Monthly Archives: July 2023

2023-07-10: News Headlines

greenleft.org.au (2023-07-10). Ecosocialism 2023 strengthens the fight for a world beyond capitalism. greenleft.org.au

midwesternmarx (2023-07-10). July 9, 2023- 50 years since the Panthers formed, Capitalism + Drugs still = Genocide By: Danny Shaw. midwesternmarx.com "Trapped in a vicious cycle of ignorance, poverty, disease, sickness and death, and there seems no way out. There seems to be no way of escape. And because there seems to be no hope, no way out, no means of escape, we turn to wine, we turn to whiskey, heroin, morphine, cocaine, opium, poison, nothing but poison." —Malcolm X " This article was originally published on Liberation School on February 11, 2016″ A Revolutionary Understanding of Addiction A&nbs …

Paul Reynolds (2023-07-10). The Rise and Rise of the Cult of the Ego. indybay.org All types of people are convinced to buy something to ward off feelings of inner emptiness. A mix of clickbait hyper-capitalism will hoodwink an entire generation.

WSWS (2023-07-10). For a European movement against capitalism and war. wsws.org The only social force that can prevent another world war is the international working class—that is, the vast majority of the world's population, which today is more numerous and more interconnected than ever before.

Prabhat Patnaik (2023-07-10). Is what we have "crony capitalism"? mronline.org Under monopoly capitalism of course this relationship between monopoly capitalists and the state becomes far closer. Rudolf Hilferding in his opus Das Finanzkapital had talked of a "personal union" between banks and industrial capital and the formation on this basis of a "financial oligarchy", and had suggested a similar "personal union" between the "financial oligarchy" and the State.

_____ (2023-07-10). Communism, Capitalism and Feudalism: How Nominalism Makes Us Fools. transcend.org 5 Jul 2023 – Nominalism can be thought of as a "rule of reasoning" governing which pathways our minds use as we move from ignorance to understanding on any topic imaginable. In essence, this school of thought presumes that reality can only be known through the names and definitions given to things and processes in the real world.


Colin Todhunter (2023-07-09). What Was Covid Really About? Triggering A Multi-Trillion Dollar Global Debt Crisis. "Ramping up an Imperialist Strategy"? globalresearch.ca If it was indeed about public health, why close down the bulk of health services and the global economy knowing full well what the implications would be? And why mount a military-style propaganda campaign to censor world-renowned scientists and terrorise entire populations…

Pavel López Lazo (2023-07-09). Too early to rule out a recession in U.S., says Treasury Secretary. plenglish.com Washington, Jul 9 (Prensa Latina) Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Sunday said that it is still too early to rule out a recession danger in the United States and that inflation is still too high.

Fight Back (2023-07-09). Students promote jobs over anti-China hysteria in Big Rapids, Michigan. fightbacknews.org Big Rapids, Michigan – On July 7, student canvassers took to the streets of Big Rapids to support new auto jobs in Michigan and to oppose anti-China hysteria. Students are responding to the need for good paying jobs in Mecosta County, where unemployment is amongst the highest in Michigan. | The Gotion Battery Plant being built near Big Rapids, Michigan will reportedly create 2300 permanent jobs and hundreds of temporary construction jobs. The Chinese-owned firm is investing $2.4 billion into an electric vehicle parts factory. | When the Gotion plant started to move forward with breaking ground in June, the Michig…

Marjorie Cohn (2023-07-10). Israel Killed Civilians, Targeted Hospitals in Jenin With US Weapons and Support. truthout.org From July 3-4, Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) — using weapons funded by the United States — mounted the most violent military assault in the occupied West Bank in two decades. In what Israel dubbed "Operation Home and Garden," more than 1,000 ground troops invaded the Jenin refugee camp. Assisted by helicopter gunships and armed drones, the IOF killed 12 Palestinians — including six civilians… |

greenleft.org.au (2023-07-10). Former ADF major says military industrial complex 'keeps us chained to the past'. greenleft.org.au

