(2021-09-22). Clear away the hype: the US and Australia signed a nuclear arms deal, simple as that. peoplesdispatch.org The AUKUS despite being coined a security partnership, is a nuclear arms deal aimed at increasing pressure against China and should be cause for concern…
(2021-09-22). The new Australia, UK, and U.S. nuclear submarine announcement: a terrible decision for the nonproliferation regime. mronline.org 
Named AUKUS, the partnership was announced together with a bombshell decision: The United States and UK will transfer naval nuclear-propulsion technology to Australia.
(2021-09-22). The political, economic and environmental implications of AUKUS. greenleft.org.au Green Left speaks to Professor Mark Beeson about the federal Coalition government's surprise announcement of the AUKUS alliance and the new nuclear submarine agreement with the United States and Britain.
(2021-09-22). The revenge of white colonialism motivates the AUKUS alliance against China. mronline.org 
The United States, United Kingdom, and Australia have formed an alliance called "AUKUS" to create, in the words of Australia PM Scott Morrison, "a partnership where our technology, our scientists, our industry, our defense forces are all working together to deliver a safer and more secure region that ultimately benefits all."
(2021-09-22). AUKUS-Poetic Justice For France In Light Of How It Dealt With Libya, Russia And Syria. southfront.org 
Illustrative Image | Written by Simon Chege Ndiritu. | Introduction: | Over the last week, international news has been dominated by intense diplomatic gymnastics done by France in response to AUKUS. France has withdrawn from significant commemorations with the UK and recalled diplomats from the US and Australia. Simultaneously, the French foreign minister, Jean-Yves le Drain delivered scathing statement, decrying US-UK behavior, going as far as likening Biden's behavior to Trumps'. | That was surely scornful for Biden, who was elected for acting more urbane as compared to Trump. Another point that is hard…
(2021-09-22). Submarinos nucleares en el Pacífico. globalizacion.ca El 15 de septiembre, el presidente Biden y los primeros ministros británico y australiano, Johnson y Morrison, anunciaron la creación del AUKUS (acrónimo de los tres países), un acuerdo de cooperación y defensa para la gran región que agrupa a…
(2021-09-22). Biden proclaims "new era" of human rights imperialism at UN. wsws.org As the White House presides over a massive nuclear buildup targeting China, Biden told the UN that America would rededicate itself to the preservation of "human rights" and "global cooperation."
(2021-09-22). Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman predicts imminent demise of NATO — again. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Zakharova makes comments to that effect on an almost weekly basis. NATO is a toothless and fangless paper tiger, an amusing, archaic relic of the Cold War, a bumbling, stumbling, mumbling gaggle of ineffectual and mutually antagonistic states and so forth. One that, a fact she conveniently ignores, has nevertheless somehow contrived to ring Russia …
(2021-09-22). Large majority of Europeans believe in new Cold War with Russia, China. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Majority of Europeans believe in new cold war with Russia, China: Survey The majority of European citizens believe that a new cold war is going on with Russia and China, a new study revealed on Wednesday. According to the survey of the pan-European think tank European Council on Foreign Relations, 62% of Europeans feel that …
(2021-09-22). Nuclear Fallout Victims Need More Help. progressive.org Our government has never been forthcoming about what radioactive fallout did to the folks living under those clouds.
(2021-09-22). Estados Unidos ya siente miedo ante China. globalizacion.ca El editor en jefe del Global Times, diario oficialista chino, Hu Xijin, escribe: "Solo podemos hablar con Estados Unidos con fuerza y acciones. (…) Mi conclusión es que la fuerte fuerza militar, especialmente la nuclear estratégica, ha hecho que Estados…
(2021-09-22). Working for a Real Mad Man. fpif.org When he was trying to win the Vietnam War, Richard Nixon famously told his chief of staff that he wanted Communist leaders—in the Soviet Union, in North Vietnam—to think that the U.S. president was a mad man, that he was capable of doing pretty much anything up to and including the use of nuclear weapons. Fear of an unpredictable, erratic leader would bring the Communists to the negotiating table and render them more conciliatory. | Nixon's was, of course, a calculated craziness. "When the wind is southerly," Tricky Dick certainly could distinguish "a hawk from a handsaw," as Hamlet famously put it.
(2021-09-22). Podcast: Climate justice, climate change anxiety, and quantum computing. imperial.ac.uk In this edition: We tackle climate change injustice and anxiety, and hear about a new way to build quantum computers.
