.com The Washington Post reported Thursday that US officials at the NATO summit in Vilnius were so angry over Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's criticism that they almost scaled back the commitment made to Ukraine in NATO's communiqué. As the alliance was working on the wording of its communiqué on Tuesday, Zelensky took to Twitter to air …
(2023-07-13). Turkey, Hungary Expected to Ratify Sweden's NATO Bid This Fall. news.antiwar.com Hungary has said it will approve Sweden's NATO bid now that Turkey has dropped its objection, but both the Hungarian and Turkish parliaments will not take up the issue until the fall. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Wednesday that his country's parliament will approve Sweden's NATO bid when it comes back in session in …
(2023-07-13). US Cluster Bombs Have Arrived in Ukraine. news.antiwar.com A Ukrainian general told CNN on Thursday that Ukraine has received a shipment of US cluster bombs, controversial munitions that have a devastating impact on civilians. "We just got them, we haven't used them yet, but they can radically change the situation on the battlefield," Gen. Oleksandr Tarnavskyi said. The Biden administration announced last week that …
(2023-07-13). US Navy Spy Plane Flies Over Taiwan Strait. news.antiwar.com A US Navy spy plane flew over the Taiwan Strait on Thursday as China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) was conducting drills to the south of Taiwan. The US Navy's Seventh Fleet announced the flight of the Navy P-8A Poseidon, and Taiwan's Defense Ministry said the plane flew on the south side of the median line, …
(2023-07-13). Milwaukee anti-war action against NATO troop expansion. fightbacknews.org Milwaukee, WI – On July 11, activists gathered at the "Sunburst" statue near Lake Michigan in downtown Milwaukee to protest further NATO escalation in the Ukraine war. Anti-war activists held signs reading "No to NATO, no to war." | The rally came as NATO was meeting in Vilnius, Lithuania to further plans of deploying a total of 300,000 troops around Ukraine. The number marks a dramatic increase from the current total of 40,000 NATO troops stationed mostly in eastern Europe. NATO under U.S. leadership is putting aside any efforts toward peace negotiations to end the bloody war. President Biden and the U.S. only w…
(2023-07-14). Colombia to Propose Debt-for-Climate Swap in EU-CELAC Summit. telesurenglish.net On Friday, Colombian President Gustavo Petro confirmed his participation in the 3rd Summit of Heads of State and Government of the European Union (EU) and the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC), which will take place in Brussels on July 17 and 18. | RELATED: | In this high-level meeting, he will present his main government proposals, such as the achievement of total peace, the use of clean energy, the fight against poverty, and the debt swap for…
(2023-07-14). Cuba Condemns US Nuclear Submarine In Guantanamo. popularresistance.org Cuba condemned the presence of a US nuclear submarine at the Guantánamo naval base in Cuba earlier this month. Cuban authorities labeled the move a military provocation. | On Tuesday, July 11, Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez stated via social media, "We categorically condemn the presence between July 5 and 8 of a nuclear submarine at the Guantánamo naval base. It constitutes a provocative escalation by the US, which forces us to question what strategic purpose it is pursuing in our region, declared a Zone of Peace." | According to the Defense Video and Imagery Distribution System (DVIDS), the submarine tha…
(2023-07-14). UN to investigate plot to sabotage Colombia's war crimes tribunal. colombiareports.com The United Nations' Human Rights Council agreed to investigate a plot that apparently sought to sabotage Colombia's ongoing peace process. The council agreed to appoint an investigator to investigate "what…
(2023-07-14). US wants neither peace nor dialogue: some voices call for disintegration of Russia. infobrics.org Dialogue and diplomacy are hampered by US exceptionalism.
(2023-07-14). Friday 7/28: A Bold Peace: Free Film Screening. indybay.org 1364 Fremont Blvd. between Sonoma Ave. and Hamilton St., in Seaside, CA.
