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2022-02-28: News Headlines

Staff (2022-02-28). Chess star facing disciplinary action for Ukraine stance. rt.com Sergey Karjakin expressed his support for Vladimir Putin and the military action in Ukraine | Russian grandmaster Sergey Karjakin is facing disciplinary action from the International Chess Federation (FIDE) after expressing support for his country's military operation in Ukraine. | In an open letter to President Vladimir Putin shared on social media on Sunday, the Crimean-born Karjakin said he fully backed the effort to fight "for the demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine." | "I appeal to you at this difficult time, when our country, led by you, is fighting for the safety of the peaceful Russian popul…

Staff (2022-02-28). Neo-Nazi Ukrainian group prepares 'pig-fat laden' bullets for Muslim fighters. rt.com Chechen 'orcs' won't go to heaven, National Guard claims in xenophobic message | Ukraine's National Guard prompted outrage, on Sunday, by posting a crude video aimed at Muslim Russian fighters. Twitter eventually labelled the message "hateful content." | The reel showed a soldier dipping the tips of bullet rounds into pork fat before putting them into a magazine. | The man, who reportedly belongs to the far-right nationalist Azov Battalion, apparently meant this as a threat to religious Muslims participating in the Russian military offensive in Ukraine. Pork is considered unclean in Islam, so Muslims killed by…

Staff (2022-02-28). Sanders-linked US group blasts NATO's 'imperialist expansion'. rt.com The Democratic Socialists of America claimed the US and NATO "set the stage for this conflict" | In a statement released on Saturday, the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) blamed actions by the US and NATO for having helped to spark the Russian invasion of Ukraine, sparking condemnation from other Democrats. | "DSA reaffirms our call for the US to withdraw from NATO and to end the imperialist expansionism that set the stage for this conflict," the group said in a press release. | "While the failures of neoliberal order are clear to everyone, the ruling class is trying to build a new world, through a dysto…

Staff (2022-02-28). Bill McKibben on Dire IPCC Climate Report & How Oil and Gas Are Fueling Putin's Ukraine Invasion. democracynow.org We speak with climate author, journalist and movement leader Bill McKibben upon the release of the highly anticipated U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change 2022 report, which finds the impacts of the climate crisis are already worse than predicted, driving poverty, hunger, disease and species extinction. McKibben also speaks about how global dependency on oil and gas empowers autocrats like President Vladimir Putin and is helping fuel the Russian war in Ukraine. Renewable energy could help defeat fascism and deter some of "the worst people on Earth" if deployed at scale, he says.

WSWS (2022-02-28). CPAC, America First conferences: A snapshot of the fascist transformation of the Republican Party. wsws.org Two conferences held over the weekend in Orlando, Florida—the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) and the America First Political Action Conference (AFPAC)—demonstrated the fascist transformation of the Republican Party under Donald Trump.

Anonymous103 (2022-02-28). War In Ukraine, The West's Propaganda War Is The End Of Democracy. southfront.org Tianjin explosion in China | Written by Piero Messina | Vladimir Putin has become "Putler", something halfway between Putin and Hitler. For the less aggressive, the Russian president is Vlad the Mad. "There has never been a genocide against the pro-Russian populations in Donbass. Nazi formations do not exist and have never existed in Ukraine and there has been no massacre in Odessa. Putin threatens the world and must be stopped." Western media is treating the Ukrainian crisis as if it were selling soap bars w…

sputniknews (2022-02-28). Latvian Parliament Authorises Country's Citizens to Fight in Ukraine Amid Russia's Denazification Op. sputniknews.com On 24 February, Russia began a special operation to demilitarize Ukraine, responding to calls from the Donetsk and Lugansk people's republics for help in countering the aggression of Ukrainian forces.

sputniknews (2022-02-28). Russia Will Respond to European Bans on Air Travel, Will Consider Its Own Interests – Kremlin. sputniknews.com On Thursday, Russia began a special operation to demilitarise and denazify Ukraine, responding to calls from the Donetsk and Lugansk people's republics for help in countering the aggression of Ukrainian forces.

sputniknews (2022-02-28). Russia's FSB: Ukrainians Report Attempts by Kiev to Use Their Compatriots For Sabotage in Russia. sputniknews.com Responding to calls from the Donetsk and Lugansk people's republics for military help in countering the ceaseless aggression of Ukrainian forces, on 24 February Russia began a special operation to demilitarize and and denazify Ukraine.

sputniknews (2022-02-28). Regional Internet Provider in Kazakhstan Shuts Down Russian TV Channels Amid Moscow's Op in Ukraine. sputniknews.com Russia is conducting a special operation to demilitarise and "denazify" Ukraine in answer to calls from Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics for help in countering aggression of Ukrainian forces. Moscow has underscored it has no plans to occupy Ukrainian territory, yet many foreign countries have accused it of invading the neighbouring country.

In Defense of Liberation! (2022-02-28). Down with US Empire! Long live Revolutionary Internationalism and Socialism! (w/Luna Oi!). anchor.fm In this episode the amazing Luna Oi joins us all the way from Vietnam to discuss her country's history and the struggles they've endured, but more broadly we also go into a discussion about what is stopping the "Left" from within the US Empire and the west, generally, from being able to build a movement capable of combatting these different stopping-blocks that seem to have us stagnant. We discuss misinformation about the virus and vaccines, we talk about organizing and how to help your community and comrades, we discuss isolation, US Imperialism, the ongoing conflicts in Ukraine, and elsewhere, as well as Revolu…

Fight Back (2022-02-28). The historical emergence of Marxism. fightbacknews.org Continuing the Fight Back! series on the theoretical concepts of Marxism-Leninism, let's examine how Marxism emerged, and the struggles that it grew out of. | Marxism-Leninism didn't spring fully grown from the heads of Marx, Engels, Lenin, Stalin and Mao. It developed historically as a result of the struggles that were taking place as it emerged. This is because revolutionaries needed to understand the world in order to change it. In the time that Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels were working, they took the most advanced theory in philosophy, political economy and socialist thought and brought them to a higher lev…

Ralph Nader (2022-02-28). Everyone loses in the conflict over Ukraine. canadiandimension.com Firefighters inspecting the damage at a building following a rocket attack on the city of Kyiv during Russia's invasion of Ukraine, February 2022. Photo courtesy Ukrainian Police Department Press Service. | When two scorpions are in a bottle, they both lose. This is the preventable danger that is growing daily, with no end game in sight between the two nuclear superpowers, led by dictator Vladimir Putin and de facto sole decider, Joe Biden. | Putin's first argument is, Washington invented the model of aggressive, illegal invasions, and destruction of distant countries that never threatened US security. Mil…

sputniknews (2022-02-27). Putin Assures Israel's Bennett Russia Ready to Talk to Ukraine, Says Kiev Showing 'Inconsistency'. sputniknews.com Russia summoned Israel's ambassador to Moscow on Friday top ask why Tel Aviv "supports neo-Nazis" in Kiev after Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid blasted the Russian military operation in Ukraine as a 'grave violation of the international order'.

