(2022-02-04). When Chinese New Year meets Olympic Winter Games. ecns.cn
(2022-02-04). Human Rights in Prolonged Occupation: Israel's Treatment of Palestinians (HRW). juancole.com ( Human Rights Watch ) — This memorandum provides an overview of several of Human Rights Watch's central concerns with respect to the Israeli government's human rights practices in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT), submitted to the United Nations Human Rights Committee in advance of its review of Israel in March 2022. This …
(2022-02-04). What a Waste, and You're Paying for it: $778 Billion for the Pentagon and Still Counting. juancole.com 
( Tomdispatch.com) — 2021 was another banner year for the military-industrial complex, as Congress signed off on a near-record $778 billion in spending for the Pentagon and related work on nuclear warheads at the Department of Energy. That was $25 billion more than the Pentagon had even asked for. It can't be emphasized enough just …
(2022-02-04). Former Louisville cop sentenced to prison for using excessive force. nationofchange.org Recorded on police body cam video striking a kneeling protester in the head with a riot stick, a former Kentucky police officer was recently sentenced to two years in federal prison after pleading guilty to use of excessive force. During a protest against police brutality on May 31, 2020, the Louisville Metro Police Department (LMPD) …
(2022-02-04). Amnesty: 'Israel' Imposing 'Apartheid' on Palestinians. orinocotribune.com Occupied Palestine (QNN)- 'Israel' is carrying out "the crime of apartheid against Palestinians" and must be held accountable for treating them as "an inferior racial group", Amnesty International said in a new report. | Released on Tuesday, the 278-page report by the leading rights group details how Israeli occupation authorities enforce a system of oppression and domination against the Palestinians. | The damning investigation sets out how massive seizures of Palestinian land and property, unlawful killings, forcible transfer, drastic movement restrictions, and the denial of nationality and citizenship to Pales…
(2022-02-04). Can Israel stop the world from saying 'apartheid'? Concealing the suffering in Palestine. mronline.org 
Israel attempts to improve its public image to counter efforts by human rights organizations that reveal the nature of Israeli apartheid.
(2022-02-04). Friday 2/4: Capitalism shows its true colors: Money for war, but not for people's needs. indybay.org Virtual event. Register at bit.ly/stop-nato-war…
(2022-02-04). Hedges: Heeding James Joyce's 'Ulysses'. nationofchange.org A century after its publication, the timeless novel warns us about the poisons of nationalism and idolatry and the commonality of our sojourns between birth and death.
(2022-02-04). US claims assassination of ISIS leader in Syria. wsws.org In a White House statement celebrating the killing, Biden hailed the US military as "the solid-steel backbone of this nation."
(2022-02-04). Warren warns 'corporate vultures' are circling Medicare on Biden's watch. nationofchange.org Sen. Elizabeth Warren on Wednesday joined physicians and dozens of her House Democratic colleagues in urging the Biden administration to immediately halt Medicare Direct Contracting, a Trump-era pilot that could result in complete privatization of the cherished public healthcare program by decade's end. "It is completely baffling to me that the Biden administration wants to …
(2022-02-04). US outruns regional states in race for Kabul. asiatimes.com 
In a hugely consequential advisory, the US Treasury Department quietly signaled on Wednesday (February 2) that it was "tweaking" sanctions against Afghanistan's Haqqani Network. International banks can now transfer money to the Taliban, including its affiliated Haqqani Network, without fear of breaching sanctions. Washington simply issued clarifications dilating on the relaxation of sanctions announced in …
(2022-02-04). Saudi Airstrikes Kill Seven Houthis in Yemen's Taiz. news.antiwar.com Saudi forces carried out a series of airstrikes in Taiz Province in SW Yemen on Thursday, The attacks hit western Taiz, reportedly striking a weapons cache belonging to the Houthis, and setting off a substantial explosion. | Exactly why Taiz came under attack is unclear. The city has been contested for the entire seven years of the Yemen War. The Saudi invasion force was never able to take the city, one of the fi…
(2022-02-04). Do you trust Biden or ISIS, Psaki asks skeptical reporter. rt.com 
The White House spokeswoman dismissed a question about evidence in deadly Syria raid | White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki mocked the idea that the US administration may provide journalists inaccurate information about its military operations abroad. | When asked if Washington would be giving any proof that the target of a US commando raid in Syria blew himself up along with members of his family, Psaki asked whether skeptics would rather trust terrorists. | She was confronted by a journalist on Air Force One over an account of events that President Joe Biden gave to the public. | Speaking a few hours after…
(2022-02-04). Herd immunity through natural infection to fight COVID-19 'foolish idea': WHO chief scientist. ecns.cn Chief scientist at the World Health Organisation (WHO) Soumya Swaminathan Thursday warned against the idea of attaining herd immunity through natural infection to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, calling it "foolish" as there are huge costs to be paid.
