teleSUR, ldp, SH (2022-04-30). Fuerzas israelíes asesinan a un palestino en Azun, Cisjordania. telesurtv.net El joven palestino de 26 años recibió un disparo en el corazón en la trifulca provocada por la militancia israelí.

Staff (2022-04-30). Palestine Nakba 74: Statement by Canadian Organizations. samidoun.net Nakba 74: We support Palestinian refugees to return to their homeland What is Nakba? The British occupation/mandate of Palestine (1917-1948) supported and facilitated a colonial-settler project in Palestine called Zionism. Settlers came mainly from Europe. Israel was created in 1948 on Palestinian land after Zionist militia destroyed more than 500 Palestinian villages and cities, and …

Angela (2022-04-30). Saturday 4/30: Virtual documentary screening: "Palestine 1920: The other side of the Palestinian story" indybay.org

teleSUR, jaa, SH (2022-04-30). Conmebol multará a club argentino River Plate por acto racista. telesurtv.net Por este tipo de actos, el reglamento de la Conmebol estipula que el club reciba una multa de tan solo 30.000 dólares.

_____ (2022-04-29). On Ukraine, The World Majority Sides With Russia Over US. popularresistance.org 2014 saw two pivotal events that led to the current conflict in Ukraine. | The first, familiar to all, was the coup in Ukraine in which a democratically elected government was overthrown at the direction of the United States and with the assistance of neo-Nazi elements which Ukraine has long harbored. | Shortly thereafter the first shots in the present war were fired on the Russian-sympathetic Donbass region by the newly installed Ukrainian government. The shelling of the Donbass which claimed 14,000 lives has continued for 8 years, despite attempts at a cease-fire under the Minsk accords which Russia, France and…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-04-29). Ukraine: World War II Continues. libya360.wordpress.com Thierry Meyssan Nato propaganda tries to minimize the presence of neo-Nazis in Ukraine by comparing it with that of equivalent groups in the rest of the West. The truth is very different. Bandéristes have gradually taken over the country over the last 30 years, rewriting history, training the youth and changing all the symbols of…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-04-29). Borotba: Fighting Fascism is the Duty of Everyone on the Planet. libya360.wordpress.com Borotba Statement by Borotba (Struggle), a revolutionary Marxist organization banned in Ukraine since 2014. Translated for Struggle-La Lucha by Greg Butterfield. May 9 marks the 77th anniversary of the Day of Victory over Nazi Germany. Almost a century separates us from those events. However, right now we see what a colossal impact they continue to…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-04-29). How the CIA Oversaw Belgium's Secret Nazi Army. libya360.wordpress.com Asa Winstanley Gladio secret agent Michel Van Ussel. (BBC) "We knew we were protected" — NATO's terrorist army recruited fascists and targeted ordinary civilians to strike fear into the heart of the populace and abort radical political change. "It was advisable not to be too specific, because this was one of the most secret organisations…

James Patrick Jordan (2022-04-29). Easter Executions Mar Colombia's Hopes for Peace. orinocotribune.com By James Patrick Jordan — Apr 26, 2022 | Death squads don't take breaks for holidays or holy days. Anyone who has followed the ups and downs of Colombia's war and peace, repression and struggle, will know that right around the week before and after Christmas and the New Year, and, again, Easter and Holy week, there often occurs a surge in assaults on social leaders, human rights defenders, and ex-combatants. Frequently during these times, death squads threaten their targets and defend their brutality by appealing to perverse notions of patriotism and morality, dressing up their terrorism in cloaks of duty, f…

Travis Nell (2022-04-29). "We make poverty wages and we wanted more:" Chicago grad students strike, win major gains. liberationnews.org GEO began their second strike in three years on April 18 for a fair contract, citing low pay, excessive fees, and lack of protection from harassment and discrimination as major issues.

William Rivers Pitt (2022-04-29). QAnon and Other Far Right Elements Are Already Shaping the Upcoming Midterms. truthout.org As usual, Pennsylvania in 2022 finds itself playing the role of fulcrum in American politics. A perfectly divided Senate means every national Senate race that is actually in play will get worked over like a speedbag in a Philly boxing gym, and after the retirement announcement of two-term Republican Sen. Pat Toomey, Pennsylvania this year make the list. | The primary for both parties will be held on May 17, and in both parties, there is the sense that this vote will be a place of definitions. For the Democrats, the race is coming down to ideological differences the House majority has come to know all too well.

Kit Klarenberg (2022-04-29). Israel Lobby Scores 'Own Goal' with Attempts to Censor Rapper Lowkey. towardfreedom.org The smear campaign against Lowkey has stepped up a gear over the past six months. In December, the rapper was booked for a gig in London's Jazz Cafe. The venue came under pressure to call off the show, which celebrated the 10th anniversary of his album, Soundtrack to the Struggle, reports Kit Klarenberg.

_____ (2022-04-29). The 'Sword Of Jerusalem' Could Be Unleashed Again. popularresistance.org Starting on April 15, the Israeli occupation army and police raided Al-Aqsa Mosque in Occupied East Jerusalem on a daily basis. Under the pretense of providing protection to provocative 'visits' by thousands of illegal Israeli Jewish settlers and right-wing fanatics, the Israeli army has wounded hundreds of Palestinians, including journalists, and arrested hundreds more. | Palestinians understand that the current attacks on Al-Aqsa carry deeper political and strategic meanings for Israel than previous raids. | Al-Aqsa has experienced routine raids by Israeli forces under various guises in the past. However, the s…

Fight Back (2022-04-29). Minneapolis emergency response protest shows solidarity with Palestine. fightbacknews.org Minneapolis, MN – On April 25, over 130 people came to an emergency protest to show outrage over the recent Israeli military attacks on worshipers at Al Aqsa mosque and missile attacks on Gaza during Ramadan. This protest and others in Chicago and DC this week have been organized to show solidarity with Palestine. The rush hour protest started outside of U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar's office, was followed by a march on Washington Avenue, and concluded with prayers. | Mariam El-Khatib, a board member of American Muslims for Palestine Minnesota, was the first speaker. The crowd, which was overwhelmingly Palestinian,…

Fight Back (2022-04-29). Tampa protesters condemn Israeli attacks on al-Aqsa worshippers, march for Palestine. fightbacknews.org Tampa, FL – Over 150 protesters gathered on the corner of 56th Street and Fowler Avenue on April 23 in Tampa, Florida, to show their support for the people of Palestine after Israeli police invaded the holy mosque of al-Aqsa and beat and brutalized hundreds of worshippers who were praying for Ramadan. | The protesters waved Palestinian flags high, gave passionate speeches, and marched for about a mile around one of Tampa's busiest intersections. They came from Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP), the Resistance of Tampa Bay, (TRTB), the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) in Florida, the Tampa B…

teleSUR, yart, JGN (2022-04-29). Ataque israelí en mezquita de Al-Aqsa deja al menos 42 heridos. telesurtv.net Las fuerzas de ocupación declararon alerta en la ciudad de Jerusalén y en los territorios palestinos ocupados.

teleSUR -HIM (2022-04-29). Multitudinarias marchas en Irán exigen terminar opresión en Palestina en Día Mundial de Al-Quds. telesurtv.net Este viernes los ataques de los uniformados israelíes a los fieles congregados en la Mezquita Al-Quds dejaron saldo de 42 heridos.

Staff (2022-04-29). Iranians mark Quds Day with massive rallies. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 29 (MNA) — Millions of Iranians from various provinces across the country took to the streets on Friday to mark Quds Day rallies in voice solidarity with Palestinians and their decades-long oppression by the Israeli regime.

Staff (2022-04-29). People in Iran mark Quds Day in solidarity with Palestinians. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 29 (MNA) — Iranian people held massive rallies across the country on International Quds Day in solidarity with the Palestinians and condemnation of Israeli atrocities against them.

Staff (2022-04-29). Quds Day rallies across world (+VIDEOS). en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 29 (MNA) — Millions of people have taken to the streets across Iran and other countries in the world to show their solidarity with the Palestinians and condemn Israel's occupation and atrocities.

Peoples Dispatch (2022-04-29). 3,723 prisoners freed in Egypt including prominent leftist Hossam Mones. peoplesdispatch.org Over 3,700 prisoners including prominent leftist journalist-activist Hossam Mones were released in Egypt, as per news reports on Thursday, April 27. This is just days after the release of 41 political prisoners from illegal pre-trial detention. According to Egyptian media, the Ministry of Interior announced the release of 3,723 prisoners through presidential pardon on the occasion of the Sinai Liberation Day which falls on April 25. This day has been observed in Egypt every year since 1982 as a public holiday to commemorate Israel handing back control of the Sinai peninsula to Egypt after years of occupation foll…

Peoples Dispatch (2022-04-29). Media and legal groups file complaint at ICC over Israeli violence against journalists. peoplesdispatch.org The groups mentioned in detail the cases of Ahmed Abu Hussein, Yaser Murtaja, Muath Amarneh and Nedal Eshtayeh, journalists who were shot dead or seriously injured by Israeli army snipers while they were covering popular protests in the blockaded Gaza strip…

teleSUR-mcs -HIM (2022-04-29). Israel reforzará presencia militar en frontera con Cisjordania. telesurtv.net Las fuerzas israelíes allanan con frecuencia casas palestinas con el pretexto de buscar nacionales supuestamente acusados.

Staff (2022-04-29). Resistance to respond to any Israeli idiocy in a flash. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 29 (MNA) — Stating that Resistance in Lebanon is fully ready and on high alert, Hezbollah Secretary-General Nasrallah said that the Resistance will respond to any Israeli idiocy in a flash.

Staff (2022-04-29). Victory for Palestine: French State Council suspends dissolution of Collectif Palestine Vaincra! samidoun.net Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network salutes our comrades in the Collectif Palestine Vaincra and the Committee Against the Dissolution of the Collectif Palestine Vaincra upon the occasion of this important victory for Palestine. The French Council of State, the body that hears legal appeals against the dissolution of an organization by the French government, ruled …

Staff (2022-04-29). Tehran Times to hold Twitter Spaces on Palestine. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 29 (MNA) — Tehran Times, Iran's leading international daily will hold a live session on Twitter Spaces with Charlotte Kates, President of Samidoun Network on Friday at (18: 30 GMT time).

Staff (2022-04-29). People of Afghanistan mark intl. Quds Day. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 29 (MNA) — Quds Day ceremonies were held in different regions of Afghanistan with the presence of Afghan citizens to support Palestinians.

Staff (2022-04-29). Palestine, resistance, referendum. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 29 (MNA) — The slogan "Today Iran, tomorrow Palestine" was one of the main slogans of the Iranian people during the victory of the Islamic Revolution, which determined the principled orientation of this revolution.

