Daily Archives: July 23, 2022

2022-07-23: News Headlines

WSWS (2022-07-23). White House confirms plans to send US-NATO jets to fight Russia. wsws.org In what may be the most provocative escalation of the US-NATO war against Russia to date, the White House has confirmed that the US is planning to send NATO-made fighter jets to Ukraine.

Staff (2022-07-23). Lithuania lifts ban on rail transport into Russia Kaliningrad. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 23 (MNA) — The Baltic state of Lithuania has lifted a ban on the rail transport of sanctioned goods into and out of the Russian territory of Kaliningrad.

Kyle Anzalone (2022-07-23). White House Approves 16th Weapons Transfer to Ukraine, Total Security Aid Now Over $8 Billion. news.antiwar.com The White House announced a $270 million weapons package Kiev on Friday. The latest transfer will send four additional High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems, or HIMARS and drones to Ukraine. The additional four HIMARS brings the total number the US has committed to sending to Ukraine to 16. Commander of the Joint Chiefs Mark Milley …

Editor (2022-07-23). U.S. plans to send NATO-made jets to Ukraine to fight against Russia. mronline.org Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr., chief of staff of the U.S. Air Force, told the newspaper that "discussions are ongoing" to send the fighters to Ukraine.

Editor (2022-07-23). Lavrov — extended range weapons In Ukraine will lead to more loss of its land. mronline.org Today the foreign minister of the Russian Federation, Sergei Lavrov, announced the extension of the land in Ukraine that Russia intends to capture.

Staff (2022-07-23). US to deliver four more HIMARS, up to 580 drones to Ukraine. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 23 (MNA) — The White House has announced that the United States will send an additional $270m in security assistance to Ukraine, a package that will include more medium-range rocket systems and tactical drones.

Anonymous669 (2022-07-23). In Video: Improved Lancet Loitering Munition Takes Out Artillery Piece In Ukraine. southfront.org Lancet-3, screen grab from a report by Russia-24. | The improved version of the Russian Lancet loitering munition has been spotted in action in Ukraine for the very first time. | The version in question, which remains without an official designation, is built around the Lancet-3. It features a more aerodynamic design with extended X-shaped wings. This version has a longer range and endurance than the original Lancet-3, which has a range of 40 kilometers and an endurance of up to 40 minutes only. | On July 22, Russia…

Benjamin Norton (2022-07-23). Iran & Russia pledge to cut US dollar from global trade, strengthen China alliance. multipolarista.com Russian President Putin visited Iran, signed a $40 billion energy cooperation agreement, and pledged to strengthen their economic and military alliance with China. Moscow and Tehran also called to drop the US dollar and use local currencies for trade.

Staff (2022-07-23). Oregón 2022: Sydney McLaughlin vuela sobre las vallas. cubadebate.cu La estadounidense Sydney McLaughlin dio una de las noticias más grandes de este Campeonato Mundial de Atletismo al rebajar su excepcional récord mundial en los 400 metros con vallas. La estrella local, hasta hoy con una cota de 51.41, entró a la meta con 50.68 y se convirtió en la primera atleta de la historia en quebrar la barrera de los 51 segundos.

TeleSUR, DRL (2022-07-23). Fiscalía brasileña acusa a sospechosos de crímenes en Amazonía. telesurtv.net Los acusados permanecen arrestados y serán juzgados por doble homicidio calificado y ocultación de cadáver.

Dan Lieberman (2022-07-23). Zionism and the Dark Side of Germany. dissidentvoice.org Post World War II Germany has exhibited commendable characteristics — publicly atoning for its Nazi past, working assiduously to create a thriving nation, designing a truly democratic country, integrating its European compatriots into a common market, leading others in opening borders to refugees, and modifying its previous ultra-nationalism to form the European union. Behind these …

TeleSUR, SH (2022-07-23). EE.UU. aprueba un nuevo paquete de ayuda militar para Ucrania. telesurtv.net Desde el inicio de la operación militar rusa en el este ucraniano, EE.UU ha aprobado 8.200 millones de dólares en ayuda militar para Kiev.

