(2022-02-07). As Biden Continues Trump's Cruel 'Maximum Pressure' Campaign, US Media Treats Crushing Iran's Economy as Anodyne 'Diplomacy Toolkit'. orinocotribune.com A harsh sanctions regime on Iran that has killed thousands and was heavily criticized under Trump is now casual bipartisan consensus in Washington.: | By Sarah Lazare — Feb 2, 2022 | In US press outlets, the Biden administration's "maximum pressure" sanctions on Iran are, by and large, not presented as a moral issue, but as a piece of leverage in a diplomatic effort to get the best possible nuclear deal with Iran. They are ethically neutral, a tool in America's tool belt, a rook in a three-dimensional game of chess, where the components and pieces are already determined. "The US sees 'snapback' sanct…
(2022-02-07). Argentina to Russia: We Want To End Dependency On US. orinocotribune.com On February 3, the president of Argentina, Alberto Fernández, visited the Kremlin and told President Vladimir Putin that his country wants to end "dependency" on the US and strengthen economic ties with Russia instead. | Fernández
(2022-02-07). It is Urgent That Russia is Provided With Legal Security Guarantees, Top Diplomat Says. sputniknews.com MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The issue of providing Moscow with legal security guarantees has become urgent, as a slew of problems has accumulated between Russia and the West, Vladimir Yermakov, the head of the Russian Foreign Ministry's Department for Arms Control, told Sputnik.
(2022-02-07). US combat troops arrive in Eastern Europe as Washington steps up war hysteria. wsws.org Biden National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan made several television appearances Sunday to warn, without evidence, that Russia could invade Ukraine "at any moment."
(2022-02-07). Argentina Turns To Russia And Joins China's Belt And Road. popularresistance.org Argentina is trapped in $44 billion of IMF odious debt taken on by corrupt right-wing regimes. Seeking alternatives to US hegemony, President Alberto Fernández traveled to Russia and China, forming an alliance with the Eurasian powers, joining the Belt and Road Initiative.
(2022-02-07). How Israel's occupation of Palestine intensifies climate change. mronline.org 
"Israel's actions over the last almost 75 years demonstrate that there is very little regard for the indigenous landscape, the indigenous flora and fauna, the wildlife population, and the indigenous people." — Zena Agha, Middle East Institute.
(2022-02-07). Crisis or Confusion? A Brief Guide For Black Folk On The Situation In Ukraine. popularresistance.org Within large sectors of the U.S. left, including many elements of the Black left, there is widespread confusion related to the Ukraine "crisis." Years of anti-Russia propaganda from the US and its NATO allies, and the tendency to abstract the current Ukrainian situation from its historical and geo-strategic context, have created a climate of confusion. This climate has played into the hands of state propagandists and democratic party activists eager to use the Ukraine situation to deflect attention from Biden's disastrous domestic agenda. The situation with Ukraine did not just fall out of the sky in 2021. It has…
(2022-02-07). More than 1,000 protesters demand justice for Amir Locke in Minneapolis. liberationnews.org 
In the early morning hours of Feb. 2, members of the Minneapolis Police Department executed a no-knock, pre-dawn warrant in the downtown Minneapolis apartment unit where Amir Locke, a 22-year-old Black man, was sleeping. Within nine seconds Amir Locke would be killed.
(2022-02-07). Freedom Convoy 2020: The Elite Gathers Its Forces for a Counterattack on the Truckers. globalresearch.ca There are reports that the Ottawa police, faithful servants, not of the people, but of the ruling elite, are attempting to prevent food and water and all "material support" from reaching the Truckers. | . | In other words, the ruling elite …
(2022-02-07). US death toll from COVID-19 heading toward 1 million. wsws.org America's COVID-19 death toll stands as an indictment of a capitalist social order completely indifferent to the death and suffering of the working population.
(2022-02-07). Portugal's Socialist Party wins legislative election as Left Bloc collapses. wsws.org The Left Bloc and the Portuguese Communist Party are deeply discredited after years of openly supporting the right-wing policies of the Socialist Party (PS) government.