(2021-09-22). Russian communists allege widespread rigging in legislative elections. peoplesdispatch.org Leftist sections alleged blatant manipulation of the electronic voting system, following last-minute victories for candidates from the incumbent United Russia party in most of the parliamentary constituencies falling in the city of Moscow…
(2021-09-22). UN: Lithuania demands international intervention to "liberate" Abkhazia, Crimea, Donetsk, Lugansk, South Ossetia, Transdniester. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Nausƒóda at UN: Policy of non-recognition of occupation of Crimea must be reinforced The policy of non-recognition of Russia's occupation of the Crimean peninsula must be reinforced at the international level. **** In his speech, the Lithuanian leader also drew attention to Russia's destructive actions in Moldova and Georgia….
(2021-09-22). Video: Practicing for war with Russia in the Black Sea region. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Video: 24 Hours Exercise Steadfast Defender 2021 was a large-scale NATO exercise, designed to ensure that NATO forces are trained, able to operate together and ready to respond to any threat from any direction. With over 9,000 participants from more than 20 NATO Allies and partners, the exercise tested NATO's ability to deploy large numbers …
(2021-09-22). NY Times Advises China On Covid-19: Abandon Success, Try Failure. popularresistance.org The recent outbreak of the Delta variant in China "shows that its strategy no longer fits. It is time for China to change tack." | So declared a lead essay atop the New York Times Opinion/Editorial section on Sept. 7 by Yanzhong Huang, a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations. | The Delta outbreak that "changed the game" in Huang's words emerged after an outbreak at Nanjing international airport in July traced to a flight from Russia. Did this outbreak change anything in fact? | Let's do the numbers. | Let's do something that Huang did not; let's look at the numbers from July 1 until Sept. 7 the date o…
(2021-09-22). UN as war rostrum: Lithuanian president says, "Our duty is to make the (Russian) aggressor accountable" antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Carthago delenda est. In the past such pronouncements were made in the Roman senate. Now they're issued at the United Nations. Lithuanian president on Russian aggression in Georgia in UNGA speech: 'our duty is to hold the aggressor accountable' Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda has condemned the Russian occupation of Georgian territories and the country's illegal …
(2021-09-22). Congress Wants to Put Even More Troops in Russia's Backyard. globalresearch.ca …
(2021-09-22). Stockholm: U.S. Marines lead war games targeting Russia. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com U.S. and Swedish Marines Conduct Maritime Exercise in Stockholm Archipelago The third iteration of Exercise Archipelago Endeavor, a bilateral, infantry and maneuver-centric exercise, continues Sept. 20 on Naval Base Berga in Sweden providing the venue to work side-by-side with partners enhancing the ability to work together in real-world operations. The exercise focuses on the exchange …
(2021-09-22). Greater Idlib: New Wave Of Russian Airstrikes Killed Or Wounded Several HTS Militants (Videos, Photos). southfront.org 
A Russian Su-24 strike aircraft in the sky over the Khmeimim airbase in Syria. Photo: Dmitriy Vinogradov / RIA Novosti | On September 22, warplanes of the Russian Aerospace Forces carried out at least nine airstrikes on the northwestern Syrian region of Greater Idlib. | The Russian airstrikes targeted positions of al-Qaeda-affiliated Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) in the outskirts of the town of Kansafra in the southern countryside of Idlib. The terrorist group is the de-facto ruler of the region. | According…
(2021-09-22). Number of People Injured in Russia's Perm University Shooting Climbs to 43, Health Ministry Says. sputniknews.com
(2021-09-22). Kalashnikov Developing Brand-New Neural Network-Controlled Assault Rifle. southfront.org 
Illustrative image. Click to see full-size image | Russia is developing a new assault rifle that will use a neural network AI, Sergei Urzhumtsev, chief designer of the Kalashnikov Concern JSC, said."We have already created individual elements of the system. We have demonstrated them for the first time, including to the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, as part of a closed display at the Army-2021 international military-technical forum, which was recently held in Kubinka," he said. | These are systems wi…