Chris Walker (2023-07-10). Trump Officials Held Meetings Over Concerns President May Incite Nuclear War. truthout.org Miles Taylor, a former Department of Homeland Security (DHS) official who served during part of Donald Trump's tenure in the White House, has said that the former president's rhetoric around nuclear weapons prompted multiple meetings among administration officials to prepare for the possibility of war. In October 2020, Taylor was revealed to be the author of a New York Times op-ed attributed to… |


Amy Goodman (2023-07-10). Cluster Bomb Deliveries to Ukraine Alarm Human Rights and Antiwar Advocates. truthout.org The Biden administration is drawing outrage after announcing it will send cluster bombs to Ukraine as part of a new weapons package. When deployed, cluster munitions spread smaller "bomblets" across a wide area and regularly kill civilians, either on initial impact or from unexploded segments that go off later. Their use has been banned by 123 countries that signed the Convention on Cluster… |

_____ (2023-07-10). Sending Cluster Bombs to Ukraine, Washington Makes Clear It Will Stop at Nothing. strategic-culture.org By Andre DAMON | On Friday, the Biden administration said it would send cluster munitions—weapons that scatter unexploded bomblets across a wide area, killing and maiming civilians for decades—to Ukraine. | Facing the failure of Kiev's military offensive, the United States is desperately seeking to use the provision of ever more destructive and indiscriminate weapons to reverse its setbacks on the battlefield. | Critically, the announcement precedes next week's NATO summit in Vilnius, at which the United States and NATO are planning to massively expand their involvement in the war. Driven into a corne…

Movement Rights (2023-07-10). Tuesday 7/11: Banking on a Safe World: Divest from Nuclear Weapons & Fossil Fuels w/ Indigenous Leaders. indybay.org Online event via Zoom…

Movement Rights (2023-07-10). Monday 7/17: Banking on a Safe World: Divesting from Nuclear Weapons & Fossil Fuels. indybay.org Online event via Zoom…

Amy Goodman (2023-07-10). Cluster Bomb Deliveries to Ukraine Alarms Human Rights and Antiwar Advocates. truthout.org The Biden administration is drawing outrage after announcing it will send cluster bombs to Ukraine as part of a new weapons package. When deployed, cluster munitions spread smaller "bomblets" across a wide area and regularly kill civilians, either on initial impact or from unexploded segments that go off later. Their use has been banned by 123 countries that signed the Convention on Cluster… |

Anonymous103 (2023-07-10). Crimean Bridge Missile Attack Fails, Bringing No Results Ahead Of NATO Summit. southfront.org Illustrative ImageRussian President Vladimir Putin was right in his assessments that NATO-sourced long-range weapons in the hands of the Neo-Nazi junta would be an existential threat to Russia and that Moscow would never allow any mass deployment of such missiles along its western borders. | Written by In yet another major escalation, on July 9, the Kiev regime fired several missiles at Bryansk and Rostov oblast…

Amy Goodman (2023-07-10). Cluster Bomb Deliveries to Ukraine Alarm Human Rights and Antiwar Advocates. truthout.org The Biden administration is drawing outrage after announcing it will send cluster bombs to Ukraine as part of a new weapons package. When deployed, cluster munitions spread smaller "bomblets" across a wide area and regularly kill civilians, either on initial impact or from unexploded segments that go off later. Their use has been banned by 123 countries that signed the Convention on Cluster… |

_____ (2023-07-10). Sending Cluster Bombs to Ukraine, Washington Makes Clear It Will Stop at Nothing. strategic-culture.org By Andre DAMON | On Friday, the Biden administration said it would send cluster munitions—weapons that scatter unexploded bomblets across a wide area, killing and maiming civilians for decades—to Ukraine. | Facing the failure of Kiev's military offensive, the United States is desperately seeking to use the provision of ever more destructive and indiscriminate weapons to reverse its setbacks on the battlefield. | Critically, the announcement precedes next week's NATO summit in Vilnius, at which the United States and NATO are planning to massively expand their involvement in the war. Driven into a corne…

Movement Rights (2023-07-10). Tuesday 7/11: Banking on a Safe World: Divest from Nuclear Weapons & Fossil Fuels w/ Indigenous Leaders. indybay.org Online event via Zoom…

Movement Rights (2023-07-10). Monday 7/17: Banking on a Safe World: Divesting from Nuclear Weapons & Fossil Fuels. indybay.org Online event via Zoom…

