Staff(2022-05-02). Chavismo Commemorates 3 Years since Failed Coup Led by Guaidó and López (Photos).orinocotribune.com This Saturday, April 30, three years after the People's Victory Day against the failed coup, which took place on the same day in 2019, was commemorated. From the Altamira bridge, Diosdado Cabello, first vice president of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), pointed out that, "today we can shout to the world that traitors will never return to Venezuela again." | During his speech, from the same place where the extreme right, led by former deputy Juan Guaidó and fugitive Leopoldo López, tried to carry out a coup against President Nicolás Maduro Moros, Cabello warned that "if today the Venezuelan oppositi…
Staff(2022-05-02). International Workers' Day 2022: Behind bars and in the streets, Palestinian workers lead the resistance.samidoun.net "The imperialist-Zionist-[reactionary Arab regime] alliance safeguards not only the imperialist interests, but the Zionist interests and the interests of the ruling reactionary bourgeois class in the area as well. We must build the alliance of the workers and peasants, Palestinian, Lebanese, Syrian, Arab, Middle Eastern, and internationally, that destroys this alliance. We are one hundred …
____(2022-05-02). Shanghai enterprises on track to resume operations.ecns.cnEnterprises in Shanghai are on a steady track to resume operations and the city's smaller businesses stand to receive more government support to withstand this round of COVID-induced lockdown.
Ann Garrison(2022-05-01). Notes from Wartorn Ethiopia, Part III: Crimes of the Tigrayan People's Liberation Front.orinocotribune.comBy Ann Garrison — Apr 27, 2022 | The discovery of mass graves and underground prisons in Ethiopia has exposed the crimes of the Tigray Peoples' Liberation Front or TPLF, the U.S. puppets who tyrannized Ethiopia for 27 years with divide-and-conquer ethnic politics from 1991 to 2018, when a popular uprising forced them from power. The TPLF then retreated to Tigray Region and, in November 2020, started the ongoing civil war by attacking the national army's Northern Command. | US officialdom and both state and corporate media in the US have since described the Ethiopian conflict as the government's persecution o…
Ann Garrison(2022-05-01). Notes from Wartorn Ethiopia, Part III: Crimes of the Tigrayan People's Liberation Front.orinocotribune.comBy Ann Garrison — Apr 27, 2022 | The discovery of mass graves and underground prisons in Ethiopia has exposed the crimes of the Tigray Peoples' Liberation Front or TPLF, the U.S. puppets who tyrannized Ethiopia for 27 years with divide-and-conquer ethnic politics from 1991 to 2018, when a popular uprising forced them from power. The TPLF then retreated to Tigray Region and, in November 2020, started the ongoing civil war by attacking the national army's Northern Command. | US officialdom and both state and corporate media in the US have since described the Ethiopian conflict as the government's persecution o…
_____(2022-04-30). Peace Movement Needs To Demand Dismantling Of NATO.popularresistance.orgDuring World War II an "unnatural alliance" was created between the United States, Great Britain, and the former Soviet Union. What brought the three countries together—the emerging imperial giant (the United States), the declining capitalist power (Great Britain), and the first socialist state (the Soviet Union)—was the shared need to defeat fascism in Europe. Rhetorically, the high point of collaboration was reflected in the agreements made at the Yalta Conference, in February 1945, three months before the German armies were defeated. | At Yalta, the great powers made decisions to facilitate democra…
Peoples Dispatch(2022-04-30). Sacha Llorenti: "ALBA is fundamentally anti-imperialist"peoplesdispatch.org A central discussion throughout the III Continental Assembly of ALBA Movements was on the challenges that people's movements face in the medium and long term. One of the key strategies of ALBA movements has been strengthening over the last couple of years has been to build not only with organizations involved in its work across the continent but also to work with other platforms of people's movements and organizations that are resisting capitalism and imperialism. | A panel was organized during the Assembly to hear about the work of these allied platforms and to discuss how to better build solidarity and unity to…
_____(2022-04-29). On Ukraine, The World Majority Sides With Russia Over US.popularresistance.org2014 saw two pivotal events that led to the current conflict in Ukraine. | The first, familiar to all, was the coup in Ukraine in which a democratically elected government was overthrown at the direction of the United States and with the assistance of neo-Nazi elements which Ukraine has long harbored. | Shortly thereafter the first shots in the present war were fired on the Russian-sympathetic Donbass region by the newly installed Ukrainian government. The shelling of the Donbass which claimed 14,000 lives has continued for 8 years, despite attempts at a cease-fire under the Minsk accords which Russia, France and…
Internationalist 360 ∞(2022-04-29). Borotba: Fighting Fascism is the Duty of Everyone on the Planet.libya360.wordpress.comBorotba Statement by Borotba (Struggle), a revolutionary Marxist organization banned in Ukraine since 2014. Translated for Struggle-La Lucha by Greg Butterfield. May 9 marks the 77th anniversary of the Day of Victory over Nazi Germany. Almost a century separates us from those events. However, right now we see what a colossal impact they continue to…
Internationalist 360 ∞(2022-04-29). Ukraine: World War II Continues.libya360.wordpress.comThierry Meyssan Nato propaganda tries to minimize the presence of neo-Nazis in Ukraine by comparing it with that of equivalent groups in the rest of the West. The truth is very different. Bandéristes have gradually taken over the country over the last 30 years, rewriting history, training the youth and changing all the symbols of…
JANET(2022-04-29). Arrests, kidnappings and 'decommunization' in Ukraine.iacenter.orgBy Otis Grotewohl April 28, 2022 The Western corporate media has been working overtime to demonize and disparage Russian President Vladimir Putin following the Feb. 24 Russian intervention in Ukraine. Whenever imperialist powers have their scopes set on overthrowing a sovereign government, they tend to follow a predictable trend, such as crying foul over "human rights," questioning the mental capacity of its highest-ranking leader and making cliché comparisons to hated historical figures like Hitler, regardless of context. The current vilification campaign against Putin — and the xenophobic attacks against…
Internationalist 360 ∞(2022-04-29). How the CIA Oversaw Belgium's Secret Nazi Army.libya360.wordpress.comAsa Winstanley Gladio secret agent Michel Van Ussel. (BBC) "We knew we were protected" — NATO's terrorist army recruited fascists and targeted ordinary civilians to strike fear into the heart of the populace and abort radical political change. "It was advisable not to be too specific, because this was one of the most secret organisations…
Victor Wallis(2022-04-29). Toward building a "New World"mronline.org If you really want changes requiring the dismantling of capitalism—and this does include the changes necessary to the imagined "green economy,"—then you will join in these efforts rather than condemning the project that inspires them.
