2022-04-25: News Headlines

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2022-04-25). Ukraine Is a Pawn on the Grand Chessboard. transcend.org 22 Apr 2022 – Zbigniew Brzezinski's book, The Grand Chessboard, was published 25 years ago. His assumptions and strategies for maintaining 'U.S. global dominance' have been hugely influential in US foreign policy. We can see where this policy leads and how crucial it is to re-evaluate.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-04-25). Mayo Clinic Minute: How a Southern diet is connected to chronic diseases. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Warmer weather brings more opportunities for picnics, barbecues and gatherings around food. But before you reach for a second helping, consider if what you're eating may be increasing your risk for chronic disease. In a traditional Southern diet — highlighted by fried foods, organ meats, processed meats, eggs and egg dishes, sugar-sweetened beverages, and bread — the prevalence of high blood pressure in the African American population is higher according to Dr. Ivan Porter II, a nephrologist at Mayo…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-04-25). CIA Behind Secret Plots to Kidnap, Torture and Assassinate Ukrainian Dissidents. libya360.wordpress.com Jeremy Kuzmarov The torture of left-wing activist Alexander Matjuschenko on March 3 in Dnipro, recorded by Azov members. Below: President Volodymyr Zelensky poses during a media engagement.| Grayzone Techniques of Torture and Assassination Deployed by the SBU (Ukraine's CIA) Recall the U.S.'s Brutal "Operation Phoenix" in Vietnam Vasily Prozorov, a former officer with the Security…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-04-25). Alejandro Kirk Reporting from the Ground in Donbas. libya360.wordpress.com In a live interview with Max Blumenthal and Anya Parampil, reporter Alejandro Kirk @KirkReportero details what he's seen inside and around the strategic battlefront city of Mariupol. Kirk has been reporting from the front lines of Donbas for HispanTV, and puncturing the one-sided narrative fed to Western audiences. "Western media repeat the same lies" Eva…

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-25). NATO chieftain to attend 20/40-nation meeting on Ukraine in Germany. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com NATOApril 25, 2022 The NATO Secretary General attends US-hosted meeting on Ukraine NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg will attend a meeting of the Ukraine Security Consultative Group at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, on 26 April 2022. The meeting is hosted by the U.S. Secretary of Defense, Lloyd J. Austin III, and will focus on the …

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-25). Constitution's pledge of NATO membership won't change: Ukrainian parliament chief. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Ukrainian News AgencyApril 25, 2022 Stefanchuk Assures Constitution Will Not Be Amended Regarding Ukraine's NATO Membership Verkhovna Rada Chairman Ruslan Stefanchuk is confident that parliament will not amend the Constitution regarding the course towards full membership in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). *** According to Stefanchuk, the relevant security guarantees of Ukraine should fundamentally …

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-25). Pentagon: U.S. to provide more Stingers, Javelins, other arms to Ukraine. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Interfax-UkraineApril 25, 2022 USA preparing to send Stinger, Javelin, other equipment to Ukraine — US Department of Defense The United States is preparing to send Stinger anti-aircraft systems, Javelin anti-tank missile systems and other equipment to Ukraine in April, the U.S. Department of Defense has said. "Our US Air Force Airmen prepare supply crates containing …

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-25). No stranger to NATO wars: CV on new U.S. ambassador to Ukraine. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com On Brink's work in Georgia a decade ago see this. Interfax-UkraineApril 25, 2022 Biden intends to nominate Brink as US ambassador to Ukraine — White House Biden intends to nominate Brink as US ambassador to Ukraine — White HouseU.S. President Joseph Biden intends to nominate Bridget Brink as U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine. *** Bridget A. …

Editor (2022-04-25). Ukraine forces shell Ukrainian village with cluster bombs. mronline.org Ukrainian forces shell a civilian village in eastern Ukraine with cluster bombs.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-04-25). Remarks to the Press by First Deputy Permanent Representative Dmitry Polyanskiy on Risks of WMD Provocations in Ukraine. libya360.wordpress.com Informal comments to the media by Dmitry Polyanskiy, First Deputy Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the United Nations, on Ukraine. Remarks to the Press by First Deputy Permanent Representative Dmitry Polyanskiy on risks of WMD provocations in Ukraine Dmitry Polyanskiy: Dear colleagues, as you may have noticed, we do our best to keep…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-04-25). Eva Bartlett Reports from Mariupol: "Ukraine Forces Used Scorched Earth Tactics" libya360.wordpress.com Valerie, a woman I met in Mariupol some days ago, speaks on Azov occupying residential buildings & bombing them. "Our land must be cleaned of crazy people. Some people call them Nazis, I think this is the only word you can say, Nazis." In Mariupol on April 21. Roman Kosarev, while talking about humanitarian aid,…

