Daily Archives: 2022-08-18

2022-08-18: News Headlines

WSWS (2022-08-18). Trump purge of Republican Party claims Liz Cheney in Wyoming. wsws.org The top Republican on the House committee investigating the January 6 attack on the US Capitol lost a bid for renomination to a Trump-backed challenger by a landslide margin.

Party for Socialism, Liberation (2022-08-18). Sunday 8/21: Stop the Trigger Laws!: March and Rally to Defend Abortion Rights. indybay.org San José City Hall | 200 East Santa Clara Street | San José, CA 95113…

____ (2022-08-18). Xi: CPC is always with the people. ecns.cn Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, said more efforts should be made so that the people feel the CPC serves the people wholeheartedly and is always with the people.

Steve Brown (2022-08-17). Giant Satirical Billboards—Mounted on Trucks Driven All Over the Nation's Capital—Are Publicly Shaming Democratic Party Leaders for Their Illegal Persecution of Julian Assange. globalresearch.ca

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-08-17). Mumia Abu-Jamal Remains the Voice of the Voiceless. libya360.wordpress.com Abayomi Azikiwe Mumia Abu Jamal As A Youth Member Of The Black Panther Party In Philadelphia After 40 years of incarceration the "voice of the voiceless" remains a focus of international attention Black August Series No. 2 During the late 1960s, Mumia Abu-Jamal became a youth activist in the city of Philadelphia where a succession…

Staff (2022-08-17). PSUV Bases to Elect Grassroots Speakers Starting This Weekend. orinocotribune.com In its weekly meeting, the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) reviewed and defined organizational strategies for the profound renewal of grassroots leadership and support for the plans of the National Executive, such as the 1àó10 plan for Good Government, reported its President Nicolás Maduro. | "We have reviewed three lines of deep action and the renewal of grassroots leadership, which are a priority within the 3R.Nets," Maduro said. | The lines are: | ‚Ä¢ First: The 1àó10 plan for Good Government and the PSUV as the ruling party "and all the events that this implies, of cri…

WSWS (2022-08-17). Revelations about secret ministerial posts show resort to dictatorial powers in Australia. wsws.org What has emerged so far reveals how quickly not just Morrison but other senior figures, the governor-general, and Labor Party state and territory leaders adopted sweeping authoritarian measures amid mounting popular unrest as the global COVID-19 pandemic hit.

____ (2022-08-17). Xi expresses full confidence in revitalization of China's northeast region. ecns.cn Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, has expressed full confidence in the revitalization of China's northeast region.

WSWS (2022-08-17). Britain's strike wave escalates as millions push for action. wsws.org The growing mass movement brings the working class into a direct confrontation with trade unions working desperately to contain and sabotage their struggle and a Conservative government seeking to impose the full weight of the crisis on workers and their families by any means necessary, with the active collusion of the opposition Labour Party.

Abayomi Azikiwe (2022-08-16). Sudanese Communist Party Forms a New Alliance Committed to Ending Military Rule. orinocotribune.com By Abayomi Azikiwe Aug 10, 2022 | After withdrawing from the Forces for Freedom and Change (FFC), the SCP has continued to call for democratic civilian rule | Since December of 2018, the Republic of Sudan has undergone general strikes, mass demonstrations, the forced removal of longtime former President Omar Hassan al-Bashir and the failed formations of several interim administrations. | Hundreds of people have lost their lives due to the repression carried out by the military and its supporters against protests which have been led by the Forces for Freedom and Change (FFC) and its Popular Resistance Commit…

_____ (2022-08-16). Africans Strategize In Washington Against Western-Backed Leaders. popularresistance.org Silver Spring, Maryland – The United States and its European allies only care about human-rights violations when it benefits them. | That's what a few dozen members of the Horn of Africa and East Africa diaspora agreed upon as they gathered August 13 outside Washington, D.C. | A regional conference of the National Unity Platform, a political party in Uganda, brought together members of the country's diaspora from the New York City and Washington metro areas to strategize on how to tackle U.S. meddling that props up leaders. | "The West wants to change regimes for itself, not for Africans—we remember Libya,"

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