(2022-04-18). From Iran, Syria and Afghanistan to Ukraine: U.S. Empire Sows Violence and Chaos Yet Again. libya360.wordpress.com Dan Kovalik [Source: English.almayadeen.net] Turning and turning in the widening gyre The falcon cannot hear the falconer Things fall apart The center cannot hold Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world… —William Butler Yeats As I wrote four years ago in 2018 after visiting Iran, there is a battle for civilization taking place. And note how…
(2022-04-18). War In Ukraine Day 53: Final Stage Of Mop Up Operation In Mariupol, Forces In Donbass Get Ready For Major Battle. southfront.org 
To date, the main developments continue in the city of Mariupol, where the DPR and Russian forces have strengthened their…
(2022-04-18). What Ukrainians did to Ukrainians. Atrocities By Nationalist Tornado Battalion (Videos, English Titles, 18+). southfront.org Remembering the past to understand the present. | The Tornado battalion crimes case is a criminal case opened in connection with numerous grave crimes committed by the personnel of the Ukrainian volunteer battalion Tornado during the armed conflict in Donbas. | According to the Ukrainian Military Prosecutor's Office, the battalion's fighters practiced inhuman killings, torture and rape against civilians. In addition, one in four of the Tornado personnel was found to have a criminal record. The investigation received a large public and political resonance, and the trial was subjected to strong pressure from repres…
(2022-04-18). UK special forces are supplying war zone training to Ukraine's troops. wsws.org On Saturday, Moscow banned from entering Russia UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Foreign Secretary Liz Truss, Defence Secretary Ben Wallace, Chancellor Rishi Sunak, former prime minister Theresa May, Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon and other senior ministers and politicians.
(2022-04-18). Lead poisoning response in Cleveland provides funds to landlords, but none for victims. liberationnews.org 
Lead poisoning is a widespread crisis in Cleveland.
(2022-04-18). Mayo Clinic Minute: What to do when sick with norovirus or 'stomach flu'. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org If you went out for the evening and woke up with a sudden bad stomach, chances are you might be experiencing viral gastroenteritis. That's the broad term for an infection in the intestines. Some call it "stomach flu." Gastroenteritis can be brought on by norovirus — a highly contagious viral infection most often spread through person-to-person contact or contaminated food or water, or by touching contaminated surfaces. It can be quite severe for some people, but for…
(2022-04-18). 6 Media Companies Control 90% of What You Read, Watch and Hear—Here's Why You Should Care. transcend.org 12 Apr 2022 – Ever-mounting media consolidation has narrowed the perspectives the public is privy to. Ownership and funding of these corporations are riddled with conflicts of interest and Big Tech companies are outright censoring and demonetizing independent outlets.
(2022-04-18). Sunday 4/24: Peoples Park 53rd Anniversary Concert! indybay.org 2556 Haste St | Berkeley CA, 94704 | (Center of the Park – At the Free Speech Stage)…
(2022-04-18). As Omicron BA.2 subvariant surges in the US, Biden administration deepens COVID-19 coverup. wsws.org Instead of alerting society to the dangers posed by BA.2 and the disastrous state of COVID-19 surveillance in the US, every effort is being made to conceal this reality from the American public.
(2022-04-18). 'It Can Get Very Creepy Very Fast:' John Oliver Exposes Multimillion-Dollar Data Brokering Industry. transcend.org 11 Apr 2022 – Data brokering is the multi million-dollar industry of collecting personal information and then reselling or sharing it with marketers and others. Data brokers are "the middlemen of surveillance capitalism." "They know significantly more about you than you might like and do significantly more with it than you might think," Oliver said.
