Editor (2022-10-19). Senate Looks To Give Taiwan $10 Billion in Military Aid. scheerpost.com

DLI (2022-10-19). UCS(Union of Concerned Scientists) article highlights Big Lie on N. Korea's nuclear aims. indybay.org The Summer 2022 issue of UCS Catalyst Quarterly highlighted a Big Lie on the dangers of North Korea's Nuclear Capabilities.

WSWS (2022-10-19). India strengthening anti-China alliance with US as Washington wages war on Russia. wsws.org India's far-right Narenda Modi-led government is doubling down on its military-strategic partnership with US imperialism even as Washington demonstrates that it is ready to risk triggering nuclear war to prevail over Moscow and China.

Binoy Kampmark (2022-10-19). Feeble and Invisible: Sports Protests at the Qatar FIFA World Cup. dissidentvoice.org Sports stars are often adored like dumb show animals, suitably pretty, happily disposed to the cause they are paid for. For the FIFA Men's World Cup being held in Qatar next month, football can count on the face of former English star David Beckham as its prized animal. This month, the principle-free player signed a …

Staff (2022-10-19). Death toll of terrorist clashes in NW Syria risen to 58. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Oct. 19 (MNA) — At least 48 terrorists and 10 civilians were killed in clashes between the armed terrorist groups in the northwest of Syria.

WSWS (2022-10-19). Sri Lankan petroleum workers strike against privatisation, defying essential services laws. wsws.org About 4,000 Ceylon Petroleum Cooperation workers joined the action, but the trade unions halted it at noon, bowing to the government's threats.

Trailing Ellamae (2022-10-19). Navajo Woman Walks to Washington so Missing Aunt Will Not Be Forgotten. indybay.org Seraphine Warren arrived in Washington DC in time for Indigenous Peoples Day, after having walked all the way from Sweetwater, Arizona, on the Navajo Nation, a trek of over 2,500 miles. She set out to raise awareness about the failures of government agencies and law enforcement in handling the MMIW, Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women, terror on the reservations. This terror struck Seraphine Warren's family when her beloved Auntie Ella Mae Begay went missing.

_____ (2022-10-19). The United States and Britain continue secret biological research in Central Asia. journal-neo.org Despite numerous publications about military research in secret US biology laboratories in…

Marcel Cartier (2022-10-19). Iran: 'Society has risen to overthrow the Islamic Republic'. greenleft.org.au Marcel Cartier spoke to Communist Party of Iran leaders Marzieh Nazeri and Abbas Mansouran about the uprising that has been sweeping Iran for more than a month.

Staff (2022-10-19). 2 PKK elements killed in Turkey drone attack on N Iraq. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Oct. 19 (MNA) — Sources in the Iraqi Kurdistan region on Sunday reported that 22 PKK members were killed during a drone attack conducted by the Turkish military in the Iraqi Sinjar region.

WSWS (2022-10-19). What does the "Labour and Freedom Alliance" in Turkey stand for? wsws.org The record of this alliance's constituent parties and its founding statement show it is a political extension of bourgeois opposition parties like the Kemalist Republican People's Party.

Staff (2022-10-19). Iraqi Army says 1 ISIL chieftains killed during 2022. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Oct. 19 (MNA) — Iraqi Army announced that 1 ISIL chieftains were killed since the beginning of the year 2022.

TeleSUR, odr, YSM (2022-10-19). Indonesia demanda a Países Bajos devolución de patrimonio cultural. telesurtv.net Países Bajos alberga miles de objetos indonesios como espadas, reliquias religiosas y estatuas.

TeleSUR, lvm, MER (2022-10-19). Gobierno de Venezuela presenta balance tras afectaciones por lluvias en el estado Aragua. telesurtv.net El Puesto de Comando Presidencial está activado las 24 horas del día para supervisar y establecer las estrategias para atender las afectaciones por las lluvias en el país.

_____ (2022-10-18). In Bangladesh, Concerns Mount Over Mass Displacement And Climate Change. popularresistance.org Rising sea levels and extreme flooding in Bangladesh are devastating lives and livelihoods. This year, floods in Bangladesh killed more than 100 people and, according to AFP, eroded at least 1,800 hectares (4,500 acres) of land according to estimates by Bangladesh's Center for Environmental and Geographic Information Services (CEGIS). The homes of at least 10,000 people were also affected. | Totally, as many as 7.2 million have been affected by the floods, as per the International Federation of Red Cross (IFRC) and Red Cross Societies, and nearly half a million had to flee their homes and take refuge elsewhere as…

Caitlin A. Johnstone (2022-10-18). We're being pushed toward nuclear war on a fiction: notes from the Edge of The Narrative Matrix. mronline.org We're being driven toward nuclear war on the completely fictional claim that Putin is a Hitler-like megalomaniac who's just invading countries completely unprovoked, solely because he is evil and hates freedom, and won't stop invading and conquering until he's stopped by force.