José Manuel Blanco Diaz(2022-04-29). After Feasting on a Wagyu Steak, Now Leopoldo López Wants Primaries in Venezuela.orinocotribune.comAfter receiving criticism throughout social media platforms in response to his calls for primary elections in Venezuela, the fugitive from justice, Leopoldo López , reappeared while enjoying a luxurious and expensive meal at a restaurant in Madrid, Spain, where he remains protected by the government of that European "socialist" country. | The photo, posted on various platforms, aroused comments regarding the "quality of life" that the far- rightist boasts of, as it contradicts the narrative that he permanently maintains about his alleged "struggle" for the benefit of the Venezuelan people and his "concern" for th…
amarynth(2022-04-29). Empire of Lies Eager to Receive Mr. Sarmat's Business Card.thesaker.isThe only antidote to propaganda dementia is served by sparse voices of reason, which happen to be Russian, thus silenced and/or dismissed. By Pepe Escobar, posted with the author's permission…
_____(2022-04-29). Global Actions Condemn Big Pharma's Vaccine Profiteering.popularresistance.orgAs major pharmaceutical executives and investors convened virtually on Thursday for their annual shareholder meetings, campaigners took to the streets in the U.S., the U.K., India, South Africa, and elsewhere to condemn major drug companies for hoarding technology and prioritizing profits over equitable distribution of coronavirus vaccines. | Outside Pfizer's U.K. headquarters, activists dropped mock sacks of money and positioned wheelbarrows full of fake cash near the building's entrance to denounce the New York-based company's opposition to tech transfer initiatives and other efforts to expand coronavirus vacci…
Prof Michel Chossudovsky(2022-04-29). Bombshell Document Dump on Pfizer Vaccine Data.globalresearch.caWhat is contained in Pfizer's confidential report is detailed evidence on the impacts of the "vaccine" on mortality and morbidity. This data which emanates from the Horse's Mouth can be used to confront as well formulate legal procedures against Big Pharma, the governments, the WHO and the media.
Rainer Shea(2022-04-28). Ukraine: How the US Empire Uses Propaganda to Turn People Into Monsters.orinocotribune.comBy Rainer Shea — Apr 24, 2022 | The atomic bomb isn't the most powerful weapon that the U.S. imperialists have ever used. There's an even stronger tool that it constantly uses to inflict violence, and that tool is propaganda. It doesn't merely cause harm to the people it targets, it turns them into monsters. Monsters who are willing to kill their fellow human beings for the benefit of American capital, and believe they're doing so for a righteous cause. | In Ukraine, the imperialists have done this by indoctrinating their favored ethnic group to hate Russians. Which is an absurd project on its face, because…
The Socialist Program(2022-04-28). Ukraine: From Proxy War to Nuclear War?liberationnews.org Brian and Eugene Puryear discuss how the NATO powers are implementing their strategy of fighting a long-term proxy conflict against Russia as well as Russia's move to end gas sales to Poland and Bulgaria amid all-out economic warfare waged by the west.
Editor(2022-04-28). Eva Bartlett reports from Mariupol: "Ukraine forces used scorched earth tactics"mronline.org Yes, there is destruction, that's what happens when Ukrainian forces, and Nazis, embed in residential areas & occupy apartment buildings. It isn't Raqqa, and if you aren't aware of the U.S. illegal coalition in Syria's full destruction of Raqqa, look that up.
C.J. Polychroniou(2022-04-28). Noam Chomsky: Propaganda Wars Are Raging as Russia's War on Ukraine Expands.truthout.org Since World War I, propaganda has played a crucial role in warfare. Propaganda is used to increase support for the war among citizens of the nation that is waging it. National governments also use targeted propaganda campaigns in an attempt to influence public opinion and behavior in the countries they are at war with, as well as to influence international opinion. Essentially, propaganda, whether circulated through state-controlled or private media, refers to techniques of public opinion manipulation based on incomplete or misleading information, lies and deception. During World War II, both the Nazis and the Al…
JANET(2022-04-28). LIVE on Monday 5/2 @ 2pm EST : Reckoning with the Ukraine government's armed Nazi militias.iacenter.orgRegister to join the discussion now! REGISTER NOW! MONDAY, MAY 2ND @ 2PM EASTERN Join the discussion via Zoom: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_KS1g5l_hQi-kXZ0Jm-w3Cg Reckoning with the Ukraine government's armed Nazi militias Join the International Action Center for live discussion with anti-fascist Ukrainians on the 2014 massacre at the Odessa House of Labor and the continuing struggle Featuring: Leonid Ilderkin Ukrainian communist in exile, member of coordination council of the Union of Political Refugees and Political Prisoners of Ukraine Phil Wilayto Author and activist, coordinator of the Odessa…
Staff(2022-04-28). Cómo EEUU formó una izquierda a su medida.cubadebate.cuCon el fin de oponerse a la Unión Soviética, al socialismo y al comunismo, el Gobierno de Estados Unidos recurrió en gran medida a armas ideológicas encubiertas, financiando una izquierda "saludable" para el resguardo de los intereses del capitalismo en el mundo. Un tema bien documentado que hace poco fue tocado por el periodista Benjamim Norton.
teleSUR, JGN(2022-04-28). Pdte. de Venezuela recibe a delegación de la OIT.telesurtv.netLos funcionarios de la OIT participaron en el Foro de Diálogo Social, el cual inició el lunes pasado y concluirá este jueves y que cuenta con integrantes de la Central Bolivariana Socialista.