Staff (2022-04-29). OIC special representatives to hold meeting on Palestine: FM. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 29 (MNA) — Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian announced that the special representatives of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation are set to hold a meeting in Jeddah next week to discuss the situation in Palestine.

Staff (2022-04-29). VIDEO: Quds Day rallies in Karaj in support of Palestinians. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 29 (MNA) — The people of Karaj, despite the rainy weather, enthusiastically held rallies to support the Palestinian people on International Quds Day.

_____ (2022-04-29). Race And The Great American Death Divide. popularresistance.org It is no secret that the United States is an organized death cult. The U.S. is the unquestionable leader in total COVID-19 deaths. Life expectancy has been trending downward for the past several years. Mass shootings are a common occurrence. And U.S. foreign policy is marked by an obsession with violent and destructive interventions for hegemony and corporate profit. | What often isn't discussed is how this organized death cult is driven by the U.S.'s racist roots which have yet to be discarded. Premature death is organized by the ruling class into worthy and unworthy victims. The U.S.'s corporate media coverage…

Megan Squire, Michael Edison Hayden (2022-04-29). Anonymous Donor Drops $1 Million in Bitcoin on Alex Jones. splcenter.org An unidentified person donated over 1 million U.S. dollars in Bitcoin to an address advertised on the conspiracy website Infowars on April 23, Hatewatch found, potentially buoying the finances of embattled extremist Alex Jones.

splcenter (2022-04-29). 'Spare the Kids': SPLC and other advocates push to end corporal punishment in schools. splcenter.org

James Patrick Jordan (2022-04-29). Easter Executions Mar Colombia's Hopes for Peace. orinocotribune.com By James Patrick Jordan — Apr 26, 2022 | Death squads don't take breaks for holidays or holy days. Anyone who has followed the ups and downs of Colombia's war and peace, repression and struggle, will know that right around the week before and after Christmas and the New Year, and, again, Easter and Holy week, there often occurs a surge in assaults on social leaders, human rights defenders, and ex-combatants. Frequently during these times, death squads threaten their targets and defend their brutality by appealing to perverse notions of patriotism and morality, dressing up their terrorism in cloaks of duty, f…

Fight Back (2022-04-29). Minneapolis emergency response protest shows solidarity with Palestine. fightbacknews.org Minneapolis, MN – On April 25, over 130 people came to an emergency protest to show outrage over the recent Israeli military attacks on worshipers at Al Aqsa mosque and missile attacks on Gaza during Ramadan. This protest and others in Chicago and DC this week have been organized to show solidarity with Palestine. The rush hour protest started outside of U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar's office, was followed by a march on Washington Avenue, and concluded with prayers. | Mariam El-Khatib, a board member of American Muslims for Palestine Minnesota, was the first speaker. The crowd, which was overwhelmingly Palestinian,…

Fight Back (2022-04-29). Tampa protesters condemn Israeli attacks on al-Aqsa worshippers, march for Palestine. fightbacknews.org Tampa, FL – Over 150 protesters gathered on the corner of 56th Street and Fowler Avenue on April 23 in Tampa, Florida, to show their support for the people of Palestine after Israeli police invaded the holy mosque of al-Aqsa and beat and brutalized hundreds of worshippers who were praying for Ramadan. | The protesters waved Palestinian flags high, gave passionate speeches, and marched for about a mile around one of Tampa's busiest intersections. They came from Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP), the Resistance of Tampa Bay, (TRTB), the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) in Florida, the Tampa B…

Staff (2022-04-29). Quds Day rallies across world (+VIDEOS). en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 29 (MNA) — Millions of people have taken to the streets across Iran and other countries in the world to show their solidarity with the Palestinians and condemn Israel's occupation and atrocities.

teleSUR-mcs -HIM (2022-04-29). Israel reforzará presencia militar en frontera con Cisjordania. telesurtv.net Las fuerzas israelíes allanan con frecuencia casas palestinas con el pretexto de buscar nacionales supuestamente acusados.

teleSUR -HIM (2022-04-29). Multitudinarias marchas en Irán exigen terminar opresión en Palestina en Día Mundial de Al-Quds. telesurtv.net Este viernes los ataques de los uniformados israelíes a los fieles congregados en la Mezquita Al-Quds dejaron saldo de 42 heridos.

teleSUR, yart, JGN (2022-04-29). Ataque israelí en mezquita de Al-Aqsa deja al menos 42 heridos. telesurtv.net Las fuerzas de ocupación declararon alerta en la ciudad de Jerusalén y en los territorios palestinos ocupados.

Staff (2022-04-29). Palestine, resistance, referendum. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 29 (MNA) — The slogan "Today Iran, tomorrow Palestine" was one of the main slogans of the Iranian people during the victory of the Islamic Revolution, which determined the principled orientation of this revolution.

Angela (2022-04-29). Saturday 4/30: Virtual documentary screening: "Palestine 1920: The other side of the Palestinian story" indybay.org

Danny Haiphong (2022-04-28). Race and the great American death divide. mronline.org It is not surprising that a settler colonial state would practice racism for centuries or that race would be the major factor determining who lives and who dies.

amarynth (2022-04-28). Fascism in Ukraine: Past and Present. 2014-2022. thesaker.is By Francis Lee for the Saker Blog I wrote this particular piece in 2014/15 just after the February 2014 coup. As it turned out the coup has evolved into a…

C.J. Polychroniou (2022-04-28). Noam Chomsky: Propaganda Wars Are Raging as Russia's War on Ukraine Expands. truthout.org Since World War I, propaganda has played a crucial role in warfare. Propaganda is used to increase support for the war among citizens of the nation that is waging it. National governments also use targeted propaganda campaigns in an attempt to influence public opinion and behavior in the countries they are at war with, as well as to influence international opinion. Essentially, propaganda, whether circulated through state-controlled or private media, refers to techniques of public opinion manipulation based on incomplete or misleading information, lies and deception. During World War II, both the Nazis and the Al…

Editor (2022-04-28). Eva Bartlett reports from Mariupol: "Ukraine forces used scorched earth tactics" mronline.org Yes, there is destruction, that's what happens when Ukrainian forces, and Nazis, embed in residential areas & occupy apartment buildings. It isn't Raqqa, and if you aren't aware of the U.S. illegal coalition in Syria's full destruction of Raqqa, look that up.

JANET (2022-04-28). LIVE on Monday 5/2 @ 2pm EST : Reckoning with the Ukraine government's armed Nazi militias. iacenter.org Register to join the discussion now! REGISTER NOW! MONDAY, MAY 2ND @ 2PM EASTERN Join the discussion via Zoom: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_KS1g… Reckoning with the Ukraine government's armed Nazi militias Join the International Action Center for live discussion with anti-fascist Ukrainians on the 2014 massacre at the Odessa House of Labor and the continuing struggle Featuring: Leonid Ilderkin Ukrainian communist in exile, member of coordination council of the Union of Political Refugees and Political Prisoners of Ukraine Phil Wilayto Author and activist, coordinator of the Odessa…

WSWS (2022-04-28). 2021 Anti-Defamation League report documents "all-time high" number of anti-Semitic incidents in United States. wsws.org Incited and whipped up by fascist sections of the ruling class, the report catalogued antisemitic incidents in all 50 states.

Staff (2022-04-28). Outrageous: Bashir al-Khairy's administrative detention extended for six more months. Take action for freedom! samidoun.net On Thursday, 28 April, Israeli occupation forces renewed the administrative detention of Palestinian leader, lawyer, leftist and human rights defender Bashir al-Khairy for an additional six months. His fellow prisoners have already announced escalating steps of protest to demand his immediate release, and the extension of his detention comes two days after reports that 80-year-old …

Kamal Iranidoost (2022-04-28). Iran FM stresses Islamic unity in face of Israeli crimes. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 28 (MNA) — Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian has held a telephone conversation with his Kuwaiti counterpart Sheikh Ahmed Nasser Al-Sabah to discuss bilateral relations, the Palestinian issue, regional developments.

Staff (2022-04-28). IRGC says time has come for end of Israeli regime. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 28 (MNA) — The IRGC has issued a statement ahead of Quds Day predicting the end of the usurping Israeli regime.

Staff (2022-04-28). Russia strongly condemns recent Israeli attack in Syria. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 28 (MNA) — The Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman strongly condemned yesterday's Israeli air raid on areas in the suburb of Damascus.

Staff (2022-04-28). Resistance sole way to liberation of Palestine: IRGC chief. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 29 (MNA) — Chief Commander of Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) says negotiations and accords brokered by the United States only aim to buy time for Israel, and weaken the Palestinian resistance front.

Staff (2022-04-28). Thousands of Palestinians pray at al-Aqsa Mosque on Thursday. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 28 (MNA) — Palestinians have turned out en masse for prayers at al-Aqsa Mosque as a portrayal of national solidarity against the occupying Israeli regime, as freedom seekers worldwide prepare to mark the International Quds Day.

Peoples Dispatch (2022-04-28). At least four soldiers killed in Syria in deadliest Israeli airstrikes this year. peoplesdispatch.org Thursday's strike was the ninth violation of Syrian airspace by Israel this year. Israel has carried out hundreds of such unprovoked strikes since the beginning of the war in Syria in 2011…

Staff (2022-04-28). Referendum only practical solution to Palestinian issue. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 28 (MNA) — In a statement on Thursday, a day before the anniversary of Quds Day, the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs called on nations in the world especially the people of Iran, to participate in Quds Days rallies on Friday.

WSWS (2022-04-28). Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa. wsws.org Strikes by Palestinian teachers on the West Bank over pay and conditions continue in defiance of union; teachers in 50 cities across Iran and petrochemical workers walk out over pay and conditions; general strike in Algeria over rise in price of cooking oil and wheat; miners at Sibanye-Stillwater gold mines South African entering third month of strike reject latest pay offer and hold out for 9.8 percent; one-day national strikes and rallies in Italy and Belgium over pay…

Staff (2022-04-28). IRGC chief to deliver televised speech in Gaza today. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 28 (MNA) — Commander-in-Chief of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Major General Hossein Salami will speake at a ceremony organized by the Palestine Committee on World Al-Quds Day in Gaza.

Staff (2022-04-28). Meeting on latest status of Resistance held in Tehran. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 28 (MNA) — The Meeting on "Presenting the Report on the Latest Status of the Glorious Resistance of the Palestinian People" was held in Tehran with the participation of prominent Palestinian figures.

