WSWS (2022-04-19). Workers and youth in Germany speak out against Ukraine war and NATO aggression. wsws.org The hysteria with which the ruling elite are calling for ever new sanctions, weapons deliveries and armaments projects finds little resonance in the working class. This was revealed in the many discussions held by WSWS reporters at workplaces, supermarkets and in working class neighbourhoods recently.

CJPME (2022-04-19). Arming Apartheid: Canada's Arms Exports to Israel. cjpme.org Examining Canada's exports of military goods to Israel, and the potential risk these exports may contribute to a deteriorating situation for human rights and international law.

Ben Norton (2022-04-19). New York Times' Ridiculous Attack on Me Exposes Its Deceitful Propaganda Tactics. orinocotribune.com By Benjamin Norton — Apr 15, 2022 | The New York Times printed absurd claims about Multipolarista editor Benjamin Norton in a smear piece, using an image of his face crossed out by a red line, without giving him an opportunity to comment. This hatchet job reflects the newspaper's long history of spreading false war propaganda for the US government. | The New York Times published a ridiculous article smearing me with misleading claims, and even used an image of my face menacingly crossed out by a red line. | The newspaper dismissed my factual statement that the United States sponsored a violent coup d'etat to…

Brian Berletic (2022-04-19). Russian Ops in Ukraine: Mariupol, US Artillery Shipments, & Kiev. thealtworld.com Russian operations in Ukraine — Update for April 19, 2022 | — US to send 18 howitzers to Ukraine; | — training for artillery & counter battery radar will take weeks for Ukrainians to use it effectively; | — US admits Russia — not Ukraine — is "shaping" the battlefield in Donbas; | — Russian ops for Donbas appear to have begun; | — Russia DID NOT attempt to take Kiev, it fixed troops defending Kiev in place to take other cities; | — Azov fighters in Mariupol continue to fight under genuine belief they can still escape. | References: | *** Pentagon Briefings *** | US…

Kevin Mwanza (2022-04-19). Russia: Nukes Could Start Flying If Sweden And Finland Join NATO. moguldom.com A Russian official close to President Vladimir Putin warned NATO that the Kremlin will deploy nuclear weapons and hypersonic missiles into the Baltic region if Sweden and Finland join the U.S.-led military alliance. Finland, which shares an 810-mile border with Russia, and Sweden, which shares a maritime border in the Baltic Sea, have sought protection …

Max Blumenthal (2022-04-19). "One less traitor": Zelensky oversees campaign of assassination, kidnapping and torture of political opposition. mronline.org While claiming to defend democracy, Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky has outlawed his opposition, ordered his rivals' arrest, and presided over the disappearance and assassination of dissidents across the country.

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-19). Defense Ministry: Japan to supply military supplies to Ukraine. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Kyodo NewsApril 19, 2022 Japan to offer protective masks, clothing, drones to Ukraine Japan will provide Ukraine with protective masks and clothing against chemical weapons, as well as commercial drones, to support the country in its ongoing war with Russia, the Defense Ministry said Tuesday. The decision was made upon a request from the Ukrainian …

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-19). Japan, EU, U.S. pursue common course on Ukraine war. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Kyodo NewsApril 19, 2022 U.S., Japan, EU leaders affirm swift support to Ukraine amid war Leaders from the United States, Japan and the European Union agreed Tuesday to continue providing swift support to Ukraine as Russia begins a renewed military offensive in the eastern part of its neighboring country. Prime Minister Fumio Kishida told his …

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-19). Polish hospitals prepared to treat 10,000 wounded Ukrainian soldiers: PM. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Polish RadioApril 19, 2022 Polish hospitals ready to treat 10,000 wounded Ukrainian soldiers: PM Polish hospitals are prepared to admit up to 10,000 Ukrainian troops injured in combat against invading Russian forces, Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki has said. The Polish prime minister made the declaration in Lviv, western Ukraine, on Tuesday, public broadcaster Polish Radio's …

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-19). Will war party bring about collapse of German government? antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Beta News AgencyApril 19, 2022 Scholz falls because of Ukraine? The German opposition Christian Democratic Union (CDU/CSU) is increasingly pressuring Chancellor Olaf Scholz to send heavy weapons to Ukraine. They accuse German Chancellor of being partially responsible for the Ukrainian defense, and they also threatened him with a vote of no confidence in the Bundestag, …

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-19). Pentagon to train Ukrainians in sites outside nation to use U.S. artillery. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Rustavi2April 19, 2022 Defense Department expects to start training Ukrainian trainers outside of Ukraine on how to use the U.S.-provided Howitzers in the coming days Defense Department expects to start training Ukrainian trainers outside of Ukraine on how to use the U.S.-provided Howitzers in the coming days The first shipments of the latest round of …

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-19). U.S. lawmakers visit Georgia to expand war, Georgian war party visits Ukraine. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Senator Coons has discussed deploying American troops to Ukraine. Civil GeorgiayingApril 19, 2022 U.S. Congress Delegation to Visit Georgia A delegation of the U.S. Congress will be led by the Chair of the Appropriations Subcommittee on State and Foreign Operations, Senator Chris Coons (D-DE), to Georgia this week. The delegation will include Senators Gary Peters …

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-19). State Department: China will "face serious consequences" from U.S., allies over Ukraine. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Ukrainian News AgencyApril 19, 2022 China Will Face Serious Consequences If Helps Russia — United States The United States said it was closely monitoring China's level of support for Russia and warned of serious consequences if it provided weapons to the aggressor country or helped circumvent sanctions. This was stated by U.S. Department of State …

Staff (2022-04-19). Chris Hedges: American Commissars. mintpressnews.com PRINCETON, NEW JERSEY (Scheerpost) — The ruling class, made up of the traditional elites that run the Republican Party and the Democratic Party, is employing draconian forms of censorship on its right-wing and left-wing critics in a desperate effort to cling to power. The traditional elites were discredited for pushing through a series of corporate …

WSWS (2022-04-19). Oxfam report: Poorer countries going from crisis to catastrophe. wsws.org The report says the crises of extreme inequality and inflation, accelerated by the war in Ukraine and COVID-19, are converging to create a catastrophe for the world's poorest people "unprecedented in living memory."

Anonymous103 (2022-04-19). Military Situation In Eastern Ukraine. Izyum-Severodonetsk Frontlines (Map Update). southfront.org Click to see full-size image | MORE ON THE TOPIC: : |

Dilyana Gaytandzhieva (2022-04-19). Who and how exported Bulgarian weapons to Ukraine: documents. thealtworld.com Documents reveal that tons of Bulgarian weapons were exported to Ukraine via Poland and the Czech Republic in 2021 and 2020. Bulgaria officially denies that Bulgarian weapons were exported to Ukraine, although the use of Weapons originating from the Balkans are often seen in war zones includin…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-04-19). Russia Pushes Back Western Sanctions, Revs Up Operation in Eastern Ukraine. libya360.wordpress.com M.K. Bhadrakumar Russian special operation in Donbass entered new phase The Russian President Vladimir Putin said defiantly on Monday that the western sanctions have proved to be "ineffective" in meeting their objective. In his words, "They (US and EU) expected these sanctions to rapidly produce a devastating effect on Russia's finances and economy, sow panic in the markets, bring about a collapse…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-04-19). Why Russia Hasn't Run Out of Precision Missiles in Ukraine. libya360.wordpress.com The country's defense industry carried out extensive modernization for years, says the Deputy Prime Minister in charge of the process Contrary to Western expectations, Russia hasn't run out of precision munitions during the now almost two-month-long conflict in Ukraine. RT spoke to Yury Borisov, Russian deputy prime minister in charge of defense procurement, about the state…

oneworld.press (2022-04-19). Why Are The UN's Ukrainian Refugee Figures For Russia Different Than Moscow's?>. oneworld.press If President Putin was really "the new Hitler" and the Russian Federation was the 21st-century revival of Nazi Germany like the US-led Western Mainstream Media claims, then no Ukrainian refugee in their right mind would flee in that direction just like no Polish refugees fled towards Hitler's Nazis in 1939 (considering the false comparison pushed by the West between the start of World War II and Russia's special operation in Ukraine).

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-19). NATO's military buildup on eastern flank to lengthen, broaden war. mronline.org Transferring massive weapons to Ukraine, massing a large number of troops in eastern Europe, and welcoming Sweden and Finland to join the alliance, NATO has been very much engaged itself so far in the conflict between Russia and Ukraine.

russiancouncil.ru (2022-04-19). RIAC and Shanghai Institutes for International Studies Meeting. russiancouncil.ru On April 17, 2022, Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) and Shanghai Institutes for International Studies (SIIS) held a meeting dealing with the implications of the crisis around Ukraine on the world order…

Scott Ritter (2022-04-19). Kramatorsk train station attack: The key to finding the perpetrator lies in this overlooked detail. thealtworld.com Kiev and its Western backers immediately blamed Russia for the incident, but a proper investigation is likely to disagree | In a conflict where accusations of wrongdoing fly back and forth between Russia and Ukraine on a daily basis, when it comes to the missile

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-19). MP among Georgians fighting in Ukraine. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Civil GeorgiaApril 19, 2022 Georgian MP Returns from Ukraine War Georgian MP Alexander Elisashvili, who volunteered to fight against the Russian invasion of Ukraine, is returning to Georgia. Earlier today, Elisashvili wrote on Facebook that he is already in Warsaw, en route to the homeland together with his party colleague, Vice-Speaker Levan Ioseliani, who visited …

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2022-04-19). Ukraine's "Neo-Nazi Summer Camp". Military Training for Young Children. globalresearch.ca The Azov battalion supported by its Western partners is not only involved in para-military operations in Donbass, it is also running a Summer Camp military training project for young children.

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-19). Western think tanks push permanent NATO presence on Russian border, Asia-Pacific analog. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Kyodo NewsApril 17, 2022 NATO needs bases on eastern border to counter Russia: experts Russia's war in Ukraine will lead to NATO radically overhauling its long-term security capabilities in Eastern Europe, defense analysts say. The North Atlantic Treaty Organization is likely to establish permanent bases on its eastern flank and significantly boost spending, experts predict. …

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-19). State Department hails NATO ally Turkey for "holding Russia to account" antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Anadolu AgencyApril 18, 2022 Turkey playing 'important role' in holding Russia to account: US Turkey is playing an "important role" in ensuring Russia is held to account for its war against Ukraine, the United States said on Monday ahead of a bilateral meeting of top diplomats. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is slated to host …

Morteza Ahmadi Al Hashem (2022-04-19). UN chief calls for a 4-day truce in Ukraine. en.mehrnews.com United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday appeals for a four-day truce in Ukraine after Russia launches new military operations in the country's eastern Donbas region.

Anonymous103 (2022-04-19). UPD: Moscow Confirmed Second Stage Of Military Operation In Ukraine — Russian Foreign Minister. southfront.org FM Sergei Lavrov via Moscow TimesUPDATE: Sergey Lavrov also claimed the following: | It is impossible to seriously discuss Zelensky's statements, since he constantly changes his point of view; | The Russian Federation is not going to change the political regime in Ukraine, Ukrainians themselves must decide how to live on; | Russia is considering the possibility of using only conventional weapons in Ukraine. | On April 19th, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov announced the beginning of the next phase of the special operation in Ukraine. The claim was made during his interview with India Today TV channel. Earli…

Thomas Gibbons-Neff (2022-04-19). New York Times: "To Push Back Russians, Ukrainians Hit a Village With Cluster Munitions" anti-empire.com Editor's note: The truth and reality of the war is that both Ukrainians AND Russians will set up positions in settlements. And both Russians AND Ukrainians will fire into settlements when the other side is entrenched in them. |
| HUSARIVKA, Ukraine — It was in early March when the spent warhead of a cluster munition rocket landed next to Yurii Doroshenko's home in eastern Ukraine, having dispensed its lethal bomblets over his village. | "They were shelling and it hit the street," he said. | These types of internationally banned weapons [actually neither US, Russia or Ukraine are signatories of the C…

Staff (2022-04-19). Russian troops take control of Kreminna in eastern Ukraine. en.mehrnews.com Russian forces have seized the city of Kreminna in eastern Ukraine and Ukrainian troops have withdrawn from the city, the regional governor said on Tuesday.

Staff (2022-04-19). With Humanity on the Brink, Should We Trust Deterrence Theory or Disarmament? commondreams.org As the US and the West provide weapons and other forms of defense or intelligence support to Ukraine, military and civilian leaders must guesstimate what Russia's response will be.

news.xinhuanet (2022-04-19). 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.

Kamal Iranidoost (2022-04-19). Russia not seeking regime change in Ukraine: FM Lavrov. en.mehrnews.com Russian Foreign minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday that Moscow has no plans to press for regime change in Ukraine.

Staff (2022-04-19). How Putin Can Use 5D to End the War and Merge Russia and Ukraine THIS VERY MOMENT. anti-empire.com 10 days before the war I warned Kiev it was facing a Russian invasion, but also advised it there was a brilliant way it could thwart Putin's plan: An uncomfortable thing to do emotionally, but such is 5D judo. Unilaterally settling the status of Donetsk and Lugansk (in their favor) would have robbed Putin of an excuse to escalate the standoff into the current regime-change war. | As it was, Kiev did not listen to my advice and Moscow used precisely the pretext of Don…

Staff (2022-04-19). UN Amplifies Calls for Ceasefire as Russia Intensifies Attack on Eastern Ukraine. truthout.org Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in a televised address late Monday that his country will continue to fight back as Russia ramped up its assault on eastern Ukraine with the goal of "It can now be stated that Russian troops have begun the battle for Donbas, for which they have been preparing for a long time," Zelenskyy <...

_____ (2022-04-19). The Ukraine Is Still Losing So What Is Its Plan? popularresistance.org Russian and Donbas forces have cleared the city of Mariupol except for the giant metallurgic complex of Azovstal which is held by some estimated 4,000 men, including many from the fascist Azov battalion. | On Sunday Russia opened corridors across the front line and asked for those forces to surrender. However the Zelensky government ordered them to stay and to continue to bind Russian forces which otherwise could be used elsewhere.

Dave DeCamp (2022-04-19). Treasury Secretary to Press Other Countries to Ramp Up Sanctions on Russia. news.antiwar.com Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen will press US allies to ramp up the economic pressure on Russia during meetings of World Bank and IMF members this week, The war in Ukraine and the sanctions imposed in response are expected to be major topics of discussion at the meetings, which began Monday. The Treasury official said Yellen "will use this week's meetings to work with allies to continue our united efforts to increase economic pressure on Russia while mitigating spillover e…

Prof. Louis René Beres (2022-04-19). Fragmentation, Aggression, Genocide: Deeper Meanings of Russia's War Against Ukraine. moderndiplomacy.eu "But tell me, my brothers, if humanity still lacks a goal, is humanity itself not still lacking? Thus inquired Zarathustra."-Friedrich Nietzsche, Zarathustra It's hard to imagine anything decent emerging from Vladimir Putin's genocidal aggression[1] against Ukraine, but there is one ironic example: enhanced human understanding.In essence, the multiple crimes now being unleashed by the Russian …

Staff (2022-04-19). Special Guests Leonardo Flores and Jacquie Luqman Discuss US Economic Warfare. projectcensored.org Uruguan poet and political analyst Eduardo Galeano once wrote, "Every time the US 'saves' a country, it converts it into either an insane asylum or a cemetery." And this week on the Project Censored show, we look at the reality behind Uncle Sam's particular brand of saviorism — talking US economic warfare — also known …

Staff (2022-04-19). Macron bans the Collectif Palestine Vaincra: "an extremely serious attack on the Palestine solidarity movement" samidoun.net The Collectif Palestine Vaincra has an important organization of the Palestinian liberation movement in France. As the presidential campaign approached, incumbent President Emmanuel Macron banned the organization. The following interview with a member of the Committee Against the Dissolution of the Collectif Palestine Vaincra, which is fighting against the ban, was conducted for the German-language …

_____ (2022-04-19). Solomon Islands: A Risky Move Out From Under Western Control. popularresistance.org The Solomon Islands are in the process of cementing into place a security pact with China. According to an alleged leaked draft, this pact includes provisions allowing the Solomon Islands to request the presence of Chinese police and military personnel to "assist in maintaining social order, protecting people's lives and property, providing humanitarian assistance, carrying out disaster response, or providing assistance on other tasks" agreed upon by the Solomon Islands and China.