Editor2 (2022-02-27). Barack Obama's Father Identified as CIA Asset in US Drive to 'Recolonize' Africa During Early Days of the Cold War. orinocotribune.com By Gerald Horne — Feb 10, 2022 | Over the last decade, the U.S. has been quietly expanding its covert intelligence empire in Africa as part of a growing geopolitical rivalry with China. | A new book published by Susan Williams, entitled

sputniknews (2022-02-27). How Western Press Has Kept Silent For Years on War in Donbass & Neo-Nazism in Ukraine. sputniknews.com Russia on 24 February launched a "special operation" in Donbass aimed at protecting Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics (DPR and LPR), which were recognised as independent entities by Moscow on 21 February. The Western media called the operation "an invasion" they have long warned about.

_____ (2022-02-27). NATO's Atlantic Council Promoted Ukraine's Neo-Nazi Azov Battalion. popularresistance.org The NATO military alliance's de facto think tank, the Atlantic Council, promoted a notorious neo-Nazi militia in Ukraine, the Azov Battalion, in a 2014 article that depicted the fascist extremists as anti-Russian heroes. | The Atlantic Council is one of the most powerful think tanks in Washington. With funding from the US State Department, numerous Western governments, NATO, and the weapons industry, it plays a key role in shaping US foreign policy, particularly toward Russia. | The Atlantic Council published a report in June 2014 titled "The Battle For Mariupol." It was little more than a press release for Azov,…

Benjamin Norton (2022-02-27). US sanctions on Russia over Ukraine also target Venezuela, Nicaragua, Cuba. multipolarista.com President Joe Biden's top Latin America advisor, Juan S. Gonzalez, admitted that US sanctions against Russia aim to hurt Venezuela, Nicaragua, and Cuba as well. The three socialist governments condemned NATO aggression for creating the crisis in Ukraine.

Benjamin Norton (2022-02-27). Nazis de Ucrania dicen que musulmanes rusos son 'orcos' y los matan con balas recubiertas de cerdo. multipolarista.com La Guardia Nacional de Ucrania elogió a sus combatientes neo-nazis del movimiento fascista Azov por usar balas recubiertas de manteca de cerdo para matar a musulmanes rusos, demonizándolos como "orcos".

Benjamin Norton (2022-02-27). Ukraine's National Guard boasts of Nazis killing Russian Muslim 'orcs' with lard bullets. multipolarista.com Ukraine's National Guard praised its neo-Nazi fighters from the white-supremacist Azov movement for greasing bullets with pig fat to kill Russian Muslims, demonizing them as "orcs."

teleSUR- hvh, JL (2022-02-27). Rusia rechaza ataque de Ucrania con drones de EE.UU. contra sus buques en el Mar Negro. telesurtv.net El Ministerio ruso ratificó que su posición es atacar el régimen nazista ucraniano y no a su población.

In Defense of Liberation! (2022-02-27). Morning Commute 2-27-2022: Internationalism in the Age of Imperialism. anchor.fm In this episode I give a brief overview of some of the great topics that me and Luna or I go over in an upcoming episode yet to be released. But I also discussed some important points about how to organize in the age of imperialism, I give a explanation about historical examples that prove the necessity of revolution, and how we can build it. I hope all of you are well, stay safe, and if you need anything please never hesitate to reach out!

Matt Smyth (2022-02-27). Francis: A Pope of the Poor? A Pope for the Environment? Or a Pope for the Global Elite? globalresearch.ca Pope Francis. A pope of rupture. A pope for ecology. Inimical to capitalism, but compassionate to the poor and the migrant. | The gay friendly pope. Lenient with divorcees, but hostile to traditionalists and conservatives. | The reformer of the corrupt Roman …

Benjamin Norton (2022-02-27). Las sanciones de EEUU a Rusia por Ucrania apuntan a Venezuela, Nicaragua y Cuba. multipolarista.com El principal asesor para América Latina del presidente Joe Biden, Juan S. González, admitió que las sanciones de Estados Unidos contra Rusia también tienen como objetivo dañar a Venezuela, Nicaragua y Cuba. Los tres gobiernos socialistas condenaron la agresión de la OTAN por crear la crisis en Ucrania.

_____ (2022-02-27). Assange Affirms The Existence Of Another Kind Of Human Nature. popularresistance.org We know what Julian did. We know the great public service he provided. We know that he and WikiLeaks, aided by courageous figures such as Chelsea Manning, gave us the most important journalist coup of our generation, ripping back the veil erected by the ruling political, military, and financial elites to expose their mendacity, their corruption, and their crimes. We know that populations around the world, from Haiti to Tunisia, were empowered by this information to hold these elites accountable. | But today I want us to reflect on Julian himself. For Julian, endowed with precocious skills, could easily have been…

ecns.cn (2022-02-27). China's listed companies see strong growth in 2021. ecns.cn Listed enterprises in China registered robust growth in market value and profits last year, the latest data showed.

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2022-02-27: News Headlines

ecns.cn (2022-02-27). China's listed companies see strong growth in 2021. ecns.cn Listed enterprises in China registered robust growth in market value and profits last year, the latest data showed.

Rick Rozoff (2022-02-26). NATO, Hungary prepare for engagement with Russian forces on Ukrainian border. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Daily News HungaryFebruary 25, 2022 Servicemen in East Hungary undertaking humanitarian, military tasks Hungarian servicemen deployed in the east of the country are carrying out both humanitarian and military tasks, Defence Minister Tibor Benk≈ë said on Friday…. The minister said Hungary and NATO had plans in place in the event that the fighting would spread …

Rick Rozoff (2022-02-26). Ukrainian border: top NATO/EUCOM commander inspects troops in Hungary, along eastern flank. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com NATOSupreme Headquarters Allied Command EuropeFebruary 26, 2022 SACEUR Certifies Hungarian National Troop Contribution Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR), General Tod D. Wolters, certified Hungarian troops readiness for potential NATO duties on Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2022, after accepting a recommendation from the Commander of NATO's Allied Land Command, Lieutenant General Roger L. Cloutier Jr. Lieutenant General …

_____ (2022-02-26). Twelve Thoughts On Ukraine. popularresistance.org Putin has launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the goal of which he claims is not to occupy the country but to "demilitarize" and "de-Nazify" it. We've no reason to put blind faith in any of those claims. Only time will tell. | As of this writing dozens have reportedly been killed so far. All war is horrific. We can only hope that this one winds up being the least horrific a war can be. | Some thoughts: | 1. This whole thing could very easily have been avoided with a little bit of diplomacy. The only reason that didn't happen was it would have meant the US empire taking a teensy, weensy step back from its a…

Matthew J.L. Ehret (2022-02-26). Immune to Irony: Nazi Collaborators and Authoritarian Personalities Denounce Russia. dissidentvoice.org O would some Power the gift to give usTo see ourselves as others see us! — Robert Burns, To a Louse, 1786 This famous quote by the great Scottish poet Robert Burns stands as one of the clearest reminders of a precondition for any matured identity. Burns understood that without having learned to use our …

teleSUR- hvh, JL (2022-02-26). Rusia rechaza ataque de Ucrania con drones de EE.UU. contra sus buques en el Mar Negro. telesurtv.net El Ministerio ruso ratificó que su posición es atacar el régimen nazista ucraniano y no a su población.

sputniknews (2022-02-26). Russian Forces Have Destroyed 821 Ukrainian Military Targets, MoD Says. sputniknews.com On February 24, Russia announced a special military operation in order to protect the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics (DPR and LPR) from the Ukrainian forces. As part of the operation, the Russian military will also "demilitarise and denazify" Ukraine.

