Kyle Anzalone (2022-02-28). US, Allies Ban Russian Banks From SWIFT, Crypto Maybe Next Target. news.antiwar.com The US has joined Canada, the EU and UK in barring some Russians from the international money transfer system, SWIFT. The move is the most serious round of sanctions yet from Western nations over Russia's actions in Ukraine, with Ross Delston, a U.S. lawyer and former banking regulator, calling it "the closest thing to a …

Anonymous103 (2022-02-28). War In Ukraine Day 4: Hard Battles In The Cities. International Situation Deteriorating (Videos, Photos, 18 +). southfront.org On February 27, the Ukrainian military began mass use of phosphorus-filled ammunition in Kiev's suburbs near the Gostomel airfield. According…

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2022-02-28). The Situation in Russia and Ukraine — Why Is Ukraine the West's Fault? transcend.org John J. Mearsheimer is Professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago since 1982. He graduated from West Point in 1970 and then served five years as an officer in the U.S. Air Force. In 2020 he won the James Madison Award from the American Political Science Association to "an American political scientist who has made a distinguished scholarly contribution to political science."

Anonymous103 (2022-02-28). Russia out of Swift, The "Nuclear" Financial Option That Risks Collapsing The World Economy. southfront.org Click to see full-size image | Written by Piero Messina | There is the war that is fought on the ground and there is the war that is fought with international finance weapons. Financially, Europe and the United States have a nuclear option. They used it: to oust the Russian Central Bank from Swift transactions. | But what is the Swift? It is an acronym that stands for "Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunications": it is a Belgian messaging platform that connects thousands of financial institutions fro…

CODEPINK, Pivot to Peace (2022-02-28). Sunday 2/27: The Shanghai Communiqué: Key to Peace Webinar. indybay.org Online event (FREE)…

Staff (2022-02-28). Putin Puts Russian Nuclear Forces on High Alert as Resistance to Ukraine Invasion Grows. democracynow.org Following a wave of peace rallies held across the globe this weekend, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has agreed to diplomatic talks with Russia. This comes as Russian President Vladimir Putin placed Russia's nuclear forces on high alert on Sunday, citing increasingly tightened international sanctions. We speak with Anatol Lieven, senior fellow at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft, who says it's not clear whether Putin is using a nuclear threat to topple the Ukrainian government or pressure them into a deal. Lieven also speaks about Belarus's support of the Russian invasion…

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2022-02-28). Ukraine versus Iraq — Humanitarian Intervention versus Invasion? transcend.org 25 Feb 2022 – Russian "Peacekeeping" or another "Forever War" – With the emphasis so emphatically placed on "invasion", little is said of the possibility of "humanitarian intervention" — let alone of the meaning of any form of "promise" not to invade.

Anonymous349 (2022-02-28). Russian Forces Take Control Of Energodar City, Declare Air Dominance (Videos). southfront.org Click to see the full-size image | The peace enforcement operation in Ukraine entered its fifth day. Russian forces have been developing their operational success in the southern, northern and eastern sectors amid strong resistance of the Kiev regime forces near Kharkov, Sumy and Mariupol. | In the morning of February 28, the Russian Defense Ministry announced that Russian forces have liberated the towns of Energodar and Berdyansk in Zaporizhzhie Region. | According to the released statement, Russian military aviation control…

WSWS (2022-02-28). Conflict between US-NATO and Russia over Ukraine threatens nuclear war. wsws.org Sixty years after the Cuban Missile crisis, the war in Ukraine has brought the world to the point where the exchange of nuclear weapons is a real possibility.

Edward Curtin (2022-02-28). U.S./NATO is in the Grip of a Daemonic Death Wish and the Entire World is Threatened. dissidentvoice.org Not wanting to sound hyperbolic, but I am starting to conclude that the nuclear madmen running the U.S./NATO New Cold War they started decades ago are itching to start a nuclear war with Russia. Their hypocrisy and nihilistic thirst for death and destruction are so extreme that it boggles my mind. They accuse Russia of …

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2022-02-28). US, UK, France Promised USSR Not to Expand NATO East of Germany, Newly Discovered Document Proves. transcend.org 21 Feb 2022 – A newly discovered document provides more evidence that Western governments broke their promise not to expand NATO eastward after German reunification. Notes from a 1991 meeting prove that the US, UK, France, and Germany assured the Soviet Union that NATO would not expand east.

sputniknews (2022-02-28). Sweden, Finland Inching Closer Toward NATO Amid Russia's Ukraine Op, Poll Shows. sputniknews.com Both Finland and Sweden have maintained a lively collaboration with the North Atlantic alliance through joint drills and overseas operations while retaining their formal non-alignment.

Moderator (2022-02-28). Hedges: The Greatest Evil Is War. scheerpost.com Natali Sevriukova reacts next to her house following a rocket attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 25, 2022. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti) |
| By Chris Hedges / Original to ScheerPost | Preemptive war, whether in Iraq or Ukraine, is a war crime. It does not matter if the war is launched on the basis of lies and fabrications, as was the case in Iraq, or because of the breaking of a series of agreements with Russia, including the promise by Washington not to extend NATO beyond the borders of a unified Germany, not to deploy thousands of NATO troops in Eastern Europe, not to meddle in the internal affairs of…

WSWS (2022-02-28). UK workers and youth speak in support of "Fight Covid! Save lives! Stop the drive to World War III !" webinar. wsws.org "Everyone should condemn the war against Ukraine while opposing the NATO contribution to the current war. All the mainstream media are trying to rally people into a bloody war with Russia, which could be catastrophic for the entire planet."

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2022-02-28). Did the U.S. and NATO Promise Not to Threaten Russia by Moving the Military Forces of NATO to Its Borders? transcend.org 22 Feb 2022 – We continue to be threatened by the culture of war, which, as usual in recent history, is monopolized by the nation states.

Fight Back (2022-02-28). Activist explains why anti-war movement wants U.S. out of Ukraine. fightbacknews.org Minneapolis, MN – Fight Back! News interviewed Meredith Aby-Keirstead, a founding member of the MN Anti-War Committee, on February 27 for her anti-war perspective on the crisis in the Ukraine and the proxy war developing between the U.S./NATO and Russia. | Fight Back!: Why should Americans join with the anti-war movement right now? | Meredith Aby-Keirstead: This is a critical time to stop the U.S. as it fans the flames of war. Both Democrats and Republicans in Congress want to send more weapons and more military support to Ukraine, which would be like pouring gasoline on this fire. Not only would it kill any dipl…

Cynthia Papermaster (2022-02-28). Thursday 3/3: No War with Russia/No NATO Expansion/Fund Communities, Not War. indybay.org I-80 Pedestrian Overpass, Berkeley, foot of University Ave.

sputniknews (2022-02-28). Romania to Block Sputnik and Stop Broadcasting of RT by Day's End. sputniknews.com Romania is the latest country to take measures to crack down on Russian foreign-language media over the crisis in Ukraine. On Sunday, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen recommended banning Sputnik and RT across the European Union.

sputniknews (2022-02-28). 'Bribes, Fraud & Embezzlement': Leaked Doc Alleges Ericsson Paid $10.5 Million to Daesh in Iraq. sputniknews.com Revelations of vast management failures at Ericsson are contained in a 2019 internal report, obtained by the International Consortium of International Journalists [ICIJ] and shared with media partners, including the BBC, The Washington Post and The Guardian. The probe had focused on operations in 10 countries, including in Iraq from 2011 to 2019.

sputniknews (2022-02-28). Finns, Swedes Hoard Iodine Tablets Amid Russia's Ukraine Op Despite Authorities Saying No Need to. sputniknews.com Russia's special operation in Ukraine has sparked fears of a leak at the Chernobyl nuclear plant, currently under Russian control, but according to the Swedish Radiation Safety Authority, there is no need to stock up on iodine tablets, as none of its reactors is active.

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2022-02-28). Leak Exposes Ericsson's Secret Dealings with ISIS amid Iraq Corruption Spree. transcend.org 27 Feb 2022 – The embattled Swedish telecom giant concealed years of bribery and fraud in the war-torn nation and grappled with undisclosed corruption allegations in more than a dozen other countries.

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2022-02-28). Nils Melzer: The Political Persecution of Julian Assange. transcend.org 12 Feb 2022 – WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is being made an example of by the US government to deter investigative journalists from exposing state abuses, the current UN Special Rapporteur on torture says.

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2022-02-28). Assange Affirms the Existence of another Kind of Human Nature. transcend.org ** Statement made at the Belmarsh Tribunal on 25 Feb 2022 ** Beyond his great public service with WikiLeaks, it is his unwillingness to surrender his integrity and dignity that is key to understanding why the powers that be continue to crucify him.

WSWS (2022-02-28). Three international studies of the origins of coronavirus refute the fabricated Wuhan "lab leak" claim. wsws.org Three just-released studies provide substantive evidence for the natural origin of SARS-CoV-2, with Huanan market in Wuhan, China the location of the first zoonotic (animal to human) transfer.

Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting (2022-02-28). Foreign Agents Designation Causes Media Cold War. fair.org The US government in 2020 declared five Chinese media entities to be "not independent news organizations" but rather "effectively controlled by the [Chinese] government" (Politico, Most nations have some form of state media. These days, it's pretty easy for Americans to access any number of foreign state media outlets, and many of them have journalists covering US affairs. Some of those journalists must register as "foreign agents" with the US government. But others don't have to—a distinction that h…

Ali Abunimah (2022-02-28). Ukraine, Palestine and the propaganda of war. electronicintifada.net Western publics are being primed for another bloody calamity.

David Swanson (2022-02-28). RAND Corporation Urged Creation of the Horrors You're Seeing in Ukraine. dissidentvoice.org In 2019, the RAND Corporation tentacle of the U.S. Military Industrial Congressional "Intelligence" Media Academic "Think" Tank Complex published a report claiming to have "conducted a qualitative assessment of 'cost-imposing options' that could unbalance and overextend Russia." Here was one of the "cost-imposing options," one that U.S. President Barack Obama had been refusing, but in …

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…

_____ (2022-02-28). What Russia, Singapore and Fiji Have in Common. journal-neo.org Russia's cooperation with Singapore, a prosperous island city-state in Southeast Asia with a population of nearly 6 million people, neighbouring Indonesia and Malaysia and having one of the highest GDPs in the world, has been actively developing since 2009, when Russian President Dmitry Medvedev paid his first official visit to Singapore in the history of …

_____ (2022-02-28). Anti-Asian Racism is Still a Dominant Force of the US Political Ideology. journal-neo.org Although the associations with racial discrimination in the US are primarily related to the country's black population, the problem is much deeper and more serious. Even The Guardian, which is "friendly" to the current government in Washington, stresses that racism is rampant in the United States and that from the very beginning the US was …

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2022-02-28). Culture — Food, Music, Languages, Dress. transcend.org Many countries had their own culture | Consisting of languages people spoke, food they ate | The attractive dresses that they wore…

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2022-02-28). (Italiano) Di fronte alla guerra. transcend.org 25 Febbraio 2022 – La prima reazione che viene spontanea di fronte a quanto sta accadendo in queste ore non troppo lontano dai nostri confini è lo sconforto, unito a sgomento e dolore. Di fronte alla prospettiva di tante vite distrutte solo il silenzio è adeguato. Poi, perà≤, di fronte alla guerra, segue il bisogno di capire, di riflettere e di agire.

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2022-02-28). Michelangelo (6 Mar 1475 — 18 Feb 1564). transcend.org In his youth, Michelangelo Buonarroti had taunted a fellow student, and received a blow on the nose that disfigured him for life. Over the years, he suffered increasing infirmities from the rigors of his work; in one of his poems, he documented the tremendous physical strain that he endured by painting the Sistine Chapel ceiling. Political strife in his beloved Florence also gnawed at him, but his most notable enmity was with fellow Florentine artist Leonardo da Vinci, who was more than 20 years his senior.

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2022-02-28). God's Eternal Spiritual Abode—Our Ultimate Goal. transcend.org The Vedic texts describe that there are innumerable spiritual planets in the spiritual sky beyond this material creation, each having one of the unlimited forms of the Lord with countless devotees engaging in His service.

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2022-02-28). Veganism vs. Cruelty-Free Products: What Is the Difference? transcend.org It is a common misconception that the term veganism and cruelty-free are synonymous. But there are several factors that differentiate both the terms from each other. When you're new to the plant-based diet and lifestyle, there is so much information out there that it can be overwhelming.

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2022-02-28). Meeting Thousands of People—Conversing with a Few of Them. transcend.org With hundreds of thousands of people that I encounter at different places every day, is there even one person whom I know or who knows me? I have travelled a lot in my life due to academic pursuits or as a tourist… (read on)…

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2022-02-28). Coping with the Dark Side. transcend.org Us & Them…

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2022-02-28). (Italiano) Industria delle armi: la coda che agita il cane. transcend.org 24 Febbraio 2022 – Il militarismo è una minaccia negli sforzi di costruzione di un sistema mondiale più pacifico. Ed è spinto dalla forza gravitazionale, che distorce le risposte sia politiche sia mediatiche, del complesso militar-industriale. Opporvisi comporta aver qualcos'altro da proporre, da mettere al suo posto, come fonte di sicurezza come pure di prosperità .

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2022-02-28). Hymn for the Weekend (Music Video of the Week). transcend.org * From the album A Head Full of Dreams released in 2015 | * Click on Watch on YouTube and enjoy.

Kim Scipes (2022-02-28). As Workers Win Victories in Mexico, It's Important to Remember Past Machinations Against Them. covertactionmagazine.com Mexico's reenergized labor movement should be leery of AFL-CIO cooptation and CIA infiltration following long historical pattern In early February, …

José Manuel Blanco Diaz (2022-02-28). 33 Years After the People's Uprising: Venezuelan Renowned 'Frasso' Remembers the 'Caracazo' (+Maduro & Padrino). orinocotribune.com 33 years after the popular rebellion of the Caracazo, journalist and photographer Francisco "Frasso" Solórzano evoked moments that he lived as a Venezuelan, in the front lines of battle as a reporter covering the events of February 26-28, 1989. | Frasso spoke with journalist Ernesto Villegas in an interview that had the Caracazo as the central topic. There he recounted how during those hours he had to portray dozens of trucks full of the corpses of victims of the insurrection, that in those days rose up against the International Monetary Fund (IMF) package promoted by then president Carlos Andrés Pérez from the D…

NARAL Pro-Choice America (2022-02-28). Saturday 2/26: #PassWHPA to Protect Reproductive Freedom Call to Action Rally w/ NARAL. indybay.org Online rally…

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2022-02-28). How Nanoplastics Enter the Human Body. transcend.org 22 Feb 2022 – If you regularly drink water from plastic bottles, you're likely ingesting even more plastic than the average consumer.

sputniknews (2022-02-28). Russian Air Forces Dominate Airspace Over Ukraine, MoD Says. sputniknews.com MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The Russian warplanes dominate the airspace over the entire territory of Ukraine, Russian defence ministry spokesman Maj. Gen. Igor Konashenkov said on Monday.

sputniknews (2022-02-28). Bulgarian Opposition Decries Gov't 'National Betrayal' Over Russian Special Op in Ukraine. sputniknews.com Earlier in this week, Bulgaria, along with other European states, announced its decision to close its airspace to Russian airlines amid the situation in Ukraine, explaining it had decided to do so due to "the escalation of the military conflict and as a sign of solidarity with Ukraine".

Direct Action Everywhere (2022-02-28). Wednesday 3/9: No More Factory Farms Coalition Rally to Support AB 2764. indybay.org California State Capitol | 1315 10th St, Sacramento, CA 95814…

sputniknews (2022-02-28). Poll: Biden's Approval Rating Still Below 40% as Midterms Near, Raising Chances For Republicans. sputniknews.com Biden surely has a lot of problems that are keeping his approval numbers low, such as his handling of the Ukraine situation, the pandemic response, a border crisis, and low ratings for personal qualities like leadership, crisis management, and mental sharpness.

teleSUR (2022-02-28). Russia-Ukraine War Threatens Import-Depending African Economies. telesurenglish.net Last week, the Renaissance Capital Investment Bank Economist Director Charlie Robertson warned that the Ukraine-Russian war will severely impact African countries that depend on food imports from Europe. | RELATED: | "Africa keeps centuries-old ties with Western countries," Robertson said, stressing that this continent imported US$6.9 billion in agricultural products from Russia and Ukraine in 2020. | He considered that the g…

WSWS (2022-02-28). Anti-Russian fever takes hold of entertainment, music and sports world. wsws.org The stampede to denounce everyone and everything Russian is hypocritical and dangerous.

Khubaka, Michael Harris (2022-02-28). 200th Anniversary of Harriet Tubman and the connections to the Negro Pioneer Gold Book. indybay.org 1849 Gold Mining Town of Negro Bar, Sacramento County has a profound connection with the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom our California State Parks Strategic Planning chooses not to consider. California State University Sacramento houses essential primary source documents as does the intersection of the California State Library and California State Archives, soon apart of the Negro Bar State Historic Park* offerings…

sputniknews (2022-02-27). Russian MoD: Azov Battalion Used Grad Systems to Hit Residential Areas on Mariupol Outskirts. sputniknews.com On 24 February, Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine after the breakaway republics of Donetsk and Lugansk requested assistance to defend themselves from attacks by Ukrainian forces.

Vijay Prashad (2022-02-27). The Left has Culture, but the World Still Belongs to the Banks. orinocotribune.com By Vijay Prashad — Feb 10, 2022 | 'There is great intellectual poverty on the part of the right wing', Héctor Béjar says in our latest Béjar speaks with a great deal of authority on these matters because, for the past sixty years, he has been intimately involved in the intellectual and political debates which have taken place in his native Peru and across Latin America. 'In the cul…

Benjamin Norton (2022-02-27). EEUU sabía que la expansión de la OTAN a Ucrania obligaría a Rusia a intervenir. multipolarista.com El ex embajador de EEUU en Rusia, William Burns, actual director de la CIA, admitió en un documento secreto en 2008 que la expansión de la OTAN a Ucrania cruza las "líneas rojas" de seguridad de Moscú y "podría dividir el país en dos, lo que provocaría violencia o incluso, algunos afirman, una guerra civil, lo que obligaría a Rusia a decidir si interviene".

Benjamin Norton (2022-02-27). US gov't knew NATO expansion to Ukraine would force Russia to intervene. multipolarista.com Former US Ambassador to Russia William J. Burns, who is now CIA director, admitted in a classified 2008 embassy cable that NATO expansion to Ukraine crosses Moscow's security "redlines" and "could potentially split the country in two, leading to violence or even, some claim, civil war, which would force Russia to decide whether to intervene."

Zach Farber (2022-02-27). Dozens turn out to hear anti-war activist Juliana Musheyev speak against war with Russia. liberationnews.org On Feb. 25 nearly 40 people, including CBS 8 news, gathered at the San Diego Justice Center for a community forum about NATO expansion and aggression since the alliance's inception.

LeftEast (2022-02-27). LeftEast condemns Putin's imperial war against Ukraine. indybay.org In the revolutionary spirit and in solidarity with the peoples of Ukraine, Russia and the region, today we say "No!" to Moscow and "No!" to the false choice between Moscow and NATO in the future. We demand an immediate ceasefire and a return to the negotiating table. The interests of global capital and its military machine are not worth another drop of blood.