Jason Ditz (2022-10-18). Nearly 60 Killed in Intra-Rebel Fighting in NW Syria. news.antiwar.com Over the course of ten days, fighting has raged in NW Syria between Turkey-backed rebels and Islamists centering on al-Qaeda's Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS). HTS had its start early in the Syrian War as an al-Qaeda affiliate and rival to ISIS. ISIS tried to merge with them, unsuccessfully, and HTS has ended up in charge of an ever-shrinking territory around Idlib Province. | Turkey's collection of rebels, organized to go after the Kurds, includes al-Qaeda-linked factions as well. With several…

_____ (2022-10-18). DPRK exercises: Pyongyang has revealed its cards and the dangerous line is half a step closer. journal-neo.org Since the publication of the visit of the US carrier group to the ROK, the vicious circle of tensions has taken another turn or two. The previous digest was ended with Pyongyang launching two short-range ballistic missiles on October 6, while 8 North Korean fighter jets and 4 bombers flew near the line of emphasis …

____ (2022-10-18). VIDEO: Turkey tests fire its first missile project. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Oct. 18 (MNA) — Turkey test-fired a locally made, short-range ballistic missile, dubbed Tyfun, or Typhoon, over the Black Sea on Tuesday.

____ (2022-10-18). Sotheby's unveils 303.1 carats flawless diamond. ecns.cn A Golden Canary polished diamond is displayed at the Sotheby's Dubai gallery, Dubai, UAE, Oct. 17, 2022.

____ (2022-10-18). Borrell's remarks show racism, West cultural-moral decline. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Oct. 18 (MNA) — In reaction to the racism statements of EU Foreign Policy Chief Josep Borrell, Qatari Minister of Interior said that his statements show the racism and cultural-moral decline of the West.

____ (2022-10-18). 4 missing in S.Korea's fishing boat overturn accident. ecns.cn Four sailors went missing after a fishing boat overturned in waters near South Korea's southern resort island of Jeju, Yonhap news agency reported Tuesday citing the country's coast guard.

Judy Chu (2022-10-18). This Supreme Court Is a Threat to Asian American Communities. commondreams.org The Court continues to turn a blind eye to racism and discrimination.

TeleSUR, MER (2022-10-18). teleSUR anuncia a ganador de "Buscando una canción Qatar 2022" telesurtv.net Trigo Junco ganó el concurso con el tema El Grito, que tiene un ritmo de cumbia electrónica con sonoridades latinoamericanas y caribeñas.

____ (2022-10-17). War through the Media and the Role of Journalism. transcend.org 16 Oct 2022 – From a journalist who covered wars for 30 years in Latin America, the Balkans, the Middle East and Asia, the book "Truth Is Bombed: Media and War through the Eyes of a War Correspondent" is the result of a long-term research on the role of powerful news organizations in the coverage of armed conflicts, fake news, propaganda and censorship in the major wars from the 19th to the 21st century.

____ (2022-10-17). US sends trucks carrying stolen wheat, oil from Syria to Iraq. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Oct. 17 (MNA) — The United States sent 65 trucks carrying stolen Syrian oil and wheat from Al-Hasakah region in northeastern Syria to northern Iraq on Monday evening.

WSWS (2022-10-13). Sri Lankan media covers up danger of nuclear war over Ukraine. wsws.org If the media mentions anything about this real and present danger of nuclear conflict, their remarks end with futile appeals to the imperialist powers and Russia to halt the war.

WSWS (2022-10-13). US-instigated tensions around Korean Peninsula intensify. wsws.org Washington has pushed North Korea into a corner through its isolation of Pyongyang, crippling sanctions and return to large-scale joint US-South Korean military exercises.

_____ (2022-10-13). General Armageddon Enters The Ring. strategic-culture.org General Sergey Surovikin, aka General Armageddon, the new commander of Russian air, land and sea forces serving on the Ukrainian front, is blessed to have served alongside Syria's Brigadier General Soheil Hassan, aka The Tiger, whom the late Robert Fisk said was one of the scariest men he had ever met in his long and very colourful life.

