Daily Archives: December 16, 2022

2022-12-16: News Headlines

_____ (2022-12-16). Russia & VT Exposes US Bio Weapons in Georgia-Ukraine. journal-neo.org Jeffrey Silverman, Georgian Bureau Chief for Veterans Today, has been interviewed by several Russian TV channels concerning his work over the years in exposing US bio weapons programmes in Georgia and countries of the former Soviet Union, with special emphasis on Ukraine, and on the latest breaking news, that the US and Ukraine are in …

WSWS (2022-12-16). Chinese Communist Party embraces the global "forever COVID" policy. wsws.org With breathtaking speed, at the behest of world capitalism, the CCP leadership has stripped away even the most basic disease mitigation measures and clearly shifted to a policy of mass infection.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-12-15). DPR: The Number of Civilian Victims of Bombing Has Quadrupled Since Kiev Began Using Western Weapons. libya360.wordpress.com Christelle Néant On 14 December 2022, the DPR (Donetsk People's Republic) organised a conference on Ukraine's use of Western weapons against civilians and civilian infrastructure in the Donbass, at which pieces of Western weapons found at the bombed sites were shown and it was announced that since Kiev has been using these weapons, the number…

Anonymous669 (2022-12-15). Russian Lancet Drones Take Out Ukrainian Radars, Air-Defense System & Howitzer (Videos). southfront.org ZALA Lancet attack drone. © Marina Lystseva/TASS | On December 15, RIA Novosti and other news sources shared videos documenting four recent Russian strikes with Lancet loitering munitions on Ukrainian military equipment in the special military operation zone. | The strikes targeted Soviet-made 36D6 long-range surveillance and missile control radar, PRV-16ML height-finder radar and 5P85D transporter erector launcher of an S-300PS long-range air-defense system as well as an American-supplied M777…

Andy Kroll (2022-12-15). Peace Is Not Our Profession. tomdispatch.com Hey, cheer up because it truly is a beauty! I'm talking about this country's latest "stealth bomber," the B-21 Raider, just revealed by Northrop Grumman, the company that makes it, in all its glory. With its striking bat-winged shape and its ability to deliver a very big bang (as in nuclear weapons), it's our very own "bomber of the future." As Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin put it at its explosive debut, it will "fortify America's ability to deter aggression, today and into the future." Now, that truly makes me proud to be an American. And while you're at it, on this MAD (as in mutually assured destruction) w…

____ (2022-12-15). China's surveyed urban unemployment rate at 5.7 pct in November. ecns.cn China's surveyed urban unemployment rate stood at 5.7 percent in November, up from 5.5 percent in October, data from the National Bureau of Statistics showed Thursday.

Editor (2022-12-15). China and the cost of reversing COVID-19 policies. workers.org For months western media has been attacking China's COVID policies, condemning them for causing enormous inconvenience and discomfort to avoid massive deaths from the pandemic. So, it comes as no surprise that when protests actually occur within China against the protective restrictions, these same media pundits elevate them to the . . . |

_____ (2022-12-15). We Charge Imperialism: The International People's Tribunal. popularresistance.org Since the end of the Cold War, the world has witnessed an unprecedented proliferation of sanctions regimes, particularly by the United Nations Security Council, the European Union, and the United States. This is due in part to the collapse of the Soviet Union, which ended the deadlock between superpowers at the Security Council. Over the past few decades, sanctions were slowly reconfigured from war time weapons into peacetime policy instruments. In order for this effort to materialize, policymakers, legal scholars, and government officials campaigned to legitimate sanctions as a lawful weapon to punish nations wh…

Jomo Kwame Sundaram (2022-12-15). Open veins of Africa bleeding heavily. mronline.org The ongoing plunder of Africa's natural resources drained by capital flight is holding it back yet again. More African nations face protracted recessions amid mounting debt distress, rubbing salt into deep wounds from the past.

teleSUR, MER (2022-12-15). Bolivia llama a seguir construyendo un mundo mejor. telesurtv.net El mandatario boliviano afirmó que el capitalismo busca la producción y reproducción del capital aniquilando todo a su paso.