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-19). Iraq summons Turkish ambassador over latest invasion. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Iraqi News AgencyApril 19, 2022 Ministry of Foreign Affairs summons the Turkish ambassador and hands him a strongly worded protest note The Ministry of Foreign Affairs summoned today, Tuesday, the Turkish ambassador to Iraq, Ali Riza Guney, and handed him a strongly worded protest letter against the backdrop of the continuous breaches and violations of …

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-19). Serbia target of hybrid war because of independent foreign policy. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Tanjug News AgencyApril 19, 2022 Vulin: Serbia a target of hybrid war Serbian Interior Minister Aleksandar Vulin said on Tuesday Serbia was a target of hybrid war due to its independent policy. "Serbia is a target of hybrid war because it has an independent policy and because we have not imposed sanctions on the Russian …

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-19). Serbia will not be pulled into broader European conflict: interior minister. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Tanjug News AgencyApril 19, 2022 "We will not participate in anti-Russian hysteria" Interior Minister Aleksandar Vulin pointed out that Serbia is the only country in Europe that has not imposed sanctions on the Russian Federation. He said that Serbia, headed by President Aleksandar Vucic, would not join the anti-Russian hysteria. Vulin emphasized that Russia stood …

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-19). Estonia: NATO conducts air-infantry exercises near Russia's border. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com NATOAllied Air CommandApril 19, 2022 Belgian F-16s conduct Air-Land training with Allies for NATO's Bold Dragon Exercise Bold Dragon provides key air-land integration training between Belgian F-16s and UK, French and Danish soldiers in the NATO multinational battalion 13-14 Apr, 22. Belgian F-16s have executed Close Air Support (CAS) training missions with NATO's multinational battalion …

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-19). Leading NATO official to address Georgian parliaments's Committee on Defence and Security. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Until recently Appathurai was the NATO Secretary General's Special Representative for the Caucasus and Central Asia. Agenda.geApril 19, 2022 NATO Deputy Assistant Sec Gen to address Georgian Parliament's Defence and Security Committee NATO Deputy Assistant Secretary General James Appathurai will address the Committee on Defence and Security of the Parliament of Georgia on Wednesday. Appathurai …

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-19). U.S. companies eager to exploit conquered Karabakh: ambassador. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Trend News AgencyApril 19, 2022 US would like to see more of its companies operating in Azerbaijan's liberated lands — ambassador The US would like to see more of its companies operating in the Azerbaijani territories liberated from Armenian occupation [in the 2020 second Karabakh war], the country's Ambassador to Azerbaijan Earle Litzenberger told Trend, …

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-19). The lasting impact of war. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com AzertagApril 18, 2022 A bomb dropped 76 years ago in Vietnam has been defused In the middle of the last century, a 300-kilogram unexploded bomb dropped during the Indochina War was defused in northern Vietnam. This was reported by the Zan Chi newspaper, AZERTAC reports. The shell was found during the repair of a bridge …

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-19). Turkey escalates "anti-terrorist" rampage, carnage at home and abroad. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com NATO's rules-based international order and Euro-Atlantic values in all their majestic splendor. AzertagApril 19, 2022 So far, 26 terrorists have been neutralized during the operation in northern Iraq The number of terrorists neutralized during the next anti-terrorist operation carried out by the Turkish Armed Forces under the code name "Panja-Kilit" has reached 26. [See how …

Internationalist 360 ∞ (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…

Anonymous103 (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…

SouthFront5 (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…

WSWS (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.

Kameron Damaska (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.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (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…

Antonio C.S. Rosa (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.

Peoples Park Council (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)…

WSWS (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.

Antonio C.S. Rosa (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.

WSWS (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…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (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…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (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…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (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…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (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…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (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…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (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 …

Dean Baker (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.

Rick Rozoff (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…

Rick Rozoff (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 …

Rick Rozoff (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, …

Rick Rozoff (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 …

Rick Rozoff (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 …

Rick Rozoff (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 …

WSWS (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.

WSWS (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.

WSWS (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.

WSWS (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.

WSWS (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.

WSWS (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.

WSWS (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.

WSWS (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.

WSWS (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.

WSWS (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.

WSWS (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.

WSWS (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.

Antonio C.S. Rosa (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…

Antonio C.S. Rosa (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.

Antonio C.S. Rosa (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.

Antonio C.S. Rosa (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.

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2022-04-18). The New Capitalist Gold Rush. transcend.org 17 Apr 2022 – How Pentagon Contractors Are Cashing in on the Ukraine Crisis…

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2022-04-18). Countries Currently at War—2022. transcend.org As of 13 April 2022…

Antonio C.S. Rosa (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".

Antonio C.S. Rosa (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.

Antonio C.S. Rosa (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.

Antonio C.S. Rosa (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.

Antonio C.S. Rosa (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.

Anonymous349 (2022-04-16). Fire From The Skies: Russia Increases Strikes In Ukraine. southfront.org Russian forces are in the Mariupol port area | The 51st day of the Russian military operation in Ukraine was opened with a new round of Russian missile strikes on military infrastructure of the Kyiv government. | According to the Russian Defense Ministry, a strike with high-precision long-range air-launched weapons destroyed the production buildings of the armoured vehicles and tank plant in Kyiv and a workshop for repairing military equipment in Nikolaev. | During the night, strikes with air-launched missiles h…

Anonymous349 (2022-04-16). Fire From The Skies: Russia Increases Strikes In Ukraine. southfront.org Russian forces are in the Mariupol port area | The 51st day of the Russian military operation in Ukraine was opened with a new round of Russian missile strikes on military infrastructure of the Kyiv government. | According to the Russian Defense Ministry, a strike with high-precision long-range air-launched weapons destroyed the production buildings of the armoured vehicles and tank plant in Kyiv and a workshop for repairing military equipment in Nikolaev. | During the night, strikes with air-launched missiles h…

WSWS (2022-04-15). Ukraine war spirals out of control after US announces major arms shipment. wsws.org The day after the Biden administration announced a massive expansion of US arms shipments to Ukraine, the war took a dangerous new turn, threatening a direct military clash between NATO and Russia.

Editor (2022-04-15). Biden Approves Additional $800 Million in Military Aid for Ukraine, Includes Howitzers for the First Time. scheerpost.com Joe Biden speaks at the 2019 Iowa Federation of Labor Convention hosted by the AFL-CIO at the Prairie Meadows Hotel in Altoona, Iowa. (Gage Skidmore / Flickr) | By David DeCamp / On Wednesday, President Biden authorized

Editor (2022-04-15). They saw and heard the truth — then lied about it: media on Donbass delegation omitted mention of Ukraine's 8 year war on the autonomous Republics. mronline.org In the last week of March, I stood on a central Donetsk main street next to two of the impact points of a Ukrainian missile attack that had killed 21 civilians and injured nearly 40 more on March 14.

Aaron Maté (2022-04-15). US, EU sacrificing Ukraine to 'weaken Russia': fmr. NATO adviser. thegrayzone.com Former Swiss intelligence officer and NATO adviser Jacques Baud on the roots of the Ukraine-Russia war and its growing dangers. As the Russia-Ukraine war enters a new phase, former Swiss intelligence officer, senior United Nations official, and NATO advisor Jacques Baud analyzes the conflict and argues that the US and its allies are exploiting Ukraine in a longstanding campaign to bleed its Russian neighbor. Guest: Jacques Baud. Former intelligence officer with the Swiss Strategic Intelligence Service who has served in …

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-15). Chinese, Vietnamese FMs vow not to allow Ukraine-type tragedy in region. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Global TimesApril 15, 2022 Wang Yi speaks with Vietnamese FM, vowing won't let Ukraine-like tragedy happen in the regionBy Wang Qi Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi talked with Vietnamese Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son on Thursday on the phone, stressing that China and Vietnam, two socialist countries, are ready to strengthen solidarity …

Xiaolu Sun (2022-04-15). Automakers fear Russia-Ukraine conflict could affect industry. america.cgtn.com Car makers from across the world are showing off their latest designs at the New York International Auto Show after two years amid to COVID outbreak. But now, in addition to the pandemic, they are worried about the Russia-Ukraine conflict. Find out more.

Anonymous103 (2022-04-15). Ukraine's Attack On Territory Of Russia Intensify. southfront.org Click to see full-size image | A few days ago, pinpoint strikes and sabotage attacks by the Ukrainian army on the Russian territory have significantly increased. Basically, the Ukrainian army carries out small sorties and uses explosives as well as rockets to harm Russian military, communication facilities and civilians. ´Russia will strike Ukrainian decision-making centers if attempts to sabotage Russian territory continue ª, Defense Ministry spokesman maj.-gen. Igor Konashenkov said. "We see attempts of sabo…

Anonymous669 (2022-04-15). Meet The Russian Electronic Warfare Systems Supporting Operations In Ukraine (Video). southfront.org File image. | On April 15, the Russian Ministry of Defense released a video showing some of the electronic warfare (EW) systems currently supporting the special military operation in Ukraine. | The video was released to celebrate the EW Specialist Day, which is an official holiday in the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. | One of the EW systems that can be seen in the video is the Krasukha-4, which was developed by the KRET corporation to protect command posts, groupings of troops, air defens…

a guest author (2022-04-15). NATO, EU role in Ukraine war. workers.org By John P. Neelsen This text appeared, dated March 19, on the web portal www.hintergrund.de. The German daily newspaper Junge Welt published a version March 30 that was shortened by removing Neelsen's extensive footnotes. The article exposes U.S. imperialism's efforts to push the European Union to follow the U.S. into . . . |

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-15). Indian PM, Vietnamese party chief discuss Ukraine, South China Sea. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Press Trust of IndiaApril 15, 2022 PM Modi, Vietnam's Communist Party General Secy discuss Ukraine, South China Sea situation Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday spoke with general secretary of the Communist party of Vietnam Nguyen Phu Trong and exchanged views on regional and global issues, including the ongoing crisis in Ukraine and the situation …

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-15). Pentagon could exhaust stockpiles arming Ukraine: report. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Ukrainian News AgencyApril 15, 2022 U.S. May Exhaust Its Stockpile Of Weapons Due To Supplies To Ukraine — Media The United States may run out of stocks of weapons due to its constant supplies to Ukraine…. Hal Brands, a professor at the Johns Hopkins Institute and a specialist in international politics…. *** According to him, …

Editor (2022-04-15). Michael Brenner: American Dissent on Ukraine Is Dying in Darkness. scheerpost.com Click to subscribe on: Professor Michael J. Brenner. [Photo courtesy of guest] | As the death toll in Russia's illegal invasion of Ukraine continues to rise, there have only been a handful of Westerners publicly questioning NATO and the West's role in the conflict. These voices are becoming fewer and further between as a wave of feverish backlash engulfs any disse…

WSWS (2022-04-15). Ukraine war spirals out of control after US announces major arms shipment. wsws.org The day after the Biden administration announced a massive expansion of US arms shipments to Ukraine, the war took a dangerous new turn, threatening a direct military clash between NATO and Russia.

_____ (2022-04-15). Ukraine war: while most Americans express outrage, Putin's spell continues to hang over Republicans. nationofchange.org How can we explain the autocrat's enduring spell over the Republicans? And how might it impact upon the midterm elections due to take place in a few months' time?>

Editor (2022-04-15). Biden Approves Additional $800 Million in Military Aid for Ukraine, Includes Howitzers for the First Time. scheerpost.com Joe Biden speaks at the 2019 Iowa Federation of Labor Convention hosted by the AFL-CIO at the Prairie Meadows Hotel in Altoona, Iowa. (Gage Skidmore / Flickr) | By David DeCamp / On Wednesday, President Biden authorized

Editor (2022-04-15). They saw and heard the truth — then lied about it: media on Donbass delegation omitted mention of Ukraine's 8 year war on the autonomous Republics. mronline.org In the last week of March, I stood on a central Donetsk main street next to two of the impact points of a Ukrainian missile attack that had killed 21 civilians and injured nearly 40 more on March 14.

WSWS (2022-04-15). Genocide and war propaganda. wsws.org Biden's charge of "genocide" in Ukraine is a political provocation consciously aimed at whipping up a public hysteria to legitimize a massive escalation of the war, including the full-scale, open participation by the United States.

Walter Smolarek (2022-04-15). Turmoil erupts in Pakistan as Prime Minister ousted. liberationnews.org Political upheaval is gripping Pakistan following the ouster of Prime Minister Imran Khan, who was elected to office in 2018 and removed on April 10.

Carlos Martinez (2022-04-15). Latin America's Socialist Project is Inextricably Linked with Global Anti-Imperialism. orinocotribune.com By Carlos Martinez — Apr 3, 2022 | Below is the video and text of a speech by Carlos Martinez, co-editor of Friends of Socialist China, introducing the recent event | On behalf of Friends of Socialist…

Aaron Maté (2022-04-15). US, EU sacrificing Ukraine to 'weaken Russia': fmr. NATO adviser. thegrayzone.com Former Swiss intelligence officer and NATO adviser Jacques Baud on the roots of the Ukraine-Russia war and its growing dangers. As the Russia-Ukraine war enters a new phase, former Swiss intelligence officer, senior United Nations official, and NATO advisor Jacques Baud analyzes the conflict and argues that the US and its allies are exploiting Ukraine in a longstanding campaign to bleed its Russian neighbor. Guest: Jacques Baud. Former intelligence officer with the Swiss Strategic Intelligence Service who has served in …

Editor (2022-04-15). Washington Post calls for censoring Chinese media, praises purge of Russian outlets. mronline.org The Washington Post—owned by billionaire oligarch Jeff Bezos, who has CIA and Pentagon contracts—has called for censoring Chinese news outlets on social media, while praising Silicon Valley for purging Russian publications.

Peoples Park Council (2022-04-15). 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)…

Editor (2022-04-15). Scott Ritter: Twitter Wars—My Personal Experience in Twitter's Ongoing Assault on Free Speech. scheerpost.com (Cathy Vogan/Consortium News) | By Scott Ritter / Monday, April 4, 2022: It was, from my point of view, just another day in the life of @RealScottRitter—my Twitter "handle." I had a phone call scheduled with the editor of a publication I write for where we would discuss topics for a weekly column I was responsible for. I was also under deadline for another article I was writing for a second outlet that published my work, and was preparing a pit…

Oakland Privacy (2022-04-15). Wednesday 5/18: 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.

_____ (2022-04-15). We Do Not Want a Divided Planet; We Want a World Without Walls. popularresistance.org The surface of our skin beats with the fear that a new iron curtain will descend, that there is pressure to box in China and Russia, to divide the world into camps. But that is impossible, because — as noted in last week's newsletter — we live in a knot of contradictions and not in a clean cut world of certainties. Even close allies of the US, such as Australia, Germany, Japan, and India, cannot break their economic and political ties with Russia and China. Doing so would plunge them into a recession, bringing the kind of economic chaos that war and sanctions have already brought to Honduras, Pakistan…

_____ (2022-04-15). Israeli Forces Attack Palestinian Worshippers In Al-Aqsa Mosque Raid. popularresistance.org Israeli forces have attacked Palestinian worshippers inside al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied East Jerusalem during an early morning raid on Friday, wounding and arresting dozens of people. | Scores of worshippers were wounded as Israeli forces fired rubber-coated steel bullets, teargas and stun grenades inside the courtyards and prayer halls of the mosque. | The Palestine Red Crescent said 152 people were evacuated from the mosque and transferred to nearby hospitals, including many with upper body wounds. Al-Makassed hospital in East Jerusalem said they had received 40 wounded people from Al-Aqsa, two of them with crit…

_____ (2022-04-15). US-Backed Coup In Pakistan Overthrows PM Imran Khan Over His Independent Foreign Policy. popularresistance.org In this episode of the Multipolarista podcast, Benjamin Norton is joined by Pakistani scholar Junaid S. Ahmad to discuss how Pakistan's elected Prime Minister Imran Khan was overthrown in a US-backed coup aimed at reversing his independent foreign policy — like his close alliance with China, improved relations with Russia and Iran, and staunch support for Palestine.

