(2022-02-27). Putin Assures Israel's Bennett Russia Ready to Talk to Ukraine, Says Kiev Showing 'Inconsistency'. sputniknews.com Russia summoned Israel's ambassador to Moscow on Friday top ask why Tel Aviv "supports neo-Nazis" in Kiev after Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid blasted the Russian military operation in Ukraine as a 'grave violation of the international order'.
(2022-02-27). How Western Press Has Kept Silent For Years on War in Donbass & Neo-Nazism in Ukraine. sputniknews.com Russia on 24 February launched a "special operation" in Donbass aimed at protecting Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics (DPR and LPR), which were recognised as independent entities by Moscow on 21 February. The Western media called the operation "an invasion" they have long warned about.
(2022-02-27). North Korea weighs in on Ukraine. rt.com Pyongyang accused Washington of pursuing "military supremacy" at the expense of Moscow's "legitimate" security demands | North Korea's Foreign Ministry has defended Russia and fingered the behavior of the US as the "root cause" of the conflict in Ukraine, in its first official response to Moscow's ongoing military offensive. | "The root cause of the Ukrainian crisis also lies in the high-handedness and arbitrariness of the US," a commentary posted to North Korea's Foreign Ministry website on Saturday reads. | The statement argues that Washington has pursued "military supremacy in disregard of the legitimate de…
(2022-02-27). AFL-CIO, union leaders, call for fast confirmation of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to SCOTUS. peoplesworld.org The following statement issued by the AFL-CIO was prepared by Liz Shuler, the president of the federation: "We applaud the historic nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the U.S. Supreme Court. Judge Jackson has had a distinguished legal career, and she is eminently qualified for this critical lifetime position. "Working people need a champion …
(2022-02-27). Thursday 3/3: Women Who Are Powering Voting Rights & Democracy w/ LWV. indybay.org Online event…
(2022-02-26). Slovakia: NATO battle group to include 1,200 troops, Patriot missile system. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com ReutersFebruary 26, 2022 Slovakia NATO Unit to Have 1,200 Foreign Troops, Patriot Missile Defence A NATO battlegroup being formed for Slovakia in response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine will include 1,200 foreign troops and a Patriot missile defence system manned by German and Dutch personnel, Slovak Defence Minister Jaroslav Nad said on Saturday. NATO-member Slovakia …
(2022-02-26). Ukrainian border: top NATO/EUCOM commander inspects troops in Hungary, along eastern flank. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com NATOSupreme Headquarters Allied Command EuropeFebruary 26, 2022 SACEUR Certifies Hungarian National Troop Contribution Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR), General Tod D. Wolters, certified Hungarian troops readiness for potential NATO duties on Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2022, after accepting a recommendation from the Commander of NATO's Allied Land Command, Lieutenant General Roger L. Cloutier Jr. Lieutenant General …
(2022-02-26). The Next Step In Palestine's Struggle Is The Most Difficult. popularresistance.org With time and, in fact, soon after its formation in 1994, Palestinians began realizing that the PA was not a platform for liberation, but a hindrance to it. A new generation of Palestinians is now attempting to articulate, or refashion, a new discourse for liberation that is based on inclusiveness, grassroots, community-based activism that is backed by a growing global solidarity movement.
(2022-02-26). An Insider Perspective In The Black Lives Matter Global Network Sham. popularresistance.org On January 31, 2022, New York magazine published an article by Sean Campbell, "The BLM Mystery: Where did the money go?" A core demand of the article is one that many have made for many years: Show me the money! People have questions. I have a lot of answers. I am a former, and still supportive organizer in a legacy chapter (my own term) of Black Lives Matter – BLM Philly. I represented the chapter in the national network – the place that BLM Global Foundation in its several formations curated. Up until my separation from the chapter in late 2021, BLMGN was the owner/manager/user of the primary website BlackLives…
(2022-02-26). Monday 2/28: Have Her Back: Organizing Call to Support First Black Woman for SCOTUS. indybay.org Online via Zoom…
(2022-02-26). Immune to Irony: Nazi Collaborators and Authoritarian Personalities Denounce Russia. dissidentvoice.org O would some Power the gift to give usTo see ourselves as others see us! — Robert Burns, To a Louse, 1786 This famous quote by the great Scottish poet Robert Burns stands as one of the clearest reminders of a precondition for any matured identity. Burns understood that without having learned to use our …
(2022-02-26). Twelve Thoughts On Ukraine. popularresistance.org Putin has launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the goal of which he claims is not to occupy the country but to "demilitarize" and "de-Nazify" it. We've no reason to put blind faith in any of those claims. Only time will tell. | As of this writing dozens have reportedly been killed so far. All war is horrific. We can only hope that this one winds up being the least horrific a war can be. | Some thoughts: | 1. This whole thing could very easily have been avoided with a little bit of diplomacy. The only reason that didn't happen was it would have meant the US empire taking a teensy, weensy step back from its a…
(2022-02-26). Rusia rechaza ataque de Ucrania con drones de EE.UU. contra sus buques en el Mar Negro. telesurtv.net El Ministerio ruso ratificó que su posición es atacar el régimen nazista ucraniano y no a su población.