Kamal Iranidoost (2022-04-28). Iran, Azeri FMs discuss Palestine, bilateral relations. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 28 (MNA) — Foreign Ministers of Iran and Azerbaijan Hossein Amir-Abdollahian and Jeyhun Bayramov held a telephone conversation on Thursday to discuss bilateral cooperation between the two countries as well as regional developments.

Staff (2022-04-28). Ghalibaf stresses stepped-up support for Palestine, Quds. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 28 (MNA) — The speaker of the Iranian parliament has held a meeting with a Hamas official in Tehran ahead of International Quds Day to stressed intensified support for the Palestinian by the Islamic Ummah.

Minnie Bruce Pratt (2022-04-28). Cops terrorize child, protect a bag of Doritos — a WW commentary. workers.org Syracuse, New York By now you've probably seen the video, if you can bear to watch yet another horrifying, racist police assault on a person of color. Three massive white cops are terrorizing and shoving around — an eight-year-old Black child. Breakfast is handed out at Dr. Weeks Elementary School, . . . |

Jake Tucker (2022-04-28). Melissa Lucio granted stay of execution, but threat to her life remains. liberationnews.org The case of Melissa Lucio reflects the larger racist, sexist bent of the justice system, which imprisons countless innocent people.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-04-28). How Selling the 'Russia-China' Threat Serves the US. libya360.wordpress.com Salman Rafi Sheikh Today, if there is one issue in the United States that draws equal support from both the Republicans and the Democrats, it is the fact that China presents the most serious threat to the US global supremacy. Related to this is the other point of agreement i.e., developing a global coalition against…

WSWS (2022-04-28). 2021 Anti-Defamation League report documents "all-time high" number of anti-Semitic incidents in United States. wsws.org Incited and whipped up by fascist sections of the ruling class, the report catalogued antisemitic incidents in all 50 states.

Minnie Bruce Pratt (2022-04-28). Cops terrorize child, protect a bag of Doritos — a WW commentary. workers.org Syracuse, New York By now you've probably seen the video, if you can bear to watch yet another horrifying, racist police assault on a person of color. Three massive white cops are terrorizing and shoving around — an eight-year-old Black child. Breakfast is handed out at Dr. Weeks Elementary School, . . . |

Jake Tucker (2022-04-28). Melissa Lucio granted stay of execution, but threat to her life remains. liberationnews.org The case of Melissa Lucio reflects the larger racist, sexist bent of the justice system, which imprisons countless innocent people.

scorinoco (2022-04-27). Synthetic Left Joins Corporate Right in Getting Ukraine War Wrong — Historical Analysis. orinocotribune.com By Max Parry — Apr 24, 2022 | Since the Russian military operation to de-Nazify and de-militarize Ukraine began in late February, there is a common misperception that the Western left is " Indeed, it is true there has been infighting within organizations such as the US-based Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) between its "International Committee"—whose official

M. K. Bhadrakumar (2022-04-27). Iran makes gains as Israel, Turkey test Moscow's limits on Ukraine. mronline.org Under pressure to side with the west on Ukraine, Israel and Turkey risk falling out with Russia—which will benefit Iran in the long-term.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-04-27). Canada: Chrystia Freeland's Continuing Support for Nazis. libya360.wordpress.com Maria Zakharova Canadians reacted with outrage Sunday night after Deputy PM Freeland posted and then removed a controversial photo in which she's seen carrying a banner of notorious Nazi collaborator 'Ukrainian Insurgent Army.' Information bomb üí£ During the recent G7 and G20 finance ministers' meetings, Canadian Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland pushed for the exclusion of…

Nicholas Stender (2022-04-27). France: Far right defeated, but fascist menace still looms under anti-worker Macron government. liberationnews.org A large section of French voters chose to go to the polls for Macron purely out of disgust for Le Pen's fascistic program. Even still, fewer voters were able to stomach a tactical vote for Macron than in the previous election.

Chris Walker (2022-04-27). Madison Cawthorn Brings Loaded Gun to Charlotte Airport. truthout.org Far right Rep. Madison Cawthorn (R-North Carolina) was cited Tuesday morning for carrying a loaded gun while trying to enter a security checkpoint at the Charlotte Douglas International Airport — the second time he's brought a gun to an airport in the past two years. | The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department (CMPD) was called in by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA)

Ramzy Baroud (2022-04-27). Bennett Must Tread Carefully: The 'Sword of Jerusalem' Could Be Unleashed Again. mintpressnews.com This time around, Palestinians fear that Israel aims at more than just mere provocations. Instead, it plans to "impose a temporal and spatial division of Al-Aqsa Mosque."

Peoples Dispatch (2022-04-27). Israel fires artillery rounds inside Lebanon. peoplesdispatch.org Israel often violates Lebanese territorial sovereignty by launching attacks or using its air space to attack Syria despite the presence of UN peacekeeping force UNIFIL in the region since 1978…

Peoples Dispatch (2022-04-27). UN rights experts call for resuming funding for six Palestinian groups banned by Israel. peoplesdispatch.org The UN experts urged the international community to acknowledge the lack of evidence against the six group on the terrorism charges leveled by Israel. They also demanded that Israel end the harassment and persecution of Palestinian human rights and civil society organizations…

Kamal Iranidoost (2022-04-27). Tehran Times to host online event on Palestine. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 27 (MNA) — Iranian newspaper Tehran Times is going to hold an online event titled Remember Palestine" to raise awareness of the plight of Palestinians in the hands of the usurping Israeli regime.

Anonymous669 (2022-04-27). Death Toll From Recent Israeli Attack On Syria Rises To Six. southfront.org An Israeli Air Force F-15 fighter jet flies during an aerial demonstration. (photo credit: AMIR COHEN — REUTERS)-15 | The death toll from the The Israeli strikes targeted a number of military positions. According to unverified reports, the targets of the strikes included D…

Kamal Iranidoost (2022-04-27). Iran FM discusses Palestine issue with Malaysian counterpart. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 27 (MNA) — The Iranian foreign minister has held a phone conversation with his Malaysian counterpart to discuss a variety of issues including Palestine and holy Quds as well as bilateral relations.

Kamal Iranidoost (2022-04-27). Iran, Vatican FMs discuss Palestine, relations over phone. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 27 (MNA) — The Iranian Foreign Miniter Hossein Amir-Abdollahian held a phone conversation with Archbishop Paul Gallagher, Vatican Secretary for Relations with States on Wednesday.

Staff (2022-04-27). Venezuela's National Assembly Appoints New Supreme Court Justices. orinocotribune.com 30 new justices, the General Inspector of Courts, and the director of the School of the Judiciary were sworn in. | This Tuesday, April 26, 42 magistrates were appointed to the Supreme Court of Justice (TSJ) by the National Assembly (AN). After evaluating candidates from civil society, the new judges were approved by a qualified majority in the plenary session held on Tuesday. | PSUV Deputy Giuseppe Alessandrello, president of the judicial nominations committee, was in charge of announcing the candidates for approval by the AN. | "This is a transcendental act in the political life of this country, and in all its i…

Chris Walker (2022-04-27). Prompted by Ginni & Clarence Thomas Debacle, House Dems Schedule Ethics Hearing. truthout.org Democrats on the House subcommittee on courts will convene a hearing on Wednesday relating to ethics standards for Supreme Court justices, focusing on when justices should recuse themselves from matters involving their personal lives. | The hearing will also examine when Congress should impeach justices who fail to consider conflicts of interest in cases that may affect themselves or their family members. |

Kamal Iranidoost (2022-04-27). Al-Halbusi meets with Iran's SNSC chief, FM Amir-Abdollahian. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 27 (MNA) — The Iraqi parliament speaker Mohammed al-Halbusi has met with Iran's Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) secretary Admiral Ali Shamkhani as well as Foreign Minister Amir-Abdollahian in Tehran on Wednesday.

_____ (2022-04-27). How Selling the 'Russia-China' Threat Serves the US. journal-neo.org Today, if there is one issue in the United States that draws equal support from both the Republicans and the Democrats, it is the fact that China presents the most serious threat to the US global supremacy. Related to this is the other point of agreement i.e., developing a global coalition against China. The Trump …

Amy Goodman (2022-04-27). Biden's Amended "Remain in Mexico" Policy Still Puts Refugees at Great Risk. truthout.org The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday on whether to strike down the Trump-era "Remain in Mexico" policy, which forced tens of thousands of non-Mexican asylum seekers to wait in Mexico while their cases played out in U.S. courts, often in extremely dangerous conditions. Biden suspended the policy, formally known as the Migrant Protection Protocols, shortly after taking office, but Texas and Missouri challenged the move. "This is a pretty outrageous idea that a new president coming into office is not allowed to dismantle his predecessor's programs that he disagrees with," says Aaron Reichlin-Melnick,…

Staff (2022-04-27). Shamkhani, al-Halbousi hold meeting in Tehran. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 27 (MNA) — Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Admiral Shamkhani and Iraq Parliament Speaker Mohammed al-Halbousi held a meeting on Wednesday in Tehran.

Nicholas Stender (2022-04-27). France: Far right defeated, but fascist menace still looms under anti-worker Macron government. liberationnews.org A large section of French voters chose to go to the polls for Macron purely out of disgust for Le Pen's fascistic program. Even still, fewer voters were able to stomach a tactical vote for Macron than in the previous election.

Staff (2022-04-27). Syrian air defenses repel Israeli aggression over Damascus. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 27 (MNA) — According to the Syrian news media, the country's air defense on Wednesday repealed an Israeli attack above Damascus.