Fight Back (2022-02-27). Minneapolis protest calls for U.S. de-escalation in Ukraine. fightbacknews.org Minneapolis, MN – On February 24, around 30 people demonstrated outside U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar's office in downtown Minneapolis with signs and banners calling for no war with Russia and an end to U.S. intervention in Ukraine. Held less than 24 hours after Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered Russian troops into Ukraine, the protest came amidst a jingoistic frenzy of calls by Western governments and media for actions against Russia. | Protesters emphasized the role that the U.S. and NATO played for years in escalating tensions between Ukraine and Russia. In 2014, the elected Ukrainian government was overth…

sputniknews (2022-02-27). Analyst: Russia Seeks to Neutralise Ukraine's Geopolitical Status to Solve Dangerous Security Crisis. sputniknews.com As Russia launched a special military operation in Ukraine in order to protect the Donbass republics and demilitarise the country, which seeks to join NATO, two major Asian powers, China and India, have remained cautious in taking sides. An expert reckons the crisis will send a ripple effect in Europe and shape a new order in the Asia Pacific.

sputniknews (2022-02-27). UK's Truss Claims Unless Russian Op in Ukraine is Stopped, It May Result in Conflict With NATO. sputniknews.com Truss also argued that, if Russia is serious about entering negotiations with Ukraine, it should pull its troops out of the country.

Andrew Korybko (2022-02-27). President Putin Didn't Spark World War III, he Just Averted it! orinocotribune.com By Andrew Korybko — Feb 24, 2022 | A much larger war that could dangerously escalate into World War III was averted by Russia's preemptive special operation in Ukraine aimed at neutralizing the US and NATO's latent, imminent, and hot threats emanating from that country. This makes Moscow's military mission truly a peacemaking one since the Eurasian Great Power responsibly sought to prevent World War III, not spark it. Russia truly had no choice but to act now. | The US-led Western Mainstream Media's latest information warfare narrative against Russia is that President Putin just sparked World War III, but th…

isw dirfectors & Phyllis Bennis (2022-02-27). No to the war over Ukraine. indybay.org The invasion of Ukraine ordered by Vladimir Putin is a political, humanitarian and military disaster. We condemn this aggressive act and advocate an immediate ceasefire, the withdrawal of Russian troops and a return to the negotiating table. | There is no justification for Russia's military aggression.

sputniknews (2022-02-27). Google Bans Download of RT Mobile App in Ukraine on Kiev's Request. sputniknews.com MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Google has banned the download of the mobile application of the Russian RT channel in Ukraine at the request of Kiev, the broadcaster said on Sunday.

_____ (2022-02-27). US Tries to Fragment and Destroy China. journal-neo.org China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi told US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken in a phone conversation that took place on February 22 about China's concerns over the worsening of China-US relations that in his opinion was a direct result of Washington's actions. According to the Chinese foreign minister, Beijing is ready to build relations with the …

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

Jesús Rodríguez-Espinoza (2022-02-27). White House: Venezuela Will Feel the Pressure of Sanctions Against Russia (+Missile Crisis). orinocotribune.com Caracas, February 26, 2022 ( "The sanctions on Russia are so robust that they will have an impact on those governments with economic links with Russia," stated González. "And that is by design, so Venez…

M.K. Bhadrakumar (2022-02-27). Pope, Putin and Ukraine in crisis. peoplesdispatch.org The visit by Pope Francis to the Russian Embassy in Rome on Friday, during which he spoke to the ambassador for around an hour-and-a-half, is noteworthy for a number of reasons…

Mariah Denman (2022-02-27). Far-right extremist kills one, injures others in Portland mass shootingÔøº. liberationnews.org "He didn't go for the crowd. He came for us."

Pavan Kulkarni (2022-02-27). 'Mothers and Fathers March' stands firmly behind Sudanese youth resisting coup leaders. peoplesdispatch.org Elderly people across Sudan took to the streets in a show of support for the youth who are resisting the military junta. Meanwhile, the neighborhood Resistance Committees are set to announce a united political vision for the country…

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'.

sputniknews (2022-02-27). Miami Beach Will Restrict Alcohol Sales to Prevent Last Spring's Calamity – Reports. sputniknews.com In March last year, Miami Beach, Florida authorities declare a state of emergency due to an influx of tourists who had been partying by the sea during the coronavirus pandemic.

sputniknews (2022-02-27). Putin Thanks Russian Special Op Forces for Heroically Performing Their Military Duty in Ukraine. sputniknews.com Earlier, Russia formally recognised the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics (DPR and LPR) amid intensified shelling of their territory by Kiev's forces. Moscow launched a military operation in Ukraine in response to a request for assistance from DPR and LPR, with the goal of neutralising Ukraine's military capacity with precision strikes.

ecns.cn (2022-02-27). China's textile sector sees strong growth in 2021. ecns.cn China's textile industry posted robust expansion last year, with both revenue and profits logging double-digit growth, official data showed.

ecns.cn (2022-02-27). Timeline: Development of Russia-Ukraine conflict. ecns.cn The Russian Armed Forces have attacked multiple locations since Russian President Vladimir Putin authorized on Thursday morning "a special military operation" in Donbass.

sputniknews (2022-02-27). Russia-Europe Gas Transit Through Ukraine to Remain at Near Maximum Capacity, Operator Says. sputniknews.com The Russian military operation in Ukraine has sent energy prices on a rollercoaster of volatility, with oil surging past $100 a barrel and spot prices for gas jumping 60 percent or more Thursday before leveling out Friday.

sputniknews (2022-02-27). Lukashenko Says 'Harassment of Belarusians' in Ukraine Could Push Minsk Toward a Special Op. sputniknews.com Earlier, a Russian delegation had arrived in Belarus for negotiations with the Ukrainians, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said, after the Belarusian Foreign Ministry said that Minsk has prepared everything necessary for talks between the sides in Gomel.

ecns.cn (2022-02-27). Chinese FM calls for stronger vaccine support for developing countries. ecns.cn Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Friday said it is impossible to be completely safe as long as there is an immunization "gap" in the world, calling for stronger vaccine support for developing countries.

Angela (2022-02-27). Sunday 3/13: Q&A Discussion of the documentary film "Advocate" indybay.org

ecns.cn (2022-02-27). Winter Paralympic villages open to welcome 48 delegations. ecns.cn

NARAL Pro-Choice America (2022-02-27). Saturday 2/26: #PassWHPA to Protect Reproductive Freedom Call to Action Rally w/ NARAL. indybay.org Online rally…

sputniknews (2022-02-27). As West Slaps Another Package of Sanctions on Russia, Analyst Mulls Over Their Effectiveness. sputniknews.com Although Western sanctions did harm the Iranian economy, they failed to curb Tehran's nuclear drive. They also failed to result in the overthrow of the current Iranian leadership. Will the same scenario unfold in Russia?

ecns.cn (2022-02-27). China to seek political settlement of Ukraine issue: FM spokesperson. ecns.cn China has always stood on the side of peace and justice and will continue to promote a political settlement of the Ukraine issue, a Foreign Ministry spokesperson said Friday.

Labor Video Project (2022-02-27). SEIU 1021VP Dawkins Opposes Building John Fisher's A's Stadium In Port of Oakland. indybay.org SEIU 1021 VP for Organizing Brandon Dawkins spoke out about the closure of public schools in Oakland and also opposed billionaire A's over John Fisher's stadium in the Port of Oakland.

sputniknews (2022-02-27). Russian Space Facilities, Satellites Secured Against Cyberattacks, Roscosmos Says. sputniknews.com MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The governance of the Russian space sector, satellites and Russia's segment of the International Space Station (ISS) are secured and isolated from cybercriminals, the head of the Russian space agency Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin said.

ecns.cn (2022-02-27). Xi, Putin hold phone conversation. ecns.cn Chinese President Xi Jinping and his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, on Friday held a phone conversation.

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.

Anonymous103 (2022-02-27). Oil Depots Burning All Over Ukraine (Videos). southfront.org Click to see full-size image | On the night of February 27, the Ukrainian Armed Forces shelled the village of Rovenki with rockets. Despite destroying civilian settlements, Ukrainian forces launched a missile attack on an oil depot located in the town in the LPR. A large fire broke out. | According to the footage, the Tochka-U missile was used to destroy the oil depot. According to the LPR People's Militia, eight fuel tanks with a volume of about 5 thousand liters were damaged. No injuries were reported. | Another attack on…

Anonymous349 (2022-02-27). Day 4 Of War In Ukraine Started: Russian Troops Are In Kharkov City. Cruise Missiles Pound Regime Forces (Video). southfront.org The Fourth Day of the Russian peace enforcement operation in Ukraine started. In the morning of February 27, Russian forces…

José Manuel Blanco Diaz (2022-02-27). Fake News Warfare in Ukraine Conflict (+Zelensky on the Frontlines?). orinocotribune.com The ongoing geopolitical and military conflict situation between the Russian Federation and the Republic of Ukraine is being used for fake news production by Western press and social media platforms, as is becoming evident. | Biased reports, publications of old photographs, and even simulations and video games serve as "source" for the mainstream media and social media accounts of great influence. With the publication of fake news, they are trying to show an "indignation" against war, something that was never seen against all the atrocities perpetrated or promoted by governments such as that of the United States.

Merriweather the Astrologer (2022-02-27). Serious Astrology Alert for Feb. 27, 2022 Sunday. indybay.org We have an astrological problem I have never seen before. | There are 8 empty "houses" in today's chart. | That means there is plenty of space in our astrological home to invite millions of Ukranians in. Think about it, we have millions of undocumented people from El Salvador, Honduras, Mexico, Guatemala, Columbia, etc. Now, we must be aware that today astrology shows us we have room for more. And the people who are most in need right now are the Ukranians fleeing war.

League of Women Voters (2022-02-27). Thursday 3/3: Women Who Are Powering Voting Rights & Democracy w/ LWV. indybay.org Online event…

ecns.cn (2022-02-27). China's forex market transacts $3.08 trillion in January. ecns.cn China's foreign exchange (forex) market recorded transactions of 19.45 trillion yuan ($3.08 trillion) in January, official data showed on Friday.

sputniknews (2022-02-27). Beijing Blasts US Over Ukraine Crisis, Tells Washington to 'Ask Itself' Who's to Blame for Disaster. sputniknews.com US President Joe Biden warned Thursday that any nation that doesn't condemn Moscow's military operation in Ukraine would be "stained by association." On Friday, US media reported that US officials had held six urgent meetings with senior Chinese officials to try to force Beijing to pressure Russia into changing course.

ecns.cn (2022-02-27). China says EU should urge Lithuania to return to one-China principle. ecns.cn Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Friday said the European Union (EU) should urge Lithuania to return to the right track of the one-China principle as soon as possible.

Adriaan Alsema (2022-02-27). Colombia's security forces struggle to contain ELN terror campaign. colombiareports.com Colombia's ELN guerrillas subjected rebel-controlled regions to a three-day terror campaign. According to conflict monitors, guerrillas carried out dozens of operations between Wednesday and Saturday. "The armed strike succeeded in…

Staff (2022-02-27). Saudis target Yemen's intl. airport, residential areas. en.mehrnews.com The Saudi coalition on Sunday bombed Sanaa International Airport located in the Yemeni capital of Sana'a, as well as Yemeni residential areas in Sa'dah and Dhamr.

sputniknews (2022-02-27). 'He Gave $417 Million. What The Hell is Going On?' Trump Urges Audit of Zuckerberg Election Funding. sputniknews.com Last October former POTUS Donald Trump insisted new analysis showed Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg's donation of roughly $419.5 million to election offices through a pair of nonprofits was "illegal", having purportedly boosted Democratic turnout in key areas.

sputniknews (2022-02-27). Russian Journalists Come Under Fire From Ukrainian Forces in Donbass. sputniknews.com On Thursday, Russia began a special operation to demilitarise Ukraine, responding to calls from the Donetsk and Lugansk people's republics for help in countering the aggression of Ukrainian forces.

Anonymous103 (2022-02-27). Battle For Kharkov: Street Fighting Began (Video). southfront.org Click to see full-size image | The fighting on the streets of Kharkov began in early hours of February 27. | Fighting in the Karkov outskirts lasted for almost the whole night. The head of the Kharkov Regional State Administration confirmed that Russian troops broke through the defense of the city. Kharkov police officials confirmed that numerous Russian groups have broken into the city. | On February 27, the Ministry of Defense Ministry reported that the 302nd anti-aircraft missile Regiment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, equi…

sputniknews (2022-02-27). US Condemns Pyongyang's Latest Missile Launch. sputniknews.com WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – The United States condemns North Korea's ballistic missile test carried out on Sunday, the US Indo-Pacific Command (INDOPACOM) said.

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.

WSWS (2022-02-26). "The US has been at war the entirety of our lives"—Students in the US denounce warmongering against Russia. wsws.org A high school student said: "It's pretty horrifying. The Cold War was called the Cold War because we didn't actually physically fight Russia. Now we're back to the threat of nuclear war; it seems almost unprecedented, the way that we're aggravating Russia."

TASS (2022-02-26). Zelensky accepts Putin's proposal, ready for peace talks. tass.com According to his press secretary Sergey Nikoforov, consultations are underway about the place and time of the negotiations…

Dave DeCamp (2022-02-26). Russia, Ukraine in 'Consultations' on Venue and Time for Negotiations. news.antiwar.com Ukraine and Russia Earlier in the day,

TASS (2022-02-26). Ukraine may discuss neutral status, security guarantees with Russia – Zelensky's office. tass.com "It will be, first of all, a detailed conversation about peace and ceasefire," Mikhail Podolyak, adviser to the Ukrainian leader's chief of staff said…

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.

sputniknews (2022-02-26). Russian Envoy to UN Says Nationalists in Ukraine Using Civilians as Human Shields. sputniknews.com UNITED NATIONS (Sputnik) – Russian Ambassador to the United Nations Vasily Nebenzia said nationalists in Ukraine are using civilians as human shields.

Dave DeCamp (2022-02-26). White House Asks Congress for $6.4 Billion for Ukraine Crisis. news.antiwar.com On Friday, the White House asked Congress for $6.4 billion for military and humanitarian aid for Ukraine and to help US allies in Europe to bolster their security in response to Russia's attack on Ukraine. | "In a recent conversation wit…

TASS (2022-02-26). Kiev must contain nationalists if it wants dialogue – LPR leader. tass.com Ukrainian presidential press secretary Sergey Nikoforov said earlier that President Vladimir Zelensky has accepted Russian President Vladimir Putin's proposal and is ready to negotiate peace and a ceasefire…

TASS (2022-02-26). Russian troops welcomed with flags in Ukraine's Melitopol. tass.com The Russian Defense Ministry reassured that Russian troops are not targeting Ukrainian cities, but are limited to surgically striking and incapacitating Ukrainian military infrastructure…

CODEPINK, more (2022-02-26). Saturday 2/26: No War in Ukraine! International Emergency Online Rally. indybay.org Online via Zoom…

WSWS (2022-02-26). NATO mobilizes troops as UK MPs, US congressmen call for air war against Russia. wsws.org Three days into the war between Russia and Ukraine, the conflict is showing dangerous signs of spiraling into a much wider war.

JANET (2022-02-26). Berlin antiwar rally exposes Washington's lies. iacenter.org By John Catalinotto February 25, 2022 Despite gale warnings, the Berlin Peace Coordination drew a thousand people to a Feb. 18 antiwar rally on the Platz des 18. Mà§rz at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, under the slogans "Stop the media warmongering and NATO aggression policy" and "Disarmament and peace with Russia." Among the participants were members of the Left Party, the German Communist Party and the Friends of Nature. Left Party representative in Bundestag, Sevim Dagdelen, at Feb. 18 antiwar rally. Friko (Peace Coordination) Left Party member of the Bundestag, Sevim Dagdelen, to the cheers of the crowd…

Victoria Torres (2022-02-26). Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov Exposes CNN Hypocrisy during Press Conference. orinocotribune.com Russian authorities have to constantly counter media manipulation when it comes to the current crisis in Ukraine and the Donbas. On Friday, February 25, Russian Foreign Affairs Minister Sergey Lavrov exposed the hypocrisy of Western media in response to a CNN journalist during a video press conference. | During the conference, Minister Lavrov responded to a question by a CNN journalist and demonstrated the hypocrisy with which Western journalists have handled the Ukraine crisis and their supposed concern for the people of Ukraine and the Donbas. In the last eight years, as over 14,000 people in the Donbas died fr…

New Atlas (2022-02-26). US Plans to Destroy Taiwan to "Save" It. newatlas.report February 26, 2022 (Brian Berletic — NEO) — Tensions between the United States and China exist across a wide spectrum of areas, from economics to geopolitics. Among the many flashpoint issues defining this growing confrontation is the "Taiwan question." Officially, the United States recognizes what is known as the "One China Policy." The US State …

Jesús Rodríguez-Espinoza (2022-02-26). Venezuela Criticizes NATO Attitude towards Ukraine Situation (Communiqué). orinocotribune.com Caracas, February 25, 2022 (

WSWS (2022-02-26). US-NATO war threats against Russia heighten geopolitical crisis in South Asia. wsws.org The Biden administration is ratcheting up pressure on India—which Washington has successfully harnessed to its campaign targeting China—to line up full-square behind the war drive against Moscow.

Rick Rozoff (2022-02-26). Video: U.S. attack helicopters arrive in Latvia. NATO Response Force activated. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com

Rick Rozoff (2022-02-26). Ukraine border: German troops to join NATO battle group in Slovakia. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com ReutersFebruary 25, 2022 Germany to send company of troops to Slovakia to join new NATO battlegroup Germany will send a company of troops to Slovakia that will build part of a new NATO battlegroup to be established there, German Defence Minister Christine Lambrecht said on Friday. "We are working on quickly sending a company to …

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 …

Misión Verdad (2022-02-26). NATO Countries Have Supplied Weapons to Ukraine (Report). orinocotribune.com As the Russian military operation in Ukraine has neutralized most of the Ukrainian defense system, the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, lamented that they have been left "on their own" despite the support of some nations. He now sees no guarantee of Ukraine finally joining NATO. | The Ukrainian president's speech seems directed at the position taken by the United States and the European Union, since neither of the two has expressed any disposition to a military confrontation with Russia. Both the EU and the US, as well as the UK, have only limited their scope of action to the application of "tough sancti…

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…

_____ (2022-02-26). Whenever There's Militants, There's Turkey. journal-neo.org Turkey has recently been receiving a considerable amount of attention in the publications of various media outlets. However, much of the reporting revolves around the attitude of Ankara and the Turkish president himself towards various armed conflicts, where Turkey still plays a major role. One example of this is the Turkish leader's offer to mediate …

Anonymous Contributor (2022-02-26). Portland Mobilizes to Defend Fallout Camp from Sweeps; Provide Mutual Aid to Houseless Community. itsgoingdown.org Report on ongoing defense of Fallout Camp in so-called Portland, Oregon from the PDX Houseless Radicals Collective. photo: @PDXHRC On Thursday, February 17th, park rangers and Portland police showed up to the PDX Houseless Radicals Collective's Fallout Camp on Park's land in southeast Portland, Oregon. Their intended eviction of the camp was prevented by the…

JANET (2022-02-26). France agrees to withdraw troops from Mali. iacenter.org By G. Dunkel February 25, 2022 President Emmanuel Macron of France announced that French troops will be pulling out of their bases in Gossi, Menaka and Gao, which are all in eastern Mali, near the three-border area with Niger and Burkina Faso. Local communities sent support and trucks to help move people and their belongings out of the beleaguered Tessit region. He made this announcement before a summit between the European Union and the African Union, Feb. 17 in Brussels. "We cannot remain militarily engaged alongside de facto authorities, whose strategy and hidden aims we do not share," Macron said, referring t…

Liberation Staff (2022-02-26). Union files complaint: Is Amazon trying to rig the Bessemer election AGAIN? liberationnews.org The Retail, Wholesale, and Department Store Union released a statement announcing the filing of Unfair Labor Practice charges against Amazon alleging illegal union-busting actions by the company in the re-run union election in Bessemer, Alabama.