_____ (2022-04-15). How Movements Can Maintain Their Radical Vision While Winning Practical Reforms. popularresistance.org For movements in the U.S. and beyond wondering how they can engage with the system without being co-opted, the MST offers a powerful example. Many social movement scholars believe that movements can institutionalize their wins over the long-term by having the state and mainstream political parties adopt their demands and programs. However, these scholars also contend that such institutionalization comes at a price: too often, as movement programs are incorporated into mainstream structures, grassroots forces become demobilized, dull their radical edge and lose their ability to exercise disruptive power.

_____ (2022-04-15). The Venezuela Coup, 20 Years Later. popularresistance.org Above Photo: Pedro Carmona swearing in as president following the April 2002 coup. The enduring legacy of Venezuela's short-lived 2002 coup d'etat, and the subsequent countercoup, for US-Latin American relations. On April 11, 2002, Venezuela's democratically elected government, headed by Hugo Chávez Frías, was ousted in a military coup d'etat. Then, dramatically, two days later, the …

_____ (2022-04-15). Amazon Lashes Back In Staten Island Warehouses. popularresistance.org The company has billed itself as the everything store. Now Amazon is the throw-everything-at-them union-buster—trying every trick in the playbook to throttle worker organizing at its Staten Island warehouses in New York City. | The union vote at a second warehouse, a neighboring sorting center known as LDJ5, is set to start April 25, so the company has turned its focus there. | "All those union-busters that were there to union-bust 8,000 workers at JFK8 have walked across the street and are in our little building of 1,600 people," a visibly shaken Madeline Wesley, who works at LDJ5, told reporters at a pres…

_____ (2022-04-15). Scientists Glue Hands to UK Business Dept. Demanding End to 'Fossil Fuel Madness'. popularresistance.org Over two dozen scientists on Wednesday glued scientific papers and their own hands to the windows of a U.K. government building in London to demand an end to fossil fuels. | The demonstration was part of a wave of Extinction Rebellion (XR) actions that launched last weekend and are scheduled through Sunday—a protest series that follows a worldwide mobilization of scientists last week, as the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released its latest concerning report. | With his left hand glued to the U.K. Department for Business, Energy, & Industrial Strategy (BEIS), ecologist Aaron Thierry…

_____ (2022-04-15). Putin's Scuttled Peace Initiative: No Good Deed Goes Unpunished. popularresistance.org On his first foreign visit to Belarus on Tuesday since Russia's invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24, Russian President Vladimir Putin explained during a joint press conference with his Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko that the time frame of the military offensive in Ukraine was determined by the intensity of hostilities and Russia would act according to its plan. | "I often get these questions, can't we hurry it up?' We can. But it depends on the intensity of hostilities and, any way you put it, the intensity of hostilities is directly related to casualties," said the Russian president. "Our task is to achi…

Tanya Wadhwa (2022-04-15). Mexicans mobilize in support of president AMLO's electricity reform. peoplesdispatch.org The electricity reform promoted by president Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) seeks to nationalize Mexico's energy industry by rolling back the process that opened it up to foreign and private investment in 2013…

Peoples Dispatch (2022-04-15). Israeli jets violate Syrian airspace, bomb areas west of capital Damascus. peoplesdispatch.org Israel has carried out thousands of unprovoked attacks inside Syria since the war in the country began in 2011. Thursday's attack was the second such strike in less than a week and eighth since the beginning of 2022…

Peoples Health Dispatch (2022-04-15). COVID-19: the poor people's pandemic. peoplesdispatch.org Soon after the first pandemic wave subsided, COVID-19 turned from the "great equalizer" to a poor people's pandemic in the United States, shows a recent The Poor People's Pandemic Report is focused on the data and lived experien…

Peoples Health Dispatch (2022-04-15). Health workers in South Africa protest as post-pandemic austerity looms. peoplesdispatch.org Workers in health institutions in several provinces of South Africa have organized protests and industrial action as they face threats of job loss and reorganization of services…

Staff (2022-04-15). Renowned 'Nazi Hunter' Claims Canada Failed by Training Members of Extremist Ukrainian Battalion. orinocotribune.com "There is no doubt that the members of the Azov battalion are far-right radicals and they will be the first to admit it," Efraim Zuroff said. | In an

Ana Perdigón (2022-04-15). Venezuelan Authorities Predict Rebound in Tourism during Holy Week. orinocotribune.com The vice president of Venezuela's superior council of tourism (Conseturismo), Reinaldo Pulido, has announced that a significant rebound in the influx of foreign and domestic tourists is expected during Holy Week. | Pulido noted that as this important holiday begins, several tourist destinations in Venezuela have already register a high rate of visitors, which has not been reported since before the onset of the pandemic. | Regarding Los Roques, the paradise island in the Caribbean, he stated that it is 100% booked, in Margarita Island there is a good flow of people and in Mérida there is a 40% occupancy rate. | "T…

Staff (2022-04-15). Argentina Reports Highest Inflation in 20 Years. orinocotribune.com This Wednesday, April 13, it was reported that Argentina registered its highest inflation in the last 20 years during the month of March, reaching a figure of 6.7% for that single month, while the interannual rate stood at 55.1%. | This information was released by the National Institute of Statistics and Censuses (INDEC) via Twitter. Venezuela and Argentina have been the countries in the region most afflicted by inflation in recent years. Especially Venezuela, which was hit hard by a hyperinflation spiral that affected millions of Venezuelans from 2018 until 2021. Last March, the Central Bank of Venezuela reporte…

Editor2 (2022-04-15). Massive Demonstrations in Support of Imran Khan. orinocotribune.com Pakistan Tahreek-i-Insaf supporters protest in solidarity with former prime minister Imran Khan, who was ousted by the Opposition that he accuses of conspiring with Washington because of his opposition to US foreign policy. | Pakistan Tahreek-i-Insaf (PTI) supporters took to the streets at Lahore's Liberty Chowk against the ouster of former prime minister and party chairman Imran Khan. | Khan was ousted by the Opposition through a Pakistan became an independent state in 1947; bu…

Editor2 (2022-04-15). Why a Coup in Pakistan? US Takes Advantage of Any Chance to Gain Advantage. orinocotribune.com The Biden administration's campaign to topple the democratically-elected government of Prime Minister Imran Khan in Pakistan has succeeded, according to an American writer and political commentator. "The Empire never sleeps." | Prime Minister Khan was unseated after losing a no-confidence vote in the parliament on Saturday night. | According to the House speaker, Sardar Ayaz Sadiq, opposition parties were able to secure 174 votes in the 342-member house in support of the no-confidence motion, making it a majority vote. There were just a few legislators of Khan's ruling party present for the process. | "The US sof…

José Manuel Blanco Diaz (2022-04-15). Venezuelan Anti-Chavistas Ask Washington to Ease Sanctions. orinocotribune.com Expressing criticism of the pressure exerted by US political sectors against the Biden administration's rapprochement with Nicolás Maduro's government in Venezuela, a group of anti-Chavistas presented a letter in which they described the failure of illegal US sanctions. | Joshua Goodman of Associated Press shared the letter through his Twitter account, and noted that the signatories advocated the return of oil companies to Venezuelan soil. | "The economic sanctions and the policy of maximum pressure did not achieve their objectives," reads the document. "While the sanctions are not at the root of the humanitarian…

Editor (2022-04-15). Russia investigating ISIS-style Ukrainian "social ad" mronline.org The unsettling video portrays a mock execution of a Russian soldier.

Editor (2022-04-15). "Chinese Exclusion Act 2.0" mronline.org The new Cold War and the spread of anti-Asian racism.

Editor (2022-04-15). International law and 'European civilisation'. mronline.org Despite its promises of universalism, international law has clearly not yet shaken its foundation as a racial order.

Benjamin Norton (2022-04-15). German EU official uses racist rhetoric claiming Russians don't value life. multipolarista.com A German EU official claimed Russians don't value human life and thus aren't Europeans. The ex NATO researcher was echoing a centuries-old colonialist trope used to justify genocide of Indigenous peoples, US war on Vietnam, and Israeli occupation of Palestine.

Benjamin Norton (2022-04-15). Funcionaria alemana de la UE usa retórica racista: Los rusos no valoran la vida humana como en Occidente. multipolarista.com Una funcionaria alemana de la Unión Europea afirmó que los rusos no valoran la vida humana y por lo tanto no son europeos. La ex investigadora de la OTAN se hacía eco de un tropo colonialista antiguo, utilizado para justificar el genocidio de los pueblos indígenas, la guerra de EEUU contra Vietnam y la ocupación israelí de Palestina.

Ann Brown (2022-04-15). Black America: If $Millions More In Police Funding Solves Public Safety Issues, Explain Frank James. moguldom.com New York City Mayor Eric Adams, a former cop, was elected on a promise to curb rising gun violence in the Big Apple but he has been criticized for taking credit when the New York Police Department arrested Frank James. James went on a shooting rampage in a Brooklyn subway station on April 12, shooting 10 …

Kevin Mwanza (2022-04-15). Fact Check: Magic Johnson Choosing Converse Over Nike Cost Him $5B. moguldom.com Former NBA basketball star Magic Johnson is known among his fans as a successful businessman who has made great investments over the years that have grown his company's holdings to more than $1 billion. But one investment decision that he says he regrets is the one that could have made him $5.2 billion. The 62-year-old …

Ann Brown (2022-04-15). Reports Of A Widespread Fake Artist Problem On Spotify: 3 Things To Know About Scammers Gaming The System. moguldom.com Audio streaming platform Spotify has a fake artist problem, and these scammers are gaming the system. Spotify's streaming model makes it easy for scammers to manipulate the algorithms that determine song royalties, experts say. Scammers hack the algorithms and send large amounts of money into their bank accounts. Here are three things to know. 1. …

Ann Brown (2022-04-15). Here's How To Use An SBA Loan To Buy Another Cash Flow Positive Company: 7 Things To Know. moguldom.com The Small Business Administration, a federal agency, helps small businesses get needed credit by offering government guaranties on loans made by commercial lenders. So, the bank or lender makes the loan and the SBA will repay up to 85 percent of any loss in case of default. Applications are submitted to the bank and loan …

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-04-15). Operation Gladio: How NATO Conducted a Secret War Against European Citizens and Their Democratically Elected Governments. libya360.wordpress.com Cynthia Chung Everyone is aware of the Iron Curtain speech delivered by Winston Churchill. However, it is not Churchill who is the originator of the phrase. "You had to attack civilians, the people, women, children, unknown people far from any political game. The reason was quite simple — to force the people to turn to…

_____ (2022-04-15). US Dusts Off WMD Lies, This Time Aimed at Russia. journal-neo.org The US is once again waving around accusations against its adversaries of preparing to use "chemical weapons." This time, the accused is Russia amid ongoing military operations in Ukraine. The Guardian in its article, "'Clear sign' Putin is weighing up use of chemical weapons in Ukraine, says Biden," would claim: Russia's false accusation that Ukraine …

_____ (2022-04-15). Iran and the US — When Will We See a New Agreement? journal-neo.org Extensive negotiations on the so-called Iranian nuclear deal have been conducted in Vienna over the last 12 months, many highly complex drafts have been prepared, a lot of obstacles have clearly been overcome, and now, at last, it appears that there is light at the end of the tunnel. However, media organizations around the world …

Brian Wakamo (2022-04-15). Auto Workers, Climate Groups Team Up to Demand Union-Made, Electric Postal Vehicles. inequality.org

SAM (2022-04-15). Still Another Reason for Taxing the Rich. inequality.org

Nora Barrows-Friedman (2022-04-15). Montreal students threatened with funding cut for backing BDS. electronicintifada.net Under guise of protecting "diversity and inclusion," McGill university administration attempts to crush Palestinian rights policy, student democracy.

Boaventura de Sousa Santos (2022-04-15). Europe: the return to the periphery of the world. canadiandimension.com "The Congress of Vienna," watercolour etching by August Friedrich Andreas Campe (1777-1846), in the collection of the State Borodino War and History Museum, Moscow. | One hundred years after the First World War, Europe's leaders are sleepwalking toward a new, all-out war. As in 1914, they believe that the war in Ukraine will be limited and short-lived. In 1914, the word in Europe's chancelleries was that the war would last three weeks. It lasted four years and resulted in more than 20 million deaths. As was the case in 1918, the dominant view today holds that it is necessary to inflict exemplary punishment…

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-15). Indian PM, Vietnamese party chief discuss Ukraine, South China Sea. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Press Trust of IndiaApril 15, 2022 PM Modi, Vietnam's Communist Party General Secy discuss Ukraine, South China Sea situation Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday spoke with general secretary of the Communist party of Vietnam Nguyen Phu Trong and exchanged views on regional and global issues, including the ongoing crisis in Ukraine and the situation …

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-15). Warning to Pelosi: China holds large-scale military drills near Taiwan targeting Congressional visit. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Global TimesApril 15, 2022 PLA drills around Taiwan targeted at US lawmakers' visit, rehearse 'real action' once necessary After the military conflict between Russia and Ukraine started, the US has intensified provocations over the Taiwan question as it wants to instigate a similar crisis on the island of Taiwan. The Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) …

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-15). Chinese, Vietnamese FMs vow not to allow Ukraine-type tragedy in region. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Global TimesApril 15, 2022 Wang Yi speaks with Vietnamese FM, vowing won't let Ukraine-like tragedy happen in the regionBy Wang Qi Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi talked with Vietnamese Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son on Thursday on the phone, stressing that China and Vietnam, two socialist countries, are ready to strengthen solidarity …

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-15). NATO's incorporation of Finland, Sweden could pose nuclear threat to Europe. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com China DailyApril 15, 2022 Stakes rise as Sweden, Finland eye NATO move Sweden and Finland, which have long held a policy of neutrality in military conflicts, are likely to become the latest countries to join the US-led NATO as the Russia-Ukraine conflict triggered deep security concerns in Europe. At a joint news conference in Stockholm …

SF015 (2022-04-14). BREAKING. Russian Black Sea Fleet's Flagship Moskva Experienced Explosion Of Ammunition. Damages Sustained. Crew Evacuated. southfront.org The Russian official media outlet RIA Novosti quoted the Russian Defence Ministry as saying that the missile cruiser Moskva of the Russian Black Sea Fleet had detonated ammunition as a result of a fire.The Guards missile cruiser of Project 1164 Moskva is the flagship of the Black Sea Fleet. It was built at the Nikolaev shipyard and commissioned in 1982. It was originally named Slava. | There were conflicting reports from the Ukrainian side. The head of the Odessa regional military administration, Maxim March…

WSWS (2022-04-14). Biden's claims of "genocide" in Ukraine: A pretext for war against Russia. wsws.org Biden's accusation that Russia is engaging in genocide is a transparent pretext for the White House's announcement, just one day later, that the United States would implement the largest escalation of US military involvement in the war to date.