Staff (2022-04-27). Venezuela's National Assembly Appoints New Supreme Court Justices. orinocotribune.com 30 new justices, the General Inspector of Courts, and the director of the School of the Judiciary were sworn in. | This Tuesday, April 26, 42 magistrates were appointed to the Supreme Court of Justice (TSJ) by the National Assembly (AN). After evaluating candidates from civil society, the new judges were approved by a qualified majority in the plenary session held on Tuesday. | PSUV Deputy Giuseppe Alessandrello, president of the judicial nominations committee, was in charge of announcing the candidates for approval by the AN. | "This is a transcendental act in the political life of this country, and in all its i…

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-26). Japan to Jordan, Israel to Kenya: 43 NATO allies, partners to attend Ukraine war summit. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Finland, Sweden and Ukraine are members of NATO's Partnership for Peace program and are NATO Enhanced Opportunities Partners, as are Australia and Jordan. Israel, Jordan, Morocco and Tunisia are members of NATO's Mediterranean Dialogue. Qatar is a member of the Istanbul Cooperation Initiative. Australia, Japan, New Zealand and South Korea were NATO Contact Countries before …

_____ (2022-04-26). Will Ukraine Become A Hub For Accentuating Rising Neo-Nazism? popularresistance.org It is apparent from this that there is recognition at the level of the UN and US official sources that neo-Nazi trends are increasing worldwide and more specifically in the USA and Europe. Secondly, that these forces have also succeeded in some countries to increase their impact (and capacity for harm) by infiltrating police and intelligence/security agencies. Thirdly, these neo-Nazi trends are now also seen in mainstream political debates. In addition these forces are establishing wider linkages cutting across national boundaries. Lastly, there is clear need for international cooperation for countering this incr…

Ajamu Baraka (2022-04-26). Ukraine: A New Consensus on Whiteness? orinocotribune.com By Ajamu Baraka — Apr 20, 2022 | The Biden administration and corporate media cover up the existence of white supremacists and neo-Nazis in Ukraine. They are disappeared from the official narrative in order to get public buy-in for U.S. policy. | In 1999 US and NATO forces bombed Serbia for 78 days, ushering a new century further characterized by war and militarism. With no negative consequences of military overreach, especially after the dismantling of the Soviet Union, the U.S. unle…

teleSUR, JGN, SH (2022-04-26). El camino de Nelsón Mandela hacia la presidencia de Sudáfrica. telesurtv.net Mandela alcanzó la presidencia de Sudáfrica a la edad de 75 años, en lo que fue la culminación de una dilatada lucha contra el sistema racista del apartheid.

JANET (2022-04-26). Defend Alice Walker: anti-Zionism is not anti-Semitism. iacenter.org By Monica Moorehead April 25, 2022 While the war in Ukraine — egged on by U.S. imperialism and its NATO ally — continues to dominate the mainstream media in the U.S. and globally, terrorist attacks on the Palestinian people continue unabated. Crocodile tears are being shed for Ukrainian refugees, but there is little-to-no sympathy being shown toward Palestinians who have suffered colonial oppression for decades. March to defend Palestine, New York City, April 20. WW Photo: Shanza Deen These genocidal attacks, now carried out by the fascistic Israeli Defense Forces, have been the bloody foundation that…

WSWS (2022-04-26). Florida Governor signs bill banning classroom instruction and employee training on race, sexuality and nationality. wsws.org Republican Govenor Ron DeSantis signed repressive legislation for public schools and busineses that bans the introduction of what Republicans call "woke indoctrination" on concepts related to sexism, racism, or nationality…

William Rivers Pitt (2022-04-26). Texts to Mark Meadows Reveal Right-Wingers Scheming to Blame "Antifa" for 1/6. truthout.org Once the smoke had cleared from the January 6 Trump-inspired insurrection at the Capitol building, the question of the hour became, "Who was in on it?" A review of As the mayhem unfolded on 1/6, the texts to and from

Editor (2022-04-26). The dream of a Jewish state, and the nightmare of its reality. mronline.org It is not beyond my comprehension to understand the policies of the Israeli government in light of Jewish history under the Nazis. We know Jews have suffered and have been victims. Is it that mentality behind the walls, the indescribable destruction, loss of land, houses, deaths, the decrepit prisons of torture? Are Jews really still victims of paranoia and fear?>

Jocelyn McMillan (2022-04-26). Job Discrimination Against Immigrants. indybay.org Discrimination against immigrants in the workplace. Taking a closer look at the issue and solutions to ensure undocumented workers their safety and health.

Suran M. (2022-04-26). White Individuals Experience Less COVID-19—Related Discrimination. jamanetwork.com Compared with White individuals, all other major racial and ethnic groups in the US experience more COVID-19 discrimination, according to a study coauthored by researchers from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities. Respondents who identified as Asian, irrespective of national origin, and American Indian or Alaska Native individuals were most likely to experience such discrimination. The findings also suggest that COVID-19 discrimination against Asian individuals has increased over the course of the pandemic.

WSWS (2022-04-26). Michigan, Ohio Republicans embrace pro-Trump fascists. wsws.org Both state parties are on the verge of nominating fanatical advocates of the "stolen election" lie as statewide candidates in 2022.

Fight Back (2022-04-26). Dallas rallies against Israel's assault on Al-Aqsa Mosque and bombing of Gaza. fightbacknews.org Dallas, TX – On April 23, around 100 people rallied against Israel's recent attack on the Al-Aqsa Mosque, the third holiest site of Islam. The Israeli assault was to make way for ultra-orthodox fundamentalist Israeli settlers to hold Passover sacrifices on the mosque compound, a major provocation by the Zionists. | Another topic of the rally was the Israeli Air Force's recent bombing of Gaza. The protest was called by the Palestinian Youth Movement, and cohosted by American Muslims for Justice in Palestine, UT Dallas Students for Justice in Palestine, Dallas Palestine Coalition, the Muslim American Society o…

Staff (2022-04-26). Palestine's ultimate victory is imminent: Nasrallah. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 26 (MNA) — The Secretary-General of the Lebanese Resistance movement Hezbollah has said that while the Israeli regime tried hard to sideline the Palestine issue new blood has been poured into the Palestinian body to remain a top issue.

Staff (2022-04-26). Iran calls on UNSC to hold Israel accountable for its actions. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 26 (MNA) — Warning the Israeli regime of the consequences of its actions against Palestinians, Takht-Ravanchi called on the Security Council to hold the Israeli regime accountable through all legal means at its disposal.

teleSUR, DRL (2022-04-26). Ejército israelí asesina otro palestino en Cisjordania. telesurtv.net La Cancillería pidió a la Corte Penal Internacional que rompa su silencio y comience de inmediato investigaciones.

Peoples Dispatch (2022-04-26). President Xiomara Castro repeals neoliberal ZEDE Law in landmark step and other stories. peoplesdispatch.org In today's episode of the Daily Round-up we look at the repeal of the Law of Zones of Employment and Economic Development by progressive President Xiomara Castro in Honduras; renewed threats by the US and its allies against a security cooperation agreement between China and the Solomon Islands; an appeal by UN experts urging the international community to resume its support to 6 leading Palestinian civil society organizations outlawed by Israel; and the latest report by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) on the global military expenditure in 2021.

Peoples Dispatch (2022-04-26). Palestine Action's direct action temporarily shuts down Elbit's London headquarters. peoplesdispatch.org The London headquarters of Elbit Systems, an Israeli arms manufacturer was temporarily shut down on April 20, by activists belonging to Palestine Action and Extinction Rebellion Youth. Palestine Action noted that the Israeli military sources 85% of its drones from Elbit, making it Israel's biggest arms manufacturer.

Staff (2022-04-26). French Council of State hears initial appeal against banning of the Collectif Palestine Vaincra. samidoun.net On Tuesday, 26 April in Paris, France, the Council of State convened a hearing on the appeal filed by the Collectif Palestine Vaincra against the announcement of its dissolution, or official state banning, by the French Council of Ministers on 9 March. Today's hearing addressed the appeal to suspend the implementation of the dissolution — …

Richie Merino (2022-04-26). 'By Any Means Necessary' rally supports Palestinian resistance. workers.org New York City Hundreds of protestors marched through midtown Manhattan streets April 20 in support of the Palestinian liberation struggle. They were rallying against Zionist attacks on the al-Aqsa Mosque, as well as cities and villages throughout occupied Palestine. New York City, April 20. WW Photo: Toni Arenstein The demonstration . . . |

ecns.cn (2022-04-26). Palestine question should not be sidelined: Chinese envoy. ecns.cn As the question of Palestine always lies at the heart of the Middle East issue, it should not be sidelined, let alone forgotten, regardless of the evolution of the international situation, said a Chinese envoy on Monday.

Morteza Ahmadi Al Hashem (2022-04-26). Quds Day important to take serious move in backing Palestine. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 26 (MNA) — The leader of Yemen's Ansarullah Resistance Movement has described the Quds Day as a day to take a serious move in line with supporting Palestine.

Morteza Ahmadi Al Hashem (2022-04-26). Palestine still alive despite betrayal of some Arab rulers. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 27 (MNA) — Islamic Consultative Assembly's Permanent Secretariat of the International Conference in Support of the Palestinian Intifada issued a statement on the Occasion of International Quds Day.

Ari Savitzky (2022-04-26). Mississippi Voters Are Fighting for Fair Representation on the State's Highest Court. aclu.org Black voters in Mississippi deserve full and fair opportunities for representation at the highest level. And the next generation of Black lawyers and civic leaders deserve full and fair opportunities to serve at the highest level. That must include the opportunity to become a justice of the Mississippi Supreme Court. It's far past time that the Supreme Court districts that Mississippi uses to elect its Supreme Court reflect the diversity of the state's population, rather than diminishing the voice of Black voters. That's why the ACLU and ACLU of Mississippi, along with our co-counsel, have filed a lawsuit in f…

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-26). Moldova holds emergency Security Council meeting after blasts in Transnistria. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Rustavi2April 26, 2022 Moldova holds urgent security meeting after Transnistria blasts Moldovan President Maia Sandu has convened an urgent meeting of the country's Supreme Security Council after two blasts damaged Soviet-era radio masts in the breakaway region of Transnistria. The incidents on Tuesday came after local officials on Monday reported several explosions at the state …

teleSUR, hvh, JCM (2022-04-26). Pdta. de Moldavia convoca al Consejo Supremo de Seguridad. telesurtv.net El gobierno de Moldavia considera que los ataques son pretextos de la región autónoma para exacerbar tensiones.

teleSUR, JGN, SH (2022-04-26). El camino de Nelsón Mandela hacia la presidencia de Sudáfrica. telesurtv.net Mandela alcanzó la presidencia de Sudáfrica a la edad de 75 años, en lo que fue la culminación de una dilatada lucha contra el sistema racista del apartheid.

Monica Moorehead (2022-04-26). Defend Alice Walker: anti-Zionism is not anti-Semitism. workers.org While the war in Ukraine — egged on by U.S. imperialism and its NATO ally — continues to dominate the mainstream media in the U.S. and globally, terrorist attacks on the Palestinian people continue unabated. Crocodile tears are being shed for Ukrainian refugees, but there is little-to-no sympathy being shown . . . |

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-26). Japan to Jordan, Israel to Kenya: 43 NATO allies, partners to attend Ukraine war summit. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Finland, Sweden and Ukraine are members of NATO's Partnership for Peace program and are NATO Enhanced Opportunities Partners. Israel, Jordan, Morocco and Tunisia are members of NATO's Mediterranean Dialogue. Qatar is a member of the Istanbul Cooperation Initiative. Australia, Japan, New Zealand and South Korea were NATO Contact Countries before being inducted into Partners Across …

WSWS (2022-04-26). Florida Governor signs bill banning classroom instruction and employee training on race, sexuality and nationality. wsws.org Republican Govenor Ron DeSantis signed repressive legislation for public schools and busineses that bans the introduction of what Republicans call "woke indoctrination" on concepts related to sexism, racism, or nationality…

Jocelyn McMillan (2022-04-26). Job Discrimination Against Immigrants. indybay.org Discrimination against immigrants in the workplace. Taking a closer look at the issue and solutions to ensure undocumented workers their safety and health.

