(2023-07-08). Freddie Ponton Interview — What Is Really Happening In France? thelastamericanvagabond.com Joining me today Freddie Ponton, here to discuss what's really going on in France, and break down the many different factors at play. We of course discuss the many false and misleading narratives circulating within the two party paradigm and postulate about why this may be happening, and what it may be covering up. (odysee.com/@TLAVagabond: 5)
(2023-07-08). Cooperation actions with Cuba are outlined in France. plenglish.com Paris, Jul 8 (Prensa Latina) The Cuba Coopération France (CubaCoop) association discussed the progress of its projects of socio-economic accompaniment to the island and ratified the will to promote them in the second half of this year.
(2023-07-08). France Joins U.S. In Complaining Of Russian 'Harassment' In Syria's Skies. southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image. By the French military. | A Russian SU-35 fighter jet conducted a "non-professional interaction" with two French Rafale fighter jets that were flying a mission along the Syrian-Iraqi border on July 6, according to the French military. | The two Rafales maneuvered in order to avoid the risk of accident, the French military said on Twitter, without providing any additional information. | The French military operations in Syria as a part of an anti-ISIS c…
(2023-07-09). What does Sweden have to do with whether or not Turkey will be accepted to the EU? journal-neo.org 
(2023-07-08). Erdogan Signals To Moscow: Azov Commanders Allowed To Return To Ukraine From Turkey. southfront.org 
On July 8, five commanders of the notorious Ukrainian Azov battalion returned to Ukraine from Turkey. They were supposed to stay in Turkey until the end of hostilities "under the personal guarantees of the Turkish president". However, it seems that the Turkish President changed his mind. | The commander of the Azov Denis Prokopenko, acting commander of the 36th Separate Marine Brigade Sergei Volynsky, Deputy Commander Svyatoslav Palamar, Major of the National Guard Oleg Khomenko and Colonel…
(2023-07-09). Cluster Bombs for Ukraine? A Warning From Kosovo. strategic-culture.org With Washington poised to ship cluster bombs to Kyiv, Declassified visits Kosovo to review the grim legacy of NATO firing this banned weapon in the Balkans. | By Phil MILLER | Gracanica, Kosovo — "In the village where we lived, there were nine bombs dropped by NATO in the space of two minutes," Dzafer Buzoli recalls, as we discuss his traumatic childhood in Yugoslavia. A leading member of Kosovo's Roma, his community went from pillar to post. | Many were dragooned into Slobodan Milosevic's Serb-dominated Yugoslav army or targeted by Albanian rebels as suspected collaborators, before Bill Clinton and Tony Bl…
(2023-07-09). Lancang-Mekong-Sichuan Express departs Chengdu for Europe. ecns.cn A Lancang-Mekong-Sichuan Express train carrying automotive spare parts departed from Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan Province on Friday morning.
(2023-07-08). Europe Abandons All-Electric Car Mandate. Stupidity of the CO2 Transition. globalresearch.ca
(2023-07-08). Africa Sets the Course for Latin America and Multipolarity. orinocotribune.com 
By Eder Peña — Jul 6, 2023 | The African continent, like the American continent, was subjected to colonization and intervention by European nations and, although the processes were different, there are common channels between the two histories, just as there are with Asia. | One such conduit is the slave trade that took place from Africa to America between the 16th and late 19th centuries. Another is the current international division of labor, that global order in which the European metropolises imposed on both continents the role of being extractive enclaves, no matter what economic model was involved. | I…
(2023-07-08). Video: America is at War with Europe. globalresearch.ca The evidence amply confirms that The Nord Stream was the object of an act of sabotage ordered by President Joe Biden. | Nord Stream —which originates in Russia— transits through the (maritime) territorial jurisdiction of 4 member states of the EU. From a legal standpoint (International Law: UN Charter, Law of the Sea) this was a U.S. Act of War against the EU.
