Monthly Archives: October 2023

2023-10-13: News Headlines

Dean Baker (2023-10-13). Putting Ukraine Spending in Context. counterpunch.org The United States support of Ukraine, following the invasion by Russia, has featured prominently in the news in recent days as Republicans in Congress have made it front and center in the budget debate. As usual, the media has reported U.S. spending on military and economic assistance without providing any context for the spending. This

Luis Linares Petrov (2023-10-13). Ukraine sends reinforcements to Avdeyevka area in Donetsk. plenglish.com Moscow, Oct 13 (Prensa Latina) The Armed Forces of Ukraine sent troops from the Artyomovsk sector of the frontline to reinforce the troops deployed in the area near Avdeyevka, as reported by the advisor to the head of the Donetsk People's Republic, Yan Gaguin.

WSWS (2023-10-13). As House Republican crisis deepens: Democrats seeking deal on Ukraine, Israel military aid. wsws.org The proposed tradeoff is to provide Democratic votes to elect a Republican House Speaker in return for approval of a further massive increase in military spending for the ongoing wars in Ukraine and Gaza.

Eve Ottenberg (2023-10-13). Euphemisms for War are Deadly. counterpunch.org So the U.S. is a very violent place, and the first step in coming to grips with that is to call things what they are. By their names. And not to muffle and distort the ugly truth with deceitful language. Washington's proxy war against Moscow turns hundreds of thousands of Ukrainian soldiers into corpses and tens of thousands of Russian ones into corpses. It's about blood, brutality and gore — not freedom and democracy. Similarly, the war Washington aims to provoke over Taiwan will scorch and kill tens of millions of people with radiation, maybe hundreds of millions, and it risks starving five billion earthl…

ecns.cn (2023-10-13). More friends aspire to study in China after decade of BRI: Russian student. ecns.cn This year marks the 10th anniversary of the Belt and Road Initiative. William, a Russian student at Beijing Language and Culture University, said that many of his friends now aspire to come to China for studies, as China has become increasingly open.

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2023-10-13). Russia Fully Supports Establishment of Palestinian State: Putin. orinocotribune.com Russian President Vladimir Putin says Moscow has always fully supported the establishment of a Palestinian state, as the Israeli regime is ceaselessly pounding the besieged Gaza Strip with barrages of missile attacks. | Speaking at the plenary session of the Russian Energy Week on Wednesday, Putin stressed that his country has always supported the implementation of the United Nations Security Council's decision on the establishment of an independent Palestinian state. | "We have always supported the implementation of the decisions of the UN Security Council, I mean, first of all, the creation of an independent P…

Priti Gulati Cox — Stan Cox (2023-10-13). Suffering in the Shadows. counterpunch.org Various versions of the aphorism "War is God's way of teaching Americans geography" have been making the rounds ever since the rise of U.S. imperialism in the late 1800s. The quip (which, despite legend, appears not to be attributable to Mark Twain, Ambrose Bierce, or any other famous person) has proven all too accurate when the war

teleSUR, jaa, JGN (2023-10-13). Venezuela empata con Brasil en eliminatorias mundialistas. telesurtv.net Chile aprovechó su localía y pudo sacar los tres puntos ante Perú por victoria de dos goles por cero. Argentina sacó sus tres puntos ante Paraguay.

teleSUR, JDO (2023-10-13). Inicia segunda vuelta de elecciones anticipadas en Ecuador. telesurtv.net Se lleva a cabo jornada de voto de personas privadas de libertad sin sentencia condenatoria ejecutoriada. Están empadronadas 4.756 de ellas.

WorkWeek (2023-10-13). WorkWeek:Kaiser Nat Workers Strike, IBT VP Palmer On UPS & Retaliation/Mastafa Barghouti. indybay.org WorkWeek covers WorkWeek On Kaiser National Workers Strike, IBT VP Palmer On UPS & Retaliation, Mastafa Barghouti On Palestine & Israel. South Africa Buthelezi, The AFL-CIO, CIA & Apartheid & Who Is Senator Laphonza Butler, UBER & SEIU, South Africa Buthelezi, The AFL-CIO, CIA & Apartheid & Who Is Senator Laphonza Butler The UBER &SEIU. Two one hour programs.

presstv.ir (2023-10-13). Congressional panel: US must prepare for potential wars with China, Russia. presstv.ir A bipartisan panel has warned that the US must be prepared for potential simultaneous wars with China and Russia.

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