Partido por el Socialismo y la Liberación (2022-02-26). Declaración del PSL sobre la intervención militar de Rusia en Ucrania. liberationnews.org La operación militar rusa en Ucrania pone de manifiesto que el mundo ha llegado a una peligrosa bifurcación.

Peoples Dispatch (2022-02-26). Palestinian administrative detainees Hisham Abu Hawwash and Miqdad al-Qawasmeh released. peoplesdispatch.org Two Palestinian administrative detainees who went on hunger strikes against their illegal administrative detention were finally released from Israeli custody on February 24, Thursday, according to a report by the WAFA News Agency. Hisham Abu Hawwash and Miqdad al-Qawasmeh, who were on hunger strike for 141 and 114 days respectively, had forced Israeli authorities to agree to end their detention. They were among the several administrative detainees who launched hunger strikes to bring attention to the injustice and cruelty they faced in Israeli prisons. | According to the report, the two detainees were released fr…

Pivot to Peace (2022-02-26). The Shanghai Communiqué: Key to Peace — Pivot to Peace/CODEPINK Webinar. peacepivot.org Join Pivot to Peace and CODEPINK's China Is Not Our Enemy campaign this Sunday for a conversation with Xiangyu, Col. Ann Wright, Lauren Gonitzke and Pivot to Peace's K.J. Noh to better understand the Taiwan issue and how the U.S. can avoid war with China over Taiwan. When: February 27, 2022 at 6: 00pm — 7: 30pm …

Robert Hunziker (2022-02-26). Factory Farms Destroy Ecosystems. dissidentvoice.org Factory farms are the Grim Reapers of civilization, inhumanely penning up and slaughtering cows, pigs, and chickens by the tens of millions, as well as unintentionally, but effectively, poisoning, maiming and/or killing birds, insects, amphibians, mammals, and crucial life-supporting ecosystems that are key to human life. And, it's legal. Factory farms have suddenly arisen out …

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…

sputniknews (2022-02-26). Astrophysicists Discover Origin of Closest Known Mysterious Radio Signals, Study Says. sputniknews.com Fast radio bursts are extremely short bursts of radiation in outer space. Their nature remains unknown since their discovery in 2007. Hundreds are observed daily in the sky, flashing in all directions. Most of their sources lie at extreme distances from the Earth, in galaxies that are billions of light-years away from us.

WSWS (2022-02-26). Wildcat school bus driver sickout in Louisiana forces retreat by school district. wsws.org The drivers, who have been fighting the district and their own union on wage increases, staged the sickout without the knowledge of the union.

WSWS (2022-02-26). Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and New Zealand. wsws.org India: Tamil Nadu state transport workers demonstrate over working conditions; Punjab fire fighters workers protest sackings; Pakistan: Quetta municipal workers demand unpaid wages; West Australian Newspaper print workers still locked out; CHEP pallet workers continue strikes in New Zealand…

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). Canada imposes "severe" sanctions on Russia, puts 3,400 troops on stand-by for deployment to Europe. wsws.org From within Canada's political establishment, including the ostensibly "left" NDP, the only criticism of the Trudeau government's belligerence and war preparations against Russia is that the measures do not go far enough.

sputniknews (2022-02-26). UFO Pundit Claims NASA 'Hiding Facts' After Discovering Various 'Alien' Objects on Mars. sputniknews.com Earlier in February, NASA's Curiosity rover, which has been exploring the surface of the Red Planet since 2012, stumbled upon an unusual object while exploring Gale Crater. The object's strange shape immediately sparked debates on aliens and UFOs.

Steve Penner (2022-02-26). Protest Canadian rulers' Emergencies Act attack on workers' protests, rights! themilitant.com MONTREAL — "The sweeping police operation carried out under the anti-working-class Emergencies Act against the three-week protest in Ottawa, Canada's capital, by truckers and others opposed to vaccine mandates is an assault on the political rights of all working people," said Philippe Tessier, Communist League candidate in a Quebec provincial by-election in the riding of Marie-Victorin. "It is one of the largest acts of police repression in modern Canadian history and should be opposed by all unions and supporters of democratic rights. | "As of today — Feb. 22 — even though the cops have shut do…

sputniknews (2022-02-26). DeSantis Trashes 'Brandon Administration' at CPAC Conference, Bolstering Speculation of 2024 Run. sputniknews.com The annual convention, which is taking place from Thursday through Sunday, is bringing together conservative activists and prominent politicians from across the country ahead of this year's midterm elections.

WSWS (2022-02-26). Biden nominates Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court. wsws.org The nomination does not change the balance on the high court, which will remain divided 6—3 between right-wing reactionaries and moderate liberals.

WSWS (2022-02-26). Sri Lanka engulfed by power cuts and fuel shortages. wsws.org Confronting rising popular anger, President Gotabhaya Rajapakse called an emergency cabinet meeting on Tuesday to discuss the country's worsening debt crisis.

WSWS (2022-02-26). San Mateo County Community College District students and faculty speak out against unsafe return to campus. wsws.org A student asked, "How are we meant to put our focus on education if we are fearful and stressed out about contracting this potentially deadly virus? How are teachers meant to teach us to the best of their abilities if they are constantly put at risk?"

The Lancet (2022-02-26). [Editorial] Our commitment to help accelerate progress against cancer. thelancet.com Cancer affects everyone, regardless of age, gender, or social status, and represents a tremendous burden for patients, families, and societies. In 2020, one in six deaths were caused by cancer, accounting for 10 million premature deaths worldwide. Cancer has been a leading cause of mortality since the 1970s, but only in 2016 did it become part of the UN global agenda, as part of Sustainable Development Goal target 3.4, aiming to reduce premature mortality from non-communicable diseases. This step has helped raise the profile of cancer worldwide and led to an increased political commitment to accelerate cancer res…

sputniknews (2022-02-26). PHOTO: Four Illegal Immigrants Stuffed in Toolbox Like Sardines at Texas Border. sputniknews.com A recent CBS News poll showed only 36% of respondents voiced satisfaction with how US President Joe Biden was handling immigration, as the past year witnessed record levels of illicit border crossings and overflowing detention centres struggling to deal with illegal immigrants on the Southern US border.

NARAL Pro-Choice America (2022-02-26). Saturday 2/26: #PassWHPA to Protect Reproductive Freedom Call to Action Rally w/ NARAL. indybay.org Online rally…

WSWS (2022-02-26). Herd immunity in Northern Ireland: "My family has been torn apart" wsws.org "The moneymen in government don't care how many families suffer, as long as profits keep rolling and the economy is booming."

Editor2 (2022-02-26). 'The Mouse Kills the Cat': Augusto Cesar Sandino's Rebellion Against the US. orinocotribune.com By Daniel Kovalik — Feb 21, 2022 | How Sandino fought for Nicaragua's independence, lost and remained a hero for its people | Before Fidel Castro and Che Guevara, before Ho Chi Minh and before Mao began his Long March, there was Augusto Cesar Sandino. | While Sandino is not a household name in much of the world, as these others are, he was one of the most important and successful guerilla fighters of the 20th century, successfully driving the US Marines out of Nicaragua against nearly impossible odds. His image, with his iconic Tom Mix cowboy hat tilted to one side, continues to be the most ubiquitous symbol…

Black Lives Matter, Demand Justice, more (2022-02-26). Monday 2/28: Have Her Back: Organizing Call to Support First Black Woman for SCOTUS. indybay.org Online via Zoom…

RepresentWomen (2022-02-26). Thursday 3/10: Represent Women: 2022 Solutions Summit for Building a 21st Century Democracy (Day 3). indybay.org Online via Zoom…

RepresentWomen (2022-02-26). Tuesday 3/8: Represent Women: 2022 Solutions Summit for Building a 21st Century Democracy (Day 1). indybay.org Online via Zoom…

sputniknews (2022-02-26). PFAS Have Contaminated US Drinking Water Wells, According to USGS Study. sputniknews.com A new study by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) has revealed that per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) "forever chemicals" are now contaminating both private and public drinking water wells. The study found that 20% of private wells and 60% of public wells in 16 eastern states were contaminated by PFAS chemicals.

WSWS (2022-02-25). Three former Minneapolis, Minnesota police officers convicted of violating George Floyd's civil rights. wsws.org The officers who failed to intervene and stop Derek Chauvin from murdering George Floyd by kneeling on his neck for more than nine minutes, were found guilty by a jury of violating federal civil rights laws.

John Rachel (2022-02-25). Personal Interview: Scott Ritter. dissidentvoice.org Events are unfolding at a quickening pace. Facing an alarming escalation in tensions around the world, we are looking to our most respected and renowned thought leaders for an honest assessment of both U.S. foreign and military policy to offer their most current thoughts and insights. We know they have some ideas for improving the …

Phyllis Bennis (2022-02-25). It's Settled That Israel Is Committing the Crime of Apartheid—Now What Should We Do About It? juancole.com ( Commondreams.org ) — When Amnesty International released its report "Israel's Apartheid Against Palestinians: Cruel System of Domination and Crime Against Humanity" earlier the month, it was clearly part of a rapidly expanding trend. Palestinian human rights defenders, members of Congress and faith leaders in the United States, academics, and activists of the Palestinian rights …

Ramzy Baroud (2022-02-25). The Next Step in Palestine's Anti-Apartheid Struggle is the Most Difficult. dissidentvoice.org When Nelson Mandela was freed from his Robben Island prison on February 11, 1991, my family, friends and neighbors followed the event with keen interest as they gathered in the living room of my old home in the Nuseirat Refugee Camp in the Gaza Strip. This emotional event took place years before Mandela uttered his famous quote …

WSWS (2022-02-25). Hundreds reported dead in first day of Russia-Ukraine war. wsws.org Ukraine is in the grips of a full-scale war after Russia launched large-scale bombing raids early Thursday morning local time, in the biggest military operation by Russia since the Afghanistan war.

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.

Anonymous103 (2022-02-25). The CIA is Pushing a False Flag Operation in Ukraine to Save Joe Biden and the Democrats. southfront.org Written by John Smith In a prior article, I described the pragmatism of Vladimir Putin in regards to his not…

Chris Hedges (2022-02-25). Chris Hedges: Russia, Ukraine and the Chronicle of a War Foretold. mintpressnews.com After the fall of the Soviet Union, there was a near-universal understanding among political leaders that NATO expansion would be a foolish provocation against Russia. How naive we were to think the military-industrial complex would allow such sanity to prevail.

WSWS (2022-02-25). "We can't let nuclear war break out": US workers respond to conflict in Ukraine. wsws.org Workers across the United States are responding with anxiety and apprehension to the outbreak of war in Ukraine, while voicing skepticism about the hysterical war propaganda being stoked by the Biden administration and the corporate media.

Jesús Rodríguez-Espinoza (2022-02-25). Putin on Military Operation in Ukraine: 'They Left us No Other Choice' (+Lukashenko). orinocotribune.com Caracas, February 24, 2022 ( On February 21, Russia recognized the independence of Donetsk and Lugansk. The two territories with majority Russian-speaking…

imperial.ac.uk (2022-02-25). At least 5 million children have lost a caregiver from COVID-19, study suggests. imperial.ac.uk At least 5 million children have experienced the death of a parent or caregiver due to COVID-19 since March 2020, new figures suggest.

Workers World Party (2022-02-25). NO WAR! NO SANCTIONS! NO NATO! workers.org February 24 Workers World Party joins with the many antiwar and anti-imperialist organizations, here and around the world, in raising the unifying slogans: "NO WAR! NO SANCTIONS! NO NATO!" We call for international emergency mobilizations for actions March 1-7 around this program. U.S. Out of Russia demonstration, Portland, Oregon, Feb. . . . |

teleSUR, lvm, JDO (2022-02-25). Hallan culpables a tres implicados en asesinato de George Floyd. telesurtv.net Los expolicías Tou Thao, J. Alexander Kueng y Thomas Lane fueron declarados culpables por complicidad en el asesinato del afroamericano George Floyd.

teleSUR, lvm, JDO (2022-02-25). Haití investiga asesinato de periodista durante protestas. telesurtv.net El reportero Lazzare Maxihen fue baleado en el estómago durante la cobertura de las protestas.

Staff (2022-02-25). Katrina vanden Heuvel on Putin's "Indefensible" Invasion & Why NATO Is at the Root of Ukraine Crisis. democracynow.org The Nation's Katrina vanden Heuvel, who has reported on Russia for decades, says many observers were "shocked" that Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered an invasion of Ukraine, calling it an "indefensible" decision. President Biden ordered strong sanctions on Russia in response, but he has also heeded critics' warnings not to send troops to Ukraine in order to avoid a world war. Vanden Heuvel says that it's vital that instead of further military escalation, there be a "diplomatic escalation" to resolve the crisis and end the war.

sputniknews (2022-02-25). Denmark Readies to Bolster NATO Despite Admitting There Is No Threat to Bloc. sputniknews.com While a score of high-ranking Danish politicians emphasised that there is no military threat to NATO, Denmark proper, or the Danish Realm at large, they condemned Russia's special operation in Ukraine and said it left its eastern allies "worried".

teleSUR, JDO (2022-02-25). México recuerda a EE.UU. que es una nación soberana. telesurtv.net El canciller Ebrard envió una comunicación a su par estadounidense Blinken sobre la investigación a los asesinatos de periodistas.

TASS (2022-02-25). Events around Ukraine are restoration of balance lost with Soviet Union's breakup — Assad. tass.com According to the Syrian president, Moscow has every right to stand against NATO's expansion plans…

WSWS (2022-02-25). Oppose the Putin government's invasion of Ukraine and US-NATO warmongering! For the unity of Russian and Ukrainian workers! wsws.org That the US and NATO are prepared to take the world to the brink of nuclear war, with all its horrific consequences, testifies to the staggering level of recklessness and aggressiveness that now prevails in all the centers of world imperialism.

WSWS (2022-02-25). War danger surge as Ukraine demands Turkey close straits to Russia, Israel bombs Syria. wsws.org The NATO powers' threats against Russia amid the Russian attack on Ukraine threaten to spread war throughout the Middle East and the world.

Dave DeCamp (2022-02-25). Zelensky Says Ukraine 'Left Alone' to Fight Russia, NATO Is 'Afraid'. news.antiwar.com Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky delivered a speech after the first day of Russia's assault on the country and said Ukraine has been "left alone" and that NATO is "afraid" to help. "We are left alone in defense of our state. Who is ready to fight with us? Honestly — I do not see such. Who …

Staff (2022-02-25). Ukrainian Peace Activist: My Country Has Become a Battlefield for Major Powers. End the War Now. democracynow.org As officials in Moscow threaten to replace the democratically elected Ukrainian government and Russian forces appear set to overpower Ukrainian defenses, is this the end of an independent Ukraine? We speak with Ukrainian peace activist Nina Potarska, who fled the country after Russian troops entered Ukraine on Thursday, even as her 11-year-old daughter with COVID-19 had to stay behind. She is participating in CodePink's international emergency online rally on Saturday to advocate against war and against NATO membership for Ukraine. "I feel that my country now is like a battlefield for all other countr…

teleSUR, jaa, SH (2022-02-25). Asesinan a otro firmante de acuerdo de paz en Colombia. telesurtv.net Con el asesinato de Jorge Santofimio suman 305 los firmantes del acuerdo de paz asesinados desde la rúbrica del pacto en 2016.

teleSUR, SH (2022-02-25). Denuncian en México el asesinato de un periodista en Sonora. telesurtv.net Con el asesinato de Jorge Camero, México suma siete comunicadores asesinados en lo que va del 2022.

WSWS (2022-02-25). EU imposes sanctions on Russia as NATO escalates troop deployments. wsws.org The NATO powers are intensifying economic and military pressure on Russia, risking escalation of the conflict into a global war between the major nuclear powers.

Rick Rozoff (2022-02-25). U.S. deploys B-52s, F-35s to NATO's eastern flank. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Air Force MagazineFebruary 24, 2022 F-35s, B-52 Arrive at NATO's Eastern Front as Russia Invades Ukraine Six F-35s operating from Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, ordered to NATO's eastern front by President Joe Biden Feb. 22, arrived to the Baltic Sea and Black Sea regions Feb. 24….At the same time, a B-52 from Minot Air Force …

Anonymous103 (2022-02-25). Overview Of Military Developments In Ukraine. Ukrainian Forces Killing Civilians (Videos). southfront.org Click to see full-size image | On the night of February 25, the Ukrainian Armed Forces (UAF) showed resistance in several cities of Ukraine, fightings and sporadic clashes broke out on the streets. | If on the first day of the operation, Russian forces avoided attacks on civilian infrastructure by entering cities without firing a single shot, almost not engaging in battles with Ukrainian military, the second day of the operation will likely be more bloody. | The UAF are resisting in the residential areas in the cities and in…

SF015 (2022-02-25). Ukraine Launched Missile Attack On Airfield In Russia (UPDATE). southfront.org On Friday morning, February 25, the Ukrainian Armed Forces launched a missile attack on a military airfield in Millerovo, Rostov Oblast, Russian Federation. | There were reports of casualties and destruction, no information about fatalities. |

Vijay Prashad (2022-02-25). France withdraws from Mali, but continues to devastate Africa's Sahel. peoplesdispatch.org France's attempt to play "good armed groups" against "bad armed group," combined with the civilian casualties of its military operations turned the people of Mali away…

Staff (2022-02-25). A City Under Siege: Ukrainian Journalist in Kyiv Speaks Out as Russian Troops Move In on Capital. democracynow.org As the Russian army advances on Kyiv and threatens to topple the Ukrainian government, Ukrainian officials have banned men ages 18 to 60 from leaving the country to potentially be drafted into defense forces and have directed residents to use Molotov cocktails against the approaching Russian troops. We get an update from Ukrainian journalist Nataliya Gumenyuk in Kyiv, who says Ukrainians are showing great resilience against a much greater force invading their country. "The Ukrainian army is really deterring this mighty force on its own," she says.

