Daily Archives: February 13, 2022

2022-02-13: News Headlines

William Briggs (2022-02-13). The United States, war on two fronts and loss of empire. greenleft.org.au The propaganda war against China and Russia got a whole lot worse in the past week. The very real danger of war either in our region, or in Europe, was made abundantly clear, argues William Briggs.

NAT (2022-02-13). Barrett Brown on Greenwald and the Intelligence Oligarchy. indybay.org Barrett's live Twitter statements about Glenn Greenwald and his connections to his work exposing the capture of the public media environment by state and private intelligence and defence industries, as well as fascist social movements.

ecns.cn (2022-02-13). Hungary's gov't says no to extra NATO troops. ecns.cn The government of Hungary will not accept further North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) troops on the country's soil as part of maneuvers related to the Ukraine crisis, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade said here on Friday.

Labor Video Project (2022-02-13). Fascism, Imperialism & Labor With Vermont AFL-CIO David Van Deusen. indybay.org WorkWeek interviews Vermont AFL-CIO president about the rise of fascism, imperialism and the role of labor.

Some Sacramento Antifascists (2022-02-13). REPORTBACK SACRAMENTO: Alleged "Peckerwoods" Attacked During "White Lives Matter" Banner E. indybay.org REPORTBACK SACRAMENTO: Alleged "Peckerwoods" Attacked During "White Lives Matter" Banner Event Over South Sac Neighborhood…

Robert Kurz (2022-02-13). Interview on The Black Book of Capitalism. indybay.org The book is: 1) a history of the three great industrial revolutions (introduction of the manufacturing system with the steam engine at the beginning of the 19th century, Fordist "self-mobilization" with the assembly line and the rationalization of the corporate economy during the first half of the 20th century, and the microelectronic revolution.

Rabbi Hillel Handler (2022-02-13). Stop the Covid Holocaust! Open Letter. globalresearch.ca

chedder news (2022-02-13). How Wyoming Became a Tax Haven. indybay.org Allison Tate, law professor at the University of Richmond, is interviewed. The risk is that money is taken out of the tax base. This is documented in the Pandora Papers.

Danny Haiphong (2022-02-12). Eileen Gu Controversy Exposes the Importance of Racial Loyalty to the American Empire. orinocotribune.com By Danny Haiphong — Feb 9, 2022 | The young skier has become the target of a racist backlash that oozes from every orifice of the US's New Cold War. | Eileen Gu is a world class skier who has already won her first gold medal in the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics at the age of 18. Gu was raised in San Francisco by a mixed-race family. Her mom, who she posts about often

WSWS (2022-02-12). Department of Homeland Security leaks security bulletin warning of far-right "trucker" protest culminating in occupation of Washington D.C. wsws.org Promoted by Fox and far-right politicians, the goal of the nascent trucker convoy is to rally fascists and militia members to abolish the few remaining COVID mitigation measures and occupy Washington D.C. sometime in March.

Editor2 (2022-02-12). 'Freedom Convoy': A Dangerous Movement for the Working Class, but Useful for the Ruling Class. orinocotribune.com By Communist Party of Canada — Feb 4, 2022 | The Communist Party of Canada views the "Freedom Convoy" as a public expression of the increasingly organized and assertive far right. The clear links between the organizers of the convoy and far-right networks indicate that this is not a spontaneous working-class demonstration. On the contrary, it is part of a global phenomenon: the rise and mainstreaming of the far right, which is demonstrated by the strong support (ideologically and financially) from the US far right and circles close to Donald Trump and the Jan. 6thinsurrection. The convoy is filled with Nazi…

Editor (2022-02-12). °La solución a la desigualdad global es el socialismo! workers.org En todo el mundo, miles de millones de personas están sufriendo pérdidas increíbles como consecuencia de la incapacidad y la negativa del capitalismo a abordar seriamente la pandemia del COVID-19. Millones han perdido la vida o a sus seres queridos. Las familias se han quedado sin casa. Los trabajadores se . . . |

_____ (2022-02-12). Working Class In The UK Gears Up To Protest The Cost Of Living Crisis. popularresistance.org Broad sectors of the working class in the UK will take to the streets in cities across the country on February 12 against the rise in the cost of living. The protests are organized under the banner of the People's Assembly Against Austerity and have been endorsed by organizations such as the Communist Party of Britain (CPB), Young Communist League (YCL), Unite Trade Union, Socialist Appeal, Revolutionary Socialism in the 21st Century, Disabled People Against Cuts (DPAC), Fuel Poverty Action, and others. Around 30 cities are expected to mobilize on this day of action.