Ramzy Baroud (2022-10-13). Strangers Behind the Trees: On the Death of Rayan Suliman and His Fear of Monsters. dissidentvoice.org Children of my Gaza refugee camp were rarely afraid of monsters but of Israeli soldiers. This is all that we talked about before going to bed. Unlike imaginary monsters in the closet or under the bed, Israeli soldiers are real, and they could show up any minute at the door, on the roof or, …

TeleSUR, hvh, DRL (2022-10-13). Rusia destaca rol de Asia en avance hacia un mundo multipolar. telesurtv.net Vladimir Putin dijo que "Asia está desempeñando un papel muy destacado, por no decir clave, con nuevos centros de poder".

_____ (2022-10-13). Turkey-Libya gas deal exacerbates regional situation. journal-neo.org Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlàºt àáavu≈üoƒülu, who was visiting Tripoli on October 3, signed with Najla Mangoush, Foreign Minister of the Government of National Unity (GoNU), memoranda on cooperation between the two countries in the oil and gas sector, including joint exploration. The deals were also signed by the North African country's Minister of Economy and …

Staff (2022-10-13). Bomb targets Syrian army bus, kills 18 soldiers. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Oct. 13 (MNA) — Media reported on Thursday that a bus carrying Syrian army officers and soldiers was exploded by a roadside bomb and dozens of troops have been reported to have been killed.

Staff (2022-10-13). Iraqi parliament could not elect new president in 1st round. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Oct. 13 (MNA) — Iraq's parliament is holding a special session Thursday to elect the country's new president. Abdul Latif Rashid gained 157 votes while incumbent president Barham Salih gained 99 votes.

Susan Price (2022-10-13). Afghanistan: Hazaras in Kabul appeal for protection, visas. greenleft.org.au Susan Price spoke to a Hazara woman living in Kabul about the attack on Hazara school children, the protests and response by the Taliban.

Staff (2022-10-13). Israeli regime's drone crashes in West Bank. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Oct. 13 (MNA) — The Zionist Israeli regime's military has said one of their drones crashed in the city of Hebron (Al-Khalil) in the West Bank.

Leon Kunstenaar (2022-10-13). Women, Life, Freedom! Iranians Protest Oppression of Women by Iran Regime. indybay.org Thousands of Iranians and supporters demand regime change as worldwide opposition intensifies…

TeleSUR, DRL (2022-10-13). Parlamento iraquí elige nuevo presidente con un año de retraso. telesurtv.net La Zona Verde, donde está su sede, fue atacada con misiles y las fuerzas de seguridad cerraron una carretera en el área.

TeleSUR, jaa, JDO (2022-10-13). Cubano Andy Granda gana medalla de oro en mundial de judo. telesurtv.net La brasileña Beatriz Souza obtuvo medalla de plata tras caer en la final de los 78 kilogramos ante la francesa Romane Dicko.

TeleSUR, jaa, JDO (2022-10-13). ONU insta a la comunidad internacional a ayudar a Pakistán. telesurtv.net La ONU resaltó que solo el 20 por ciento de sus objetivos de recaudación de fondos han podido ser cubiertos desde que se pidiera ayuda monetaria la pasada semana.

_____ (2022-10-12). Forterra Staff Defy Bosses, Show Support For The Snoqualmie Tribe. popularresistance.org We, the undersigned, are former staff members and leaders of Forterra who are writing to express our solidarity and support for the Snoqualmie Indian Tribe, which has made public very serious allegations of misconduct by Forterra. | It is clear from publicly available information that Forterra has, at minimum, behaved in an inappropriate, disrespectful, and misleading manner inconsistent with the organization's stated value: We show respect for people, place, culture and each other. It appears that Forterra has mistreated a sovereign Tribal Nation on its own ancestral lands while claiming to act in its best inter…

Rania Khalek (2022-10-12). How the US Used Saudi Arabia to Fuel Fanaticism & Fight Progressive Movements, w/ As'ad Abukhalil. thealtworld.com To discuss the history of the Persian Gulf states as Western imperial outposts and the damage they have done and continue to do to the left and progressive movements around the world, Rania Khalek was joined by As'ad Abukhalil, a Lebanese-American professor of political science at California State University, Stanislaus.

