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2022-07-01: News Headlines

Benjamin Norton (2022-07-01). NATO seeks to prevent Eurasian challenger to US world dominance, admits ex CIA chief Mike Pompeo. multipolarista.com Neoconservative ex CIA Director and US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo admitted NATO seeks to prevent a "Russian-Chinese axis" and "pan-Eurasian colossus." He described the new cold war as a battle over "economic hegemony" and resources, in a speech outlining Washington's imperial strategy.

WSWS (2022-07-01). Germany commits tens of thousands of soldiers, combat aircraft and ships in the deployment against Russia. wsws.org Germany is playing a central role in NATO's preparations for war against Russia and China.

WSWS (2022-07-01). NATO prepares for "warfighting against nuclear-armed peer-competitors" wsws.org NATO has adopted a new strategy document outlining plans to militarize the European continent, massively escalate the war with Russia, and prepare for war with China.

Jason Ditz (2022-07-01). Iran Remains Hopeful on Nuclear Talks. news.antiwar.com The Qatar-hosted Iran nuclear talks lasted only part of a day, and fell apart with the US is pessimistic as ever, and Iranian officials say that the talks fell apart because the

Jeremy Kuzmarov, Steve Brown (2022-07-01). Is Russia's Bombing of the Mall in Kremanchuk Another False Atrocity Story Being Used to Justify Ongoing Military Intervention in Ukraine? covertactionmagazine.com Empty mall parking lot and existence of a munitions plant nearby raise questions about official narrative advanced in mainstream U.S. …

____ (2022-07-01). War not a solution to solve problems between Russia, Ukraine. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 01 (MNA) —Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian in a telephone conversation with his Ukrainian counterpart Dmitry Kuleba said that Iran does not consider war as a suitable solution to solve problem between Russia and Ukraine.

Fight Back (2022-07-01). Minnesota groups join global anti-NATO protests during the June NATO Summit. fightbacknews.org Minneapolis, MN – On June 28, over 60 people gathered alongside Washington Avenue outside of Senator Amy Klobuchar's Minneapolis office in solidarity with international protests against the NATO Summit in Madrid, Spain, where world leaders discussed the expansion of NATO, among other things. Rush-hour traffic honked in support as protesters chanted, "No war with Russia! Disband NATO now!" | "Yesterday the Spanish government prohibited protest against NATO in Madrid," announced Michael Livingston of Minnesota Peace Action Coalition (MPAC). "Being the free people that they are, the anti-NATO activists immediately g…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-07-01). How Spooks and Establishment Journalists are Circling the Wagons. libya360.wordpress.com JONATHAN COOK Earlier this month, Russia banned 29 British journalists, including several from the BBC and The Guardian, on the grounds that they were "associated with the defense complex". That claim was not, at least in all cases, quite as preposterous as was widely assumed. In part one of this two-part series, we saw how the Guardian's Luke Harding — one…

TeleSUR, yart, DRL (2022-07-01). Rusia anuncia respuesta recíproca a expansión militar de OTAN. telesurtv.net El presidente Vladímir Putin remarcó que la Alianza es solo una herramienta política de Estados Unidos.

SCOTUS ruled wrongly (2022-07-01). People pour into Federal Bldg Plaza to Express their Outrage on Day of Decision. indybay.org Protesters spilled into the streets on June 24 soon after the much anticipated Supreme Court decision on Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization was announced.

Michael Petrelis (2022-07-01). Friday 7/1: Speakout: Cordileone at Mission Dolores. indybay.org Mission Dolores Basilica | 16th and Dolores Streets…

Shotgun Players (2022-07-01). Saturday 7/23: Ashby Stage Indigenous Land Acknowledgement Mural Unveiling. indybay.org Ashby Stage | 1901 Ashby Ave | Berkeley, CA 94703…

____ (2022-07-01). Iran nuclear talks likely to resume after Biden Mideast trip. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 01 (MNA) — Efforts to revive Iran nuclear deal, JCPOA, are likely to resume following US President Joe Biden's visit to the region this month, after an intense round of talks held in Qatari capital of Doha.

Peter Maiden (2022-07-01). Abortion Rights Rally in Fresno June 28. indybay.org People protested the anti-abortion Supreme Court decision at Fresno City Hall on Tuesday, June 28.

____ (2022-07-01). Iran, Russia emphasize enhancing trade-economic relations. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 01 (MNA) — Islamic Republic of Iran and Russian Federation stressed the need to increase bilateral relations in the fields of trade and economy.