(2022-04-18). European Central Bank paints bleak picture of economy. wsws.org The ECB resisted pressure to follow the lead of the US Federal Reserve, the Bank of England, as well as other central banks, to lift interest rates in response to the global surge in inflation…
(2022-04-18). Germany's Military Biological Activity in Ukraine: Should We Be Concerned? libya360.wordpress.com The Exposé According to the Russian Federation Permanent Representative to the UN Office in Geneva, Gennady Gatilov, extensive dangerous biological military weapons and research programs have been found in Ukraine. Many of these highly exotic projects are being funded by the United States, under the Pentagon's Defence Threat Reduction Agency ("DTRA"). However, other alleged bioweapons…
(2022-04-18). A New Phase Against Western Colonialism in Africa. libya360.wordpress.com Vladimir Danilov The support by many African leaders and governments of Moscow's actions in Ukraine, or at least reluctance to condemn the Russian military special operation, has frankly alarmed the current political elite in the West. Foreign Policy believes that much of this has allegedly to do with the African countries' devotion to non-alignment, their desire…
(2022-04-18). Pakistan's US-Backed Coup Regime Stirs Up Pashtun Hornet's Nest. libya360.wordpress.com M. K. BHADRAKUMARAfghans protest against Pakistani air strikes, Khost, April 16, 2022 The Pakistani air strikes on Saturday on the eastern Afghanistan provinces of Kunar and Khost killing dozens of people may seem at first glance a crude knee-jerk reaction to the ambush in North Waziristan the previous day in which seven Pakistani soldiers were…
(2022-04-18). USA & Allies: Separated from the Rest of the World. libya360.wordpress.com Mikhail Gamandiy-Egorov Attempts by the US and Western establishment to defend the bygone unipolar order and the liberal system are doomed to failure, only widening the gap between the Western bloc and the rest of the world. This is the opinion of academic John Pang, in a recent interview with Xinhua. Western diplomatic, political and…
(2022-04-18). Designing a New Strategic Missile Will Pose Serious Problems for the United States. libya360.wordpress.com Alexandre Lemoine New details have emerged about the U.S. design of a strategic missile capable of carrying a nuclear warhead. One could even say that the future of the entire U.S. nuclear arsenal is in question. Why has this happened and what problems will the Pentagon now face? The strategic weapons modernization program promised earlier…
(2022-04-18). Patrick Lancaster and Maximilian Clarke Report: Mariupol Road of Death "Ilicha" libya360.wordpress.com Ukrainian Mariupol Strong Hold "ILICHA" now under Russian Control The Russian Government has made an announcement that the Ukrainian Mariupol Strong Hold "ILICHA" steel plant is now under Russian & DPR Control. They made this claim on 15.04.2022 and just hours after they made this claim I was in the Ilicha plant to see what…
(2022-04-18). A New Phase Against Western Colonialism in Africa? journal-neo.org 
The support by many African leaders and governments of Moscow's actions in Ukraine, or at least reluctance to condemn the Russian military special operation, has frankly alarmed the current political elite in the West. Foreign Policy believes that much of this has allegedly to do with the African countries' devotion to non-alignment, their desire to …
(2022-04-18). Election Race in ROK Is Not Over Yet! journal-neo.org 
The South Korean political struggle is by no means over with the presidential elections of March 2022. The next important date for everyone in this country is the elections to local authorities, which will be held on June 1, 2022. At stake are 17 posts of heads of regions (governors, mayors) and thousands more local …
(2022-04-18). The 2+2 Meeting between Japan and the Philippines. journal-neo.org 
The Japan-Philippines meeting of Foreign and Defence Ministers in the so-called "2+2 format" that took place in Tokyo on April 9 is not an ordinary event in the series of others that shape the current situation in the Indo-Pacific region. First of all, it is worth noting once again the significance of the very presence …
(2022-04-18). Corruption in Drug Patents: Take Away the Money. cepr.net It's great to see the New York Times recognize the abuses of the patent system. It would be even better if it opened its pages to discussion of alternative mechanisms for financing innovation.
