Daily Archives: July 15, 2022

2022-07-15: News Headlines

WSWS (2022-07-15). Yale historian Timothy Snyder promotes anti-Russian racism. wsws.org The anti-Russia diatribes of Professor Timothy Snyder are acquiring a pathological character. He is moving ever more closely toward open advocacy of the physical obliteration of Russia and the extermination of its population. One detects in his writings the stench of genocidal racism.

____ (2022-07-14). Russia legalizes special economic measures to support military operations abroad. ecns.cn Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law on Thursday allowing the government to take special economic measures to support the armed forces during their counter-terrorism and other operations abroad.

____ (2022-07-14). Mile-long school buses head to U.S. lawmaker's office to honor children shot dead, demand gun control. ecns.cn A mile-long yellow school bus convoy on Thursday headed to pro-gun right U.S. Senator Ted Cruz's home and office in Houston, the largest city of gun-friendly state Texas, to honor thousands of young victims of gun violence across the country and demand gun control reform.

Anonymous103 (2022-07-14). Bloody Attack Of Ukrainian Forces In Center Of Donetsk (Photos, Videos 18+). southfront.org On July 14, Ukrainian forces opened artillery fire on the Voroshilovsky district in the center of Donetsk. As a result of the attack, two people were killed, three others were wounded. | The Mayor of Donetsk Alexey Kulemzin also reported about the dead and wounded, citing eyewitnesses. The shelling hit the bus station in the city center. The strikes were carried out by NATO 155-caliber artillery. | According to the DPR representative office in the Joint Center for Control and Coordinati…

Anonymous765 (2022-07-14). Ukrainian Defense In The Northern Donetsk People's Republic Is Bulging At The Seams. southfront.org |

Staff (2022-07-14). Eight years ago: War in Ukraine. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Recently posted by Marina Dudanova, who was a presenter at the event, provided the visuals and is a native of Transnistria. Chicago presentation on wars in Transnistria and Ukraine as of 2014-05-23…

_____ (2022-07-14). On Another US-China Contact. journal-neo.org The noise (literally and figuratively) created by the conflict in Ukraine may not give a complete picture of the significance of particular events taking place at the table of the Great Game today. Although this conflict has set the agenda for no less high-profile action, which was the recent NATO summit in Madrid. Meanwhile, no …

Dave DeCamp (2022-07-14). Ukrainian Official Proposes Commission to Help Track Western Arms. news.antiwar.com A Ukrainian official on Thursday The proposal came after the Financial Times reported that several NATO countries and the EU Andriy Yerma…

Mark Cummings (2022-07-14). The Russia-Ukraine War Proves That We Must Define National Security Differently. fairobserver.com It is dangerous to deal with the 21st century using 19th century definitions. The Russia-Ukraine war is founded on a 19th century Clausewitzian definition of national security. In contrast, the operative 21st century national security considerations are based on economics, technology and trade. There is also another important overlooked fact about wars of the 19th…

Anonymous103 (2022-07-14). Military Situation In Ukraine On July 14, 2022 (Map Update). southfront.org Russia struck the AFU 14th Mechanized Brigade near Chasov Yar with high-precision missiles; | Russia struck the AFU 97th Battalion of 60th Mechanized Brigade near Malaya Tokmachka with high-precision missiles; | Russia struck military assets of the AFU near Kramatorsk with high-precision missiles; | Russia struck military assets of the AFU near Konstantinovka with high-precision missiles; | Russia struck military assets of the AFU near Zaporozhye with high-precision missile…

Dave DeCamp (2022-07-14). Turkey Says Ukraine and Russia Reach Agreement on Ukrainian Grain Exports. news.antiwar.com Turkey on Wednesday Istanbul hosted negotiations between Russian and Ukrainian officials, the first time the two nations have held face-to-face talks since March. While there was progress on the issue of grain exports, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said there was still a "long way to go" before there would be peace talks to end the fighting. | Guterres was also more…

_____ (2022-07-14). The European Dream of Progress Who Really Ruined It? journal-neo.org For anyone still puzzled about what's going on in the world, just look to Germany. Whatever the EU's ruling nation is mulling over, that's at the core of the world's problems. Take German Chancellor Olaf Scholz's most recent whining about the world's hopes of progress being ruined by Putin and the demilitarization campaign on Ukraine. …

Anonymous669 (2022-07-14). Russia's Most Advanced Tank Destroyer Spotted Firing In Ukraine (Video). southfront.org A Russian 9P157-2 Khrizantema-S in Ukraine. Source: Sputnik. | Russia's most advanced tank destroyer, the 9P157-2 Khrizantema-S, has been spotted in action in Ukraine, where the Russian military is currently conducting a special operation. | On July 14, a video showing a 9P157-2 firing an anti-tank guided missile (ATGM) on one of Ukraine's southern front service online. Some Russian sources said that the firing was a part of a live exercise. | The 9P157-2, which was developed by KB Mashinostr…

Staff (2022-07-14). Serbian pres. comments on West Presence in Ukraine conflict. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 14 (MNA) — The conflict in Ukraine is a world war, where the West is fighting against Russia by means of Ukrainian soldiers, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on Wednesday.