Kamal Iranidoost (2022-04-14). France Germany refuse to say Russia carried out genocide. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 14 (MNA) — France and Germany declined Wednesday to repeat US President Joe Biden's accusation that Russia was carrying out "genocide" against Ukrainians.

ecns.cn (2022-04-14). U.S. causes humanitarian disasters around globe, killing innocent civilians and creating millions of refugees. ecns.cn Is the U.S. a "defender" or a "violator" of human rights? Who has been sacrificed on the "altar" of U.S.-touted "democracy?" One Global Times reporter investigated the U.S.' vile practice of igniting war under the pretext of "human rights and democracy."

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-14). U.S. to funnel $800 million in more advanced weapons for larger, longer war in Ukraine. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Defense NewsApril 13, 2022 US unveils $800 million in weapons and equipment, plus training, for Ukraine Also see: For first time, Ukraine to get US artillery in new $800M weapons package U.S. President Joe Biden has announced an additional $800 million in heavy weapons the country will speed to Ukrainian forces, which will include more …

ecns.cn (2022-04-13). Chinese scientists find molecular pathway for critical COVID-19 cases. ecns.cn An international team led by Chinese researchers has identified a molecular pathway that intensifies the severity of critical COVID-19 cases, lending clues to potential treatment for such cases.

ecns.cn (2022-04-14). CDC extends public transit mask mandate. ecns.cn Concerned with an uptick in coronavirus cases, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has extended the mask mandate on public transportation.

Editor (2022-04-14). The horrific scam that water billionaires are running on poor Countries. mronline.org Mega corporations like Coca-Cola, Pepsi, and Danone are making around 494 times what they spend by bottling water in Mexico and selling it back to locals who have no choice but to buy it.

Vijay Prashad (2022-04-14). This Is Not the Age of Certainty. We Are in the Time of Contradictions. orinocotribune.com By Vijay Prashad — Apr 7, 2022 | It is hard to fathom the depths of our time, the terrible wars, and the confounding information that whizzes by without much wisdom. Certainties that flood the airwaves and the internet are easy to come by, but are they derived from an honest assessment of the

WSWS (2022-04-14). Leaked IRS data expose manipulation of US tax system by the ultra-wealthy. wsws.org The data provide a glimpse into how the US tax system is structured to benefit the personal wealth of a handful of billionaires and multimillionaires.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-04-14). Heart procedure to reduce stroke risk should manage small leaks. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Leakage after left atrial appendage closure matters more than previously thought, according to new Mayo Clinic research. This research shows that even small leaks are associated with a 10%—15% higher risk of adverse events. A news release from the American College of Cardiology further outlines the research study and the findings published in JACC: Clinical Electrophysiology. The left atrial appendage is a small, irregular-shaped sac on the left side of the heart where blood clots…

Fight Back (2022-04-14). Video released of Patrick Lyoya's brutal murder by Michigan police. fightbacknews.org Grand Rapids, MI – On Wednesday, April 13, the Grand Rapids Police Department released four videos of Patrick Lyoya's murder at the hands of a GRPD officer, who they still refuse to name. Lyoya, a 26-year-old Black man, was a Congolese refugee, and a father to two daughters. | The videos show perspectives from the officer's body cam, the dashcam of the police car, mobile phone video from a passenger in Lyoya's vehicle, and security cameras from neighborhood residents. They all corroborate the Lyoya family's account of the killing, showing Lyoya face-down on the ground with the officer holding him down, endin…

Fight Back (2022-04-14). Appleton: 3rd Starbucks store in Wisconsin files moves to unionize. fightbacknews.org Appleton, WI – On April 8, Starbucks workers in Appleton, Wisconsin filed officially for union representation. They will be joining workers from more than 100 Starbucks locations across the country that are taking up the fight against corporate tyranny by exercising their right to collective bargaining, including three in Wisconsin. | Among many of the reasons that workers have today to form a union, the baristas at the Appleton Starbucks have cited poor management-employee relations. According to one Starbucks worker, Fizz McDermott, "Management lacks empathy and communication which is a big reason we're unioniz…

Fight Back (2022-04-14). Protesters pack Grand Rapids commissioner meeting over death of Patrick Lyoya. fightbacknews.org Grand Rapids, MI – A crowd of hundreds marched to the Grand Rapids City Commissioners meeting, April 12, to demand both the release of the raw video showing the murder of Patrick Lyoya and the arrest of the still-unnamed killer cop. Lyoya was a 26-year-old Congolese immigrant executed by the Grand Rapids Police Department last week. In the days after his death, citywide mourning and protests against the police have increased and are expected to surge after the release of the video this Wednesday. | The police department has continued to stall the footage, while the city insists it is acting in full transparency.

W. T. Whitney, Jr. (2022-04-14). Ukraine War Reveals Possible U.S. Preparations for Biological Warfare. covertactionmagazine.com War in Ukraine turns people's lives and affairs upside down. Dirty laundry, previously hidden, is on display. A Russian communication …

WSWS (2022-04-14). Australia: Telstra workers should vote "NO" to regressive union-management deal. wsws.org The proposed enterprise agreement will deliver cuts to real wages and split the workforce, paving the way for further attacks.

WSWS (2022-04-14). Students occupy Sorbonne University as anger mounts at French elections. wsws.org Students opposed to both of France's right-wing presidential candidates, Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen, occupied the university on Wednesday afternoon.

WSWS (2022-04-14). May Day 2022: For working class unity against imperialist war! wsws.org David North, chairman of the WSWS International Editorial Board, issues call for May Day online rally: "The fate of humanity must not be left in the hands of a money-mad and war-mongering ruling class."

WSWS (2022-04-14). Macron, Le Pen court Mélenchon voters in second round of French election. wsws.org The Parti de l'égalité socialiste calls on workers and young people to reject both Macron and Le Pen and to boycott the second round of the presidential elections.

WSWS (2022-04-14). Australian election features jobs fraud. wsws.org Both Morrison and Albanese sought to hide the reality facing millions of workers: increasingly insecure and low-paid jobs, with growing numbers having to work multiple jobs to try to make ends meet.

WSWS (2022-04-14). Push for European Central Bank to tighten monetary policy. wsws.org The ECB's purpose is to impose recessionary conditions aimed at preventing workers from pushing for wage increases to compensate for falling living standards as prices race out of control.

WSWS (2022-04-14). CP Rail CEO among Canada's highest paid. wsws.org CP Rail CEO Keith Creel and the company's other top executives are receiving huge sums for overseeing the brutal exploitation of rail workers and massively increasing, thereby, company profits and investor returns.

WSWS (2022-04-14). Russian workers crushed by rising prices as GDP falls. wsws.org While decrying Moscow's assault on Ukrainian civilians—a population about whose well-being the US and EU have never had the slightest concern—the West is working to drive ordinary Russians into destitution.

WSWS (2022-04-14). "Activists" promote Unite General Secretary Sharon Graham in Arriva South London pay dispute. wsws.org The London Bus Rank-and-File Committee is a militant faction of drivers committed to the principle that workers' interests must take priority over corporate profit.

Martha Grevatt (2022-04-14). Struggle launched against new Cuyahoga County jail. workers.org Credit: Cuyahoga County Jail Coalition Cleveland Over the past four years the Cuyahoga County Jail has become especially notorious for deplorable conditions. These include poor food and medical care, overcrowding, prisoners sleeping on floors, extreme abuse by guards, and the understaffing and neglect that have contributed to over a dozen . . . |

Baher Kamal (2022-04-14). Drugged water: A new global pandemic hiding in plain sight? nationofchange.org While 80 percent of wastewater in the world is not treated, even in developed countries treatment facilities are often unable to filter out dangerous bugs.

Julia Conley (2022-04-14). 'Keep fighting': Schumer 'making progress' on canceling student debt. nationofchange.org "Write, call, email," urged the Democratic leader, who said President Joe Biden is "more open" to the proposal than ever before.

Zach Farber (2022-04-14). Socialists lead San Diego efforts to oppose NATO escalations of Ukraine war. liberationnews.org PSL San Diego held several local actions and passed out nearly a thousand pamphlets across the county since mid-March.

SF015 (2022-04-14). War In Ukraine Day 48: Wheel Of War Heads Downhill. southfront.org Many milestone events took place or came to light on Ukraine's 48th day of war. | In Mariupol on 12 and 13 April 2022, an unprecedented number of soldiers and officers of the warring armies surrendered since World War II. The total number of AFU soldiers and officers who voluntarily surrendered to Russian captivity or were forced to do so under the threat of extermination exceeded 1,300, including 1,026 soldiers of the 36th AFU Marine Brigade. | However, the Ukrainian side claimed that a signif…

Newsclick (2022-04-14). India's rich keep getting richer. peoplesdispatch.org Journalist Aunindyo Chakravarty explains the dichotomy of two Indians finding a place among the top ten billionaires of the world while billions struggle for a livelihood. He explains the policy paradigm that led to this moment…

Staff (2022-04-14). SNB 61: Tigres se quedan solos en la cima. cubadebate.cu Los Tigres de Ciego de àÅvila se quedaron solos en lo más alto de la tabla de posiciones de esta Serie Nacional 61, al combinar su victoria de esta jornada con el resbalón de los Gallos, y continúan mirando de lejos la tremenda pelea que se cierne sobre la retaguardia de la zona de clasificación. Los felinos espantaron a las Avispas santiagueras.

ecns.cn (2022-04-14). Shanghai goes all out to treat 9 severe COVID-19 cases. ecns.cn SHANGHAI, April 14 (Xinhua) — The municipal health commission of Shanghai said Thursday that the city currently has nine COVID-19 cases in severe condition since the resurgence of the epidemic in March.

teleSUR, JGN (2022-04-14). Fallece exfutbolista colombiano Freddy Rincón. telesurtv.net Rincón formó parte de la Selección de Colombia en las Copas Mundiales de la FIFA Italia 1990, Estados Unidos 1994 y Francia 1998.

Leon Kunstenaar (2022-04-14). Women and Their Allies March For Reproductive Rights – Again. indybay.org Many organizations in spirited march through Berkeley in follow up to March 8 action…

Adriaan Alsema (2022-04-14). Colombia soccer legend Freddy Rincon dies after car crash. colombiareports.com Freddy Rincon, one of Colombia's most prominent former soccer players, died on Wednesday as the result of a car accident. Rincon, 55, was admitted to a hospital in the city…

Editor (2022-04-14). 'After all, my name is Stalin': in a Speech at CPI(M) Congress, a roadmap to counter BJP. mronline.org The DMK's chief's speech at the CPI(M)'s congress has reflected the assonance between communist and Dravidian politics.

Staff (2022-04-14). Guillermo Francella relata su encuentro con Fidel: "Me dijo la mejor frase que escuché por años" cubadebate.cu Esta semana Guillermo Francella visitó a Migue Granados en el primer programa de la tercera temporada de Playroom (ESPN 3). Allí y ante las preguntas del hijo de Pablo Granados, el protagonista de Granizo contó desopilantes anécdotas que vivió a lo largo de su carrera. Así, el actor hizo foco en el momento en el que conoció a Fidel Castro, durante una visita que hizo a La Habana.

ecns.cn (2022-04-13). China condemns U.S. human rights reports. ecns.cn The United States' annual human rights reports and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken's accusations made against the Chinese government are "full of political lies and ideological bias", Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said on Wednesday.

WSWS (2022-04-14). Spain Morenoite CRT denounce China's "Zero COVID" strategy. wsws.org Throughout the pandemic the Morenoites have aligned themselves with the policy of the Socialist Party (PSOE)-Podemos government, putting profits ahead of lives.

ecns.cn (2022-04-14). China's Xi'an launches new freight train service to Europe. ecns.cn Xi'an, capital of Northwest China's Shaanxi province, launched a new freight train service to Europe on Wednesday that traverses the Caspian Sea and the Black Sea via rail-sea combined transportation.

TANC (2022-04-14). Downtown Oakland Tenants Demand Habitable Housing From 'Nonprofit' Landlord. indybay.org Organized Tenants Escalate Demands For Habitable Housing in Publicly-Subsidized Downtown Oakland Apartments…

Staff (2022-04-14). Russia says its warship in Black Sea badly damaged by blast. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 14 (MNA) — Russia on Thursday said the flagship of its Black Sea fleet was seriously damaged and its crew evacuated following a fire that caused an explosion, as a Ukrainian official said the vessel had been hit by missiles.

Staff (2022-04-14). México devuelve a Cuba 37 migrantes irregulares como parte de los acuerdos migratorios. cubadebate.cu Hoy fueron devueltos por las autoridades de México 37 migrantes irregulares como parte del cumplimiento de los acuerdos migratorios entre las dos naciones. Llegaron por el Aeropuerto Internacional José Martí de esta capital 24 hombres y 13 mujeres, los cuales salieron legalmente del territorio nacional viajando por terceros países.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-04-14). A Mayo Clinic expert explains aphasia. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Aphasia is a condition that can affect a person's ability to communicate. To better understand the condition, the Mayo Clinic News Network reached out to Dr. Hugo Botha, a neurologist at Mayo Clinic, to explain. What is aphasia? Aphasia is a broad term that refers to a problem with language. So, for example, patients with aphasia may have trouble understanding what other people are saying, understanding what they read, or may have trouble putting their…

teleSUR, mcs, JL (2022-04-14). ONU designa a Cuba como miembro del Consejo Económico y Social. telesurtv.net Naciones Unidas destaca la influencia de Cuba en el organismo multilateral en favor de los derechos humanos.

ecns.cn (2022-04-14). Winter Olympic champion Su Yiming eyes on Grand Slam. ecns.cn Beijing Winter Olympic champion Su Yiming set his next goal of his snowboard career on Grand Slam, the new Chinese sports idol said on Wednesday at a winter sports activity held at the Big Air Shougang and the Beijing Winter Olympic Park.

teleSUR, yart, JGN (2022-04-14). Organismos mundiales llaman a enfrentar escasez de alimentos. telesurtv.net De acuerdo con los representantes de los organismos, el conflicto entre Rusia y Ucrania afecta a los países pobres.

ecns.cn (2022-04-13). Q1 foreign trade sustains momentum of growth. ecns.cn Despite rosy trade figures in the first quarter, China has to work hard this year to ensure foreign trade growth and improve its trade structure, due mainly to increased uncertainties both at home and abroad, industry experts said.

ecns.cn (2022-04-14). Chinese envoy urges Japan to face up to history on issue of 'comfort women'. ecns.cn A Chinese envoy on Wednesday urged Japan to face up to history on the issue of "comfort women" in World War II.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-04-14). Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: Meeting the unique needs of adolescent and young adult patients with cancer. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org While some adolescent and young adult (AYA) patients with cancer receive care in pediatrics, the majority are cared for in adult cancer systems. One of the challenges is that people in the AYA group don't fit well with either patient population. "If you think about the kinds of things that people in this age group are going through, there's a lot of life transition happening there," explains Dr. Allison Rosenthal, a Mayo Clinic hematologist and…

Evan Reif (2022-04-13). NED Finances Key Ukrainian Propaganda Organ, the Kyiv Independent. covertactionmagazine.com One NED-sponsored journalist even fights with the neo-Nazi Azov Battalion and openly advocates for the commission of war crimes. Throughout …

Staff (2022-04-13). VIDEO: Biden gets pooped on by bird during inflation speech. en.mehrnews.com US President Biden received an unwelcome surprise when a bird pooped on his suit as he delivered his speech on inflation and the economy.

Staff (2022-04-13). Maduro says attacks on Russian culture, athletes pure Fascism. en.mehrnews.com Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro called attacks on Russian culture and Russian athletes pure Fascism on Tuesday.

WSWS (2022-04-13). A working class program to fight inflation. wsws.org The sharp rise in the cost of food, fuel, housing and other basic necessities is exacting an enormous toll on workers in the United States and around the world, threatening millions with destitution.

