(2022-07-05). NATO missile system part of new $820 million U.S. arms transfer to Ukraine. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Defense News US to send Ukraine advanced NASAMS air defense weapons in $820 million package The Pentagon on Friday announced $820 million in new Ukraine military aid that includes advanced mid- to long-range air defense systems and counter-artillery radars to respond to Russia's heavy use of long-range strikes in the war. The announcement …
(2022-07-05). Russia Demands Israel Stop Sovereignty-Violating Airstrikes on Syria. news.antiwar.com Over the weekend, Israel carried out attacks against a poultry farm on the Syrian coast, wounding two civilians. Russia issued a statement Monday, warning such attacks are " Russia has positions on the Syrian coast, and has warned Israel away from the area before. The latest attack came from the coast, and conspicuously Russia didn't comment when it happened. | The Russians say it violates Syrian sovereignty, and is against international norms. Those are p…
(2022-07-05). International Feminist Brigade Begins in Venezuela. orinocotribune.com Delegations of women from the five continents have traveled to Venezuela to learn about the struggle of women in the Bolivarian Revolution and share experiences from their own regions | Women from the five continents have traveled to Caracas to participate in the I Alexandra Kollontai International Feminist Brigade, which began Friday June 17 and will conclude on June 27. The aim of the brigade is to exchange experiences on women's community organization and in building popular feminism. | There are 29 women from 20 countries, including Swaziland, South Africa, Lesotho, Ghana, Zambia, South Africa, Kenya, Cuba, t…
(2022-07-05). Foreign trade set to post stable growth this year. ecns.cn The surging volume of foreign trade in China is squeezing some companies, which are scrambling to find workers for their factories to fill their export orders.
(2022-07-05). Chinese, U.S. senior officials hold video talks over economic issues. ecns.cn Chinese Vice Premier Liu He, a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chief of the Chinese side of the China-U.S. comprehensive economic dialogue, held a video conversation with U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen at the latter's request on Tuesday morning.
(2022-07-05). Mayo Clinic, Sheba Medical Center sign agreement to accelerate health technology growth. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn., and TEL AVIV, Israel — Mayo Clinic and Sheba Medical Center have signed an agreement that will make it easier to share health technology and support early stage startup companies. This collaboration will create an environment that enables rapid product development in the U.S. and Israeli markets, allowing technologies to be established and launched to transform health care delivery for all. The initial focus of this collaboration will be on cross referral and…
(2022-07-05). BioCen, treinta años al servicio de la ciencia y la salud en Cuba (+ Fotos y Video). cubadebate.cu Este 14 de agosto, el Centro Nacional de Biopreparados (BioCen) cumple 30 años desde su fundación en 1992. BioCen dispone de instalaciones cuyo diseño, equipos de alta tecnología y preparación del personal permiten la fabricación industrial de diferentes ingredientes farmacéuticos activos para productos obtenidos por ingeniería genética o de origen natural.
(2022-07-05). Arms stretched out to Durban, to RETUSA, to dockers internationally… indybay.org South African dockers from Durban gave solidarity greetings to ILWU Local 10 longshore workers and the community against the privatization and destruction of the Howard Terminal in the Port Of Oakland. In response ILWU Local 10 past president Trent Willis and ILWU Local 10 member Aaron Wright thanked Duban dockers.
(2022-07-05). California Juneteenth Holiday Bill – AB 1655 – Our Unique Journey From Slavery to Freedom. indybay.org Since 2003, California has recognized Juneteenth through Assembly Bill 1749 (Longville) and signed into law by Governor Gray Davis. However, today 20 years later, it is our goal that Juneteenth through Assembly Bill 1655 (Jones-Sawyer) becomes an official California State Holiday.
(2022-07-05). Mayo Clinic joins coalition to end drug shortages. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn. — Mayo Clinic has joined the End Drugs Shortages Alliance, a coalition that seeks to prevent drug shortages in the U.S. "Drug shortages continue to impact patient care and care delivery. Mayo Clinic is joining this collaborative effort to help ensure patients have access to essential medications and treatments when they need them," says Eric Tichy, Pharm.D., division chair of Pharmacy Supply Solutions at Mayo Clinic. Tichy is serving as chair of the…
(2022-07-05). Sunday 7/10: Voting Blue Won't Do–Build a Movement for Reproductive Justice. indybay.org Please register for zoom event: tinyurl.com/FSP-July10…
(2022-07-04). Striking Five-Minute Summary of the Ukraine Atrocities. transcend.org 27 Jun 2022 – US & Britain Wanted Ukraine Invasion to Happen – Otherwise they could not launch an economic war against Russia.