WSWS(2022-04-28). A socialist program for striking Sri Lankan workers.wsws.orgBring down the Rajapakse government! Abolish executive presidency! No to interim regimes! Oppose hunger and IMF austerity! Build Action Committees to fight for a socialist program to ensure food, fuel and medicine for all!
WSWS(2022-04-28). The Socialist Equality Party launches Australian election campaign.wsws.orgThe SEP is the only party in the federal elections opposing the explosion of militarism and Australia's front-line participation in the US-led war drive against Russia and the escalating provocations against China.
Internationalist 360 ∞(2022-04-28). Peace Movement Needs to Demand Dismantling of NATO.libya360.wordpress.comHarry Targ [Source: greatgameindia.com] NATO went from fighting socialism to enforcing global empire It looks a lot like a return to the past. Founded in 1949 to defend against the "Soviet threat," the NATO alliance is facing a return to mechanized warfare, a huge increase in defense spending, and potentially a new Iron Curtain falling across…
Our Reporter(2022-04-28). Contractor at Katuna accused of failing to compensate resident.plusnews.ugAmugoli General Enterprises Limited, a construction company contracted to upgrade Katuna one-stop border post at the Uganda-Rwanda border of Katuna town council is on spot for illegally encroaching on land and declining to compensate the owner. Dalton Byakatonda, a resident of Kihengamo Village, in Katuna Town Council, Kabale District says that in 2020, workers of Amugoli …
_____(2022-04-28). Notes From Wartorn Ethiopia, Part III.popularresistance.orgThe discovery of mass graves and underground prisons in Ethiopia has exposed the crimes of the Tigray Peoples' Liberation Front or TPLF, the U.S. puppets who tyrannized Ethiopia for 27 years with divide-and-conquer ethnic politics from 1991 to 2018, when a popular uprising forced them from power. The TPLF then retreated to Tigray Region and, in November 2020, started the ongoing civil war by attacking the national army's Northern Command. | US officialdom and both state and corporate media in the US have since described the Ethiopian conflict as the government's persecution of the Tigrayan People's Front and the…
Rainer Shea(2022-04-28). Ukraine: How the US Empire Uses Propaganda to Turn People Into Monsters.orinocotribune.comBy Rainer Shea — Apr 24, 2022 | The atomic bomb isn't the most powerful weapon that the U.S. imperialists have ever used. There's an even stronger tool that it constantly uses to inflict violence, and that tool is propaganda. It doesn't merely cause harm to the people it targets, it turns them into monsters. Monsters who are willing to kill their fellow human beings for the benefit of American capital, and believe they're doing so for a righteous cause. | In Ukraine, the imperialists have done this by indoctrinating their favored ethnic group to hate Russians. Which is an absurd project on its face, because…
WSWS(2022-04-28). The Socialist Equality Party launches Australian election campaign.wsws.orgThe SEP is the only party in the federal elections opposing the explosion of militarism and Australia's front-line participation in the US-led war drive against Russia and the escalating provocations against China.
WSWS(2022-04-28). A socialist program for striking Sri Lankan workers.wsws.orgBring down the Rajapakse government! Abolish executive presidency! No to interim regimes! Oppose hunger and IMF austerity! Build Action Committees to fight for a socialist program to ensure food, fuel and medicine for all!
teleSUR, JGN(2022-04-28). Pdte. de Venezuela recibe a delegación de la OIT.telesurtv.netLos funcionarios de la OIT participaron en el Foro de Diálogo Social, el cual inició el lunes pasado y concluirá este jueves y que cuenta con integrantes de la Central Bolivariana Socialista.
scorinoco(2022-04-27). Synthetic Left Joins Corporate Right in Getting Ukraine War Wrong — Historical Analysis.orinocotribune.com By Max Parry — Apr 24, 2022 | Since the Russian military operation to de-Nazify and de-militarize Ukraine began in late February, there is a common misperception that the Western left is " Indeed, it is true there has been infighting within organizations such as the US-based Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) between its "International Committee"—whose official
Internationalist 360 ∞(2022-04-27). Canada: Chrystia Freeland's Continuing Support for Nazis.libya360.wordpress.comMaria Zakharova Canadians reacted with outrage Sunday night after Deputy PM Freeland posted and then removed a controversial photo in which she's seen carrying a banner of notorious Nazi collaborator 'Ukrainian Insurgent Army.' Information bomb üí£ During the recent G7 and G20 finance ministers' meetings, Canadian Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland pushed for the exclusion of…
Isaac Enríquez Pérez(2022-04-27). Las causas y consecuencias del retorno de la inflación global.globalizacion.caQue la economía mundial experimente comportamientos de la inflación como no se observaba desde hace cuatro décadas es el signo de la perpetuación de la crisis estructural del capitalismo, de su modelo rentista y parasitario, y del fracaso de las…
Amy Goodman(2022-04-27). Biden's Amended "Remain in Mexico" Policy Still Puts Refugees at Great Risk.truthout.orgThe U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday on whether to strike down the Trump-era "Remain in Mexico" policy, which forced tens of thousands of non-Mexican asylum seekers to wait in Mexico while their cases played out in U.S. courts, often in extremely dangerous conditions. Biden suspended the policy, formally known as the Migrant Protection Protocols, shortly after taking office, but Texas and Missouri challenged the move. "This is a pretty outrageous idea that a new president coming into office is not allowed to dismantle his predecessor's programs that he disagrees with," says Aaron Reichlin-Melnick,…
Jim Hightower(2022-04-27). How America's Truckers Got Hijacked.otherwords.org"Keep On Truckin'" was an iconic underground cartoon created in 1968 by comic master Robert Crumb. | Featuring various big-footed men strutting jauntily through life, the expression became widely popular as an expression of young people's collective optimism. "You're movin' on down the line," Crumb later explained. "It's proletarian. It's populist." | But today the phrase has become ironic. Like too many other workers, America's truck drivers themselves are no longer moving on down the line of fairness, justice, and opportunity. | What had been a skilled, middle-class, union job in the 1960s is now largely a skil…
Juan Bordera(2022-04-27). How the corporate interests and political elites watered down the world's most important climate report.mronline.org The IPCC scientist in Working Group III in charge of proposing a concrete mitigation plan, that is, to reduce emissions and seek viable solutions (technological, economic, and social) to the biggest crisis ever faced by humankind. The science has never been clearer: we must drastically reduce emissions to have a chance of maintaining the climate stability that allows us to live on this planet.