(2022-02-04). Xi: China is ready to deliver a streamlined, safe and splendid Games. ecns.cn Chinese President Xi Jinping delivered a video address at the opening ceremony of the 139th IOC Session on Thursday.
(2022-02-04). Nine things you may not know about Start of Spring. ecns.cn A painting of Start of Spring and spring cake from Li Xiaolin. As a popular young Chinese artist, Li combined the customs during a solar term and the associated food and created a series of illustrations named "24 Solar Terms and Chinese Delicacies".
(2022-02-04). Palestinian resistance is forcing liberals to see Israel's apartheid. electronicintifada.net Watch Ali Abunimah and Benjamin Norton discuss Amnesty's new report.
(2022-02-04). New Hampshire teachers unions fight state censorship of anti-racist education. liberationnews.org 
A new bill in the New Hampshire state legislature, HB 1255, would all but explicitly ban the mention of indigenous genocide and race-based chattel slavery in New Hampshire class rooms.
(2022-02-04). Declassified NSA oversight report shows illegal surveillance by US government continues unimpeded. wsws.org The semiannual report from the Office of the Inspector General shows that illegal surveillance of Americans is continuing and that claims that it has been stopped are lies.
(2022-02-04). Chinese Telecom Equipment Is Banned in the USA. indybay.org Recently the US Senate has approved the next bipartisan initiative against China. This is not a new objective, which is to push Chinese business rivals out of the US telecom market.
(2022-02-04). Erdogan is Covering up his Crimes against Syria. journal-neo.org 
As of late, various media have been publishing numerous reports about the involvement of Turkish law enforcement agencies and special services that are supervised directly by Erdogan in blatantly illegal operations in several countries. Thus, in recent years, the Turkish agencies have kidnapped dozens of people in various countries. Since 2016, or after the attempted …
(2022-02-04). Some Consequences of the Latest hate Speech Incident in India. journal-neo.org 
On January 10 the Supreme Court of India agreed to urgently consider a petition on "hate speech" against the country's Moslem communities, with reference to specific incidents, most notoriously an incident in December 2021 in Haridwar — a city venerated in the Himalayan foothills on the banks of the River Ganges. Both the city and …
(2022-02-04). Update on Antifascists Facing Repression from Opposing the NSM in Newnan, Georgia. itsgoingdown.org Report and update from the International Anti-Fascist Defense Fund on those facing charges stemming from protests in Newnan, GA against the NSM. Back in April 2018, full-on nazis from the National Socialist Movement held a rally in Newnan, GA. Anti-fascists showed up to defend the community from that threat and were attacked — by Georgia…
(2022-02-04). Book Review: 'Cancel This Book' Asks for a Return to Revolutionary Class Analysis. towardfreedom.org Academic and activist Dan Kovalik's new book, "Cancel This Book: The Progressive Case Against Cancel Culture," was written on the frontlines of the twin struggles of our time, the class struggle and the fight for Black liberation, writes Danny Shaw.