Khubaka, Michael Harris (2022-07-01). Friday 7/29: Stolen Legacy: California Pioneers of African Descent. indybay.org Leidesdorff Street | Financial District…

____ (2022-07-01). Australia imposes sanctions on three Russian ministers. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 01 (MNA) — Australia has imposed sanctions on Children's Rights Commissioner for Russian Pres. Maria Lvova-Belova and three Russian ministers as well as on another 12 Russian nationals, according to Australian Department of Home Affairs.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-06-30). A View on Ukraine's Future from Donbass. libya360.wordpress.com Dmitry Plotnikov During his 2019 election campaign, Ukraine's current President Volodymyr Zelensky constantly repeated that his mission was to unite the country and breach the ideological gap between the EU-leaning West and the Russian-speaking East. This was the division that resulted in the declaration of independence by the Donbass republics, in 2014. However, but the…

Anonymous811 (2022-06-30). Prisoner Exchange Between Russia And Ukraine And Its Consequences. southfront.org Exchange of pows | On June 29, Russia and Ukraine exchanged prisoners of war. The exchange took place near the village of Kamenskoye, about 46 kilometers from Zaporizhzhya. Itwas carried out at the standard rate of one person per person(144 to 144). | The Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine reported that the largest exchange of prisoners of war took place. Moscow, in particular, handed over to Kiev 95 servicemen who surrendered on the territory of the Mariupol Azovstal plant…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-06-30). Russia Steals the Thunder in 'Wheat War'. libya360.wordpress.com M. K. BHADRAKUMAR Russian Defense Ministry in Frunzenskaya Embankment, Moscow In a master stroke of military diplomacy, Russian Foreign Ministry announced today that it is "withdrawing" the garrison in Snake Island, the hotly contested Black Sea property from where Ukrainian forces were evicted in March in the early days of Moscow's special military operation. This…

_____ (2022-06-30). How the GCC is Benefitting from the Russia-Ukraine Conflict. journal-neo.org Military conflicts are a deadly — and costly — business, especially for those who fight them directly. But these conflicts also benefit others directly and indirectly. Those involved in the military-industrial complex benefit from both actual and potential conflicts. This has been the most famous story in the US and continues to be in the …

Anonymous103 (2022-06-30). Battle For Lisichansk: New Russian Gains, New War Crimes By Ukrainian Forces. southfront.org June 29th was marked by advances of joint forces of the Russian Federation, Luhansk and Donetsk People's Republics in several directions in the Luhangsk-Severodonetsk metropolitan area. According to various reports, about 1, 0 Ukrainian fighters and foreign militants are currently deployed in the city of Lisichansk. | According to first reports from the front line, Russian-led forces took control of the town of Privolie in the Luhansk People's Republ…

Anonymous103 (2022-06-30). Military Situation In Ukraine On June 30, 2022 (Map Update). southfront.org Russian forces withdrew from Zmeiny Island | Russia struck the AFU 123rd Territorial Defence Brigade in Nikolayev with high-precision missiles; | Russia struck the AFU 79th Air Assault Brigade in Shevchenko with high-precision missiles; | Russia struck the AFU 113th Territorial Defence Brigade in Kharkov with high-precision missiles; | Russia struck military assets of the AFU near Kharkov with high-precision missiles; | Russia struck military assets of the AFU near Zelenodo…

Anonymous765 (2022-06-30). Russia Wins In Lisichansk, Loses On Zmeiny. southfront.org |

Peoples Dispatch (2022-06-30). NATO summit goes on in Spain amid escalating Russia-Ukraine tensions. peoplesdispatch.org The North Atlantic Treaty Organization is currently convening its 2022 summit in Madrid, Spain at a time when tensions are at their peak between Russia and Ukraine. The ongoing NATO summit will discuss organizational issues as well as the war in Ukraine and the membership bid of two new countries, Finland and Sweden.

Staff (2022-06-30). Stoltenberg: NATO to complete Ukraine's transition to NATO-standard arms. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com UkrinformJune 30, 2022 Stoltenberg: NATO intends to help Ukraine transition to modern NATO standard equipment Ukraine needs modern weapons to fight Russian aggression, and NATO will help it switch from Soviet-era equipment to modern weapons. "We support the idea of bringing a lot of advanced equipment, including also Western modern equipment and many different types …

WSWS (2022-06-30). Australian PM commits to NATO war offensive against Russia and China. wsws.org Albanese directly linked the US-NATO proxy war against Russia, triggered by goading Moscow into a reactionary invasion of Ukraine, to the mounting campaign by the US and its allies to ignite a similar war against China over Taiwan.

