(2022-04-23). Tuesday 4/26: The War in Ukraine: NO U.S./NATO WAR WITH RUSSIA! NO WORLD WAR 3! indybay.org Revolution Books, 2444 Durant Ave. Berkeley CA 94704…
(2022-04-23). Russia Cancels Assault on Mariupol Azovstal Steel Plant. orinocotribune.com Russian troops have taken control of the entire city of Mariupol, except for the Azovstal plant, and have been planning a final attack after making countless calls to the Neo-nazi Azov Battalion for their surrender. | Russian President Vladimir Putin, on Thursday, April 21, called off an operation to storm the Azovstal steel plant in the city of Mariupol, where more than 2,000 Ukrainian militants remain holed up, according to the Russian military. | In a meeting with Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu, the head of state demanded that the plant be locked down so that "not even a fly can get in or out," while another o…
(2022-04-23). The Socialist Equality Party candidates for the May 21 election. wsws.org The SEP candidates will be listed as groups, but without the party's name, on the top line of the Senate ballot papers in three states: New South Wales, Victoria and Queensland.
(2022-04-23). Socialist Equality Party announces candidates for Australian election. wsws.org The SEP's fight for ballot access, and the enthusiastic and determined response we won from working-class and young people, further exposes the anti-democratic efforts of the entire corporate-backed parliamentary elite to stifle dissent.
(2022-04-23). Sri Lankan SEP/IYSSE holds powerful demonstration advocating a socialist program for the anti-government protests. wsws.org Over 150 workers, students and youth as well as members of the SEP/IYSSE and workers' action committees held a rally outside the Fort railway station in Colombo.
(2022-04-23). The US Empire Strikes Back: Russi Takes the Hits, China Lives in Fear. indybay.org The US Empire Strikes Back: Russia Takes the Hits, China Lives in Fear | Russia and China are no match for the United States' Instruments of National Power. The Pale Blue Dot's existence is at risk if nuclear weapons are employed by either one or both sides.
(2022-04-23). China-U.S. economic, trade relations win-win in nature: Chinese ambassador to U.S. ecns.cn The 2022 China-U.S. High-level Agricultural Dialogue was jointly sponsored by the Chinese Embassy in the United States, the U.S. Heartland China Association and the China Agricultural Association for International Exchange, and attended by more than 500 agricultural officials and agricultural association and enterprise leaders from China and the United States in person or online. ‚ñ…
(2022-04-23). China to step up export tax rebates to support foreign trade. ecns.cn China will further leverage export tax rebates to provide stronger support for foreign trade enterprises, according to a circular jointly released by the State Taxation Administration and other government organs.
(2022-04-23). Speaker of Hungarian Parliament addresses in Budapest. xinhuanet.com Laszlo Kover (1st L), Speaker of the Hungarian Parliament, speaks at a conference of the parliament speakers of the Western Balkans in Budapest, Hungary on Oct. 27, 2017.
(2022-04-23). Sunday 5/1: Bay Area Labor May Day Parade & Rally. indybay.org Parade will begin at Market Street and the Embarcadero in San Francisco and will march up to the Civic Center, where the rally will be held.
