Monthly Archives: July 2022

2022-07-30: News Headlines

Staff (2022-07-30). Nuclear missions: State Department approves $8.4 billion F-35 sale to Germany. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Defense NewsJuly 29, 2022 US State Department approves $8.4 billion F-35 sale to Germany The U.S. State Department has approved a potential sale of over $8 billion worth of F-35 aircraft to Germany, moving closer to providing Berlin with new fighter aircraft for nuclear deterrence missions. The State Department on Thursday announced the foreign military …

Staff (2022-07-30). U.S. carrier strike group, anti-missile warships, NATO naval group integrate activities. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com NATOAllied Maritime CommandJuly 29, 2022 NATO Ships train with U.S. Navy Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group Standing NATO Maritime Group (SNMG) 2 and the U.S. Navy's Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group (HSTCSG) augmented by Italian Navy frigate ITS Alpino (F 594) conducted joint maritime and air defence exercises on July 24 while operating …

WSWS (2022-07-30). Record second quarter profits for US oil corporations. wsws.org The two largest US oil monopolies, Exxon and Chevron, reported record quarterly profits on Friday as they cashed in on a strategy of cutting refining capacity while the price of oil shot up from the US-NATO proxy war against Russia in Ukraine.

TeleSUR, gao, SH (2022-07-30). Ascienden a 53 los reos muertos tras ataque ucraniano en Donetsk. telesurtv.net Según autoridades de Donetsk, el ataque de Kiev contra una prisión en Yelénovka, donde había prisioneros de guerra ucranianos, dejó 75 heridos.

TeleSUR, jaa, MER (2022-07-30). Denuncian asesinato de otro firmante de paz en Arauca, Colombia. telesurtv.net La víctima fue interceptada por hombres armados cuando se dirigía a la vereda Alto Purare, en el municipio Tame.

Staff (2022-07-30). U.S. fifth-generation warplanes in Britain en route to Poland. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com NATOAllied Air CommandJuly 28, 2022 US F-22 Raptors arrive in England for NATO Air Shielding United States Air Force F-22 Raptor fighter jets arrived at Royal Air Force Lakenheath, United Kingdom, on July 27 en route to the 32nd Tactical Air Base, ≈Åask, Poland, to support NATO's Air Shielding mission. The F-22 Raptor performs both …

Rodolfo Koé Gutiérrez (2022-07-30). El Mercosur no quiso oír a Zelensky. globalizacion.ca La negativa del Mercosur a recibir al presidente de Ucrania Volodimir Zelensky en su sexagésima cumbre presidencial realizada la semana pasada en Paraguay, es una confirmación de la posición ampliamente neutral de América Latina sobre el conflicto ucraniano. El excomediante…

TeleSUR, lvm, MER (2022-07-30). Palestina condena asesinato de joven por parte de Israel. telesurtv.net El Gobierno palestino hizo un llamado a la comunidad internacional "para que rompa su silencio ante estos crímenes israelíes".

WSWS (2022-07-30). Germany's war offensive: Berlin approves delivery of 100 self-propelled howitzers to Ukraine. wsws.org The war aims associated with the massive arms shipments are clear: NATO and Berlin are pursuing the goal of continuing the war until Russia's military defeat.

____ (2022-07-28). Chinese spokesperson slams NATO for strategic concept referring to China. ecns.cn A Chinese defense spokesperson on Thursday voiced firm opposition to certain content regarding China in a strategic concept document published by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).

Staff (2022-07-29). U.S. pushes for India to join NATO Plus arrangement. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Republic WorldJuly 27, 2022 US Lawmaker Ro Khanna Proposes India Be 6th Nation In NATO Plus To Bolster Defence Ties US Congressman Ro Khanna stated that he has proposed India become the sixth nation in the NATO Plus arrangement to strengthen the bilateral defence relations. US Congressman Ro Khanna on Tuesday stated that he has …

____ (2022-07-29). China, Russia pledge to enhance strategic communication, safeguard multilateralism. ecns.cn Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov agreed on Thursday to further strengthen bilateral strategic communication and jointly promote the genuine multilateralism.

Anonymous103 (2022-07-29). Kiev Assassinated Dozens Of Its Own Azov Heroes (18+). southfront.org In the early morning of July 29, Kiev's forces shelled a detention center for Ukrainian prisoners of war (POWs) in the village of Elenovka in the Donetsk People's Republic. The blow was struck precisely at the barracks in which the captured soldiers of the Ukrainian Nazi Azov regiment were held. | The Russian Ministry of Defence confirmed the attack. According to the Russia's Defense Ministry and local authorities, Ukrainian troops used US-supplied HIMARS multiple rocket launchers to strike th…

Anonymous103 (2022-07-29). Ukrainian Gas Industry Failed. southfront.org Zelensky addresses members of the Norwegian parliament | Written by The Norwegian government refused to supply Kiev with about five billion cubic meters of gas for the heating season of 2022-2023. Despite Zelensky's held the ground before the Norwegian parliament and expressed confidence in long-term bilateral cooperation in this area, the Norwegian leadership, after consulting with its oil and gas industry representatives…