Arthur Hughes (2022-02-26). Art exhibit gives graphic picture of Nazi Holocaust in Latvia. themilitant.com NEW YORK — Nov. 30 and Dec. 8, 2021, marked the 80th anniversary of the Nazi execution by firing squad of 25,000 Jews in the Rumbula Forest outside Riga, Latvia. It was the beginning of the Holocaust in that Baltic country, and came two months after a similar massacre of 30,000 Jews at the Babyn Yar ravine in Kyiv, Ukraine, and similar Nazi atrocities against Jews across Europe. | Of Latvia's 94,000 Jews before the Nazi invasion of July 1941, only a few thousand survived the war. | One of them was Boris Lurie, an artist who witnessed his mother, sister, grandmother and girlfriend being rounded up for Rumbul…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-02-26). Communist Party of Russia Calls for Increased Nationalization, Dedollarization, an End to Digital ID and Mass Vaccinations. libya360.wordpress.com "The answer to external pressure should be a radical change in domestic policy". The 2014 coup d'état in Ukraine was carried out with the support of the United States and the European Union. It brought to power extremely reactionary forces imbued with the poison of Banderite Nazism and Russophobia. The burning of people in the…

Newsclick (2022-02-26). How economic 'reforms' plundered India. peoplesdispatch.org Capitalism is based on big lies — that the West is prosperous because of the Industrial revolution and free market policies. In reality the riches of the developed world is based entirely on draining wealth from the poorer countries. It is a process that has continued even after the end of colonies. In fact, this plunder has increased since the 1980s, when neoliberal economics came to rule the world.

Roy Landersen (2022-02-26). Defend the independence of Ukraine! Moscow out now! themilitant.com Russian President Vladimir Putin Feb. 21 declared that the Moscow-backed "People's Republics" of Donetsk and Luhansk set up in Ukraine in 2014 were independent countries and ordered Russian troops to go in as "peacekeepers." The Kremlin's invasion is backed by the largest military mobilization on the European continent since World War II. | "The Socialist Workers Party demands Moscow pull its tanks and troops out of Ukraine and respect the sovereignty of Ukraine," Joanne Kuniansky, Socialist Workers Party leader and candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives from New Jersey, told the press the next day. "Sin…

WSWS (2022-02-26). Chinese translation of "2022: Year Three of the pandemic and the emerging global class struggle" wsws.org The perspective outlines a socialist and internationalist perspective for the global working class and is of immense relevance to workers and young people in China, as well as the millions around the world who also read Mandarin.

Brian Williams (2022-02-26). SWP takes truckers' fight in Canada to working class. themilitant.com Members of the Socialist Workers Party have been building on the momentum of the recently concluded successful renewal campaign to introduce the paper and the party's election campaign to workers and farmers at plant gates, strike picket lines, political events and on their doorsteps. | They're making special efforts to meet truckers to discuss the conditions they face and how working people can defend ourselves. | "Fuel prices are high, freight is low. And the shippers and receivers keep us waiting for 13, 14 hours and we don't get paid. I'm for the Canadian truckers," Chris Weber told Eleanor García, SWP candid…

WSWS (2022-02-26). Australia announces Ukraine military aid and condemns China. wsws.org The political establishment is doing everything it can to assist the Biden administration in exploiting Moscow's reactionary military operation to escalate the underlying US-led offensive against Russia and China.

WSWS (2022-02-26). The enthusiasm of despair and the rise of Ferdinand Marcos Jr in the Philippines. wsws.org Thirty-six years after the People Power ouster of the brutal Marcos dictatorship in the Philippines, Ferdinand Marcos Jr is front-runner in the country's presidential election.

Editor (2022-02-26). Hedges: Assange Affirms the Existence of Another Kind of Human Nature. scheerpost.com Original illustration by Mr. Fish | By Chris Hedges / A Statement made at the We know what Julian did. We know the great public service he provided. We know that he and WikiLeaks, aided by courageous figures such as Chelsea Manning, gave us the most important journalist coup of our generation, ripping back the veil erected by the ruling political, military, and financial elites to expose their mendacity, their corruption, and their crimes. We know that populations around the world, from Haiti to Tunisia, w…

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2022-02-26: News Headlines

WSWS (2022-02-25). Three neo-Nazis plead guilty in terror plot targeting US power plants. wsws.org The defendants, who hoped to provoke a race war, admitted to plotting to attack power substations with high-powered rifles.

_____ (2022-02-25). Chronicle Of A War Foretold. popularresistance.org I was in Eastern Europe in 1989, reporting on the revolutions that overthrew the ossified communist dictatorships that led to the collapse of the Soviet Union. It was a time of hope. NATO, with the breakup of the Soviet empire, became obsolete. President Mikhail Gorbachev reached out to Washington and Europe to build a new security pact that would include Russia. Secretary of State James Baker in the Reagan administration, along with the West German Foreign Minister Hans-Dietrich Genscher, assured the Soviet leader that if Germany was unified NATO would not be extended beyond the new borders. The commitment not t…

_____ (2022-02-25). How The US Instigated The Ukraine Crisis. popularresistance.org Russia has sent troops into Ukraine and attacked Ukrainian military forces . | In a one hour address, President Putin said the goal was the "de-Nazification" of Ukraine. | It is now clear the Russian statements and proposed peace treaty in December 2021 were deadly serious. At that time the Russians said the US and NATO were crossing red lines, they felt threatened and would not abide this endlessly. Now they have taken action. | In his address yesterday, Russian President Putin gave a frank explanation which comes after years of complaints. The Russians have complained bitterly about the US-promoted 2014 coup in…

WSWS (2022-02-25). Demonstrations in over 100 cities commemorate the 2020 fascist murders in Hanau, Germany. wsws.org Events were held in over 100 cities to denounce the state racism and right-wing extremism that made the fascist attack possible two years ago, and to finally demand answers. "A state that doesn't protect, a police force that doesn't help—Hanau is everywhere!" one participant wrote on her poster.

Staff (2022-02-25). Putin: Russia Will Defend Donbass, No Plans to Occupy Ukrainian Territories. orinocotribune.com On Thursday, February 24, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced "a special military operation" to defend Donbass. "I have made the decision to carry out a special military operation," the president declared in a special message to Russian citizens, detailing that the objective of the operation is "to protect the people who have been subjected for eight years to genocide by the Kiev regime." | "To do this, we will embark on a demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine, and handing over to justice those who committed numerous atrocities against civilians, including [against] citizens of the Russian Federat…

sputniknews (2022-02-25). Russian Paratroopers Take Control of Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, MoD Says. sputniknews.com Earlier this week, Moscow launched a special military operation in Ukraine, striving to demilitarise and de-Nazify the country amid Kiev's attacks against Donbass. Precision weapons were used to strike Ukrainian military infrastructure, including airfields and air defences.