(2022-02-07). Protest Calls On Public Stores To Stop Selling Apartheid Products. popularresistance.org On Saturday, 5 February, activists in Vancouver gathered outside the downtown BC Liquor Store for a picket and literature distribution calling for the publicly owned stores to stop selling Israeli wines, many of which are produced in the occupied Palestinian and Syrian lands of the West Bank and the Golan Heights. Despite repeated calls to provincial officials noting that the sale of these wines means that BC Liquor Stores are directly implicated in war crimes, they have continued to take no action and market these apartheid wines. | The Canada Palestine Association has led the campaign for years to remove these…
(2022-02-07). The Untold History Of NATO And Case For Its Abolition. popularresistance.org NATO, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, is moving ever closer to Russia's border. Russia views this as an existential threat — and a historic betrayal of key guarantees it was given by the west as the Soviet Union disintegrated. As Biden sends thousands of additional troops to Eastern Europe, the threat of war is growing by the day.
(2022-02-07). Russia is better prepared for Western sanctions than EU to gas supply cuts – Borrell. tass.com "Russia has enhanced its resilience against economic sanctions, by increasing its foreign currency reserves, more than we have done to enhance our capacity to face potential gas supply cuts", EU foreign policy chief said…
(2022-02-07). U.S. should not go further down the wrong path: Chinese UN ambassador. ecns.cn China's Permanent Representative to the United Nations (UN) Zhang Jun on Sunday resolutely refuted the unfounded accusations against China made by Linda Thomas-Greenfield, the U.S. UN ambassador, in her interview with CNN.
(2022-02-07). Putin Announces New Gas Supply Contract with China. orinocotribune.com This Friday, February 4, Russian President Vladimir Putin, during a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping, announced a "Our tankers have prepared very good new solutions for the supply of hydrocarbons to the People's Republic of China. A further step has been taken in the gas industry. I am referring to a new contract for th…
(2022-02-07). Protests erupt after Minneapolis police kill man in no-knock raid. wsws.org Amir Locke was killed in less than 10 seconds after Minneapolis police burst into the apartment he was sleeping in early Wednesday. Minneapolis Police attempted to falsely claim he was a homicide suspect and he threatened officers, among other fabricated details, following a recent trend of covering up police murder.
(2022-02-07). Kiev denies war plans against Russia as conflicts within the Ukrainian ruling class escalate. wsws.org The government of Volydymyr Zelensky is plagued by internal crisis as it marches towards war.
(2022-02-07). Over half of all US teachers consider leaving the profession due to pandemic-related stressors. wsws.org The percentage of teachers compelled to leave the profession sooner than expected has steadily risen throughout the pandemic.
(2022-02-07). At Beijing Olympics, China & IOC Accused of "Sportswashing" Amid Uyghur Abuses, Peng Shuai Censorship. democracynow.org 
Human rights advocates say renewed international attention for China during the Winter Olympics should focus on rampant human rights violations occurring across the country. It is incumbent upon the International Olympic Committee to deny countries the bid to host if they violate their citizens' human rights, says Jules Boykoff, author and former member of the U.S. Olympic soccer team. While many have commended China's "zero-COVID policy," the emphasis on keeping infection rates low is distracting from other kinds of suffering, adds Yaqiu Wang, senior China researcher at Human Rights Watch…
(2022-02-07). RT Censored: Germany Prohibits Russian TV Channel to Broadcast. orinocotribune.com 
This Wednesday, February 2, German media licensing and supervision commission (ZAK) has banned the Russian TV channel, Russia Today (RT), from broadcasting. | ZAK indicated, that RT does not have a media license. According to the media regulator, German law indicates that the Russian channel requires a broadcast license. It also states that RT did not receive or request permission to broadcast its programming. For this reason, it ordered the medium to stop broadcasting in German territory on all its platforms. | With this guideline RT will not be able to transmit its programming on the air, internet, through the…
(2022-02-07). New 'Leaked' Video Shows US F-35 Jet Bursting Into Flames and Crashing into Ocean. sputniknews.com The American warplane crashed into the deck of the USS Carl Vinson in January. While the pilot managed to safely eject they were injured in the incident, as well as six other members of the carrier's crew.