_____ (2022-07-29). All That I Ask Is That You Fight for Peace Today. popularresistance.org The fragility of Europe's energy supply has once again been on display in recent months. Gas shipments through the Nord Stream 1 pipeline, which runs from Russia to Germany, were reduced to 40% of capacity in June, a cut that Moscow said was due to delays in the servicing of a turbine by the German firm Siemens. Shortly thereafter, on 11 July, the pipeline was taken offline for ten days for annual routine maintenance. Despite receiving assurances from Moscow that the supply would resume as scheduled, European leaders expressed fears that the shutdown would continue indefinitely in retaliation for sanctions impose…

Vijay Prashad (2022-07-29). All that I ask is that you fight for peace today: The Thirtieth Newsletter (2022). mronline.org Gas shipments through the Nord Stream 1 pipeline, which runs from Russia to Germany, were reduced to 40% of capacity in June, a cut that Moscow said was due to delays in the servicing of a turbine by the German firm Siemens.

_____ (2022-07-29). Will Christina Quinn Impose US-style Democracy on Armenia? journal-neo.org The US has made no secret of its wish to push Armenia from Russia's sphere of influence, and in order to boost its efforts Washington plans to make some staffing changes at its embassy in Yerevan. Specifically, it intends to strengthen its core of "experienced personnel" who have already been trained in anti-Russian activities in …

Contributing Writers (2022-07-29). Kiev Eliminates POW Witnesses/ Commentary and Photos by Eva Bartlett. marktaliano.net Reality Theories, Eva K Bartlett, [2022-07-29 11: AM][ Album ]*Warning, graphic photos in this post. Pretty horrific scenes today at the detention center near the village of Yelenovka which Ukraine bombed late last night with American HIMARS. Press Secretary of the DPR Military Command, Eduard Basurin, said there are a confirmed 53 Ukrainian POWs dead, …

Staff (2022-07-29). Head of NATO Military Committee attends Indo-Pacific Chiefs of Defence Conference for first time. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com NATOJuly 28, 2022 First Chair of the Military Committee to attend Indo-Pacific Chiefs of Defence Conference From 25 to 27 July 2022, Admiral Rob Bauer, Chair of the Military Committee attended the 24th annual Indo-Pacific Chiefs of Defence Conference in Australia. On the sidelines of the conference, he met with NATO Partners' Chiefs of Defence …

_____ (2022-07-29). West Prepares To Plunder Post-War Ukraine. popularresistance.org While the United States and Europe flood Ukraine with tens of billions of dollars of weapons, using it as an anti-Russian proxy and pouring fuel on the fire of a brutal war that is devastating the country, they are also making plans to essentially plunder its post-war economy. | Representatives of Western governments and corporations met in Switzerland this July to plan a series of harsh neoliberal policies to impose on post-war Ukraine, calling to cut labor laws, "open markets," drop tariffs, deregulate industries, and "sell state-owned enterprises to private investors." | Ukraine has been destabilized by violen…

Connor Freeman (2022-07-29). Blinken Holds First Call With Lavrov Since February, Ceasefires Not Discussed. news.antiwar.com During a news conference on Friday, Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced he held a call with his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov on a potential bilateral prisoner exchange. A State Department official said the call lasted approximately 25 minutes. Washington and Moscow's top diplomats discussed the Ukrainian grain export deal brokered by the UN and …

Editor2 (2022-07-29). EU Member Resumes Sanctioned Goods Transit. orinocotribune.com The move follows EU clarifications on rail shipments to the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad | Lithuanian Railways resumed the transit of sanctioned goods from Russia to its exclave of Kaliningrad, starting on July 22, Mantas Dubauskas, spokesman for LTG Cargo, the freight subsidiary of Lithuanian Railways, said on LRT TV on Friday. | "Customers are informed that it is already possible to transport, since we have received [EU] clarifications… If clients make it in time to transport [the cargo] today, then it is possible that some products will be shipped today," Dubauskas said, as cited by TASS. | On June 18, Lit…

Editor (2022-07-29). Sanctions had no effect on Moscow yet Europe lost 4 governments: Orban. mronline.org The Western strategy to weaken Russia backfires on Europe.

TeleSUR, gao, SH (2022-07-29). Ataque ucraniano deja 40 prisioneros muertos en Donestk. telesurtv.net De acuerdo a las autoridades de Donetsk, el ataque contra una prisión en Yelénovka dejo más de 100 heridos.

Staff (2022-07-29). Iran's new representative to IAEA appointed. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 29 (MNA) — Mohsen Naziri Asl was appointed as Iran's new representative to the International Atomic Energy Agency.

Staff (2022-07-29). Iranian, Azerbaijani warships to attend Russian naval parade. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 29 (MNA) — Iranian and Azerbaijani combat ships will participate in Russia's naval parade on the Caspian Sea for the 1st time.