_____ (2022-04-13). Ukrainian Refugees in Europe Fall Prey to Criminal Networks. journal-neo.org In the last decade, the refugee problem has become the bane of European countries. While 2.4 million asylum applications were submitted mainly from refugees from Syria and Iraq at the peak of the migration crisis in 2015-2016, Ukrainians now dominate the refugee population arriving in Europe, according to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees. Out …

WSWS (2022-04-13). Subway shooting in Brooklyn seized on by New York mayor to boost law-and-order campaign. wsws.org Despite the clear correlation with the pandemic, the relative increase in gun violence over the last two years is being used to justify moves to expand and intensify police activities while at the same time removing the few remaining measures to combat COVID-19, just as the next wave, driven by the BA.2 variant, is accelerating.

Staff (2022-04-13). China opposes to US sanctions against Russia. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 13 (MNA) — China finds the US unilateral sanctions against Russia unacceptable because all other countries will have to pay for them in the end, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said on Wednesday.

Benjamin Norton (2022-04-13). Washington Post calls for censoring Chinese media, praises purge of Russian outlets. multipolarista.com The Washington Post – owned by billionaire oligarch Jeff Bezos, who has CIA and Pentagon contracts – has called for censoring Chinese news outlets on social media, while praising Silicon Valley for purging Russian publications.

Editor (2022-04-13). "Culture Shock": Harlem's Socialist City Council member Kristin Richardson Jordan reflects on her first three months in office. mronline.org Outsider-turned-insider looks for more allies as she fights budget cuts and a turn toward more intense policing.

Editor (2022-04-13). NATO admits it wants 'Ukrainians to keep dying' to bleed Russia, not peace. mronline.org NATO sees Ukrainians as mere cannon fodder in its imperial proxy war on Russia.

Editor (2022-04-13). Long marches, long revolutions. mronline.org As Red Pepper launches its new 'Keywords' series inspired by the work of Raymond Williams, Daniel Frost explores the associations of Williams' own keyword, the 'long revolution'

Benjamin Norton (2022-04-13). US-backed coup in Pakistan overthrows PM Imran Khan over his independent foreign policy. multipolarista.com Benjamin Norton speaks with Pakistani scholar Junaid S. Ahmad about the US-backed coup against Prime Minister Imran Khan, aimed at reversing his alliance with China, Russia, and Iran and support for Palestine.

Dana Sanchez (2022-04-13). Largest Bank In U.S. JP Morgan Chase Warns About Challenges With Inflation, Increases Reserves For Losses. moguldom.com JPMorgan's first-quarter profits fell 42 percent as the bank stashed away funds to brace for inflation and boost reserves in case of a recession. CEO Jamie Dimon is warning that "powerful forces" threaten the U.S. economy. More disruptions in financial markets are coming, Dimon warned, pointing to interest rate hikes by the U.S. Federal Reserve, …

Ann Brown (2022-04-13). FBI Puts Handcuffs On No. 2 New York Official Lt. Gov. Brian Benjamin Over Alleged Bribe. moguldom.com Lt. Gov. Brian A. Benjamin, New York's second in command to Gov. Kathy Hochul, has been charged with bribery, fraud, and falsification of records during his previous role as a state senator. Benjamin was arrested on April 12 and led away in handcuffs by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Following his arrest, he resigned from …

Ann Brown (2022-04-13). Suspect In Brooklyn Subway Attack Posted Videos About Dr. Umar Johnson, Will Smith, Eric Adams. moguldom.com This article has been updated to reflect the suspect's arrest. The New York Police Department has arrested 62-year-old Frank James, the suspect in a mass shooting that injured at least 23 people in a Brooklyn, New York subway station attack on April 12. James was arrested after police received a Crime Stoppers tip from someone …

Kevin Mwanza (2022-04-13). Pumpers For Waves Crypto Blame Short Sellers For 60 Percent+ Pounding Of Coin. moguldom.com Waves, a blockchain that features smart contracts and allows people to launch their own decentralized apps and tokens, has been on a wild ride over the last month, hitting an all-time high of $62.36 on March 31 before plunging more than 60 percent to trade at $23.14 as of this writing. Waves founder Sasha Ivanov …

Ann Brown (2022-04-13). Who Is Labor Champion Derrick Palmer? The Man Who Worked With Chris Smalls To Shock Amazon And America. moguldom.com On April 1, employees at an Amazon factory in Staten Island, New York, voted to unionize. The movement to unionize was spearheaded by two friends, Chris Smalls and Derrick Palmer. Smalls tends to be the labor activist who shows up in the media after being infamously fired by Amazon in 2020 over what the company said was …

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-04-13). Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's Interview with Rossiya Television Network, Moscow, April 11, 2022. libya360.wordpress.com I would like to ask you about "strange" statements by European diplomats on the course of 's military operation in Ukraine. EU diplomacy chief Josep Borrell said it must be won on the battlefield. This doesn't really jibe with the EU's status as a primarily political and economic organisation. German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier expressed regret over his…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-04-13). The Fog of War and the Global Paradigm Shift. libya360.wordpress.com Fabio Reis Vianna Perhaps the maxim of the Brazilian thinker José Luís Fiori that "expansionism and war are two essential parts of the machine that generates power and wealth in the interstate system" has never been so pertinent and seems to be confirmed at the exact historical moment we are currently witnessing. The extraordinary events…

_____ (2022-04-13). The War in Ukraine Marks a Turning Point in Power in the World. journal-neo.org One of the interesting features of the ongoing war in Ukraine is the extent to which the Australian mainstream media has almost entirely ceased to bother offering an objective assessment of what is actually happening in the ongoing war in that country. The latest examples refer to the alleged murder of citizens in the town …

_____ (2022-04-13). Crisis in Ukraine Through the Prism of Middle Eastern Social Media. journal-neo.org The Russian special operation in Ukraine continues to resonate prominently on social media in the Middle East region. Local analysts monitor how the Internet views these events and their impact on different areas of life and politics. According to a Moroccan researcher, the picture here is a mosaic, as evidenced by the flood of user …

Jenny Pierson (2022-04-13). Kids Are Really Worried About the Climate Crisis. independentmediainstitute.org Middle school student activists write their elected representatives to urge climate action. By Reynard Loki In 2019, Earth | Food | Life writing fellow Lucy Goodchild van Hilten, a science writer and mother of a young child, wrote a piece titled, "How to Talk to Kids About Climate Change." Now I am pleased to report …

JANET (2022-04-13). Thursday: Protest at Starbucks CEO's Luxury Penthouse. iacenter.org NYC Protest at Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz's Luxury Penthouse Rehire the Memphis 7, Laila Dalton, Angel Krempa, Sharon Gilman & all fired Starbucks organizers Stop Union Busting at Starbucks & Amazon! Stop Firing Unionizing Workers! Thursday, April 14, 6: 00 PM 155 West 11th Street, btwn 6th and 7th The Manhattan luxury penthouse of Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz—who claimed last week that the rich are being "assaulted" by the "threat of unionization" while he fires union organizers left and right—will be the site of a protest this week at 6: 00 p.m. Thursday, at 155 West 11th Street. "Starbucks CEO Schu…

JANET (2022-04-13). Ramsey Clark: Why he is missed. iacenter.org By John Catalinotto April 12, 2022 One year ago on April 9, Ramsey Clark — an internationalist and human rights fighter — died at the age of 93. No one up to now has taken his place. It was a special, unique one: He had been an attorney and member of the U.S. ruling establishment who, nevertheless, dedicated the second half of his life to speaking up for the oppressed of the earth. This meant defending the peoples of Panama, Iraq, Yugoslavia, Afghanistan, Libya and Syria — among others — from invasions by the army of U.S. imperialism and its allies. It meant defending the political prisone…

David Cronin (2022-04-13). EU deportation agency mulls partnership with Israel. electronicintifada.net Attempts by Frontex to rebrand itself as a humanitarian organization ring hollow.

Tamara Nassar (2022-04-13). Israel kills lawyer and laborer as military ramps up aggression. electronicintifada.net Tense weekend ahead with extremist settlers eyeing al-Aqsa.

Omar Karmi (2022-04-13). Ahmad Manasra case highlights Israel's cruelty to Palestinian children. electronicintifada.net Activists demand the immediate release of Manasra, whose condition "would make a stone cry."

Ali Abunimah (2022-04-13). Emmanuel Macron wages war on France's Muslims. electronicintifada.net French president's anti-Islam, pro-Israel campaign faces legal, popular pushback.

Yasmin Abusayma (2022-04-13). Restoring Wadi Gaza after years of neglect. electronicintifada.net Residents hope the valley will become the nature reserve it once was and a lung for Gaza.

Dean Baker (2022-04-13). If Wage Growth Is Driving Inflation, Why Is Workers' Share of Income Falling? cepr.net It is very hard to make the wage-price spiral inflation story from the 1970s fit the current situation for a simple reason: the wage share of income has fallen sharply since the pandemic.

Matt Sedlar (2022-04-13). Costly Big Business Favors Almost No One Knows About. cepr.net Corporations hold enormous political power on the obscure issues that almost no one follows but nonetheless have an enormous impact on our economy.

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-13). Bulgarian coalition government could fall over proposed arms sales to Ukraine. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com NoviniteApril 13, 2022 Bulgaria's Socialists Party will leave the Ruling Coalition if Bulgaria sends Military aid to Ukraine "If the position of not giving military aid to Ukraine is revised, we are ready to revise our participation in the government," said in a statement from parliament Deputy Chairman of the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) Kristian …

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-13). New NATO battle groups in Central, Southeast Europe "very clear message to the rest of the world" antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Nine O'Clock NewsApril 13, 2022 Belgium's PM De Croo, PM Ciuca and President Iohannis visit the 57th Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base: NATO, defensive alliance ready to defend member states territory Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo said on Wednesday in Romania that NATO is…ready to defend [its] territory…. …De Croo made his remarks at the …

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-13). Japan: Another Ukraine-for-North-Korea trade-off. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Kyodo NewsApril 13, 2002 Japan mulls sending SDF aircraft for Ukraine refugee support See: Top NATO military official pushes Ukraine-for-North-Korea quid pro quo in Seoul Japan is considering sending Self-Defense Forces aircraft to countries receiving refugees from Ukraine such as Poland to transport relief items, a government source said Wednesday. If realized, it would be …

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-13). Top NATO military official pushes Ukraine-for-North-Korea quid pro quo in Seoul. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Yonhap News AgencyApril 12, 2022 Top NATO military official calls for support for Ukraine ==== Rules-based international order: NATO Military Committee chief inspects North Korean border South Korea to double non-lethal military aid to Ukraine Japan: Another Ukraine-for-North-Korea trade-off ==== A top North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) official made an emphatic appeal Tuesday for "moral, mental" …

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-13). South Korea to double non-lethal military aid to Ukraine. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Azeri Press AgencyApril 13, 2022 S. Korea to Send More Non-Lethal Military Supplies to Ukraine See: Rules-based international order: NATO Military Committee chief inspects North Korean border The defense ministry of the South Korea has decided to provide Ukraine with more non-lethal military supplies, APA reports. According to a military official on Wednesday, the ministry …

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-13). Finland's NATO decision matter of weeks, not months. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Yle NewsApril 13, 2022 Marin: Nato decision will happen "within weeks not months" Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin (SDP) has said that Finland will likely decide on joining Nato within weeks. "I won't give any kind of timetable [for] when we will make our decisions. But I think it will happen quite fast. Within weeks, …

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-13). How and when NATO will double its membership since 1999. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com The LocalApril 13, 2022 The likely timetable for how Sweden could join Nato Sweden's Prime Minister said on Wednesday that she aimed to make a decision on Nato membership early enough for it not to clash with this September's general election, as her Finnish counterpart said her country would decide "within weeks". Speaking at a …

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-13). Fresh armed clash on Kyrgyz-Tajik border. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Trend News AgencyApril 13, 2022 Two Kyrgyz citizens injured in conflict on Kyrgyz-Tajik border See: West's next target: Central Asia Two citizens of Kyrgyzstan were injured as a result of a skirmish between Tajik and Kyrgyz servicemen on the border between the two states, the Kyrgyz Health Ministry said on Wednesday, Trend reports with reference …

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-13). NATO's permanent Mediterranean force holds exercise near Black Sea entrance. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com NATOAllied Maritime CommandApril 13, 2022 NATO Operation Sea Guardian Standby Element‚ÄØActivation Exercise conducted NATO's Operation Sea Guardian (OSG) practiced the activation of a standby unit to conduct a scenario based maritime security exercise. The scenario involved an opposed boarding, developed in international waters of the Southern Aegean Sea. The exercise took place from 28 March …

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-13). Rules-based international order: NATO Military Committee chief inspects North Korean border. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com NATOApril 13, 2022 Chair of the Military Committee visits the Republic of Korea From 9 to 12 April 2022 the Chair of the NATO Military Committee, Admiral Rob Bauer, visited the Republic of Korea to discuss the partnership between the Republic of Korea and NATO and how both parties can foster closer military cooperation. Admiral …

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-13). West's next target: Central Asia. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Nezavisimaya GazetaApril 13, 2022 Europeans plotting to destabilize Central Asia The European Union's Special Envoy for Afghanistan Tomas Niklasson has held consultations in Tajikistan. Afghan issues were also discussed during United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi's recent visit to Dushanbe. Experts believe that the Europeans are analyzing the situation in Central Asia before …

WSWS (2022-04-13). The Worst Person in the World: A young woman in Oslo finds herself. wsws.org The filmmakers, one regrets to point out, unreservedly accept the life-conditions and ideological assumptions of the local petty bourgeoisie as the entire contents of their artistic and psychological universe.

WSWS (2022-04-13). EU and Germany supply heavy weaponry to Kiev to "force a defeat of Russia" wsws.org The EU powers are massively expanding their arms supplies to Ukraine to prolong the war and defeat Russia in Ukraine.

WSWS (2022-04-13). Stalinist PCF wiped out after lackluster French presidential campaign. wsws.org Fabien Roussel, the French Communist Party's first presidential candidate since 2007, campaigned based on policies of austerity and support for NATO against Russia.

WSWS (2022-04-13). Pakistan's new prime minister promises "paradise" for investors, as mass anger over price hikes, joblessness grows. wsws.org The most important "non-confidence vote" was that cast behind the scenes by the Pakistani military, which is eager to try to restore Islamabad's badly frayed ties with Washington.

WSWS (2022-04-13). New Zealand challenges Solomon Islands' sovereignty over agreement with China. wsws.org Intersecting with the war drive in Europe, the furore over the Solomon Islands is being exploited to intensify the military and diplomatic offensive against China's presence in the Pacific.

WSWS (2022-04-13). New York state budget—millions for the rich, lengthy jail time for the poor. wsws.org The Democrats, who control the governorship and both houses of the legislature, are using a budget surplus to build a new sports stadium while forcing more poor defendants to languish in the Riker's Island hell hole.

WSWS (2022-04-13). Why did Mélenchon retire after nearly reaching the French presidential runoff? wsws.org Mélenchon's frantic throwing away of working-class support points to the significance of the Parti de l'égalité socialiste's call to build support for a boycott among workers.

WSWS (2022-04-13). Howard University Hospital health care workers hold day-long strike against wage cuts, unsafe staffing. wsws.org The hospital staff have been working without a contract since November, and hospital management is seeking to unilaterally impose its "final offer" on staff members.

ecns.cn (2022-04-12). U.S. urged to reflect soberly on its disgraceful role in Ukraine crisis. ecns.cn It came to our attention that some European strategists believe the US is comparable to the "top arsonist" in the conflict.