(2023-07-09). Climate Related News: Eco-fascism is coming to the fore. expose-news.com Finland has reminded us of the rise of eco-fascism as a Minister who called for "climate abortions" for African women four years ago is forced to resign. This comes as the World …
(2023-07-09). The Syrian Refugees in Germany Face Danger. globalresearch.ca
(2023-07-09). History: Hitler was Financed by the Federal Reserve and the Bank of England. globalresearch.ca Note to readers: please click the share buttons above | feature image: Hitler, Schacht and Prescott Bush | First published by Global Research in May 2016, Minor edits by Global Research. Title as in the original. | Incisive historical analysis. | From World War …
(2023-07-08). Declassified Files Expose British Role in NATO's Gladio Terror Armies. scheerpost.com 
Newly declassified British files shed disturbing light on the origins and internal workings of Operation Gladio, a covert NATO plot deploying fascist terror militias across Italy. Have spies in London applied these lessons in Ukraine?
(2023-07-08). Ukraine is tired — is Poland entering the game? uwidata.com By Hàºseyin Vodinalƒ± Putin wants an agreement on the current status quo in Ukraine. Biden (and the oligarchy that rules him behind the scenes) wants an electoral victory or, if not, the continuation of the war. Ukraine is devastated. It has no military left. Its weapons are not enough. It manages with pipeline, bridge, and …
(2023-07-09). The causes and consequences of the Turkish-Egyptian rapprochement. uwidata.com By Andrew Korybko The global systemic transition to multipolarity, which predates Russia's special operation but was unprecedentedly accelerated by it, is leading to increased stability in West Asia-North Africa despite Western fearmongering forecasts to the contrary. Far from regional fault lines worsening to the point of open warfare or at least an even more intense cold …
(2023-07-09). CIA recruits SDF forces in Syria to fight in Ukraine. plenglish.com Damascus, Jul 9 (Prensa Latina) The U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has recently accelerated the recruitment process of Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) members in the fight against the Russian army in Ukraine, a Syrian media reported Sunday.
(2023-07-09). Kiev Forces Suffer Heavy Losses In Bakhmut And Several Other Directions (Videos). southfront.org 
File image. | Kiev forces sustained more heavy human and material losses while attempting to advance in several directions on July 8. | The fiercest battles took place near the city of Bakhmut. Kiev forces launched several attacks. However, they failed to make any meaningful gains and suffered from heavy losses. New videos from Bakhmut outskirts show several Ukrainian troops being killed and vehicles being destroyed by Russian military units. | In the Kupyansk direction, t…
(2023-07-09). Kiev Regime Says Crimean Bridge Attack Was 'Milestone' For Ukraine. southfront.org 
File image. | The Kiev regime has finally claimed responsibility for last autumn's attack on the Crimean Bridge, calling it a "milestone" for Ukraine. | On July 8, Ukrainian Deputy Defense Minister Anna Maliar published a post on Telegram commemorating 500 days since the start of the conflict between Kiev and Moscow, outlining several highlights. | The list includes an apparent public acknowledgment of Kiev's role in the attack on the key link between the eastern part of the Russian peninsula and the rest of…
(2023-07-09). Russian MoD Details Recent Ukrainian Losses In Different Directions (Videos). southfront.org 
File image. | Kiev forces made several attempts to advance in the directions of South Donetsk, Krasny Liman and Donetsk without any success, the Russian Ministry of Defense said on July 9. | In a statement, the ministry said that the Russian Yug Group of Forces repelled several attacks close to Belogorovka, Opytnoye, Pervomaiskoye and Severnoye. The group also targeted gatherings of manpower and equipment near Konstantinovka, Krasnoye, Avdeevka, and Krasogorovka."Enemy losses were up to 180…
(2023-07-09). U.S.-Led Coalition And Proxies Amassed Large Force On Front With Syrian Army In Deir Ezzor. southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image. Source: sdf-press.com | The United States-led coalition and its proxies had amassed a large force on the contact line with the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) and its allies in the northeastern governorate of Deir Ezzor, Sputnik reported on July 8. | Citing local sources, the Russian news agency said that U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) had deployed hundreds of troops and vehicles along the contact line on the eastern bank of the Euphrates River."The SDF forces brou…
(2023-07-09). Lukashenko Says Wagner Chief Prigozhin Is in Russia. scheerpost.com 
(2023-07-09). How Blackrock Investment Fund Triggered the Global Energy Crisis. globalresearch.ca The energy crisis is a long-planned strategy of western corporate capital to dismantle industrial economies in the name of a dystopian Green Agenda. That has its roots well before February 2022, when Russia launched its military action in Ukraine.
