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Last Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, who ended the Cold War, dies aged 91
www.reuters.com Last Soviet leader Gorbachev, who ended Cold War and won Nobel prize, dies aged 91Mikhail Gorbachev, who ended the Cold War without bloodshed but failed to prevent the collapse of the Soviet Union, died on Tuesday at the age of 91, hospital officials in Moscow said.
Good ridance, class traitor!
I hope you meet Stalin in hell!
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America’s Last Affordable Housing Is Under Threat
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Mao please come back…
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Live: Deadly flash floods cause widespread damage in Pakistan
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Westoids ain't gonna care tho; they're too busy with Ukraine and ROChina.
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UN: Taliban leaders show intention to address women's rights
Remember: The U.S government declared the Taliban as "backward terrorist groups!" Now the Taliban is planning on giving women more rights.
Meanwhile the U.S government revokes the right to abortion.
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Opinion | Nancy Pelosi: Why I’m leading a congressional delegation to Taiwan
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August 2, 2022 at 10:52 a.m. EDT
Some 43 years ago, the United States Congress overwhelmingly passed — and President Jimmy Carter signed into law — the Taiwan Relations Act, one of the most important pillars of U.S. foreign policy in the Asia Pacific.
The Taiwan Relations Act set out America’s commitment to a democratic Taiwan, providing the framework for an economic and diplomatic relationship that would quickly flourish into a key partnership. It fostered a deep friendship rooted in shared interests and values: self-determination and self-government, democracy and freedom, human dignity and human rights.
And it made a solemn vow by the United States to support the defense of Taiwan: “to consider any effort to determine the future of Taiwan by other than peaceful means … a threat to the peace and security of the Western Pacific area and of grave concern to the United States.”
Today, America must remember that vow. We must stand by Taiwan, which is an island of resilience. Taiwan is a leader in governance: currently, in addressing the covid-19 pandemic and championing environmental conservation and climate action. It is a leader in peace, security and economic dynamism: with an entrepreneurial spirit, culture of innovation and technological prowess that are envies of the world.
Yet, disturbingly, this vibrant, robust democracy — named one of the freest in the world by Freedom House and proudly led by a woman, President Tsai Ing-wen — is under threat.
In recent years, Beijing has dramatically intensified tensions with Taiwan. The People’s Republic of China (PRC) has ramped up patrols of bombers, fighter jets and surveillance aircraft near and even over Taiwan’s air defense zone, leading the U.S. Defense Department to conclude that China’s army is “likely preparing for a contingency to unify Taiwan with the PRC by force.”
The PRC has also taken the fight into cyberspace, launching scores of attacks on Taiwan government agencies each day. At the same time, Beijing is squeezing Taiwan economically, pressuring global corporations to cut ties with the island, intimidating countries that cooperate with Taiwan, and clamping down on tourism from the PRC.
In the face of the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) accelerating aggression, our congressional delegation’s visit should be seen as an unequivocal statement that America stands with Taiwan, our democratic partner, as it defends itself and its freedom.
Our visit — one of several congressional delegations to the island — in no way contradicts the long-standing one-China policy, guided by the Taiwan Relations Act of 1979, the U.S.-China Joint Communiques and the Six Assurances. The United States continues to oppose unilateral efforts to change the status quo.
Our visit is part of our broader trip to the Pacific — including Singapore, Malaysia, South Korea and Japan — focused on mutual security, economic partnership and democratic governance. Our discussions with our Taiwanese partners will focus on reaffirming our support for the island and promoting our shared interests, including advancing a free and open Indo-Pacific region. America’s solidarity with Taiwan is more important today than ever — not only to the 23 million people of the island but also to millions of others oppressed and menaced by the PRC.
Thirty years ago, I traveled in a bipartisan congressional delegation to China, where, in Tiananmen Square, we unfurled a black-and-white banner that read, “To those who died for democracy in China.” Uniformed police pursued us as we left the square. Since then, Beijing’s abysmal human rights record and disregard for the rule of law continue, as President Xi Jinping tightens his grip on power.
The CCP’s brutal crackdown against Hong Kong’s political freedoms and human rights — even arresting Catholic Cardinal Joseph Zen — cast the promises of “one-country, two-systems” into the dustbin. In Tibet, the CCP has long led a campaign to erase the Tibetan people’s language, culture, religion and identity. In Xinjiang, Beijing is perpetrating genocide against Muslim Uyghurs and other minorities. And throughout the mainland, the CCP continues to target and arrest activists, religious-freedom leaders and others who dare to defy the regime.