Amy Goodman (2023-07-10). Cluster Bomb Deliveries to Ukraine Alarms Human Rights and Antiwar Advocates. truthout.org The Biden administration is drawing outrage after announcing it will send cluster bombs to Ukraine as part of a new weapons package. When deployed, cluster munitions spread smaller "bomblets" across a wide area and regularly kill civilians, either on initial impact or from unexploded segments that go off later. Their use has been banned by 123 countries that signed the Convention on Cluster… |

Anonymous103 (2023-07-10). Crimean Bridge Missile Attack Fails, Bringing No Results Ahead Of NATO Summit. southfront.org Illustrative ImageRussian President Vladimir Putin was right in his assessments that NATO-sourced long-range weapons in the hands of the Neo-Nazi junta would be an existential threat to Russia and that Moscow would never allow any mass deployment of such missiles along its western borders. | Written by In yet another major escalation, on July 9, the Kiev regime fired several missiles at Bryansk and Rostov oblast…

Staff (2023-07-10). Headlines for July 10, 2023. democracynow.org Biden Visits U.K. Ahead of NATO Summit Amid Condemnation of Plan to Send Ukraine Cluster Bombs, U.S. Destroys Final Chemical Weapons More Than a Decade Behind Schedule, White Nationalist Mass Murderer Who Killed 23 People at El Paso Walmart Gets 90 Life Sentences, Dozens Killed in South Asian Flooding; Torrential Downpours Hit Northeast U.S, Tennessee Court Reinstates Ban on Transgender Healthcare, U.N. Warns Sudan Could Plunge into "Full-Scale Civil War" as Airstrikes Kill Dozens, Pentagon Claims U.S. Airstrikes in Somalia Killed 10 al-Shabab Fighters and No Civilians, Pentagon Claims Drone Strike Ki…

_____ (2023-07-10). Ukraine and the Cluster Bombs Debate. transcend.org 7 Jul 2023 – There is currently a debate, at the highest foreign policy-making level in the U.S.A., concerning the delivery of cluster bombs to Ukraine in support of the ongoing counter offensive. However, cluster weapons have been outlawed on 30 May 2008 by the Cluster Weapons Convention, signed by many states.

Blaise Malley (2023-07-09). Reps. Omar and Jacobs Move to Stop Biden From Sending Cluster Bombs to Ukraine. truthout.org President Joe Biden's looming decision to include cluster munitions in the next weapons package to Ukraine could prove to be a political challenge. Democratic Reps. Sara Jacobs (D-California) and Ilhan Omar (D-Minnesota) have introduced an amendment to the 2023 NDAA that would effectively block the transfer of these munitions. "Notwithstanding any other provision of law… |

Andrew Korybko (2023-07-09). More Weapons for Kiev Regime? NATO Chief Stoltenberg's Confused and Contradictory Statements. globalresearch.ca

JANET (2023-07-09). NATO deploys depleted uranium weapons to Ukraine, nuclearizing war. iacenter.org By Janet Mayes July 9, 2023 This article updates the article published at iacenter.org on June 16, entitled: "Chinese translation available: 'Metal of Dishonor-Depleted Uranium.'" The United States will be sending depleted uranium munitions (DU) to Ukraine, reported The Wall Street Journal on June 13. This was written three months after Pentagon spokesperson Air Force Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder stated March 21 that to his knowledge the U.S. would not do so. (Los Angeles Times, March 21) The announcement about sending DU munitions comes despite voluminous documentation about the devastating consequences of breathing in…

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2023-07-09). "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.

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2023-07-09: News Headlines

Paul Reynolds (2023-07-09). The Rise and Rise of the Cult of the Ego. indybay.org All types of people are convinced to buy something to ward off feelings of inner emptiness. A mix of clickbait hyper-capitalism will hoodwink an entire generation.