_____ (2022-04-25). Myanmar Violence: a Slow Burn US Proxy War. journal-neo.org The ongoing violence in Myanmar may have faded into the background of global media coverage as much more intense conflict shapes up within and along Ukraine's borders in Eastern Europe and as Washington raises the prospect of direct conflict with China in Asia. However, Myanmar's conflict serves as a point of destabilization which may impact …

WSWS (2022-04-25). "Breaking the back" of Russia: US war aims emerge in Ukraine. wsws.org Two months after the outbreak of war between Russia and Ukraine, US officials are making it clear that their goal in the conflict is not a ceasefire or end to the war, but a decisive strategic defeat for Russia.

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2022-04-25). Renounce the Geopolitical War between the U.S. and Russia. transcend.org 18 Apr 2022 – Stopping the Geopolitical War being waged by the United States against Russia is a precondition for ending the aggressive war initiated by Russia against Ukraine and also a return to semi-responsible statecraft, which is the most we can expect or hope for in the present. Diplomacy seeking a ceasefire and a political compromise is the only sane path.

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-25). Ukraine: We had no intention of offending the friendly people of Japan. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Kyodo NewsApril 25, 2022 Ukraine apologizes for juxtaposing Japan emperor to Hitler in video The Ukrainian government has apologized over a video shared on Twitter that juxtaposed a picture of the late Japanese Emperor Hirohito to those of Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini in describing Nazism and fascism. "We had no intention to offend the …

M. K. Bhadrakumar (2022-04-25). U.S. narrative won't survive defeat in Donbass. mronline.org An extraordinary thing about British diplomacy is that it continually looks for ways to stay ahead of the curve and provide added value to its customer across the Atlantic, the United States. That makes the remarks on Ukraine conflict by the UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson at his press conference in New Delhi on Friday highly significant.

news.xinhuanet (2022-04-25). Kiev says ready for new truce with rebels in eastern Ukraine. news.xinhuanet.com The Ukrainian Defense Ministry said on Thursday it stands ready for a new truce with independence-seeking insurgents in eastern regions starting from next month.

Jeremy Kuzmarov (2022-04-25). CIA Behind Secret Plots to Kidnap, Torture and Assassinate Ukrainian Dissidents for President Zelensky, says Ukraine Defector. covertactionmagazine.com Techniques of Torture and Assassination Deployed by the SBU (Ukraine's CIA) Recall the U.S.'s Brutal "Operation Phoenix" in Vietnam Vasily …

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2022-04-25). Ukraine: The Fakes of Anti-Russian Propaganda. transcend.org 18 Apr 2022 – The New York Times published on April 4 a satellite photo, dated March 19, showing a street in the Ukrainian city of Bucha strewn with corpses. The photo, disseminated by the mainstream on a global scale, was presented as evidence of a "war crime committed by Russian troops in Ukraine."

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2022-04-25). How Obama-Biden Team Empowered Terrorists in Syria. transcend.org 20 Apr 2022 – Ukraine is the Obama-Biden team's second major proxy war against Russia. The first was Syria, where US support for the insurgency helped create an Al Qaeda safe haven.

Staff (2022-04-25). US to allocate $713 million on military aid for 16 countries. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 25 (MNA) — The US is scheduled to allocate $713 million in military aid for Ukraine and 15 other European countries.

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-25). U.S. governors ready National Guard armored vehicles for Ukraine war. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com The HillApril 24, 2022 State National Guards to send armored vehicles to Ukraine Multiple governors announced this week that their state National Guards would be sending armored vehicles to Ukraine in response to a request from the Pentagon. Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine (R) and West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice (R) announced this week that their …

John Ross (2022-04-25). What is propelling the U.S. into increasing international military aggression? mronline.org This article by John Ross (Luo Siyin) was also published in slightly edited form in Guancha as "It's pointless to count on American 'kindness'." Introduction The international escalation of U.S. military aggression over a period of more than two decades is clear. However, even within that framework, the events leading to the Ukraine war represent …

Kamal Iranidoost (2022-04-25). Turkey opposes joint naval patrol with NATO in Black Sea. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 25 (MNA) — "Black Sea should be away from competition," the Turkish defense minister said in response to NATO and the US's demand to send warships to the Black Sea during the Ukraine conflict.