Alexander Rubinstein (2022-04-12). US Lawmakers Welcomed Notorious Georgian Warlord now Boasting of War Crimes in Ukraine. orinocotribune.com By Alexander Rubinstein — Apr 8, 2022 | Top lawmakers in US Congress hosted Mamuka Mamulashvili, an infamous Georgian Legion warlord who has boasted of authorizing field executions of captive Russian soldiers in Ukraine. | Georgian warlord Mamuka Mamulashvili (center) visits Rep. Eliot Engel in 2017 | Having taken up arms against Russia for a fifth time, Georgian Legion commander Mamuka Mamulashvili has bragged on video about his unit carrying out field executions of captured Russian soldiers in Ukraine. | While Western media pundits howled about images of dead bodies in the city of Bucha, echoing Ukrainian…

WSWS (2022-04-12). Oppose Twitter's act of censorship against George Galloway! wsws.org On April 6, Twitter updated Galloway's status with the designation "Russia state-affiliated media" directly under his name and handle. Every tweet issued by Galloway since includes the designation.

Steve Martinot (2022-04-12). What is a Crime Wave? (first of a series). indybay.org As police demand equipment to deal with a crime wave, they are one. Their use of surveillance technology is part of that. This article is a brief analysis of how.

_____ (2022-04-12). Russia Revives "Winged" Shipping. journal-neo.org When it comes to Russia's high-tech exports, one usually thinks of either military, space-related or nuclear products. It is these technologies that the Russian Federation is primarily known for. But there are other sectors, closer to ordinary civilians around the world, in which Russia has impressive achievements, and it is willing to share these achievements …

Peoples Dispatch (2022-04-12). King's forces occupy University of Swaziland campus; students evicted using live fire, tear gas. peoplesdispatch.org Students in various campuses across the country have been boycotting classes since April 7, demanding the transfer of living allowances that remain unpaid for many since the academic year began in November 2021…

Matt Bruenig (2022-04-12). Twenty Million People Became Unemployed Last Year. peoplespolicyproject.org Jeff Stein had a

Editor (2022-04-12). The Russian Revolution of 2022 — 'Capitalism in One Country'. mronline.org Now that the U.S. and the NATO allies have taken from the Russian oligarchs their cash in foreign banks, their mansions, their boats and planes, and blocked the export of all private and corporate Russian capital abroad, Russia is freer to decide how to organize the capital investment of the economy.

oneworld.press (2022-04-12). Fake News Alert: Russia Isn't Secretly Sourcing Iraqi Arms From Iran. oneworld.press There'll certainly be those who'll fall for this latest information warfare provocation simply because they sincerely wish that it was true for whatever their ideological reasons are. Only those who are politically mature and objective enough will realize that The Guardian's latest report is nothing but ridiculously fake news.

oneworld.press (2022-04-12). What's Behind Serbia's Purchase Of Chinese Anti-Air Systems?>. oneworld.press Russian-Serbian ties aren't bad, but they aren't what they used to be and likely won't ever return to their halcyon days. Given this reality, there's no credible reason to suspect that Serbia's purchase of anti-air systems from China is part of some Russian conspiracy to destabilize Europe by provoking another war in the Balkans like the US-led Western Mainstream Media is implying.

oneworld.press (2022-04-12). It's Time For The US To Stop Pressuring India To Distance Itself From Russia. oneworld.press If the US finally realized the futility and counterproductivity of pressuring India to distance itself from Russia, New Delhi would be able to do much more to facilitate Washington's efforts to "contain" China, though of course in keeping with its plan to do so without provoking a regional conflict.

oneworld.press (2022-04-12). Russian & Chinese Media Portray Reality While The West's Portrays An Alternate Reality. oneworld.press Everything can ultimately be traced back to this ideological divide between the US' and its Golden Billion vassals' anti-multipolar outlook (which cannot be described as unipolar since it's impossible to return to that system) and the vast majority of the Global South's multipolar one. Upon becoming aware of this, observers will begin to notice that everything actually revolves around it.

oneworld.press (2022-04-12). The Controlled Demolition Of The West. oneworld.press This is an ancient game and they are masters at playing it.

oneworld.press (2022-04-12). Europe Is Plunging Into The Middle Ages. oneworld.press Since there are almost no significant natural resources in Europe, in terms of volumes, it will fall much lower than the XIX century, namely in the Middle Ages, when there were practically no industries on an industrial scale. Europe will not escape other related problems: the eternal wars of European countries among themselves.

Editor2 (2022-04-12). All US Presidents Are War Criminals: Why the Latest Chapter of the Forever War Only Fools the Usual Suspects. orinocotribune.com By Daniel Patrick Welch — Apr 8, 2022 | 'This is a US war on Russia. Period.' | We have to be very clear, even to the point of being blunt. By 'we' I mean those of us involved who are conscious of being part of an Information War—the propaganda war that we are recipients of—on the receiving end of this tsunami of crap. We have to say things flat without fear and without compromise. This is a US war on Russia. Period. Now why do we have to say this? Why should we say it so bluntly? | The propaganda matrix is so powerful that people, especially within the bubble—that is, within what people call…

Staff (2022-04-12). 20 Years Since Coup Against Chávez in Venezuela—a 'Trial' that Served to Overthrow Governments in Other Countries. orinocotribune.com RT interviewed Venezuelan journalist and minister Ernesto Villegas, author of the book April, Inside The Coup. | 20 years after the April 2002 coup against Venezuela's then President Hugo Chávez, the same violent and desperate blueprint continues to be applied to overthrow governments both in Venezuela and around the world. | Similar attempts by former deputy Juan Guaidó, in 2019, were not very different. Guaidó, alongside the national and international elements that promoted the action against Chávez, wanted to depose President Nicolás Maduro on several occasions, using various plans that were neutralized by Ven…

Fight Back (2022-04-12). Commentary: Regime change in Pakistan. fightbacknews.org On April 10, in Islamabad, Pakistan the Supreme Court upheld a vote of no confidence to remove Imran Khan of the Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) from power. The opposition parties, including the Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PMLN) and the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) voted in favor of no confidence. 174 votes were in favor for no confidence, two more than 172 vote mark that needed for this to be passed. | Previously, on March 1, the heads of 22 diplomatic missions, including those of EU member states, released a joint letter urging Pakistan to support a resolution in the United Nations General Assembly condemning Russia&#…

Liberation Staff-Boston (2022-04-12). Blue Hill Avenue, Boston tenants demand safe and dignified housing from Nuestra Comunidad. liberationnews.org The tenants demanded working locks in the building's main entrances, consistent heat and hot water, and to rid the building of its rodent infestation.

Sophia Weissman (2022-04-12). Oklahoma Senate passes anti-abortion bill the same day as 'Bans Off Oklahoma' rally. liberationnews.org The latest wave of anti-abortion legislation has hit Oklahoma.

WSWS (2022-04-12). No to Macron and Le Pen! For an active boycott of the 2022 French elections! wsws.org The PES proposes to workers and youth not to vote in the elections and to advocate a conscious political rejection of the poisoned choice between Macron and Le Pen.

WSWS (2022-04-12). University of Kansas professor Franklin Tao convicted on concocted evidence. wsws.org The case against Feng "Franklin" Tao was part of the xenophobic "China Initiative" launched by the Trump administration in 2019.

WSWS (2022-04-12). NATO Secretary-general calls for "transformation" of NATO into a fighting force against Russia and China. wsws.org In an interview with the Telegraph, NATO General-Secretary Jens Stoltenberg said this transformation "is to move from tripwire deterrence to something which is more about deterrence by denial or defence."

WSWS (2022-04-12). Unifor bullies 900 Ontario grocery warehouse workers into accepting sellout contract. wsws.org The union engineered an end to the seven-day strike at the very point where it was beginning to hurt Metro's operations.

WSWS (2022-04-12). Stellantis to slash hundreds of jobs at Detroit-area auto plants. wsws.org Following the announcement of hundreds of job cuts at Belvidere Assembly in Illinois, Stellantis is preparing to carry out more layoffs at Detroit-area auto plants.

WSWS (2022-04-12). Race versus class at Howard University: $20 million for Hannah-Jones' racialist journalism center. wsws.org While student and faculty demands for improved housing conditions and higher wages have been ignored, the promotion of racialist politics has been showered with money.

WSWS (2022-04-12). Media charlatan Ashish Jha takes the helm of Biden's COVID-19 response team. wsws.org Dr. Jha takes over under conditions in which the Omicron BA.2 subvariant is now dominant across the US and is causing a new surge of COVID-19 infections and hospitalizations.

WSWS (2022-04-12). In warmongering speech, Biden lines up trade unions for US-NATO proxy war against Russia. wsws.org "If I got to go to war, I'm going with you guys," Biden said to the applause of the union bureaucrats at the Building Trades Unions Legislative Conference on April 6.

WSWS (2022-04-12). Australian prime minister begins election campaign with a big lie on COVID. wsws.org Morrison claimed that his government had saved 40,000 lives during the pandemic, while it is enforcing the murderous "let it rip" program of mass infection and death.

WSWS (2022-04-12). Australia: New South Wales bus drivers strike for 24 hours. wsws.org The unions did not advance any concrete demands at the rally, which centred on the vague slogan, "same job, same pay."

WSWS (2022-04-12). Texas District Attorney reverses on indictment of woman arrested for "fetal homicide" wsws.org The initial indictment provoked widespread anger, with #freelizelle trending on Twitter, reflecting the mass opposition to attacks on abortion.

WSWS (2022-04-12). Los Angeles County workers at crossroads as union pushes concessions contract. wsws.org With the expiration of their contract last Thursday, more than 55,000 Los Angeles County workers are voting on a new concessions agreement as cost of living skyrockets, driving more workers into struggle.

WSWS (2022-04-12). Sweden: Only 11 individual working days lost to strikes and lockouts in 2021. wsws.org A report published by Sweden's Trade union-affiliated Mediation Institute demonstrates the pro-corporate role of these organisations in promoting the interests of big business during the pandemic.

WSWS (2022-04-12). Sibelius Violin Competition expels Russian performers. wsws.org The Competition Committee, in its unprincipled statement, implies that young Russian violinists pose a threat to the safety of the "other competitors and the competition as a whole."

WSWS (2022-04-12). Union helps university managements reopen Australian campuses as COVID-19 resurges. wsws.org Growing numbers of university workers are disgusted with the union's role, and the inadequate mitigation measures it has requested from the employers.

WSWS (2022-04-12). Spanish Morenoite CRT covers for Podemos' war drive against Russia. wsws.org The CRT promotes false hopes that the pro-austerity Podemos party will suddenly break its three-year government alliance with the social democrats, turn to the left and oppose war.

WSWS (2022-04-12). Health care expert Gregory Travis speaks on the impacts of COVID-19 on children, misinformation and the cover-up of data. wsws.org Travis exposes the lies and misinformation spread about COVID-19, in particular its impacts on children, and documents the steady erosion of data tracking over the past year and during the Omicron surge.

WSWS (2022-04-12). Workers Struggles: The Americas. wsws.org Truckers in Honduras began a strike April 7, blocking various highways around the country while teachers in Peru joined forces with other workers to demand an increase in minimum wages.

Staff (2022-04-12). Ciclos Minerva: El desafío de andar sobre ruedas. cubadebate.cu La Empresa Industrial àÅngel Villareal Bravo, de Villa Clara, es un ícono dentro de la producción de bicicletas en Cuba. àönica de su tipo en el país, la también conocida como Ciclos Minerva diversifica ofertas y recobra espacios perdidos. øCómo lo hace en medio de limitaciones económicas? øQué estrategias sigue para abaratar costos? øCuál es la proyección para ampliar la presencia de algunos de sus productos en el mercado en moneda nacional?

ecns.cn (2022-04-12). China congratulates new Pakistani PM Shahbaz Sharif. ecns.cn China on Tuesday congratulated Shahbaz Sharif on being elected prime minister of Pakistan, and expressed the expectation of even closer China-Pakistan partnership.

Staff (2022-04-12). Pradip Kumar Yadav appointed as next ambassador of India to Liberia. aninews.in New Delhi [India], May 22 (ANI): Pradip Kumar Yadav has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the Republic of Liberia, informed the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Saturday.

Staff (2022-04-12). Recibe Cuba donativo de grupos solidarios de Estados Unidos. cubadebate.cu Una carga de 3 400 kilogramos de leche en polvo acopiados por grupos de cubanos residentes en Estados Unidos y otras organizaciones de esa nación solidarias con Cuba fue recibida este lunes en La Habana. El donativo será destinado a los hospitales oncológicos de La Habana y Holguín, en el oriente de la isla, y a adultos mayores del hogar Ejército de Salvación.

Staff (2022-04-12). Iran summons Afghanistan's chargé d'affaires. en.mehrnews.com Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs summoned Afghanistan's chargé d'affaires on Tuesday in a protest against the attack on the Iranian Embassy in Kabul and the Consulate General in Herat.

ecns.cn (2022-04-12). China vows severe punishment for trans-border telecom fraud, 5 major cases under oversight. ecns.cn The investigations of five major trans-border telecom fraud cases have now been placed under the joint oversight of the Supreme People's Procuratorate (SPP) and the Ministry of Public Security.

Staff (2022-04-12). Iran determined to expand ties with African continent states. en.mehrnews.com Referring to the importance of the African continent in Iran's foreign policy, FM Amir-Abdollahian emphasized the country's serious determination to expand relations with the continent's countries including Burkina Faso.

Staff (2022-04-12). US stands with India in fight against COVID-19: Envoy. aninews.in New Delhi [India] May 22 (ANI): The United States stands with the people of Delhi and India in the fight against COVID-19, said US envoy Daniel B Smith.

Staff (2022-04-12). US, S. Korea agree to cooperate on Taiwan Strait issue amid rising tensions. aninews.in Washington [US], May 22 (ANI): The United States and South Korea have agreed to cooperate on the Taiwan Strait issue, amid rising tensions in the 180-km wide waterways.

Seymour Marine Discovery Center (2022-04-12). Saturday 4/23: Climate Action Market at the Seymour Marine Discovery Center. indybay.org 100 McAllister Way, Santa Cruz…

WSWS (2022-04-12). Activision Blizzard workers walk out over vaccine mandate rollback. wsws.org Following a strike action last year and Activision Blizzard King's acquisition by Microsoft, ABK workers virtually walked out again to protest the video gaming company's cancellation of COVID-19 vaccine mandates for employees.

ecns.cn (2022-04-12). Chinese experts reveal genetic variation basis in watermelon seed size. ecns.cn Chinese researchers have revealed the genetic variation basis in watermelon seed size based on a systematic study on the molecular basis of natural variation, according to the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences.

WSWS (2022-04-12). Nation-wide strike of Sri Lankan public employees demands president's resignation. wsws.org A worker said that all the trade unions and capitalist parties are talking about the problem but do not provide a solution.

oneworld.press (2022-04-11). Imran Khan's "Political Martyrdom" Has Unleashed Unprecedented Socio-Political Forces. oneworld.press Never before has a genuinely grassroots political movement successfully proven that its own interpretation of patriotism, sovereignty, and national security can appeal to such a broad range of Pakistanis despite being different from The Establishment's. Imran Khan's "political martyrdom" has therefore unleashed truly unprecedented socio-political forces within Pakistan that seemingly caught The Establishment off guard and might thus prompt negotiations over a "new social contract".

teleSUR (2022-04-11). Ukraine's Economy to Shrink by 45% in 2022: World Bank. telesurenglish.net Ukraine's economy is expected to shrink by 45.1 percent this year, and Russia's economy is projected to contract by 11.2 percent, according to the latest the World Bank's Economic Update on Europe and Central Asia. | RELATED: | The Russia-Ukraine conflict and sanctions on Russia are hitting economies around the globe, with emerging markets and developing countries in the Europe and Central Asia region expected to bear the brunt. | The economy…

teleSUR (2022-04-11). LIVE: The Russian Military Keeps Up the Pressure on Mariupol. telesurenglish.net On Monday, 47 days after the start of their military operation in Ukraine, Russian troops maintain the initiative in the Donetsk, Mariupol and Kharkiv regions. Below are the main developments as they occur. | RELATED: | Russia keeps up the pressure in Donetsk, Mariupol and Kharkov. In the Donetsk area, Russia continues to focus on taking control of the Popasna, Rubizhne, Nyzhne, and Novobahmutivka settlements. Russian troops also seek to fu…

teleSUR (2022-04-11). US Spreads Biological 'Poison' Worldwide. telesurenglish.net Chinese authorities consider the U.S. the biggest threat to global security when comparing the military expenditures of various countries. | After World War Two, the US ran amok around the world, leaving behind a plague of war and hatred wherever they went. Whether in the biological front or in the ideological front, the US is the top "poison disseminator."