Anonymous103 (2022-02-25). Battle For Mariupol: Joint Forces To Trap Ukrainian Nazi Units (Videos). southfront.org Click to see full-size image | In the afternoon of February 25, the main battle began in the city of Mariupol on the Sea of Azov. The mayor of Mariupol confirmed that fighting broke out in all directions. Russian tanks were recorded 15 kilometers from the city. | Joint forces of the DPR, LPR and Russia take their positions to trap Ukrainian forces, and clean the city from the units of the Ukrainian nationalist battalions that are deployed on the Donetsk-Mariupol frontlines. | Forces of the DPR are taking an active part in the o…

Anonymous349 (2022-02-25). Putin Sees No Prospects Of Deal With 'Gang Of Drug Addicts And Neo-Nazis' Sitting In Kiev. southfront.org On February 25, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that he sees no prospects of any agreements with the "gang of…

Editor (2022-02-25). What Putin says are the causes & aims of Russia's military action. mronline.org Russia says it has no intentions of controlling Ukraine and its military operation is only to "demilitarize" and "de-Nazify" Ukraine in an action taken after 30 years of the U.S. pushing Russia too far, writes Joe Lauria.

sputniknews (2022-02-25). Nordic Athletes Withdraw From Russian Competitions in Protest Against Ukraine Operation. sputniknews.com The situation around Ukraine has worsened dramatically over the past several days, with Ukraine shelling the Donbass republics and prompting a mass evacuation of civilians. After an appeal by both the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics, Russia recognised them as independent entities and resorted to a special operation to "de-Nazify" Ukraine.

sputniknews (2022-02-25). Moscow Bans UK Aircraft From Using Russian Airspace in Retaliation for Aeroflot Sanctions. sputniknews.com Britain slapped sanctions on Russia on Thursday over Moscow's special operation to protect the people of Donbass and clear Ukraine of neo-Nazis. The restrictions target over 100 Russian individuals and Russian national air carrier, Aeroflot.

_____ (2022-02-25). Latin America Is Moving Towards Plurinationalism. popularresistance.org The Latin American and the Caribbean region is advancing towards breaking free from colonial mentality and recognizing nationalities of the Indigenous people and their cultural heritage. In recent years, various progressive leaders across the region have presented in their election campaigns proposals for a plurinational state to work towards eliminating perceptions of ethnic and cultural inferiority and a form of internalized racial oppression. | In practice this means the shift from the colonial one nation, one culture and one language state model to the plurinational state model, which recognizes different nat…

Peoples Dispatch (2022-02-25). Latin America is moving towards Plurinationalism, slowly but definitely. peoplesdispatch.org The Latin American and the Caribbean region is advancing towards breaking free from colonial mentality and recognizing nationalities of the Indigenous people and their cultural heritage. In recent years, various progressive leaders across the region have presented in their election campaigns proposals for a plurinational state to work towards eliminating perceptions of ethnic and cultural inferiority and a form of internalized racial oppression. | In practice this means the shift from the colonial one nation, one culture and one language state model to the plurinational state model, which recognizes different nat…

_____ (2022-02-25). The American Political Process Is Disconnected From Economic Reality. popularresistance.org The growing disconnect between the capitalist system and the economic realities plaguing the United States is now nearing completion. On the ground, the accumulated problems of U.S. capitalism undermine its empire and challenge its very future. Meanwhile, the ever-deepening inequalities of wealth and income conjure up images of ancient Egypt's pharaohs. Three economic crashes opening the new century (2000, 2008, and 2020) have shaken the system; so have the two wars America lost against very poor countries in the Middle East: Afghanistan and Iraq. The worst public health crisis in a century during the COVID-19 pa…

David Skripac (2022-02-25). Oh, Canada! Our Home and Native . . . Dictatorship! The WEF is "Trampling Our Freedoms" globalresearch.ca The Trudeau regime has become the most dangerous, lawless government in Canada's 155-year history as an independent nation. Over the past two years, it has displayed a wanton disregard for the rule of law and the legislative process.

_____ (2022-02-25). The US Military: Planet Earth's Greatest Enemy. popularresistance.org "The U.S. military is the largest institutional polluter in the world. There is no corporation or industry that compares to the damage and devastation done by the U.S. war machine," Abby Martin told Watchdog host Lowkey today. | Abby Martin is a California-based artist, journalist and filmmaker who is host of The Empire Files, a series that analyzes the world through the framing of the United States as a global empire. Her upcoming movie, "Earth's Greatest Enemy," exposes how the U.S. military and America's endless wars are a key driver in catastrophic climate change. | The film, cataloging the military's brazen…

Editor2 (2022-02-25). Canada's Fury at Russia's Recognition of the DPR & LPR Shows its Continuing Subservience to US Empire. orinocotribune.com By Bruce Katz — Feb 23, 2022 | The Crimea—a part of Russia from 1783 onward subsequent to the decline of Ottoman power—was

John W. Whitehead, Nisha Whitehead (2022-02-25). Perpetual Tyranny: Endless Wars Are the Enemy of Freedom. dissidentvoice.org Of all the enemies to public liberty war is, perhaps, the most to be dreaded because it comprises and develops the germ of every other. War is the parent of armies; from these proceed debts and taxes… known instruments for bringing the many under the domination of the few…. No nation could preserve its freedom …

WSWS (2022-02-25). Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa. wsws.org Greek healthcare workers in three national strikes in last two weeks over pay and job insecurity; Hungarian teachers protest following government's attack on right to strike after 20,000 joined two-hour warning strike; UK High Court attack on right to picket continues at London's Great Ormond Street Hospital strike by security staff; food workers' strike to defend jobs and pay continues at Clover, South Africa despite workers facing hardship and attacks from management thugs…

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2022-02-25: News Headlines

_____ (2022-02-24). Western Media Fall In Lockstep For Neo-Nazi Publicity Stunt In Ukraine. popularresistance.org When the corporate media push for war, one of their main weapons is propaganda by omission. | In the case of the recent crisis in Ukraine, Western journalists have omitted key context about the expansion of NATO since the end of the Cold War, as well as US support for the Maidan coup in 2014 (FAIR.org, 1/28/22). | A third and crucial case of propaganda by omission relates to the integration of neo-Nazis into the Ukrainian armed forces (FAIR.org, 3/7/14, 1/28/22). If the corporate media reported more critically about Western support for the neo-Nazi-infested Ukrainian security services, and how these forces functi…

Rick Sterling (2022-02-24). How the US instigated the Ukraine crisis. dissidentvoice.org Introduction Russia has sent troops into Ukraine and attacked Ukrainian military forces . In a one hour address, President Putin said the goal was the "de-Nazification" of Ukraine. It is now clear the Russian statements and proposed peace treaty in December 2021 were deadly serious. At that time the Russians said the US and NATO …

Michael Gillespie (2022-02-24). The US and NATO Cross a Line. dissidentvoice.org One major nuclear war catastrophically interrupts the progress of human civilization and ushers in God only knows how many decades of dystopian madness. Pray that NATO's march on Moscow doesn't make Napoleon look like a genius and Hitler a brilliant military strategist. Bonaparte's retreat during the winter of 1812? A walk in the park compared to …