(2021-09-21). Why The Nuclear Sub Deal Will End Badly For The Australians. popularresistance.org Until we see a text, if any, of the executive agreement for the AUKUS thing-a-ma-gig, the only real meat of it seems to be the Australian purchase of nuclear US or UK subs rather than the "conventionally" (not really) powered French design. The more I look over the submarine alternatives for the Australians, the less sense their decision to go nuclear makes. | Australia has no nuclear power infrastructure; they will be dependent on the US or UK to provide same for any nuclear powered Australian attack subs. For Australia to develop same on their homeland just to support these subs would be cost-insane. | The cost…
(2021-09-21). Australia, UK, And US Nuclear Submarine Announcement. popularresistance.org On September 15, US President Joe Biden, United Kingdom Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison launched a new major strategic partnership to meet the "imperative of ensuring peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific over the long term." Named AUKUS, the partnership was announced together with a bombshell decision: The United States and UK will transfer naval nuclear-propulsion technology to Australia. Such a decision is a fundamental policy reversal for the United States, which has in the past spared no effort to thwart the transfer of naval reactor technology by other countries,…
(2021-09-21). Joe Biden apprendista stregone nucleare. globalresearch.ca Il presidente Biden ha annunciato la nascita dell'Aukus, partenariato strategico-militare tra Stati Uniti, Gran Bretagna e Australia, con ´l'imperativo di assicurare la pace e stabilità a lungo termine nell'Indo-Pacifico ª, la regione che nella geopolitica di Washington si estende dalla costa …
(2021-09-21). Ruling party MP: France could consider leaving NATO. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Simian is a member of President Emmanuel Macron's La République En Marche! Izvestia: US-France submarine scandal leads to talk of Paris pulling out of NATO France should weigh its foreign policy priorities and, given the new AUKUS alliance in the Asia-Pacific region and its discord with the United States, it should better relations with Russia …
(2021-09-21). Who Was Dag Hammarskjà∂ld? popularresistance.org Dag Hammarskjà∂ld set the standard for integrity and independence that all United Nations secretaries-general are judged against. He pioneered direct diplomacy by a secretary-general to defuse crises, and created U.N. peacekeeping. Hammarskjà∂ld forged an independence between the Cold War powers that upset both and may have led to his death 60 years ago on Saturday. | The son of a Swedish prime minister, Hammarskjà∂ld came from a privileged background, unlike the Socialist Trygve Lie, the first secretary-general. Hammarskjà∂ld became a lawyer, an economist, Sweden's finance minister and was a…
(2021-09-21). Joe Biden: Nuclear Sorcerer's Apprentice. globalresearch.ca
(2021-09-21). Morrison's Dangerous Fantasies Represent a Danger to Australia's Future. dissidentvoice.org Australia has just caused surprise among its friends, concern among its neighbours, and an overtly hostile reaction from the Chinese with its announcement that it was scrapping the submarine deal it had signed with France and replacing it with a scheme, cooked together with British and American allies, to buy 8 nuclear powered submarines. The …
(2021-09-21). New York Times revels in remote-control assassination of Iranian scientist. wsws.org Last November's US-Israeli state murder of Iran's top nuclear physicist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh was recognized at the time as a potential trigger for a catastrophic war in the Middle East.
(2021-09-21). Maritime and electrical trades unions stand against nuclear submarines. greenleft.org.au The Maritime Union of Australia and the Electrical Trades Union are opposed to the nuclear-powered submarines as part of a military alliance with the United States and Britain. Kerry Smith reports.
(2021-09-21). The US Military, Post-Afghanistan. counterpunch.org As my old service, the Air Force, clamors for new nuclear missiles and bombers, there's also the persistent quest for yet more fighter jets, including overpriced, distinctly underperforming ones like the F-35, the "Ferrari" of fighter planes according to the Air Force chief of staff. If the military gets all the F-35s it wants, add another $1.7 trillion to the cost of national "defense." At the same time, that service is seeking a new, "lower-cost" (but don't count on it) multirole fighter — what the F-35 was supposed to be once upon a time — even as it pursues the idea of a "6th-generation" fighter e…
(2021-09-21). Socialist Alliance candidate, councillor, say 'no' to nuclear submarines. greenleft.org.au Queensland Senate candidate Renee Lees said Australia needs to be a 'productive partner' not a 'colonial bully' in the Asia Pacific region. Alex Bainbridge reports.