_____(2022-04-27). The Gig Economy Needs Worker-Owned Apps.popularresistance.orgThat's the idea! Presently, the so-called sharing economy often evades employee and consumer protection regulations, which is bad news for workers. But the underlying technology has its advantages: By cutting out the Silicon Valley middlemen, platform co-ops are putting a 21st century spin on worker-owned enterprises. | The Drivers Cooperative, for example, began offering rides through its Co-op Ride app in New York City in 2021 and redistributes profits back to its driver-owners with an annual dividend. It also assists with auto loan refinancing. | Hosts on Fairbnb, meanwhile, each rent out a single vacation pro…
Internationalist 360 ∞(2022-04-27). Notes from Wartorn Ethiopia, Part III: Crimes of the Tigrayan People's Liberation Front.libya360.wordpress.comAnn Garrison Mass grave site uncovered by Gondar University research team. (Photo: Twitter @Hermela22) BAR contributor Ann Garrison reports on conditions in Ethiopia. The discovery of mass graves and underground prisons in Ethiopia has exposed the crimes of the Tigray Peoples' Liberation Front or TPLF, the U.S. puppets who tyrannized Ethiopia for 27 years with…
Rick Rozoff(2022-04-26). Bulgarian coalition partner firm in opposition to involvement in Ukraine war.antibellum679354512.wordpress.comSofia GlobeApril 26, 2022 Socialist party refuses to join Bulgarian PM's delegation in Kyiv The Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP), a ruling coalition member, vehemently opposed to proposals for Bulgaria to supply arms to Ukraine, has refused to take part in Prime Minister Kiril Petkov's planned trip to Kyiv. Petkov plans to lead a coalition government …
Fight Back(2022-04-26). Conmemoren el Día Internacional de los Trabajadores, el Primero de Mayo, 2022.fightbacknews.orgLa Organización Socialista Camino de la Libertad convoca a los trabajadores de todos los Estados Unidos para conmemorar el Día Internacional de los Trabajadores con marchas y programas. | øA qué nos enfrentamos en este país capitalista en crisis? | Las vidas de los trabajadores han sido cambiadas para siempre por el fracaso del sistema capitalista para protegernos de la pandemia del COVID-19. Algunos de nosotros fuimos forzados a trabajar en condiciones inseguras, mirando a nuestros compañeros, amigos, y seres queridos sufrir y morir del COVID. Otros vimos que nuestros lugares de trabajo hacían recortes…
Internationalist 360 ∞(2022-04-25). Eva Bartlett Reports from Mariupol: "Ukraine Forces Used Scorched Earth Tactics"libya360.wordpress.comValerie, a woman I met in Mariupol some days ago, speaks on Azov occupying residential buildings & bombing them. "Our land must be cleaned of crazy people. Some people call them Nazis, I think this is the only word you can say, Nazis." In Mariupol on April 21. Roman Kosarev, while talking about humanitarian aid,…
Rick Rozoff(2022-04-25). Ukraine: We had no intention of offending the friendly people of Japan.antibellum679354512.wordpress.comKyodo NewsApril 25, 2022 Ukraine apologizes for juxtaposing Japan emperor to Hitler in video The Ukrainian government has apologized over a video shared on Twitter that juxtaposed a picture of the late Japanese Emperor Hirohito to those of Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini in describing Nazism and fascism. "We had no intention to offend the …
Chauncey DeVega(2022-04-25). The Republican Party Is Still Doing Donald Trump's Bidding.truthout.orgIf someone doesn't know what questions to ask, they'll never get answer. If they don't know whom to ask, the challenge is even greater. But an even worse error is to decide on an answer before even asking the question — and then refusing to hear any answers that don't confirm what they've already decided. | America's political class, especially the pundits and commentators, are guilty of all of these errors (and many more) as they continue to willfully not understand the Age of Trump and how America arrived at this democracy crisis. The Republican-fascist movement is winning because so many people who are s…
_____(2022-04-25). Islamophobia and Pan-European Racism Escalate in Sweden.journal-neo.org For many centuries racism was part of the ideology of Euro-Atlantic civilization. It was Europe and the United States, where the most terrible racist and Nazi theories were born. An especially remarkable example of this ideology was Hitler's Nazism, aimed not only at Jews and Gypsies, but also at the Slavic peoples, who were considered …
_____(2022-04-25). President Maduro: Duque Plans Military Strikes In Venezuela.popularresistance.orgThe president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, denounced this Saturday in the framework of the V Congress of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), his Colombian counterpart Iván Duque of orchestrating a plan to assassinate police and military in the Caribbean country. | "Iván Duque is leaving and is desperate to harm Venezuela, he has activated plans with criminal gangs by states and infiltrating through the border, mafia groups that come to attack police and military, the Venezuelan public force", warned the president. | At the same time, the Venezuelan head of state asserted that the intelligence is gath…
newsnetwork.mayoclinic(2022-04-25). Mayo Clinic Minute: Know the difference between adult and teen depression.newsnetwork.mayoclinic.orgClinical 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…
Matt Sedlar(2022-04-25). Where's the Congressional Champion on Pharma Patent Abuses?cepr.netThe American Prospect | The New York Times editorial board does not relish alienating big business. So plenty of heads turned last week when the Gray Lady threw down a gauntlet in a full-column editorial titled " The Times editorialists excoriated Big Pharma for abusing the American intellectual-property system to jack up prices on drugs and medical pr…
ecns.cn(2022-04-25). China advances new drug innovations.ecns.cnChinese pharmaceutical companies, especially those focusing on innovative medicines, are playing an increasingly important role in global new drug development.