Moderator (2022-02-24). Hedges: Chronicle of a War Foretold. scheerpost.com Svyatoslav, 6, plays with his tablet in a public basement used as a bomb shelter in Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, Feb. 24, 2022. Russia has launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, unleashing airstrikes on cities and military bases and sending troops and tanks from multiple directions in a move that could rewrite the world's geopolitical landscape. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti) |
| By Chris Hedges / Original to ScheerPost | I was in Eastern Europe in 1989, reporting on the revolutions that overthrew the ossified communist dictatorships that led to the collapse of the Soviet Union. It was a time of hope. NATO,…

It's Going Down (2022-02-24). Spencer Sunshine on the Continuing Intersections of the GOP and the Insurgent Far-Right. itsgoingdown.org photo: @VPS_Reports On this episode of the It's Going Down podcast, we caught up with long-time antifascist researcher, author, and activist Spencer Sunshine, to speak about new developments on the far-Right and how insurgent paramilitary and white nationalist groups are continuing to make common cause with the Republican party in a post-J6 world. Enemies of…

WSWS (2022-02-24). Spain: Far-right Vox poised to enter Castilla y León regional government. wsws.org Forty-four years after the so-called Transition from the fascist regime established by Franco in the Civil War, the far-right is preparing to take power in parts of Spain.

_____ (2022-02-24). What Putin Says Are The Causes And Aims Of Russia's Military Action. popularresistance.org Russian President Vladimir Putin said in a TV address Thursday morning that the goal of Russia's military operation was not to take control of Ukraine, but to "demilitarize" and "de-Nazify" the country. Moments after he spoke, explosions were heard in several Ukrainian cities. | The Russian Defense Ministry said these were "precision" attacks against Ukrainian military installations and that civilians were not being targeted. It said Ukraine's air force on the ground and its air defenses had been destroyed. | The Ukrainian government, which declared a state of emergency and broke off diplomatic relations with Rus…

sputniknews (2022-02-24). Russian MoD: Ukrainian Air Defences Are Neutralised. sputniknews.com Moscow launched the special operation in Ukraine earlier today, amid escalating attacks by Kiev's forces in Donbass. Russian President Vladimir Putin stressed that the goal of the operation is the demilitarisation and denazification of Ukraine.

Peoples Dispatch (2022-02-24). Dutch communists commemorate 81st anniversary of 1941 February Strike. peoplesdispatch.org Under the call of the Communist Party of Netherlands (CPN), the Dutch working class organized a heroic strike on February 25 and 26, 1941 against the persecution of Jews in the country under Nazi Germany occupation…

sputniknews (2022-02-24). MoD: No Threat to Civilians as Russia Conducts 'Precision Strikes' on Ukrainian Military Targets. sputniknews.com Earlier this week, Russia officially recognised the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics and urged Kiev to stop attacks on Donbass. As shellings by Ukrainian forces escalated in the region, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a special military operation aimed at the demilitarisation and denazification of Ukraine.

sputniknews (2022-02-24). Kremlin: Russia Launched Operation With Aim of Clearing Ukraine of Nazis. sputniknews.com A Russian special operation in Ukraine was announced by President Vladimir Putin earlier on Thursday, when he said in a televised address that the operation aims to demilitarise and denazify the country.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-02-24). Russia Launches a Military Offensive in Donbass. libya360.wordpress.com "To this end, we will seek to demilitarise and denazify Ukraine, as well as bring to trial those who perpetrated numerous bloody crimes against civilians, including against citizens of the Russian Federation". Dear citizens of Russia, friends, I consider it necessary today to speak again about the tragic events in Donbass and the key aspects…

_____ (2022-02-24). Olympic Hanbok Scandal, or Two Types of Nationalism. journal-neo.org In his previous material about the tricky relations between China and South Korea this author already mentioned how a demonstration of the traditional Korean clothes was viewed in South Korea. However, this is worth telling in greater detail as this story illustrates the conceptual difference between the two countries' national policies. So, South Koreans took offence …

In Defense of Liberation! (2022-02-24). Sovereignty and Self-Determination in the Age of Capitalism-Imperialism. anchor.fm In this episode I talk about how the Ukrainian intensification has continued, the recent passing of a new abortion bill in Columbia, as well as an abortion bill that is hopefully going to be passed here in the US, HR 3755 "Women's Health Protection Act", and its comparison also to other legislation being passed in Texas against our Trans comrades, children and loved ones. Plus much more!

Editor (2022-02-24). Engaging Federici on Marx, Capitalism, and Social Reproduction. mronline.org The discussion of Marx is embedded in Federici's signature critique of the social reproduction of labor power in capitalist societies.

WSWS (2022-02-24). Judge upholds strike injunction at BNSF: US capitalism disciplines the working class while preparing for war. wsws.org Faced with a resurgence of the class struggle, the capitalist ruling class is reviving all the anti-democratic methods that it used to crush workers' resistance in previous generations.

WSWS (2022-02-24). Strikers at the University of Manchester speak on working conditions. wsws.org World Socialist Web Site reporters spoke to striking lecturers on picket lines on Tuesday, just before brutal pension cuts were forced through by employers at a meeting of the Universities Superannuation Scheme's Joint Negotiating Committee.

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2022-02-24: News Headlines

Bhabani Shankar Nayak (2022-02-23). NATO's Ukraine Playbook Resonates Traditional Imperialism. countercurrents.org Amidst of all its failures, the troika of capitalism, reactionary nationalism and imperialism move together to continue its false relevance with the help of its traditional weapons of war and regional conflicts. It is a response to divert the radical agendas of rising movements against social and political movements against capitalism and imperialism. It is within this context; one needs

Benjamin Norton (2022-02-23). NATO's Atlantic Council promoted Ukraine's neo-Nazi Azov Battalion in 2014. multipolarista.com NATO's think tank the Atlantic Council, funded by the US and European governments, promoted Ukraine's neo-Nazi Azov Battalion in 2014, depicting its far-right extremist fighters as anti-Russia heroes while whitewashing their fascist ideology.

WSWS (2022-02-23). Democratic mayor, police launch coverup of fascist mass shooting in Portland. wsws.org It took 18 hours after a left-wing journalist identified the killer as Benjamin Smith for the Portland police to confirm his identity.