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2022-04-25). Noam Chomsky and Jeremy Scahill on the Russia-Ukraine War, the Media, Propaganda, and Accountability. transcend.org 14 Apr 2022 – Noam Chomsky spoke with Jeremy Scahill in a wide-ranging discussion on Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Brett Wilkins (2022-04-25). Leaked video reveals Starbucks CEO urged managers to ramp up union-busting efforts. nationofchange.org "Starbucks is getting desperate as it loses this war in battle after battle," said the baristas' union, "because we—the Starbucks partners—continue to organize and fight for a real voice within the company."

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2022-04-25). The US Cries about War Crimes while Imprisoning a Journalist for Exposing Its War Crimes. transcend.org 20 Apr 2022 – In what his lawyers have described as a "brief but significant moment in the case," a British magistrates' court has signed off on Julian Assange's extradition to the United States, bringing the WikiLeaks founder one step closer to a US trial under the Espionage Act which threatens press freedoms worldwide.

Editor (2022-04-25). Lenin's 'The State and Revolution'. mronline.org The starting point for his argument was the class nature of the capitalist state. Drawing on the writings of Marx and Engels, Lenin demolishes the idea that the state is a neutral body standing above social classes. Instead, he argues that the state exists as a means for one class to maintain its dominance over another.

teleSUR Desk (2022-04-25). EU and UK to meet Russia's demand to pay for gas in rubles. mronline.org A scheme proposed by the European Commission will allow EU companies to pay for Russian gas in rubles without violating EU sanctions.

Benjamin Norton (2022-04-25). Nicaragua's Sandinista gov't expels OAS, calling it US 'colonial instrument' of coups and invasions. multipolarista.com Nicaragua's Sandinista government withdrew from and expelled the coup-supporting Organization of American States (OAS), denouncing it as a "deceitful agency of the State Department of yankee imperialism" and US "Ministry of the Colonies."

Benjamin Norton (2022-04-25). Nicaragua expulsa a la OEA, el 'Ministerio de Colonias' de EEUU que promueve golpes de estado. multipolarista.com El gobierno sandinista de Nicaragua se retiró y expulsó a la Organización de los Estados Americanos (OEA), denunciándola como una "mentirosa dependencia del Departamento de Estado del imperialismo yanqui" y el "Ministerio de Colonias" de EEUU…

Abdul Jabbar (2022-04-25). Indirect colonialism: US role in Pakistan's political crisis. multipolarista.com Pakistan is a victim of indirect colonialism by the United States, from the 1977 coup against Zulfikar Ali Bhutto to the overthrow of Prime Minister Imran Khan in 2022.

Ann Brown (2022-04-25). Why Should White Guys Have All The Fun? Biopic Of Mogul Reginald Lewis Coming. moguldom.com The life story of late pioneering Black businessman Reginald F. Lewis is being turned into a film by Charles D. King's media company, Macro, and Franklin Leonard's The Black List, which features Hollywood's unproduced screenplays. In the 1980s, Lewis ran the largest Black-owned U.S. company, the first to generate sales of more than a billion …

Ann Brown (2022-04-25). New York BLM Leader Goes After Eric Adams: He's A White Man In Black Face. moguldom.com Hawk Newsome, who claims to be the leader of the New York chapter of Black Lives Matter, has blasted NYC Mayor Eric Adams, accusing him of being a Democrat who uses "conservative and Republican talking points." "He's a white man in blackface and a very conservative-minded white man at that," Newsome said during an appearance …

Ann Brown (2022-04-25). Top Labor Organizer Chris Smalls: Workers Are Organizing At Walmart And Dollar Tree, 'This Is The Revolution'. moguldom.com Workers in a New York City warehouse have been celebrating becoming the first Amazon site to unionize in a movement spearheaded by fired Amazon worker Chris Smalls and current employee Derrick Palmer. Workers at the Staten Island Amazon facility voted to form a union on April 1 after a hard-fought battle with the e-commerce giant. The …

Dana Sanchez (2022-04-25). Investor Peter Schiff On Rising Rates: What Happens When All Those 5/1 ARM Mortgages Reset At 7%+? moguldom.com The rising cost of homes and skyrocketing mortgage rates have prompted more buyers to take out adjustable-rate mortgages or ARMs — one of the financial products blamed for the 2006 housing crisis. ARMs offer a low interest rate on mortgages, usually for three to 10 years — and then the rate adjusts, based on a …