WSWS (2022-06-30). Turkey retracts veto on Sweden, Finland joining NATO amid war summit in Madrid. wsws.org On the eve of the NATO summit focusing on war against Russia in Ukraine, as well as confronting China, top officials from Turkey, Sweden and Finland made an agreement allowing Stockholm's and Helsinki's entry into the military alliance.

WSWS (2022-06-30). Germany's Left Party declares support for war with Russia at Erfurt party congress. wsws.org In the midst of the escalating NATO proxy war in Ukraine, which increasingly poses the direct threat of a third world war, the Left Party has abandoned its rhetorical criticism of NATO and stepped forward as a party of war.

Editor (2022-06-30). NATO announces plan for massive European land army. mronline.org In what NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg called the "biggest overhaul of our collective deterrence and defense since the Cold War," the US-led NATO alliance has announced plans to build a massive standing land army in Europe, numbering in the hundreds of thousands.

Staff (2022-06-30). Mora says keeps working with greater urgency to revive deal. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 30 (MNA)— Saying that the Doha talks were intense, the EU coordinator of the talks said that he will even work with greater urgency to revive the 2015 nuclear deal.

WSWS (2022-06-30). US announces plans to flood Europe with troops and weapons. wsws.org US President Joe Biden has announced a sweeping increase in US troop deployments to Europe as part of a plan by NATO to militarize the continent for its ongoing war with Russia and escalating conflict with China.

WSWS (2022-06-30). Letter to a Young Trotskyist in Russia. wsws.org This letter, written by David North to a Trotskyist in Russia, reviews the historical and political foundation of the ICFI's opposition to the US-NATO war against Russia.

_____ (2022-06-30). Arab World on the Eve of Joe Biden's Visit. journal-neo.org The Arab world seems to be not only making successful attempts at unification, but also seeking to play a more active role on the international arena. And here Russia's plans to transform the selfish unipolar world into a multipolar one, where the interests of all countries, including the Arab states, would be fully taken into …

Dave DeCamp (2022-06-30). Poland Says EU and Russia Agree They Need a Plan on Kaliningrad. news.antiwar.com On Thursday, Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki "Both sides concluded that it is worth agreeing a plan that will not violate de facto implementation of the sanctions, because, frankly speaking, the Kaliningrad Oblast is a very small part of Russia," Morawiecki said. | Lithuania recently started enfor…

Amarynth (2022-06-30). BRICS is turning into a collective "Non-West" thesaker.is Elena Panina, Director of the RUSSTRAT Institute Machine Translated and cleaned up from the Russian original. MOSCOW, June 29, 2022, RUSSTRAT Institute. BRICS expansion has been discussed for a long…

Anonymous103 (2022-06-30). Military Situation In Syria On June 30, 2022 (Map Update). southfront.org On June 30, the Russian Ministry of Defence recorded no hostilities and ceasefire violations in the Idlib region in the past 24 hours; | On June 29, SAA artillery shelled positions of Turkish-backed forces in the Marar al-Naasan area; | On June 29, several Turkish-backed militants were killed and wounded in an ATGM attack near Afrin; | On June 29, the Syrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs recognized the Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics; | On June 29, an SAA member was k…

Russiancouncil.ru (2022-06-30). Meeting with Ambassador of India to Russia. russiancouncil.ru On June 30, 2022, Andrey Kortunov, Director General of the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC), held a meeting with H.E. Pavan Kapoor, Ambassador of India to Russia…

Amarynth (2022-06-30). Putin: Address to participants of 10th St Petersburg International Legal Forum. thesaker.is

Amarynth (2022-06-30). Paradoxically, the Soviet Union, the ultimate symbol of communism, was created by international bankers. thesaker.is By Guilherme Wilbert for the Saker Blog One of the great post-World War II myths, which is repeated like a mantra by starched college students with a syndrome of embracing…

Anonymous103 (2022-06-30). Military Situation In The Black Sea Region On June 30, 2022 (Map Update). southfront.org Landing boat D-106 of the Russian Black Sea Fleet blew up on a mine near the sea port of Mariupol; | The Russian military withdrew the garrison from Zmeiny island after the military positions on the island were shelled; | US RQ-4 Global Hawk reconnaissance UAV took off from the Italian Sigonella airbase and carried out a reconnaissance mission over the Black Sea; | The British Defense Minister claimed that London could send Boeing P-8A Poseidon anti-submarine aircraft and…

Staff (2022-06-30). Raeisi, Putin agree to increase coop. in energy field. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 30 (MNA) — The Iranian and Russian Presidents agreed to expand the bilateral cooperation in the energy fields, including swaps.