Matt Sedlar (2022-02-25). Congressional Hearing Highlights Need for IMF Policy Change to Support an Equitable Global Recovery. cepr.net On February 17, 2022, the House Financial Services Committee (HFSC) Subcommittee on National Security, International Development and Monetary Policy held a virtual hearing titled "The Role of the International Monetary Fund in a Changing Global Landscape." The hearing addressed critical issues facing developing countries in their efforts to recover from the fallout of the COVID-19 …

_____ (2022-02-25). The Palestinian Issue Remains on the Agenda. journal-neo.org Algerian officials met separately with the representatives of the Palestinian factions in mid-January to help pave the way for a comprehensive dialogue on the Palestinian reconciliation and end the division between Fatah and Hamas, which has controlled the Gaza Strip since 2007. The controversy began after the last Palestinian parliamentary elections in early 2006, which …

Binoy Kampmark (2022-02-25). Antarctica: Where Realpolitik and Science Meet. dissidentvoice.org A frozen continent. Another potential frontier for conflict and competition. Antarctica is a part of the world were realpolitician meets scientist; the desire for finding exploitable resources meets environmental expectations and fears. Countries have vied for their little slice of ice, sometimes citing reasons of scientific collaboration, and often national self-interest. Much of this culminated …

Dante Strobino (2022-02-25). North Carolina workers organize emergency rallies for safety. workers.org This lightly edited article was published as a Feb. 16 report at southernworker.org, Statements are testimony given to the writer by participants in the Southern Workers Assembly Day of Action.Durham, North Carolina Gloria Lee, a former Amazon worker, spent her Feb. 16 afternoon leading chants and talking to Amazon workers . . . |

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.

Pangcha Vang (2022-02-25). Merced joins statewide UC actions to demand housing justice. liberationnews.org UC students and workers across the state held similar rallies as part of a California-wide movement at UC campuses demanding housing justice.

Patricia Ferrer (2022-02-25). Argentina's Cristina Fernández de Kirchner Leads Polls for 2023. orinocotribune.com The results of surveys taken by two polling firms in Argentina, made public on Wednesday, February 23, show Vice President Cristina Fernandez as the favorite among 12 politicians from various backgrounds. On the whole, the Together for Change coalition is leading the polls. | The national pollsters Trespuntozero and the Public Opinion Group (GOP), carried out this consultation to measure voting intentions for Argentina's presidential elections in Argentina in 2023. The survey was carried out between February 1 and February 4, using a sample of 1,900 individuals and a margin of error of 2.2%. Six possible candidat…

Alan Macleod (2022-02-25). Tucker Carlson: The Elite Pedigree of a Brilliant Cosplaying "Populist" mintpressnews.com Tucker Carlson has made a fortune pretending to be a populist everyman, but his incredibly sketchy past includes ties to neocons, the CIA, and multiple trips to Nicaragua as a "freedom-fighter" with the Contras.

imperial.ac.uk (2022-02-25). Modified mosquitoes and 'zombie' cells: News from the College. imperial.ac.uk Here's a batch of fresh news and announcements from across Imperial.

teleSUR, JDO (2022-02-25). Siria denuncia a Israel por nuevo ataque con misiles. telesurtv.net La defensa antiaérea siria derribó la mayoría de los misiles, que causaron tres fallecidos y daños materiales.

David P Goldman (2022-02-25). China's SWIFT alternative may undercut US sanctions. asiatimes.com Washington's new sanctions against Russia were no match for President Biden's rhetoric, leaving out the most obvious measure that the United States might take to hurt Moscow, namely exclusion from the SWIFT international payments system. Banks conduct virtually all hard-currency transactions via SWIFT, or the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication. But a new Chinese …

WSWS (2022-02-25). New Zealand government aligns with US against Russia. wsws.org With Europe on the precipice of war, the minister is using her visit to solidarise New Zealand with imperialist operations against both Russia and China.

teleSUR, hvh, JDO (2022-02-25). Ascienden a siete los fallecidos por sismo en Indonesia. telesurtv.net El movimiento telúrico, perceptible también en Singapur, obligó a realizar la evacuación temporal en escuelas y edificios.

teleSUR, DRL, JDO (2022-02-25). Rusia dispuesta a iniciar negociación con Ucrania en Minsk. telesurtv.net Ocurre tras las propuestas y exhortaciones para negociar, hechas por separado por los presidentes de Rusia y Ucrania.

Andrew Wright (2022-02-25). 'Abortion Pills Forever': An interview with artist and activist Jex Blackmore. peoplesworld.org Earlier this year, activist Jex Blackmore launched a "guerilla information campaign" by wheat-pasting over a hundred posters with the statement "Abortion Pills Forever" repeated several times along with a website that provides abortion pills, legally, by mail. The FDA had approved the abortion pills, mifepristone, for mail-order and to be prescribed via telehealth in December …

WSWS (2022-02-25). Germany: What next in the fight against the herd immunity policy? wsws.org While students, parents and teachers are protesting in their tens of thousands against unsafe learning conditions, the federal and state governments have decided to lift the last safety measures and give the deadly coronavirus free rein in schools.

WSWS (2022-02-25). North Carolina prison inmates initiate hunger strike against inhumane treatment and grossly inadequate pandemic response. wsws.org The strike came to light nearly two weeks ago after family members of one of the inmates contacted the non-profit law firm, North Carolina Prisoner Legal Services.

teleSUR, MER (2022-02-25). Pdte. ucraniano firma decreto de movilización general. telesurtv.net De acuerdo con el decreto, la movilización general deberá realizarse en un plazo máximo de 90 días.

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.

Graham Peebles (2022-02-25). The Keep Africa Poor and Dependent Project. dissidentvoice.org Exploited and abused for generations by white colonial powers and manipulative economic structures, there is a growing feeling of solidarity within parts of the African continent, as exemplified by the #NoMore movement. Covid vaccine inequality and environmental injustice, together with recent events in Ethiopia, have galvanized people. Ideas of African unity and rage against former …

sputniknews (2022-02-24). DPR and LPR Forces Launch Counterattack Against Ukrainian Military in Donbass. sputniknews.com The republics previously said that Kiev's forces were continuing to shell Donbass, noting that there were casualties among the civilian population.

Dave DeCamp (2022-02-24). Donbas Separatists Ask Russia to Help 'Repel' Ukrainian Army. news.antiwar.com The Kremlin said Wednesday that the leaders of the breakaway Donbas republics of Donetsk and Luhansk (DPR and LPR) Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov The…

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.

Rick Rozoff (2022-02-24). Baltic states, Poland seek NATO Article 4 action as reports of Russia-Ukraine fighting emerge. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com ERR NewsFebruary 24, 2022 Estonia, allies planning to trigger NATO Article 4 Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and other Allies agreed to hold consultations under NATO's Article 4 on Thursday morning…. Prime Minister Kaja Kallas said…there is no direct military threat to Estonia's security and the country's external borders are calm. *** Under Article 4 of …

WSWS (2022-02-24). Life insurance companies report a sudden rise in non-COVID-related deaths. wsws.org New light is being shed on the colossal human impact of the pandemic, not from government health reports, but from the financial accounts of giant corporations.

Anonymous349 (2022-02-24). Kiev Regime Forces' Defense Collapses. Russians In Kharkov, Kalibr Strikes And More (VIDEO). southfront.org Click to see the full-size image | Thursday, February 24, became the black day for the Kiev regime and its criminals. As of 10: 30 local time, pro-Kiev forces are collapsing almost all over the country. The military and command infrastructure of the military has suffered significant damage from precise strikes of the Russian Armed Forces. | It was confirmed that Russian troops have been crossing the border of Ukraine in the regions of Kharkov and Kherson. At the same time, self-defense forces of the Donetsk an…

WSWS (2022-02-24). Beijing condemns Washington's "irresponsible and immoral" behaviour in the Ukraine crisis. wsws.org Chinese foreign ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said the US was "raising tensions, creating panic, and even playing up the schedule of war."

Jason Ditz (2022-02-24). Israeli Airstrikes, Missiles Target Syria's Damascus, Kill 3 Soldiers. news.antiwar.com For the second straight day Israel carried out strikes against Syria, following up Tuesday's attack on Quneitra with Syria reported air defenses were active and intercepted most of the missiles. Some damage was reported and Israel hasn't commented on these recent attacks directly, but did drop leaflets overnight warning Syrians against supporting Hezbollah. Israel officially does not co…

SF015 (2022-02-24). BREAKING. Ukrainian Military Conflict Currently Underway. southfront.org On February 23, a unit of the Ukrainian Armed Forces crossed the Seversky Donets and with artillery support attacked the heights near Nikolayevka. They dislodged local militia fighters there and attempted to entrench themselves but were subjected to strong retaliation. Tanks from Luhansk supported by artillery soon counterattacked. As a result, the UAF unit was eventually repulsed despite their early success in taking the high ground. Frontline casualty assessment alleges 9 UAF soldiers killed. |

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.

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.

David Swanson (2022-02-24). VIDEO: Debate: Can War Ever Be Justified? Mark Welton vs. David Swanson. warisacrime.org By World BEYOND War, February 24, 2022 This debate was held online on February 23, 2022, and was co-sponsored by World BEYOND War Central Florida and Veterans For Peace Chapter 136 The Villages, FL. The debaters were: Arguing the Affirmative: Dr. Mark Welton is Professor Emeritus at the United States Military Academy at West Point. …

Tom Engelhardt (2022-02-24). Tomgram: Alfred W. McCoy, A Planet on the Brink. warisacrime.org This article originally appeared at TomDispatch.com. To receive TomDispatch in your inbox three times a week, click here. We're in a time of growing belligerence of a kind unknown since the Cold War. It's already taken us to the edge of conflict with nuclear-armed great powers, whether in Ukraine or Taiwan and the South China Sea. …

sputniknews (2022-02-24). LPR Launches Operation Against Ukrainian Army, Says There Are No Threats to Civilians. sputniknews.com LUGANSK (Sputnik) — The Lugansk People's Republic (LPR) announced on Thursday that it had begun a military operation to free Kiev-controlled areas of the Lugansk region and that only military facilities would be targeted.

TASS (2022-02-24). Ukrainian troops leaving their positions, dropping weapons — Russian Defense Ministry. tass.com The ministry emphasized that no strikes are being carried out on the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces' units that have laid down their arms…

TASS (2022-02-24). Ukraine's General Staff reports missile, bomb strikes against military facilities. tass.com Ukraine's General Staff said that reports about a landing of Russian troops in Odessa were not true…

Partido por el Socialismo y la Liberación (2022-02-24). Declaración del Partido por el Socialismo y la Liberación: Detener la expansión de la OTAN para garantizar la paz en Ucrania. liberationnews.org La abolición de la OTAN resolvería las tensiones explosivas en Europa del Este y representaría un paso histórico hacia la paz mundial.

Staff (2022-02-24). Venezuela Gives Full Support to Putin & Criticizes US and NATO Militarism. orinocotribune.com This Wednesday, February 22, the president of Venezuela Nicolás Maduro expressed his support to his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, after Moscow recognized the independence of the republics of Donetsk and Lugansk. The president reiterated: "Venezuela announces its full support for President Vladimir Putin, in defense of peace in Russia and the region, and in the brave defense of his people and his homeland. All our support for President Putin. All our support for Russia." | Maduro, through the state TV channel Venezolana de Televisión said that: "We have been attentive to the events in Russia and in Ukraine,…

Charles Lenchner (2022-02-24). RootsAction Statement On Ukraine. progressivehub.net

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!

_____ (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 …

_____ (2022-02-24). Diagnosis: Why the China Containment Policy is Failing. journal-neo.org For the past 4 years — especially since the US 'trade war' on China started by the Trump administration in 2017 — Washington has been seeking ways to contain, roll-back on its gains and encircle China. The US 'trade war' was not something entirely new; in fact, it was a continuation of the Obama administration's …

_____ (2022-02-24). Russia Expands Its Influence in Faraway Lands. journal-neo.org Over the last decade, Russia has been successfully strengthening its influence in different parts of the world: first and foremost, in the countries of Asia and Africa. The trade turnover with them has been growing every year, including the countries of South-East Asia, where Indonesia — the most populous state in the region (274 million …

Don Hank, Jeremy Kuzmarov (2022-02-24). Eyewitness Reports Indicate Ukrainian Army Fired First Shots in War with Russia. covertactionmagazine.com Western Media did not report that the population in Eastern Ukraine had been begging Vladimir Putin to send Russian troops …

SAM (2022-02-24). Why The U.S. Should Avoid Arming Ukrainian "Resistance Fighters" progressivehub.net TED GALEN CARPENTER | RESPONSIBLE STATECRAFT…

Editor2 (2022-02-24). Colombia Legalizes Abortion Until 24 Weeks of Gestation. orinocotribune.com "We welcome this decision, which is the result of many years of struggle," women's rights defenders stated. | By five votes in favor and four votes against, Colombia's Constitutional Court on Monday approved the voluntary termination of pregnancy until 24 weeks of gestation. | "We welcome this decision, which is the result of many years of struggle," the Causa Justa members stated. In recent months, the Constitutional Court judges analyzed two requests that questioned the section of the Colombian penal code that criminalized abortion. | In the first requirement, lawyer Andres Sanchez argued that such articles vio…

SF015 (2022-02-24). Russian Military Operation Unfolds In Ukraine (VIDEO). southfront.org Russian aviation suppressed the entire Ukrainian air defense system on the first wave of sorties. There were no targets left for the second wave of strikes. During the attack one Russian plane was shot down, Kiev claimed. The Russian side denies it. |

_____ (2022-02-24). Erdogan Prepares for Yet Another Presidential Term. journal-neo.org The next Turkish general elections are scheduled for June 2023. The incumbent Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan plans to run as a People's Alliance presidential candidate, a coalition that had been formed by the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and Nationalist Movement Party (MHP). Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been in power since 2003 (first, …

Charles Lenchner (2022-02-24). The Newspaper Industry Is Fighting Democracy — Blame Private Equity. progressivehub.net SAM PIZZIGATI | INEQUALITY.ORG…

sputniknews (2022-02-24). Biden Threatens G7, Other US Allies Will Slap 'Severe Sanctions' on Russia. sputniknews.com On Wednesday, the Russian Foreign Ministry pledged a strong response to US sanctions against Russia, something that the ministry said would be "painful" for Washington.

WSWS (2022-02-24). US warns Nepal of serious consequences if aid program not ratified. wsws.org US threats are part of its ongoing efforts to lock the strategically-located Nepal into Washington's war preparations against China.

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.

imperial.ac.uk (2022-02-24). Imperial begins South Asia search for women scientists in climate and energy. imperial.ac.uk Imperial is launching new academic fellowships in climate and energy for women scientists from South Asia.

imperial.ac.uk (2022-02-24). Lateral flow tests may be missing 'substantial' number of COVID-19 infections. imperial.ac.uk Lateral flow tests appear to miss a substantial number of COVID-19 infections, particularly for people without symptoms, experts have warned.

David Trujillo (2022-02-24). Jon Donaire bakery strike is over: Workers vote yes on a contract. peoplesworld.org SANTA FE SPRINGS, Calif. — The Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Mills (BCTGM) Local 37 in Santa Fe Springs has been settled. Management offered a tentative agreement on Tuesday after a four-month strike. The Union reviewed the proposals in the new contract and recommended that the membership ratify it. Wednesday afternoon the vote was …

Ed Rampell (2022-02-24). 'Assassins,' Stephen Sondheim's musical about Presidential shooters is a hit. peoplesworld.org LOS ANGELES — Assassins, with music and lyrics by the legendary Stephen Sondheim, book by John Weidman, based on a concept by Charles Gilbert Jr., is a bold choice for the venerable East West Players to reopen with after having been shuttered for almost two years. Staged in a loose revue format, Assassins is about …

sputniknews (2022-02-24). Russian MoD Says Its Precision Weapons Neutralise Only Ukrainian Military Infrastructure, Air Forces. sputniknews.com Moscow previously stated that Ukrainian air bases, air defences, and other military facilities were targeted amid the special operation, and stressed there are no threats to the civilian population.

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.

sputniknews (2022-02-24). Two Russian Civilian Cargo Ships Hit by Ukrainian Missile Strike in Sea of Azov. sputniknews.com The escalation takes place amid continuing attacks by the Ukrainian military on the positions of the DPR and LPR and following the start of a Russian special operation aimed at protecting the Donbass republics.

Fight Back (2022-02-24). Uranium miner's daughter breaks the trail for victims of toxic aluminum dust 'treatment'. fightbacknews.org Toronto, Canada – A decade-long campaign led by the daughter of a deceased uranium miner has led to victory for workers struck by Parkinson's disease after being subjected to aluminum dust inhalation "treatments" in their jobs. | Supported by her union, the United Steelworkers (USW), and other worker advocacy organizations, Janice Martell waged a relentless campaign to compel Ontario's Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) to recognize Parkinson's as an occupational disease linked to the use of so-called McIntyre Powder in mining and other industries. | McIntyre Powder was an aluminum-based inhalant used be…

Hedelberto López Blanch (2022-02-24). México defiende su independencia económica. globalizacion.ca Con prudencia y a la par valentía, el presidente mexicano Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) ha ido explicando a sus coterráneos y al mundo cómo compañías españolas han obtenido enormes ganancias en detrimento del bienestar del pueblo, mediante contratos firmados…

WSWS (2022-02-24). Bipartisan line-up in Australia behind US moves against Russia. wsws.org With Labor's backing, the government has offered full-throated political support to the US and has effectively intervened militarily by offering to assist the Ukrainian military, including in cyber warfare.

WSWS (2022-02-24). UNESCO report: 10 million arts jobs lost in 2020 due to COVID-19. wsws.org The study reports that in 2020, "the income drawn by creators fell by more than 10 percent, or more than 1 billion euros. What was already a precarious situation for many artists has become unsustainable, threatening creative diversity."

W. T. Whitney Jr. (2022-02-24). Puerto Rican union workers strike against austerity, point to U.S. responsibility. peoplesworld.org In Puerto Rico on Feb. 18, thousands of publicly-employed union workers, retired workers, and university students took part in a national strike and march that spread throughout the island. The largest contingent filled streets in San Juan. Demonstrators made noise and marched behind a long banner saying, "People before Debt — Salary Justice — Dignified …

WSWS (2022-02-24). University employers go on offensive with vote to slash pensions—Take the struggle out of the hands of the UCU! wsws.org Whatever the outcome of Friday's UCU meeting, university workers must draw the lessons of the last five years and take the dispute out of the hands of the union bureaucracy.

sputniknews (2022-02-24). Putin Says Feelings and Pain of Donbass Residents Prompted Russia to Recognise DPR and LPR. sputniknews.com Earlier on Thursday, President Vladimir Putin ordered Russian forces to conduct a special operation in Donbass, saying that he expects consolidated parliamentary support for the operation.

SAM (2022-02-24). The Risk Of A Nuclear World War Three Rears Its Head. progressivehub.net MATTHEW ROZSA | SALON…

WSWS (2022-02-24). Phil Wayland on UK High Court upholding denial of Unemployment Credit uplift to two million claimants. wsws.org Four legacy benefit claimants challenged the government decision in the High Court on the grounds of unlawful discrimination.

WSWS (2022-02-24). Spain's UGT union holds sham vote at Ford-Valencia to ram through cuts. wsws.org Workers must demand to see the full text of the concessions the Spanish union bureaucracy is telling Ford management that it will accept in Valencia.

David Swanson (2022-02-23). Don't Overlook NATO's Successes. warisacrime.org By David Swanson, World BEYOND War, February 22, 2022 I'm hearing a lot of talk about U.S. and NATO failures, so I want to call attention to the successes. Feel free to cheer wildly for each one. Germany has canceled a Russian pipeline and will be destroying the Earth with more U.S. fossil fuels, and …

WSWS (2022-02-23). Who in the Lord's name gave the US the right? A question for Mr. Biden. wsws.org This is a question, however, that much of the world would like Biden himself to answer. The "flagrant violation of international law" that Biden accused Russia of perpetrating is precisely what the United States is doing, with Biden directly and personally involved.