(2022-02-04). The 'Freedom' convoy: Canada's far right revolt. nationofchange.org Unfortunately, some of those involved in the convoy and on online forums dedicated to it have called for a January 6th style event in Ottawa…
(2022-02-04). Dimitrov on the ideological struggle against fascism. cpusa.org 
The following excerpt, "The Ideological Struggle against Fascism," is from Georgi Dimitrov's report at the 7th Communist International on August 2, 1935. One of the weakest aspects of the anti-fascist struggle of our Parties is that they react inadequately and too slowly to the demagogy of fascism, and to this day continue to neglect …
(2022-02-04). Sean Swain's Finger Chopped Off While in ODRC Custody. itsgoingdown.org An update on long-time anarchist prisoner, Sean Sean from his partner. For more information on Sean, go here and here. Sean's partner writes: Sean Swain is an infamous anarchist prisoner currently held in the state of Ohio. Before I get into writing about this three-ring circus I wanted to give some background on Sean to…
(2022-02-04). "City on the Second Floor": Clarion call from a poetic craftsman. roarmag.org Police investigate at a homeless people's encampment in Los Angeles, US. September 15, 2022. Credit: Ringo Chiu / Shutterstock | Matt Sedillo's poetry is electric, like a lightning bolt. He is a man on a mission, with a message to spread and fire on the tongue. With the tone and the tenor of a biblical prophet — though one with a profound sense of the farcical, too — he delivers a scathing critique, a desperate denunciation of the patriarchal, white supremacist and capitalist dystopia that we inhabit. His latest book, City on the Second Floor, is a cohesive and compelling compendium of some 32 poems a…
(2022-02-04). University of Illinois students walk out to protest Jeff Sessions. liberationnews.org 
"Jeff Sessions and his class have put our society into crisis," said Reuben, "and we are here to show the community there is an alternative future and it is socialist."
(2022-02-04). Pandemic exposes U.S. health care crisis. workers.org 
In the book "The Great Influenza: The Deadliest Pandemic in History" by John Barry, written in 2005 about the so-called Spanish Flu of 1918, we learn that pandemic actually started in the U.S. The army barracks in the Midwest were the breeding ground for the deadly virus. World War I . . . |
(2022-02-04). US Sanctions on Afghanistan Could Be Deadlier than 20 Years of War. cepr.net If more Americans knew how many innocent civilians actually die as a result of these sanctions, would the worst of them be permitted?
(2022-02-04). Mumia Abu-Jamal: Un Nuevo Movimiento por la Libertad ahora. workers.org 
El gran revolucionario caribeño Frantz Fanon escribió en su ya clásica obra, The Wretched of the Earth (Los condenados de la tierra), el siguiente llamado a acción: "Cada generación debe, desde la relativa oscuridad, descubrir su misión, cumplirla o traicionarla en relativa opacidad. Esa misión la tenemos nosotros." øCuál misión? . . . |
(2022-02-04). How Erdogan Scapegoated ISIS Caliph to Appease Biden? dissidentvoice.org Whilst Turkish President Erdogan was in Kiev on Thursday, ostensibly brokering a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine to defuse escalating tensions following the Russian troop build-up along Ukraine's borders and the deployment of 3,000 US forces in Poland and Romania, Biden announced that the Islamic State leader had been killed in a special-ops raid …
(2022-02-04). Victory: Palestinian teacher defeats Israel lobby smears. electronicintifada.net Sheffield Hallam University drops investigation against Shahd Abusalama.
(2022-02-04). After Amazon Tragedy, Workers Come Together to Demand Safe Working Conditions. inequality.org
(2022-02-04). In camp of despair, a life rooted in love. electronicintifada.net Birds surmount borders and barriers in Fadia's Tree.
(2022-02-04). President Maduro: Chávez's 4F Rebellion was a Cry Against Colonization. orinocotribune.com The President of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, asserted earlier today that the rebellion of February 4, 1992, known in Venezuela as 4F/1992, led by Commander Hugo Chávez, represented an outcry against the colonization that the neoliberal government of Carlos Andrés Pérez intended to impose on the country. | The comments were made as part of President Maduro's address during commemorative events for the 30th anniversary of 4F. The head of state hosted the inauguration of the Plaza de la Rebelión Anti-imperialista [Anti-Imperialist Rebellion Square], located in the environs of the San Carlos barracks, in Caracas, wher…
(2022-02-04). Announcing the Upcoming 'Social Empire' Documentary Film. itsgoingdown.org Announcing the trailer for the new documentary film, The Social Empire. We live in the age of the algorithm. Every day, our lives are mediated by forces that we cannot see and do not understand. Our actions, movements, decisions, and unconscious desires are monitored, recorded, and stripped down to lines of code. A vast trove…
(2022-02-04). Gaza farmers struggle for livelihoods and healthy soil. electronicintifada.net Farming near the boundary zone is a hazardous undertaking.