Anonymous669 (2022-06-30). Russian Airstrikes On Central Syria Killed Or Wounded 41 ISIS Terrorists In Month. southfront.org A Russian Su-24 strike aircraft in the sky over the Khmeimim airbase in Syria. Photo: Dmitriy Vinogradov / RIA Novosti | At least 19 ISIS terrorists were killed and 22 others were wounded in central Syria over the last 30 days as a result of Russian airstrikes, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) reported on June 30. | According to the London-based monitoring group, warplanes of the Russian Aerospace Forces (VKS) carried out more than 370 airstrikes on ISIS's areas of influence in the cen…

____ (2022-06-30). G7 slammed for Cold War mentality. ecns.cn China on Wednesday urged the G7 to stop attacking and smearing the country, and interfering in its internal affairs in any form, after the group released a communique making accusations about Beijing.

Michael Petrelis (2022-06-30). Friday 7/1: Speakout: 12PM 7/1 Cordileone at Mission Dolores. indybay.org Mission Dolores Basilica | 16th and Dolores Streets…

The Global Research Team (2022-06-30). Your Support Has Kept Global Research Freely Accessible for Two Decades. globalresearch.ca The goal of the Global Research website is to shed light on complex and controversial issues often neglected by the mainstream media. It is through our readers' support and our authors' endeavors that allows us to sustain this objective. By …

TeleSUR, jb, MM (2022-06-30). øCuáles son los asteroides más famosos de la historia. telesurtv.net La ONU declaró el 30 de junio como Día del Asteroide, para conmemorar el aniversario del impacto de Tunguska, en Siberia (Rusia), ocurrido 1908, y aumentar la conciencia sobre el tema.

Contributing Writers (2022-06-29). President Putin Speaks at St. Petersburg Forum. marktaliano.net READ MORE: The US Government's Plan to Partition Russia Into Small States. The Danger of A Broader War/By Dr. Paul Craig Roberts Residents in Eastern Ukraine report atrocities, war crimes being committed by Ukrainian army | One America News Network (oann.com)…

Benjamin Norton (2022-06-29). Economist Michael Hudson on inflation and Fed plan to cut wages: A depression is coming. multipolarista.com Economist Michael Hudson explains the inflation crisis and US Federal Reserve's "austerity program to reduce wages" and boost unemployment. He warns a "long depression" is coming, due to the new cold war on Russia and China.

_____ (2022-06-29). The Plan Emerges: America's Leadership Will "Dismantle Russia" for Good. journal-neo.org "The Russian Federation just came out with a new strategy entitled "Destroying America: A Moral Imperative." Okay, not really. But the United States is intent on exactly this strategy for "dealing with" Russia. However, the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE) version is titled "Decolonizing Russia." Apparently, the plan is not to utterly …

_____ (2022-06-29). Russia is Left with Few Options Other than to Defend Itself, "As Always!" journal-neo.org One prince rides out from the West, the other from the East, destined to do battle until Judgment Day decrees there must come a time of peace. Ancient legends have always fascinated me, and it has always seemed that this is always with us: the past, the present and the future all knotted together in …

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2022-06-30: News Headlines

Anonymous103 (2022-06-30). Battle For Lisichansk: New Russian Gains, New War Crimes By Ukrainian Forces. southfront.org June 29th was marked by advances of joint forces of the Russian Federation, Luhansk and Donetsk People's Republics in several directions in the Luhangsk-Severodonetsk metropolitan area. According to various reports, about 1, 0 Ukrainian fighters and foreign militants are currently deployed in the city of Lisichansk. | According to first reports from the front line, Russian-led forces took control of the town of Privolie in the Luhansk People's Republ…

RT (2022-06-30). Russia Challenges Western Accusations at UN Security Council. dissidentvoice.org Caleb Maupin reports on the recent allegation of Russian missile targeting an shopping center in Ukraine, dismissed by Russia at the United Nations.

Staff (2022-06-30). Mora says keeps working with greater urgency to revive deal. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 30 (MNA)— Saying that the Doha talks were intense, the EU coordinator of the talks said that he will even work with greater urgency to revive the 2015 nuclear deal.

Peace council, Birgit Naujeck (2022-06-30). Negotiating at last and The Russian-American Friendship. indybay.org In fact, Russia's war is a response to NATO's eastward expansion, long criticized by the peace movement, and to Western policies of rearmament and confrontation, by which Russia feels more and more existentially threatened. It began as early as the 1990s with the expansion of NATO – contrary to clear, binding commitments to Moscow…

____ (2022-06-30). G7 slammed for Cold War mentality. ecns.cn China on Wednesday urged the G7 to stop attacking and smearing the country, and interfering in its internal affairs in any form, after the group released a communique making accusations about Beijing.