We cannot stand by as the CCP proceeds to threaten Taiwan — and democracy itself.
Indeed, we take this trip at a time when the world faces a choice between autocracy and democracy. As Russia wages its premeditated, illegal war against Ukraine, killing thousands of innocents — even children — it is essential that America and our allies make clear that we never give in to autocrats.
When I led a congressional delegation to Kyiv in April — the highest-level U.S. visit to the besieged nation — I conveyed to President Volodymyr Zelensky that we admired his people’s defense of democracy for Ukraine and for democracy worldwide.
By traveling to Taiwan, we honor our commitment to democracy: reaffirming that the freedoms of Taiwan — and all democracies — must be respected.
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This was the basis of a tweet her account posted as well. She says:
> Our visit [...] in no way contradicts the long-standing one-China policy
However there is stuff like:
> By traveling to Taiwan, we honor our commitment to democracy: reaffirming that the freedoms of Taiwan — and all democracies — must be respected.
Can't think of this as anything but a provocation. Also Washington Post being literally just a mouthpiece of the US state. Not that it's new or surprising.
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‘Manifestly not Saigon’? WATCH US helicopters evacuate Kabul embassy as Blinken defiantly rejects Vietnam pullout comparisons — RT USA News
www.rt.com ‘Manifestly not Saigon’? WATCH US helicopters evacuate Kabul embassy as Blinken defiantly rejects Vietnam pullout comparisonsAmerican military helicopters have been filmed evacuating US embassy staff in Kabul, with multiple aircraft shuttling to and from the compound. The footage invoked striking similarities with the 1975 retreat from Vietnam’s Saigon.
- www.telesurenglish.net Iran To Start Production of COVID-19 Sputnik V Vaccine
<p>The Persian nation participates also in the Cuban-produced Soberana 02 vaccine's Phase III clinical trials.</p>
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US government SEIZES website of Iran’s Press TV, two other media outlets — RT World News
www.rt.com US government ‘SEIZES’ website of Iran’s Press TV, multiple other media outletsUS authorities have apparently seized the web domains of Iran’s international media outlets Press TV and Al-Alam, along with the Yemeni TV channel Al Masirah, run by the Houthi faction, an Iraqi Shia satellite channel, and others.
- www.euronews.com Belarus: Lukashenko claims he foiled US-backed 'coup' as 2 arrested
The Belarusian President said that it was very "the FBI, the CIA" were "most likely" involved in the alleged plot to assassinate him and his family.
- www.reuters.com Former Burkina Faso leader Compaore charged in predecessor Sankara's murder
A Burkina Faso court charged former President Blaise Compaore in absentia on Tuesday in connection with the 1987 murder of then-President Thomas Sankara, one of the most infamous killings in Africa's post-independence history.
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Russia, China, Cuba and Mexico Reject US Human Rights Report | Telesur English
www.telesurenglish.net Russia, China, Cuba and Mexico Reject US Human Rights Report<p>Issues such as police violence, racism, and violent crime within the United States were not the report's subject on Tuesday.</p>
- www.theguardian.com South Korea's first transgender soldier found dead
Police investigate death of Byun Hee-soo, who was forced out of military after becoming first soldier to have gender reassignment surgery
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State Dept. official who fled UK after fatal crash is US spy, attorney admits
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- www.theblackvault.com FBI File: Efforts to Overthrow Fidel Castro, Clip Program (File #105-HQ-89923) - The Black Vault
Background The FBI has a file regarding the efforts to overthrow Cuba’s Fidel Castro. This is a segment called the “clip program” wherein the majority of the file is newspaper clipping archiving the various attempts. Document Archive FBI File: Efforts to Overthrow Castro, Clip Program (File #105-HQ-...
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US will not accept WHO findings of its coronavirus investigation in Wuhan without independently verifying using its own intelligence.
www.scmp.com US will not accept WHO findings out of Wuhan without verifyingThe United States will not accept World Health Organization findings out of its coronavirus investigation in Wuhan without independently verifying the findings, said a US State Department spokesman.