(2022-04-18). Graphic: 31-year history of NATO absorbing, arming Ukraine. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Global TimesApril 18, 2022 A Ukraine armed by NATO Russia-Ukraine conflict lays bare brutal divisions among European nations 10-year-war vow points to more uneasy direction of Russia-Ukraine conflict…
(2022-04-18). NATO begins military maneuvers in Latvia. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Azeri Press AgencyApril 18, 2022 NATO military drills start in Latvia Latvian Armed Forces announced on Monday the start of joint military spring training with six NATO allies against the backdrop of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, APA reports citing Teletrader. The exercises will last until May 27 and involve units from the United States, the United …
(2022-04-18). PM reaffirms war party won't succeed in drawing Georgia into Ukraine conflict. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Agenda.geApril 16, 2022 PM: Gov't responsible for peace, there will be "no more war" in Georgia Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili said on Saturday Georgia had a "responsible" Government, and there would be "no more war" in the country. Garibashvili's remarks came after the opposition United National Movement members, along with former president Giorgi Margvelashvili, …
(2022-04-18). Ukraine: Georgian military death toll reaches nine. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Agenda.geApril 17, 2022 Three more Georgian volunteers die in Ukraine warIn total, nine Georgian fighters were killed in Ukraine Three Georgian volunteers were killed and one wounded in the war in Ukraine on Saturday, Giorgi Zakarashvili, the Ambassador of Georgia to Ukraine, said. Unfortunately, we received the information that there are three deceased Georgians….One is …
(2022-04-18). Report: Ukraine sought MiGs from Moldova. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Interfax-UkraineApril 18, 2022 Ukraine won't receive military assistance from Moldova [Moldovan Prime Minister Natalia Gavrilita] declined to answer a direct question from a journalist as to whether Kyiv has actually asked Chisinau to transfer the fighters. A number of Ukrainian media outlets reported on Sunday that Kyiv had asked Chisinau to sell or give it …
(2022-04-18). U.S. congressional delegation to push Ukraine war agenda in Poland, Germany, India, Nepal, UAE. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Interfax-UkraineApril 18, 2022 US lawmakers to visit Poland, Germany, India, Nepal, UAE to support Ukraine A group of U.S. Democratic lawmakers, including four senators and a member of the House of Representatives, will travel to Poland, India, Germany, Nepal and the United Arab Emirates to garner support for Ukraine. "This strong congressional delegation will have …
(2022-04-18). University of Illinois at Chicago grad student workers strike against poverty wages. wsws.org UIC graduate student workers are opposing the university's efforts to use them as a cheap labor force.
(2022-04-18). UFCW forces through three-year deal covering 47,000 Southern California grocery workers. wsws.org Workers were forced to show up in person over a short three-day period to cast their votes for a contract which they were never even sent copies of.
(2022-04-18). SEP and IYSSE holds plantation workers' demonstration to fight for socialist policies. wsws.org The protest attracted widespread public interest with some young people deciding to join in and many bystanders offering encouragement.
(2022-04-18). New York City parent victimized by Child Services denounces government after daughters contract COVID-19 at school. wsws.org A New York City parent spoke to the World Socialist Web Site about conditions in the largest school district in the country during the current COVID-19 surge.
(2022-04-18). Strike wave in Northern Ireland against below inflation pay offers. wsws.org Sections of workers involved in or preparing strikes include Translink bus workers, local authority classroom assistants, waste and recycling workers and school bus drivers, fast food delivery workers, university lecturers and construction machinery workers at Caterpillar.
(2022-04-18). French presidential candidate Le Pen threatens Germany and Algeria. wsws.org The aggressive international policy of the two presidential candidates, Le Pen and Macron, vindicates the SEP's call to build a movement to boycott the elections.
(2022-04-18). Anger continues to seethe over government abandonment of Australian flood victims. wsws.org Weeks after the floods, Lismore resembles a war zone, with piles of stinking and hazardous debris still strewn on residential streets.
(2022-04-18). 600 Kansas City-area construction workers near second week on strike for major wage increases. wsws.org Striking workers overwhelmingly voted to reject an "interim agreement" with the employers' Builders Association last Friday, but the IUPAT union has since claimed substantial progress in talks and has called off strike actions for Monday.
(2022-04-18). Woody Guthrie—People Are the Song, at Morgan Library and Museum in New York. wsws.org The current exhibition effectively presents the major elements of the life and career of the influential songwriter and folksinger.
(2022-04-18). Protests erupt throughout France against Macron and Le Pen. wsws.org Amidst mass popular anger over the "choice" in the second round of the French presidential elecitons, Jean-Luc Mélenchon, who placed third with 22 percent of the vote, is abdicating all political responsibility to give a lead to his voters.