Colin Todhunter (2023-07-09). What Was Covid Really About? Triggering A Multi-Trillion Dollar Global Debt Crisis. "Ramping up an Imperialist Strategy"? globalresearch.ca If it was indeed about public health, why close down the bulk of health services and the global economy knowing full well what the implications would be? And why mount a military-style propaganda campaign to censor world-renowned scientists and terrorise entire populations…

greenleft.org.au (2023-07-09). Ecosocialism 2023 strengthens the fight for a world beyond capitalism. greenleft.org.au

Fight Back (2023-07-08). Book review: "The East is Still Red" fightbacknews.org The new book, The East is Still Red: Chinese Socialism in the 21st Century, by Carlos Martinez and published by Praxis Press, is a valuable and important defense of socialism in the People's Republic of China today. As the U.S. ramps up propaganda and aggression against China, this book addresses an important need, for everyone who wants a better world, to understand and defend China. | The book begins by acknowledging that there is a great deal of ignorance and confusion, especially in the imperialist countries, about China. Martinez writes, "Even among socialists and communists, there are misconceptions and imp…

Sue Harris (2023-07-08). For-profit health care and the mental health crisis. workers.org As current living conditions get tougher for people, driving them into depression and despair, health-care CEOs are licking their chops at the profits to be made from increased demand for mental health services. St. Vincent's Hospital was dismantled in 2010 to build luxury condominiums. Credit: Crain's New York Business Mental . . . |

Anonymous669 (2023-07-08). New Frontline Footage Shows More Ukrainian Losses. southfront.org File image. | Kiev forces continue to sustain human and material losses while attempting to advance as a part of their ongoing counteroffensive. | Several videos that surfaced online on July 7 and 8 showed some of the losses the Russian military inflicted on Kiev forces in different directions. | Two of the videos show recent strikes with FPV suicide drones against a group of Ukrainian troops as well as a T-72 main battel tank in an unspecified direction. A third video shows a strike with a Lance…


Anonymous669 (2023-07-08). U.S. Claims Its Drones Got 'Harassed' Over Syria For Third Time This Week. southfront.org A fully armed MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aerial vehicle taxis down the runway at an air base in Afghanistan on its way to another wartime mission. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Brian Ferguson). | The United States Air Force said that its drones were "harassed" again by Russian fighter jets while operating over Syria on July 7."Earlier today three MQ-9 drones were once again harassed by Russian fighter aircraft while flying over Syria," commander of US Air Forces Central Lieutenant General Alex Grynkewich said in a…

greenleft.org.au (2023-07-09). Former ADF major says military industrial complex 'keeps us chained to the past'. greenleft.org.au

Blaise Malley (2023-07-09). Reps. Omar and Jacobs Move to Stop Biden From Sending Cluster Bombs to Ukraine. truthout.org President Joe Biden's looming decision to include cluster munitions in the next weapons package to Ukraine could prove to be a political challenge. Democratic Reps. Sara Jacobs (D-California) and Ilhan Omar (D-Minnesota) have introduced an amendment to the 2023 NDAA that would effectively block the transfer of these munitions. "Notwithstanding any other provision of law… |

Movement Rights (2023-07-09). Monday 7/17: Banking on a Safe World: Divesting from Nuclear Weapons & Fossil Fuels. indybay.org Online event via Zoom…

Movement Rights (2023-07-09). Tuesday 7/11: Banking on a Safe World: Divest from Nuclear Weapons & Fossil Fuels w/ Indigenous Leaders. indybay.org Online event via Zoom…

Janet Mayes (2023-07-09). NATO deploys depleted uranium weapons to Ukraine, nuclearizing war. workers.org This article updates the article published at workers.org on June 15, entitled: "Chinese translation available: 'Metal of Dishonor-Depleted Uranium.'" The United States will be sending depleted uranium munitions (DU) to Ukraine, reported The Wall Street Journal on June 13. This was written three months after Pentagon spokesperson Air Force Brig. Gen. . . . |


Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2023-07-09). "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.