(2022-04-22). Ukraine: A New Consensus on Whiteness? libya360.wordpress.com Ajamu Baraka A march of the Azov Battalian, Svoboda, and other far-right radical groups in Kiev, October 14, 2017. (Photo: Reuters / Gleb Garanich) The Biden administration and corporate media cover up the existence of white supremacists and neo-Nazis in Ukraine. They are disappeared from the official narrative in order to get public buy-in…
(2022-04-22). Witness To A Social Crime: The Reality Of US Immigrant Child Detention. popularresistance.org In the corporate media, political establishment and middle class "left," the sound of sanctimonious appeals to America's responsibility to defend democracy in Ukraine has grown deafening. Without a shred of critical thought, the Mighty Wurlitzer of war propaganda gets spinning. We are told that a Ukrainian government riddled with neo-Nazis is a beacon of democratic hope, that American bombs are being sent to save lives, that American sanctions which choke the world's food supplies and throw hundreds of millions into the path of starvation are necessary humanitarian measures. | The biggest lie of all is that the U…
(2022-04-22). Coup-threatened Georgia: ruling party exposes "NGO clan" antibellum679354512.wordpress.com On the role of "NGOs' in fomenting coups in Georgia, and the wars that inevitably follow them, see item below the news report. The United National Movement is the party founded by Mikheil Saakashvili, who returned from Ukraine late last year, where he held a major post in the government of Volodymyr Zelensky, to launch …
(2022-04-22). Synthetic Left Joins Corporate Right in Getting Ukraine War Wrong. covertactionmagazine.com Since the Russian military operation to de-Nazify and de-militarize Ukraine began in late February, there is a common misperception that …
(2022-04-22). The Persian Gulf is Now Taking an Independent Geopolitical Stance. journal-neo.org 
In the new reality, by its blunt intervention in Russia's special operation in Ukraine expressed not only in political support, but also in supplying weapons for the Kiev's nazi authorities, the Biden administration has already begun to develop and deploy its new global strategy. Apparently, this strategy is based around creating tough competition with other …
(2022-04-22). France to deliver howitzers, anti-tank missiles for war in Ukraine. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com UkrinformApril 22, 2022 Macron announces supply of Milan anti-tank systems, Caesar howitzers to Ukraine French President Emmanuel Macron has announced the supply of Milan anti-tank missiles and Caesar self-propelled howitzers to Ukraine. *** "We are delivering significant equipment, from Milan to Caesar. I think we have to continue on this route. Always with the red …
(2022-04-22). Biden: U.S. prepared to supply weapons for interminable war in Ukraine. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Interfax-UkraineApril 22, 2022 Biden: USA can supply Ukraine with weapons for long time The United States is capable of supplying Ukraine with weapons for a long time, U.S. President Joe Biden has said on Thursday. "We have the capacity to do this for a long time," he said, answering a journalist's question about how long …
(2022-04-22). Azerbaijan: "We have proved to the whole world how to wage a war in the 21st century" antibellum679354512.wordpress.com The leadership of Ukraine, Georgia, Moldova, Japan and Finland got the message on how to "liberate occupied territories" from Russia. === Azeri Press AgencyApril 22, 2022 President Ilham Aliyev: "Although war is over, the territorial claims against us are not over yet" "We have proved to the whole world how to wage a war in …
(2022-04-22). India blocs Japanese Air Self-Defense Force flight for Ukraine. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Nikkei AsiaApril 22, 2022 Japan reworks Ukraine aid plan after India blocks military plane Japan is redrawing its plan for transporting humanitarian aid supplies to displaced Ukrainians after India reportedly refused to let Self-Defense Forces aircraft land in the country. The plan was for an Air Self-Defense Force plane to pick up relief items at …
(2022-04-22). Wednesday 4/20: Global Geopolitics from Ukraine to the Middle East. indybay.org Join Zoom meeting: sjeccd-edu.zoom.us/j/5088214551 | Zoom meeting ID: 508 821 4551 | International dial-in numbers available: zoom.us/u/aM3amGqtL…
(2022-04-22). Combat-ready: NATO in talks to deploy yet more troops to eastern flank. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Polish RadioApril 22, 2022 NATO allies in talks to send more troops to eastern flank: Polish official A senior Polish national security official said on Friday that the NATO alliance was discussing ways to boost troop numbers on its eastern edge amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine. *** "Talks are under way to expand the NATO …
(2022-04-22). Japan intensifies hard-line stance on islands "illegally occupied" by Russia. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Kyodo NewsApril 22, 2022 Japan shifts to hard-line stance on territorial dispute with Russia Tokyo has switched to a hard-line stance in its decades-long territorial dispute with Moscow following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, stating in its annual foreign policy report released Friday that four northern islands are "illegally occupied" by Russia. *** The report highlighted …
(2022-04-22). Turkey makes NATO ally Greece offer it better not refuse. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Turkey and its weapons have recently established a record in Syria, Libya, Nagorno-Karabakh, Armenia, Ethiopia and Ukraine that Athens would be wise to heed is the message from Greece's NATO ally and neighbor. ==== Hurriyet News AgencyApril 22, 2022 Defense minister urges Greece to respond to Turkey's call for 'friendship' Defense Minister Hulusi Akar on …
(2022-04-22). Macron-Le Pen debate shows rising danger of far-right dictatorship in France. wsws.org The debate showed above all the very limited character of the differences separating Macron from a political descendant of the collaboration with Nazism in France.