Anonymous103 (2022-07-22). Up To 300 Ukrainian Nationalists Killed In Kramatorsk (Photos, Video). southfront.org On July 21st, Russian forces destroyed the temporary deployment point of Ukrainian forces in the city of Kramatorsk in the Donetsk People's Republic. The city is under Ukrainian control. | On July 22nd, the Russian Ministry of Defence reported that Russian precision ground-based weapons hit the temporary deployment point of the nationalist battalion "Black Hundred", deployed in the building of school No. 23 in the city of Kramatorsk of the Donetsk People's Republic. As a result of th…

Contributing Writers (2022-07-22). Syria cuts diplomatic ties with Ukraine. marktaliano.net Syria was the first country apart from Russia to recognize the independence of the republics of Donetsk and Luhansk July 20 2022 The Syrian foreign ministry announced on 20 July that Damascus is formally breaking diplomatic ties with Ukraine in response to a similar move by Kiev. "The Syrian Arab Republic has decided to break …

Editor2 (2022-07-22). Staged Incidents as the Western Approach of Doing Politics (Sergey Lavrov). orinocotribune.com By Sergey Lavrov Jul 18, 2022 | Today, the Russian Armed Forces, together with the self-defence units of the Donetsk and Lugansk people's republics, are delivering on the objectives of the special military operation with great resolve to put an end to the outrageous discrimination and genocide of the Russian people and eliminate direct threats to the security of the Russian Federation that the United States and its satellites have been creating on Ukrainian territory for years. While losing on the battlefield, the Ukrainian regime and its Western patrons have descended to staging bloody incidents to demonis…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-07-22). Moscow, Kiev and Ankara Reach Grain Agreement in Istanbul. libya360.wordpress.com Observateur Continental Negotiations on the export of Ukrainian grain from the part of the Black Sea controlled by the Ukrainian army took place in Istanbul. Military delegations from Russia, Turkey and Ukraine as well as representatives of the UN came to Istanbul to discuss the food crisis. So what is the substance of the planned…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-07-22). Western Delusion of "Isolating" Russia. libya360.wordpress.com Salman Rafi Sheikh For months, the West has been projecting a geopolitics of "isolating" Russia, both economically via sanctions and diplomatically via creating anti-Russia counter alliances around the world. But how is this geopolitics of "isolation" working? Five months into the Russian military operation in Ukraine, the fallout of this war — in particular the…

Anonymous587 (2022-07-22). Zelensky turns captive AFU soldiers into criminals to save money. southfront.org Ukrainian prisoners are recognized as state traitors | Ordinary Ukrainians have recently been more and more persuaded of their leaders' complete incompetence and corruption. Both the previous and current Kiev government have successfully persuaded their populace of an alliance and friendly relations with the West by utilizing state apparatuses and the media. In actuality, the friends who were meant to be their allies are just lending a helping hand to those who are prepared to compromise their m…

Anonymous765 (2022-07-22). Russian Offensive Stopped: Ukraine Takes Time For Reinforcement. southfront.org |

Dave DeCamp (2022-07-22). Turkey Says Russia, Ukraine to Sign Grain Deal on Friday. news.antiwar.com Officials from Ukraine, Russia, and Turkey will meet in Istanbul on Friday to sign a deal proposed by the UN to facilitate the export of Ukrainian grain, Turkey

Michael Wong (2022-07-22). An American War over Taiwan Island? peacepivot.org In Tokyo on May 23, 2022, President Joe Biden said that he would be willing to "get involved militarily" in Taiwan "if it came to that," and compared the situation to Ukraine. This set off alarm bells throughout Asia, as it was the third time Biden made similar statements, and it seemed to signal a …

Kyle Anzalone (2022-07-22). Zelensky Rejects Any Ceasefire With Russia. news.antiwar.com Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky warned Russia would capitalize on any ceasefire to give its troops rest and to re-equip its military. He claimed that a break in fighting would prolong the war. In an interview with the Wall Street Journal, Zelensky said, "Freezing the conflict with the Russian Federation means a pause that gives the …

____ (2022-07-22). EU imposes more sanctions on Russia. ecns.cn The European Union on Thursday imposed more sanctions on Russia over its conflict with Ukraine, including a ban on gold imports and the tightening of export controls on high-technology goods.

Staff (2022-07-22). Russian defense minister arrives in Istanbul for grain deal. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 22 (MNA) — Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu was seen on live TV arriving on Friday in Istanbul, where Russia and Ukraine will later sign a deal to facilitate grain exports.