WSWS (2022-04-26). Michigan, Ohio Republicans embrace pro-Trump fascists. wsws.org Both state parties are on the verge of nominating fanatical advocates of the "stolen election" lie as statewide candidates in 2022.

Fight Back (2022-04-26). Dallas rallies against Israel's assault on Al-Aqsa Mosque and bombing of Gaza. fightbacknews.org Dallas, TX – On April 23, around 100 people rallied against Israel's recent attack on the Al-Aqsa Mosque, the third holiest site of Islam. The Israeli assault was to make way for ultra-orthodox fundamentalist Israeli settlers to hold Passover sacrifices on the mosque compound, a major provocation by the Zionists. | Another topic of the rally was the Israeli Air Force's recent bombing of Gaza. The protest was called by the Palestinian Youth Movement, and cohosted by American Muslims for Justice in Palestine, UT Dallas Students for Justice in Palestine, Dallas Palestine Coalition, the Muslim American Society o…

Staff (2022-04-26). Iran calls on UNSC to hold Israel accountable for its actions. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 26 (MNA) — Warning the Israeli regime of the consequences of its actions against Palestinians, Takht-Ravanchi called on the Security Council to hold the Israeli regime accountable through all legal means at its disposal.

teleSUR, DRL (2022-04-26). Ejército israelí asesina otro palestino en Cisjordania. telesurtv.net La Cancillería pidió a la Corte Penal Internacional que rompa su silencio y comience de inmediato investigaciones.

Richie Merino (2022-04-26). 'By Any Means Necessary' rally supports Palestinian resistance. workers.org New York City Hundreds of protestors marched through midtown Manhattan streets April 20 in support of the Palestinian liberation struggle. They were rallying against Zionist attacks on the al-Aqsa Mosque, as well as cities and villages throughout occupied Palestine. New York City, April 20. WW Photo: Toni Arenstein The demonstration . . . |

ecns.cn (2022-04-26). Palestine question should not be sidelined: Chinese envoy. ecns.cn As the question of Palestine always lies at the heart of the Middle East issue, it should not be sidelined, let alone forgotten, regardless of the evolution of the international situation, said a Chinese envoy on Monday.

teleSUR, hvh, JCM (2022-04-26). Pdta. de Moldavia convoca al Consejo Supremo de Seguridad. telesurtv.net El gobierno de Moldavia considera que los ataques son pretextos de la región autónoma para exacerbar tensiones.

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

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

_____ (2022-04-25). Alice Walker And The Price Of Conscience. popularresistance.org There is a steep price to pay for having a conscience and more importantly the courage to act on it. The hounds of hell pin you to the cross, hammering nails into your hands and feet as they grin like the Cheshire cat and mouth bromides about respect for human rights, freedom of expression and diversity. I have watched this happen for some time to Alice Walker, one of the most gifted and courageous writers in America. Walker, who was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for fiction for her novel The Color Purple, has felt the bitter sting of racism. She refuses to be silent about the plight of the oppressed, including the…

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

_____ (2022-04-25). Islamophobia and Pan-European Racism Escalate in Sweden. journal-neo.org For many centuries racism was part of the ideology of Euro-Atlantic civilization. It was Europe and the United States, where the most terrible racist and Nazi theories were born. An especially remarkable example of this ideology was Hitler's Nazism, aimed not only at Jews and Gypsies, but also at the Slavic peoples, who were considered …

Leon Kunstenaar (2022-04-25). SF People's Earth Day Protest and March. indybay.org Protesters demand end to Bay Area's environmental racism…

Kevin Mwanza (2022-04-25). World Health Organization Says Racism Is Why Ukrainians Get More Sympathy Than Ethiopia. moguldom.com The head of the World Health Organization said that racism is the reason Ukrainians are receiving more humanitarian assistance and media attention than war victims in countries such as Ethiopia or Yemen. Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus is an Ethiopian public health researcher and former foreign minister under the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) government. As …

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

C.J. Atkins (2022-04-25). Le Pen defeated in France, but far right gains ground. peoplesworld.org For the third time in 20 years, the anti-immigrant far right has been blocked from winning the French presidency at the last minute, leaving many breathing a sigh of relief. But with Marine Le Pen scoring the highest total ever for the extreme right—41.5% against incumbent President Emmanuel Macron's 58.5%—the French Communist Party is warning …

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

WSWS (2022-04-25). Macron re-elected French president against neo-fascist Marine Le Pen. wsws.org Last night, French President Emmanuel Macron was re-elected with an estimated 58.2 percent of the vote, with 41.8 percent of the vote going to Marine Le Pen.

Chauncey DeVega (2022-04-25). The Republican Party Is Still Doing Donald Trump's Bidding. truthout.org If someone doesn't know what questions to ask, they'll never get answer. If they don't know whom to ask, the challenge is even greater. But an even worse error is to decide on an answer before even asking the question — and then refusing to hear any answers that don't confirm what they've already decided. | America's political class, especially the pundits and commentators, are guilty of all of these errors (and many more) as they continue to willfully not understand the Age of Trump and how America arrived at this democracy crisis. The Republican-fascist movement is winning because so many people who are s…

Peoples Dispatch (2022-04-25). Emmanuel Macron wins French presidential election but working class has no illusions about future. peoplesdispatch.org The consolidation of liberal sections and a vigorous campaign by anti-fascist sections against Marine Le Pen aided Macron but many sections are wary of his policies…

Richie Merino (2022-04-25). Los palestinos resisten el ataque israelí a la mezquita. workers.org Las fuerzas de ocupación israelíes asaltaron violentamente a los fieles palestinos el 15 de abril, durante las oraciones matutinas en la mezquita de al-Aqsa, en la Jerusalén oriental ocupada. El ataque premeditado y orquestado se produjo el segundo viernes del Ramadán, el mes más sagrado del año para los musulmanes, . . . |

Peoples Dispatch (2022-04-25). Aid group condemns junta-backed militia for attack in Sudan's Darfur and other stories. peoplesdispatch.org In today's episode of the Daily Round-up we look at renewed violence in Sudan's Darfur region which has killed over 160 people and displaced an estimated 20,000; the victory of President Emmanuel Macron in France's presidential runoff election against the backdrop of growing discontent and the rising threat of far-right extremism; the Israeli Supreme Court's rejection of a petition filed by the Palestinian Bakr family against the closure of an inquiry into the 2014 airstrike which killed 4 children in Gaza; and the expulsion of the Organization of American States from Nicaragua by the Sandinista government of Pre…

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2022-04-25). Al-Aqsa Violence during Ramadan. transcend.org 21 Apr 2022 – Once more Israel strikes hard against Palestinian rights when the world has its attention fixed elsewhere, with a mainstream media posture of indifference and inattention compounding the problem . The pro-Palestinian solidarity movement is being seriously challenged not to let this happen.

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2022-04-25). The Cause, and the Goal, of Israeli Violence. transcend.org 20 Apr 2022 – Another Ramadan, another attack on Palestinian worshipers at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in occupied East Jerusalem. What is the real reason behind Israel's routine violence against Palestinians?>

teleSUR, yart, JGN (2022-04-25). Israel bombardea nuevamente el sur del Líbano. telesurtv.net Desde 1948 ambos países están en guerra e Israel ha invadido varias veces al Líbano, la más reciente fue en 2006.

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

Staff (2022-04-25). Quds, Al-Aqsa Mosque red line for Islamic Ummah. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 25 (MNA) — The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has reaffirmed its commitment and support for the right of the Palestinian people to sovereignty over their occupied land.

Morteza Ahmadi Al Hashem (2022-04-25). Iran real supporter of Palestine on intl. stage: Yemeni PM. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 25 (MNA) — Praising the constructive role of Islamic Republic of Iran in the region, Prime Minister of Yemeni National Salvation Government said that Iran is a real supporter of ideals and cause of Palestine.

splcenter (2022-04-25). Unequal Opportunity: SPLC, civic groups sue Mississippi over state Supreme Court districts that dilute Black voting power. splcenter.org

Heather L. Weaver (2022-04-25). The Supreme Court Must Protect Students From School-Sponsored Prayer | American Civil Liberties Union. aclu.org On-duty public-school staff may not pray with students. Period. That's been the law under the First Amendment's Establishment Clause for more than half a century. Even the Trump administration—hardly a bastion of church-state separation—agreed, proclaiming in its

_____ (2022-04-25). Wynn Alan Bruce: Climate Activist Dies After Setting Himself On Fire. popularresistance.org A climate activist has died 24 hours after setting himself on fire on the steps of the Supreme Court on Earth Day. | Colorado photojournalist Wynn Alan Bruce, 50, suffered critical injuries in the incident at 6.30pm Friday on a plaza in front of the court. He was airlifted to hospital, where he died Saturday. | Capitol Police, Supreme Court police, and DC police all responded to the incident. | "A medical helicopter just landed near the Capitol for a medical emergency. This is not a public safety issue," Capitol Police tweeted. | Mr Bruce ran a portrait photo studio in Boulder, and his social media account was fi…

Staff (2022-04-25). Activista climático muere tras prenderse fuego frente a la Corte Suprema de EE.UU. cubadebate.cu Un activista climático murió 24 horas después de prenderse fuego en las escaleras de la Corte Suprema de Estados Unidos, en el Día de la Tierra. El incidente ocurrió a las 6: 30 pm del viernes en una plaza frente a la corte. Fue trasladado en avión al hospital, donde murió el sábado.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Kevin Mwanza (2022-04-25). World Health Organization Says Racism Is Why Ukrainians Get More Sympathy Than Ethiopia. moguldom.com The head of the World Health Organization said that racism is the reason Ukrainians are receiving more humanitarian assistance and media attention than war victims in countries such as Ethiopia or Yemen. Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus is an Ethiopian public health researcher and former foreign minister under the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) government. As …

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-04-25). Islamophobia and Pan-European Racism Escalate in Sweden. libya360.wordpress.com Vladimir Odintsov For many centuries racism was part of the ideology of Euro-Atlantic civilization. It was Europe and the United States, where the most terrible racist and Nazi theories were born. An especially remarkable example of this ideology was Hitler's Nazism, aimed not only at Jews and Gypsies, but also at the Slavic peoples, who…

Leon Kunstenaar (2022-04-25). SF People's Earth Day Protest and March. indybay.org Protesters demand end to Bay Area's environmental racism…

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

Jocelyn McMillan (2022-04-25). Job Discrimination Against Immigrants. indybay.org Discrimination against immigrants in the workplace. Taking a closer look at the issue and solutions to ensure undocumented workers their safety and health.