Satya Mohapatra (2022-02-23). Neo-Nazis attempt to disrupt 'Red Books Day' reading at library in Rhode Island, community fights back. peoplesdispatch.org A group of about two dozen neo-Nazis attempted to violently disrupt a reading circle at Red Ink Community Library on February 21 in the Mount Hope neighborhood of Providence, Rhode Island. The community space was holding a small public gathering to celebrate "Red Books Day," which is recognized around the world to celebrate the anniversary of the publication of the Communist Manifesto. | The Red Ink Library is in a working class area of Providence. Community members submitted French, German, Russian, Ukrainian, Turkish, Georgian, Spanish, Hindi, Punjabi, and Odia recordings of sections of the Manifesto to share w…

Eric A. Gordon (2022-02-23). 'Power of Sail': Fighting Nazis in the Ivy League (or inviting them in). peoplesworld.org LOS ANGELES — The West Coast premiere of Paul Grellong's intriguing academic thriller has landed at the Geffen Playhouse. This is one boat serious theatergoers will not want to miss! Power of Sail had its maiden voyage at the Warehouse Theatre in Greenville, S.C., in 2019. Then came the strong headwinds bringing in the pirate …

In Defense of Liberation! (2022-02-23). Morning Commute: 2-23-2022 #NoWarWithRussia Let's build a movement! anchor.fm In this episode I discuss a little bit more of the situation going on in Ukraine especially since the last few days. I also use this to discuss the need for people across the world to come together in the fight against the reactionary and repressive governments, ruling class, and their propaganda across the world. Militarization will not solve the issues that capitalism and imperialism have created, only Proletarian revolution and the dictatorship of the working and exploited classes over the former oppressing and exploiting class. This is it, this is our only way out. Let me know what you think of the show!

Editor (2022-02-23). The capitalist imperative driving cruel and bipartisan U.S. migration policies. mronline.org Capitalism's need for labor is the determining factor in immigration policy. Its contradictions create a system that is consistently inhumane.

JANET (2022-02-23). Dred Scott to Daunte Wright: same repression, same fight. iacenter.org By Monica Moorehead February 22, 2022 "There was police brutality, and there was atrocity, and the press was just as atrocious as the police. Because they helped the police cover it up by propagating a false image across the country." These words weren't spoken today but almost 60 years ago by Malcolm X. The great Black Nationalist leader was assassinated on Feb. 21, 1965, an act orchestrated by the U.S. government. Malcolm X connected the right to self-defense to the revolutionary liberation of Black people from the yoke of capitalism and imperialism. One can still apply the wisdom of Malcolm X to today's develo…

William Astore (2022-02-23). America's disastrous 60-year war. indybay.org Speaking of George Orwell, America's 60-year war, which was a losing proposition for many, turned out to be a clear winner for a few, and that was no accident. In his book , Nineteen Eighty-Four, Orwell wrote about permanent war as a calculated way to consume the products of modern capitalism without creating a higher standard of living for workers.

Suds, Snacks, Socialism Forum Committee (2022-02-23). Saturday 3/5: How Socialist Women Would Run California. indybay.org

Shriya Singh (2022-02-23). Pakistani students continue struggle against student union ban and score a major victory in Sindh province. peoplesdispatch.org After nearly 38 years since the military dictatorship of Zia ul Haq imposed a blanket ban on student unions in Pakistan, Sindh will become the first province to lift the ban if governor Imran Ismail gives his assent to the Sindh Student Unions Bill 2019…

John Whitehead (2022-02-23). Perpetual Tyranny: Endless Wars Are the Enemy of Freedom. mintpressnews.com Two years after COVID-19 shifted the world into a state of global authoritarianism, just as the people's tolerance for heavy-handed mandates seems to have finally worn thin, we are being prepped for the next distraction and the next drain on our economy.

Martin Rizzo-Martinez & Daniel Stonebloom (2022-02-23). Challenging Colonialism Ep. 3 p.III. indybay.org In part 3 of a four-part episode, we continue to examine the negative environmental and cultural impact of dams, and the Indigenous-led movement to remove them. These dams, deemed as Weapons of Mass Destruction by Chief Caleen Sisk, have devastated Salmon populations and the communities whose histories have been in relationship with Salmon since time immemorial. Part III gives context to the larger water system–and its boosters, defenders, and profiteers.

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2022-02-23: News Headlines

Suds, Snacks, Socialism Forum Committee (2022-02-23). Saturday 3/5: How Socialist Women Would Run California. indybay.org

David Swanson (2022-02-22). Talk World Radio: Stephen Zunes on the Occupation of Western Sahara. warisacrime.org AUDIO: Talk World Radio is recorded as audio and video on Riverside.fm. Here is this week's video and all the videos on Youtube. VIDEO: This week on Talk World Radio, we're talking about Western Sahara and a book — now out in an updated second edition — called Western Sahara: War, Nationalism, and Conflict Irresolution …

This Week in Fascism (2022-02-22). This Week in Fascism #127: Far-Right Gunman Attacks Portland Protest; Solidarity Roundup with June Knightly and PDX. itsgoingdown.org We got a massive column this week for you. First a report on the recent deadly shooting in Portland that targeted a Black Lives Matter demonstration and how people are showing solidarity with our comrades in PDX; a slew of news stories, and as always: doxxes, action, analysis, and updates. Let's dive right in! Action…

WSWS (2022-02-22). Donald Trump's social media app launches on iOS. wsws.org A social media platform called Truth Social was launched on Sunday by Donald Trump's media corporation as part of his campaign to consolidate a fascist movement.

Satya Mohapatra (2022-02-22). Neo-Nazis attempt to disrupt 'Red Books Day' reading at library in Providence, community fights back. liberationnews.org Neighbors came to the aid of a reading circle at Red Ink Community Library in Providence, Rhode Island, after a mob of neo-Nazis attempted to disrupt the event, leaving one person with a bloody lip. The event continued despite the attack.

Brittani Banks (2022-02-22). The American Political Process Is Disconnected From Economic Reality. independentmediainstitute.org The growing disconnect between the capitalist system and the economic realities plaguing the United States is now nearing completion. On the ground, the accumulated problems of U.S. capitalism undermine its empire and challenge its very future. Meanwhile, the ever-deepening inequalities of wealth and income conjure up images of ancient Egypt's pharaohs. Three economic crashes opening …

Newsclick (2022-02-22). Resource limits to US capitalism & the predator state today. peoplesdispatch.org James K. Galbraith discusses the shift of US capitalism from an industrial state to what he calls a predator state: a finance-led, military-centered corporate republic that continues to prevail…

WSWS (2022-02-22). IYSSE wins support at Australian university orientations from students opposed to war, "herd immunity" policies. wsws.org One first year student in the working-class city of Newcastle said: "Capitalism has some very obvious flaws, the 1 percent getting richer at the expense of everyone else. You end up looking for an alternative, and socialism is very enticing."