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Biden Continues Trump's plans to extradite Julian Assange.
caitlinjohnstone.substack.com Biden Continues Trump's War On The PressJust one day after a coalition of prominent civil rights groups made headlines with a letter urging the Biden administration to drop efforts to extradite WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to the United States on espionage charges, the Biden administration has announced its intention to continue those...
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Lula’s arrest is “a gift from the CIA”, mocked Lava Jato prosecutor.
www.brasilwire.com Lula's arrest is "a gift from the CIA", mocked Lava Jato prosecutor | BRASILWIREThe arrest and jailing of former Brazilian President Lula da Silva in April 2018 changed the course of the country’s history, opening the door to far-right candidate Jair Bolsonaro, who came to power with the support of the United States and powerful corporate interests. Although US involvement in t...
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“Don’t bite the hand that feeds you!” Half a Million Farmers Rise Up Across India.
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Workers of iPhone manufacturing lines in India revolt over not being paid for four months during the pandemic. Appropriate iPhones and cause damage valued at $59M.
timesofindia.indiatimes.com Wistron news: Thousands of iPhones looted, violence cost us Rs 440cr | Bengaluru News - Times of IndiaSaturday’s violence at Wistron’s Kolar plant, where it assembles iPhones, has caused losses amounting to an estimated Rs 437 crore, the company stated
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British women thought they'd found boyfriends who shared their beliefs. They were actually undercover police
This is actually so fucked imagine being lied to for 18 years
- www.telesurenglish.net 'Kill Pinochet', a Film To Be Premiered in Havana Film Festival
<p>In 1986, the Manuel Rodriguez Patriotic Front shot down Augusto Pinochet's vehicle. It was a near-perfect plan, but the dictator survived.</p>
>Cuba's Havana Film Festival Friday will premiere "Killing Pinochet," a film based on real events that recounts the Manuel Rodriguez Patriotic Front (FPMR) attack on Chile's dictator Augusto Pinochet in 1986.
>In 80 minutes, the film directed by Juan Sabatini revived the preparations for the attack that Chile remembers as 'the Operation of the 20th Century'.
>The assault arrangements began in 1980, seven years after Pinochet led the bombing of the La Moneda Palace to overthrow President Salvador Allende.
>On September 7, 1986, the tyrant's vehicle was shot down while returning to Santiago city from his rest home in Cajon del Maipo. Five bodyguards were killed and Pinochet was wounded in his left hand.
i hope they do the inglorious bastards approach and have the FPMR actually kill Pinochet
- apnews.com Venezuela judge convicts 6 American oil execs, orders prison
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Six American oil executives held for three years in Venezuela were found guilty of corruption charges by a judge Thursday and immediately sentenced to prison, dashing hopes of a quick release that would send them home to their families in the United States.
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Thousands in Warsaw join biggest protest so far against abortion ruling.
www.reuters.com Thousands in Warsaw join biggest protest so far against abortion rulingTens of thousands of Poles joined a march in Warsaw on Friday, the biggest in nine days of protests against a ruling by the country's top court last week that amounted to a near-total ban on abortion in the predominantly Catholic nation.
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Glenn Greenwald - My Resignation From The Intercept.
greenwald.substack.com My Resignation From The InterceptThe same trends of repression, censorship and ideological homogeneity plaguing the national press generally have engulfed the media outlet I co-founded, culminating in censorship of my own articles.
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Keir Starmer suspends Jeremy Corbyn from Labour Party for anti-semitism.
www.independent.co.uk Jeremy Corbyn suspended from Labour PartyFormer party leader has whip removed after refusing to accept findings of antisemitism report
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Anyone else watching or keeping up with New York Comic-Con?
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I'm just now learning that it's on, and I didn't even know till yesterday. Anything interesting from this event? I learned that Yoda will be in the High Republic series of novels, but that's about it for me, tbh. I suspect that the writing talent will be taken up a notch, at the very least
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URGENT: Turkish F-16 shoots down Armenia jet in Armenian airspace.
armenpress.am URGENT: Turkish F-16 shoots down Armenia jet in Armenian airspaceYEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 29, ARMENPRESS. Turkish air force F-16s have been deployed against Armenia and shot down an Armenian military aircraft amid the Azeri attack on Artsakh, the Armenian military said.
- www.idcommunism.com Emblematic Greek farmer-unionist and former KKE MP Vangelis Boutas dies at 66
The farmers’ movement in Greece mourns the death of militant trade unionist Vangelis Boutas who died at the age of 66. A member of the Central Committ