Isheka N. Harrison (2022-04-25). Columbia University: It's Time For Our Institution To Come Clean On Ties To Slavery, Racism. moguldom.com Columbia University, a 268-year-old private New York City institution, plans to erect public markers to denote its ties to slavery and racism as well as commemorate Black students, according to a professor at the university. The Ivy League university, which ranks No. 2 on the U.S. News Best National University Rankings, will place four historical …

_____ (2022-04-25). The Role of Modern China in a Changing World. journal-neo.org We are currently witnessing the greatest change in the Geo political landscape that has ever occurred in the lives of those alive today. At the end of the Second World War there were two major powers in the world: Russia and the United States. Only one, the United States, then had the atomic bomb, which …

_____ (2022-04-25). What the Ousting of Pakistan's Prime Minister Really Means. journal-neo.org It would seem that with the passing of a vote of no confidence in Prime Minister Imran Khan by the lower house of Pakistan's parliament on April 9 this year and the subsequent election of Shehbaz Sharif to…

Michael F. Brown (2022-04-25). NPR's dishonest and racist framing. electronicintifada.net Broadcaster ignores Palestinian views on equal rights.

Matt Sedlar (2022-04-25). Where's the Congressional Champion on Pharma Patent Abuses? cepr.net The American Prospect | The New York Times editorial board does not relish alienating big business. So plenty of heads turned last week when the Gray Lady threw down a gauntlet in a full-column editorial titled " The Times editorialists excoriated Big Pharma for abusing the American intellectual-property system to jack up prices on drugs and medical pr…

Matt Sedlar (2022-04-25). A Unasul deve ser retomada? cepr.net Folha de Sao Paulo Ver artigo no site original Entre 2018 e 2019, sete governos sul-americanos se retiraram do tratado constitutivo da Unià£o de Naàßàµes Sul-Americanas (Unasul), ratificado entre 2009 e 2011 pelos 12 Parlamentos da regià£o. Mas a atual guinada política na América Latina —e a possível vitória de Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva …

Adele Redmond (2022-04-25). Ireland launches Basic Income for the Arts. canadiandimension.com Ireland's National Campaign for the Arts (NCFA) has been lobbying for a basic income for artists since 2017. Photo by Phil Roeder/Flickr. | The launch of a basic income for artists has been hailed as "the most significant positive moment for Irish arts since the foundation of the Arts Council over 70 years ago." | Up to 2,000 artists will receive ‚Ǩ325 per week for three years under the pilot, a sign of a "seismic shift" in attitudes towards the arts among politicians and the public over the past two years, advocates say. | It will be non-competitive, with participants drawn at random fro…

WSWS (2022-04-25). Militarist frenzy erupts in Australia over security pact between China and the Solomon Islands. wsws.org The hysterical reaction from the Coalition government, Labor and the media in the midst of the election campaign reveals Australia's central role in the very advanced US preparations for war against China.

WSWS (2022-04-25). The firing of Detroit teacher Nicole Conaway: a warning to educators everywhere. wsws.org On April 12, Nicole Conaway, a high school science teacher and leader of the organization By Any Means Necessary (BAMN), was fired by the Detroit school board.

WSWS (2022-04-25). What way forward for the nurses strike at Stanford Health? wsws.org The strike is a major episode in the growing upsurge of struggles by the international working class, driven by the catastrophic social impact of the coronavirus pandemic and the reckless drive to war with Russia by US and world imperialism.

WSWS (2022-04-25). History and war propaganda: Timothy Snyder falsifies role of Ukrainian fascism. wsws.org An article published in the New York Times Sunday Magazine is yet another deplorable example of Professor Timothy Snyder's role as a historical falsifier and apologist for Ukrainian fascism.

WSWS (2022-04-25). Production of Being Mortal suspended after actor Bill Murray accused of "inappropriate behavior" wsws.org The nature of the complaint is unknown, as is the complainant—all of this reported by an anonymous source! And this is enough to destroy a career!

WSWS (2022-04-25). US workers explain why they're attending the International May Day Online Rally. wsws.org "We have to unite with our working-class brothers and sisters internationally to fight what these capitalist governments are doing, basically killing the working class."

WSWS (2022-04-25). French student speaks out on election "catastrophe" wsws.org In the city of Amiens, WSWS journalists interviewed Clémence, a student and job seeker, on the French presidential elections.

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