Veterans For Peace, Globe Newswire. (2023-07-09). Veterans' Group Responds To Biden's 'Cluster Bombs For Ukraine'. popularresistance.org Veterans For Peace and other U.S. anti-war organizations denounce the Biden administration's decision to send cluster bomb munitions to Ukraine and they will hold a rally on July 22 at 11 am at the Scranton (PA) Army Ammunition Plant to oppose sending cluster bombs, and all weapons, into the Ukraine War, and call for an immediate ceasefire. | The Scranton plant produces 11,000 artillery shells a month but cannot keep up with the demand for killing. That the U.S. would even consider sending cluster bombs, a weapon designed to wound as many people as possible, into the Ukraine War to make up for the lack of artille…

_____ (2023-07-08). The West Continues to Dominate the Global Arms Trade. strategic-culture.org NATO, EU and their allies account for the lion's share of the global weapons sales with the United States being the unquestionable leader. Non-western countries taken together (including Russia and China) sell five times less weapons globally. The measure used is SIPRI TIV, which measures transfers of military capability rather than the financial value of arms transfers. All data is for December 2022 except for Serbia and Indonesia (December 2021).

WSWS (2023-07-08). Sending cluster bombs to Ukraine, Washington makes clear it will stop at nothing. wsws.org The aim of the decision to use cluster bombs—regardless of its long-term impact on civilians—is to kill as many Russian soldiers as possible. The reasoning that led in the past to the use of Agent Orange and Napalm—and which will be used to sanction the use of tactical nuclear weapons—is presently at work.

Editor (2023-07-08). Cluster bomb opponents 'appalled' by Biden becision to send banned weapons to Ukraine. mronline.org President Joe Biden has reportedly given final approval for the transfer of U.S. cluster munitions to Ukraine, ignoring warnings from human rights groups and progressive lawmakers who underscored the indiscriminate weapons' devastating impacts on civilians immediately upon use and far into the future.

Editor (2023-07-08). US Will Provide Ukraine U.N. Condemned Cluster Bombs as Part of New Weapons Package. scheerpost.com

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2023-07-09). "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.

Veterans For Peace, Globe Newswire. (2023-07-09). Veterans' Group Responds To Biden's 'Cluster Bombs For Ukraine'. popularresistance.org Veterans For Peace and other U.S. anti-war organizations denounce the Biden administration's decision to send cluster bomb munitions to Ukraine and they will hold a rally on July 22 at 11 am at the Scranton (PA) Army Ammunition Plant to oppose sending cluster bombs, and all weapons, into the Ukraine War, and call for an immediate ceasefire. | The Scranton plant produces 11,000 artillery shells a month but cannot keep up with the demand for killing. That the U.S. would even consider sending cluster bombs, a weapon designed to wound as many people as possible, into the Ukraine War to make up for the lack of artille…

_____ (2023-07-08). The West Continues to Dominate the Global Arms Trade. strategic-culture.org NATO, EU and their allies account for the lion's share of the global weapons sales with the United States being the unquestionable leader. Non-western countries taken together (including Russia and China) sell five times less weapons globally. The measure used is SIPRI TIV, which measures transfers of military capability rather than the financial value of arms transfers. All data is for December 2022 except for Serbia and Indonesia (December 2021).

WSWS (2023-07-08). Sending cluster bombs to Ukraine, Washington makes clear it will stop at nothing. wsws.org The aim of the decision to use cluster bombs—regardless of its long-term impact on civilians—is to kill as many Russian soldiers as possible. The reasoning that led in the past to the use of Agent Orange and Napalm—and which will be used to sanction the use of tactical nuclear weapons—is presently at work.

Editor (2023-07-08). Cluster bomb opponents 'appalled' by Biden becision to send banned weapons to Ukraine. mronline.org President Joe Biden has reportedly given final approval for the transfer of U.S. cluster munitions to Ukraine, ignoring warnings from human rights groups and progressive lawmakers who underscored the indiscriminate weapons' devastating impacts on civilians immediately upon use and far into the future.

Editor (2023-07-08). US Will Provide Ukraine U.N. Condemned Cluster Bombs as Part of New Weapons Package. scheerpost.com

Staff (2023-07-08). US Will Provide Ukraine Cluster Bombs as Part of New Weapons Package. scheerpost.com Demonstration of cluster bomb. U.S. Army, original print located at Rocky Mountain Arsenal, Commerce City, Colorado. Public domain. By Dave DeCamp / Anitwar.com The Associated Press reported Thursday that the Biden administration has decided to arm Ukraine with cluster bombs and will announce the munitions as part of a new $800 million arms package. The news …

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