(2023-07-08). The West Continues to Dominate the Global Arms Trade. strategic-culture.org 
NATO, EU and their allies account for the lion's share of the global weapons sales with the United States being the unquestionable leader. Non-western countries taken together (including Russia and China) sell five times less weapons globally. The measure used is SIPRI TIV, which measures transfers of military capability rather than the financial value of arms transfers. All data is for December 2022 except for Serbia and Indonesia (December 2021).
(2023-07-08). Sending cluster bombs to Ukraine, Washington makes clear it will stop at nothing. wsws.org The aim of the decision to use cluster bombs—regardless of its long-term impact on civilians—is to kill as many Russian soldiers as possible. The reasoning that led in the past to the use of Agent Orange and Napalm—and which will be used to sanction the use of tactical nuclear weapons—is presently at work.
(2023-07-08). What happened to Ukraine's spring offensive? thecommunists.org With Kiev smarting from the loss of Artemovsk (aka Bakhmut) to Russian forces, the long anticipated counteroffensive by Ukraine began on 5 June. In the first few days Ukrainian forces launched attacks all along the front line and there are reports of towns being taken, lost and taken again, but to date there have been …
(2023-07-08). The Magic Skin of US dollar hegemony. journal-neo.org 
The dominance of the US dollar in the global economy continues to wane quietly but relentlessly as many countries actively seek other currencies. First and foremost, they are the BRICS nations of Russia, China, India, Brazil, and South Africa. Although it appeared to be only a few countries, the total population is over 3.23 billion, […] | –°–æ–æ–±—â–µ–Ω–∏–µ
(2023-07-08). In Video 18+: Rare Footage Shows Ukrainian Unit Trapped In Russian Trenches. southfront.org
(2023-07-08). In Video: Innovation Of Ukrainian Air Defense Forces. southfront.org
(2023-07-08). Military Situation In Donbass On July 8, 2023 (Map Update). southfront.org 
Russian artillery struck AFU positions near Nevskoye; | Russian artillery struck AFU positions near Dibrova; | Clashes between the Russian Army and the AFU continue near Bakhmut; | Clashes between the Russian Army and the AFU continue near Makarivka; | Clashes between Russian forces and the AFU continue in Mariinka; | Clashes between the Russian Army and the AFU continue near Pervomaiskoye; | Clashes between the Russian Army and the AFU continue near Avdiivka; | Up to 95…
(2023-07-08). What happened to Ukraine's spring offensive? thecommunists.org With Kiev smarting from the loss of Artemovsk (aka Bakhmut) to Russian forces, the long anticipated counteroffensive by Ukraine began on 5 June. In the first few days Ukrainian forces launched attacks all along the front line and there are reports of towns being taken, lost and taken again, but to date there have been …
(2023-07-08). The Magic Skin of US dollar hegemony. journal-neo.org The dominance of the US dollar in the global economy continues to wane quietly but relentlessly as many countries actively seek other currencies. First and foremost, they are the BRICS nations of Russia, China, India, Brazil, and South Africa. Although it appeared to be only a few countries, the total population is over 3.23 billion, […] | –°–æ–æ–±—â–µ–Ω–∏–µ
(2023-07-08). In Video 18+: Rare Footage Shows Ukrainian Unit Trapped In Russian Trenches. southfront.org
(2023-07-08). In Video: Innovation Of Ukrainian Air Defense Forces. southfront.org
(2023-07-08). Military Situation In Donbass On July 8, 2023 (Map Update). southfront.org Russian artillery struck AFU positions near Nevskoye; | Russian artillery struck AFU positions near Dibrova; | Clashes between the Russian Army and the AFU continue near Bakhmut; | Clashes between the Russian Army and the AFU continue near Makarivka; | Clashes between Russian forces and the AFU continue in Mariinka; | Clashes between the Russian Army and the AFU continue near Pervomaiskoye; | Clashes between the Russian Army and the AFU continue near Avdiivka; | Up to 95…
(2023-07-08). Military Situation In Southern Ukraine On July 8, 2023 (Map Update). southfront.org 
