(2021-07-10). Ukraine reprised: Victoria Nuland discusses Belarus with Ukrainian official. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Ukraine reprised: Victoria Nuland discusses Belarus with Ukrainian official Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland held a phone conversation with the Head of the Ukrainian President's Office Andriy Yermak to discuss what the National News Agency of Ukraine reported was the situation in Belarus. The two were described as having "expressed concern" …
(2021-07-10). G20 Finance Ministers Meet in Venice on Global COVID Response. indybay.org G20 finance ministers begin two-day meetings in Italy on Friday on COVID response, economic recovery, vaccines, debt relief and global tax agreements. More than 265 groups signed a letter organized by Jubilee USA urging the G20 to act on debt relief, aid and COVID healthcare for developing countries.
(2021-07-10). As European governments demand population "live with" COVID-19 surge, workers must take up a socialist strategy. wsws.org The policy of the ruling class means the continuation of the pandemic and, with it, mass death and social devastation. The only social force able to stop this war on society is the international working class.
(2021-07-10). Hijacking The Recovery Through Hydrogen. popularresistance.org EU Covid-19 recovery funds are supposed to drive the 'green transition' and move us beyond fossil fuels — but industry lobbying at both national and EU level has ensured oil and gas firms and utilities remain some of the biggest beneficiaries in Italy, the Spanish State, Portugal and France. | The European Commission has said it wanted to avoid giving billions in bailouts to the fossil fuel industry. Despite sending mixed signals, to its credit, in these four cases it has tried to exclude direct financing for fossil fuel projects, including controversial carbon capture and storage (CCS). However, the hugely…
(2021-07-10). Scotland leads Europe in coronavirus transmission. wsws.org Scotland is facing another public health disaster as the Delta variant surges. The country accounts for four of Europe's top ten COVID-19 hotspots according to the World Health Organization.
(2021-07-10). Savas Michael-Matsas lauds nationalist forces in Donbass region of eastern Ukraine. wsws.org The struggle against imperialism, fascism and war requires the revolutionary mobilization of the working class on the basis of an international socialist program. Support for the Russian nationalist forces in eastern Ukraine plays into the hands of the fascist forces in Kiev, which are supported by the NATO powers.
(2021-07-10). China, EU should remove distractions, push forward ties: foreign minister. ecns.cn China and the European Union should establish correct perception of each other, remove distractions, and promote the healthy and stable development of bilateral ties on the right track, Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi has said.
(2021-07-10). Women Everywhere in the World Are Squeezed into a Tight Corner. popularresistance.org Between 30 June and 2 July 2021, the United Nations and other multilateral organisations held the Generation Equality Forum in Paris (France). The forum was held to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action set out at the Fourth World Conference on Women (1995). Re-reading the Beijing Platform shows that rather than advance the cause of justice and equality, many countries have slipped backwards.
(2021-07-10). Putin Responds to Biden: Russia Has Not Received any Report on Cyberattacks. orinocotribune.com On Friday, July 9, the President of Russia, Vladimir Putin, responded to his American counterpart, Joe Biden, that he has not received any information from the United States regarding recent cyberattacks allegedly carried out from Russia. The Russian leader's statement was in response to Washington's new accusations of attacks allegedly perpetrated from the Russian territory against US digital communication platforms. | In a telephone conversation between the two heads of state on July 9, Putin told Biden that, in the context of the recent reports on a series of cyberattacks allegedly carried out from Russia, "no…
(2021-07-10). Thousands of Turkish electricity workers launch wildcat strike wave. wsws.org Thousands of energy workers in many cities in Turkey went on wildcat strikes, independent of the union, against the misery contracts.
(2021-07-10). [Perspectives] Premonition ignored. thelancet.com Cholera devastated Hamburg in 1892: there were an estimated 10‚Äà000 deaths in 6 weeks. It was the only German city then affected seriously and it was the last major cholera outbreak in Europe.