(2022-02-07). The Pentagon Keeps On Killing Civilians in Syria. journal-neo.org 
On February 2, the Pentagon chief announced that US Special Forces had completed a counter-terrorism operation in Syria, controlled by the US Central Command, stressing that "the mission was successful" and "there were no US casualties." As it turned out, the target of this operation near the town of Atme in the Syrian province of …
(2022-02-07). Amir Locke: Another Black man murdered by Minneapolis police. cpusa.org 
At 7 a.m. local time on Thursday February 3, 2022, Minneapolis SWAT executed a no-knock warrant and entered the apartment where Amir Locke, 22, was sleeping on a couch. As captured on body cams, Officer Mark Hanneman shot Locke three times within nine seconds of entry into the apartment. Locke was not the target …
(2022-02-07). Morning Commute: 2-7-2022 #FREELEONARDPELTIER. anchor.fm In this episode I go over a few things that are on my mind like the continuous encirclement and harassment of Russia and China, as well as how we can learn from the ongoing peoples movements in socialist revolution of the past and the present in order to inform and help organize for our future. Let's get Organizing y'all!
(2022-02-07). Daily Round-up| Student leader released on bail in Swaziland, persecution of Egyptian lawyer & more. peoplesdispatch.org In today's episode of the Daily Round-up we look at the release of a student leader in Swaziland following mass protests, the persecution of human rights lawyer Osama Bayoumi in Egypt, and the controversy over an oil exploration project in the Sao Francisco region of Brazil…
(2022-02-07). Farmers protest in Pakistan over fertilizer shortage and other issues, rally announced for February 14. peoplesdispatch.org The Pakistan Kissan Ittehad, which has been spearheading the farmers' protests since November, has announced a Punjab State-wide strike action by farmers if the government fails to act upon their demands till February 20…
(2022-02-07). In year 3 of the pandemic, the challenges facing WHO are in plain sight. peoplesdispatch.org Gargeya Telakapalli of People's Health Movement analyzes what the recent Executive Board meeting of the World Health Organization tells us about its future and our handling of the pandemic…
(2022-02-07). Netherlands: Struggle for affordable housing intensifies with protests in multiple cities. peoplesdispatch.org Activists from various youth & student groups, feminist groups, trade unions and political parties marched for housing rights on the call of #Woonrevolte Amersfoort, a housing rights coalition.
(2022-02-07). Rights group urge Qatar and FIFA to ensure fair trial for former World Cup employee. peoplesdispatch.org Abdullah Ibhais, was convicted on bribery and other related charges soon after he spoke up against the Qatari authorities' repression of a migrant workers strike…
(2022-02-07). Miserable Bankruptcy of Mainstream Economics. dissidentvoice.org 
Capital-centered economics is unscientific and irrational. It does not provide people with a coherent, integrated, and cogent understanding of the economy. Instead it increases confusion every day, leaving people rudderless and disoriented about what is really happening. The capitalist economic system is always chaotic, anarchic, and violent, but the last two years have been more …
(2022-02-07). Venezuelans commemorate 30th anniversary of 1992 civic-military rebellion. peoplesdispatch.org 
The civic-military rebellion led by Commander Hugo Chávez against the government of president Carlos Andrés Pérez, despite its failure, marked the end of neoliberalism and the beginning of a new era of profound socio-political changes in the country…
(2022-02-07). Consejo de Seguridad debate efectos de las sanciones unilaterales. telesurtv.net La reunión contará con la participación de la Secretaria General Adjunta de Asuntos Políticos y de Consolidación de la Paz, Rosemary DiCarlo.
(2022-02-07). México — La Reforma Eléctrica no será solo de los grandes empresarios. globalizacion.ca En la historia reciente de México, øcuándo se había visto que un gobierno iniciara una discusión nacional a fondo, en la que pueden participar todos, especialistas, técnicos, políticos, académicos, empresarios, ciudadanía en general? | Hoy, con el gobierno de Andrés Manuel…
(2022-02-07). Spotify Will Not Silence Joe Rogan Over Racial Slur Controversy, CEO Says. sputniknews.com The statement is likely to add pressure to the audio streaming service, which has come under fire in recent weeks to remove Rogan's podcast over misinformation spread by the TV presenter about COVID-19 and the vaccines against the disease.