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

WSWS (2022-04-25). Macron re-elected French president against neo-fascist Marine Le Pen. wsws.org Last night, French President Emmanuel Macron was re-elected with an estimated 58.2 percent of the vote, with 41.8 percent of the vote going to Marine Le Pen.

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2022-04-25). Al-Aqsa Violence during Ramadan. transcend.org 21 Apr 2022 – Once more Israel strikes hard against Palestinian rights when the world has its attention fixed elsewhere, with a mainstream media posture of indifference and inattention compounding the problem . The pro-Palestinian solidarity movement is being seriously challenged not to let this happen.

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2022-04-25). The Cause, and the Goal, of Israeli Violence. transcend.org 20 Apr 2022 – Another Ramadan, another attack on Palestinian worshipers at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in occupied East Jerusalem. What is the real reason behind Israel's routine violence against Palestinians?>

teleSUR, yart, JGN (2022-04-25). Israel bombardea nuevamente el sur del Líbano. telesurtv.net Desde 1948 ambos países están en guerra e Israel ha invadido varias veces al Líbano, la más reciente fue en 2006.

xinhuanet (2022-04-25). Palestinians clash with Israeli soldiers after protest against Pence visit. xinhuanet.com Palestinian protesters hurl stones at Israeli soldiers during clashes after a protest against the visit of U.S. Vice President Mike Pence in Jerusalem, in the West Bank city of Hebron, on Jan. 23, 2018.

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

Morteza Ahmadi Al Hashem (2022-04-25). Iran real supporter of Palestine on intl. stage: Yemeni PM. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 25 (MNA) — Praising the constructive role of Islamic Republic of Iran in the region, Prime Minister of Yemeni National Salvation Government said that Iran is a real supporter of ideals and cause of Palestine.

Staff (2022-04-25). Quds, Al-Aqsa Mosque red line for Islamic Ummah. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 25 (MNA) — The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has reaffirmed its commitment and support for the right of the Palestinian people to sovereignty over their occupied land.

Staff (2022-04-25). Activista climático muere tras prenderse fuego frente a la Corte Suprema de EE.UU. cubadebate.cu Un activista climático murió 24 horas después de prenderse fuego en las escaleras de la Corte Suprema de Estados Unidos, en el Día de la Tierra. El incidente ocurrió a las 6: 30 pm del viernes en una plaza frente a la corte. Fue trasladado en avión al hospital, donde murió el sábado.

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-25). Turkey conducts simultaneous anti-Kurdish attacks in Syria, Iraq. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Ahval NewsApril 24, 2022 Turkey escalates attacks on Syria's Kurds amid Iraq operation Turkey's military has launched a new series of air strikes on Kurdish-run parts of northeast Syria over the past week amid an ongoing ground and air campaign in northern Iraq, targeting the armed rebels of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), the Hasakah-based …

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-25). WSJ: Expand NATO Article 5 to Southern Hemisphere, include colonies, territories. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Wall Street JournalApril 24, 2022 Expand NATO to HawaiiBy Arshan Barzani* Americans understand that an attack on one ally in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization is an attack on all. If Russia bombed Warsaw, Washington would be obligated to come to its aid. But if Pearl Harbor were attacked again, this rule wouldn't compel U.S. …

SouthFront5 (2022-04-24). Another Azov Captive Shows That There Is No Nazism In Ukraine (Video). southfront.org

SouthFront5 (2022-04-24). Another Azov Captives Show That There Is No Nazism In Ukraine (Video, UPDATED). southfront.org

_____ (2022-04-24). Liberated Donbass Cities Coming Back To Life. popularresistance.org Sonja van den Ende, an independent journalist from Rotterdam, Netherlands, returned to Donbass last week to chronicle the situation on the ground. She has been to Volnovakha, Mariupol and other cities and villages of the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics. | "My assessment of Volnovakha is that the city has come to life again, I was there two weeks ago and everywhere in the city, I saw the results of heavy fighting, ammunition and rubble on the streets, even mines, no people on the streets, a ghost town. The hospital was hit severely," Sonja van den Ende says. "The second time I came, last week, I was really…

rqorinoco (2022-04-24). US Media Are Lying About Russian Atrocities in Mariupol, Says Embedded Reporter at Ground Zero. orinocotribune.com Sonja Van den Ende — April 23, 2022 | Where shall I begin? | Can a man endure so much suffering? Can you write about so much suffering without getting emotional? | Probably not. | Mariupol has been wiped out, buildings have collapsed mostly due to rocket attacks and, of course, there have been bombings as well. | Devastation in Mariupol. [Source: rferl.org] | The Western media, of course, blame the Russians for these bombings, but Ukraine also has planes that drop bombs, so how on earth can you say a few thousand kilometers away that it is the Russians?

Staff (2022-04-24). Revista analiza manipulaciones de los grandes medios estadounidenses sobre la guerra en Ucrania. cubadebate.cu Los medios de comunicación de Estados Unidos mienten sobre las presuntas atrocidades cometidas por las tropas de Rusia en la ciudad de Mariúpol, Ucrania, concluyó un documentado artículo publicado este domingo en la revista Covert Action, de la periodista neerlandesa, Sonja Van den Ende.

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-24). CNN: Austin, Blinken en route to Ukraine, Biden may follow. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com CNNApril 24, 2022 Zelensky says Blinken and Austin will visit Ukraine on Sunday Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has announced that US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin will visit Kyiv on Sunday. "I don't think this is a secret that people from the US are coming to us tomorrow, State …

William D. Lopez (2022-04-24). Police Can Make a Crisis Worse. The Public Needs Alternatives in an Emergency. truthout.org "They'll just end up arresting me." | "I'm just scared they'll ask for my papers." | "What if they think my boy is an adult and rough him up?" | We've heard various versions of these fears many times in our personal lives, as a Latino man and Black woman, and in our professional roles as professors who teach about race and racism in society. While the fear that causes someone to avoid the police — whether a fear of racism, deportation, homophobia, sexual violence or some combination thereof — may vary between our communities, the underlying question is always the same: If I call the police, will the…

Othering & Belonging Institute UC Berkeley (2022-04-24). Tuesday 4/26: "Innocent Until Proven Muslim": Book Talk on Islamophobia & Muslim Experience Since 9/11. indybay.org Online event…

Jocelyn McMillan (2022-04-24). Job Discrimination Towards Immigrants. indybay.org Discrimination towards immigrants in a workplace. Taking a closer look at the issue and solutions to ensure undocumented workers their safety and health.

WSWS (2022-04-24). Israel's anti-Palestinian provocations threaten stability of Israel, Gaza, West Bank and Jordan. wsws.org The Al Aqsa Mosque compound, holy to Jews and Muslims, has been occupied illegally along with the West Bank, Gaza and Syria's Golan Heights since the 1967 Arab Israeli war. Israel has broken longstanding agreements that allow Jewish visits but bar Jewish worship at the site, as extremists groups demand access to pray there.

teleSUR, yart, JGN (2022-04-24). Presos palestinos y árabes sufren duras condiciones carcelarias. telesurtv.net Unos 4.500 prisioneros palestinos están recluidos en unas 17 cárceles israelíes, centenares de ellos bajo detención administrativa.

Morteza Ahmadi Al Hashem (2022-04-24). VIDEO: Demonstration in London in support of Palestinians. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 25 (MNA) — Hundreds of people, in protest of Israeli regime's aggression against Palestinians and attack on Al-Aqsa Mosque, demonstrated in London on Sunday in solidarity with oppressed Palestinian people.

_____ (2022-04-24). Hundreds In Chicago Rally In Protest Of Israeli Raids On Al-Aqsa. popularresistance.org Chicago, Illinois – Hundreds of protesters took part in a rally yesterday at Wells & South Michigan Avenue in downtown Chicago in protest of the recent Israeli raids on the Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied Jerusalem. | The protest in Chicago came in the aftermath of a series of raids since April 15 in which the Israeli Police used brutal force against Muslim worshipers praying at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in occupied Jerusalem in an attempt to empty the holy site to make way for Israeli radicals to celebrate Passover there. | The protesters waved flags of Palestine and banners that called on the Israeli occupati…

Marzieh Rahmani (2022-04-24). VIDEO: Solidarity march with Palestine held in Florida. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 24 (MNA) — Hundreds of people in Florida state of the United States held a march to express their solidarity with Palestinians and support for al-Aqsa Mosque.

Cathy Albisa (2022-04-24). What's Taught in School Impacts Us All. We Must Defend Anti-Racist Education. truthout.org Across the U.S., there has been a wave of policies restricting what teachers can and cannot teach in the classroom. These policies emerged following moments of racial awakening, and are aimed at consolidating political power in the hands of a few, thereby limiting multiracial progress. These educational restrictions were created and exist to curtail movement towards an inclusive and equitable society where everyone is valued and has the opportunity to prosper. | Regardless of whether you have children in school, the debate around the accurate teaching of U.S. history and contemporary issues of gender, race and se…

teleSUR, JGN (2022-04-24). Justicia argentina revisará caso de mujer condenada tras defender a hija. telesurtv.net En 2017, Saganías denunció penalmente a su expareja Gabriel Fernández, a quien acusó de abusar sexualmente de su hija de ocho años. Sin embargo, la queja fue archivada y no prosperó.