WSWS (2022-02-22). Democratic Socialists of America confront left-wing opposition to Biden by shifting further to the right. wsws.org Far from pressuring the Democrats to move to the left, leading DSA figures are preparing to move their organization even further to the right.

teleSUR (2022-02-22). Mali's Interim Government Could Stay in Power For Up To 5 Years. telesurenglish.net On Monday, Mali's National Transitional Council (NTC), which is the Legislative branch established by the dictatorship that took power in August 2020, defined that the organization of elections for the return to democracy could take up to five years instead of 18 months. | RELATED: | "The transition's duration is a frequent subject of discussions and negotiations. To approve the new period, we took into account the aspiration…

Staff (2022-02-22). Headlines for February 22, 2022. democracynow.org Putin Orders Russian "Peacekeepers" into Ukraine Separatist Regions, U.N. Rebukes Russia over Violations of Ukraine's Territorial Integrity, Florida Senate Advances Bill to Ban Nearly All Abortions After 15 Weeks, Colombia Legalizes Abortion During First 24 Weeks of Pregnancy, Dominican Republic Begins Construction of High-Tech Border Wall with Haiti, Dr. Paul Farmer, Who Brought Free, Quality Healthcare to World's Poorest, Dies at 62, Mali's Military Rulers Cement Hold on Power, Leak Reveals Credit Suisse Ties to Dictators, Torturers and Organized Crime, Wildfires Burn Nearly 2 Mill…

KWORINOCO (2022-02-22). Latinus and MCCI Smear Campaign Against AMLO—Part of the Soft Coup. orinocotribune.com By Nancy Flores and Érika Ramírez — Feb 22, 2022 | The smear campaign recently launched against López Obrador by Latinus—a media outlet financed by Roberto Madrazo's family, pharmaceutical companies, and actors close to Claudio X González—and MCCI [Mexicans Against Corruption and Impunity] should be understood as an element of the larger soft-coup strategy promoted by politicians and business persons from the opposition. For Dr. Patricia Pozos Rivera, it is very likely that, as the 2024 elections draw nearer, the media will intensify its attacks against the president. | Financed by business inter…

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Staff (2022-02-22). Talk World Radio: Stephen Zunes on the Occupation of Western Sahara. davidswanson.org AUDIO: Talk World Radio is recorded as audio and video on Riverside.fm. Here is this week's video and all the videos on Youtube. VIDEO: This week on Talk World Radio, we're talking about Western Sahara and a book — now out in an updated second edition — called Western Sahara: War, Nationalism, and Conflict Irresolution …

_____ (2022-02-21). Ukraine Crisis Will Spurn Wave of Authoritarianism Around the World. strategic-culture.org Middle East countries, certainly in the GCC region, are benefitting from the Ukraine standoff as the heat is taken off them, Martin Jay writes. | Boris Johnson's words themselves may be prolific. He said at a conference on 19th of February in Munich that a Ukraine invasion would "echo" around the world while asking for Europe to take a united stand against Russia. In fact, the Ukraine crisis, without even one Russian soldier entering Eastern Ukraine, is having quite an impact already simply due to the media bandwidth it has taken, depriving other big stories the oxygen they deserve — particularly affecting…

Benjamin Norton (2022-02-21). Western media helps Ukrainian neo-Nazis spread staged propaganda. multipolarista.com Ukraine's neo-Nazi Azov Battalion organized a photo op training Ukrainian elderly women and children to shoot guns. Top US and British media outlets eagerly spread the fascist propaganda to demonize Russia.

C.J. Hopkins (2022-02-21). The Naked Face of New Normal Fascism. dissidentvoice.org I told you this part wasn't going to be pretty. The collapse of fascist ideological movements and fanatical death cults never is. The New Normal is proving to be no exception. After three weeks of non-violent civil disobedience outside the Canadian parliament in Ottawa by truckers and other Canadian citizens struggling to uphold their right …

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-02-21). Canada Has Fallen: The Naked Face of New Normal Fascism. libya360.wordpress.com C.J. Hopkins I told you this part wasn't going to be pretty. The collapse of fascist ideological movements and fanatical death cults never is. The New Normal is proving to be no exception. After three weeks of non-violent civil disobedience outside the Canadian parliament in Ottawa by truckers and other Canadian citizens struggling to uphold…

Editor (2022-02-21). Where did the Dependency Approach go? mronline.org Capitalism, it seems, had been deemed too messy a concept to provide much use to researchers in explaining phenomena.

William W. Sales, Jr. (2022-02-21). Malcolm's Growing Socialist, Anti-imperialist, Anti-Zionist and Pan-African Outlook Made Him Target of the "Deep State"—Like So Many Others Under COINTELPRO. covertactionmagazine.com Former Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance has now cleared Muhammad Aziz and Khalil Islam who were wrongfully convicted of Malcolm's …

Fight Back (2022-02-21). What is Marxism-Leninism? Introducing a new series on The Science of Revolution. fightbacknews.org This is the beginning of a new series on Marxist-Leninist theory. Fight Back! News is publishing this series of short articles in the interest of furthering the critical task of fusing Marxism with the workers' movement. Marx stressed that the purpose of theory is to understand the world so as to change the world, and this series hopes to help give activists in the people's struggles a better grasp of these theoretical tools. But let's begin with an overview: when we say we are Marxist-Leninists, what does that mean? What is Marxism-Leninism, and why is it important? | In the essay Three Sources and Three Compone…

_____ (2022-02-21). US Turns On Honduran Narco-Dictator Juan Orlando Hernández. popularresistance.org The US government has turned on the right-wing former dictator of Honduras, Juan Orlando Hernández, after it spent years supporting him. | Hernández is the latest in a series of brutal authoritarians who were key US allies until they outlived their usefulness, from Iraq's Saddam Hussein to the Dominican Republic's Rafael Trujillo to Panama's Manuel Noriega. | This February, the United States requested the extradition of Honduran ex-president Juan Orlando Hernández on charges of trafficking cocaine and guns. Local authorities arrested him on February 15. | Hernández, who is popularly known by his initials JOH, ser…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-02-21). The Fall of Canada, the Danger in the US. libya360.wordpress.com Dr Naomi Wolf The world has watched, in pain, as images of police violence from Ottawa, and of a bid for Canadian tyranny (that I would ever write those words!) are flashed around the world. As usual, I hate to be Cassandra; but the chessboard ahead is all too clear. On Feb 12, 2022, I…

teleSUR (2022-02-21). 500 000 Vaccines Donated to Palestine by China, Egypt. telesurenglish.net According to Khaled Abdel-Ghaffar, Egypt's acting health minister and Minister of Higher Education, the vaccines are of local production through a partnership between Egypt's Holding Company for Biological Products and Vaccines (VACSERA) and Chinese biopharmaceutical company Sinovac. | RELATED: | Ghaffar noted the valuable work that Egypt has carried out to produce more than 30 million doses of the vaccine up unti…

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Staff (2022-02-20). La imagen del día: Fuerza policial a caballo arremete contra manifestantes en Canadá. cubadebate.cu El presentador Benny Johnson compartió la fotografía con el siguiente texto en Twitter: "Esta es la imagen definitoria: un líder occidental ordenó a las autoridades aplastar el cráneo de una abuela. No hay dos lados aquí. O estás con fascistas o estás en contra. Pregúntele a su representante por qué no se han pronunciado y condenado esto. Ahora es el momento de elegir".

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Chris Hedges (2022-02-19). Hedges: Democrats, the More Effective Evil. orinocotribune.com By Chris Hedges — Feb 14, 2022 | The US is a de facto one-party state where the ideology of national security is sacrosanct, unsustainable debt props up the empire and the primary business is war. | When all else fails, when you are clueless about how to halt a 7.5% inflation rate, when your Build Back Better bill is gutted, when you renege on your promise to raise the minimum wage or forgive student debt, when you can't halt the Republican suppression of voting rights, when you have no idea how to handle the pandemic which has claimed 900,000 lives — 16% of the world's total deaths although we are les…

In Defense of Liberation! (2022-02-19). Morning Commute: 2-19-2022 #NoWarWithRussia #NoWarWithChina. anchor.fm In this episode I discuss the ongoing Geo political situation between the US, United Nations, European Union, NATO, Russia, China, and other nations across the world. I discuss the historical development of and my definition of imperialism as well as its connection to capitalism and its natural development from capitalism. We have to illuminate the ruling class structure and oppressive organizations which hold the working and exploited people down. We need power in the hands of the oppressed masses, long live the revolution!

