Daily Archives: October 6, 2022

2022-10-06: News Headlines

WSWS (2022-10-06). Poland discusses hosting American nuclear weapons as US buys up anti-radiation drugs. wsws.org Amid growing warnings that the war between Russia and NATO in Ukraine could turn nuclear, polish Prime Minister Andrzej Duda. Said Wednesday that he has spoken to the United States about stationing its nuclear weapons in the country.

Dave LIndorff (2022-10-06). Americans Need a Say in How Far the US is Going to Go in Backing Ukraine! thiscantbehappening.net Russian president Vladimir Putin is playing a dangerous game by making threats to use 'small' so-called theater nuclear weapons with explosive power this fraction of the power of the city-busting bombs the US used on Japan in August 1945. But so is the White House and the Pentagon playing a dangerous game in … |

Dave DeCamp (2022-10-06). US Stepping Up Effort to Turn Taiwan Into an Arms Depot. news.antiwar.com The US is stepping up its efforts to turn Taiwan into a major weapons depot, The New York Times reported on Wednesday. US officials have long called for turning Taiwan into a "porcupine" that could withstand a Chinese attack, but support for Taiwan has intensified in recent years as Washington has grown more confrontational toward …

Alex Bainbridge (2022-10-06). Weapons of death expo disrupted. greenleft.org.au Hundreds participated in a multi-faceted protest outside the Land Forces weapons expo over October 4—6. Alex Bainbridge reports.

Oakland Privacy (2022-10-06). Alameda County Sheriff Drones Flew Over the Solano Stroll. indybay.org In September, the next door cities of Berkeley and Albany hold a street fair called the Solano Stroll, along the avenue that crosses both cities. The event attracts thousands of people.

_____ (2022-10-05). Anti-War Activists Protest Harvard Kennedy School Professor With Ties To Defense Contractor. popularresistance.org Over a dozen anti-war activists staged a protest against Harvard Kennedy School professor Meghan L. O'Sullivan Tuesday morning, disrupting a class she was teaching to first-year master's of public policy students. | The protesters denounced O'Sullivan's affiliation with Raytheon Technologies, a weapons manufacturing firm, and her role in the Bush administration during the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. O'Sullivan served as deputy national security advisor for Iraq and Afghanistan in the Bush administration prior to joining the Harvard Kennedy School. She currently sits on Raytheon's board of directors. | The prote…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-10-05). American Pravda: Of Pipelines and Plagues. libya360.wordpress.com Ron Unz Europe is facing its worst energy crisis in generations, with numerous factories shutting down and severe hardship expected during the approaching winter. Heavily-industrialized Germany has been especially hard hit, with more than half of all small- and mid-sized businesses fearful that they might be forced to close, an economic catastrophe of Great Depression proportions. The only…

Infobrics (2022-10-05). American missile policy endangers international security. infobrics.org The US activity in deploying global missile defense systems all over the world, in combination with high accuracy non-nuclear weapons capable of solving strategic tasks remains a negative factor fraught with significant risks for strategic stability.

Dave DeCamp (2022-10-05). Poland Says It's Discussed Hosting Nuclear Weapons With the US. news.antiwar.com Polish President Andrzej Duda said in an interview published Wednesday that Poland is open to hosting US nuclear weapons and has approached Washington about the idea. Currently, NATO members Belgium, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, and Turkey host US nuclear weapons under NATO's nuclear sharing program. The US and NATO have previously said that they wouldn't place nuclear weapons in …

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2022-10-05). "Preemptive Nuclear War": The Historic Battle for Peace and Democracy. A Third World War Threatens the Future of Humanity. globalresearch.ca US nuclear doctrine consists in portraying nuclear weapons as a means of "self defense" rather than a "weapon of mass destruction". There are powerful financial interests behind Joe Biden's $1.3 trillion nuclear weapons program initiated under Obama.

WSWS (2022-10-05). A History of US threats to use nuclear weapons. wsws.org The US and other imperialist powers have not only considered on several critical occasions using nuclear weapons to reverse military defeats. They have directly threatened to drop atom bombs in order to extract concessions from their enemies.‚Ä®‚Ä®…

SP Editor (2022-10-05). US Ignores Growing Calls for Diplomacy and Sends More Weapons to Ukraine. scheerpost.com "Are there still negotiation possibilities?" asked Noam Chomsky. "There's only one way to find out. That's to try. If you refuse to try, of course, there's no option, no possibilities."

Anonymous669 (2022-10-05). Russian A-26 Avoided Collision With Two U.S. Combat Drones Over Syria. southfront.org Antonov An-26. Flickr, by Marko Stojkovic. | A Russian An-26 military transport plane had to dodge two United States combat drones over northern Syria while performing a resupply mission, Deputy Head of the Russian Center for Reconciliation in Syria Major General Oleg Yegorov revealed on October 4. | The commander told reporters that the U.S.-led coalition keep sending full-armed combat drones to conduct unauthorized flights in the Syrian airspace."At 07: 25 Mosco…

C.J. Atkins (2022-10-05). The Fed's intentional recession: Higher interest rates mean fewer jobs, smaller paychecks. peoplesworld.org Whenever the Federal Reserve announces interest rate hikes, a lot of working people wonder what it means for them. If you're buying a home or have an adjustable rate mortgage already, then you can expect the interest offer you get from the bank to be higher. Perhaps the loan you want to take out for …

Dana Sanchez (2022-10-05). Virginia NAACP Leader Murdered By Group With Automatic Weapons In Turks And Caicos. moguldom.com Kent Carter, vice president of the Arlington, Virginia NAACP branch, was fatally shot while celebrating his 40th birthday in Turks and Caicos Sunday after gunmen "indiscriminately" opened fire on a vehicle in which he was taking a tour, local authorities said. Carter was returning from an excursion in Long Bay when several men with automatic …

Anonymous669 (2022-10-05). HTS Drone Shot Down Over Greater Idlib, Possibly By Turkish Forces (Video). southfront.org On October 5, a drone crashed near the town Binnish in the eastern part of the Syrian region of Greater Idlib, where the Turkish military maintains a large presence. | Syrian opposition activists in Greater Idlib claimed that the drone was Iranian. However, footage of the wreckage showed a primitive drone similar to the types manufactured and operated by al-Qaeda-affiliated Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), the de-facto ruler of the region. | The London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Right…

Editor (2022-10-05). The Military Industrial Complex Wants You To Be More Media (Il)literate. scheerpost.com

Editor (2022-10-05). The Military Industrial Complex Wants You To Be More Media (I)literate. scheerpost.com

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