(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.
(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…
(2023-07-09). Ecosocialism 2023 strengthens the fight for a world beyond capitalism. greenleft.org.au 
(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…
(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 . . . |
(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…
(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…
(2023-07-09). Former ADF major says military industrial complex 'keeps us chained to the past'. greenleft.org.au 
(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… |
(2023-07-09). Monday 7/17: Banking on a Safe World: Divesting from Nuclear Weapons & Fossil Fuels. indybay.org Online event via Zoom…
(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…
(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. . . . |
(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.
(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).
(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.
(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.
(2023-07-08). US Will Provide Ukraine U.N. Condemned Cluster Bombs as Part of New Weapons Package. scheerpost.com 
(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.
(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).
(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.
(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.
(2023-07-08). US Will Provide Ukraine U.N. Condemned Cluster Bombs as Part of New Weapons Package. scheerpost.com
(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 …