Russian artillery struck AFU positions near Lugovskoye; | Russian artillery destroyed an ammo depot of the AFU near Orikhiv; | Clashes between the Russian Army and the AFU continue near Robotyne; | Clashes between the Russian Army and the AFU continue near Makarivka; | Up to 200 Ukrainian soldiers, 2 infantry vehicles, 2 armored vehicles, 3 motor vehicles, 4 artillery systems were destroyed in Zaporozhye region, according to the Russian MOD; | Up to 80 Ukr…
(2023-07-08). Military Situation In Ukraine On July 8, 2023 (Map Update). southfront.org 
Last night, Russian strikes destroyed warehouses in Kryvyi Rih; | Last night, explosions thundered in Dnipro; | Russian artillery struck AFU positions near Sinkovka; | Russian artillery struck AFU positions near Kharkov; | Russian artillery struck AFU positions near Dibrova; | Russian artillery struck AFU positions near Yampolovka; | Russian artillery destroyed an ammo depot of the AFU near Orikhiv; | Clashes between the Russian Army and the AFU continue near Orikhiv; | Clas…
(2023-07-08). Russian UAVs Destroy Military Facilities In Ukrainian Rear Areas. southfront.org 
Fire reported in Kryvyi Rig | On the night of July 8, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation launched another wave of strikes on the military facilities of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) throughout the country. Last night, explosions were reported in the cities of Krivyi Rig and Dnipro. | Air alert sounded in the Dnipropetrovsk, Kirovograd, Mykolaiv, Poltava, Sumy, Kharkiv and Cherkasy regions, as well as in the areas controlled by Ukrainian forces in the Donetsk People's Republic, Zaporozhye and Kherson regions. | T…
(2023-07-08). Kiev Forces Launched More Futile Attacks In Different Directions (Videos). southfront.org 
File image. | On July 8, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced that Kiev forces had launched several new attacks in the directions of Donetsk, Krasny Liman and South Donetsk. | The ministry said in a statement that the Russian Yug Group of Forces repelled nine attacks close to Druzhba, Severnoye, Maryinka, and Pervomaiskoye in the Donetsk direction. Russian strikes also hit Ukrainian troops near Krasnogorovka, Avdeevka, Veseloye and west of Kleshcheevka. | In addition, an ammunition depot for HIMARS multiple…
(2023-07-08). New Frontline Footage Shows More Ukrainian Losses. southfront.org File image. | Kiev forces continue to sustain human and material losses while attempting to advance as a part of their ongoing counteroffensive. | Several videos that surfaced online on July 7 and 8 showed some of the losses the Russian military inflicted on Kiev forces in different directions. | Two of the videos show recent strikes with FPV suicide drones against a group of Ukrainian troops as well as a T-72 main battel tank in an unspecified direction. A third video shows a strike with a Lance…
(2023-07-08). Russian Airstrikes Hit Militants Positions Near U.S. Garrison In Syria's Al-Tanf (Video). southfront.org 
A Russian Su-24 strike aircraft in the sky over the Khmeimim airbase in Syria. Photo: Dmitriy Vinogradov / RIA Novosti | A series of Russian airstrikes have reportedly targeted militants operating near the United States-led coalition garrison in the southeastern Syrian area of al-Tanf. | Video footage of the Russian airstrikes surfaced online on July 7. Nevertheless, it is still unclear when exactly the airstrikes took place. The coalition and Syrian opposition media didn't report a…
(2023-07-08). U.S. Claims Its Drones Got 'Harassed' Over Syria For Third Time This Week. southfront.org 
A fully armed MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aerial vehicle taxis down the runway at an air base in Afghanistan on its way to another wartime mission. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Brian Ferguson). | The United States Air Force said that its drones were "harassed" again by Russian fighter jets while operating over Syria on July 7."Earlier today three MQ-9 drones were once again harassed by Russian fighter aircraft while flying over Syria," commander of US Air Forces Central Lieutenant General Alex Grynkewich said in a…
(2023-07-08). U.S. Moved 650 Fighters From Syrian Democratic Forces To Ukraine — Report. southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image. Source: sdf-press.com | The United States has moved hundreds of fighters from the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) to Ukraine, Sputnik reported on July 7. | The fighters were transported to Ukraine via the autonomous Iraqi region of Kurdistan over the six past months, according to the Russian news agency, which added that the fighters are now being deployed at the front with Kiev forces against the Russian military."The American army transported the 650 militants via p…
