(2021-07-15). Defend the Cuba Revolution and Struggle for More Socialism, Not Less! dissidentvoice.org Hundreds of thousands of unnecessary deaths, an economic crisis, broken supply chains, killer cops, mass incarceration, government surveillance, nuclear weapons, irrational anti-social mass shootings, normalized racism, homelessness, crumbling schools, depression, fear, suicides, and obscene disparities in incomes and wealth—all the features of a moribund, brutal, anti-human global colonial-capitalist system in the United States—and we are …
(2021-07-15). After Syria, Libya, Nagorno-Karabakh: Ukraine to use Turkish drones for war in Donbass, Black Sea. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com After Syria, Libya, Nagorno-Karabakh: Ukraine to use Turkish drones for war in Donbass, Black Sea Turkish and Ukrainian news sources announced on July 15 that the Ukrainian Naval Forces Command has received the first Bayraktar TB2 unmanned combat aerial vehicles from Turkey, a fact confirmed by Ukrainian Defense Minister Andriy Taran. Two weeks ago Ukraine …
(2021-07-15). Friday 7/16: Stop the U.S.-Saudi War on Yemen. indybay.org SF Federal Building, 90 7th Street, San Francisco, CA 94103…
(2021-07-15). Israel's killer robots go on display at Greek weapons fair. electronicintifada.net New technology tested during May attack on Gaza…
(2021-07-15). 100 Public Figures Oppose Trudeau's $77 Billion Fighter Jet Purchase. commondreams.org Instead of purchasing 88 new weapons of war and destruction, let's use these resources for healthcare, education, housing and clean water.
(2021-07-15). Sanders, Schumer reach deal on Biden budget. wsws.org The agreement sets a ceiling for the new social spending being proposed by the Democrats at $3.5 trillion over 10 years—a tiny proportion of the trillions being accumulated by the super-rich.
(2021-07-14). Jorge Rodríguez Denounces New Drone Assassination Attempt on President Maduro & Connection Between Extreme Right and Cota 905 Terrorism. orinocotribune.com 
This Tuesday, July 13, during a press conference held at the Federal Legislative Palace, the president of Venezuela's National Assembly (AN), deputy Jorge Rodríguez, presented new evidence of destabilization attempts perpetrated by the extreme right, which armed and trained the gangs of Cota 905 to try overthrowing the government of President Nicolás Maduro. | Rodríguez stated that on June 22 an attack was thwarted that would have targeted President Nicolás Maduro while he was inaugurating the monument for the Bicentennial of the Battle of Carabobo. Four drones were used in the attack, which were intercepted and…
(2021-07-14). America's Afghan War Is (Partially) Over, So What About Iraq — And Iran? popularresistance.org At Bagram air-base, Afghan scrap merchants are already picking through the graveyard of U.S. military equipment that was until recently the headquarters of America's 20-year occupation of their country. Afghan officials say the last U.S. forces slipped away from Bagram in the dead of night, without notice or coordination. | The Taliban are rapidly expanding their control over hundreds of districts, usually through negotiations between local elders, but also by force when troops loyal to the Kabul government refuse to give up their outposts and weapons. | A few weeks ago, the Taliban controlled a quarter of the co…
(2021-07-14). Taliban Flag Raised Over Strategic Afghanistan-Pakistan Border Crossing (Videos). southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | On July 14, Taliban forces claimed the capture of the Wesh—Chaman border crossing, one of the major international trade and transit border crossings between Afghanistan and Pakistan. It is located in Spin Boldak in Western Kandahar province. The Spin Boldak district center and police headquarters of Kandahar province alsocame under the control of Taliban, including numerous weapons, vehicles and ammunition. | Meanwhile, Kabul officials claim the Taliban attack was repelled and t…
(2021-07-14). Rouhani says Iran can enrich uranium to 90%, equivalent to weapons-grade. rt.com 
Iran's president has said his country has the capacity, if authorities there deem it necessary, to enrich uranium up to 90%, nearly 25 times greater than the level stipulated in the JCPOA 'Iran Nuclear Deal.' | Speaking on Wednesday while addressing a cabinet meeting, President Hassan Rouhani said the authorities were exploring the possibilities of their nuclear technology as they were no longer bound by the constraints of the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) deal, known as the Iran nuclear deal. | "The AEOI (Atomic Energy Organization of Iran) can enrich uranium by 20% and 60% and, if one day o…
(2021-07-14). Military Situation In Syria On July 14, 2021 (Map Update). southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | On July 13, the SDF raided several houses in the villages of Ajaja and Idan near Al-Shaddadi town under the pretext of searching for weapons and arrested a young man | On July 13, a Turkish military armored vehicle ran over and killed a citizen who was riding his motorcycle and was passing on the Sarmada road | On July 13, the SAA thwarted an ISIS attack on the military sites in the Rasafa area. 15 ISIS militants reportedly were killed or wounded in the clashes | On Ju…
(2021-07-14). On "Gain of Function" Research, COVID-19 and the Shortcomings of the Biological Weapons Convention: an Interview with Laurie Garrett. counterpunch.org The following e-interview was conducted with Pulitzer Prize winning author Laurie Garrett, after I heard her Zoom interview on This Week in Virology. Having abandoned the pursuit of a PhD in bacteriology and immunology in order to become a journalist, Garrett is a foremost exemplar of "knowledge-based journalism," whose book, THE COMING PLAGUE: Newly Emerging Diseases in a World
(2021-07-14). Biden-Putin meeting: no to nuclear war, yes to wars that can lead to nuclear war. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com [But they promised not to attack us! Treaty of Tilsit 1807. Molotov—Ribbentrop Pact 1939.] Moscow wanted to state inadmissibility of any war with US, Russian delegation says The Russian delegation hoped that "the United States does not intend to engage in a conflict with Russia using conventional weapons" Russia intended to declare [the] inadmissibility of …
(2021-07-14). Complaint filed against former Argentine president Macri over ammunition supply to Bolivian coup regime. peoplesdispatch.org Former Argentine President Mauricio Macri and nine former officials of his government have been accused of aggravated smuggling of weapons and war ammunition, embezzlement of public funds, abuse of authority and crimes that compromise the peace and dignity of the Nation…