Daily Archives: July 23, 2022

2022-07-23: News Headlines

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). 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.

____ (2022-07-23). (W.E. Talk) Is the world heading for a recession. ecns.cn What's going on here in global economy? Are we in the middle of a global recession? In the latest W.E. Talk, Bala Ramasamy, Professor of Economics, Associate Dean, Director of GEMBA Programme at CEIBS and Fernando Gomez, Corporate CFO of Premo were invited to talk with Wei Xi, Director of Department of Economy of China News Service.

WSWS (2022-07-23). China's youth unemployment rate climbs to record high. wsws.org Dissatisfaction about the economy and jobs is sparking discussions on social media and more broadly at breakneck speed.

Labor Video Projectt (2022-07-23). US Covid-19 Insanity, The Working Class. Covid & Capitalism & THE NEW NORMAL By Dr. Gordon. indybay.org Dr. Nayvin Gordon reports on abandonment of any public health protection as the Covid-19 pandemic expands over two years after the pandemic starts.

Thiemo Kirmse (2022-07-23). Guidance to the system change, parts 1 and 2. indybay.org World War II led to U.S. domination of the political West, which was able to make its mark on the part of the world it more or less controlled. Led and dominated by the military-industrial complex and engaged mentally in a war with the Soviet Union, the USA suppressed any efforts of autonomous state developments that contradicted its interests.

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…

Michael Roberts (2022-07-22). Is China headed for a crash? mronline.org So, is this the moment of collapse in the Chinese model of development and the end of all that talk about 'moving towards socialism' etc? Many Western experts think so.

Isheka N. Harrison (2022-07-22). Snapchat Shares Collapse Another 38 Percent, Twitter Stock Also Hit: A Warning To Black Media On The Advertising Recession. moguldom.com It may seem fun and glamorous but the digital media business isn't an easy one. Online publishers, companies and content creators are constantly seeking creative ways to stand out from a slew of competitors so they can secure advertising dollars. Despite their best efforts, there are still casualties and it will only get worse as …

Editor (2022-07-22). Les Miserables, Living and Dying on American Streets. scheerpost.com By Eve Ottenberg / CounterPunch Statistics lie. Some lie more than others. The ones regarding unemployment lie brazenly and have done so for years, erasing the very existence of the long-term unemployed by simply deleting them from the regular tally. Statistics about homelessness lie. But they have an excuse: the homeless are hard to keep …

_____ (2022-07-22). US "Iran Nuclear Deal" Ploy Coming Full Circle. journal-neo.org Hopes for the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) simply known as the Iran Nuclear Deal seemed to fade further during US President Joe Biden's recent trip to Israel where the US and Israeli governments signed a pledge to use force against Iran should it pursue nuclear weapons (weapons both the US and Israel possess). …

Tony Norman (2022-07-22). Capitalism's 'Practicality' While We Bake to Death. commondreams.org During one of the hottest summers ever, we're weirdly blasé.

WSWS (2022-07-22). US unemployment claims and job cuts mount as interest rate hikes begin to hit economy. wsws.org US initial claims for unemployment insurance rose for the third week in a row, while Ford announced 8,000 salaried job cuts as the impact of recent interest rate increases starts to be felt.

Staff (2022-07-22). Turkish base in Iraqi Kurdistan targeted with drones. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 22 (MNA) — A security force announced that a Turkish base located in Iraq's Kurdistan region was targeted with two drones.

_____ (2022-07-21). Gramsci In The Midst Of Brazil's Landless Workers' Movement. popularresistance.org Despite the persistent hegemony of capitalism and its ruling neoliberal ideology, various forms of resistance, social struggle, and proposals for an emancipated future continue to emerge. This is taking place in the face of economic, political, social, and environmental crises as well as a continuing lack of vision of how to overcome the health crisis. Our intellectuals must put their hearts and souls precisely into this orientation toward the future, one based on the possibility of change and hope for human emancipation, as we argued in Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research dossier no. 13, The New Intell…

Fight Back (2022-07-21). Number of people collecting unemployment benefits jumps by 51,000. fightbacknews.org San José, CA – On Thursday, July 21, the U.S. Department of Labor reported that the number of people collecting unemployment insurance benefits, increased by 51,000 for the week ending July 16. This brought the total number to 1,384,000, the highest since November 2021. New claims for unemployment insurance increased to 251,000, also the highest since November. The increase was only 7000 over the week before, but most economists had expected the number of new claims to fall. | The uptick in new claims reflects a rising trend in layoffs, while the rise in continuing claims shows that hiring has slowed, both showin…

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