JANET (2022-10-12). In the end, who promotes fascism? iacenter.org By Manuel Raposo October 7, 2022 The author is editor of the Portuguese Marxist webzine jornalmudardevida.net, where this article was published Sept. 30. Translation: John Catalinotto. One hundred years after Mussolini took power, fascism is once again governing Italy. For weeks before the election, Giorgia Meloni's expected victory drew no comments from European leaders, and it seemed that they all saw it not only as inevitable but also as normal and acceptable. Only on the eve of Election Day, the Eurocrats' spokeswoman Ursula von der Leyen decided to issue a warning, as useless as it was stupid, brandishing th…

JANET (2022-10-12). Youth join global strike for climate justice. iacenter.org By Kathy Durkin September 26, 2022 Climate strikers in Bengaluru, India, one of 450 global locations, were among hundreds of thousands demanding "climate reparations and justice" Sept. 23. Young people in Asia, Africa and Europe joined a coordinated Global Climate Strike that called for wealthy countries to pay reparations to poorer countries that have been the hardest hit by the disasters caused by global warming. Climate strikers in Bengaluru, India, Sept. 23. Demonstrators emphasized the more frequent, ferocious and deadly heat waves; floods; wildfires; and droughts wreaking havoc worldwide, causing devastatio…

____ (2022-10-12). Xpeng 2-seater car flies in Dubai to better explore 'future mobility'. ecns.cn Chinese electric carmaker Xpeng's aviation arm tested a flying vehicle on Monday in the United Arab Emirates, marking a major step toward the global urban mobility market.

Anonymous Contributor (2022-10-12). Anarchists and Antifascists in the U.S. Must Act for Jennifer Laude where Filipinos Cannot. itsgoingdown.org Editorial from the so-called Philippines, a former colony of the so-called United States, on the horrific, transphobic murder of Jennifer Laude by Joseph Scott Pemberton, a Lance Corporal in the US Marine Corps, on October 11th, 2014. Pemberton claimed "self-defense" in the murder of Laude for not "revealing her gender identity." Pemberton was given an…

TeleSUR (2022-10-12). Syrian Farmers Suffer From Prolonged Drought. telesurenglish.net By Hummam Sheikh Ali | In Syria's northeastern province of Hasakah, known as the food basket of the country, farmers have been reeling under a severe drought. | Abdullah Hussain, a farmer from Hasakah, told Xinhua that "we have been plagued by drought over the past two years, and before that, we had struggled with wildfires caused by the U.S. forces and their subordinates." | RELATED: | For Karmo Ali, another farmer whose v…

Press TV (2022-10-12). OPEC: Is Washington Behind the OPEC Decision to Cut Petrol Output? dissidentvoice.org PressTV Background Tensions are heating up between the United States and Saudi Arabia after Riyadh-led OPEC and allied oil producing countries announced a big output cut, defying Washington's pressure. US Secretary of state, Antony Blinken, says the government is working closely with Congress to review alternatives regarding ties with Saudi Arabia. That's a day …

Staff (2022-10-12). Shots fired at Azerbaijan embassy vehicle in Washington. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Oct. 12 (MNA) — A vehicle which belongs to the Azerbaijani embassy in Washington has been attacked, the country's foreign ministry stated on Wednesday.

Deweylaura (2022-10-12). Anti-imperialism is central to the struggle against capitalism. cpusa.org A feature which distinguishes our communist parties from other tendencies which define themselves as "socialist" is our emphasis on anti-imperialist solidarity. A starting point for anyone who wants to understand imperialism is V.I. Lenin's 1916 book Imperialism: The Highest Stage of Capitalism. In this important work, Lenin outlines the essential features of 20th-century imperialism …

____ (2022-10-12). Chinese VP to attend 6th CICA summit in Kazakhstan. ecns.cn Chinese Vice President Wang Qishan will lead a delegation to Kazakhstan and attend the sixth summit of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA) in Astana from October 12 to 13, the Foreign Ministry's spokesperson Mao Ning announced on Tuesday.

Staff (2022-10-12). At least 9 military forces injured in N Baghdad explosion. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Oct. 12 (MNA) — Iraqi news sources on Wednesday morning reported a blast in the country's Tarmiyah region following which at least 9 military forces were wounded.

Staff (2022-10-12). Rocket attack reported on gas field in Iraqi Kurdistan. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Oct. 12 (MNA) — Local media in the Iraqi Kurdistan region have reported that Kormor gas field in the Kurdistan Region's Chamchamal County in Sulyamaniyeh was targeted with rockets on Wednesday afternoon.