(2023-07-14). Saturday 8/5: Hiroshima-Nagasaki Remembrance & Floating Peace Lantern Ceremony. indybay.org Lovers Point Beach Cove, Ocean View Blvd., at 17th Street, Pacific Grove, CA…
(2023-07-14). Saturday 8/5: SF Bay Area Peace Lantern Ceremony in Commemoration of Hiroshima & Nagasaki. indybay.org Berkeley: RSVP for location details | Saturday, Aug. 5th in the evening…
(2023-07-14). Friday 8/4: Abolish Nuclear Weapons at Lawarence Livermore Lab & Globally – Hiroshima-Nagasaki Vigil. indybay.org West Gate of Lawarence Livermore Lab | 7000 East Ave | Livermore CA 94550…
(2023-07-13). Are We Living Through a De-Dollarization? By: Justin Podur. midwesternmarx.com 
De-dollarization is apparently here, "like it or not," as a May 2023 video by the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft, a peace-oriented think tank based in Washington, D.C., states. Quincy is not alone in discussing de-dollarization: political economists Radhika Desai and Michael Hudson outlined its mechanics across four shows between February and April 2023 in their fortnightly YouTube program, "Geopolitical Economy Hour." Economist Richard Wolff provided …
(2023-07-13). Stephen Wertheim: The West Cannot Ignore Role NATO Expansion Played in Russia's Invasion of Ukraine. democracynow.org 
After the closing of a major NATO summit in Lithuania, President Biden vowed to support Ukraine and warned the war may continue for a long time, before flying to Finland, the newest member of NATO, which shares an 830-mile border with Russia. The goal of this summit may have been to make Ukraine seem more aligned with NATO, but "they actually revealed that the alliance was split" when they did not offer a timeline for Ukraine's membership, says Stephen Wertheim, senior fellow in the American Statecraft Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Wertheim says the real result of th…
(2023-07-14). Friday 7/28: A Bold Peace: Free Film Screening. indybay.org 1364 Fremont Blvd. between Sonoma Ave. and Hamilton St., in Seaside, CA.
(2023-07-14). Saturday 8/5: Hiroshima-Nagasaki Remembrance & Floating Peace Lantern Ceremony. indybay.org Lovers Point Beach Cove, Ocean View Blvd., at 17th Street, Pacific Grove, CA…
(2023-07-14). Saturday 8/5: SF Bay Area Peace Lantern Ceremony in Commemoration of Hiroshima & Nagasaki. indybay.org Berkeley: RSVP for location details | Saturday, Aug. 5th in the evening…
(2023-07-14). Friday 8/4: Abolish Nuclear Weapons at Lawarence Livermore Lab & Globally – Hiroshima-Nagasaki Vigil. indybay.org West Gate of Lawarence Livermore Lab | 7000 East Ave | Livermore CA 94550…
(2023-07-13). Are We Living Through a De-Dollarization? By: Justin Podur. midwesternmarx.com De-dollarization is apparently here, "like it or not," as a May 2023 video by the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft, a peace-oriented think tank based in Washington, D.C., states. Quincy is not alone in discussing de-dollarization: political economists Radhika Desai and Michael Hudson outlined its mechanics across four shows between February and April 2023 in their fortnightly YouTube program, "Geopolitical Economy Hour." Economist Richard Wolff provided …
(2023-07-13). Stephen Wertheim: The West Cannot Ignore Role NATO Expansion Played in Russia's Invasion of Ukraine. democracynow.org After the closing of a major NATO summit in Lithuania, President Biden vowed to support Ukraine and warned the war may continue for a long time, before flying to Finland, the newest member of NATO, which shares an 830-mile border with Russia. The goal of this summit may have been to make Ukraine seem more aligned with NATO, but "they actually revealed that the alliance was split" when they did not offer a timeline for Ukraine's membership, says Stephen Wertheim, senior fellow in the American Statecraft Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Wertheim says the real result of th…
(2023-07-13). Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa. wsws.org National 24-hour rail strike in Italy over collective agreement as airlines hit by stoppages; journalists at French paper Journal du Dimanche in week three of strike against appointment of far-right editor; around 60 female students at university in Tehran banned from campus for peaceful protests against wearing the hijab; truck drivers in Kenya paralyse trade around Mombasa in sit-down strike over conditions, blocking northern corridor with parked up trucks…
(2023-07-13). Former Australian PM Criticizes NATO Chief as 'Supreme Fool,' 'American Agent' for Plaguing Asia. orinocotribune.com Former Australian Prime Minister Paul Keating has criticized Secretary-General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Jens Stoltenberg for being a "supreme fool" and "American agent," as the military alliance is seeking expansion into Asia. | In a statement released by the public policy journal platform Pearls and Irritations on Monday, Keating pointed out that NATO's continued existence after and at the end of the Cold War has already denied peaceful unity to the broader Europe, and the Europeans have been fighting each other for the better part of 300 years, including giving two World Wars in the last…
(2023-07-13). Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's Interview with Lenta.ru, July 13, 2023. libya360.wordpress.com Question: In recent months, several peace initiatives on Ukraine have appeared at once: Chinese, Indonesian, Vatican and African. To what extent have you had the opportunity to examine the content of each of them? Which is closer to Russia's vision? Don't you find such initiatives premature, given that they all involve a ceasefire? Sergey Lavrov: Above all, I would like to express…
(2023-07-13). Path of Justice, Equality, Peace, Protection of Environment and Life (JEPP) Is Key to a Safe Future. globalresearch.ca
(2023-07-13). Dimitri Lascaris: The Pursuit of Peace in Ukraine. The Campaign to De-platform the Speaking Tour. globalresearch.ca
(2023-07-14). Venezuelan President Maduro Gets Massive Support in La Guaira. telesurenglish.net On Thursday, thousands of citizens took to the streets of La Guaira to support Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and reject the U.S. sanctions against their nation. | RELATED: | "The Bolivarian Revolution will continue to resist and fight in the face of adversity," the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) vice president Diosdado Cabello, said from the Maiquetia. | "We are not going to surrender to Imperi…
(2023-07-14). Venezuela's abandoned oil industry. america.cgtn.com 
Once one of the wealthiest oil nations in the world, Venezuela's oil industry is now broken. But the government is initiating efforts to fix it. CGTN correspondent Mary Triny Mena traveled to Zulia state, where Venezuela's oil industry first started, to see how that plan could work.