Danny Haiphong (2022-02-19). Eileen Gu controversy exposes the importance of racial loyalty to the American Empire. mronline.org Corporate media used the 2022 Beijing winter Olympics to create endless anti-China screeds. An athlete was even condemned for choosing to affirm her Chinese heritage. White supremacy drives foreign policy decisions and American thinking.

Abdul Rahman (2022-02-19). European Union prefers corporate profits over the health of people across the world. peoplesdispatch.org By showing reluctance on the patent waiver on COVID-19-related products even after the majority of its population is vaccinated, the EU leadership has once again taken the side of Big Pharma and perpetuated vaccine apartheid…

_____ (2022-02-19). Lessons From January 6th: An Inside Job. popularresistance.org Over a year after the harum-scarum storming of the U.S. Capitol, there is ample evidence that it was an inside job. Not only was the security detail intentionally minimized to the extreme, but decisions were made at the highest levels of the chain of command to allow a right-wing mob to rampage through the building. At the forefront of this antidemocratic horde, as we shall see, there were fascist or semi-fascist organizations whose leadership has multiple direct ties to the military and intelligence agencies. All of this raises fundamental questions regarding the true nature of the U.S. government and its relati…

WSWS (2022-02-19). COVID-19 disaster intensifies across the Pacific. wsws.org COVID-19 numbers are escalating as Pacific island governments adopt the "living with the virus" policies put forward by capitalist elites globally.

Richard Horton (2022-02-19). [Comment] Offline: A lie at the heart of public health. thelancet.com The John Snow Society describes their illustrious namesake as "the pioneer of epidemiological method". His identification of the source of cholera in Soho, London, and the removal of the handle of a water pump in Broad Street in 1854 is celebrated annually with the Pumphandle Lecture. The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine named a lecture theatre after Snow. Indeed, the epidemiology community has deified Snow as a founding father of public health. But, as Jim Downs argues in his searching reappraisal of the origins of epidemiology, Maladies of Empire, western epidemiologists have invented a comforting…

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2022-02-19: News Headlines

_____ (2022-02-18). America's Dirty Habit… Another Historic Intelligence Operation to Incite Aggression and War. strategic-culture.org Western media are complicit in selling war propaganda by distorting the danger and falsely attributing the aggression to Russia. | Well, there it is for the whole to see. Great expectations and theatrical predictions that Russia would invade Ukraine this week failed spectacularly to materialize. | But the situation is far from funny nor far from the danger of war being yet incited. That's largely because the United States, from its president and his top officials to an army of ghoulish media pundits, are crying wolf even more hysterically. | The combustible conflict in Ukraine between a U.S.-backed Neofascist re…

Rick Rozoff (2022-02-18). Canadian dictatorship announces Biden to speak with NATO, EU leaders on Ukraine. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Interfax-UkraineFebruary 18, 2022 US President organizes meeting of EU and NATO leaders on Ukraine — Canadian PM's Office U.S. President Joe Biden is organizing a meeting with the heads of EU and NATO countries to discuss the situation around Ukraine, the Office of the Prime Minister of Canada reports. "The Prime Minister will participate in …

WSWS (2022-02-18). Video: SGP chairman condemns NATO's war preparations against Russia. wsws.org In this video Christoph Vandreier, the chairman of the Sozialistische Gleichheitspartei (SGP—Socialist Equality Party), condemns NATO's preparations for war against Russia and explains the need for an international anti-war movement.

Tomasz Kitli≈Ñski, Angus Reid (2022-02-18). In U.S.' NATO ally Poland, fascism looms. peoplesworld.org The movers and shakers of right-wing populism rule present-day Poland. They have hijacked Polish democracy and are systematically destroying it. In its place is an authoritarian regime that has no qualms about adopting the rhetoric of intolerance and quasi-fascism. In the space of a single generation, the Polish "experiment with democracy" has delivered an anti-democratic …

Austin Reynolds (2022-02-18). Alaskans call for expulsion of fascist State Rep. David Eastman. liberationnews.org Eastman represents District 10 outside of Anchorage and has openly displayed admiration for Adolf Hitler and is a lifetime member of the Oath Keepers organization.

Global Research News (2022-02-18). Selected Articles: Justin Trudeau Accuses Jewish Member of Parliament for Supporting Nazis. globalresearch.ca By Instead of answering questions, he resorted to accusing Melissa Lantsman, a Jewish Member of Parliament and a d…

_____ (2022-02-18). Why We Need A Mau Mau In Amerikkka. popularresistance.org There is nothing left to do in the US but to organize and mobilize the masses. The US is a country made up of conservatives who are openly racist and imperialist, and liberals who are incoherent and inconsistent; only "inclusive" when it comes to upholding white supremacy and imperialism. They both give false hope to us, the colonized masses, lie after lie, broken promise after broken promise. We have come to see that the US has always resembled genocide, war, imperialism, capitalism, white supremacy, and so many other cancers that we as the colonized masses are infected with. To be cured, to be free, we must rid…

Bruce Lerro (2022-02-18). The Mythology, Ritual, and Art of Romantic Socialism. dissidentvoice.org Introduction For the most part socialists and members of organized religion seem to be opposites. After all, didn't Marx say religion was the opium of the people, the heart of a heartless world? But has it always been this way? Socialists in the 19th century had very different ideas about the importance of mythology, ritual, …

_____ (2022-02-18). Long Before US Extradition Request, Hondurans Cried, 'Get Out JOH!'. popularresistance.org On Tuesday, Honduran national police arrested JOH from his residence in the capital Tegucigalpa. It came a day after the US government requested JOH's extradition by the Honduran Supreme Court of Justice for allegedly conspiring to traffic drugs in the US. On Tuesday morning, Supreme Court judge Edwin Ortez formally accepted the extradition request and issued an arrest warrant for Hernández. Hours later, Hernández was handcuffed by officials and moved to a high-security detention center.

Staff (2022-02-18). Zuckerberg's Facebook empire collapsing. rt.com Meta has lost nearly half its value in the last six months | Once the world's sixth largest firm with a valuation of over $1 trillion, Facebook's parent company Meta finished Thursday's trading with a value of $565 billion. According to data compiled by Bloomberg, the social media giant has tumbled out of the world's 10 largest companies by market value, hammered by its worst monthly stock decline ever. | The stock rout has placed Mark Zuckerberg's company in 11th place behind Chinese Tencent Holdings. Chip giant Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) holds the ninth spot. The list of the world's mo…

WSWS (2022-02-18). Australia: Svitzer steps up pressure on workers to accept cuts to wages and conditions. wsws.org Determined to drive through a regressive new deal, Australia's largest tugboat operator is threatening to terminate the existing enterprise agreement covering workers.

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