(2022-02-26). Russian Forces Have Destroyed 821 Ukrainian Military Targets, MoD Says. sputniknews.com On February 24, Russia announced a special military operation in order to protect the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics (DPR and LPR) from the Ukrainian forces. As part of the operation, the Russian military will also "demilitarise and denazify" Ukraine.
(2022-02-26). Communist Party of Russia Calls for Increased Nationalization, Dedollarization, an End to Digital ID and Mass Vaccinations. libya360.wordpress.com "The answer to external pressure should be a radical change in domestic policy". The 2014 coup d'état in Ukraine was carried out with the support of the United States and the European Union. It brought to power extremely reactionary forces imbued with the poison of Banderite Nazism and Russophobia. The burning of people in the…
(2022-02-26). Art exhibit gives graphic picture of Nazi Holocaust in Latvia. themilitant.com NEW YORK — Nov. 30 and Dec. 8, 2021, marked the 80th anniversary of the Nazi execution by firing squad of 25,000 Jews in the Rumbula Forest outside Riga, Latvia. It was the beginning of the Holocaust in that Baltic country, and came two months after a similar massacre of 30,000 Jews at the Babyn Yar ravine in Kyiv, Ukraine, and similar Nazi atrocities against Jews across Europe. | Of Latvia's 94,000 Jews before the Nazi invasion of July 1941, only a few thousand survived the war. | One of them was Boris Lurie, an artist who witnessed his mother, sister, grandmother and girlfriend being rounded up for Rumbul…
(2022-02-26). Monday 2/28: Discrimination Protest against RCEB. indybay.org 500 Davis Street | Corner of San Leandro Blvd & Davis Street…
(2022-02-26). Morning Commute 2-26-2022: Global Imperialism, Revolutionary Defeatism, and Capitalist Domination. anchor.fm In this episode I go through the statement given by Kenyan you an ambassador about the Ukrainian crisis, I also speak about Israel's recent bombing of Syria and their ongoing genocidal campaign within the region, and I also speak to the issues facing do you many people as the Saudi Arabian and UAE forces continue to bomb, kill, and pillage using US made or US sent arms ammunition and weaponry.
(2022-02-26). Swindler Who Solicited $10Mln From Tinder Dates Enjoys Lavish Lifestyle in Tel Aviv – Report. sputniknews.com Earlier, the Netflix documentary "The Tinder Swindler" topped ratings with the story of Israeli Conman Shimon Hayut, who used Tinder to date women and borrow money from them. He managed to scam a total of $10 million from his victims.
(2022-02-26). Palestinian administrative detainees Hisham Abu Hawwash and Miqdad al-Qawasmeh released. peoplesdispatch.org Two Palestinian administrative detainees who went on hunger strikes against their illegal administrative detention were finally released from Israeli custody on February 24, Thursday, according to a report by the WAFA News Agency. Hisham Abu Hawwash and Miqdad al-Qawasmeh, who were on hunger strike for 141 and 114 days respectively, had forced Israeli authorities to agree to end their detention. They were among the several administrative detainees who launched hunger strikes to bring attention to the injustice and cruelty they faced in Israeli prisons. | According to the report, the two detainees were released fr…
(2022-02-26). The Naqab is now front and center in the struggle against Israeli settler colonialism. mronline.org The story of the Bedouin village Sa'wa in the Naqab is the story of Palestine. Palestinian homes are being demolished and Palestinian families are being expelled to make way for the Israeli settler population.
(2022-02-26). Saturday 2/26: Palestinian Stories- Mathhar Yousef Abdo's Journey from 1948 Jaffa. indybay.org
(2022-02-26). Texas: UT-Austin students demand justice for Amir Locke. fightbacknews.org Austin, TX – On Thursday evening, February 24, students at the University of Texas at Austin gathered at a campus plaza to demand justice for Amir Locke, who was murdered by Minneapolis police earlier this month. The group held signs and chanted, "Hey hey, ho ho, these racist cops have got to go!" and "Say his name: Amir Locke." A few passersby joined the speak-out upon hearing the chants and reading the signs. | Jake Holtzman spoke on behalf of the Austin Students for a Democratic Society, the group that organized the hour-long event, saying, "Students for a Democratic Society stands in solidarity with the famil…
(2022-02-26). El Salvador: LGBTIQ+ Population Asks for a Law on Identity. telesurenglish.net El Salvador's Congress has been asked to rule on a law of the Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court based on gender identity, allowing the change of name for transgender people. | RELATED: | Six humanitarian organizations on Friday called on El Salvador's Congress to comply with a ruling by the Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court that orders the change of name based on gender identity. "We ask this body (Congress) to immediately comply…
(2022-02-26). Biden nominates Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court. wsws.org The nomination does not change the balance on the high court, which will remain divided 6—3 between right-wing reactionaries and moderate liberals.
(2022-02-26). Biden Nominates African-American Judge for US Supreme Court. telesurenglish.net With the election of the current federal appellate judge in Washington, D.C., Biden fulfills his 2020 campaign promise to make history by nominating the first African American to that position. | President Biden has nominated Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court. She is eminently qualified to serve our nation on our highest court. Feb. 26, 2022.