Rick Rozoff(2022-04-25). NATO chieftain to attend 20/40-nation meeting on Ukraine in Germany.antibellum679354512.wordpress.comNATOApril 25, 2022 The NATO Secretary General attends US-hosted meeting on Ukraine NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg will attend a meeting of the Ukraine Security Consultative Group at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, on 26 April 2022. The meeting is hosted by the U.S. Secretary of Defense, Lloyd J. Austin III, and will focus on the …
Rick Rozoff(2022-04-25). Constitution's pledge of NATO membership won't change: Ukrainian parliament chief.antibellum679354512.wordpress.comUkrainian News AgencyApril 25, 2022 Stefanchuk Assures Constitution Will Not Be Amended Regarding Ukraine's NATO Membership Verkhovna Rada Chairman Ruslan Stefanchuk is confident that parliament will not amend the Constitution regarding the course towards full membership in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). *** According to Stefanchuk, the relevant security guarantees of Ukraine should fundamentally …
Rick Rozoff(2022-04-25). Pentagon: U.S. to provide more Stingers, Javelins, other arms to Ukraine.antibellum679354512.wordpress.comInterfax-UkraineApril 25, 2022 USA preparing to send Stinger, Javelin, other equipment to Ukraine — US Department of Defense The United States is preparing to send Stinger anti-aircraft systems, Javelin anti-tank missile systems and other equipment to Ukraine in April, the U.S. Department of Defense has said. "Our US Air Force Airmen prepare supply crates containing …
Rick Rozoff(2022-04-25). No stranger to NATO wars: CV on new U.S. ambassador to Ukraine.antibellum679354512.wordpress.comOn Brink's work in Georgia a decade ago see this. Interfax-UkraineApril 25, 2022 Biden intends to nominate Brink as US ambassador to Ukraine — White House Biden intends to nominate Brink as US ambassador to Ukraine — White HouseU.S. President Joseph Biden intends to nominate Bridget Brink as U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine. *** Bridget A. …
Internationalist 360 ∞(2022-04-25). Eva Bartlett Reports from Mariupol: "Ukraine Forces Used Scorched Earth Tactics"libya360.wordpress.comValerie, a woman I met in Mariupol some days ago, speaks on Azov occupying residential buildings & bombing them. "Our land must be cleaned of crazy people. Some people call them Nazis, I think this is the only word you can say, Nazis." In Mariupol on April 21. Roman Kosarev, while talking about humanitarian aid,…
Rick Rozoff(2022-04-25). U.S. governors ready National Guard armored vehicles for Ukraine war.antibellum679354512.wordpress.comThe HillApril 24, 2022 State National Guards to send armored vehicles to Ukraine Multiple governors announced this week that their state National Guards would be sending armored vehicles to Ukraine in response to a request from the Pentagon. Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine (R) and West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice (R) announced this week that their …
Rick Rozoff(2022-04-25). Ukraine: We had no intention of offending the friendly people of Japan.antibellum679354512.wordpress.comKyodo NewsApril 25, 2022 Ukraine apologizes for juxtaposing Japan emperor to Hitler in video The Ukrainian government has apologized over a video shared on Twitter that juxtaposed a picture of the late Japanese Emperor Hirohito to those of Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini in describing Nazism and fascism. "We had no intention to offend the …
Internationalist 360 ∞(2022-04-25). Islamophobia and Pan-European Racism Escalate in Sweden.libya360.wordpress.comVladimir Odintsov For many centuries racism was part of the ideology of Euro-Atlantic civilization. It was Europe and the United States, where the most terrible racist and Nazi theories were born. An especially remarkable example of this ideology was Hitler's Nazism, aimed not only at Jews and Gypsies, but also at the Slavic peoples, who…
newsnetwork.mayoclinic(2022-04-25). Mayo Clinic Minute: Know the difference between adult and teen depression.newsnetwork.mayoclinic.orgClinical 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…
Matt Sedlar(2022-04-25). Where's the Congressional Champion on Pharma Patent Abuses?cepr.netThe American Prospect | The New York Times editorial board does not relish alienating big business. So plenty of heads turned last week when the Gray Lady threw down a gauntlet in a full-column editorial titled " The Times editorialists excoriated Big Pharma for abusing the American intellectual-property system to jack up prices on drugs and medical pr…
ecns.cn(2022-04-25). China advances new drug innovations.ecns.cnChinese pharmaceutical companies, especially those focusing on innovative medicines, are playing an increasingly important role in global new drug development.