(2022-07-04). Ukrainian ambassador to Germany Andrey Melnyk defends Nazi collaborator and anti-Semite Stepan Bandera. wsws.org The German government's silence on Melnyk's recent remarks is not simply a scandal. It is part of a deliberate campaign to rehabilitate fascism and ultimately Hitler himself.
(2022-07-04). Truckers' Strike in South Korea and Its Consequences. journal-neo.org 
The first months of Yoon Suk-yeol's rule were marked by an impressive action of workers. Starting from June 7, the Cargo Truckers Solidarity trade union declared a general strike demanding freight rate increase and other support measures to cope with the drastic fuel prices growth. Increasing oil prices due to the Ukrainian crisis entailed growing …
(2022-07-04). El día que todos los niños del mundo tengan zapaticos blancos. cubadebate.cu Algún día todos los niños del mundo podrán tener zapaticos blancos… Esos fueron los sentimientos de Vijay Prashad, plasmados este domingo en el libro de visitantes del Museo de la batalla de Playa Girón. El reconocido intelectual marxista de origen indio, quien visitó la institución junto al hermano de causas y sueños Manolo de los Santos, dijo que este es uno de los museos que más le impresionaron en su vida.
(2022-07-04). Australian Labor prime minister in Kiev pledges support for US-NATO proxy war against Russia. wsws.org During its first six weeks in office, the Labor government has given its full commitment to the US-led confrontations with Russia and China, which threaten nuclear war.
(2022-07-04). All Search-Engines Are Effectively Controlled By The US Government. orinocotribune.com By Eric Zuesse — Apr 28, 2022 | Any intelligent user of the internet knows that ANY censorship on the Web is dictatorial, NOT democratic. It's at least as dictatorial if it is coming from billionaires such as Gabriel Weinberg, or Jack Dorsey, or Mark Zuckerberg, or their agents, as it is if it comes from the Government itself — which the user can vote against at election-time without needing to purchase shares of stock in some corporation in order to become enabled to vote against its CEO and other officials. | Because it has become widely known that Google search-results exclude any find that proves…
(2022-07-04). Palestine in Pictures: June 2022. electronicintifada.net A monthly roundup of photographs documenting Palestine, Palestinian life, politics and culture, and international solidarity with Palestine.
(2022-07-04). Brazil's MST on the Fight Against Evictions and Bolsonaro. popularresistance.org Brazil is heading towards this year's elections with a strong appetite for change after four years of Jair Bolsonaro which followed a coup against President Dilma Rouseff. | In Sà£o Paulo, Camila spoke to Cassia Bechara of the National Board of the Landless Workers' Movement (MST) at the movement's Armazém do Campo store where one can find a selection of agroecological, organic and family farming products. Cassia sets the backdrop for the upcoming electoral campaign and describes some of the main issues in Brazil today and reflects on the recent victory of Gustavo Petro in Colombia.
(2022-07-04). Ghassan Lives, Palestine Lives: Events and actions for the th anniversary of the assassination of Ghassan Kanafani. samidoun.net 
Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network and the Palestinian Youth Movement have come together to call for events and actions to mark the th anniversary of the assassination of Ghassan Kanafani, Palestinian revolutionary leader, organizer, writer and artist. Click here to read the call to action. We encourage all internationalist supporters of Palestine, Palestinians and Arabs …
(2022-07-04). President Maduro Warns Against More Terrorist Threats From Colombia & Duque Rejects Maduro's Tentative Visit to Colombia. orinocotribune.com 
This Saturday, July 2, the commander in chief of the Bolivarian National Armed Force (FANB) and President of the Republic Nicolás Maduro warned about the terrorist plans that have been hatched against Venezuela by the administration of the outgoing president of Colombia, Iván Duque: "Keep your guard up, men and women of the Bolivarian National Armed Forces, of the Presidential Honor Guard, of the Military Counterintelligence Directorate; men and women of arms, guard up high to continue defeating the terrorist threats that come from the dying government of Iván Duque in Colombia, guard up high and always high mora…
(2022-07-04). California: Boyle Heights rallies for reproductive rights. fightbacknews.org Los Angeles, CA – On June 30, the Freedom Road Socialist Organization-Los Angeles (FRSO-LA), along with Centro Community Service Organization (Centro CSO), rallied for reproductive rights in Boyle Heights. This event, held at Mariachi Plaza, was called as a response rally to the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. Young community members came out to listen to speakers from FRSO and Centro CSO who expressed how this decision will impact women, gender fluid people, and anyone who can become pregnant. | The attendees angrily chanted, "Que queremos? Opción! Cuando? Ahora!" along with "What do we want?