Vijay Prashad (2022-07-22). It is dark, but I sing because the morning will come: The Twenty-Ninth Newsletter (2022). mronline.org In the chilly Brazilian winter of 2019, Renata Porto Bugni (deputy director of Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research), André Cardoso (coordinator of our office in Brazil), and I went to the Lula Livre ('Free Lula') camp in Curitiba, set up just across the road from the penitentiary where former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva sat in a 15-square metre cell.

Diana Kruzman (2022-07-22). Without Congress, what can Biden do to combat the climate crisis? peoplesworld.org The White House is scrambling to reassure Democratic voters that President Joe Biden can still take action on climate change after another blow to proposed climate legislation from Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia. On Sunday, White House economic adviser Jared Bernstein told CNN that Biden would pursue his climate agenda "with or without Congress," using executive …

TeleSUR, DRL (2022-07-22). Jesuitas mexicanos demandan justicia a un mes de masacre. telesurtv.net Reclaman el esclarecimiento del asesinato de dos jesuitas y dos laicos en la Sierra Tarahumara, Chihuahua.

Staff (2022-07-22). Oregón 2022: Lázaro Martínez a la final de la esperanza (+ Videos). cubadebate.cu Lázaro Martínez necesitó dos intentos para asegurar su presencia en una final del triple salto varonil que recoge las esperanzas cubanas de subir al podio en este Campeonato Mundial de Atletismo. Es una cuestión de historia y casi de honor, porque nunca antes en la historia la Mayor de Las Antillas salió de una cita planetaria con el cuello vacío.

Jason Ditz (2022-07-22). Russian Airstrikes Kills Seven in North Syria's Idlib. news.antiwar.com Details are emerging on a new Russian airstrike against rebel-held Idlib in northern Syria. Seven were reported killed, with the All White Helmet claims are taken with a pinch of salt, as they tend to offer statements that designed to carry a very specific pro-war narrative . | In this case, not only did they attack a rebel-held neighborhood, the statement claims Russia attacked an olive farm and that children were among the slain. | The area attacked is one of the last rebel-held areas in Syria, so its not surprising Russia is…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-07-22). Russia and Africa: A Future-Bound Partnership. libya360.wordpress.com Sergey Lavrov On the eve of my visits to several African countries, I would like to share my reflections on the prospects for Russia-Africa relations in the current geopolitical context with esteemed readers. Today, African states play an increasingly important role in the global politics and economy, take an active part in solving key modern-day…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-07-22). South Africa's Energy Crisis Escalates. libya360.wordpress.com Brian Kamanzi Photo via World Bank Photo Collection Behind rolling power cuts in South Africa loom deep-seated socioeconomic issues worsened by the rich countries of the world On the morning of June 27, 2022, National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) shop steward David Fankomo joined his fellow members at the picket line outside Eskom's Emalahleni office…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-07-22). U.S. Imperialism's Supremacist Ideology Can Be Defeated by Liberation Struggle Solidarity. libya360.wordpress.com Rainer Shea The pitch that the U.S. empire makes is one of a shared conquest. Or, to put it more bluntly, a shared project to steal from other civilizations. The American imperialists have stolen an entire continent from the Natives, stolen over ten trillion dollars worth of wealth created through the labor of African slaves, and distributed…

_____ (2022-07-22). Astana Process Renews Demands For US Withdrawal From Syria. popularresistance.org Syrian foreign minister Faisal Mekdad, who was visiting Iran, said on Wednesday, July 20 that his country welcomed the joint statement issued at the end of Astana peace summit a day earlier which talked against all kinds of external aggression in his country. During his meeting with his Iranian counterpart, Amir Abdollahian Mekdad noted that "we are against any interference of Turkey in Syrian lands and establishment of any settlements and attempts of Turkification of Syria." | On Tuesday, during the first day of his two-day visit to Iran, Russian President Vladimir Putin attended the summit of the Astana format…

Ann Brown (2022-07-22). Founders Of ADOS Reparations Movement Sue Harvard University For Defamation, Alleged Russian And Bot Ties. moguldom.com American Descendants of Slavery (ADOS) founders Antonio Moore and Yvette Carnell are suing Harvard University, claiming the school defamed them in a 2021 paper that suggested that the two reparation advocates worked to suppress Black votes, downplayed the impact of covid-19 on African Americans, and have ties to Russian disinformation and bot campaigns. An Internet …

Staff (2022-07-22). Russia adds 5 states to unfriendly countries list. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 22 (MNA) — Greece, Denmark, Slovakia, Slovenia and Croatia have been added to the list of states unfriendly to Russia, the press service of the country's Cabinet said on Friday.