Rick Rozoff(2022-04-25). WSJ: Expand NATO Article 5 to Southern Hemisphere, include colonies, territories.antibellum679354512.wordpress.comWall Street JournalApril 24, 2022 Expand NATO to HawaiiBy Arshan Barzani* Americans understand that an attack on one ally in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization is an attack on all. If Russia bombed Warsaw, Washington would be obligated to come to its aid. But if Pearl Harbor were attacked again, this rule wouldn't compel U.S. …
Rick Rozoff(2022-04-25). Turkey conducts simultaneous anti-Kurdish attacks in Syria, Iraq.antibellum679354512.wordpress.comAhval NewsApril 24, 2022 Turkey escalates attacks on Syria's Kurds amid Iraq operation Turkey's military has launched a new series of air strikes on Kurdish-run parts of northeast Syria over the past week amid an ongoing ground and air campaign in northern Iraq, targeting the armed rebels of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), the Hasakah-based …
_____(2022-04-24). Liberated Donbass Cities Coming Back To Life.popularresistance.orgSonja van den Ende, an independent journalist from Rotterdam, Netherlands, returned to Donbass last week to chronicle the situation on the ground. She has been to Volnovakha, Mariupol and other cities and villages of the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics. | "My assessment of Volnovakha is that the city has come to life again, I was there two weeks ago and everywhere in the city, I saw the results of heavy fighting, ammunition and rubble on the streets, even mines, no people on the streets, a ghost town. The hospital was hit severely," Sonja van den Ende says. "The second time I came, last week, I was really…
rqorinoco(2022-04-24). US Media Are Lying About Russian Atrocities in Mariupol, Says Embedded Reporter at Ground Zero.orinocotribune.com Sonja Van den Ende — | Where shall I begin? | Can a man endure so much suffering? Can you write about so much suffering without getting emotional? | Probably not. | Mariupol has been wiped out, buildings have collapsed mostly due to rocket attacks and, of course, there have been bombings as well. | Devastation in Mariupol. [Source: rferl.org] | The Western media, of course, blame the Russians for these bombings, but Ukraine also has planes that drop bombs, so how on earth can you say a few thousand kilometers away that it is the Russians?
Internationalist 360 ∞(2022-04-24). The West against Russia — Seven against Thebes.libya360.wordpress.comStephen Sefton Russia's armed offensive in Ukraine has begun a vertiginous acceleration of the imperial decline of the United States and its network of European and Pacific allies. Seen from the majority world, Russia's offensive has exposed the insulting cynicism of Western elites in practically every important area of international relations, economic, diplomatic, military and…
Rick Rozoff(2022-04-24). CNN: Austin, Blinken en route to Ukraine, Biden may follow.antibellum679354512.wordpress.comCNNApril 24, 2022 Zelensky says Blinken and Austin will visit Ukraine on Sunday Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has announced that US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin will visit Kyiv on Sunday. "I don't think this is a secret that people from the US are coming to us tomorrow, State …
Internationalist 360 ∞(2022-04-24). Ukraine: How the U.S. Empire Uses Propaganda to Turn People into Monsters.libya360.wordpress.comRainer SheaThe atomic bomb isn't the most powerful weapon that the U.S. imperialists have ever used. There's an even stronger tool that it constantly uses to inflict violence, and that tool is propaganda. It doesn't merely cause harm to the people it targets, it turns them into monsters. Monsters who are willing to kill their…
_____(2022-04-24). The Amazon Labor Union Is A Problem For Democrats.popularresistance.orgThe Amazon Labor Union's (ALU) victory is shaking the country. After unionizing a warehouse for one of the world's biggest companies, the ALU is being flooded with messages from other workers, from Amazon workers and beyond, asking for help to organize their workplaces. | This win is part of a new upsurge in union struggle in the U.S. tied to the rise of "Generation U" — "U" for "Union." This generation of precarious, multiracial workers is posing a collective fight against the various oppressions that capitalism sustains to divide workers. Amazon's victory also comes in a context of unionization rates at a…
Cindy Forster(2022-04-24). The long road for justice for coup victims in Bolivia.peoplesdispatch.org"Acts of torture were committed against them—the victims tell us that police as well as soldiers and even foreigners committed these acts." | Yomar Sánchez, Quechua journalist from Potosí. | From "Memoria y Justicia" program of Bolivia TV, February 25, 2022, 16: 12 | Justice postponed: | Jeanine àÅñez was scheduled to face her first day of trial in February, on accusations of staging a coup d'etat in Bolivia in 2019 that plunged the country into an inferno. Traditional elites at the top of the justice system were among those who engineered the coup. Her trial was postponed. | The grounds for…
Prof Michel Chossudovsky(2022-04-24). "Bastille 2022": Building a Worldwide Movement Against "Corona Tyranny"globalresearch.caBastille 2022 pertains to the restoration of fundamental rights. It seeks to reverse the criminal COVID-19 agenda which in the course of the last two years has triggered economic, social and political chaos Worldwide, coupled with bankruptcies, unemployment, mass poverty and despair.
Rick Rozoff(2022-04-24). Former foreign minister: Finnish media fueling war psychosis.antibellum679354512.wordpress.comYle NewsApril 24, 2022 Veteran MP: "Finnish media in war psychosis" Many people have taken to Finnish Twitter this weekend in reaction to MP Erkki Tuomioja's (SDP) Nato comments in a National Public Radio interview. The veteran Finnish politician told the US broadcaster that there was a "huge degree of emotions involved" in the public's …
Rick Rozoff(2022-04-24). Turkey uses murderous assault in Iraq to inaugurate new combat drone.antibellum679354512.wordpress.comDaily SabahApril 24, 2022 Anti-PKK op in Iraq marks first engagement for Turkish combat Akƒ±ncƒ± drone The landmark combat drone Akƒ±ncƒ± has joined its first major operation ever as Turkey launched a military offensive against [Kurdish] targets in northern Iraq, the company said. Named "Operation Claw-Lock," the counterterrorism operation was launched last week from ground …
Rick Rozoff(2022-04-24). Japan plans largest-ever drill with U.S. Marines, aimed at Russia, China.antibellum679354512.wordpress.comNikkei NewsApril 24, 2022 Japan weighs hosting largest-ever joint drills with U.S. MarinesBilateral military exercise in fall planned with eye on Russia and China Japan and the U.S. will hold joint military drills in Hokkaido this fall, with the two-week exercises expected to involve more than 4,000 personnel, Nikkei has learned. The Resolute Dragon exercises …
Rick Rozoff(2022-04-24). After barring ships, Turkey bans Russian flights to Syria.antibellum679354512.wordpress.comDaily SabahApril 23, 2022 Turkey closes airspace to Russian military aircraft to Syria: FM àáavu≈üoƒülu Turkey has closed its airspace to Russian military and civilian flights to Syria after notifying Moscow, Foreign Minister Mevlàºt àáavu≈üoƒülu said Saturday. "We were giving permissions in three-month intervals. The latest one was until April," the minister said in an …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic(2022-04-24). Mayo Clinic Minute: Know the difference between adult and teen depression.newsnetwork.mayoclinic.orgClinical 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…
john stanton(2022-04-24). The US Empire Strikes Back: Russi Takes the Hits, China Lives in Fear.indybay.orgThe 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.