(2022-02-04). The new leadership of Germany's Green Party: A toxic mixture of militarism and identity politics. wsws.org The transition of the Greens into the camp of militarism and destruction of social programs is directly linked to the material rise of the social milieu upon which they rely.
(2022-02-04). Saturday 2/5: Building an Independent campaign to Put the Public in Public Education. indybay.org
(2022-02-04). Saturday 2/12: Meetup: Hear from the Organizers Running for DxE Core. indybay.org Crescent Lawn UC Berkeley | Center St, Berkeley, CA 94720…
(2022-02-04). Chavez Ignited the Bolivarian Revolution with the 4F Rebellion. telesurenglish.net On Friday, Venezuelans remember the 30th anniversary of the anti-imperialist rebellion that Colonel Hugo Chavez led against President Carlos Perez (1989-1993), a corrupt politician who implemented neoliberal policies that worsened the people's living conditions. | RELATED: | On Feb. 4, 1992, five army units under Chavez's command moved into Caracas to seize key military and communications installations throughout…
(2022-02-04). Saturday 2/5: Free virtual screening of the documentary film "A Talk with Remarkable People" indybay.org
(2022-02-04). Essential food workers strike in NSW, Victoria. greenleft.org.au Members of the United Workers Union employed across six essential workplace sites in New South Wales and Victoria are on strike. Jim McIlroy reports.
(2022-02-04). Biden administration must rejig its North Korea strategy. asiatimes.com The UN Security Council was to hold an emergency meeting this Friday to discuss North Korea's seven missile tests in the past four weeks. The meeting was requested by the United States, along with Britain and France, and agreed by Russia, which holds the presidency of UNSC for the month of February. However, given the …
(2022-02-04). China and Russia to Face Regional Threats Jointly. telesurenglish.net On Friday, President Xi Jinping confirmed that China stands ready to work with Russia and President Vladimir Putin to chart the future and provide guidance for bilateral relations under new historical circumstances. | RELATED: | Xi is willing to promote the continuous transformation of high-level mutual trust between China and Russia into results of cooperation in all fields and bring real benefits to the people of the two countries. | "Despite the…
(2022-02-04). Headlines for February 4, 2022. democracynow.org Biden Claims ISIS Leader Detonated Bomb That Killed 13 at Site of U.S. Raid, Vladimir Putin Meets Xi Jinping in Beijing as Winter Olympics Open, State Dept. Questioned over Claims Russia Is Plotting "False Flag" Operation in Ukraine, South African Plant Produces mRNA COVID Vaccine Based on Moderna Data, Chicago Ex-Cop Who Murdered Laquan McDonald Released After Just Three Years in Prison, Biden on Crime in New York City: "The Answer Is Not to Defund the Police", Turkey Blames Greek Border Guards After 12 Asylum Seekers Freeze to Death, Texas Butterfly Conservation Center Shuts Doors Following Right-Wing Harassmen…
(2022-02-04). France plans to head Baltic-style NATO battle groups in Black Sea region. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com France wants to Lead a New Multinational NATO Contingent in the Balkans French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian, who is in Bucharest, met virtually today with nine of his Eastern European counterparts to discuss the crisis over Ukraine…. In a speech to the Romanian parliament yesterday, Le Drian said Paris wanted to show its solidarity …
(2022-02-04). Saturday 2/5: No War With Russia; Yes to Diplomacy and Peace. indybay.org Martin Luther King Jr. Civic Center Park, MLK Jr. Way @ Allston Way, Berkeley.