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-24). After barring ships, Turkey bans Russian flights to Syria. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Daily SabahApril 23, 2022 Turkey closes airspace to Russian military aircraft to Syria: FM àáavu≈üoƒülu Turkey has closed its airspace to Russian military and civilian flights to Syria after notifying Moscow, Foreign Minister Mevlàºt àáavu≈üoƒülu said Saturday. "We were giving permissions in three-month intervals. The latest one was until April," the minister said in an …

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-24). Germany ready to make "substantial contribution" to NATO troop buildup on Russia's northwest border. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Deutsche WelleApril 22, 2022 Germany's Baerbock calls for stronger NATO strategy in Baltics The German foreign minister has wrapped up a Baltic tour in Lithuania saying Germany is ready to send more troops to the region…. German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock on Friday said Germany was open to sending more troops to NATO's eastern flank, …

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-24). Former foreign minister: Finnish media fueling war psychosis. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Yle NewsApril 24, 2022 Veteran MP: "Finnish media in war psychosis" Many people have taken to Finnish Twitter this weekend in reaction to MP Erkki Tuomioja's (SDP) Nato comments in a National Public Radio interview. The veteran Finnish politician told the US broadcaster that there was a "huge degree of emotions involved" in the public's …

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-24). Japan plans largest-ever drill with U.S. Marines, aimed at Russia, China. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Nikkei NewsApril 24, 2022 Japan weighs hosting largest-ever joint drills with U.S. MarinesBilateral military exercise in fall planned with eye on Russia and China Japan and the U.S. will hold joint military drills in Hokkaido this fall, with the two-week exercises expected to involve more than 4,000 personnel, Nikkei has learned. The Resolute Dragon exercises …

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-24). Turkey uses murderous assault in Iraq to inaugurate new combat drone. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Daily SabahApril 24, 2022 Anti-PKK op in Iraq marks first engagement for Turkish combat Akƒ±ncƒ± drone The landmark combat drone Akƒ±ncƒ± has joined its first major operation ever as Turkey launched a military offensive against [Kurdish] targets in northern Iraq, the company said. Named "Operation Claw-Lock," the counterterrorism operation was launched last week from ground …

SouthFront5 (2022-04-24). Another Azov Captive Shows That There Is No Nazism In Ukraine (Video). southfront.org

Staff (2022-04-24). Revista analiza manipulaciones de los grandes medios estadounidenses sobre la guerra en Ucrania. cubadebate.cu Los medios de comunicación de Estados Unidos mienten sobre las presuntas atrocidades cometidas por las tropas de Rusia en la ciudad de Mariúpol, Ucrania, concluyó un documentado artículo publicado este domingo en la revista Covert Action, de la periodista neerlandesa, Sonja Van den Ende.

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-24). CNN: Austin, Blinken en route to Ukraine, Biden may follow. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com CNNApril 24, 2022 Zelensky says Blinken and Austin will visit Ukraine on Sunday Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has announced that US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin will visit Kyiv on Sunday. "I don't think this is a secret that people from the US are coming to us tomorrow, State …

Leon Kunstenaar (2022-04-24). SF People's Earth Day Protest and March. indybay.org Protesters demand end to Bay Area's environmental racism…

Othering & Belonging Institute UC Berkeley (2022-04-24). Tuesday 4/26: "Innocent Until Proven Muslim": Book Talk on Islamophobia & Muslim Experience Since 9/11. indybay.org Online event…

Jocelyn McMillan (2022-04-24). Job Discrimination Towards Immigrants. indybay.org Discrimination towards immigrants in a workplace. Taking a closer look at the issue and solutions to ensure undocumented workers their safety and health.

Jocelyn McMillan (2022-04-24). Job Discrimination Against Immigrants. indybay.org Discrimination against immigrants in the workplace. Taking a closer look at the issue and solutions to ensure undocumented workers their safety and health.

teleSUR, yart, JGN (2022-04-24). Presos palestinos y árabes sufren duras condiciones carcelarias. telesurtv.net Unos 4.500 prisioneros palestinos están recluidos en unas 17 cárceles israelíes, centenares de ellos bajo detención administrativa.

xinhuanet (2022-04-24). Palestinians clash with Israeli soldiers after protest against Pence visit. xinhuanet.com Palestinian protesters hurl stones at Israeli soldiers during clashes after a protest against the visit of U.S. Vice President Mike Pence in Jerusalem, in the West Bank city of Hebron, on Jan. 23, 2018.

teleSUR, JGN (2022-04-24). Justicia argentina revisará caso de mujer condenada tras defender a hija. telesurtv.net En 2017, Saganías denunció penalmente a su expareja Gabriel Fernández, a quien acusó de abusar sexualmente de su hija de ocho años. Sin embargo, la queja fue archivada y no prosperó.

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-24). Japan plans largest-ever drill with U.S. Marines, aimed at Russia, China. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Nikkei NewsApril 24, 2022 Japan weighs hosting largest-ever joint drills with U.S. MarinesBilateral military exercise in fall planned with eye on Russia and China Japan and the U.S. will hold joint military drills in Hokkaido this fall, with the two-week exercises expected to involve more than 4,000 personnel, Nikkei has learned. The Resolute Dragon exercises …

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-24). Former foreign minister: Finnish media fueling war psychosis. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Yle NewsApril 24, 2022 Veteran MP: "Finnish media in war psychosis" Many people have taken to Finnish Twitter this weekend in reaction to MP Erkki Tuomioja's (SDP) Nato comments in a National Public Radio interview. The veteran Finnish politician told the US broadcaster that there was a "huge degree of emotions involved" in the public's …

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-24). Germany ready to make "substantial contribution" to NATO troop buildup on Russia's northwest border. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Deutsche WelleApril 22, 2022 Germany's Baerbock calls for stronger NATO strategy in Baltics The German foreign minister has wrapped up a Baltic tour in Lithuania saying Germany is ready to send more troops to the region…. German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock on Friday said Germany was open to sending more troops to NATO's eastern flank, …

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-24). Turkey uses murderous assault in Iraq to inaugurate new combat drone. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Daily SabahApril 24, 2022 Anti-PKK op in Iraq marks first engagement for Turkish combat Akƒ±ncƒ± drone The landmark combat drone Akƒ±ncƒ± has joined its first major operation ever as Turkey launched a military offensive against [Kurdish] targets in northern Iraq, the company said. Named "Operation Claw-Lock," the counterterrorism operation was launched last week from ground …

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-24). After barring ships, Turkey bans Russian flights to Syria. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Daily SabahApril 23, 2022 Turkey closes airspace to Russian military aircraft to Syria: FM àáavu≈üoƒülu Turkey has closed its airspace to Russian military and civilian flights to Syria after notifying Moscow, Foreign Minister Mevlàºt àáavu≈üoƒülu said Saturday. "We were giving permissions in three-month intervals. The latest one was until April," the minister said in an …

Ali Abunimah (2022-04-23). How Israel uses Judaism as a settler-colonial weapon. electronicintifada.net Watch: Ali Abunimah and Rania Khalek discuss Israel's attacks at al-Aqsa and the war in Ukraine.

Sonja Van den Ende (2022-04-23). U.S. Media Are Lying About Russian Atrocities in Mariupol, Says Embedded Reporter at Ground Zero. covertactionmagazine.com [This article is written by a reporter embedded in Ukraine with the Russian army. We believe that if people want …

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-04-23). Dutch Journalist in Mariupol: U.S. Media Are Lying About Russian Atrocities. libya360.wordpress.com Sonja Van den Ende Residents of Mariupol receiving humanitarian aid from the Russian army in collaboration with the DPR army. [Source: Photo courtesy of Sonja van den Ende] Where shall I begin? Can a man endure so much suffering? Can you write about so much suffering without getting emotional? Probably not. Mariupol has been wiped…

_____ (2022-04-23). After Undermining ICC, US Now Wants It To Charge Russians. popularresistance.org Although the United States has tried mightily to undermine the International Criminal Court (ICC) since it became operational in 2002, the U.S. government is now pushing for the ICC to prosecute Russian leaders for war crimes in Ukraine. Apparently, Washington thinks the ICC is reliable enough to try Russians but not to bring U.S. or Israeli officials to justice. | On March 15, the Senate unanimously passed S. Res 546, which "encourages member states to petition the ICC or other appropriate international tribunal to take any appropriate steps to investigate war crimes and crimes against humanity committed by the…

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-23). Ramstein Air Base: U.S. to gather 40 allies, partners to provide "long-term military assistance" to Ukraine. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Novinite/Bulgarian Telegraph AgencyApril 23, 2022 The Pentagon is inviting 40 Allies at its Ramstein Base on Tuesday The Pentagon has invited representatives of 40 allied countries to gather in Germany on Tuesday to discuss Ukraine's long-term security needs, BTA reported. Defense ministers and high-ranking generals from 20 NATO and other countries have already accepted an …

Staff (2022-04-23). Russia warns Israel against assisting Ukraine militarily. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 23 (MNA) — Russian Ambassador to Israel Anatoly Viktorov has warned that Moscow will introduce retaliatory measures against Israel in case the Tel Aviv regime supplies Ukraine with military equipment and aid.

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-23). Britain to send tanks to Poland to free Polish ones to join dozens of Czech tanks in Ukraine. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Ukrainian News AgencyApril 23, 2022 UK Will Transfer Tanks To Poland So That It Can Send Soviet T-72 To Ukraine Britain plans to send a batch of Challenger 2 tanks to Poland so the Polish government can then hand over to Ukraine the Soviet T-72 needed by the Ukrainian military to confront Russia.The corresponding statement …

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-23). Romania: U.S. senator discusses military buildup in Black Sea region. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Nine O'Clock NewsApril 21, 2022 PM Ciuca, Senator Steve Daines discuss security situation in the region following conflict in Ukraine Prime Minister Nicolae Ciuca received the delegation of the American senator Steve Daines at the Victoria Palace on Thursday, with the two officials addressing issues related to the security situation in the region… …Prime Minister …

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-23). Georgian soldiers killed in Ukraine fighting given military honors at home. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Agenda.geApril 23, 2022 Body of Georgian volunteer killed in Ukraine repatriated to Georgia The body of Georgian volunteer AK, killed in the armed action in Ukraine, was repatriated to Georgia on Saturday morning. Family members and a group of citizens gathered at the Tbilisi International Airport to pay homage to K, whose body was transported …

Revolution Books (2022-04-23). Tuesday 4/26: The War in Ukraine: NO U.S./NATO WAR WITH RUSSIA! NO WORLD WAR 3! indybay.org Revolution Books, 2444 Durant Ave. Berkeley CA 94704…

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-23). Prospect: Ukraine as Canadian diaspora-administered fiefdom, garrison state. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Earlier this year the government of his successor, Volodyrmyr Zelensky, was prosecuting Poroshenko for treason. The government of Russia's Vladimir Putin offered Poroshenko, who launched the war in the Donbass in 2014, effective political refugee status before the current war commenced. Regarding Canada's deputy prime minister, see this from the Ottawa Citizen: Chrystia Freeland's granddad …

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-23). Canada delivers heavy artillery to "fight and win this war" in Ukraine. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com UkrinformApril 23, 2022 Canada delivers M777 howitzers to Ukraine The Government of Canada has approved the delivery to Ukraine of a number of M777 howitzers to strengthen its positions on the battlefield with Russia. That's according to a statement posted on the government's website, Ukrinform reports. "As the Prime Minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau, committed …