Staff (2022-07-14). Ukraine cuts ties With N. Korea over recognizing Donbas Rep. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 14 (MNA) — Ukraine has broken off relations with North Korea over Pyongyang's diplomatic recognition of the Donbas republics.

____ (2022-07-13). Ukraine, Russia make some progress at talks on grain exports: Zelensky. ecns.cn Ukraine and Russia have made some progress at the talks on grain exports in Istanbul that also involved representatives of Turkey and the United Nations, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Wednesday.

Staff (2022-07-14). U.S. F-35s arrive in Estonia. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com EER NewsJuly 9, 2022 American F-35 fighter jets arrive at Estonia's àÑmari Air Base American F-35 fighter jets, sent to strengthen NATO's eastern flank, arrived at Estonia's àÑmari Air Base on Friday (July 8). The jets will strengthen the alliance's Air Shielding Mission which operates between the Baltic and the Black seas. The F-35 is …

Timour Kamran (2022-07-14). PA far right pushes crackdown on abortion, voting rights in a single package. liberationnews.org This agenda of ultra right wing religious fundamentalism is embodied by politicians like Doug Mastriano, who won the state Republican Party's gubernatorial primary race in May.

Ann Brown (2022-07-14). Big Tigger Steps Into Political Paint Over Voting And Reparations: Black America Has Questions. moguldom.com It seems TV personality Big Tigger opened up a can of worms when he recently interviewed Georgia Gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams in Atlanta. Abrams spoke at an event hosted by Big Tigger. Big Tigger (Darian Morgan is an Emmy-Award-winning radio host on Atlanta's V103 morning show. He got his start on BET's long-running show "Rap City," …

Anatol Lieven (2022-07-14). Just How Much Bigger Is the US-NATO Military Force Than Russia's? commondreams.org The Atlantic Alliance has called Moscow its 'most significant and direct threat,' but how do both sides' militaries actually compare?

WSWS (2022-07-14). Threats of "Capitol scenario" coup mount with approach of Brazil's general elections. wsws.org Bolsonaro's elder son, Senator Flávio Bolsonaro, has told the press his family cannot take responsibility for the actions of supporters in the aftermath of the elections, as his father tells supporters "they know what to do".

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-07-14). The Pink Tide Surges in Latin America. libya360.wordpress.com Roger D. Harris Celebration of Gustavo Petro's presidential election. (Image by Gloria Arias Nieto) While the political balance between progressive and reactionary states south of the Rio Grande continues to tip to the left, even the corporate press pronounced Biden's June Summit of the Americas meeting in Los Angeles a flop. Most recently, Colombia elected its first left-leaning president,…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-07-14). China, Russia and Iran to Conduct Military Exercises in Latin America. libya360.wordpress.com Alexandre Lemoine Beijing, Moscow and Tehran intend to make a show of force for the United States in their "backyard." The three countries plan to hold joint naval maneuvers off the coast of Latin America and the Caribbean in early August. According to experts, this is a sign that some Latin American countries intend to…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-07-14). National Strike in Panama Demands Justice for the Poor. libya360.wordpress.com Peoples Dispatch The people of Panama have been on the streets since July 1 to demand the government take urgent measures to combat the growing economic and social crisis. Photo: SUNTRACS/Twitter For almost two weeks, tens of thousands of Panamanians have been taking to the streets across the country protesting the cost of living crisis…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-07-14). Russia and China Haven't Even Started to Ratchet Up the Pain Dial. libya360.wordpress.com Pepe Escobar The Suicide Spectacular Summer Show, currently on screen across Europe, proceeds in full regalia. The Suicide Spectacular Summer Show, currently on screen across Europe, proceeds in full regalia, much to the astonishment of virtually the whole Global South: a trashy, woke Gotterdammerung remake, with Wagnerian grandeur replaced by twerking. Decadent Roman Emperors at least exhibited…

M.K. Bhadrakumar (2022-07-14). Putin's summits next week will strengthen ties with Iran, Turkey. peoplesdispatch.org The Russian president's visit comes at a highly transformative period in the US approach toward both Turkey and Iran and following Joe Biden's crucial visit to West Asia…

Staff (2022-07-14). Bolton Confesses Washington Organized Coups in Venezuela, Russia Demands Investigation. orinocotribune.com This Tuesday, July 12, former White House Security Adviser John Bolton confessed in an interview with CNN to have "helped" plan coups in different countries. The US diplomat—who held a position in the Donald Trump administration—did not blush to recognize the interference of the United States in the internal affairs of other nations and added that "a lot of work is needed" to overthrow a government and take power from a country. | Bolton's confession follows the leak of Trump's contacts with far-right groups in the run-up to the Capitol attack on January 6, 2021. The former national security adviser w…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-07-14). Evo Morales: Bolivia's New Model and Why the UK and US Want to Destroy It. libya360.wordpress.com MATT KENNARD The President of Bolivia from 2006-19 invites Declassified to his house deep in the Amazon rainforest for an exclusive interview — on the UK role in the coup that overthrew him, how he reversed 500 years of history and industrialised Bolivia, and the efforts of the US and its British ally to bring…