(2021-07-09). Excerpts. Turkey, Pakistan quid pro quo: drones for nuclear weapons? antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Excerpts. Turkey, Pakistan quid pro quo: drones for nuclear weapons? ThePrintJuly 7, 2021 Sources in the Indian defence and security establishment said possible procurement of armed drones, especially the Bayraktar TB-2 that helped Azerbaijan defeat Armenia last year, joint defence projects, collaboration in Afghanistan and greater Turkish investments in Pakistan are some of the issues …
(2021-07-09). Russian MP: Afghan, Central Asian crisis "is happening not without some fine-tuning by the United States" antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Straight, without commentary. See U.S. Employs Afghan War To Build Global NATO from 2011. InterfaxJuly 9, 2021 Russia will have to reinforce Tajik-Afghan border — Duma deputy MOSCOW — The situation in Afghanistan is developing in an unfavorable way, and Moscow is likely to have to take steps to reinforce the Tajik-Afghan border to secure itself …
(2021-07-09). 95 Greek Parliamentarians Tell Biden: 'Drop All Charges Against Assange'. popularresistance.org As part of the international mobilisation to apply pressure on the US government to end the persecution of Julian Assange, MeRA25 invited members of Greece's Parliament to co-sign the letter below, addressed to President Biden. | The letter reminds the US President that, as Obama's Vice-President, he took the decision not to prosecute Julian. Indeed, the prosecution — and request to the UK authorities that he be extradited to the US — went ahead under President Trump. The letter also reminds Mr Biden that Julian is fading daily in solitary confinement because his Department of Justice chose to appeal…
(2021-07-09). Haiti's Justice System Calls 6 To Testify In Magnicide Case. telesurenglish.net Jean Marie Vorbe | Member of the Haitian Chamber of Commerce, Founder of the Société Générale d'Energie S.A. (SOGENER) and was Consul for 17 years in Finland, businessman who has been pointed out by some media as possibly responsible, as his interests were affected by the policies of Jovenel Moise. | Steeven Benoit | Former Senator and former presidential candidate in 2015, ally of Moise's party and then opponent of the government, is the one who claims that the Colombians did not assassinate the president, rather they were in charge of his family's security. | Reginald Boulos | Doctor and businessman was Ex-…
(2021-07-09). Launch: 'Group Of Friends In Defense Of The United Nations Charter'. popularresistance.org We, representatives of Algeria, Angola, Belarus, Bolivia, Cambodia, China, Cuba, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Iran, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Nicaragua, the State of Palestine, Russia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Syria, and Venezuela to the United Nations, are pleased to announce the official launch and establishment of the "Group of Friends in Defense of the Charter of the United Nations". | We seize this opportunity to reaffirm that the Charter of the United Nations and its purposes and principles remain timeless, universal, and that they are all indispens…
(2021-07-09). Objection To Geoengineering Spurs Debate About Social Justice In Science. popularresistance.org It was February in northern Sweden and the sun was returning after a dark winter. In the coming months the tundra would reawaken with lichens and shrubs for reindeer to forage in the permafrost encrusted Scandinavian mountain range. But the changing season also brought some unwelcome news to the Indigenous Sámi people, who live across northern Scandinavia, Finland and eastern Russia. | The members of the Saami Council were informed that researchers at Harvard planned to test a developing technology for climate mitigation, known as solar geoengineering, in Sápmi, their homeland. "When we learned what the idea of s…
(2021-07-09). European Union Exploratory Mission Already in Venezuela Preceding 21N Regional Elections. orinocotribune.com 
This Thursday, July 8, the Foreign Ministry of the Bolivarian Republic reported that an exploratory mission from the European Union (EU) arrived in our country. The delegation has scheduled a series of meetings with Venezuelan authorities and various political actors in advance of the regional elections that will take place on November 21, 2021. | The Ministry's official account, @CancilleriaVE, posted the following announcement on the social media network Twitter: "The exploratory mission of the European Union that arrived in #Venezuela will hold meetings with the Public Powers and political actors with a view t…
(2021-07-09). Election officials ban German Communist Party from running candidates. peoplesworld.org 
BERLIN—A committee of the German parliament responsible for preparing the election scheduled for Sept. 26 decided on Thursday not to allow the German Communist Party (DKP) to run for office. The Federal Election Committee of the German Bundestag, which includes representatives of the extreme right-wing "Alternative for Germany," ruled that candidates of the DKP will …
(2021-07-09). Spanish-Lithuanian Press Conference Interrupted By Fighter Jets Scrambling To Intercept Russian Warplanes. southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | On July 8th, a news conference with Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda and Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez at a NATO airbase in Lithuania was interrupted, when Typhoon fighter jets were scrambled to intercept two Russian warplanes. | The two leaders were three minutes into a news conference, televised live from the Siauliai airbase in northern Lithuanian, when flight crews responded to an alarm and scrambled their jets. The leaders and the…
(2021-07-09). Russian Warplanes Hammered Militant Positions In Southwestern Idlib, Northern Lattakia (Photos). southfront.org 
FILE PHOTO: Sukhoi Su-24 attack aircraft before departing for its permanent base in Russia from Khmeimim Air Base in Syria. © Vadim Grishankin / Sputnik | On July 9, warplanes of the Russian Aerospace Forces (VKS) carried out a series of airstrikes on the northwestern Syrian region of Greater Idlib in what appears to be a response to recent ceasefire violations. | Several airstrikes targeted hills surrounding the town of Kabani in the northern countryside of Lattakia. The town is an infamous stronghold of al-Qaeda faction…
(2021-07-09). European states scrap social distancing as COVID-19 pandemic surges. wsws.org EU officials are opposing social distancing policies, even as officials warn the spread of the Delta variant could mean many millions of new COVID-19 infections this year.