Party for Socialism, Liberation (2022-02-23). PSL statement: NATO expansion must end to guarantee peace in Ukraine. liberationnews.org The dramatic events in recent days demonstrates how the very existence of NATO poses a grave threat to peace around the world. The abolition of NATO would resolve the explosive tensions in Eastern Europe and represent a historic step towards world peace.

ecns.cn (2022-02-23). China rejects unilateral sanctions on Russia over Ukraine. ecns.cn Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying on Wednesday rejected imposing unilateral sanctions on Russia and reiterated that the country's tensions with Ukraine should be resolved through dialogue and consultation.

WSWS (2022-02-23). Nervous market response to sanctions on Russia. wsws.org Further market falls are expected with the Wall Street Journal reporting that investors are "scooping up at a record pace options contracts that would pay out if the recent declines in stock and bond markets worsen."

Global Research News (2022-02-23). Selected Articles: Trudeau Government Invokes Emergencies Act. Frozen Bank Accounts. Reprisals Against Canadian Citizens. globalresearch.ca By His public safety minister Marco Mendocino

Rick Rozoff (2022-02-23). U.S. to add to NATO's Baltic buildup. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com ERR NewsFebruary 22, 2022 Biden: US military in Europe to be redeployed to Baltic States United States military personnel are to be redeployed to the Baltic States from elsewhere in Europe, President Joe Biden said on Tuesday…. *** Minister of Defense Kalle Laanet added some detail to the whole in saying Estonia would receive more …

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.

WSWS (2022-02-23). Omicron is proving to be deadly serious for children in the US. wsws.org According to the CDC data tracker, pediatric COVID deaths have doubled since November 2021, underscoring the deadly consequences from all variants of the SARS-CoV-2 for this population.

WSWS (2022-02-23). COVID deaths and hospital admissions on the rise in Germany. wsws.org While the federal and state governments claim there is a "break in the Omicron wave" and continue to ease protective measures, hospitalisations and deaths are on the rise.

Rick Rozoff (2022-02-23). Britain, Germany, Norway to boost NATO forces in Baltic region. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Deutsche WelleFebruary 22, 2022 Ukraine-Russia crisis: Germany, UK to reinforce NATO's eastern flank The German and British defense ministers announced that they were prepared to send even more troops than planned to NATO units in the Baltic states. Separately, the UK announced military exercises in northern Europe. German Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht said on Tuesday …

Jack Foust Matlock, Jr. (2022-02-23). Today's Crisis Over Ukraine. indybay.org What President Putin is demanding, an end to NATO expansion and creation of a security structure in Europe that insures Russia's security along with that of others is eminently reasonable… By any pragmatic, common sense standard it is in the interest of the United States to promote peace, not conflict.

_____ (2022-02-23). France Tries to "Reboot" its Relations with Africa. journal-neo.org Against the backdrop of its failing policies in Africa in recent years and barely clutching the presidency of the European Union on rotation basis, France is attempting to "reset" its relations with Africa by strengthening EU ties with the African Union. To this end, in December 2021, while presenting his EU presidency program, France's president …

Ajamu Baraka (2022-02-23). Why the Russian Federation Recognized the Independence Movements in the Donbas. dissidentvoice.org "Minsk, Minsk, Minsk," they cried after Russia recognized Donetsk and Luhansk. But those Western diplomats and pundits did not hear those of us in the Anti-war, pro-peace and anti-imperialist movements who insisted that Minsk II was the only conceivable way out of the crisis! There will be reams of words attempting to provide a coherent …

Editor (2022-02-23). To eradicate global poverty and cut global carbon emissions, rich nations must change their consumption patterns. mronline.org Sometimes the aching injustice of human-caused climate change hits you square between the eyes. A new fact rears up that is potent, emotive and incontrovertible.

Fabrizio Casari (2022-02-23). Ukraine: Putin turns the tables. dissidentvoice.org Pending French mediation, Putin-Biden talks, German distancing, Italian fears, Spanish uncertainties and opposition from the former Eastern bloc, as well as the regularly discredited deadlines of the improbable Russian invasions, the war always announced but never started has had its first outcome. In a decision that displaced the Western chancelleries, Vladimir Putin signed the diplomatic …

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!

M. K. Bhadrakumar (2022-02-23). India, China in Europe's crisis. mronline.org The key elements conform to a principled stance—and a balanced one. India's stance so far has been one of a 'standoffish' attitude that basically absolves Delhi of the need to take a position on which its key ally the United States and the time-tested Russian friend have locked horns.

Matthew J.L. Ehret (2022-02-23). Today's Emergencies Act, and Anti-Russian False Flags Echo the Gouzenko Hoax That Unleashed the Cold War. dissidentvoice.org Today, a new coordinated psychological operation has been sprung to convince every living patriot across the Five Eyes sphere of influence that the enemy of the free world who lurks behind every conspiracy to overthrow governments, and western values are Russia and China. Over the past months, slanderous, and often conjectural stories of Chinese and …

Staff (2022-02-23). European Union Underlines Transparency of Venezuela's 21N Regional Election. orinocotribune.com In a report on Venezuela's November 21 regional elections, the European Union highlighted the transparency measures adopted by the South American country. | The Electoral Observation Mission of the European Union (EU EOM), in its final report on the mega-elections held in Venezuela last November, to which it sent 134 observers from various European countries, highlighted "improvements observed in the electoral process." | In its text issued this Tuesday, February 22, after a preliminary statement published in Venezuela on November 23, the EU mission stated that these were the "first national elections in which th…

Victoria Torres (2022-02-23). Venezuela reports 701 New COVID-19 Cases and 7 Deaths on Monday. orinocotribune.com This Monday, February 21, Venezuelan health authorities reported 701 new COVID-19 infections in the past 24 hours. Of these, 697 were due to community transmission and 4 imported. In addition, seven deaths were reported. This was announced by the Minister of Communication and Information, Alfred Nazareth àëáñez, via Twitter. | With this update, Venezuela has reached a total of 511,772 infections and 5,616 deaths after almost two years of the pandemic. Of these, 10,417 represent active cases, 9,328 receiving treatment in public healthcare centers (5,836 with Supervised Community Care) and 1,089 in private hos…

Common Cause (2022-02-23). Tuesday 2/22: Voting Rights: States Advocating for Voter Protections – California & More w/ Common Cause. indybay.org Online webinar…

Leon Kunstenaar (2022-02-23). People's Rally for Healthcare in Oakland at Lake Merritt. indybay.org Oakland Mayor and candidates continue fight for single payer healthcare…

Staff (2022-02-23). Las 3 del día: øQué es noticia este 22 de febrero? (+ Podcast). cubadebate.cu En esta emisión de La tres del día te proponemos un recorrido noticioso por lo que fue noticia este 22 de febrero en Cubadebate. Repasaremos la comparecencia en la Mesa Redonda de las ministras de Finanzas y Precios, y de Trabajo y Seguridad Social quienes hablaron sobre las modificaciones salariales en la empresa estatal, la atención a situaciones de vulnerabilidad, los precios, entre otros temas.

Staff (2022-02-23). "Pick Up the Pen, Joe": Biden Faces Pressure to Cancel Student Debt to Fulfill Campaign Promise. democracynow.org The Debt Collective is planning an action on April 4 at the Department of Education to urge the Biden administration to fulfill a campaign promise to cancel student debt before federal student loan payments restart in May. Debt cancellation would give relief to some 45 million borrowers who owe nearly $1.8 trillion in student debt. Education should be treated as a human right and not as a commodity, says Astra Taylor, co-director of the Debt Collective. Not only has Biden failed on his campaign promises, but he has made it easier for lenders to prey on student borrowers, adds Braxton Brewington, press secretary w…

Staff (2022-02-23). The Washington Post: El renacer de la economía venezolana. cubadebate.cu Las transformaciones que han venido remodelando la economía venezolana en años recientes están obrando a profundidad. Sin lugar a duda, las orientaciones de política macroeconómica seguidas por el gobierno venezolano han dado un giro de 180 grados, lo cual ha empezado a rendir dividendos.

deweylaura (2022-02-23). Elsie Dickerson: Philly trade unionist, civil rights advocate, and Party leader. cpusa.org The following was adapted from a memorial tribute given on Feb. 28, 2006. To many in the Eastern Pennsylvania and Delaware District of the Communist Party, Elsie was a mentor and a teacher. Whether it was in the Party, in the many mass organizations in which she participated or on the shop floor, where …

ecns.cn (2022-02-23). (W.E.Talk) How is China's development model different from the west?>. ecns.cn China has become a key strategic player on the international chessboard and its development models – both the political-economic and the organizational ones – are increasingly studied and taken as examples to follow.

Diablo Rising Tide (2022-02-23). Friday 3/4: From Activist to Terrorist: Anti-Corporate Campaigning, Civil Liberties and State Repressi. indybay.org The Studio 1601 18th St, Oakland, CA 94607 US…

WSWS (2022-02-23). A revolutionary German Film: Werner Hochbaum's Brothers (1929). wsws.org A highlight of this year's Berlinale was the world premiere of the newly restored German silent film Brothers (Bràºder, 1929), directed by Werner Hochbaum.

Adriaan Alsema (2022-02-23). Parts of Colombia shut down due to guerrilla bombs and threats. colombiareports.com Commercial activity and public transport came to a halt in parts of Colombia that are effectively controlled by the ELN. The guerrillas ordered businesses to close their doors and transport…

reenvia Red Latina sin fronteras (2022-02-23). nuestrAmèrica del norte: fallecimiento de Clyde Bellecourt. indybay.org nuestrAmèrica del norte: fallecimiento de Clyde Bellecourt, un gran líder de los pueblos originarios…

Staff (2022-02-23). Cuba llama a preservar la paz y la seguridad internacionales. cubadebate.cu Llamamos a EE.UU. y a la OTAN a atender de manera seria y realista los fundados reclamos de garantías de seguridad de la Federación de Rusia, que tiene derecho a defenderse. Cuba aboga por una solución diplomática a través del diálogo constructivo y respetuoso.

WSWS (2022-02-23). Australia: Rail union saves NSW government after provocation backfires. wsws.org The union is collaborating closely with a government that a couple of days ago locked out its members, falsely accused them of shutting down the Sydney rail network and slandered them as terrorists.

WSWS (2022-02-23). Australia: The way forward for New South Wales nurses. wsws.org Rank-and-file committees must be formed to fight for the unification of all workers in an industrial and political struggle for real improvements to pay, safe working conditions, a high-quality public health system and an end to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Brennan Center for Justice (2022-02-23). Thursday 3/24: The Problem of Misinformation on Social Media w/ Brennan Center for Justice. indybay.org Online event…

Staff (2022-02-23). Headlines for February 23, 2022. democracynow.org U.S. Imposes Sanctions, Ukraine Calls for Stronger Action After Russian Recognition of Breakaway Areas, Jury Finds Ahmaud Arbery's 3 Murderers Guilty of Federal Hate Crimes, Trial for Ex-Cop Brett Hankison, Who Shot into Breonna Taylor's Home During Fatal Raid, Starts in KY, U.N. Report Warns of Climate Disaster-Fueled "Global Wildfire Crisis", Mining Companies, Foreign Investors Driving Destruction of Amazon, Violation of Indigenous Rights, Hong Kong to Conduct Mass COVID Testing on Entire Population; U.K. Removes All Pandemic Restrictions, Israeli Forces Kill 14-Year-Old Palestinian; Isr…

WSWS (2022-02-23). Ukraine's President Zelensky calls for "war coalition in the parliament" wsws.org As the US and EU announced far-reaching sanctions on Russia on Tuesday, further escalating the conflict, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky called for a "war coalition" in Ukraine's parliament and began reviewing proposals to sever diplomatic ties with Russia.

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.

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.

ecns.cn (2022-02-23). 4 killed after military-contracted helicopter crashes in U.S. Hawaii. ecns.cn Four people were killed Tuesday after a military-contracted helicopter crashed on the Hawaii island of Kauai, U.S. media reported, citing officials.

Staff (2022-02-23). Autoridades responden sobre la exhibición desarrollada en el Encuentro de Técnicas Comerciales 2022. cubadebate.cu Mucho se ha hablado en estos días sobre la pasarela que se exhibió en la inauguración del Encuentro de Técnicas Comerciales 2022, desarrollado en el Recinto Ferial de Línea y 18. Cubadebate conversó con el director de la escuela de belleza "Bella Caribe", Yordis Matos Nicot, quien dijo que esta iniciativa formaba parte del trabajo de curso de un grupo de estudiantes de este centro.

Khubaka, Michael Harris (2022-02-23). California Freedom Trail Preservation Commission – Underground Railroad to Freedom. indybay.org Assemblymember Leon Ralph and Assemblymember Ken Cooley have shared lessons that may serve us all well, preserving the historic sacred signs and symbols, until the next time a remodel needed, I plan to help, God willing.

imperial.ac.uk (2022-02-23). Q&A: How do we make the best use of blood banks in sub-Saharan Africa? imperial.ac.uk Blood transfusions are life-saving, but blood banks often face shortages.

Staff (2022-02-23). Nuclear War Risk Rises as Tension Mounts Between Nuclear Superpowers over Ukraine. democracynow.org Russian President Vladimir Putin's decision to order troops into the separatist-controlled areas of Ukraine has triggered a new wave of sanctions against Russia, amid fears the situation could spiral into an all-out war. We speak with Dr. Ira Helfand, former president of International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War, who warns a war could lead to the use of nuclear weapons that would annihilate millions and cause total collapse of world ecosystems. "We have found it almost impossible to imagine, 30 years after the end of the Cold War, that there could be a nuclear war between the United S…

WSWS (2022-02-23). Bipartisan congressional war consensus emerges, bringing together progressive "left" and Republican right. wsws.org The emerging ruling class consensus is part of an attempt by the Biden administration to effect a new "national unity," particularly aimed at distracting from growing inflation and a daily US COVID-19 death toll of over 2,000 people.

WSWS (2022-02-23). Canada's parliament endorses Trudeau's use of emergency powers, as the union-backed NDP votes with government. wsws.org With its support for Trudeau's invocation of the Emergencies Act, the NDP has legitimized the use of autocratic emergency powers that in the future can and will be used against the working class.

Direct Action Everywhere (2022-02-23). Saturday 2/19: Meetup: The Working Groups of Direct Action Everywhere. indybay.org Crescent Lawn, UC Berkeley | Berkeley, CA 94720…

Adriaan Alsema (2022-02-23). Duque challenges Colombia's top court over abortion ruling. colombiareports.com Colombia's President Ivan Duque rejected a constitutional court decision to decriminalize abortion up to the 24th week of pregnancy. According to Duque, "five people can't set the guidelines on something…

Nayvin Gordon (2022-02-23). WIZARDS, PLAGUES, AND SNIFFLES (THE MAGICIAN WHO TURNED A PANDEMIC INTO THE COMMON COLD)—. indybay.org (THE MAGICIAN WHO TURNED A PANDEMIC INTO THE COMMON COLD)—A Parable…

Dave DeCamp (2022-02-22). Russia Can Build Military Bases in Donbas Under New Treaty. news.antiwar.com Russia will be able to build military bases in the Donbas region under treaties signed by Russian President Vladimir Putin and the leaders of the breakaway republics of Donetsk and Luhansk (DPR and LPR), The treaties will allow both parties to "build, use and improve military infrastructure…

teleSUR (2022-02-22). Biden to Ban Companies from Doing Business in Donetsk & Lugansk. telesurenglish.net On Monday, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said that U.S. President Joe Biden will soon sign an executive order banning Americans from doing business in the two Ukrainian regions that Russia has recognized as independent states. | RELATED: | "President Biden will soon issue an Executive Order that will prohibit new investment, trade, and financing by U.S. persons to, from, or in the so-called Donetsk People's Republic (DNR) and Lugansk People's Repub…

sputniknews (2022-02-22). OSCE Mission Confirms Violation of Humanitarian Law by Ukrainian Troops in LPR, Lugansk Says. sputniknews.com The situation in Donbass remains tense, with Ukrainian forces shelling the territories of DPR and LPR, prompting evacuations of people to Russia.

_____ (2022-02-22). Every US President Has Worked To Uphold White Supremacy. popularresistance.org For President's Day week, Clearing the FOG brings back this 2020 interview with Margaret Kimberley of Black Agenda Report. She is the author of "Prejudential: Black America and the Presidents" that chronicles how every president, even the 'good ones,' has upheld the white supremacy upon which the United States was founded and how social movements have been the only effective tool to bring about meaningful social change. Kimberley also urges Black America to break with the Democrats in order to build political power. In addition to current news and analysis, this program contains a segment by Paul Tulloch of Ottaw…

Project Censored (2022-02-22). THE PROJECT CENSORED NEWSLETTER — February 2022. projectcensored.org In the News: Recent Publications and Interviews Featuring Project Censored We have been busy informing the public about the importance of independent investigative journalism and critical media literacy, as well…

TASS (2022-02-22). Global community should make Kiev stop provocations in Donbass, Russian envoy says. tass.com "Nowadays, it is important to focus on how to avoid a war and make Ukraine stop shelling and provocations against Donetsk and Lugansk," Russia's Permanent Representative to the UN Vasily Nebenzya stressed…

sputniknews (2022-02-22). Foreign Ministry: Moscow Recognises DPR and LPR Within Borders Where Republics Exercise Their Powers. sputniknews.com On Monday, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the recognition of the Donetsk People's Republic and Lugansk People's Republic as independent nations and called on Ukraine to "cease hostilities" in Donbass.

John Wojcik (2022-02-22). NATO may get the war it wanted. peoplesworld.org The big news regarding the Russia-Ukraine conflict over the President's Day holiday was that Russia's President Vladimir Putin ordered troops to enter two separatist regions of Ukraine for "peacekeeping" purposes. There has been no confirmation yet that Russian troops, in addition to those that may or may not have already been in those regions, have …

TASS (2022-02-22). Russian MFA says Minsk accords stopped being important for Kiev. tass.com On February 21, the Russian president recognized the Donetsk and Lugansk people's republics as independent…

sputniknews (2022-02-22). Medvedev: Decision on Russia's Recognition of DPR and LPR Difficult But Only Possible Option. sputniknews.com MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Moscow's decision to recognise the independence of the self-proclaimed republics of Donetsk and Lugansk (DPR and LPR) is difficult, but the only possible, Russian Security Council Deputy Chairman Dmitry Medvedev said.

sputniknews (2022-02-22). Russian Recognition of DPR and LPR Brings No Changes to Minsk Agreements, Envoy to UN Nebenzya Says. sputniknews.com MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The recognition of the independence of the people's republics of Donetsk and Lugansk (DPR and LPR) by Russia does not change the composition of the parties to the Minsk Agreements, Russian Ambassador to the United Nations Vasily Nebenzya said on Monday.

sputniknews (2022-02-22). Zelensky Says Kiev Considering Possibility of Severing Diplomatic Relations With Russia. sputniknews.com Russian President Vladimir Putin earlier satisfied the request by the country's parliament and the two Donbass republics and recognised the independence of the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics (DPR and LPR). He made this call amid continuing shelling of the two republics by Kiev's armed forces.