WSWS (2022-04-11). US-NATO arming Ukraine for military offensive against Russia signals a massive and dangerous escalation. wsws.org Six weeks into the conflict, the naked imperialist character of the US-NATO war against Russia over Ukraine is emerging ever more clearly.

WSWS (2022-04-11). Macron, neo-fascist Le Pen advance to runoff in French presidential election. wsws.org Whichever candidate emerges victorious, the new president will oversee a reactionary government that will come into violent conflict with the working class.

Staff (2022-04-11). France should avoid being dragged into US-China rivalry: Chief of Defense Staff. aninews.in Paris [France], May 22 (ANI/Sputnik): France should avoid being drawn into the growing rivalry between China and the United States, which will become a central geopolitical confrontation of the future, General Francois Lecointre, Chief of the country's Defense Staff told a daily newspaper.

Steve Martinot (2022-04-11). What is a Crime Wave? (first of a series). indybay.org As police demand equipment to deal with a crime wave, they are one. Their use of surveillance technology is part of that. This article is a brief analysis of how.

_____ (2022-04-11). Can Tunisia Get Hit by a New "Arab Spring"? journal-neo.org As you know, it was with the "Jasmine Revolution" in Tunisia in 2010-2011 that a wave of protests began throughout the Arab world, whose consequences are still being felt by a number of countries. And against this background, Tunisia became the first "new democracy." The Ennahda that came to power as a result, closely linked …

oneworld.press (2022-04-11). Could A Finnish-Swedish Alliance Be An Alternative To NATO Membership?>. oneworld.press Tuomioja's alternative to appease Finns and Swedes' artificially manufactured support of NATO membership through the regional alliance compromise that he proposed — including through the US' potential role as a third party within it — could present a "face-saving" exit from this security dilemma if it comes to pass. It would fall just short of crossing Russia's national security red lines but would also somewhat formalize the US' already existing military influence over their countries.

Ryan Black (2022-04-11). Amazon Is Interfering In Unionizing Efforts Again In Bessemer, AL. progressivehub.net MITCHELL CLARK | THE VERGE…

SAM (2022-04-11). Fossil Fuel Companies Are Reaping The Benefits Of The Ukraine War. progressivehub.net MEL GURTOV | LA PROGRESSIVE…

Ryan Black (2022-04-11). No More Wars And A Ban On Nuclear Weapons. progressivehub.net RAFAEL DE LA RUBIA | PRESSENZA…

Staff (2022-04-11). WATCH: 17-Year-Old Palestinian Succumbs to Wounds in Jenin. palestinechronicle.com 17-year-old Mohammad Zakarneh succumbed on Monday to the wounds he sustained during confrontations with Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported. Zakarneh was shot by

Staff (2022-04-11). Israeli Forces Kill Palestinian Young Man near Bethlehem (VIDEO). palestinechronicle.com Israeli forces shot and killed a Palestinian man on Sunday night during a military raid in the town of al-Khader, south of the occupied West Bank city of Bethlehem, Quds News Network reported. The Palestinian

Staff (2022-04-11). Former Ecuadorian Vice President Jorge Glas Released from Prison & Celebrates in Guayaquil. orinocotribune.com The former Ecuadorian vice president during the presidency of Rafael Correa remained in a prison for four years and six months, and was seriously affected by health issues. | This Sunday, April 10 at 11: 31 a.m. local time, the former Vice President of Ecuador, Jorge Glas, left the Latacunga prison after having been deprived of liberty for almost five years. His incarceration came as a part of a judicial process considered by many as an extension of the judicial persecution (lawfare) launched in the South American country, also against former president Rafael Correa to eliminate any chance for Correísmo to come ba…

rqorinoco (2022-04-11). Dutch Journo: 'We are Here, in Donbass, to Awaken Westerners Deluded by MSM Propaganda'. orinocotribune.com By Ekaterina Blinova — April 8, 2022 | There are only a handful of Western journalists on the ground in Donbass, while the Western mainstream press is rubber-stamping fake news about the Ukrainian crisis using the same templates it previously exploited in Iraq, Libya and Syria, says Dutch independent journalist Sonja van den Ende. | Sonja van den Ende, an independent journalist from Rotterdam, Netherlands, went to the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics as an embedded reporter with the Russian army to see how the special operation is unfolding with her own eyes. | The sound of shelling and explosion does…

rqorinoco (2022-04-11). Greek Railway Staff Refuse to Service Trains with Military Aid to Ukraine. orinocotribune.com Workers in a Greek railway company refuse to help transport NATO military armored vehicles to the Ukrainian border | Workers of Greek railway company TrainOSE are refusing to aid in the transport of The military vehicles arrived at Alexandroupolis port in the north of Greece and are supposed to be transported to the Ukrainian border. However, the workers are refusing to take part in the transport of these vehicles accord…

José Manuel Blanco Diaz (2022-04-11). Telecom Corporations Invest Again in Venezuela (+5G). orinocotribune.com Beyond the ominous voices that insist on campaigns to announce a permanent economic catastrophe in the midst of the blockade against Venezuela, both the state and private corporations are advancing in the implementation of new technological platforms, as is the case of mobile phone and 5G networks. | In that sense, it recently came to light that at least two private corporations dedicated to providing telecommunication services have already presented specific plans with regards to the matter. One of them is Digitel, which has a history of more than 20 years in Venezuela. | The other big telecom corporation operat…

Leonid Savin (2022-04-11). The great power rivalry will continue to grow. thealtworld.com At the end of March 2022, the American RAND corporation released a study entitled "Understanding competition. Great Power Rivalry in a Changing International Order — Concepts and Theories". [i] The author is RAND Senior Fellow Michael Mazarr, known for his publications on hybrid warfare, security, military strategy, and deterrence theory. [ii] Previously, he regularly gave comments and participated in the preparation of reports on the topic of rivalry, but the new material was already released with an amendment for the conduct of a special military operation by Russia, so the current rethinking of the approa…

Fight Back (2022-04-11). Arlington, TX: Second Turning Point USA bigot forced out of student government. fightbacknews.org Arlington, TX – On April 5, the second student government bigot, a member of the conservative group Turning Point USA, had their impeachment trial in the student senate. Alyssa Spencer, now ex-chief of staff, faced similar charges to Caitlyn Burge-Surliest in being unable to perform her duty as an executive officer of student government due to her bigoted views alongside her poor performance as a chief of staff. | One of the key aspects in impeachment manager Jacqueline Avila's case was that Alyssa Spencer had waited an entire month to post a very necessary document needed for student senators to perform their du…

Fight Back (2022-04-11). Red theory: Contradiction, the kernel of dialectics. fightbacknews.org Friedrich Engels lists three laws of dialectics, but, as we shall see, the most important is the law of contradiction, which he calls the law of the interpenetration of opposites. Before we discuss the other two (the transformation of quantity into quality, and the negation of the negation), let's look closely at contradiction. | Many of the great theorists of Marxism-Leninism wrote about dialects in general and contradiction in particular. Mao Zedong extrapolated from the writings of Marx, Engels, Lenin and Stalin, along with the direct experience of the Chinese revolution, a systematic theory of materialist di…

Fight Back (2022-04-11). Grand Rapids cop executes youth from Congo. fightbacknews.org Grand Rapids, MI – Hundreds marched to remember Patrick Lyoya, a 26-year-old African man murdered by Grand Rapids police in Michigan. Lyoya's family led a march, April 9, through the Black neighborhood of Boston Square to a vigil for their first-born son. | After shooting Lyoya on April 4, the police immediately created their own story for broadcast to local news stations. That story fell apart within hours. The police claim there was a struggle, but Lyoya's father, Peter Lyoya, said through an interpreter that there was no struggle in the video he was shown. Lyoya said the video shows his son being murdered "ex…

Fight Back (2022-04-11). Texas: Progressive Student Union wins victory at referendum, fee hike stopped. fightbacknews.org Arlington, TX – On April 4 and 5, the University of Texas at Arlington held its semester student elections. In addition to these elections was a referendum brought forth by the administration of UTA to justify raising tuition and fee costs related to the school. | This all began in 2019 when the Texas State legislature allowed UTA to raise the student union fee, which is a fee associated with the University Center (UC) on campus which most students have to pay. In January of 2022 the administration had presented a proposal to student government for them to adopt a resolution that would help make this happen. Thi…

teleSUR (2022-04-11). India Purchases Russian Oil at Discount Despite US Pressure. telesurenglish.net India has bought at least 13 million oil barrels from Russia since Feb. 24, compared with nearly 16 million barrels in all of 2021, given the huge discounts offered by Moscow since the Ukraine crisis. | RELATED: | India is the world's third largest consumer of oil and imports over 80 percent of it from other countries. Last year, the majority of India's oil supplies came from the Middle East, the United States, and Nigeria.

teleSUR (2022-04-11). Venezuela to Hold International Summit Against Fascism. telesurenglish.net Given the scenario of the conflict in Ukraine and the behavior of media multinationals, the organizers of the Summit will scientifically address the forms of communication in the world. | Felix Plasencia Venezuela FM: Tomorrow, April 11, the "International Summit Against Fascism" begins in Caracas, with almost 200 guests from five continents.

IMEMC News (2022-04-11). Soldiers Abduct Two Palestinians Near Jenin. imemc.org Israeli soldiers abducted, Monday dawn, two young Palestinian men from their homes in Methaloon town, south of Jenin, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank. Media sources said the soldiers stormed and ransacked many homes in the town before abducting Fayez Rabay'a and Mohammad Ya'ish Rabay'a. The town's invasion led to protests before …

IMEMC News (2022-04-11). Palestinian Teen Dies From Serious Wounds Suffered In Jenin. imemc.org The Palestinian Health Ministry confirmed Monday morning that a Palestinian teenage boy has died from serious wounds he suffered Sunday, after Israeli soldiers shot him in Jenin city, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank. The Health Ministry said the teen, Mohammad Hussein Zakarna, 17, was shot in the back by undercover Israeli …

IMEMC News (2022-04-11). Israeli Soldiers Kill A Woman And Young Man, In Hebron And Bethlehem. imemc.org On Sunday, Israeli soldiers killed a young Palestinian woman in Hebron and a young man in Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank. Three Palestinians, including two women, were killed by the army, Sunday Israeli sources said a Palestinian woman stabbed an officer near the Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron, in the southern part of the West …

WSWS (2022-04-11). The political issues in the Governor Whitmer kidnap plot verdict. wsws.org The outcome of the trial of four men accused of plotting to kidnap Michigan Governor Whitmer shows that the political violence of paramilitary and fascistic groups aligned with the Republican Party will not be stopped by the courts or the Democratic Party.

WSWS (2022-04-11). Vigor Marine shipyard workers in Portland and Seattle vote again to authorize strike. wsws.org The commercial shipbuilding and repair company has offered its 900 workers raises that would amount to cuts in real pay given record inflation rates.

WSWS (2022-04-11). Budget cuts to deepen in Australian universities. wsws.org The opposition Labor Party voted for the federal budget, which targets higher education for further steep cuts, on top of the elimination of up to 90,000 jobs in the first two years of the COVID-19 pandemic.

WSWS (2022-04-11). Video message from David O'Sullivan to striking Maharashtra bus workers wins support. wsws.org The overwhelming majority of the comments come from the Maharashtra bus workers, who have fought with determination and courage since the start of their indefinite strike on November 4, 2021.

WSWS (2022-04-11). Grand Rapids police officer killed Congolese refugee Patrick Lyoya, 26. wsws.org Israel Siku, interpreter for the Lyoya family, explained how Peter Lyoya broke down when he saw the video showing his son's death. As a father himself, Siku said, he was unable to sleep that night. He went on to describe Patrick's killing as "an execution."

WSWS (2022-04-11). Victor Orbán wins fourth election victory, remains Hungarian prime minister. wsws.org The decisive factor for Orbán's clear electoral success was the Ukraine war. While the opposition alliance gave unrestricted support to NATO, Orbán did not join in the warmongering.

WSWS (2022-04-11). Renewed strikes at German day care and social services centres. wsws.org Recently renewed strikes at German day care and state social services centres express mounting popular anger.

WSWS (2022-04-11). Trump endorses "America First" politicians at North Carolina rally. wsws.org Seeking to build support for far-right Republicans in the upcoming midterm elections and his likely run for president in 2024, Trump incited violence against immigrants and his political opponents.

WSWS (2022-04-11). Chinese health officials seem to make progress in the struggle against BA.2 in Shanghai. wsws.org Chinese health officials have completed two rounds of testing in Shanghai. Districts without infections for two weeks can expect to have restrictions lifted. Public health experts remain optimistic the outbreak in Shanghai and China can be brought under control.

WSWS (2022-04-11). Crisis election begins in Australia as major parties suppress discussion of key issues facing working class. wsws.org Both of the major parties are running diversionary campaigns aimed at suppressing discussion of their bipartisan program of war and austerity.

WSWS (2022-04-11). Australian governments plan to scrap COVID-19 mitigations as cases pass five million. wsws.org New South Wales Premier Dominic Perrottet said on Friday, "the faster we can get to a point where the close contact rule is relaxed, the better."

Staff (2022-04-11). Bajo control incendio desatado este domingo en el central matancero Mario Muñoz. cubadebate.cu Bomberos y fuerzas de diferentes organismos sofocan un incendio generado desde las dos de la tarde de este domingo en áreas de la casa de bagazo del central Mario Muñoz, en el municipio matancero Los Arabos. Las altas temperaturas fueron las principales causantes de un siniestro que hizo arder 300 toneladas de bagazo.

AFJ, PFAW, more (2022-04-11). Friday 4/8: Celebration Rally for First Black Woman Justice to SCOTUS. indybay.org Livestream of celebration rally at steps of U.S. Supreme Court…

ecns.cn (2022-04-11). China's NEV sales surge in March: association. ecns.cn Sales of new energy vehicles (NEVs) in China surged in March, helping the country's automotive market to accelerate its green transition, data from an industry association showed Monday.

Staff (2022-04-11). China's illegal timber business is stripping Suriname's forests. aninews.in Paramaribo [Suriname], May 22 (ANI): China's hunger for timber is stripping Suriname's forests.

teleSUR, JDO, JL (2022-04-11). Canciller iraní exige a EE.UU. derogar medidas de presión. telesurtv.net Exigen a la Casa Blanca garantías de que no violará otra vez el acuerdo nuclear, del que retiró unilateralmente en 2018.

Staff (2022-04-11). Pradip Kumar Yadav appointed as next ambassador of India to Liberia. aninews.in New Delhi [India], May 22 (ANI): Pradip Kumar Yadav has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the Republic of Liberia, informed the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Saturday.

Staff (2022-04-11). Nepal opposition parties pledge to take legal steps against PM Oli, President Bhandari's move to dissolve Parliament. aninews.in Kathmandu [Nepal], May 22 (ANI): Terming the decision to dissolve the House of Representatives as "unconstitutional and undemocratic", an alliance of Nepal opposition parties on Saturday declared that they will take legal and political steps against Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli and President Bidya Devi Bhandari for taking such a move.

Marzieh Rahmani (2022-04-11). Headlines of Iran's Persian dailies on April 11. en.mehrnews.com Mehr News agency takes a look at headlines of Iran's Persian-language dailies on Monday, April 11.