(2022-07-04). Uzbekistan and Karakalpakstan: an attempt at a color revolution from the West? thesaker.is By Guilherme Wilbert for the Saker Blog Uzbekistan, a relatively small country wedged between landlocked Turkmenistan to the south and Kazakhstan to the north, is undergoing state reshaping and suffering…
(2022-07-04). Georgian ruling party accuses opposition, "NGOs" of plotting "color" coup. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Agenda.ge Ruling party Chairman: United National Movement, satellites have "no resources" to organise "unrest and revolution" The United National Movement opposition party and its satellites have "no resources" to organise "unrest and revolution" in Georgia, Irakli Kobakhidze, the Chairman of the ruling Georgian Dream party, said on Monday. Speaking at a party briefing, …
(2022-07-04). Plans mature for coup, dragging Georgia into war by December: MPs. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Rustavi 2 UNM and their partners will consistently try to use each point of the plan to prepare a revolutionary scenario by the end of December  ; joint statement of Subari, Kavelashvili and Khundadze The United National Movement and their partners will consistently try to use each point of the plan to prepare …
(2022-07-04). LGBTIQ+ Pride March in Caracas & Photo Gallery. orinocotribune.com LGBTIQ+ movements from all over the country marched this Sunday, July 3, through the streets of Caracas to celebrate pride month, which is commemorated throughout the world and was put on pause for two years due to the Covid-19 pandemic. | The national commissioner for youth sex diversity of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), and one of the organizers of this activity, Isamari Matute, stressed that this march vindicates the struggles of the community, "struggles made invisible by capitalism," she indicated. Likewise, she pointed out that in Venezuela full inclusion" and the freedom to raise the flags…
(2022-07-04). What Would a Real Opposition Party of the People Do? scheerpost.com 
By Dave Lindorff / CounterPunch We are currently at the mercy of a cabal of self-righteous Christian zealots with a 6-3 grip on the US Supreme Court and on Congress, thanks to an arcane structure designed by slave-owning wealthy men who handed the power to a Senate dominated by small-state rich people and to their …
(2022-07-04). Is Participating in the Sanctions against Russia a Cultural Matter? transcend.org The currently emerging Cold War is not in terms of political alliances but a cultural one, a conflict between the old West, the former colonists, that is gradually losing its dominance and the newly emerging economic and political powers, many of which are former colonies. Thus, the Western reaction is neocolonialist.
(2022-07-04). From the Fourth of July to the Sixth of January. wsws.org The working class—in the US and internationally—must be warned of the ongoing danger of dictatorship and mobilized in time to stop it.
(2022-07-04). One rescued after floating crane sinks in South China. ecns.cn A deck worker from the sunken work ship Fujing 001 was rescued by a military vessel at 5: 14 am on Monday and found to be in stable physical condition.
(2022-07-04). Australia: NSW rail workers continue industrial action despite union-government backroom talks. wsws.org The planned action includes a repeat of Friday's 24-hour ban on operating "fourth generation" trains, which reduced the capacity of Sydney's passenger railways by around 70 percent.
(2022-07-04). The Corporate Push for Synthetic Foods: False Solutions That Endanger Our Health and Damage the Planet. transcend.org 22 Jun 2022 – Foreword by Dr Vandana Shiva, President of Navdanya International – How can we heal our relationship with food in the age of artificial food? Technological solutions aim to replace animal products and other food staples with lab-grown alternatives. Artificial food advocates are reiterating the old and failed rhetoric that industrial agriculture is essential to feed the world.