TASS (2022-02-22). Recognition of Donbass and warning to Kiev — Putin's address to nation. tass.com Putin said that the recognition of DPR's and LPR's sovereignty was a "long-pending decision" and asked the parliament to support it as well as to ratify the agreements on friendship and mutual assistance with both republics…

TASS (2022-02-22). Number of Donbass refugees arriving in Russia approaches 80,000, source says. tass.com According to latest data, over 7,000 people, including 3,000 children, are staying at 118 temporary accommodation facilities in the Rostov Region…

TASS (2022-02-22). Biden signs decree on sanctions over Russia recognizing Donbass sovereignty. tass.com The US president's executive order prohibits "new investment in the so-called DNR or LNR regions of Ukraine or such other regions of Ukraine, as may be determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, by a United States person wherever located"

sputniknews (2022-02-22). Russia Recognises DPR, LPR Within Borders in Which They Proclaimed Independence, Kremlin Says. sputniknews.com Russia's recognition of the two Donbass republics came on 21 February following calls to do so by the Russian State Duma and the DPR, LPR leadership. The decision was made by President Vladimir Putin amid the continuing shelling of cities in the Donbass region by the Ukrainian armed forces in violation of the Minsk agreements.

sputniknews (2022-02-22). Russia Recognised DPR, LPR to Avoid More Casualties Due to Escalation of Situation by Kiev – MFA. sputniknews.com Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a bill to recognise the independence of the two Donbass republics citing continuing shelling of the two entities by Ukraine's armed forces and Kiev's systematic failure to uphold its part of the Minsk agreements. The latter were signed in 2015 to end the conflict in Donbass.

Matteo Gabbrielli (2022-02-22). Sacramento groups gather to denounce Washington's warmongering over UkraineÔøº. liberationnews.org On Feb. 4, organizers from several prominent anti-war and anti-imperialist organizations gathered in California's capital to hold an anti-war rally.

sputniknews (2022-02-22). Hunter Biden's Former Girlfriend Secretly Testifies in POTUS Son's Tax Probe, Report Says. sputniknews.com In December 2020, Hunter Biden confirmed that he was under federal investigation over what he described as "tax affairs" pertaining to his business dealings in Ukraine and China.

TASS (2022-02-22). Biden says, Russia's recognition of DPR, LPR threatens US national security. tass.com The American leader asserted that "the Russian Federation's purported recognition of the DPR and LPR contradicts Russia's commitments under the Minsk agreements and further threatens the peace, stability, sovereignty, and territorial integrity of Ukraine"

TASS (2022-02-22). Biden tells Zelensky about US plans on imposing sanctions on Russia. tass.com US President strongly condemned Russian President Putin's decision to purportedly recognize the "independence" of the so-called DNR and LNR regions of Ukraine"

David Swanson (2022-02-22). David Swanson discussed Ukraine on February 17 with Military Families Speak Out. warisacrime.org

TASS (2022-02-22). Johnson tells Zelensky Russia's 'invasion' of Ukraine imminent. tass.com "The leaders agreed that the West needed to support Ukraine in the event of an invasion but should continue to pursue a diplomatic solution until the last possible second," the statement said…

TASS (2022-02-22). US still does not intend to send its troops to Ukraine, White House says. tass.com Earlier, the US announced the deployment of additional forces to Poland and Romania over tensions around Ukraine…

TASS (2022-02-22). OSCE urges Russia to immediately rescind its decision on recognizing DPR, LPR. tass.com According to the OSCE, "the recognition will only fuel further tensions and will separate the populations living in these regions from the rest of their country, Ukraine"

TASS (2022-02-22). Biden to sign decree on sanctions, investment bans, trade with DPR, LPR. tass.com This will also provide authority to impose sanctions on any person determined to operate in those areas of Ukraine, the statement noted…

WSWS (2022-02-22). Russia sends troops into East Ukraine, Biden announces sanctions. wsws.org Monday's escalation comes after weeks in which the US and NATO recklessly ratcheted up tensions with Russia, including by sending 5,000 troops of the airborne division to Poland and 300 Javelin missiles to Ukraine, and unleashing a torrent of war propaganda.

TASS (2022-02-22). US embassy's financial support for Ukraine's Maidan hit $1 mln a day, says Putin. tass.com Additional large sums "were brazenly transferred to the bank accounts of opposition leaders, which involved tens of millions of US dollars, Putin said…

Dee Knight (2022-02-22). Is It Too Late to Avert a War with Russia? covertactionmagazine.com The United States and allied nations sought to isolate Russia on Monday at an emergency United Nations Security Council meeting …

WSWS (2022-02-22). The political and historical background to the US war drive against Russia. wsws.org In light of the major escalation Monday of the conflict between the United States and Russia, we are republishing excerpts from the 2016 statement of the International Committee of the Fourth International, "Socialism and the Fight Against War."

TASS (2022-02-22). US, allies to undertake appropriate steps after Russia's recognition of DPR, LPR — Blinken. tass.com The press service of the US Department of State published Blinken's written statement where the US top diplomat condemned Moscow's decision…

TASS (2022-02-22). Russia's decision on recognizing DPR, LPR may lead to global consequences — UN official. tass.com "We very much regret this decision, which risks having regional and global repercussions," United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs Rosemary DiCarlo said…

TASS (2022-02-22). Russia is still ready for talks with US after recognizing LPR, DPR as independent — MFA. tass.com "We are always in favor of diplomacy," Maria Zakharova stressed…

TASS (2022-02-22). Russia to recognize LPR, DPR within currently established borders. tass.com Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council's Foreign Affairs Committee Andrey Klimov added that the agreements signed with the LPR and DPR would be ratified by the Federation Council on Tuesday…

Dave DeCamp (2022-02-22). US Signals Putin's Donbas Troop Deployment Might Not Trigger Massive 'Invasion' Sanctions. news.antiwar.com A US official on Monday The US has long accused Russia of having troops deployed in the Donbas, which Moscow has denied. A senior administration official told reporters on Monday that Putin's peacekeeping deployment would "not be a new step" and would only make the Russian pres…

Dave DeCamp (2022-02-22). Uncovered Document Reveals Soviet Union Was Promised No NATO Expansion at End of Cold War. news.antiwar.com A document from the British National Archives The document is

_____ (2022-02-22). UK and US are the Masterminds behind Kazakhstan's January Unrest? journal-neo.org The events that took place in Kazakhstan's in early January still loom large. Kazakhstan is still tracing the instigators and participants of the January unrest, as law enforcement officers find arms caches in the cities and countryside almost every day. Deputy Foreign Minister of Kazakhstan Marat Syzdykov has recently confirmed that the country's authorities are …

Audrey Huff (2022-02-22). Richland, Wa. school board defies COVID regulations; community fights back. liberationnews.org On Feb. 15, the School Board of Richland, Washington voted to make masks optional for students and staff, in violation of Washington's statewide mask mandate.

Editor2 (2022-02-22). France to Pull Troops from Mali After 10 Years of Failure. orinocotribune.com France has announced that it will withdraw thousands of troops from Mali due to a breakdown in relations with the country, a decade after launching a war without the initial approval of the United Nations or even the French parliament. | A statement signed by France and its African and European allies said on Thursday that "multiple obstructions" meant the conditions were no longer in place to operate in Mali. | The decision applies to both the 2,400 French troops in Mali, where France first deployed in 2013, and a European force of several hundred soldiers that was created in 2020. | Relations between Paris and…

Editor2 (2022-02-22). Israeli Aggression on the Southern Countryside of Damascus. orinocotribune.com The Israeli occupation targeted several points in the vicinity of the town of Zakiya in the southern countryside of Damascus, leading to strictly material damage. | The Syrian Ministry of Defense reported that the Israeli forces targeted the vicinity of the town of Zakiya, south of Damascus, with several missiles. | Citing a military source in the ministry, the Syrian news agency SANA confirmed that "the Israeli enemy carried out a strike with several surface-to-surface missiles" from the occupied Golan, targeting the town of Zakiya at around 11: 35 pm (21: 35 GMT) on Wednesday night. | The source added that the ag…

Jesús Rodríguez-Espinoza (2022-02-22). Democratic Action to Organize Internal Elections, Ramos Allup Faction Welcomed. orinocotribune.com Caracas, February 21, 2022 (

Liberation Staff (2022-02-22). Boston Public Library workers and supporters rally in response to right-wing anti-mask harassment. liberationnews.org A right-wing entered the building unmasked and harassed and intimidated BPL staff in the Children's section of the Central Library on Feb. 5.

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…

teleSUR (2022-02-22). Biden Extends National Emergency as States Ease Restrictions. telesurenglish.net More states and major cities across the U.S. are lifting their vaccination and mask mandates as the rate of COVID-19 infections drops, but health experts have warned dropping pandemic protocols too soon may worsen the spread of the virus. | RELATED: | California, the most populous U.S. state, unveiled a milestone plan last week, as Governor Gavin Newsom announced the state would become the first in the nation to treat the coronaviru…

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 …

Peoples Dispatch (2022-02-22). Italian students demand dignified education and an end to precarious labor for all. peoplesdispatch.org Italian students have organized a series of mass protests in cities across the country in response to worsening conditions in their education and the recent deaths of two students in work-related accidents…

sputniknews (2022-02-22). Long Road Back Home: Chilean Museum to Return Moai Monolith to Easter Island. sputniknews.com The so-called moai monoliths were created by the Rapa Nui, a Polynesian people, who according to scientists, settled on the island between 800 and 1200 CE. They are said to have created an industrious culture. The arrival of Europeans in the 18th century resulted in the decline of Rapa Nui society. Chile annexed the island in 1888.

WSWS (2022-02-22). UK lecturers and students speak as higher education strike enters second week. wsws.org "I think the marketisation of higher education is the biggest part of the picture of what we are fighting against and that's why we should find solidarity with the students because they are those paying the cost of this marketisation."

WSWS (2022-02-22). Widespread anger over Australian state government's provocative shutdown of Sydney rail network. wsws.org The NSW government shut down the Sydney rail network, for no apparent reason, and then falsely accused workers of having carried out a mass strike.

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.

Editor (2022-02-21). Ukraine — Who is firing at whom and who is lying about it? mronline.org The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe has an observer mission along the line of control between the government and rebel side in south east Ukraine.

Anonymous349 (2022-02-21). Ukrainian Saboteur Blows Up On His Own Mine Near Donetsk As Putin Prepares To Address Security Council. southfront.org Monday, February 21, was marked by the further deterioration of the situation in the conflict zone in the east of…

sputniknews (2022-02-21). Russia to Participate in Contact Group If Kiev Agrees to Convene Meeting With DPR, LPR, Source Says. sputniknews.com MOSCOW (Sputnik) – If Kiev manages to agree with the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics (DPR and LPR) to hold Contact Group talks on the Donbass crisis, Russia will also participate in the negotiations, a Moscow source familiar with the matter told Sputnik.

Nikola Mikovic (2022-02-21). The Ukraine Crisis and Lessons from the Balkans. juancole.com Belgrade (Special to Informed Comment) — A large scale conflict seems to be on the verge of breaking out between Western-backed Ukraine and two Russian-sponsored, breakaway republics, the Donetsk People's Republic and Lugansk People's Republic. Tensions in the coal-rich Donbass region of Eastern Ukraine remain high, and though diplomacy may have postponed a full-scale war, …

Staff (2022-02-21). Kiev forces continue shelling Donbass on Monday. en.mehrnews.com Kiev forces continued shelling the territories of the self-proclaimed people's republics of Lugansk and Donetsk (LPR and DPR) on Monday, according to statements of the breakaway republics' missions to the JCCC.

sputniknews (2022-02-21). Ukrainian Media Claims Zelenskyy Quietly Hoping Russia Will Recognise Donbass Breakaways. sputniknews.com Since the signing of the Minsk Agreements in February 2015, Moscow has consistently called for the peaceful reintegration of the Donbass breakaway regions with Ukraine in exchange for broad, constitutionally-guaranteed autonomy.

TASS (2022-02-21). West's "blind eye" policy towards shelling in Donbass can provoke Kiev attack — diplomat. tass.com If our French colleagues can influence the minds of Ukrainian establishment to convince them that they should stick to the Minsk agreements and they should not open fire at peaceful population in Donbass that could be only welcome, Dmitry Polyansky added…

SF015 (2022-02-21). 20.02.2022 Ukraine War Overview. Kiev Escalating Situation Amid Donbass Bracing for Homeland War. southfront.org At around 5 a.m. on February 20, units of the Ukrainian Army 79th airborne assault brigade crossed the Seversky Donets River and attacked the positions of the LPR People's Militia near the village of Pionerskoe. With massive artillery support, Ukrainian soldiers attempted to assault one of the observation posts. | Fierce clashes broke out. The Ukrainian Army suffered losses and was forced to retreat. | As a result of the aggression of the Ukrainian Army, five residential buildings were destroyed and civilian casualties were reported. |

Kyle Anzalone (2022-02-21). Ukrainian Civilians Train for War as Ceasefire Violations Increase. news.antiwar.com Fighting has reignited in eastern Ukraine. Hundreds of violations of the Minsk Protocol have been recorded in the last week, with two Ukrainian soldiers killed and four injured on Saturday. A school and pipeline were among the infrastructure that was damaged. Kiev alleges the fighting was started by the separatists in the Donbas region. Russia …

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2022-02-21). What Is Going to Happen in Ukraine? transcend.org * Three possible scenarios in the current crisis in Ukraine. | * How current US-UK-NATO policy is designed to erect a new EU/Russia Iron Curtain. | * What the actual outcome could be.

sputniknews (2022-02-21). Kremlin Slams US 'Lies' About Russia's Alleged 'List' of Ukrainians 'To Be Killed, Sent to Camps'. sputniknews.com Amid Western claims of Russia's alleged preparations for an "invasion" of Ukraine, repeatedly been denied by the Kremlin, a letter from the US Ambassador to the UN addressed to United Nations High Commissioner Michelle Bachelet accused Moscow of drawing up lists of Ukrainians "to be killed or sent to camps" in the event of an alleged incursion.

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2022-02-21). Ukraine: Situation and Background. transcend.org 14 Feb 2022 – A brief overview of the situation in Ukraine and its geopolitical background.

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2022-02-21). Russia Announces Withdrawal of Troops near Ukraine as Drills End. transcend.org 15 Feb 2022 – Amid the hype around a potential Russian invasion, Moscow announced today that it is withdrawing troops from areas near Ukraine as military drills in the region conclude. The Russian Defense Ministry said the troops are returning to their permanent bases.

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2022-02-21). With Its Doomsday Clock at 100 Seconds to Midnight, The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists Calls for Escalating US Aggression against Russia. transcend.org 15 Feb 2022 – Citing the Atlantic Council, the US-based think tank for NATO, the Bulletin explains that the sanctions they advocate would cause the Russian economy to "experience significant chaos." Instead of supporting peaceful measures in the Ukraine, it has become a cheerleader for Washington. From an organization run by scientists, the current governing board of the Bulletin has hardly a scientist in sight.

sputniknews (2022-02-21). Ukraine Seeks to Join NATO Despite Pressure From European Countries, Foreign Minister Says. sputniknews.com MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Ukraine is seeking to become a NATO member despite signals from some European countries urging it to abandon this idea, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said, adding that the United States is not one of them.

sputniknews (2022-02-21). US Preparing Sanctions That Would Target Russian Banks, Reports Say. sputniknews.com MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The administration of US President Joe Biden could block US financial institutions from processing transactions for Russian banks as part of a sanctions package that will be implemented if Moscow decides to "invade" Ukraine, Reuters reports, citing anonymous sources.

John V. Walsh (2022-02-21). WWII Redux: The Endpoint of U.S. Policy from Ukraine to Taiwan. dissidentvoice.org "This is not going to be a war of Ukraine and Russia. This is going to be a European war, a full-fledged war." So spoke Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky just days after berating the U.S. for beating the drums of war. It is not hard to imagine how Zelensky's words must have fallen on those …

Staff (2022-02-21). Russia not to attack Ukraine, has no such plans: envoy to US. en.mehrnews.com Russia has no plans of any attack on Ukraine and is not implementing it now, Russian Ambassador to the United States Anatoly Antonov said, adding that there are no such plans.

WSWS (2022-02-21). UK: Warmonger Johnson lies that Russia has already initiated plan to subjugate Ukraine. wsws.org Johnson told the BBC that "something that could be the biggest war in Europe since 1945… has already in some senses begun."

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2022-02-21). The Western Allied Nations Bully the World While Warning of Threats from China and Russia. transcend.org 17 Feb 2022 – Why the chief of Germany's navy, Vice Admiral Kay-Achim Schà∂nbach, was sacked? Because while in India he said two things that are unacceptable in the West: | ‚Ä¢ That "the Crimean Peninsula is gone and never [coming] back" to Ukraine.

TASS (2022-02-21). Japanese PM views phone call with Putin as part of efforts to ease tensions over Ukraine. tass.com The Japanese prime minister emphasized that he had called on the Russian leader "to abandon plans to change the situation by force and search for a generally acceptable solution through diplomatic negotiations"

TASS (2022-02-21). Biden ready to meet with Putin, if "invasion" of Ukraine hasn't happened — White House. tass.com Russia appears to be continuing preparations for a full-scale assault on Ukraine very soon, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki added…

WSWS (2022-02-21). UK Prime Minister Johnson lies that Russia has already initiated plan to subjugate Ukraine. wsws.org Johnson told the BBC that "something that could be the biggest war in Europe since 1945… has already in some senses begun."

WSWS (2022-02-21). Munich Security Conference targets Russia. wsws.org This year's Munich Security Conference was dominated by the escalation of preparations for a conflict between the USA and NATO against Russia.

sputniknews (2022-02-21). Sputnik Light May Become Universal Booster Shot as China Approves Mix&Match COVID Vaccination. sputniknews.com The mix&match approach to coronavirus vaccination was pioneered by the makers of Russia's Sputnik V vaccine and has proven its effectiveness in creating a stronger and more durable immunity, including against the Omicron variant.

TASS (2022-02-21). MFA comments on US embassy's warning about "terrorist attack threats" in Russia. tass.com Maria Zakharova asked the U.S. embassy in Russia, if they have transferred the data about allegedly existing threats of terrorist attacks…

Juan Cole (2022-02-21). Cancun Cruz dares Say Biden is Weak on Putin, when he Supports "Vladimir's Lapdog" Donald Trump. juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — The Hill reports that Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) is saying that Joe Biden is the best thing that ever happened to Russian President Vladimir Putin. Cruz is trotting out the tried and true Republican tactic of Chickenhawk Macho. He does not have any credibility in this regard, since he ran …

sputniknews (2022-02-21). Berlin Claims No Promises on NATO Expansion Made to Russia Despite Release of Classified Doc. sputniknews.com Last week, Spiegel published a formerly classified document retrieved from the British national archive dated 1991 which showed that Western powers made an explicit commitment to Moscow not to expand the NATO alliance beyond the borders of a reunified Germany.

WSWS (2022-02-21). Stop the drive to World War 3! wsws.org Amid a pandemic that has killed nearly one million people in the US and continues to kill more than 2,000 every day, the Biden administration is focusing all attention on an increasingly hysterical campaign for war against Russia.