____ (2022-07-29). Topic For Friday. Tony Blinken's Song;)). smoothiex12.blogspot.com Pick up the phone, What a great tune from F.R. David. See Russian Foreign Ministry transcript, LOL. Oh, the eighties…

____ (2022-07-29). Ukraine's GDP to drop 33.4 pct in 2022: central bank. ecns.cn Ukraine's gross domestic product (GDP) will drop by 33.4 percent this year amid the Russia-Ukraine conflict, the National Bank of Ukraine said on Friday.

Evan Reif (2022-07-29). What the U.S. Government and The New York Times Have Quietly Agreed Not to Tell You About Ukraine. covertactionmagazine.com "I wonder how it came to pass that most of the billionaires in Ukraine are Jews?"—Dmytro Yarosh, former People's Deputy …

Anonymous669 (2022-07-29). Russia To Improve Krasnopol Laser-Guided Artillery Round. southfront.org Work is undergoing to develop the 2K25 Krasnopol precision-guided artillery round, CEO of Russia's defense giant Kalashnikov Concern, Vladimir Lepin, said in an interview with Kalashnikov magazine published on July 28. | Lepin said that the artillery round will get an extended firing range, greater firepower and higher firing efficiency after its upgrade."Today we are at the final stage of the experimental design work on the modern modification of the Krasnopol precision-guided shell, under which the Kalas…

Jake Kallio, Benjamin Norton (2022-07-28). West prepares to plunder post-war Ukraine with neoliberal shock therapy: privatization, deregulation, slashing worker protections. multipolarista.com Western governments and corporations met in Switzerland to plan harsh neoliberal economic policies to impose on post-war Ukraine, calling to cut labor laws, "open markets," drop tariffs, deregulate industries, and "sell state-owned enterprises to private investors."

_____ (2022-07-28). ROK and the US — Words and Facts. journal-neo.org After the text about the President of the ROK at the NATO summit was published, part of the audience questioned whether the ROK, despite its loyalist statements, was in fact in no particular hurry to do Washington's bidding. This question is best answered by a combination of words and facts. The joint statement of the …

Johanna Kichton (2022-07-28). People's Action on Climate Provisions in Inflation Reduction Act: Thank an Organizer. peoplesaction.org Contact: Johanna Kichton, press@peoplesaction.org, 202.660.0605 WASHINGTON, D.C.—People's Action released the following statement by Gary Zuckett, director of People's Action member organization West Virginia Citizen Action Group, after Senator Manchin and Senator Schumer announced the Inflation Reduction Act: "West Virginia organizers and our allies around the country helped win this victory. For years we fought against …

_____ (2022-07-28). Africa Remains At The Center Of A 21st Century Cold War. popularresistance.org United States President Joe Biden announced during July that he would host a summit with African leaders at the White House in December. | This announcement by Biden comes in the aftermath of several important political developments which have exposed the ineffective foreign policy orientation of the world's leading capitalist country. Within the United Nations, many African states abstained from two resolutions which condemned the Russian Federation during the early phase of Moscow's special military operation in neighboring Ukraine. | In addition, most African governments have not made pronouncements in favor o…

Dave DeCamp (2022-07-28). Senate Passes Resolution Calling for Russia to Be Labeled as Sponsor of Terror. news.antiwar.com The Senate on Wednesday passed a non-binding resolution that calls for Secretary of State Antony Blinken to designate Russia as a "state sponsor of terrorism." The resolution passed by unanimous voice vote as there is a strong bipartisan consensus to add Russia to the list. A similar resolution has been introduced in the House, and …

Russiancouncil.ru (2022-07-28). Round Table "Future of the Settlement of the Situation in Syria in the Context of the Ukrainian Conflict" russiancouncil.ru In the framework of the event, there was a presentation of the RIAC working paper "Political Economic Model for Settling the Situation in Syria in the Context of the Ukrainian Conflict"

_____ (2022-07-28). Lessons From Vietnam For Ukraine. popularresistance.org Learning no lessons from the failure and mass slaughter of the Korean War in the previous decade, the US military commenced widespread bombing of Vietnam and sent hundreds of thousands of soldiers. | At the time, spring 1965, about 400 US soldiers had died in the conflict. The war was not yet widely unpopular. Americans who protested against the Vietnam War were a small minority. It would be two years before Martin Luther King's famous denunciation of the war. | Years later, after hundreds of thousands had been drafted into the military with the deaths of tens of thousands, the war became widely unpopular. Ultima…

Dave DeCamp (2022-07-28). British Official Says Nuclear War Threat Higher Than During the Cold War. news.antiwar.com British National Security Advisor Stephen Lovegrove "The Cold War's two monolithic blocks of the USSR (Soviet Union) and NATO — though not without alarming bumps — were able to reach a shared understanding of doctrine that is today absent," Lovegrove said. | He said

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