(2021-09-21). Turkey Recognized Elections To Russian Parliament Partially, Because Of Crimea. southfront.org 
Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan taste ice-cream as they visit the MAKS 2019 air show in Zhukovsky, outside Moscow, Russia, August 27, 2019. | Turkey claimed that it considers illegitimate the elections to the Russian State Duma held on the territory of Crimea. The official statement was made by the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs on September 20, despite the mutual friendly rhetoric of Presidents Putin and Erdogan."Turkey continues to support the territorial integrity of Ukraine and considers the annexation of Crimea illegal. Against this background, the State…
(2021-09-21). Kremlin "regrets" strategic partner Turkey's commitment to liberate Crimea. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Peskov: Putin's pet Turkologist with the $670,000 watch. Russia regrets Turkey's refusal to recognize Duma election results in Crimea — Kremlin Dmitry Peskov stressed that Turkey is Russia's partner and the "presence of significant issues on which there are disagreements, is not and should not be an obstacle for the development of the whole range …
(2021-09-21). Tras Afganistán, la hora de Siria. globalizacion.ca Bashar el Assad y Vladimir Putin hablaron alto y claro, solo dos semanas después de la humillante retirada de las tropas estadounidenses de Afganistán. El mensaje fue preciso: ahora es la hora de marcharse de Siria. El encuentro entre Assad…
(2021-09-21). Is Sudan Trying to Blackmail Russia As It Gains a New Partner in the United States? towardfreedom.org Russia's ambitious plans to establish a naval base in Sudan could soon be thwarted. The northeast African country is reportedly trying to "blackmail" Moscow by demanding a review of a deal allowing construction of a Russian naval facility on Sudan's Red Sea coast.
(2021-09-21). Russian elections overshadowed by COVID-19 surge. wsws.org Parliamentary elections held this weekend were marked by an almost complete blackout of the social issues affecting the working class, above all, the COVID-19 pandemic.
(2021-09-21). SAA Enters Another Town In Western Daraa, Despite Regular Attacks On Its Forces (Photos). southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | On September 21st, the Syrian Arab Army (SAA), accompanied by the Russian Military Police, entered another town in the western Daraa countryside in order to launch the peaceful settlement of the conflict with former militants. | In early hours, SAA units entered the town of of Tal Shihab. The Russian Military Police will oversee the implementation of the reconciliation agreement. | After the local authorities joined the ceasefire agreement, a settlement center was established in a local schools, where dozens of militants have already passed the necessary procedures to settle their…
(2021-09-21). Moscow will pay close attention. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com As the Kremlin paid close attention to Turkey shooting down its military aircraft and destroying its anti-aircraft batteries in Syria, murdering its allies and contractors in Syria, Libya and Nagorno-Karabakh, selling combat drones to kill Russian speakers in Donetsk and Lugansk, participating in the Sea Breeze and Rapid Trident U.S.-NATO war games in Ukraine, building …
(2021-09-21). United Russia Party Wins State Duma Elections With 49.82% of Votes. sputniknews.com According to the official results, five parties have managed to make it into the Russian parliament, these are United Russia, the Communist Party, A Just Russia, the Liberal Democrats, and New People.
(2021-09-21). UK Comes Up With Third Russian Suspect In Skripal "Novichok Poisoning" Case Three Years Later. southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | Three years later and after the incident had all but fallen into obscurity, the UK charged in absentia a third Russian suspect with the "2018 Novichok murder attempt" of Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia. | In September 2018, British prosecutors charged two Russians, then identified by the aliases Alexander Petrov and Ruslan Boshirov, with conspiracy to murder Skripal and the attempted murder of Yulia and a British police officer, Nick Bailey. | Overall, the entire inci…
(2021-09-21). Washington And Kiev Start Provocative Drills On Russian Border. southfront.org 
Illustrative ImageThe US continues to use Ukrainian soil as a base of military operations, generating unnecessary tensions in the region. | Written by Lucas Leiroz, research fellow in international law at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. | Despite its recent defeats in Central Asia and the Middle East, the US makes it clear that it will continue to maintain a strategy of global presence and ongoing tensions against its main geopolitical enemies. This week, US and Ukrainian troops began the first maneuvers in the new edition of the Rapid Trident, an annual military drill operated by the two countries in t…
(2021-09-21). One Year On Since Nagorno-Karabakh War As Baku Prepares For New Combat. southfront.org 
Illustrative ImageRussian peacekeepers and the Collective Security Treaty Organization are the only security guarantors in the region. | Written by Paul Antonopoulos, independent geopolitical analyst | September 27, in a few days' time, will mark the first-year anniversary of the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh War, a war that saw over 100,000 Armenians displaced from their historical homeland, with a final ethnic cleansing only prevented because of the November 10 ceasefire agreement enforced by Moscow that was furious after two of their military personnel were killed when Azerbaijan downed a Russian helicopter the day be…
(2021-09-21). "Deterring Russia's armed aggression, defense of NATO": Ukrainian, British military chiefs discuss joint war games. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Britain has trained some 20,000 Ukrainian troops for war in the Donbass, and soon Crimea, under Operation ORBITAL. Ukrainian, British defense officials discuss prospects for bilateral cooperation Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces Valeriy Zaluzhny has met with British Defense Attaché in Ukraine, Commodore Tim Woods and invited him to the active phase of the …