(2022-04-18). Australian elections: Behind mudslinging and diversion, Labor and Liberals pledge stepped-up attacks on the working class. wsws.org Alongside the banalities of the official campaign, the major parties are waging a parallel campaign aimed at convincing the ruling elite that they are best placed to enforce sweeping attacks on the working class.
(2022-04-18). Video: PES calls for active boycott of French presidential elections. wsws.org Alexandre Lantier, national secretary of the Parti de l'égalité socialiste, explains the call for an active boycott of the second round of the French presidential elections.
(2022-04-18). Towards Inclusive Multi-Massacre Memorials to Victims of Conflict. transcend.org Interrelating the Opponents, Perpetrators and Victims of Human Tragedy — Known and Unknown…
(2022-04-18). America's Hypocrisy over Ukraine and 'Spheres of Influence'. transcend.org 15 Apr 2022 – US Secretary of State Antony Blinken stated that he does not recognize "spheres of influence," and the concept "should have been retired after World War II." Those are empty words because they obviously do not apply to the Western Hemisphere–or the USA. Take Cuba, for example, or Nicaragua, Venezuela… Hypocrisy is common in international relations.
(2022-04-18). Dr. Vandana Shiva: 'The Evolved Mind Sees Earth as One Family'. transcend.org 6 Apr 2022 – Environmental champion shares her perspective on how the degradation of the planet can be reversed by returning to traditional organic farming practices and compassionate community organization.
(2022-04-18). From Mosul to Raqqa to Mariupol, Killing Civilians Is a Crime. transcend.org 12 Apr 2022 —The lies and double standards that corrupt the Pentagon's latest effort to whitewash its criminal non-compliance with the Geneva Conventions. North Americans have been shocked by the death and destruction of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, but the US has waged war in country after country for decades, carving swathes of destruction through cities, towns and villages on a far greater scale than has so far disfigured Ukraine.
(2022-04-18). The New Capitalist Gold Rush. transcend.org 17 Apr 2022 – How Pentagon Contractors Are Cashing in on the Ukraine Crisis…
(2022-04-18). Countries Currently at War—2022. transcend.org As of 13 April 2022…
(2022-04-18). "Peace": The Odyssey of the Relentless Pursuit of Humanoids of an Elusive Philosophy (Part 1). transcend.org 16 Apr 2022 – The concept of peace was first introduced into academic literature by the Norwegian pioneer of peace research Johan Galtung, who distinguished between two types of peace: positive peace and negative peace. Defining Peace itself is an arduous process and Galtung, the patriarch of formal Peace Research, has formulated the "Mini Theory of Peace".
(2022-04-18). Russia, Ukraine, and the USA: Trapped in a Cultural Script. transcend.org 16 Apr 2022 – Compassion for Ukrainians victimized by Russia's violence demonstrates that human hearts care. However, beneath the visible current of compassion there's an alarming, dangerous dynamic at play.
(2022-04-18). Michigan Bomb Plot: FBI Scheme to Create False 'Domestic Terror' Cabal Exposed in Court. transcend.org 17 Apr 2022 – Jury finds FBI agents fabricated a kidnapping threat against Michigan governor so they could be heroes by foiling a "crime" of their own creation. FBI director's use of entrapment is part of a strategy designed to sow public fear and render support for draconian anti-terrorist legislation.
(2022-04-18). Einstein and Freud's 'Why War?' Revisited: Why Anti-War Efforts Go Nowhere. transcend.org In 1932, Sigmund Freud and Albert Einstein exchanged letters, later published under the title 'Why War?' However, whatever insight these two giants of an earlier era brought to our understanding of war, the reality is that a great deal has been learned since they corresponded.
(2022-04-18). The Righteous, the Black Sheep, and the Sacrificial Lamb. transcend.org 16 Apr 2022 – "Countries in the developing world with large populations like Indonesia, Brazil, and India do not support the sanctions against Russia because of the behavior of the USA, which they recognize as 'moral hypocrisy.'" Specifically the difference between our response to the white Europeans of Ukraine and our behavior in Yemen, Iraq and Afghanistan.