Rick Rozoff(2022-04-24). After barring ships, Turkey bans Russian flights to Syria.antibellum679354512.wordpress.comDaily SabahApril 23, 2022 Turkey closes airspace to Russian military aircraft to Syria: FM àáavu≈üoƒülu Turkey has closed its airspace to Russian military and civilian flights to Syria after notifying Moscow, Foreign Minister Mevlàºt àáavu≈üoƒülu said Saturday. "We were giving permissions in three-month intervals. The latest one was until April," the minister said in an …
Internationalist 360 ∞(2022-04-23). Dutch Journalist in Mariupol: U.S. Media Are Lying About Russian Atrocities.libya360.wordpress.comSonja Van den Ende Residents of Mariupol receiving humanitarian aid from the Russian army in collaboration with the DPR army. [Source: Photo courtesy of Sonja van den Ende] Where shall I begin? Can a man endure so much suffering? Can you write about so much suffering without getting emotional? Probably not. Mariupol has been wiped…
Staff(2022-04-23). Russia Cancels Assault on Mariupol Azovstal Steel Plant.orinocotribune.comRussian 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…
Rick Rozoff(2022-04-23). U.S. ambassador, Japanese FM challenge Russia, China in aircraft pose.antibellum679354512.wordpress.comKyodo NewsApril 23, 2022 Japan's Hayashi, U.S. envoy Emanuel show off alliance on carrier ==== Two-front offensive: U.S. ambassador Emanuel insists Russian islands belong to Japan U.S. duping the world into believing Russia bombed Hiroshima, Nagasaki Japan, Russia continue to clash over Kurils, Ukraine ==== Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi and U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm …
Rick Rozoff(2022-04-23). Georgian soldiers killed in Ukraine fighting given military honors at home.antibellum679354512.wordpress.comAgenda.geApril 23, 2022 Body of Georgian volunteer killed in Ukraine repatriated to Georgia The body of Georgian volunteer AK, killed in the armed action in Ukraine, was repatriated to Georgia on Saturday morning. Family members and a group of citizens gathered at the Tbilisi International Airport to pay homage to K, whose body was transported …
Rick Rozoff(2022-04-23). Romania: U.S. senator discusses military buildup in Black Sea region.antibellum679354512.wordpress.comNine O'Clock NewsApril 21, 2022 PM Ciuca, Senator Steve Daines discuss security situation in the region following conflict in Ukraine Prime Minister Nicolae Ciuca received the delegation of the American senator Steve Daines at the Victoria Palace on Thursday, with the two officials addressing issues related to the security situation in the region… …Prime Minister …
Rick Rozoff(2022-04-23). Canada delivers heavy artillery to "fight and win this war" in Ukraine.antibellum679354512.wordpress.comUkrinformApril 23, 2022 Canada delivers M777 howitzers to Ukraine The Government of Canada has approved the delivery to Ukraine of a number of M777 howitzers to strengthen its positions on the battlefield with Russia. That's according to a statement posted on the government's website, Ukrinform reports. "As the Prime Minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau, committed …
Rick Rozoff(2022-04-23). Prospect: Ukraine as Canadian diaspora-administered fiefdom, garrison state.antibellum679354512.wordpress.comEarlier this year the government of his successor, Volodyrmyr Zelensky, was prosecuting Poroshenko for treason. The government of Russia's Vladimir Putin offered Poroshenko, who launched the war in the Donbass in 2014, effective political refugee status before the current war commenced. Regarding Canada's deputy prime minister, see this from the Ottawa Citizen: Chrystia Freeland's granddad …
Yoselina Guevara(2022-04-23). Venezuela Hosts Fourth Summit Against Fascism, an Ideology that Has Not Died.orinocotribune.comBy Yoselina Guevara — Apr 15, 2022 | The Fourth Summit against Fascism was held in Caracas, Venezuela, during April 11, 12 and 13, under the leadership of President Nicolás Maduro, within the framework of the commemoration of the 20th anniversary of the popular counter-coup of April 2002, through which the Venezuelan people regained power and the constitutional order, rescuing Commander Hugo Chávez Frías from the captivity to which he had been subjected by de facto powers. | The meeting was attended by 200 international guests from 58 countries belonging to the five continents, who discussed fascism, a poli…
Erica Smiley, Sarita Gupta(2022-04-23). Es hora de decidir: øDemocracia o capitalismo desbocado?peoplesworld.org Esta primavera, nos encontramos en aguas precarias. La pandemia global de COVID-19 ha expuesto profundas grietas en los cimientos de nuestra democracia. Nuestra economía sigue siendo profundamente desigual, con multimillonarios que se benefician de la pandemia mientras los trabajadores luchan por mantenerse al día con la inflación. Entonces, ahora más que nunca, necesitamos profundizar nuestra …
Fight Back(2022-04-23). Celebrate International Workers Day, May 1, 2022.fightbacknews.orgFreedom Road Socialist Organization calls on working people across the U.S. to celebrate International Workers Day in marches and programs. | What are we up against in this crisis-ridden capitalist country? | The lives of working people have been forever changed by the failure of the capitalist system to protect us from the COVID-19 pandemic. Some of us we were forced to work in unsafe conditions, watching our co-workers, friends and loved ones suffer and die from COVID. Others saw our workplaces downsized or shuttered as the government gave a pittance. Meanwhile investors profited as the stock market gained mo…
WSWS(2022-04-23). Socialist Equality Party announces candidates for Australian election.wsws.orgThe 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.
ecns.cn(2022-04-23). China-U.S. economic, trade relations win-win in nature: Chinese ambassador to U.S.ecns.cnThe 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…
ecns.cn(2022-04-23). China to step up export tax rebates to support foreign trade.ecns.cnChina 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.