(2023-07-08). Russia's Indigenous Heartland. libya360.wordpress.com Oleg Yasinsky Oleg Yasinsky and José Salcedo (Image by Pressenza) My friend, the Ecuadorian anthropologist José Salcedo, a researcher of shamanic cultures and civilisational crises, had a dream: he wanted to get to know the ancestral Siberian cultures and be able to compare their oral creation myths and healing ceremonies with those of the indigenous…
(2023-07-08). Russia's "Success". US-NATO's Unspoken Military Failures, "Western Stupidity is Everywhere" globalresearch.ca
(2023-07-08). My Reply to Professor Karaganov's Proposal For Russia to Launch WW III. theduran.com
(2023-07-08). The Failed Coup in Russia Through American Looking Glass. orinocotribune.com By M. K. Bhadrakumar — Jul 3, 2023 | Former US president Donald Trump's remarks regarding the failed coup attempt in Russia by Yevgeniy Prigozhin stood out for their sheer subtlety amidst the crass new western narrative that dramatic events on June 23-24 highlighted "cracks" within the Russian system. | No one cares to explain what these "cracks" are but the wording suggests that Russia is heading for implosion.
(2023-07-08). Russia-Africa Relations. "Tense Global Situation". The Saint Petersburg Summit. globalresearch.ca
(2023-07-08). Russia and China Oppose Military Intervention in Haiti. orinocotribune.com Russia and China opposed military intervention in Haiti during a United Nations Security Council meeting on the deployment of an international force in the Caribbean island nation. | "Some consider that the panacea is a multinational force, when history shows us that such foreign interventions have done more harm than good in Haiti," deputy ambassador of Russia to the United Nations, Dmitri Polianski, said during the meeting held on Friday, July 7. | The Russian representative exhorted the international community to listen to the voices of Haitians who advocate for other alternatives amid the serious political an…
(2023-07-09). Open Letter to His Excellency, Volodymyr Zelensky, President of Ukraine. strategic-culture.org 
(2023-07-09). NATO deploys depleted uranium weapons to Ukraine, nuclearizing war. workers.org 
This article updates the article published at workers.org on June 15, entitled: "Chinese translation available: 'Metal of Dishonor-Depleted Uranium.'" The United States will be sending depleted uranium munitions (DU) to Ukraine, reported The Wall Street Journal on June 13. This was written three months after Pentagon spokesperson Air Force Brig. Gen. . . . |
(2023-07-09). Reps. Omar and Jacobs Move to Stop Biden From Sending Cluster Bombs to Ukraine. truthout.org President Joe Biden's looming decision to include cluster munitions in the next weapons package to Ukraine could prove to be a political challenge. Democratic Reps. Sara Jacobs (D-California) and Ilhan Omar (D-Minnesota) have introduced an amendment to the 2023 NDAA that would effectively block the transfer of these munitions. "Notwithstanding any other provision of law… |
(2023-07-09). A Bankrupt Calculus: Sending Cluster Munitions to Ukraine. dissidentvoice.org There is a certain desperation in the logic of those who argue that a depraved solution has merit because it's only slightly less depraved than that of the opponent. Torture is bad but should still be used because your adversary feels free to resort to it. Only do so, however, via judicial warrant. Bombing hospitals …
(2023-07-09). Ukraine's Failed Counter Offensive Paints NATO into a Corner. sonar21.com 
Is Joe Biden, on the eve of the NATO Summit in Vilnius, trying out for a part in the musical, GREASE? Shanga, shanga, waddle di doodle wop? Ukraine's attempt at…
(2023-07-09). U.S. DOD issued contract for 'COVID-19 Research' in Ukraine in 2019. expose-news.com The world first started to hear about a novel coronavirus in early January 2020, with reports of an alleged new pneumonia like illness spreading across Wuhan, China. However, the world did not …