Mark Merritt (2022-06-30). Water protectors hold out hope for river flows. greenleft.org.au The second Darling/Baaka River convoy to highlight unsustainable water-sharing plans and ungoverned water-trading practices was organised in early May. Mark Merritt reports.

Peter Maiden (2022-06-30). Abortion Rights Rally in Fresno June 28. indybay.org People protested the anti-abortion Supreme Court decision at Fresno City Hall on Tuesday, June 28.

Khubaka, Michael Harris (2022-06-30). Friday 7/29: Stolen Legacy: California Pioneers of African Descent. indybay.org Leidesdorff Street | Financial District…

SCOTUS ruled wrongly (2022-06-30). People pour into Federal Bldg Plaza to Express their Outrage on Day of Decision. indybay.org Protesters spilled into the streets on June 24 soon after the much anticipated Supreme Court decision on Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization was announced.

Ramzy Baroud (2022-06-30). Palestinians 'are not animals in a zoo': On Kanafani and the need to redefine the role of the 'victim intellectual'. juancole.com Years before the United States invaded Iraq in 2003, US media introduced many new characters, promoting them as 'experts' who helped ratchet up US propaganda, ultimately allowing the US government to secure enough popular support for the war. Though enthusiasm for war began dwindling in later years, the invasion of Iraq had begun with a …

Michael Petrelis (2022-06-30). Friday 7/1: Speakout: 12PM 7/1 Cordileone at Mission Dolores. indybay.org Mission Dolores Basilica | 16th and Dolores Streets…

Staff (2022-06-30). Russia condemns Israeli regime attacks on Syria. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 30 (MNA)— Speaking at a meeting of the UN Security Council, the First Deputy Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the UN, condemned the Zionists' airstrikes on Damascus airport.

Shotgun Players (2022-06-30). Saturday 7/23: Ashby Stage Indigenous Land Acknowledgement Mural Unveiling. indybay.org Ashby Stage | 1901 Ashby Ave | Berkeley, CA 94703…

Jim McIlroy (2022-06-30). 20,000 teachers strike for better pay, conditions. greenleft.org.au More than 20,000 teachers marched from Hyde Park to New South Wales Parliament to demand a pay rise and better teaching conditions. Jim McIlroy reports.

Dave DeCamp (2022-06-29). CNN: Biden Officials Privately Doubt Ukraine Can Take Back All Of Its Territory. news.antiwar.com According to a report from CNN, White House officials are losing confidence that Ukraine will be able to retake all the territory Russia has captured since it invaded on February 24 as Russian forces continue to make gains in the eastern Donbas region. Unnamed US officials told CNN that President Biden's advisors have started debating …

Anonymous669 (2022-06-29). Syria Joins Russia In Recognizing Donetsk & Luhansk Republics. southfront.org Syria has officially recognized the independence of Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) and the Luhansk People's Republic (LPR) from Ukraine, becoming the first state other than Russia to do so. | The DPR and LPR, which are situated in the Donbass region, broke away from Ukraine as a result of the 2014 conflict. Russia recognized the two states in February just days before launching a special military operation in Ukraine to push Kiev forces completely out from Donbass and end attacks on the region…

Anonymous103 (2022-06-29). Military Situation In The Kharkiv Region, Ukraine On June 29, 2022 (Map Update). southfront.org Russian artillery destroyed up to 100 militants of the Nazi Kraken formation and about 10 units of military equipment near Pitomnik. The AFU were forced to leave their positions and withdraw to Kharkiv; | The Russian Aerospace Forces destroyed four Ukrainian control points, including the territorial defense battalions "Kharkiv-1" and "Kharkiv-2" in the Kharkiv region; | The building of the Mashgidroprivod plant in Kharkiv was destroyed as a result of a…

Anonymous103 (2022-06-29). In Video: Uncomfortable Questions To Ukrainian Authorities From Civilians In Kremenchug. southfront.org

_____ (2022-06-29). Biden Says US Will Beef Up Military Presence In Europe. popularresistance.org President Biden kicked off his three-day visit to a NATO summit in Madrid by announcing that the US plans to increase its military presence in Europe. | Speaking with Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, Biden said the US will increase the number of US Navy Destroyers stationed at a naval base in Rota, Spain, from four to six. | The president said that this was the first of multiple announcements the US and NATO will make at the summit on increasing their forces in Europe, steps being taken in response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine. | "And as I said before the war started: If Putin attacked Ukraine, United Sta…