(2022-02-07). Ciudadanos de Minneapolis se movilizan por agresión policial. telesurtv.net Los manifestantes exigieron justicia por Amir Locke, así como una reforma de la Policía.
(2022-02-07). Wednesday 4/6: Pathways to Thriving Communities- Presented by Newly Dedicated John R. Lewis College UCSC. indybay.org Online via Zoom (FREE and open to the community)…
(2022-02-07). Wild swings on Wall Street. wsws.org The $230 billion loss of Meta's market value on Thursday was equivalent to the total market value of Intel and greater than that of McDonald's.
(2022-02-07). Monday 2/7: SF Rally – Tell the U.S. Government: Free Leonard Peltier! indybay.org Federal Building, 7th + Mission St., San Francisco…
(2022-02-07). Video: American paratroopers arrive in Poland. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com "And if necessary, defend any portion of NATO."
(2022-02-07). México — El miedo y el odio van de la mano. globalizacion.ca El miedo, patrimonio casi exclusivo del pensamiento de la derecha. Sus aliados, la mentira y la sospecha, ubican al margen de la ley a cualquier ser pensante o diferente y va acompañado de la supresión de protecciones y garantías sociales,…
(2022-02-07). Omicron-specific vaccines: can be helpful, but needs a global policy, experts opine. peoplesdispatch.org Ever since Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech have started the variant-specific vaccine's clinical trials, the international community of researchers and scientists are arguing about the necessity, need or sustainability of such variant-specific vaccines…
(2022-02-07). USA uses Solomon Islands protests against China. indybay.org Recently the US Department of State has issued a condemnation of mass unrest acts in the Solomon Islands.
(2022-02-07). Sunday 4/3: #M4A: 2022 Medicare For All Virtual Strategy Conference (Day 2). indybay.org Virtual conference – join online…
(2022-02-07). Challenging Colonialism s01e03: Weapons of Mass Destruction (p.I). indybay.org Part I: Dams and Colonization | In part one of a four part episode, we examine the negative environmental and cultural impact of dams, and the Indigenous-led movement to remove them. These dams, deemed 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.
(2022-02-07). Myron Dewey's Death: No Charges Filed Against Driver Responsible Four Months Later. indybay.org It has been four months since Paiute Shoshone Journalist Myron Dewey was killed when a driver pulled into his lane and hit him head-on. There have been no charges filed against the driver of the truck who was found at fault in the accident report. Dewey was a drone activist and filmmaker during the resistance to Dakota Access Pipeline at Standing Rock in North Dakota.
(2022-02-07). All 72 Wisconsin counties at "critically high" rate of COVID-19 transmission for record fourth week in a row. wsws.org The BA.2 Omicron subvariant has been confirmed in the state as infections and deaths continue at extremely high levels.
(2022-02-07). State of emergency declared in Ottawa as far-right Freedom Convoy occupation continues. wsws.org Far-right and fascist activists, many of whom are armed, remain menacingly encamped outside Canada's parliament. They have vowed to remain until all COVID-19 restrictions are scrapped by the federal Liberal government.
(2022-02-07). IT'S WAR! The Fight To Stop School Closures In Oakland As Hundreds Rally and March. indybay.org Hundreds of teachers, students and parents rallied and marched against the proposal to shut and merge many schools in the Flatlands in Oakland. These schools have large number of Black and Brown students and this is taking place as the state has a budget surplus of 45.7 billion dollars.
(2022-02-07). Pennsylvania Governor Wolf raises minimum wage for state employees, calls for a $15 statewide minimum. wsws.org Facing reelection in the fall, Wolf has called on the Republican-dominated state legislature to raise the state's minimum wage to $15 per hour. There is little prospect the proposal will go into effect.