Anonymous669 (2022-07-22). In Video: Russian KUB-BLA Loitering Munitions Decimate Camp Of Kiev Forces. southfront.org A KUB-BLA loitering munition, screen grab from footage released by the ZALA Aero Group. | The Russian military has used KUB-BLA loitering munitions to decimate a camp of foreign mercenaries fighting for Kiev forces in the Kherson region. | On July 22, a video documenting the attack on the camp, which is located in the settlement of Dobroye, was released. The video shows four KUB-BLA loitering munitions attacking posts, a gathering of mercenaries and a military vehicle with high-precisio…

Anonymous669 (2022-07-22). Russian Airstrikes Hit Two Christian Towns Occupied By Al-Qaeda In Syria's Greater Idlib (Video). southfront.org A Russian Su-24 strike aircraft in the sky over the Khmeimim airbase in Syria. Photo: Dmitriy Vinogradov / RIA Novosti | On July 22, a series of airstrikes which were reportedly carried out by warplanes of the Russian Aerospace Forces hit the towns of Jdayde and Yacubiyeh in the northwestern Syrian region of Greater Idlib. | Jdayde and Yacubiyeh, which are located in the western countryside of Idlib, are currently occupied by al-Qaeda-affiliated Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), the de-facto ruler of Gre…

Staff (2022-07-22). Russia requests liquidation of Jewish Agency in country. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 22 (MNA) — Russia's Ministry of Justice has requested the liquidation of the Russian branch of the Jewish Agency.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-07-21). Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's Interview with RT, Sputnik and Rossiya Segodnya International Information Agency, Moscow, July 20, 2022. libya360.wordpress.com Question: You just returned from a trip and are about to leave again soon. This "international isolation" is so tight that you are almost never home. Here's a question from our subscribers. At different levels, from the deputies to public officials, our talks with Ukraine are on and off. We say it's impossible to hold talks…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-07-21). Russian Ops in Ukraine (July 21, 2022): Pentagon Prefers Fiction Over Facts. libya360.wordpress.com Update on Russia Operations in Ukraine for July 21,2022 — Pentagon admits Ukrainian troops are not stopping Russia's advance; — Pentagon admits HIMARS cannot "win" a war on their own; — US allies are repairing Ukrainian equipment Ukraine is not capable of repairing itself; — Media and US officials float idea of training Ukrainian pilots…

_____ (2022-07-21). 'Cop-Free AFSCME' Still Fighting To Boot Cops From Their Union. popularresistance.org Last week, the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), the nation's largest union of public sector workers, kicked off its 45th annual convention in Philadelphia. By most accounts, it was a largely tame affair, padded with presentations on the union's history and peppered with appearances from AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler, Labor Secretary Marty Walsh, and Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams. The bulk of the agenda was focused on the business of discussing and voting upon a series of resolutions on a variety of issues, and that's where things got spicy. | The convention br…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-07-21). Behind the Drought and Food Deficits in Africa. libya360.wordpress.com Abayomi Azikiwe There has been a deteriorating situation within various African states related to the impact of drought and the consequent lack of food for hundreds of millions of people. These events on the continent cannot be analyzed separately from the broader international economic and security crises which have impacted the ability of the existing…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-07-21). Building Power with Food Sovereignty. libya360.wordpress.com jesse chase Food sovereignty activists protest outside a secret elite corporate seed conference convened by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). Organised by Global Justice Now. Let's talk about food sovereignty, Africa, the economic impoverishment of the diaspora and Indigenous people at large. How does…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-07-21). US General Caught Pining for Latin America's Resources. libya360.wordpress.com Wyatt Reed Online reaction to the official rattling off specific quantities of the region's mineral wealth reserves included a ravenous Looney Tunes wolf licking its chops and a photoshopped image featuring Gen. Richardson overlayed with the mask of "Lord Humongous," the bloodthirsty gas-seeking marauder who violently besieges the protagonists of 'Mad Max 2.' A video…

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