(2021-07-09). Women everywhere in the World are squeezed into a tight corner. mronline.org Between 30 June and 2 July 2021, the United Nations and other multilateral organisations held the Generation Equality Forum in Paris (France). | July 9, 2021 | Newswire…
(2021-07-09). Italy Confirms Life Sentences For 'Plan Cóndor' Coup Officials. libya360.wordpress.com Kawsachun News The Supreme Court of Italy has today confirmed the life sentences of 14 people involved in Plan Cóndor, the operation in which the United States-backed dictatorships of South America coordinated across borders to brutally repress leftist opposition in the 1970s and 1980s, committing crimes against humanity. The sentence falls on 14 soldiers and…
(2021-07-09). 17,503 Dead, 1.7 Million Injured (50% Serious) Reported in European Union's Database of Adverse Drug Reactions for COVID-19 Shots. globalresearch.ca
(2021-07-09). Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa. wsws.org Spanish unions sell out bank workers' strike, agree 6,452 job losses at CaixaBank; warning selective strikes continue in German retail and mail order sector; driver and vehicle registration staff at UK centre in Wales continue stoppages ongoing since April over Covid safety; strike by 25,000 Tunisian finance workers over pay and conditions…
(2021-07-09). Italy Confirms 14 Life Sentences for Operation Condor Killers. telesurenglish.net On Friday, Italy's Supreme Court confirmed life imprisonment for 14 former officials and military personnel from Chile and Uruguay who were charged with the murder of citizens during Operation Condor, a U.S. counterinsurgency strategy implemented in Latin America during the 1970s and 1980s. | RELATED: | The judges revalidated the judgment of the Rome Court of Appeal issued in July 2019 against these human rights vi…
(2021-07-09). NATO Wants To Close Hungary Behind An Iron Curtain. popularresistance.org NATO and the European Union have launched a coordinated political attack on Hungary to end our cooperation with China and Russia. They want Hungary to terminate the agreement with Russia on the expansion of the Paks nuclear power plant, and with China on the construction of the Belgrade-Budapest railway line and the establishment of Fudan University in Hungary. The Western system of alliance, of which our country is a member, requires us to cut the threads to the East and fully submit ourselves to the will of NATO. Their attack is hidden under the guise of defending democracy. They claim that they are worried abo…
(2021-07-09). Striking Virginia workers defiant as Volvo issues threats, Volvo Cars workers walk out in Belgium. wsws.org Volvo Trucks management made a last-ditch effort Thursday to bully workers into accepting a six-year labor agreement worked out with the United Auto Workers (UAW).
(2021-07-09). Why are children suffering from hunger in Ukraine? mronline.org The UN has raised the alarm about the growing number of people (including children) suffering from hunger around the world due to the coronavirus and the economic crisis, while Ukraine exports agricultural products, depriving its already poor population of access to relatively cheap domestic food. | July 9, 2021…
(2021-07-09). Ukraine, UK to carry out "Cossack Mace" military exercises. wsws.org While Ukraine and NATO often declare that their military exercises are "defensive" in nature, "Cossack Mace" differs in that it openly states that its forces are practicing for an offensive.