Daily Archives: October 4, 2022

2022-10-04: News Headlines

Dave DeCamp (2022-10-04). Ukrainian Diplomat Tells Elon Musk to 'F— Off' for Floating Idea for Peace Plan. news.antiwar.com Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, angered Ukrainian officials on Monday when he tweeted an idea for a potential peace deal in Ukraine along with a poll to gain public support. Musk wrote on Twitter that a peace plan could consist of three planks: Redo elections of annexed regions under UN supervision. Russia …

Ana Perdigón (2022-10-04). Colombian Peace Negotiations Already in Motion: ELN Delegation Arrives in Venezuela. orinocotribune.com Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodríguez celebrated the compliance with the protocols agreed upon by the Colombian government and the National Liberation Army (ELN) after a delegation from the armed group arrived in Venezuela this Sunday, October 2. | Through her Twitter account, Rodríguez highlighted, on behalf of the Government of Venezuela, compliance with the protocols for the safe return of the ELN delegation in order to resume Colombia's peace negotiations. | "The government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela welcomes compliance with the protocols agreed upon by the government of the Republic of Colom…

_____ (2022-10-03). Iran's Protests: A Different View From The Ground. popularresistance.org Setareh Sadeghi, an Esfahan, Iran-based scholar and teacher, provides Max Blumenthal with a view of Iran's protests against the country's morality police and the death of Mahsa Amini never heard in US mainstream. Sadeghi explains that while many Iranians oppose the morality police, the protests have failed to spread far outside Tehran, and have relied heavily on social media amplification from the outside – including from neoconservative elements hell bent on regime change – to magnify the impact of the protests. Sadeghi also addresses the impact of US sanctions on Iranian women, and details civil disobedience by…

____ (2022-10-03). An Open Letter to Vladimir Putin from Roger Waters. transcend.org 28 Sep 2022 – Recently I have been reading comments on social media, asking why I've written to Mrs Olena Zelenska but not to Mr Vladimir Putin. Very good question, I'm glad you asked, here it is.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-10-03). Speaking of the Real Cuba: Statement by Casa de las Américas. libya360.wordpress.com Casa de las Americas Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Cane supervises relief work in the aftermath of Hurricane Ian. Photo: Twitter Casa de las Américas, an iconic Cuban cultural institution, writes about the forces which are using the recent hurricane as a pretext to attack the country's revolutionary process In recent days we have received many messages…

Staff (2022-10-03). Díaz-Canel exchanges with local authorities and workers on a visit to the pine town of Cocodrilo. en.cubadebate.cu The first secretary of the Central Committee of the PCC and president of the Republic, Miguel Díaz-Canel, visits the coastal town of Cocodrilo, in the south of the special municipality of Isla de la Juventud, on Monday morning. On Twitter, the president reported that "Today we will be on the Isle of Youth, another of the territories affected by #HurricaneIan. The recovery there is progressing rapidly. Much of its electrical service and communications are restored. We have to work hard to rebuild the houses."

Staff (2022-10-03). Gobiernos de Cuba y EEUU intercambian información sobre daños por huracán Ian. cubadebate.cu La cancillería cubana anunció en Twitter que los Gobiernos de EE.UU. y Cuba han intercambiado información "sobre los daños cuantiosos y pérdidas lamentables ocasionados por el huracán Ian en ambos países".

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