TASS (2022-02-21). US embassy in Russia will find it difficult to work if expulsions continue — ambassador. tass.com In particular, the ambassador's biggest concern is that the embassy's infrastructure is aging, and important systems need to be maintained or replaced…

TASS (2022-02-21). US plans to impose restrictions on international transactions of Russian banks — Reuters. tass.com The final list of banks subject to sanctions is yet to be formed…

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2022-02-21). RAND Corporation Study Calls for Regime Change in Moscow. transcend.org 13 Feb 2022 — Imagine how Moscow felt when they first read this study. It is clear that there is a method behind US-NATO madness. If you were sitting in Russia's shoes how would you react to these proposals — many of which have been or are now being implemented?>

TASS (2022-02-21). Elysee Palace announces consent of Putin and Biden to hold security summit. tass.com Questions for the summit will be prepared by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken during their February 24 meeting…

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2022-02-21). Activism Uncensored: The Freedom Convoy. transcend.org 17 Feb 2022 – As Canada Clamps Down on Trucker Protest, American Copycat Event Fails to Materialize So Far – A Balanced Look at the Canadian Protests…

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2022-02-21). On Israel as an Apartheid State: An Interview with Richard Falk. transcend.org 19 Feb 2022 – An interview David Falcone originally published in CounterPunch on 11 Feb prompted by the Amnesty Report but extending beyond it.

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2022-02-21). War in Europe and the Rise of Raw Propaganda. transcend.org 17 Feb 2022 – Raw propaganda is now the rule in Western democracies, especially the US and Britain. On matters of war and peace, ministerial deceit is reported as news. Inconvenient facts are censored, demons are nurtured. The model is corporate spin, the currency of the age. In 1964, Marshall McLuhan famously declared, "The medium is the message." The lie is the message now.

Oakland Privacy (2022-02-21). Wednesday 3/9: Oakland Privacy: Fighting Against the Surveillance State. indybay.org Please email contact@oaklandprivacy.org a few days before the meeting to get up-to-date location information or obtain Zoom meeting access info.

sputniknews (2022-02-21). Credit Suisse Slams 'Concerted Effort to Discredit Bank' by Failed Due Diligence Claims in Data Leak. sputniknews.com The massive trove of data on more than 18,000 bank accounts, opened between the 1940s and the 2010s, was leaked by a self-described whistleblower to the German newspaper Sàºddeutsche Zeitung, which shared it with a nonprofit journalism group, the Organsed Crime and Corruption Reporting Project.

_____ (2022-02-21). Self-Exposure of the Myth of North Korean Hackers. journal-neo.org More recently NEO wrote that the termination of the DPRK moratorium and a potentially new round of tension could have been caused by a series of hacker attacks on the North Korean Internet in the second half of January 2022, since fortunately back in 2018, the United States stated that the first shot of this …

_____ (2022-02-21). Washington's Indisputable Guilt in Worsening Relations with Iran. journal-neo.org Iran and the United States used to be the closest allies before the 1979 Iranian revolution, but now they are uncompromising enemies. Quite a peculiar political metamorphosis. Makes one wonder how former close friends turned into such enemies in just over forty years? And why it is the US who is still full of such violent …

_____ (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…

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2022-02-21). Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin (22 Feb or 1 Mar 1810 — 17 Oct 1849). transcend.org The musical talent of Fryderyk became apparent extremely early on, and it was compared with the childhood genius of Mozart. Already at the age of 7, he was the author of two polonaises…. In the summer of 1849, Ludwika Jedrzejewiczowa, the eldest sister of the composer, came from Warsaw to take care of her ill brother. On 17 October 1849, Chopin died of pulmonary tuberculosis in his Parisian flat in the Place Vendà¥me. He was buried in the Père-Lachaise cemetery in Paris.

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2022-02-21). Future Psychosocial Implications of the Metaverse. transcend.org Exploring Possible Non-Technical and Existential Dimensions…

Jeremy Kuzmarov (2022-02-21). Black History Month Special: Who Ordered the Killing of Malcolm X? covertactionmagazine.com New Evidence May Implicate the New York Police Dept., the District Attorney, the FBI, and Even (Unthinkably) … On Sunday February 21, 1965, at 3: 00 p.m., Malcolm X was gunned down at the Audubon Ballroom on Broadway and 166th Street in Manhattan while delivering a speech to an audience of about 400…

Jesús Rodríguez-Espinoza (2022-02-21). Leopoldo López and Guaidó Party in Crisis: 100 Party Members Quit. orinocotribune.com Caracas, February 20, 2022 (OrinocoTribune.com)—This Saturday, February 19, a group of approximately 100 members of the Voluntad Popular party announced their decision in a public event to abandon the political party. Voluntad Popular was funded by Venezuelan fugitive Leopoldo López, and is also the party that former deputy Juan Guaidó belonged to when he was elected for the 2016-2021 parliamentary term with only 97,000 votes. | The speaker for the event, Javier González, announced the decision alleging a lack of institutionality and internal democracy, and a deviation from party principles. Without abandon…

Lee Camp (2022-02-21). Lee Camp: New Data Shows US Government Has Been Bought For $14 Billion. mintpressnews.com No wonder the latest polls show both corporate parties are thoroughly disliked. It's time to acknowledge that our system has been 100% purchased by the One Percent, and that even the best candidate on their best day is still no better than a Zungenwurst.

Miko Peled (2022-02-21). My Day in Palestine: The Stunning Beauty and Cruel Reality of an Occupied Land. mintpressnews.com Walking through the low hills of the Naqab as the sun sets and the moon comes up is an experience that allows us to imagine what Palestine was like before it was torn apart by Zionists and what can still be saved if we act fast.

rqorinoco (2022-02-21). Cuba's Díaz-Canel: 'We All Have a Moral Obligation to Provide Haiti Substantial and Unconditional Cooperation'. orinocotribune.com Statement by Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba Central Committee, and President of the Republic of Cuba, during the International Conference for the Financing of the Reconstruction of the Southern Peninsula of Haiti, February 16, 2022, Year 64 of the Revolution. | (Transcript: Presidency of the Republic) | His Excellency Ariel Henry, Prime Minister of the Republic of Haiti; | Her Excellency Amina Mohammed, Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations; distinguished guests: Once again, what brings us together here is the human drama Haiti is facing, the poorest nation in…

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 …

David Swanson (2022-02-20). What Russia and Ukraine Could Do Better. warisacrime.org By David Swanson, World BEYOND War, February 19, 2022 There are a number of things that have to be said first. They have to be said because virtually no U.S. television viewer knows or is likely ever to know them. They have to be said because if I'm going to suggest any flaws in the …

John Pilger (2022-02-20). Western democracies have mutated into propagandists for war. asiatimes.com Marshall McLuhan's prophecy that "the successor to politics will be propaganda" has happened. Raw propaganda is now the rule in Western democracies, especially the US and Britain. On matters of war and peace, ministerial deceit is reported as news. Inconvenient facts are censored, demons are nurtured. The model is corporate spin, the currency of the …

Rick Rozoff (2022-02-20). Munich: Russiagate ringleaders Pelosi, Schiff add voices to war chorus. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com NATOFebruary 19, 2022 NATO Secretary General meets world leaders at the Munich Security Conference NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg discussed the critical security situation in Europe caused by Russia's military build-up in and around Ukraine and the implications for European and international security in a series of bilateral meetings at the Munich Security Conference on …

sputniknews (2022-02-20). Thousands of Women & Children Flee to Russia as Tensions Flare in Donbass – Photo, Video. sputniknews.com About 30,000 people have crossed the Russian border from Donbass during the past day alone, with the majority of the evacuees from that region being children.

sputniknews (2022-02-20). Moscow Has No Plans for Aggression, Has Never Attacked Anyone In Its History, Kremlin Spokesman Says. sputniknews.com Western officials and media have spent months accusing Russia of preparing to "invade" Ukraine, recently claiming that the incursion would start on 16 February. Instead of Russian aggression, the past several days have witnessed a dramatic deterioration of the security situation in the Donbass in eastern Ukraine, which is wracked by civil war.

sputniknews (2022-02-20). Locals Prepare to Evacuate From Gorlovka as Tensions in Donbass Intensify. sputniknews.com Tensions escalated on the contact line in the Donbass region on 17 February, with the self-proclaimed republics of Donetsk and Lugansk reporting violations of the ceasefire by Kiev. The mass evacuation of civilians has been announced, with women, children and the elderly being transported to Russia's Rostov region for safety reasons.

TASS (2022-02-20). Detained Kiev agent involved in Donetsk Militia vehicle's blast – TV. tass.com The detainee, identified as Anton Matsanyuk, admitted to monitoring the movement of cars belonging to the republic's top officials, and their journeys to Russia…

SF015 (2022-02-20). Another Day Of Still Local War In Eastern Europe. southfront.org In the afternoon of February 19 and on the night of February 20, the Ukrainian army continued its attacks in the direction of Donetsk and Luhansk. | The artillery cannonade does not calm down. Around 1 a.m. on February 20, the southwest of Donetsk was subjected to heavy artillery fire. As a result of the shelling, another section of the gas pipeline on the outskirts of the city in the village of Ivanovka, the Kievsky district, that located on the bypass road that connects Peace Avenue and Kievsky Avenue, was hit. In the city center, Kirovsky district, Petrovsky district, near Donetsk airport, Makeyevka, Gvardeika…

TASS (2022-02-20). Kiev forces shell six areas in DPR, including Donetsk. tass.com Donetsk was shelled at 00: 03 Moscow time on Sunday…

TASS (2022-02-20). Ukraine's Western partners made billions on military hysteria – Ukrainian oppositioner. tass.com According to Viktor Medvedchuk, the media campaign of fake reports about an imminent Russian invasion cost $12 billion to the economy of Ukraine…

TASS (2022-02-20). Russian diplomats surprised by lack of OSCE calls to Kiev to implement Minsk deal. tass.com The Russian Permanent Mission to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe also lamented the fact that Rau and Kinnunen once again – did not heed the serious warnings, made by Russia during their visit to Moscow on 15 February 2022…

Peoples Dispatch (2022-02-20). Yet again, Israel refuses to cooperate with inquiry on human rights violations. peoplesdispatch.org Israel is continuing its policy of not engaging with international investigations into human rights violations in Palestine. In a letter to the head of the international commission of inquiry, Navi Pillay, Israel's representative to the UN Meirav Eilon Shahar refused to cooperate in the investigations to identify possible violations of human rights, war crimes and reasons for protraction of conflict in historic Palestine. | Accusing Pillay of bias against Israel, Meirav claimed that there is simply no reason to believe that Israel will receive reasonable, equitable and non-discriminatory treatment from the Counci…

Anonymous669 (2022-02-20). Houthis Release Intense Combat Footage From Harad Battle (18+). southfront.org Click to see full-size image. Via the Houthis' Military Media. | On February 20, the Houthis (Ansar Allah) released footage showing recent clashes with Saudi-led coalition proxies in the district of Harad in the northwestern Yemen province of Hajjah. | Saudi-backed forces, led by the Yemen Armed Forces' 5th Military District, have been attempting to push the Houthis out of Harad since the beginning of February. | The footage shows Houthi fighters defending their positions in Harad district center in the face of a large-sca…

sputniknews (2022-02-20). Belarusian MoD: Minsk, Moscow Have Decided to Continue Drills Due to Escalation in Eastern Ukraine. sputniknews.com The security situation in the Ukrainian breakaways of Donetsk and Lugansk deteriorated significantly in the second part of the past week, with OSCE observers reporting hundreds of violations of the Minsk ceasefire. Donbass authorities responded by starting an evacuation of their civilian populations to Russia, and by mobilizing reserves.

TASS (2022-02-20). West looking for pretext to accuse Russia of involvement in Donbass conflict – DPR. tass.com The main goal of all these theatricals is to accuse Russia of being directly involved in this conflict, Deputy Head of the People's Militia in the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic Eduard Basurin said…

TASS (2022-02-20). Ukraine plots provocations to blame Russia for aggression – Donetsk militia. tass.com The deputy chief of the Donetsk people's militia said that the participants in the training sessions had put on the uniform of the Donetsk people's militia and Russian military personnel…

TASS (2022-02-20). Ukrainian troops continue to shell Donetsk outskirts. tass.com After 03: 00 Moscow time, six shelling incidents were registered in the republic…

TASS (2022-02-20). Intense shelling heard in Donetsk. tass.com Presumably, heavy weaponry is used to shell the city…

TASS (2022-02-20). Kiev forces in east Ukraine on full combat alert – Lugansk militia. tass.com We have received new information about the buildup of the Ukrainian troops in the zone of the so-called United Forces Operation, the Lugansk People's Republic (LPR) People's Militia Spokesman Ivan Filiponenko said…

Rick Rozoff (2022-02-20). Canadian DM at NATO HQ: more troops to Ukraine region affected by "commitments both at home and around the world" antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Canada's Operation UNIFIER has trained over 30,000 Ukrainian military forces for the war in the Donbass, more than any other nation. Canadian PressFebruary 17, 2022 Canada considering sending military reinforcements to NATO in eastern Europe: Anand Defence Minister Anita Anand emerged from two days of meetings with NATO counterparts on Thursday with fresh assurances of …

sputniknews (2022-02-20). Putin Points to NATO Effort to Push Kiev Into Military Solution in Donbass During Call With Macron. sputniknews.com The Donbass has seen a dramatic escalation of military activity in recent days, with local militias and Kiev forces accusing one another of back-and-forth mortar and artillery attacks. On Friday, the breakaways announced a general mobilization and organized the evacuation of civilians to neighbouring Russia amid fears of an all-out assault by Kiev.

TASS (2022-02-20). Macron making his last effort to avert conflict in Ukraine – administration. tass.com According to the presidential administration, Zelensky assured Macron that he will not respond to provocations on the line of contact in Donbass…

sputniknews (2022-02-20). Ukraine's President Says He 'Supports' Immediate Ceasefire in Donbass. sputniknews.com The announcement comes after days of escalating military activity, including intense artillery and mortar shelling of territory along the contact line. On Friday, leaders of the Donbass breakaways began an emergency evacuation of their civilian population to Russia and mobilised reserves amid fears of an imminent full-on Ukrainian invasion.

TASS (2022-02-20). Zelensky says he discussed situation in Donbass with Macron. tass.com Ukrainian President added that he had informed French leader about the escalation along the line of contact…

sputniknews (2022-02-20). Russian Envoy to US: Moscow Doesn't Plan to Invade Ukraine. sputniknews.com The Russian ambassador stated that Russian troops are stationed at Russia's sovereign territory, adding: "We are not threatening anyone."

TASS (2022-02-20). France believes that diplomatic solution still possible in Ukrainian crisis – diplomat. tass.com When asked about the response to a possible Russian offensive on Ukraine, French Foreign Ministry spokesperson Anne-Claire Legendre said the support to Kiev would be provided in the form of anti-Russian sanctions…

Benjamin Norton (2022-02-20). West fueling Ukraine crisis to justify 'painful' sanctions on Russia. multipolarista.com US and European leaders are preparing "painful" sanctions on Moscow, which could include sabotaging Germany's Nord Stream 2 pipeline and hitting Russian gas giant Gazprom. Putin says the Ukraine crisis is being used as an excuse for the economic attack.

TASS (2022-02-20). US Secretary of State warns about 'devastating consequences' of war in Ukraine. tass.com Antony Blinken went on to say that a military conflict would become a profound challenge…

TASS (2022-02-20). US president to convene National Security Council meeting on Ukraine. tass.com The US leader continues to monitor the evolving situation in Ukraine, and is being updated regularly about events on the ground by his national security team, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said…

_____ (2022-02-20). What Kind of Transit of Power is Expected in Turkmenistan? journal-neo.org Following Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow's decision that he will hand over power to a "younger generation", Turkmenistan's transit has become a highly debated topic. Experts note that outside powers such as Turkey, Pakistan and the US, which would like to draw Turkmenistan into their orbit of influence, to the Taliban (a movement banned in Russia), …

Carter Lum (2022-02-20). San Diego activists rally to demand "No War with Russia!" liberationnews.org Why is U.S.-NATO aggression towards Russia is so dangerous for working class people all over the world?

sputniknews (2022-02-20). West's Reply to Russia's Security Proposals Lacks Substance, Moscow Says. sputniknews.com MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov said the West's response to Russia's security proposals was "an answer for the sake of an answer," and NATO countries were evading the conversation about non-divisibility of security.

Anonymous669 (2022-02-20). Russian Warplanes Flew Over US Al-Tanf Base In Southeastern Syria. southfront.org File image. | On February 20, two warplanes of the Russian Aerospace Forces (VKS) flew over the southeastern Syrian area of al-Tanf where the US-led coalition maintains a large garrison. | The coalition's main proxy group in al-Tanf, the Revolutionary Commando Army (MaT), confirmed that the warplanes were spotted by its fighters. In a propaganda statement, the group claimed that the two warplanes almost collided over al-Tanf. | Around 200 US troops and some 300 MaT fighters are usually present at al…

TASS (2022-02-20). US unleashed propagandistic hysteria around Russia – Cuban foreign minister. tass.com "We firmly oppose NATO's expansion towards the Russian borders", Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla said…

Vijay Prashad (2022-02-20). The Terrible Fate Facing the Afghan People. orinocotribune.com By Vijay Prashad — Feb 15, 2022 | On February 8, 2022, UNICEF (the United Nations Children's Fund) Afghanistan

sputniknews (2022-02-20). High Rate of Ticks Infected With Rare Virus Potentially Lethal for Humans Found Lurking in US Park. sputniknews.com The recent discovery was made during routine testing carried out by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) as part its five-year pilot active tick surveillance program, launched in 2018.

sputniknews (2022-02-20). Inquiry Begun as Meta Exec Clegg Accused of Getting Hands on UK Gov't Plan for Net Crackdown: Report. sputniknews.com Leak Inquiry Begun as Meta Supremo Clegg Accused of Getting Hands on UK Gov't Plan for Net Crackdown…

José Mireles Alcalá (2022-02-20). Informe sobre el estado del caso Alex Saab. peoplesworld.org CARACAS, 16 febrero 2022 / Alex Saab, diplomático venezolano secuestrado por el gobierno estadounidense, enfrenta a un nuevo juicio ante las instancias de justicia del país norte americano; otra sorpresiva acusación es lanzada por el Departamento de Justicia, a quien fuera enviado especial de Venezuela para la negociación y adquisición de insumos alimenticios y de …

Editor2 (2022-02-20). Venezuela Pulls Plug on Lie that Alex Saab is DEA "Informer" orinocotribune.com Venezuela has pulled the plug on a false claim which circulated Wednesday that diplomat Alex Saab is working as an "informer" or "collaborator" of the United States and specifically of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). | President of the National Assembly Jorge Rodríguez When asked by a reporter following a press conference, Rodríguez called it strange that the United S…

Staff (2022-02-20). Venezuela Offers Brazil Assistance for Petrópolis Disaster. orinocotribune.com On Friday, February 18, the government of Venezuela expressed solidarity with Brazil for the catastrophe caused by torrential rains in the city of Petrópolis (southeast), in which 138 people have been reported dead so far. | The Venezuelan Foreign Affairs Ministry announced that the Venezuelan government is ready to collaborate with the Brazilian authorities in whatever way possible in order to help the people affected by the disaster. | El Presidente Nicolás Maduro Moros, en nombre del Gobierno de la República Bolivariana de Venezuela manifiesta su absoluta solidaridad con el hermano pueblo del Brasil (1/4)…

sputniknews (2022-02-20). Live Outside Bird's Nest Stadium in Beijing as Winter Olympics 2022 Wrap Up. sputniknews.com On Sunday evening, the closing ceremony of the 24th Winter Olympic Games takes place in Beijing as the Chinese capital is saying goodbye to the main sporting event of the year.

