2022-07-10: News Headlines

Editor2 (2022-07-10). The Deeper Meaning of Ukraine. orinocotribune.com By Alastair Crooke Jul 4, 2022 | The wider Ukraine meaning lies in this insight: Other leaders are no longer naàØve when the West offers glass beads (or paper dollars) in exchange for their real riches | The West, in its cavalier manner, entered upon war with the Russia-China axis, without due care. It expected easy 'wins' with sanctions imploding the Russian economy, and with military urban-war tactics borrowed from Syria, bleeding out the Russian army. Instead, it is turning-out to be a monumental débacle. More than that, its multiple failures and insultingly-cocksure propaganda are proving a break…

Staff (2022-07-10). US continues to increase pressure until Iran returns to deal. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 10 (MNA) — On the eve of his trip to the region, US President Joe Biden, in an article once again used rhetoric against Iran and claimed that if Iran does not return to the JCPOA, the economic pressure against Tehran will continue.

_____ (2022-07-09). The Language We Use To Talk About Inequality, Power, And Class Matters. popularresistance.org In the US, discourses of inequality seldom are rooted to the nation's long history of violent class conflict. Two examples of that history which come quickly to mind are the 1892 Homestead steel strike in Pittsburgh, which earned a place in labor history as the Homestead Massacre and the 1921 coal strike known as the Battle of Blair Mountain in which workers saw their homes bombed as they faced army troops. These were extreme but not unique moments in the history of labor. Oppressive working conditions and inadequate pay have never been an accident or the result of an oversight — they have been for profit.

Editor (2022-07-09). The making of the Evangelical anti-abortion movement. mronline.org In 1971, the Southern Baptist Convention, the largest Protestant denomination in the United States, adopted a resolution calling on fellow Southern Baptists to work to make abortion legal under certain conditions, namely, 'rape, incest, clear evidence of severe fetal deformity, and carefully ascertained evidence of the likelihood of damage to the emotional, mental, and physical health of the mother'.

Mike Lofgren (2022-07-09). The Dangerous Rise of the Gullible American Cynic. commondreams.org More and more Americans will believe anything and everything—except facts, evidence, and logic.

WSWS (2022-07-09). New details reveal Highland Park shooter's extensive far-right history. wsws.org While Lake County authorities quickly declared Crimo had "no political motivation" and acted as a "lone wolf," there is ample evidence Robert Crimo III was heavily involved in many far-right online circles and an avid supporter of former President Donald Trump.

Ali Abunimah (2022-07-08). Deutsche Welle illegally fired Palestinian journalist, German court rules. electronicintifada.net Witch hunt has targeted Arab journalists with false anti-Semitism smears.

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