Staff (2022-07-14). Chapeando: Bolton de los golpes y øBlinken? (+ Podcast). cubadebate.cu Los tóxicos están chillando en las redes por lo que dijo el Papa Francisco sobre Cuba. Tanto, que tuvimos la tentación de repetirlo muchas veces, hasta que aparecieron las declaraciones de John Bolton, el nazi de los bigotes blancos. Sobre esos temas, y sobre la escuálida celebración del 11 de julio en Miami, a ritmo de conga con estribillos tan groseros, hablamos hoy.

____ (2022-07-13). Kremlin hopes U.S.-Saudi ties would not be 'directed against Russia' ahead of Biden's visit. ecns.cn Moscow highly values its relations with Riyadh and hopes U.S. President Joe Biden's upcoming visit to Saudi Arabia would not be used to create hostility against Russia, the Kremlin said Wednesday.

TeleSUR, JCM (2022-07-14). Ucrania rompe relaciones diplomáticas con Corea del Norte. telesurtv.net La decisión de Kiev responde al reconocimiento que hizo Corea del Norte a las autoproclamadas repúblicas de Lugansk y Donetsk, en la región ucraniana de Donbas.

Staff (2022-07-14). Iran one of Minsk's important partners: Belarusian official. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 14 (MNA) — Chairman of the Standing Commission on International Affairs of the House of Representatives Andrei Savinykh stated that Iran is one of the important partners of Belarus in the region.

WSWS (2022-07-14). Sri Lanka's acting president orders military, do "what is necessary to restore order" wsws.org As the despised Rajapakse-Wickremesinghe cabal takes a big step towards military dictatorship, the acting president employs the technique of the Big Lie pioneered by the Nazis to declare that he is defending "democracy" against "the fascists."

Alejandro Marcó del Pont (2022-07-14). Un joystick en manos de la OTAN. globalizacion.ca El imperio estadounidense no va a desaparecer… porque Estados Unidos no tiene un imperio (M. Mandelbaum) | A mediados del 2018 la prensa europea se horrorizaba con las locuras de D. Trump dentro de las que se encontraban el incumplimiento europeo…

Staff (2022-07-14). Chapeando: Bolton de los gopes y øBlinken? (+ Podcast). cubadebate.cu Los tóxicos están chillando en las redes por lo que dijo el Papa Francisco sobre Cuba. Tanto, que tuvimos la tentación de repetirlo muchas veces, hasta que aparecieron las declaraciones de John Bolton, el nazi de los bigotes blancos. Sobre esos temas, y sobre la escuálida celebración del 11 de julio en Miami, a ritmo de conga con estribillos tan groseros, hablamos hoy.

_____ (2022-07-13). NATO, The Left, And The Path To Peace. popularresistance.org Let's think about the left's place in the current events, and hope to shed light on what being 'on the left' actually means today, and why it is relevant to peace. | I'll start with the trillion-dollar question: if NATO won, if the DPR and LPR forces surrendered, and if the Russian Army was driven back to the border, would the world be a better or a worse place? | This is a practical question. It can't be resolved with abstract ideals or theories such as whether Ukraine has a sacred right to rule over the Russian speakers of the Donbass, or whether Russia is imperialist, any more than Palestinian rights can be se…

_____ (2022-07-13). A Stronger Russia Humiliates the West. journal-neo.org When Russia was arbitrarily excluded from the 'Group of eight' (G8) in 2014, many in the West saw this as a step toward a more cohesive western bloc — the so-called G7 — that could collectively — and effectively — counter Russia through a homogenous response combining economic and military means. The response the West …

_____ (2022-07-13). Russia and Turkey Fight the West's Grain Crisis Together. journal-neo.org As the leaders of Russia and Turkey have repeatedly pointed out, the state of Russian-Turkish relations over the last 10 years has been a real strategic breakthrough. During this period, the volume of economic ties has increased more than 30-fold and it affects completely different spheres, including food security. It was food security that was …

Ann Brown (2022-07-13). LeBron James On Brittney Griner Imprisonment: Does America Have Her Back? 'I Would Be Feeling, Do I Even Want To Go Back?'. moguldom.com Basketball star LeBron James recently debuted a promo for a new season of his TV side hustle— an HBO show called "The Shop." Remarks made about Women's National Basketball Association, player Brittney Griner, imprisoned in Russia after pleading guilty to possessing cannabis, have taken some aback. Cannabis in Russia is illegal. "How can she feel …

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