Staff (2022-02-20). Pregunta de Cubadebate: øAsí se promueven las producciones cubanas? cubadebate.cu Un aluvión de comentarios ha recibido las imágenes difundidas de un pequeño desfile de moda en el que se exhiben productos nacionales. El evento tuvo lugar como parte de la inauguración del Encuentro de Técnicas Comerciales 2022, con sede en La Habana. Ante las opiniones desatadas por dicha presentación, nos preguntamos, øcreen que esta es la mejor forma de promover las producciones cubanas?

Staff (2022-02-20). Chinese currency share in global payments rising. rt.com The yuan ranks as the world's fourth most popular currency in cross-border payments | China's national currency, the yuan, retained its position as the fourth most actively used currency for global transactions in January, according to data from the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunications (SWIFT). | Payments using the yuan soared to a record 3.2% of market share, breaking through its previous high set in 2015 and ranking behind the US dollar, the euro, and the British pound. | The dollar, which kept the top spot in January, saw a drop in market share, declining to about 39.9% from 40.5% re…

Staff (2022-02-20). Peter Pan y el poder de las ficciones políticas. cubadebate.cu Veciana en sus memorias reconoció que, según el agente de la CIA que lo había reclutado en La Habana, "las guerras modernas son, sobre todo, guerras psicológicas; el objetivo es torcer la opinión pública". Las estrategias, claro, son más específicas: nunca se debe dejar huellas de nuestras acciones….

sputniknews (2022-02-20). 'Not a Bean I Can Tell You': BoJo Refuses to Commit to Resigning if Fined by Police Over 'Partygate'. sputniknews.com Earlier, it was confirmed by Downing Street that UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson had responded to Scotland Yard's legal questionnaire pertaining to the so-called "partygate" probe, looking into the 12 purportedly lockdown-breaching parties held at 10 Downing Street between 2020 and 2021.

Staff (2022-02-20). Americans devour over $30bn in snacks. rt.com The trend sees US consumers moving away from traditional meals | Sales of snacks in the US grew by nearly 7% last year, according to Chicago-based market research firm IRI, with Americans consuming $30.5 billion of them and the industry outpacing total food and beverage trends. | "The world is snackifying," Rob Sarlls, former chairman of SNAC International, the leading international trade association for the snack industry, told MarketWatch. | "It's not the three square meals we remember growing up," MarketWatch quotes Denise Purcell from the Specialty Food Association, an organization representing the gourmet…

Staff (2022-02-20). SNB 61: Cocodrilos de Matanzas mandan otra vez. cubadebate.cu En una jornada donde los bates bajaron la temperatura en la mayoría de los estadios, los Cocodrilos matanceros se volvieron a apoyar en sus lanzadores para escalar otra vez a la cima de esta Serie Nacional, aprovechando el resbalón de las Avispas en patio ajeno. Altas presiones se ubicaron esta tarde-noche encima del estadio Latinoamericano, para que los Huracanes de Mayabeque soplaran con fuerza y arrastraran por la arcilla a los Industriales de la capital, hasta rendirlos 6-4.

sputniknews (2022-02-20). 'Hijab Isn't a Choice But an Obligation in Islam': Former Bollywood Actress Zaira Wasim on Hijab Row. sputniknews.com Amid the ongoing Hijab controversy in India, an advocate appearing for the Karnataka government at an Indian court on Friday claimed that wearing the Hijab is not an essential religious practice of the Muslim faith and preventing it does not violate the constitutional guarantee of religious freedom. This statement has led to a social media uproar.

sputniknews (2022-02-20). 'A Perfect Storm of Calamities': When And Wheere Can We Expect Armageddon to Strike? sputniknews.com The exact location of the valley where the forces of Good and Evil will meet in the last battle, after which, according to Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, the Last Judgment awaits humanity, has been the subject of a longstanding and heated debate between scientists and theologians. They are yet to find "common ground" in this quest.

Anonymous669 (2022-02-20). Three Former Rebel Commander Targeted In Syria's Daraa. southfront.org File image. | On February 20, two former commanders of the Syrian Free Army (FSA) survived an assassination attempt in the southern Syrian governorate of Daraa. | An improvised explosive device struck a vehicle that was carrying both commanders, Abu Abd al-Rahman al-Masalmah and Abu Jazwan Abu Nabout, as it was passing in the northern part of Daraa city, commonly known as Daraa al-Balad. The explosion damaged the vehicle. However, the two commanders survived with minor injuries. | Both al-Masalmah and Ab…

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…

WSWS (2022-02-19). Canada to arm Ukraine with lethal weapons as part of US-led war drive against Russia. wsws.org Even though recent shelling in eastern Ukraine was instigated by Ukrainian forces, Canada's foreign ministry asserted without any evidence that "Russian military activity" was "escalating" the situation in Donbas.

WSWS (2022-02-19). Biden threats over Ukraine roil markets. wsws.org There have been warnings of a "perfect storm" that could hit, resulting from a combination of rising geo-political conflicts and increased interest rates.

WSWS (2022-02-19). Macron announces withdrawal of French troops from Mali. wsws.org This withdrawal, driven by mounting popular opposition to French imperialism, comes amid the closely related NATO operations to provoke a war with Russia over Ukraine.

WSWS (2022-02-19). Germany increases military spending for war against Russia. wsws.org Germany is playing an increasingly provocative‚ÄÜrole in NATO's aggression against Russia which poses ever more clearly the threat of a third world war.

WSWS (2022-02-19). The dispute over the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline. wsws.org As in the wars of the 20th century, control over strategic raw materials plays a significant role in the current confrontation with Russia.

Ron Ridenour (2022-02-19). "American soldiers in Denmark is a 'logical extension' of NATO cooperation," Says Denmark's Prime Minister. covertactionmagazine.com Part II of a CAM Exclusive on Historic U.S.-Danish Military-Intelligence Cooperation (See Part 1 here) We were awakened to the …

Staff (2022-02-19). Over 1000 people already support #Palestine2022 campaign in France. samidoun.net In just a few weeks after its launch, the #Palestine2022 campaign, highlighting Palestine in the French presidential elections, has already received the support of more than 1000 people for its demands and its objectives. The campaign aims to denounce the collaboration of French governments with Israeli apartheid and introduce the subject of the Palestinian cause …

WSWS (2022-02-19). Virginia's Republican Governor signs law banning school mask mandates with bipartisan support. wsws.org Governor Glenn Youngkin has banned mask mandates even at the local level throughout the state.

_____ (2022-02-19). Another meeting of Quad Foreign Ministers. journal-neo.org On February 11, Melbourne hosted the fourth meeting of foreign ministers of the countries participating in the Quad, which consists of the United States, Japan, India and Australia. Since the creation of this alliance in 2019, Washington (together with Tokyo and Canberra) attempted, firstly, to expand the scope of activity beyond the framework of an …

Anonymous Contributor (2022-02-19). Indigenous Zapotecs Denounce Dispossession in Jalapa del Marqués, Oaxaca. itsgoingdown.org Communique from the Indigenous Zapotec community assembly of Jalapa del Marqués, Oaxaca, denouncing ongoing attempts of dispossession being carried out by local power holders aligned with the state. To the Zapatista Army of National Liberation To the National Indigenous Congress-Indigenous Governing Council To the Isthmus People To the Indigenous Peoples, Organizations, and Collectives of the…

Binoy Kampmark (2022-02-19). Tapping Fortress Australia: Priti Patel's Border Force Review. dissidentvoice.org When in opposition, Alexander Downer, destined to become Australia's longest serving foreign minister in the conservative government of John Howard, was easy to savage. The Australian Labor Prime Minister Paul Keating was particularly keen to skewer an establishment individual prone to donning fishnet stockings and affecting a plummy disposition. Never, he suggested, had there been …

José Manuel Blanco Diaz (2022-02-19). Colombia Wants Only 'Wealthy and Educated' Venezuelan Migrants. orinocotribune.com The Vice President of Colombia, Marta Lucía Ramírez, has complained about the "less wealthy and unskilled" Venezuelans who stay in Colombia as migrants. That group of vulnerable Venezuelans is at the center of the smear campaign and hybrid war against Venezuela, led by the US with its regional allied governments. | The Colombian vice president made the classist comment against migrants who are in a vulnerable economic situation or who do not have a considerably "high" academic level, during the regular session of the Permanent Council of the Organization of States Americans (OAS) this week. | "Colombia has not be…

scorinoco (2022-02-19). Military Deserter and Partner of 'El Conejo' Admit to Receiving Training in Colombia. orinocotribune.com Two detainees Starlin Páez Mujica, a Venezuelan military deserter, and María Inés Reyes Silva, partner of the criminal Carlos Rodríguez aka El Conejo, have confessed that members of criminal organizations based in Las Tejerías, Aragua (Venezuela), were trained in Colombia. | This Thursday, February 17, two videos with testimonies of Páez and Reyes were released by Jorge Rodríguez, president of the Venezuelan Assembly (AN), Deputy Jorge Rodríguez. The two were recently captured during the Cacique Guaicaipuro II operation carried out by Venezuelan security agencies in Santos Michelena municipality near Las Tejerias…

The Lancet (2022-02-19). [Editorial] Power and bullying in research. thelancet.com Eric Lander, director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy and science adviser to US President Joe Biden, resigned on Feb 7, after an internal review found that he had bullied staff members. The investigation was concluded weeks before but only came to light following reporting by Politico. This event is emblematic of research's failure to rein in workplace bullying and of a research culture that remains in thrall to big names and bigger egos.

WSWS (2022-02-19). US workers express solidarity with striking nurses in New South Wales, Australia. wsws.org Amelia, a nurse in Kentucky, said, "I am touched by the shared safety and human rights concerns amongst my fellow nurses. Bravo to the nurses who embody compassion in action and are refusing to enable a sick system!"

John Zarocostas (2022-02-19). [World Report] UN sanctions hamper humanitarian work. thelancet.com Aid leaders have warned that unintended consequences of UN sanctions are a growing problem for humanitarian actors and have called for more proactive action. John Zarocostas reports from Geneva.

Susan Jaffe (2022-02-19). [World Report] Biden's science adviser resigns over bullying. thelancet.com Experts say that Eric Lander's resignation should not affect the President's plans to reboot the cancer moonshot project. Susan Jaffe reports.

WSWS (2022-02-19). California's "endemic plan" sets the stage for unending COVID-19 infections and deaths. wsws.org The propaganda campaign is driven not by science, but by the demands of the corporations and financial elite. The aim is to fabricate a narrative that COVID-19 is harmless, in order to maximize the production of profits under the guise of a "return to normalcy."

WSWS (2022-02-19). Victoria Nuland in Colombia: Is Washington plotting another coup? wsws.org In Bogota, Nuland warned against foreign subversion of upcoming elections, an area in which she has ample on-hand experience.

WSWS (2022-02-19). Hundreds gather to mourn Amir Locke, victim of Minneapolis police shooting. wsws.org Locke was shot by a SWAT team officer serving a "no knock" warrant he was not named in.

WSWS (2022-02-19). Using emergency powers, Canadian police move to end far-right Ottawa occupation. wsws.org The Emergencies Act gives the government sweeping powers of repression and the order-in-council that invoked them stated that the "public order emergency" applies to the entire country.

Diederik van de Beek, Matthijs C Brouwer, Uwe Koedel, Emma C Wall (2022-02-19). [Correspondence] Steroid use in non-pneumococcal and non-Haemophilus bacterial meningitis — Authors' reply. thelancet.com We thank Dominic Heining and Aiden Plant for their comments on our Seminar,1 whereby they raised the question on whether adjunctive dexamethasone therapy should be continued for 4 days in patients with community-acquired bacterial meningitis caused by pathogens other than Streptococcus pneumoniae.

Allen Forrest (2022-02-19). Ethical Considerations and Experimental Vaccines. dissidentvoice.org

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…

WSWS (2022-02-19). UK government spent billions on substandard PPE, as private sector made a killing. wsws.org The first priority of the Tories was to seize on the PPE shortage to enrich their cronies. Of every £13 spent on PPE, £10 was wasted.

WSWS (2022-02-19). Crisis-wracked Australian government ramps up war drumbeating. wsws.org This fortnight's dysfunctional parliamentary session saw Prime Minister Scott Morrison virtually accuse Labor Party leaders of being treasonous agents of China.

WSWS (2022-02-19). Organize a counteroffensive against Hi Viz and the anti-strike injunction! Join the BNSF Workers Rank-and-File Committee! wsws.org "Our committee will strive to organize and unite workers across every terminal in the BNSF system, from Alabama to California, so that workers ourselves can develop a common strategy and plan joint actions."

WSWS (2022-02-19). Turkish ship-breaking workers stop working amid a wildcat strike wave. wsws.org The non-union workers have elected their own representatives and stated that they will continue striking until their demands are met.

Jacob M Pogson, G Michael Halmagyi (2022-02-19). [Clinical Picture] Hearing but not understanding: word deafness from a brainstem lesion. thelancet.com A 57-year-old native English-speaking man attended our department with a 5-week history of progressively becoming unable to understand words—despite hearing them. Much to his distress, he also reported hearing a constant noise which he said sounded "like trucks".

Dominic Heining, Aiden J Plant (2022-02-19). [Correspondence] Steroid use in non-pneumococcal and non-Haemophilus bacterial meningitis. thelancet.com We thank Diederik van de Beek and colleagues1 for their Seminar on the management of bacterial meningitis, but would like to question their statement that "dexamethasone should be continued for 4 days in all patients, except in those with L[isteria] monocytogenes". Although the authors outlined the evidence for improved outcomes in patients with pneumococcal meningitis and poor outcomes in patients with neurolisteriosis, insufficient evidence was presented to support dexamethasone use in other forms of meningitis, such as meningococcal.

WSWS (2022-02-19). Minneapolis, St. Paul teachers vote to authorize strike. wsws.org Teachers in Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota, have voted to authorize a strike, part of growing opposition among teachers and workers in the US to inequality and deadly pandemic conditions.

Aarathi Prasad (2022-02-19). [Perspectives] Samuel K Roberts: illuminating history, racial bias, and public health. thelancet.com In 2009, Samuel Kelton Roberts, Jr's first book, Infectious Fear: Politics, Disease, and the Health Effects of Segregation, was published. "The book itself is about how racialism is baked into the kernel of modern public health practice here in the USA. Some of the most foundational moments in public health sit adjacent to or are ones that play a role in our history of race and racialisation. Even the way we collected data in the 19th and early 20th century was not just racially biased, but often racialised in their methods.

WSWS (2022-02-19). Deadly BA.2 subvariant of Omicron spreading in more than 74 countries. wsws.org As the BA.2 subvariant of Omicron accounts for a growing proportion of new cases globally, recent evidence points to its increased infectivity, higher virulence and greater immune-evading capacity.

WSWS (2022-02-19). UK teacher Kathleen Munro speaks of "devastating" effects of Long COVID. wsws.org In her testimony to the Global Workers Inquest into the COVID-19 Pandemic, Kathleen bears witness to the devastating effects of Long COVID on her own health and livelihood, and that of her 13-year-old niece, Ellie, who was diagnosed with COVID-19 on her first day at school last September.

WSWS (2022-02-19). South Korean logistics workers strike against brutal conditions. wsws.org Package delivery workers are struggling not only against the companies, but are confronted with the complicity of the trade unions in enforcing the demands of big business.

WSWS (2022-02-19). British government appoints Australian immigration "offshoring" pioneer Alexander Downer to oversee its "pushback" policy. wsws.org Downer negotiated Australia's barbaric "Pacific Solution", detaining refugees on Nauru and Manus Island. He will carry out a review of the UK's Border Force.

WSWS (2022-02-19). Strikes, protests engulf Haitian capital as workers demand higher wages, better conditions. wsws.org The strikes are an indication of growing working class opposition to the regime headed by Prime Minister Henry and backed by US corporations.

Sharmila Devi (2022-02-19). [World Report] Medical aid returns to Tigray. thelancet.com Shipments of medical supplies have been delivered to Tigray—the first in months—but WHO says it will not be enough to restock the severely depleted health system. Sharmila Devi reports.

Talha Burki (2022-02-19). [World Report] Research Focus: the Arc Institute. thelancet.com A new research institute promises to free scientists from the pressures of grant applications. Talha Burki reports.

Jessamy Bagenal (2022-02-19). [Perspectives] A public health manifesto. thelancet.com The way that societies divide and manage our resources and treat our planet is not working. This failure is the starting point of a number of books that have been published during the COVID-19 pandemic, including GO BIG: 20 Bold Solutions to Fix Our World by Ed Miliband. This book, partly based on Miliband and Geoff Lloyd's podcast Reasons to Be Cheerful, identifies what is wrong with our political and multilateral systems and sets out solutions to fix our world. "In saying we need to 'go big' I am advocating not just the consideration of ideas that promise significant change but for politics to rediscover its se…

WSWS (2022-02-18). Shelling in Donbass brings Europe to brink of war. wsws.org Heavy artillery shelling reported in East Ukraine's Donbass region is the most significant military escalation of the conflict between the US-funded Ukrainian army and pro-Russian separatists since at least last spring.

sputniknews (2022-02-18). Lavrov: Russia 'Alarmed' by Escalation of Shelling, Use of Arms Banned by Minsk Accords in Donbass. sputniknews.com The region was thrust into a civil war in the spring of 2014, in the aftermath of a US and EU-backed coup in Kiev.

sputniknews (2022-02-18). Lugansk Suburbs Shelled in Ukrainian Military Attacks Overnight, Self-Proclaimed Republic Says. sputniknews.com Ukrainian security forces fired again at the territory of the self-proclaimed Lugansk People's Republic, opening fire in the suburbs of Lugansk, the LPR mission to the Joint Centre for Control and Coordination of the Ceasefire Regime (JCCC) said.

Staff (2022-02-18). Breakaway Ukrainian region orders evacuation. rt.com

TASS (2022-02-18). Ukraine's security council chief sees no threat of Russian attack. tass.com Ukraine's National Security and Defense Council Secretary Alexey Danilov said Kiev is registering "provocations by Russia in Donbass"

Staff (2022-02-18). Lavrov labels Western 'Russia invasion' claims 'propaganda, fakes and fiction'. rt.com "If they enjoy it, let them," the foreign minister told RT regarding claims from officials and media | Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has lashed out at Western officials who have been peddling the purported threat of a Russian invasion of Ukraine. Apparently, they do it for the sheer pleasure of accusing Moscow, he told RT in an exclusive interview on Friday. | "I am certain that even casual observers of foreign policy have long confirmed to themselves that all of it is propaganda, fake news, fiction," Lavrov said of the accusations. | He suggested that Western officials making such claims simply like…

TASS (2022-02-18). UN received Russian documents about crimes in Donbass. tass.com The Russian Investigative Committee earlier said it had launched a criminal case into the discovery of mass graves of Donbass civilians killed in shelling…

Staff (2022-02-18). Putin to take part in nuclear war drills. rt.com The strategic weapons exercises are scheduled to take place on Saturday | Russian President Vladimir Putin will take direct command of scheduled ballistic missile training on Saturday, which will see the country's military test its nuclear capabilities, Moscow has confirmed. | Officials released a statement on Friday, writing, "on February 19, under the supervision of the supreme commander-in-chief of the Russian Armed Forces Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin, a planned exercise of the forces of strategic deterrence will take place, during which ballistic and cruise missiles will be launched." | The statement goes…