(2022-07-04). Unión Eléctrica estima una afectación de 450 MW durante el día. cubadebate.cu Ayer se afectó el servicio por déficit de capacidad a partir de las 21: 39 horas. La máxima afectación en el horario pico fue 148 MW a las 22: 40 horas, a las 00: 41 horas de la madrugada de hoy quedó restablecido el servicio. El servicio se comenzó a afectar nuevamente a las 05: 38 horas.
(2022-07-04). El largo alcance de la cultura en los medios de comunicación. cubadebate.cu Pasión, sensibilidad, sabiduría y compromiso. Tales cualidades se entreveran y tienen presencia muy viva cuando creadores, artistas, cuando nuestros intelectuales se reúnen animados en pensar cómo Cuba puede superarse a sí misma desde lo espiritual. Hace unos días, por ejemplo, tuvo lugar desde el Palacio de la Revolución una de las habituales reuniones que allí sesionan para dar seguimiento al IX Congreso de la Unión de Escritores y Artistas de Cuba (Uneac).
(2022-07-04). En Maldivas segundo grupo de médicos enviados por Cuba. cubadebate.cu Un nuevo grupo de 12 médicos cubanos llegó a Maldivas para prestar sus servicios solidarios en el marco del acuerdo de cooperación firmado entre los ministerios de Salud de ambos países el año pasado. Las dos naciones insulares firmaron en La Habana en diciembre del año pasado un convenio para la ampliación de la colaboración médica.
(2022-07-04). Key Takeaways from BRICS Summit. transcend.org 29 Jun 2022 – Last week the 14th BRICS Summit took place virtually, chaired by Chinese President Xi Jinping. The BRICS bloc (Brasil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) represents a key political, economic, and scientific force in the international arena. These nations represent half of the world's population and their collective GDP is greater that $20 trillion.
(2022-07-04). "We sleep in our cars trying to get work": Casual worker at San Diego docks speaks out on working conditions. wsws.org A casual dockworker describes desperate situation facing roughly half the workforce, speaks against the ILWU for preventing the strike needed to improve conditions.
(2022-07-04). Rescatan al cuarto tripulante tras naufragio de buque en China. telesurtv.net Las autoridades de Guangdong señalaron que continúan las labores de rescate, aunque reducen las opciones de encontrar con vida a otros tripulantes dadas las inclemencias del tiempo.
(2022-07-04). Starbucks workers in Chicago strike against understaffing, low pay, unsafe conditions. wsws.org Starbucks workers in Chicago carried out a three-day strike over the weekend in opposition to severe understaffing problems. The Starbucks baristas, many of whom got COVID-19 while working, complained about low pay and unsafe conditions during the pandemic.
(2022-07-04). Paper on employment in Xinjiang debunks 'forced labor' lies. ecns.cn A research paper released by Xinjiang University on Monday revealed abundant facts about employment in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, debunking lies about "forced labor."
(2022-07-03). Red Theory: Marxism against postmodernism. fightbacknews.org In the ideological terrain today, Marxism must struggle against postmodernism. What is postmodernism? In…
(2022-07-03). A New Sense of Possibility: Starbucks and Amazon Wins Inspire Organizing at Trader Joe's, REI, Target and Apple. scheerpost.com 
By Dan DiMaggio and Angela Bunay / Labor Notes "Seven months ago if you asked me about a union I would've said, 'I don't know, cops have them?'" says Sarah Pappin, a shift supervisor at a Seattle Starbucks. But on June 6, she and her co-workers voted unanimously to join Starbucks Workers United, part of …
(2022-07-03). Appleton, WI: FRSO members and allies confront the mayor and condemn police response to protests. fightbacknews.org Appleton, WI — On June 29, a group of Fox Valley activists led by members of the Freedom Road Socialist Organization gathered together to demand that Appleton Mayor Jake Woodford take action against the renewed abortion ban in Wisconsin and to hold local police accountable for their response to weekend demonstrations. Others joining FRSO included Food Not Bombs, Appleton Students for a Democratic Society, and a handful of community members, all of whom were present at the rallies since the decision came down on June 24. | During the rallies, demonstrators were harassed by Appleton police, with march leaders…