_____ (2022-06-29). CIA And Western Special Ops Commandos Are In Ukraine. popularresistance.org The CIA and special operations forces from NATO members Britain, France, Canada, and Lithuania are physically in Ukraine, helping direct the proxy war on Russia, according to a report in The New York Times. | These Western forces are on the ground training and advising Ukrainian fighters, overseeing weapons shipments, and managing intelligence. | At least 20 countries are part of a US Army-led coalition, guiding Ukraine in its fight against Russian troops. | Some Ukrainian combatants are even using US flag patches on their equipment. | This is all according to a June 25 report in The New York Times, titled "Comma…

Anonymous103 (2022-06-29). Military Situation In Ukraine On June 29, 2022 (Map Update). southfront.org Russia struck the AFU 92nd Mechanised Infantry Brigade near Pokotilovka with high-precision missiles; | Russia struck military assets of the AFU near Kharkov with high-precision missiles; | Russia struck military assets of the AFU near Nikolayev with high-precision missiles; | Russia struck military assets of the AFU near Lisichansk with high-precision missiles; | Russia struck military assets of the AFU near Spornoye with high-precision missiles; | Russian air defense syst…

Anonymous103 (2022-06-29). The Great White West Aims to Crush Slavs and Chinese. southfront.org Click to see full-size image"And the noteworthy thing is this, that while America avariciously fed the war with her industry and avariciously intervened in order to help crush a likely and dangerous competitor, she has nevertheless retained a reputation for pacifism. This is one of the most interesting paradoxes, one of the most curious jokes of history-jokes from which we did not and do not derive much merriment. American imperialism is in essence ruthlessly rude, predatory, in the full sense of the word,…

Anonymous103 (2022-06-29). Ukrainian Terrorists Detained In Kherson, While Region Prepares For Referendum. southfront.org On June 29th, another group of Ukrainian militants preparing terrorist attacks against civilians was detained in the city of Kherson region is under control of the Russian military. | As a result of a security operation of Russian forces, a group of members of the Ukrainian territorial defence were detained. Ukrainian militants confirmed that they prepared terrorist attacks against the local civilians and they were acting on the instructions of the Security Service of Ukraine. | The local mi…

Jeremy Kuzmarov (2022-06-29). While Biden Gives Ukrainian Army "The Most Lethal Weapon," War Profiteer BAE Systems Stock Soars. mronline.org The Russian Interior Ministry reported that it had destroyed U.S.-made howitzers through use of attack drones.

Contributing Writers (2022-06-29). President Putin Speaks at St. Petersburg Forum. marktaliano.net READ MORE: The US Government's Plan to Partition Russia Into Small States. The Danger of A Broader War/By Dr. Paul Craig Roberts Residents in Eastern Ukraine report atrocities, war crimes being committed by Ukrainian army | One America News Network (oann.com)…

____ (2022-06-29). Chinese envoy urges NATO not to fan block confrontation using Ukraine crisis as excuse. ecns.cn China's permanent representative to the United Nations on Tuesday urged NATO not to fan bloc confrontation or a new Cold War by using the Ukraine crisis as an excuse.

Amarynth (2022-06-29). Gonzalo Lira: Russian Default Hurts The West—Not Russia. thesaker.is

Amarynth (2022-06-29). Sweden and Finland joining NATO precedes an inevitable financial collapse of the current international system. thesaker.is Sweden and Finland joining NATO besides being a provocative act towards Russia, precedes an inevitable financial collapse of the current international system By Guilherme Wilbert for the Saker Blog The…

Anonymous103 (2022-06-29). Russian Oil Price Cap Is Yet Another Western PR Fantasy. southfront.org Click to see full-size imageThe price cap is just another move for domestic consumption as the political West desperately tries to pretend it's still in control. | Written by Drago Bosnic, independent geopolitical and military analyst | Last Monday, US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen stated the United States and other NATO/EU countries are continuing talks to "restrict Russia's energy revenues" by "imposing a price cap" on the country's oil."We are continuing to have productive conversations, today and with our partners and…

Jake Johnson (2022-06-29). Sanders, Fetterman Urge Buttigieg to Fine Airlines Over Flight Cancellations. commondreams.org "The American people are sick of airlines ripping them off, canceling flights at the last minute, and delaying flights for hours on end," said the Vermont senator.