Rick Rozoff(2022-04-23). Occupied territories: Azerbaijan, Georgia, Turkey continue special forces exercises.antibellum679354512.wordpress.comUntil recently frozen conflicts, now "Russian-occupied territories." For Azerbaijan, that part of Nagorno-Karabakh not seized in its 44-day war of 2020. For Georgia, Abkhazia and South Ossetia. For Turkey, its self-identified ethnic kin, the Tatars, in Crimea. Perhaps Japan (the Kurils), Moldova (Transnistria) and Finland (East Karelia) will send observers. ==== Trend News AgencyApril 23, …
Rick Rozoff(2022-04-23). NATO's incorporation of Finland a "done deal"antibellum679354512.wordpress.comERR NewsApril 22, 2022 Finland ramping up preparations for NATO accession Finland has plotted a clear NATO course, with pro-alliance National Coalition Party leader Petteri Orpo recently appointed chair of the Eduskunta Defense Committee…. Members of the Eduskunta Defense Committee visited Sweden on Thursday where their message was that Finland's NATO accession is very nearly …
Rick Rozoff(2022-04-23). Kosovo: Turkish-NATO military outpost.antibellum679354512.wordpress.comDaily Sabah/Anadolu AgencyApril 23, 2022 Minister: Turkey has always supported development of Kosovo Kosovo's Defense Minister Armend Mehaj stated that they aim to increase the number of Turkish Kosovans in the public sector…. According to the statement made by the Kosovo Ministry of Defense, Minister Mehaj held a roundtable meeting on the occasion of the …
Rick Rozoff(2022-04-23). NATO partner Switzerland assists NATO candidate Georgia's "Euro-Atlantic integration"antibellum679354512.wordpress.comGeorgian Ministry of DefenseApril 21, 2022 Juansher Burchuladze met with the Ambassador of Switzerland The Minister of Defense of Georgia held an introductory meeting with the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Switzerland. Juansher Burchuladze congratulated Heidi Graus on her appointment as Ambassador…. The security challenges in the region were discussed at the meeting. Special attention …
Staff(2022-04-23). Russia Cancels Assault on Mariupol Azovstal Steel Plant.orinocotribune.comRussian 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…
WSWS(2022-04-23). Socialist Equality Party announces candidates for Australian election.wsws.orgThe 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.
john stanton(2022-04-23). The US Empire Strikes Back: Russi Takes the Hits, China Lives in Fear.indybay.orgThe 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.
ecns.cn(2022-04-23). China-U.S. economic, trade relations win-win in nature: Chinese ambassador to U.S.ecns.cnThe 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…
ecns.cn(2022-04-23). China to step up export tax rebates to support foreign trade.ecns.cnChina 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.
Internationalist 360 ∞(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.orgIn 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…
Rick Rozoff(2022-04-22). Coup-threatened Georgia: ruling party exposes "NGO clan"antibellum679354512.wordpress.comOn 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). 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 …
Rick Rozoff(2022-04-22). France to deliver howitzers, anti-tank missiles for war in Ukraine.antibellum679354512.wordpress.comUkrinformApril 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 …
Rick Rozoff(2022-04-22). Biden: U.S. prepared to supply weapons for interminable war in Ukraine.antibellum679354512.wordpress.comInterfax-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 …
Rick Rozoff(2022-04-22). India blocs Japanese Air Self-Defense Force flight for Ukraine.antibellum679354512.wordpress.comNikkei 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 …
Rick Rozoff(2022-04-22). Combat-ready: NATO in talks to deploy yet more troops to eastern flank.antibellum679354512.wordpress.comPolish 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 …
Rick Rozoff(2022-04-22). Japan intensifies hard-line stance on islands "illegally occupied" by Russia.antibellum679354512.wordpress.comKyodo 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 …
Rick Rozoff(2022-04-22). Turkey makes NATO ally Greece offer it better not refuse.antibellum679354512.wordpress.comTurkey 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 …
Steve Gillis(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 . . . |
newsnetwork.mayoclinic(2022-04-22). Mayo Clinic Minute: Know the difference between adult and teen depression.newsnetwork.mayoclinic.orgClinical 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). The Chris Hedges Report With Dr. Cornel West.popularresistance.orgDr. 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…
Rick Rozoff(2022-04-22). German chancellor: NATO-Russia clash could trigger third world war, nuclear war.antibellum679354512.wordpress.comScholz'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 …
Rick Rozoff(2022-04-22). Turkey commemorates life of Chechen separatist warlord.antibellum679354512.wordpress.comThe 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 …
Rick Rozoff(2022-04-22). Turkish-Indonesian strategic partnership: NATO's gateway to ASEAN.antibellum679354512.wordpress.comTurkey 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 …
Rick Rozoff(2022-04-22). Air defense, armored vehicles: Britain trains Ukrainian troops at home, in Poland.antibellum679354512.wordpress.comPolish 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 …
This Saturday, April 30, three years after the People's Victory Day against the failed coup, which took place on the same day in 2019, was commemorated. From the Altamira bridge, Diosdado Cabello, first vice president of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), pointed out that, "today we can shout to the world that traitors will never return to Venezuela again." | During his speech, from the same place where the extreme right, led by former deputy Juan Guaidó and fugitive Leopoldo López, tried to carry out a coup against President Nicolás Maduro Moros, Cabello warned that "if today the Venezuelan oppositi…
"The imperialist-Zionist-[reactionary Arab regime] alliance safeguards not only the imperialist interests, but the Zionist interests and the interests of the ruling reactionary bourgeois class in the area as well. We must build the alliance of the workers and peasants, Palestinian, Lebanese, Syrian, Arab, Middle Eastern, and internationally, that destroys this alliance. We are one hundred …