(2022-04-22). Earth Day: Biden & US capitalism's broken climate promises. liberationnews.org 
It is clear that "green capitalism" will not save us. A democratically-planned economy focused on meeting the needs of the people and the planet is the only way forward.
(2022-04-22). 2005-22′: The crisis of western capitalism behind the left and far right radicalism. mronline.org 
It is simply impossible to understand what is going on now in the world if we don't take into consideration the crisis the globally dominant Western capitalism has been facing since 2008.
(2022-04-22). Boston union to Starbucks' Schultz: "We don't want your NFTs or union busting!" workers.org 
It quickly turned into a celebration with TikTok dancing when dozens of Starbucks workers, unionized baristas from Pavement Café and Darwin's Café, and supporters from labor and socialist organizations gathered to watch the vote count for the first two Boston area Starbucks stores to file for union representation. Ballots marked . . . |
(2022-04-22). Mayo Clinic Minute: Know the difference between adult and teen depression. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Clinical depression is a mood disorder than can affect anyone and at any age. The signs and symptoms, however, are not the same for everyone. Dr. Marcie Billings, a Mayo Clinic pediatrician, says there are some differences between adult depression and teen depression. A mental health issue can be treated, but first, it needs to be diagnosed. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute youtu.be/8tjAFaxNMrU Journalists: Broadcast-quality video pkg (0: 59) is in the downloads at the end…
(2022-04-22). Kentucky abortion rights hang in the balance as struggle vs. HB 3 enters critical phase. liberationnews.org 
The struggle to defend abortion rights in Kentucky is reaching a decisive point after a series of legislative maneuvers and now a federal court order on the fate of the reactionary "House Bill 3".
(2022-04-22). The Chris Hedges Report With Dr. Cornel West. popularresistance.org Dr. Cornel West is the most important standard bearer for the Black prophetic tradition, the most important intellectual and spiritual movement in our history. Rooted in the experience of American racism, capitalist exploitation, and imperialism, this tradition has provided an ongoing critique of our economic, social, and political institutions and beliefs, as well as calling out the country's spiritual bankruptcy. In this premiere episode of The Chris Hedges Report, Dr. West joins Chris Hedges to discuss the decay of the American empire, the struggle to show international solidarity in the face of escalating mil…
(2022-04-22). Two European elections show that rightwing populism is still a force. nationofchange.org Le Pen's first round win, her second in two elections, and Orban's 4th in Hungary show that rightwing populism remains a potent force in European politics.
(2022-04-22). German chancellor: NATO-Russia clash could trigger third world war, nuclear war. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Scholz's logic at times (see below) is not only tortuous but torturous. His main message, though, seems unequivocal. Der SpiegelApril 22, 2022 "There Cannot Be a Nuclear War" Excerpts from interview. The SPD is a party of peace, but it has never been pacifist. The two great postwar Social Democratic chancellors, Willy Brandt and Helmut …
(2022-04-22). Turkey commemorates life of Chechen separatist warlord. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com The piece is beyond eulogy and approaching hagiography.The Kremlin's strategic partner Recep Tayyip Erdogan opened a public park dedicated to Dzhokhar Dudayev, first president of the "Chechen Republic of Ichkeria," last December, triggering a fierce reaction from current Chechen president, Ramzan Kadyrov.Turkey is not through with Chechnya and with Dagestan, Ingushetia and the Tatars in …
(2022-04-22). Turkish-Indonesian strategic partnership: NATO's gateway to ASEAN. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Turkey joined the North Atlantic Treaty Organization in 1952 along with Greece after both nations had served their apprenticeship by deploying troops for the Korean War. Three years later Turkey became the main pivot in the founding of the Central Treaty Organization, modeled after NATO.A year earlier the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization, also modeled after …
(2022-04-22). Air defense, armored vehicles: Britain trains Ukrainian troops at home, in Poland. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Polish RadioApril 22, 2022 UK training Ukrainian troops in Poland: Johnson Ukrainian troops are being trained in Poland to use anti-aircraft defence equipment donated by the British government, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has revealed. "I can say that we're currently training Ukrainians in Poland in the use of the anti-aircraft defences," Johnson told reporters …