Betsey Stone (2022-02-12). Socialist Workers Party campaign offers working-class road forward. themilitant.com OAKLAND, Calif. — More than 300 people, way over the 65 required, have signed the petition to put Eleanor García, Socialist Workers Party candidate for U.S. Senate, on the California ballot. In addition, over $5,000 has been raised to pay the filing fee. | Over the weekend of Feb. 5-6, campaigners fanned out to cities in the Bay Area and southern California, knocking on doors and setting up tables at supermarkets, introducing the party's program and the Militant. Supporters of the campaign from Seattle, Los Angeles, and Albuquerque, New Mexico, traveled here to participate. | "I like what you are doing," Jo…

Fight Back (2022-02-12). Celebrate International Women's Day, Resist Attacks on Reproductive Freedom. fightbacknews.org Across the world, March 8th honors the contributions of women to the people's struggle. This year, Freedom Road Socialist Organization will hold events to celebrate International Women's Day (IWD). | | IWD was founded to honor the sacrifices of heroes named and unnamed. Some capitalists have tried to sanitize and co-opt International Women's Day. The origins of this day are clearly anti-capitalist. Our celebrations will carry forward that spirit. | | Long History, Global Reach | | International Women's Day originates in the struggle of working women in New York City. In 1908 there was a determined battle…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-02-12). From U.S. to Honduras: Socialism is Vital to Black Liberation. libya360.wordpress.com John Parker On Jan. 27, I was fortunate to be one of a handful of delegates from the U.S. to attend the historic inauguration of President Xiomara Castro in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. Representing the Socialist Unity Party, I was part of an international delegation invited by President Castro and her Libre Party, founded by the National…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-02-12). Covid-19 and Democracy — Nicaragua v Canada. libya360.wordpress.com Stephen Sefton Nicaragua 2018 — police officer Gabriel de Jesús Vado Ruiz, tortured, murdered and set on fire by opposition thugs in Masaya in 2018 (Photo from opposition social media video) From 2018 onwards, Canada's government has denounced Nicaragua in international forums as a repressive dictatorship and followed the US authorities in imposing illegal unilateral…

Staff (2022-02-12). Chelsea win first Club World Cup title. rt.com Roman Abramovich's men beat Palmeiras 2-1 in Abu Dhabi thanks to a Kai Havertz winner in extra time | Chelsea completed their trophy cabinet under Roman Abramovich's ownership by beating Palmeiras in extra time in the Club World Cup final on Saturday. | Following a cagey first half in Abu Dhabi, Romelu Lukaku broke the deadlock on 55 minutes with a header from a Callum Hudson-Odoi cross. | Nine minutes later, however, the Brazilians won a penalty when Thiago Silva handled a cross while going up for the ball, and Raphael Veiga converted the resulting spot kick. | As neither side could find a winner in the secon…

WSWS (2022-02-12). Bryan Wizemann's You Mean Everything to Me: Confusing love with ownership. wsws.org Certain things ring true: the impoverished social and cultural surroundings, the straitened circumstances of a generation at loose ends, the physical and psychic coldness that New York's streets can present to the destitute or near-destitute.

Peter Koenig (2022-02-12). Video: Digital Tyranny and the Rockefeller-Gates WHO "Vaxx-Certificate Passport": Towards a World War III Scenario. globalresearch.ca It's an electronic ID-program using the Covid-19 "vaccine as a platform for digital identity, linking everything to everything of each individual (records of health, banking, personal and private, etc.), managed by a state agency or in extremis, by the private sector.

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