Anonymous103 (2022-06-29). Iran And Argentina In BRICS Would Advance The Multipolar Project. southfront.org BRICS' expansion is a necessary step to overcome the unipolar world order. | Written by Lucas Leiroz, researcher in Social Science sat the Rural Federal University of Rio de Janeiro; geopolitical consultant. | A new step is being taken towards the expansion of the BRICS. Iran and Argentina asked this last week of June to join the group of emerging countries currently formed by Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. Beijing and Moscow, which are extremely affected by international sanctions,…

Dave DeCamp (2022-06-29). G7 Mulls Russian Oil Price Cap as Sanctions Fail To Curb Russia's Profits. news.antiwar.com Flailing in its effort to lower Russia's oil profits, the US has put forward an idea for a price cap on Russian oil The G7 hasn't offered any detail on the plan, but the idea would be to limit Russia's profits without taking its oil off the global market and raising prices. But there's vir…

Dave DeCamp (2022-06-29). Report: EU in Talks on Kaliningrad Compromise That Could Defuse Tensions With Russia. news.antiwar.com Reuters reported on Wednesday that European officials are in talks Lithuania has stopped allowing goods sanctioned by the EU to travel through its territory, and Russia has vowed it would respond if the move isn't reversed. Two people familiar with the matter told Reuters that European officials are discussing exempting Kaliningrad from sanct…

Jason Ditz (2022-06-29). Iran Nuclear Talks in Qatar End Without a Deal. news.antiwar.com The indirect talks between the US and Iran in Qatar are reportedly over, gone as soon as they came, and with The EU put the talks together Tuesday, and Qatar hosted. The The US came into these talks pessimistic, and Iran reported tha…

Anonymous103 (2022-06-29). US Government Openly Advocates Destroying Russia. southfront.org The US government commission urged for more support (clearly implying actual support exists already) to separatist movements inside Russia and in the diaspora. | Written by Drago Bosnic, independent geopolitical and military analyst | Last week, on June 23, a United States government agency under the name Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, better known as the Helsinki Commission,

Anonymous103 (2022-06-29). What More Proof Is Needed That America Is A Dictatorship, Not A Democracy? southfront.org | Written by Ever since 2014,

Anonymous Contributor (2022-06-29). Thousands Take to Streets in Boise, Idaho; Push Back Against the far-Right. itsgoingdown.org Report from so-called Boise, Idaho on recent protests and mobilizations against the Supreme Court ruling against Roe V Wade. In the heat of summer, on June 27th, 2022, roughly 4,000 people showed up to a demonstration at Cherie Buckner-Webb park in so-called downtown Boise, Idaho. The crowd was mixed with many attendees that had never…

_____ (2022-06-29). Russia is Left with Few Options Other than to Defend Itself, "As Always!" journal-neo.org One prince rides out from the West, the other from the East, destined to do battle until Judgment Day decrees there must come a time of peace. Ancient legends have always fascinated me, and it has always seemed that this is always with us: the past, the present and the future all knotted together in …

_____ (2022-06-29). The Plan Emerges: America's Leadership Will "Dismantle Russia" for Good. journal-neo.org The Russian Federation just came out with a new imperative entitled "Destroying America: A Moral Imperative." Okay, not really. But the United States has come out with exactly this strategy for "dealing with" Russia. Only the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE) version is titled "Decolonizing Russia." Apparently, the plan is not to …

_____ (2022-06-29). Key Takeaways From BRICS Summit. popularresistance.org 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. | In today's context, the significance of the BRICS summit is increased to the extent that the bloc represents an alternative to the unipolar world of the decaying West. | What follows are some of the key points from the Summit's in Beijing: | Multilateral compromi…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-06-29). World's Largest Imperial Power Sponsors Calls for Russia to 'Decolonize'. libya360.wordpress.com Daniel Kovalik Native American protesters and supporters gather at the Black Hills, now the site of Mount Rushmore, on July 3, 2020 in Keystone, South Dakota. © Getty Images / Micah Garen The United States, the most powerful colonial empire in modern history, is sponsoring a discussion on its adversary's 'imperialism' On June 23, 2022,…

M.K. Bhadrakumar (2022-06-29). G7: cracks in Western unity on Russia. peoplesdispatch.org The summit exposed that the existing sanctions against Russia have gone beyond most Western policy makers' pain threshold. The European leaders are discovering now that there is a price to be paid for further sanctions…

The Socialist Program (2022-06-29). Will the West, not Russia, Lose the Most from the Global Sanctions Regime? liberationnews.org The G7 summit discussed attempts to impose a "price cap" on Russian oil exports and a prohibition on trading Russian gold, but is this sanctions regime backfiring on the west?>

Peoples Dispatch (2022-06-29). Daily Round-up | Iran, US to restart nuclear deal talks in Qatar & other stories. peoplesdispatch.org In today's episode we bring you stories from the Iran nuclear deal, the persecution of communists in Swaziland, the arrest of an Indian journalist, and investigation into the disappearance of students in Mexico…