Staff (2022-04-11). Finland, Sweden set to join NATO by Summer: report. en.mehrnews.com According to some reports, Sweden and Finland may join NATO as early as this summer.

ecns.cn (2022-04-11). How US spread biological 'poison', ethnic division and ideological antagonism around the world. ecns.cn Since the military conflict between Russia and Ukraine began, the international community has grown increasingly aware of the roles the US and NATO have played behind the crisis.

Staff (2022-04-10). Pakistan parliament to vote for new PM on Monday. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 10 (MNA) — The Pakistani parliament's lower house will meet on Monday to vote for a new prime minister after it removed Imran Khan from the premiership in a no-confidence vote in the early hours of Sunday, the acting speaking has said.

Steve Martinot (2022-04-10). What is a Crime Wave? (first of a series). indybay.org As police demand equipment to deal with a crime wave, they are one. Their use of surveillance technology is part of that. This article is a brief analysis of how.

Atilio Boron (2022-04-10). Russia-Ukraine Conflict and Argentina's Wrong Vote. orinocotribune.com By Atilio Boron — Apr 7, 2022 | This Thursday [April 7] the UN General Assembly approved a resolution suspending Russia's participation in the UN Human Rights Council. The result of the vote disappointed the United States government, the promoter of the initiative, because Washington hoped that the overwhelming majority support for two resolutions voted in March and condemning Russia's invasion of Ukraine would be repeated. On that occasion, 141 countries voted in favor of the first one and 140 did so a few days later. | Extreme vagueness | On this occasion, however, Washington's proposal was supported by…

teleSUR, JCM (2022-04-10). El legado de la lucha de Emiliano Zapata en América Latina. telesurtv.net Un día como hoy, pero de hace 103 años, es asesinado el general Emiliano Zapata, uno de los líderes de la Revolución Mexicana.

ecns.cn (2022-04-10). U.S. has played ignominious role in Afghan narcotics problem: spokesperson. ecns.cn

ecns.cn (2022-04-10). China registers 138 percent more NEVs in Q1. ecns.cn New energy vehicles (NEVs) registered in China soared 138.2 percent year on year in the first quarter (Q1) of 2022, according to figures released by the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers.

teleSUR, JCM (2022-04-10). Restablecen parcialmente servicio eléctrico en Puerto Rico. telesurtv.net Las autoridades encargadas no tienen claro aún cuándo estará restablecido en su totalidad el servicio de energía eléctrica en la isla.

ecns.cn (2022-04-10). Pharyngeal swab nucleic acid sample collecting robot put into mass production. ecns.cn China's first pharyngeal swab nucleic acid sample collecting robot has been successfully developed and put into mass production, People's Daily overseas edition reported on Friday.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-04-10). Role identifier badges can assist patients, reduce perceptions of bias in health care setting, Mayo Clinic study finds. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn. — Patients see a wide variety of medical professionals during a hospital stay, and it can be challenging for them to remember the titles and roles of everyone involved in their care. Many hospitals use name tags and other visual cues to help patients know who's providing their care, but misidentification remains an issue. Resident physicians are often misidentified by patients and colleagues in hospitals, and it's especially common for female residents, according…

ecns.cn (2022-04-10). Guizhou terraced fields a miracle palette of nature. ecns.cn Miao farmers in Southwest China's Guizhou Province have been leveraging their wisdom on the unique wonder of terraced fields for over a thousand years.

John Bellamy Foster (2022-04-10). The U.S. proxy war in Ukraine. mronline.org There are two prongs to U.S. imperial grand strategy, one as geopolitical expansion and positioning, including the enlargement of NATO, the other as the U.S. drive for nuclear primacy.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-04-10). Mayo Clinic earns highest score on LGBTQ Health Equality Index survey. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Mayo Clinic in Arizona, Florida and Rochester earned 100 —the highest score possible —on the Human Rights Campaign Foundation's 2022 Health Equality Index survey. These locations have been recognized as "Leaders in LGBTQ+ Healthcare" for 2022. With numerous different locations as a factor, Mayo Clinic Health System did not participate. The Human Rights Campaign Foundation is the largest civil rights organization in the U.S., working to achieve equality for LGBTQ people. The Foundation uses its…

teleSUR, JCM (2022-04-10). Fracasa intento para evacuar a líderes nacionalistas de Mariúpol. telesurtv.net La noche del 8 de abril, el régimen de Kiev hizo un nuevo intento para evacuar a los líderes de los nacionalistas ucranianos por mar desde Mariúpol.

teleSUR, JL (2022-04-10). Alertan por aumento en casos de homicidios y hurtos en Uruguay. telesurtv.net El ministro del Interior aseguró que las zonas con aumento en homicidios son Montevideo (que paso de 43 a 52) y Canelones que tuvo un alza de nueve homicidios.

Khubaka, Michael Harris (2022-04-10). Preservation of salient contributions by people of African descent too egregious for some. indybay.org Persevere, is the new elevated standard to hold fast upon in the latest round of efforts to erase all authentic record of people of African Descent along today's American River Parkway. If "they" are successful, it will not be for the lack of presenting authentic primary source documentation since the turn of the century. "White Male Only" remains the current methodology, to arrive at the desired "need" and foul process utilized in a cloaked private notion. Spring 2022, a new public process may allow for consideration of the 1840-1875 California Gold Mining region of Negro Hill, Mormon Island and Negro Bar, Sacra…

Marzieh Rahmani (2022-04-10). Front pages of Iran's English dailies on April 10. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 10 (MNA) — Here are the front pages of Iran's English language dailies on Sunday, April 10.

ecns.cn (2022-04-10). Who sows seeds of confrontation and reaps profits from turmoil?>. ecns.cn In early spring of 2022, the conflict between Russia and Ukraine fiercely shocked the world order. | During this conflict, which has now lasted for more than a month, millions of Ukrainian refugees flooded into Western Europe. This is the most serious geopolitical crisis in Europe since the end of the Cold War. It might reshape the EU's policy choices in the following years and even decades — and might even reshape the world order.

Editor (2022-04-10). Former NATO Military Analyst Blows the Whistle on West's Ukraine Invasion Narrative. scheerpost.com Jacques Baud, intelligence and security consultant and former NATO military analyst | By Jacques Baud / PART ONE: ON THE ROAD TO WAR: | For years, from Mali to Afghanistan, I worked for peace and risked my life for it. It is therefore not a question of justifying the war, but of understanding what led us to it. I note that the "experts" who take turns on the television sets analyze the situation based on dubious information, most often hypotheses turned into facts, and therefore we no…

teleSUR -JL (2022-04-10). Conceden habeas corpus a exvicepresidente de Ecuador Jorge Glas. telesurtv.net Tras conceder el recurso de habeas corpus, se estima que en las próximas horas el exvicepresidente recupere su libertad.

ecns.cn (2022-04-10). New COVID team sent to HK. ecns.cn The Chinese mainland has sent a fifth group of medical experts to Hong Kong to assist in the fight against its recent COVID-19 outbreak, the National Health Commission said on Friday.

teleSUR- JGN (2022-04-10). Rusia considerará cualquier suministro de armas a Ucrania objetivo militar. telesurtv.net El embajador ruso aseguró que la entrega de armas y municiones a Ucrania por parte de Occidente "fomenta un mayor derramamiento de sangre".

Angela (2022-04-10). Saturday 4/9: Free Virtual Film Screening of "Voices Across the Divide" indybay.org

Staff (2022-04-10). Iran mulls free visas for Qatar World Cup visitors. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 10 (MNA) — The Iranian Foreign Ministry has proposed a plan for approval by the government that will enable foreigners visiting Qatar for World Cup 2022 to travel to Iran by obtaining visas free of charge.

Robert Norse (2022-04-10). Testing the Waters for Another Koffee Klatch. indybay.org With the increased sweeps against those outside in Santa Cruz, HUFF (Homeless United for Friendship & Freedom) is checking out unhoused and sympathizer support for a regular daytime presence at City Council offices to lobby the Council for some fundamental policy changes.The regular gathering would include coffee and munchables as we seek to speak to the unspeakable.

David Giesen (2022-04-10). Tuesday 4/5: Matt Gaetz on the US military has some points, but isn't too sharp. indybay.org online virtual kibbitz room: | zoom.us/j/97428665894?pwd=eTlzLy9FNUg3Y0syUmRPM0g2VW5Edz09…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-04-10). A Mayo Clinic expert explains aphasia. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Aphasia is a condition that can affect a person's ability to communicate. To better understand the condition, the Mayo Clinic News Network reached out to Dr. Hugo Botha, a neurologist at Mayo Clinic, to explain. What is aphasia? Aphasia is a broad term that refers to a problem with language. So, for example, patients with aphasia may have trouble understanding what other people are saying, understanding what they read, or may have trouble putting their…

Ritter Center (2022-04-10). Saturday 5/21: Under The Stars: A Sleepout to End Homelessness in Marin. indybay.org Virtual Live Stream…

South Bay Indigenous Solidarity (2022-04-10). Thursday 4/7: Protect Juristac!: South Bay Indigenous Solidarity Meeting. indybay.org Zoom meeting (online): Register at us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAsceCtqjsrHNfkVSlLeVhofJf6QOCQI19F…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-04-10). New computational model proposed for Alzheimer's disease. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn. — Mayo Clinic researchers have proposed a new model for mapping the symptoms of Alzheimer's disease to brain anatomy. This model was developed by applying machine learning to patient brain imaging data. It uses the entire function of the brain rather than specific brain regions or networks to explain the relationship between brain anatomy and mental processing. The findings are reported in Nature Communications. "This new model can advance our understanding of how…

teleSUR, yart, JGN (2022-04-10). Rusia destruye base de nacionalistas ucranianos Dnepr. telesurtv.net Rusia neutralizó en la última jornada 86 instalaciones militares ucranianas. Entre ellas, se derribaron ocho drones ucranianos.

Phoebe Thomas Sorgen (2022-04-10). Sunday 4/10: Mickey Huff! Green Sun.FREE public program. Solve polarization: Critical Thinking, Media. indybay.org Riveting zoom presentation beginning 5pm Pacific time. Link: us02web.zoom.us/j/89559844652 | Meeting id: 895 5984 4652 | To join via phone, dial by your location | +1 669 900 9128 US (San Jose) | +1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma) | +1 346 248 7799 US (Houston) | +1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago) | +1 646 558 8656 US (New York) | +1 301 715 8592 US (Washington DC) | Find your local number:…

ecns.cn (2022-04-10). Trade between China, Mekong countries nears 400 bln USD in 2021. ecns.cn Trade between China and countries along the Mekong River has continued to surge despite the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and the sluggish global economic recovery.

ecns.cn (2022-04-10). Coexistence with virus the West's choice out of no choice; China still has better choice: Hong Kong professional. ecns.cn "'Lying flat' is a kind of capitulationism, rather than a scientific decision," said Lo Wing-hung, proprietor of Hong Kong-based newspaper Bastille Post, during an interview with the Global Times.

Staff (2022-04-10). Hezbollah leader Nasrallah to deliver speech on Monday. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 10 (MNA) — Hezbollah Secretary-General Seyyed Hassan Nasrallah is scheduled to deliver a speech on Monday addressing the latest developments in Lebanon and the region.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-04-10). Sharing Mayo Clinic: Thankful for Tygh. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Arriving full-term amidst a flurry of excitement, Tygh Derossett's birth at a Kentucky hospital in 2016 mimicked that of most newborns. He cried, he received Apgar scoring, and he got a bath. On his second day of life, Tygh's health care team took a few drops of his blood and sent it to Kentucky's newborn screening lab. A few days later, Tygh left the hospital with his parents, Amanda and Aarron, and the new family…

ecns.cn (2022-04-10). Xi talks with Philippine president over phone. ecns.cn Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday held a phone conversation with his Philippine counterpart, Rodrigo Duterte.

ecns.cn (2022-04-10). Shanghai reports 21,222 new infections, testing to continue. ecns.cn Shanghai reported 21,222 new locally transmitted infections on Thursday, bringing the total tally of infections since March 1 to 131,524.

teleSUR, JGN, JDO (2022-04-10). Avanzan con normalidad elecciones presidenciales en Francia. telesurtv.net Están convocados 48.7 millones de electores. Hasta el mediodía solo había asistido a las urnas el 25,48 por ciento de ellos.

teleSUR, JCM (2022-04-10). Irán sanciona a otros 24 estadounidenses por terrorismo. telesurtv.net Este anuncio sigue al realizado en enero contra 51 altos cargos estadounidenses, activos o de la pasada administración.

teleSUR, JCM (2022-04-10). Perú y Bolivia impulsarán masificación del gas en la región sur. telesurtv.net Perú y Bolivia firmaron en octubre del pasado año cuatro convenios, entre ellos, la de cooperación para agilizar la masificación del gas natural.

AFJ, PFAW, more (2022-04-10). Friday 4/8: Celebration Rally for First Black Woman Justice to SCOTUS. indybay.org Livestream of celebration rally at steps of U.S. Supreme Court…

ecns.cn (2022-04-10). Russia hopes to end operation in Ukraine 'in foreseeable future:' Kremlin. ecns.cn Russia hopes that its special military operation in Ukraine will end "in the foreseeable future," Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Friday.

ecns.cn (2022-04-10). Chinese tunnel boring machine to make Portugal debut. ecns.cn The Chinese tunnel boring machine (TBM) passed an acceptance test in Portugal and will be exported to the country in May, said the Tianjin branch of China Railway Engineering Equipment Group on Thursday.

ecns.cn (2022-04-10). Shanghai to open more temporary hospitals for COVID-19 treatment. ecns.cn Shanghai has opened and will continue to construct more temporary hospitals to enhance the city's treatment capacity for COVID-19 infections in its latest COVID-19 resurgence, authorities said Friday.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-04-10). Consumer Health: Are there 'Alzheimer's disease genes?'. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Alzheimer's disease is a progressive disorder that causes brain cells to waste away and die. Alzheimer's disease is the most common cause of dementia, which is a term used to describe a group of symptoms that affect memory, thinking and social abilities severely enough to interfere with daily function. As many as 5.8 million people in the U.S. were living with Alzheimer's disease in 2020, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. And the…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-04-10). Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: COVID-19 metrics improve, expert still urges caution. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Hospitalizations and deaths due to COVID-19 continue to decline, leading to some optimism about the way forward from pandemic to endemic. But experts still urge caution as the omicron subvariant, named BA.2, has quickly become the dominant strain in the U.S. "When you look around the nation, all of the metrics, with the exception of BA.2, have fallen precipitously," explains Dr. Gregory Poland, head of Mayo Clinic's Vaccine Research Group. "But we need to be very cautious about…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-04-10). Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine once again ranks among top 10% in the nation in U.S. News & World Report's 'Best Medical School' rankings. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn. — U.S. News & World Report released its 2023 "Best Graduate Schools" rankings on Tuesday, March 29. Ranked in the top 10% of medical schools in the U.S. for the sixth consecutive year is Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine. The school is ranked No. 14 in the 2023 Best Graduate School rankings for "Best Medical Schools" in research, and overall — part of a three-way tie with two other medical schools. "To…

Angela (2022-04-10). Sunday 4/10: A Conversation with Palestinian Artist Dalia Ali. indybay.org

Marzieh Rahmani (2022-04-10). Pakistani parliament votes no confidence in PM Imran Khan. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 10 (MNA) — Pakistan's lawmakers have voted to remove Prime Minister Imran Khan from office in a vote of no confidence.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-04-10). Mayo Clinic Minute: What is the best sleeping position? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Most people spend a third of their lives either asleep or resting, according to the Sleep Foundation. During sleep, the body recharges and repairs itself. And a good night's sleep often can be determined by what position you are lying in bed. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute youtu.be/F_x-SDYUvZk Journalists: Broadcast-quality video (1: 11) is in the downloads at the end of this post. Please "Courtesy: Mayo Clinic News Network." Read the script. Back-sleepers beware. "I know…