(2023-07-14). Conozca diez curiosidades sobre el prócer Francisco de Miranda. telesurtv.net Francisco de Miranda participó en la Guerra de Independencia de Estados Unidos, la Revolución francesa y la Guerra de Independencia Hispanoamericana.
(2023-07-14). Venezuela's National Assembly: European Union Observers Won't Set Foot in Venezuela Again. orinocotribune.com The president of Venezuela's National Assembly (AN), Jorge Rodríguez, announced during an ordinary session of parliament that they will not allow an Electoral Observation Mission of the European Union (EUOM) in 2024, stating in no uncertain terms that "the future of Venezuela is decided by Venezuelans alone." | The statement made by Rodríguez this Thursday, July 13, directly repudiated the fifth Resolution No.
(2023-07-14). Presidente de Venezuela condena ataques contra la Fuerza Armada Nacional Bolivariana. telesurtv.net El mandatario venezolano designó nuevos comandantes de Regiones Estratégicas de Defensa Integral (REDI).
(2023-07-13). Venezuela Will Not Allow EU Electoral Mission in 2024 Elections. telesurenglish.net The Venezuelan government announced Thursday that it will not allow the presence of a European Union Electoral Observation Mission in the presidential elections scheduled for next year. | RELATED: | The president and deputy of the National Assembly (AN, unicameral parliament), Jorge Rodríguez, announced the decision during today's ordinary session of the legislative body. It is taken considering that the members of the European P…
(2023-07-13). Cuba y Venezuela condenan el unilateralismo de la UE frente a la Cumbre CELAC-UE. peoplesdispatch.org Autoridades de los países han denunciado que tanto la agenda como el formato de la Cumbre han sido dictados por la UE sin la debida consulta con sus homólogos latinoamericanos…
(2023-07-13). Colombia: President Petro Receives Diplomatic Credentials From Venezuelan Ambassador Martinez. orinocotribune.com Colombia's President Gustavo Petro has received the letter of credence of Carlos Martinez, who has been appointed as Venezuela's ambassador to the country. | Venezuelan Minister for Foreign Affairs Yván Gil announced the information through a tweet, pointing out that this procedure will progress the strengthening of the two neighboring nations' diplomatic relations. | "Ambassador of the Bolivarian Re…
(2023-07-13). Opposition Debate: Exclusion & María Corina Machado's New Performance. orinocotribune.com 
Caracas (OrinocoTribune.com)—A debate with opposition pre-candidates running for the primaries has been held in the exclusive private university of Caracas, the Catholic University Andres Bello, in an auditorium filled with many sympathetic journalists and few ordinary voters. The debate, held this Wednesday, July 12, is not a very common occurrence within the Venezuelan opposition due to its constant infighting. | This occurrence, too, was not exempt of controversies, due to the unexplained absence of six out of the total of 14 pre-candidates that registered for the primaries. The absence of Henrique Capri…
(2023-07-13). Cuba and Venezuela Condemn EU's Unilateralism Ahead of CELAC-EU Summit. libya360.wordpress.com Zoe Alexandra The VI Summit of the Heads of State of CELAC in Mexico in September 2021. The regional integration mechanism has grown in importance and strength in recent years with the victories of progressive governments in the region. Photo: CELAC Authorities from the countries have condemned that both the agenda and the format of…