Week in Review: 2023, week 39

Published: 2023-10-02 (recorded the night before, edited & published the day after)Corrections: Error in title at first publication, week 39 not 38. [Ooops]SourcesYesXorNoGood News: Some Causes of the Recent Rise in Depression are Obvious,YesXorNo, 2023-09-25AntiwarUkraine/US+NATO-vs-RussiaPolish PM Tells Zelensky to 'Never Insult Poles Again', Dave DeCamp, Antiwar, 2023-09-24'Republicans for Ukraine' Ad Says Ukraine War Is Good Because It 'Weakens Russia', Dave DeCamp, Antiwar, 2023-09-24Zelensky Says He Met BlackRock CEO and Other Finance Leaders in US Trip, Dave DeCamp, Antiwar, 2023-09-24First Batch of US-Made Abrams Tanks Arrive in Ukraine, Dave DeCamp, Antiwar, 2023-09-25US Announces $2 Billion Loan for Poland to Spend on Military, Dave DeCamp, Antiwar, 2023-09-25Biden Administration Not Pushing Ukraine to Hold Elections, Dave DeCamp, Antiwar, 2023-09-25Ukraine Claims It Killed Russia's Black Sea Commander in Missile Strike on Crimea, Dave DeCamp, Antiwar, 2023-09-25US Taxpayer Dollars are Subsidizing Small Businesses in Ukraine, Dave DeCamp, Antiwar, 2023-09-25Russian Black Sea Fleet Commander Attends Meeting After Ukraine Claimed He Was Killed, Dave DeCamp, Antiwar, 2023-09-26Kremlin Says US Abrams Tanks 'Will Burn' in Ukraine, Dave DeCamp, Antiwar, 2023-09-26Senate Announces Stopgap Funding Bill That Includes $6.2 Billion for Ukraine, Dave DeCamp, Antiwar, 2023-09-26Ukraine Asks West to Bomb Drone Factories in Iran and Syria, Dave DeCamp, Antiwar, 2023-09-27Russia Says US and UK Helped Coordinate Attack on Crimea, Dave DeCamp, Antiwar, 2023-09-27House Kills Rep. Gaetz's Amendment to Ban Transfer of Cluster Bombs, Dave DeCamp, Antiwar, 2023-09-27Russia Has Gained More Territory This Year Than Ukraine, Dave DeCamp, Antiwar, 2023-09-28Zelensky Discusses Joint Weapons Production With Western Officials, Dave DeCamp, Antiwar, 2023-09-28Pacific/ChinaUS in Talks With Vietnam on Major Weapons Deal, Dave DeCamp, Antiwar, 2023-09-24Biden Hosts Pacific Island Leaders as Part of Strategy Against China, Dave DeCamp, Antiwar, 2023-09-25Philippines Wants to Retake Shoal from China in South China Sea, Dave DeCamp, Antiwar, 2023-09-26China Says Major Drills Around Taiwan Were Done to Combat 'Separatists', Dave DeCamp, Antiwar, 2023-09-27Blinken Says China Threatens US-Led 'Liberal World Order', Dave DeCamp, Antiwar, 2023-09-28Australia Forms Long-Range Missile Brigade as Part of Military Overhaul Aimed at China, Dave DeCamp, Antiwar, 2023-09-28Africa/"Former" French ColoniesMacron Says France Will Withdraw Troops, Ambassador from Niger, Dave DeCamp, Antiwar, 2023-09-24NATO (non-Ukraine)Erdogan Says Turkish Approval of Sweden's NATO Bid Hinges on US F-16 Sale, Dave DeCamp, Antiwar, 2023-09-26West Asia (aka Middle East)Israeli Minister Arrives in Saudi Arabia for First Public Visit Amid Normalization Talks, Dave DeCamp, Antiwar, 2023-09-26Iran Says Netanyahu Threatened Nuclear Attack in UN Speech, Dave DeCamp, Antiwar, 2023-09-27US Expresses Support for Anti-Assad Protesters in Southern Syria, Dave DeCamp, Antiwar, 2023-09-27Saudi Arabia, China to Hold Second-Ever Joint Naval Exercise, Dave DeCamp, Antiwar, 2023-09-28Other VoicesNarrativesRetired Officers Still Lying About Ukraine While Media Coming to Grips With the Unfolding Debacle, Larry Johnson, Sonar21, 2023-09-29Meanwhile RT Continues..., Andrei Martyanov, Reminiscence of the Future ..., 2023-09-30CorruptionIMPEACHMENT: Innuendo and Evidence, Patrick Lawrence, Consortium News, 2023-09-29US House Rejects Cluster-Bomb Ban, Brett Wilkins, Consortium News (originally Common Dreams), 2023-09-28Media/Disinformation BrigadesCashing in Again on Russell Brand, Jonathan Cook, Consortium News, 2023-09-28NazisWhen Zelensky Brought a Nazi to the Greek Parliament, Joe Lauria, Consortium News, 2023-09-27Honored Nazi Exposes Canada's Longstanding Ukraine Policy, Max Blumenthal, Consortium News (originally The Grayzone), 2023-09-27Apologies in Canada for Honoring Ukrainian Nazi, Jake Johnson, Consortium News (originally Common Dreams), 2023-09-25TorturersThe CIA's Unpunished Torturers, John Kiriaku, Consortium News, 2023-09-26No Justice for US-Tortured Iraqis, Jake Johnson, Consortium News (originally Common Dreams), 2023-09-26HipocrisyWorld Bank Pumps Billions into Fossil Fuels, Jake Johnson, Consortium News (originally Common Dreams), 2023-09-25UkraineThe UN & War in Ukraine, Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies, Consortium News, 2023-09-29Resource WarsKick Start or Kick Over — Can the US Defeat Russia in the Lithium Battery War?, John Helmer, Dances with Bears, 2023-09-29Structural ReformUK & France Should Relinquish Permanent UN Seats, Vijay Prashad, Consortium News, 2023-09-28InterviewsBRICS or NATO? G20 or G77? Summits mark rapidly changing world order, Desai & Hudson interview Escobar, The Geopolitican Economy Hour, 2023-09-239/21/23 Ken Silva on FBI-Created Terrorist Plots and Nazi Groups, Horton interviews Silva, The Scott Horton Show, 2023-09-26* MP3 9/21/23 Trevor Timm on Assange, the Espionage Act and Growing Pressure from the Australians, Horton interviews Trevor Timm, The Scott Horton Show, 2023-09-24* MP3 Where Did It All Go Wrong for the Internet?, Max Blumenthal, ScheerPost, NoneRedacted Host Clayton Morris： 1 Year After Nordstream Attack, Attacks on Russell Brand & Rumble, Ratansi interviews Morris, Going Underground TV, 2023-09-30"Silent Coup": How Capitalism Defeated Decolonization, Chris Hedges, ScheerPost, 2023-09-23* See also: Sheldon Wolin and Inverted Totalitarianism, Chris Hedges on Sheldon Wolin, TruthDig, 2015-11-02. 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