____ (2022-10-12). Japan's space agency orders self-destruction of Epsilon rocket after failed launch. ecns.cn Japan's space agency sent a self-destruct signal to an Epsilon rocket after its failed launch on Wednesday, Kyodo News reported.

Jersey Counter-Info (2022-10-12). Graffiti in Memory of Jennifer Laude in South NJ. itsgoingdown.org Report on graffiti action in New Jersey in solidarity with Jennifer "Ganda" Laude." Trans and queer anarchists in so-called southern New Jersey stand in solidarity with our siblings in the Philippines. We remember and lift up the memory of our international trans sister, Jennifer "Ganda" Laude, who was hate-crime murdered by U.S. Marine and transphobe…

Staff (2022-10-12). Japan's Epsilon rocket failed after launch. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Oct. 12 (MNA) — The Japanese space agency's Epsilon rocket failed after it was launched on Wednesday, domestic media reported.

WSWS (2022-10-12). Indian Ford workers mount protests for jobs in defiance of union-management severance deal. wsws.org Hundreds of workers at the recently shuttered Ford assembly plant in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu have rebelled against a management-union severance deal that sanctions the elimination of thousands of jobs.

TeleSUR, SH (2022-10-12). Junta militar condena a lideresa de Myanmar a seis años de cárcel. telesurtv.net La activista y líder birmana Aung San Suu Kyi es acusada, entre otros cargos, de supuestamente abusar de su posición como presidenta del país.

Fight Back (2022-10-12). Protesters rally at rapist New Orleans police officer's arraignment. fightbacknews.org New Orleans, LA – On October 11, at 9 a.m., protesters attended Gerry Paul's arraignment. Paul, 29, is an active-duty police officer charged with second-degree rape. Protesters in the courtroom wore red, turned their backs on Paul when he pled "not guilty," and held signs saying "Jail Gerry!" They then organized a rally outside the Orleans Criminal Courthouse. | On March 15, 2021, a woman accused Paul of forcing her into non-consensual sex after a night of drinks at his apartment on the 4300 block of Tulane Avenue. She recounted that Paul choked her and pinned her hands behind her back in a police hold. A forens…

_____ (2022-10-11). The FBI Is An Enemy Of Indigenous Liberation. popularresistance.org In 1969, American Indian Movement (AIM) activists occupied Alcatraz Island, invoking the Sioux Treaty of 1868, which grants unused federal lands to indigenous groups. Over the next several years, AIM also occupied the Mayflower. And Mount Rushmore. And the Bureau of Indian Affairs. And Wounded Knee. And other sites across the United States emblematic of the ongoing refusal of the American government to fulfill treaty obligations. | In the late 1960s and early 1970s, AIM became the vanguard of indigenous liberation. They fought back against police violence, illegal seizure of land, and the economic marginalization…

Anonymous103 (2022-10-11). Military SItuation In Iraq On October 11, 2022 (Map Update). southfront.org

_____ (2022-10-11). Qatari and US gas won't save Europe. journal-neo.org Experts estimate that in order to avoid a catastrophic fall in GDP and the risk of a prolonged economic depression, the total public spending by European countries to mitigate the energy collapse unleashed by Washington will have to exceed ‚Ǩ1 trillion! A crisis of this magnitude would result in more bankruptcies and a domino effect …

Anonymous103 (2022-10-11). Another ISIS Leader Reportedly Killed By US UAV In Northern Syria. southfront.org On October 10, the UAV of the US-led coalition struck northern Syria. According to the Kurdish-Syrian security official, the attack resulted in death of a high-ranking ISIS member. | The drone strike took place in the village of Hammam at-Turkman on the outskirts of Tell Abyad. The area is under control of Turkish-backed forces. The victim was reportedly killed when driving a motorbike. | The US Central Command is to comment on the reports and to take credit for the strike. | Earlier on Octo…

Staff (2022-10-11). Baku, Yerevan agreed on fundamental points of peace treaty. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Oct. 11 (MNA) — Azerbaijan and Armenia have agreed on the main points of a peace treaty, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu has announced.

Daniel Yebra Carmona (2022-10-11). El FMI da marcha atrás y avisa de que subir los tipos "demasiado" provocará una "recesión prolongada" globalizacion.ca La institución admite que la inflación se ha vuelto "más persistente", que el riesgo de recesión está aumentando y que, incluso con crecimiento, se sentirá como una crisis por el golpe a los salarios. Por eso, advierte a los bancos…