Jesse Carpentier (2022-12-15). Kansas pipeline disaster is not the first, nor will it be the last under capitalism. liberationnews.org Despite the potential risks of pipelines and the destruction that has already occurred, the U.S. government does not seem to have any real intention to decommission existing pipelines or stopping new ones from being built.

fvorinoco (2022-12-14). Peru: Castillo Tells Police to Put Down Their Weapons, Blames 'Usurper' Boluarte for Intensifying Violence. orinocotribune.com On Tuesday, December 13, the deposed President of Peru, Pedro Castillo, in light of the serious situation the country is experiencing, urged the National Police and the Armed Forces to lay down their weapons to stop the bloodshed of the people. | Castillo's call was posted through his social media account, where a letter he wrote was shared. | He also addressed Dina Boluarte, who took office as president on December 7 after Castillo's dismissal, "Look at the place you occupy. I hold you and the entire circle that accompanies you responsible for the ferocious attack on my compatriots." | Meanwhile, he called on th…

en.mehrnews (2022-12-14). NATO facing 'very real' arms shortage due to Ukraine war. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Dec. 14 (MNA) — Members of NATO face "very" real" arms shortages due to the conflict in Ukraine, and the alliance is working with the military-industrial complex on filling these gaps, US Permanent Representative to NATO Julianne Smith said.

Dave DeCamp (2022-12-14). Germany Signs Contract to Purchase F-35s That Can Carry US Nuclear Warheads. news.antiwar.com Germany on Wednesday signed a contract with the US to purchase dozens of Lockheed Martin-made F-35 fighter jets, which are capable of carrying nuclear warheads that the US keeps in Germany. There are about 20 US B-61 nuclear gravity bombs stored in Germany under NATO's nuclear sharing program. While Germany has no nuclear weapons of …

Dave DeCamp (2022-12-14). IDF Chief Confirms Israeli Airstrike Hit Convoy on Syria-Iraq Border in November. news.antiwar.com The head of the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) on Wednesday confirmed that Israel was behind an airstrike on the Syria-Iraq border in early November that targeted a truck convoy and reportedly killed at least 10 people. IDF Chief of Staff Aviv Kohavi claimed that a truck in the convoy was carrying weapons from Iran to …

WSWS (2022-12-14). As inflation eases slightly, Biden and the Fed say recessionary interest rises will continue. wsws.org Biden's remarks echo the demands of Wall Street, which insists there be no let-up in the drive to to make the working class pay the cost of inflation by holding down wage increases.

____ (2022-12-14). Experts call on global efforts to strengthen cooperation. ecns.cn Facing growing risks of a global economic recession, countries must strengthen policy coordination and improve global development governance, said experts from home and abroad during a webinar.

Staff (2022-12-14). Industrias culturales en Cuba (II), el próximo domingo en Cuadrando la caja. cubadebate.cu El domingo 18 de diciembre a las 7pm por Canal Caribe estaremos conversando en Cuadrando la caja por segunda vez sobre las industrias culturales en Cuba, sus potencialidades y desafíos. øQué concepciones predominan en el mundo sobre el tema, cómo lo vemos desde el socialismo cubano? Si le cuadra el tema, acompáñenos.

Anonymous669 (2022-12-14). U.S. Defies Turkey, Deploys M777 Howitzers & Bradley Vehicles In Northern Syria (Photos). southfront.org A U.S. Soldier from the 2nd Platoon, Alpha Company, 1/163rd Combined Arms Battalion, inspects a Bradley M2A3 Fighting Vehicle at Ali Al Salem AB, Jan. 27, 2022. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Chloe Ochs) | The United States-led Coalition deployed additional heavy weapons in northern Syria, defying Turkey's recent threats to Kurdish forces in the region. | On December 13, photos of the reinforcements surfaced online. The photos showed several M777 towed 155 mm howitzers. Local sources in no…

John Burns (2022-12-14). 'Capitalism and Slavery', and dismantling the accepted narratives of history. mronline.org "When British capitalism depended on the West Indies," Eric Williams wrote in 1938, "they ignored slavery or defended it. When British capitalism found the West Indian monopoly a nuisance, they destroyed West Indian slavery."

Editor (2022-12-14). British empire killed 165 million Indians in 40 years: How colonialism inspired fascism. mronline.org A scholarly study found that British colonialism caused approximately 165 million deaths in India from 1880 to 1920, while stealing trillions of dollars of wealth. The global capitalist system was founded on European imperial genocides, which inspired Adolf Hitler and led to fascism.

Anonymous669 (2022-12-14). IDF Chief Says Israel Attacked Iranian Weapons Convoy On Syrian-Iraqi Border. southfront.org

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