(2023-07-09). Veterans' Group Responds To Biden's 'Cluster Bombs For Ukraine'. popularresistance.org Veterans For Peace and other U.S. anti-war organizations denounce the Biden administration's decision to send cluster bomb munitions to Ukraine and they will hold a rally on July 22 at 11 am at the Scranton (PA) Army Ammunition Plant to oppose sending cluster bombs, and all weapons, into the Ukraine War, and call for an immediate ceasefire. | The Scranton plant produces 11,000 artillery shells a month but cannot keep up with the demand for killing. That the U.S. would even consider sending cluster bombs, a weapon designed to wound as many people as possible, into the Ukraine War to make up for the lack of artille…
(2023-07-09). Ukraine: Those Who Take Their Wishes for Reality Will Have a Nightmare. globalresearch.ca
(2023-07-08). The Capitalists Are Circling Over Ukraine. strategic-culture.org By Thomas FAZI | Two weeks ago, thousands of representatives from businesses and governments from across the world gathered in London to "support Ukraine's recovery". But was the gathering of all those Western corporate elites at the " data-widget-id="AR_2″>Last year, the Ukrainian government essentially outsourced the entire post-war "reconstruction" process to BlackRock, the world's largest asset management fi…
(2023-07-08). US Sends Illegal Cluster Bombs To Ukraine, The "Safe & Effective" Lie & UN's Global Emergency Powers. thelastamericanvagabond.com Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (7/8/23). As always, take the information discussed in the video below and research it for yourself, and come to your own conclusions. Anyone telling you what the truth
(2023-07-08). CNN and US Government Pushing the Envelope — Obsolete F16s or F/A-18 Hornets won't make an "Iota of Difference" in Ukraine! journal-neo.org 
(2023-07-08). Cluster bomb opponents 'appalled' by Biden becision to send banned weapons to Ukraine. mronline.org 
President Joe Biden has reportedly given final approval for the transfer of U.S. cluster munitions to Ukraine, ignoring warnings from human rights groups and progressive lawmakers who underscored the indiscriminate weapons' devastating impacts on civilians immediately upon use and far into the future.
(2023-07-08). Failed 'counteroffensive' in Ukraine as NATO prepares for summit, pressures Global South to toe a pro-war line. mronline.org 
Monthly military situation report for June 2023, by Dmitri Kovalevich, in Ukraine, June 29, 2023.
(2023-07-08). Chris Hedges: They Lied About Afghanistan. They Lied About Iraq. And They Are Lying About Ukraine. scheerpost.com 
(2023-07-08). US Will Provide Ukraine U.N. Condemned Cluster Bombs as Part of New Weapons Package. scheerpost.com 
(2023-07-08). Ukraine is doing Great, Which is Why Biden is Sending Them Cluster munitions. sonar21.com 
The Biden Administration is not good at logic. Watch Biden's National Security Advisor, Jake Sullivan, insist that Ukraine is doing swell and that the United States must send cluster bombs…
(2023-07-08). Ukraine's "Neo-Nazi Summer Camp". Military Training for Young Children, Para-military Recruits. globalresearch.ca The Azov battalion supported by its Western partners is not only involved in para-military operations in Donbass, it is also running a Summer Camp military training project for young children.
(2023-07-08). Former advisor to the US Secretary of Defence explains the truth about the Ukraine war. expose-news.com The Big Picture interviewed Douglas Macgregor, Col. (ret.) in Virginia, and asked him: What is the truth about the war in Ukraine? What is really happening there and does this policy of …
(2023-07-08). Hidden Truths about the War in Ukraine. expose-news.com Dr. Vernon Coleman highlights some facts about what is "aid" to Ukraine that corporate media may have omitted to tell the public. By Dr. Vernon Coleman It is just possible that the …
(2023-07-08). US Will Provide Ukraine Cluster Bombs as Part of New Weapons Package. scheerpost.com Demonstration of cluster bomb. U.S. Army, original print located at Rocky Mountain Arsenal, Commerce City, Colorado. Public domain. By Dave DeCamp / Anitwar.com The Associated Press reported Thursday that the Biden administration has decided to arm Ukraine with cluster bombs and will announce the munitions as part of a new $800 million arms package. The news …
(2023-07-08). The CIA's Blind Spot About the Ukraine War. globalresearch.ca