Anonymous669 (2022-06-29). Guided Missile Strike In Syria's Afrin Leaves Nine Turkish-Backed Militants Dead (Video, Photos). southfront.org . | On June 29, nine Turkish-backed militants were killed and two others were wounded when an anti-tank guided missile (ATGM) hit a bus that was carrying them near the town of Bosoufane which is located in the southern part of Turkish-occupied Afrin in the northern countryside of Syria's Aleppo. | The slain militants were all members of the al-Sham Legion, a faction of the National Front for Liberation (NFL). The front is Turkey's main proxy in the northwestern Syrian region of Greater Idlib and a de…

Staff (2022-06-29). Qatar takes no sides in nuclear negotiations: Qatari spox. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 29 (MNA) — The Qatari foreign ministry spokesperson stated that her country takes no sides in the ongoing indirect talks on reviving JCPOA between Iran and the US, adding that building trust between the two sides is a great challenge.

____ (2022-06-29). Bulgaria announces to expel 70 Russian diplomatic staff. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 29 (MNA) — Bulgaria will expel 70 Russian diplomatic staff, the EU country has announced, the largest number of Russians ordered out at one time from the Balkan nation.

Staff (2022-06-29). Caspian states to speed up work on military coop. agreement. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 29 (MNA) — Leaders of the five Caspian littoral states agreed to speed up the work on the agreement on reinforcement of trust-building measures and military cooperation in the Caspian Sea, the Russian Foreign Minister said Tuesday.

____ (2022-06-29). UN envoy: No Cold War script for Asia-Pacific. ecns.cn China's ambassador to the United Nations on Tuesday reiterated that the "long-outdated Cold War script must never be reenacted in the Asia-Pacific", and conflict "must not be allowed to happen in the Asia-Pacific".

Middle East Monitor (2022-06-29). Israeli Squatter-Settlers are Expanding Colonies in Palestinian West Bank in Advance of Biden's Visit and another Election. juancole.com By Adnan Abu Amer | ( Middle East Monitor ) As soon as it was announced that Israel is heading for yet another General Election, and the visit of US President Joe Biden to the region next month was confirmed, it was obvious that Israel's illegal settlers are going to take advantage of …

TeleSUR- hvh, JC M (2022-06-29). Irán estima posible reactivar acuerdo nuclear en Doha, Qatar. telesurtv.net El canciller persa señaló que si EE.UU "actúa con determinación y realismo, un acuerdo está al alcance de la mano".

SCOTUS ruled wrongly (2022-06-29). People pour into Federal Bldg Plaza to Express their Anger on Day of Decision. indybay.org Protesters spilled into the streets on June 24 soon after the much anticipated Supreme Court decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization was announced.

Ralph Underhill (2022-06-29). Ghislaine Maxwell is just the tip of the iceberg. thecanary.co By

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-06-28). Russian Ops in Ukraine (June 28-29, 2022): West Copes with Ukrainian Losses. libya360.wordpress.com Update on Russian Military Operations in Ukraine for June 28-29 2022: — Russia continues advances in Donbas; — Severodonetsk now completely under Russian control; — Lysychansk is being encircled; — Western media begins discussion on Ukraine's inevitable, permanent loss of territory; — West also admits limits to support it can provide Ukraine; References: US Department…

_____ (2022-06-28). Another Zelensky Lie Debunked. popularresistance.org Yesterday I mentioned the burning shopping center in Kremenchuk, Ukraine, of which the Ukrainian president Zelensky falsely claimed that thousand people had been inside. | I asked: | Satellite pictures show that the shopping center is right next to the large Kredmash machine plant. Was that the real target of the attack with the shopping center being an unintended casualty? | It has now been confirmed that the answer to my question is 'yes'. | Today's report on the war by the Russian Defense Ministry says: | On June 27, in Kremenchug (Poltava region), Russian Aerospace Forces launched a high-precision air attack…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-06-28). NATO Announces Plan for Massive European Land Army. libya360.wordpress.com Andre Damon In what NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg called the "biggest overhaul of our collective deterrence and defense since the Cold War," the US-led NATO alliance has announced plans to build a massive standing land army in Europe, numbering in the hundreds of thousands. Stoltenberg said NATO would increase its "high readiness forces" sevenfold, from…

_____ (2022-06-28). Russia and Israeli Exceptionalism. journal-neo.org After years of indiscriminate bombing of Syrian infrastructure by Israel, it was reported, in mid-May 2022 that Russia fired a "warning shot" S-300 missile "near" Israeli planes. These planes were attacking a military facility near Latakia and, as is generally the case, collateral damage, meaning dead civilians, are the norm. In fact, I just received …

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