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-23). Ramstein Air Base: U.S. to gather 20 partners to provide "long-term military assistance" to Ukraine. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Interfax-UkraineApril 23, 2022 Over 20 states to take part in consultative meeting in Germany to assess Ukrainian military's More than 20 countries have expressed their desire to take part in a consultative meeting to be held at Ramstein Air Base in Germany next week, during which the issues of long-term military assistance that Western countries …

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-23). U.S. ambassador, Japanese FM challenge Russia, China in aircraft pose. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Kyodo NewsApril 23, 2022 Japan's Hayashi, U.S. envoy Emanuel show off alliance on carrier ==== Two-front offensive: U.S. ambassador Emanuel insists Russian islands belong to Japan U.S. duping the world into believing Russia bombed Hiroshima, Nagasaki Japan, Russia continue to clash over Kurils, Ukraine ==== Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi and U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm …

WorkWeek (2022-04-23). WorkWeek 4-21-22 Attack On NY MTA Public & Workers, Amazon Workers Support/DC Assange Demo. indybay.org WorkWeek covers the Attack On NY MTA Public & Workers, Amazon Workers Support, DC Assange Support Demo, Chris Hedges On Imperialist War & Censorship, SF Redistricting & Racism, LA Gentrification & A Labor Candidate…

Bill Fletcher Jr. (2022-04-23). Major League Baseball Desegregated 75 Years Ago, But It's Still Rife With Racism. truthout.org

Fight Back (2022-04-23). Los Angeles: 7th annual May Day set for Boyle Heights. fightbacknews.org Los Angeles, CA – On May 1, Centro CSO is holding its 7th annual International Workers Day march and rally in Boyle Heights, Los Angeles. The attendees are meeting at the intersection of N Mathews Street and E Chavez Avenue at noon, before marching towards downtown. The march will stop for a protest at LAPD Hollenbeck, then continue towards Mariachi Plaza where a list of speakers and musical entertainment is planned. This year's march has been endorsed by a number of other local organizations such as Black Lives Matter-LA, the Check the Sheriff's Coalition, CSULA MEChA, LA Catholic Worker, U.S. Palestinian C…

Staff (2022-04-23). Russia Cancels Assault on Mariupol Azovstal Steel Plant. orinocotribune.com Russian troops have taken control of the entire city of Mariupol, except for the Azovstal plant, and have been planning a final attack after making countless calls to the Neo-nazi Azov Battalion for their surrender. | Russian President Vladimir Putin, on Thursday, April 21, called off an operation to storm the Azovstal steel plant in the city of Mariupol, where more than 2,000 Ukrainian militants remain holed up, according to the Russian military. | In a meeting with Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu, the head of state demanded that the plant be locked down so that "not even a fly can get in or out," while another o…

Yoppy Pieter, Marlous L Grijsen (2022-04-23). [Perspectives] Picturing health: the burden of leprosy in eastern Indonesia. thelancet.com Leprosy impacts impoverished communities in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs), with over 200‚Äâ000 new cases recorded annually worldwide. This infectious disease is caused by Mycobacterium leprae or Mycobacterium lepromatosis and primarily affects the skin and peripheral nerves. Effective multidrug therapy is available and, with early detection and treatment, leprosy is curable. Yet disease management can be complicated by immune-mediated reactions, which may cause irreversible nerve damage and lead to lifelong disabilities that are associated with stigmatisation and discrimination.

Yoselina Guevara (2022-04-23). Venezuela Hosts Fourth Summit Against Fascism, an Ideology that Has Not Died. orinocotribune.com By Yoselina Guevara — Apr 15, 2022 | The Fourth Summit against Fascism was held in Caracas, Venezuela, during April 11, 12 and 13, under the leadership of President Nicolás Maduro, within the framework of the commemoration of the 20th anniversary of the popular counter-coup of April 2002, through which the Venezuelan people regained power and the constitutional order, rescuing Commander Hugo Chávez Frías from the captivity to which he had been subjected by de facto powers. | The meeting was attended by 200 international guests from 58 countries belonging to the five continents, who discussed fascism, a poli…

_____ (2022-04-23). Thousands Rally, March: US And Israel: Hands Off Jerusalem! popularresistance.org Chicago, IL – The Chicago Coalition for Justice in Palestine led a crowd of close to 1000 people, mostly youth from the Palestinian community in the Chicago area, to protest the attacks on the Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem, April 18. The Coalition includes the American Muslims for Palestine, United States Palestinian Community Network (UCPSN), Students for Justice in Palestine- Chicago (SJP), Al-Nahda, Palestinian American Community Center, and Palestinian American Council. | Al-Aqsa Mosque is the third holiest site in Islam, and repeatedly since Friday, April 15, Israeli soldiers and police have attacked it. They cho…

_____ (2022-04-23). Mass Protest In Front Of London Israel Embassy. popularresistance.org A large number of people on Friday staged a mass protest in front of the Israeli Embassy in London, condemning the continuous Israeli aggression on Palestinian worshippers at Al-Aqsa Mosque. | The protesters also called for an immediate end to Israeli occupation forces and settler attacks on Palestinian residents of the holy city and worshippers at Al-Aqsa Mosque. | The Palestinian Forum in Britain, the Muslim League in Britain and the Palestine Solidarity Campaign jointly organized the event. | The protesters called for Israel to end its occupation of Palestinian territories and stop settler raids on Al-Aqsa Mos…

teleSUR, JCM (2022-04-23). Denuncian cierre del cruce entre Israel y la Franja de Gaza. telesurtv.net Las fuerzas israelíes atacaron la Franja de Gaza tras el disparo de un cohete desde el enclave palestino hacia Israel.

teleSUR, lvm, JGN (2022-04-23). ONU expresa preocupación por escalada de violencia israelí en Palestina. telesurtv.net "Los responsables de cualquier violación deben rendir cuentas", expresó la vocera del ACNUDH, Ravina Shamdasani.

teleSUR, mcs, MER (2022-04-23). Represión israelí deja cuatro palestinos heridos en Cisjordania. telesurtv.net Durante la represión, varios manifestantes resultaron asfixiados por los gases lacrimógenos que arrojaron las fuerzas de Israel.

Staff (2022-04-23). Calendar of Resistance: Take Action for Palestine! samidoun.net Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network urges all Palestinian, Arab and international supporters of Palestine to escalate their organizing and struggle to confront massacres and ethnic cleansing and support Palestinian resistance throughout the entire land of Palestine. (The list below will be constantly updated — please share the link with your friends and comrades!) These events are …

Christine Yasmine Harb (2022-04-23). NYC protest says: 'End the occupation of Palestine, release all political prisoners!'. liberationnews.org Muslims, Christians, and Jews came together to denounce the brutal military occupation of the Palestinian people.

Oakland Insider (2022-04-23). Rocket Taylor Kohles exposed for racist gentrification. indybay.org So-called activists Rocket Taylor Kohles was recently exposed for racist gentrification.

WSWS (2022-04-23). US Supreme Court upholds exclusion of Puerto Rico residents from supplemental income benefit. wsws.org The ruling reflects the American ruling elite's contempt for the impoverished population, whose workers and youth rose up in mass protests three years ago that toppled the Democratic Party aligned governor.

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-23). Kosovo: Turkish-NATO military outpost. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Daily Sabah/Anadolu AgencyApril 23, 2022 Minister: Turkey has always supported development of Kosovo Kosovo's Defense Minister Armend Mehaj stated that they aim to increase the number of Turkish Kosovans in the public sector…. According to the statement made by the Kosovo Ministry of Defense, Minister Mehaj held a roundtable meeting on the occasion of the …

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-23). NATO partner Switzerland assists NATO candidate Georgia's "Euro-Atlantic integration" antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Georgian Ministry of DefenseApril 21, 2022 Juansher Burchuladze met with the Ambassador of Switzerland The Minister of Defense of Georgia held an introductory meeting with the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Switzerland. Juansher Burchuladze congratulated Heidi Graus on her appointment as Ambassador…. The security challenges in the region were discussed at the meeting. Special attention …

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-23). NATO summit: Baltic states push division-size deployments, "long-range missile equipment" antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Baltic TimesApril 23, 2022 Baltic PMs agree on common goals for NATO summit Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania agree that in the event of a threat, NATO must be ready to quickly deploy division-size troops to defend each of the Baltic states, and that NATO air policing must become air defense. NATO's military presence on the …

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-23). NATO's incorporation of Finland a "done deal" antibellum679354512.wordpress.com ERR NewsApril 22, 2022 Finland ramping up preparations for NATO accession Finland has plotted a clear NATO course, with pro-alliance National Coalition Party leader Petteri Orpo recently appointed chair of the Eduskunta Defense Committee…. Members of the Eduskunta Defense Committee visited Sweden on Thursday where their message was that Finland's NATO accession is very nearly …

San Francisco Labor Council (2022-04-23). Sunday 5/1: Bay Area Labor May Day Parade & Rally. indybay.org Parade will begin at Market Street and the Embarcadero in San Francisco and will march up to the Civic Center, where the rally will be held.

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-23). Occupied territories: Azerbaijan, Georgia, Turkey continue special forces exercises. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Until recently frozen conflicts, now "Russian-occupied territories." For Azerbaijan, that part of Nagorno-Karabakh not seized in its 44-day war of 2020. For Georgia, Abkhazia and South Ossetia. For Turkey, its self-identified ethnic kin, the Tatars, in Crimea. Perhaps Japan (the Kurils), Moldova (Transnistria) and Finland (East Karelia) will send observers. ==== Trend News AgencyApril 23, …

Staff (2022-04-23). Russia warns Israel against assisting Ukraine militarily. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 23 (MNA) — Russian Ambassador to Israel Anatoly Viktorov has warned that Moscow will introduce retaliatory measures against Israel in case the Tel Aviv regime supplies Ukraine with military equipment and aid.

Revolution Books (2022-04-23). Tuesday 4/26: The War in Ukraine: NO U.S./NATO WAR WITH RUSSIA! NO WORLD WAR 3! indybay.org Revolution Books, 2444 Durant Ave. Berkeley CA 94704…

WorkWeek (2022-04-23). WorkWeek 4-21-22 Attack On NY MTA Public & Workers, Amazon Workers Support/DC Assange Demo. indybay.org WorkWeek covers the Attack On NY MTA Public & Workers, Amazon Workers Support, DC Assange Support Demo, Chris Hedges On Imperialist War & Censorship, SF Redistricting & Racism, LA Gentrification & A Labor Candidate…

Leon Kunstenaar (2022-04-23). SF People's Earth Day Protest and March. indybay.org Protesters demand end to Bay Area's environmental racism…

Fight Back (2022-04-23). Los Angeles: 7th annual May Day set for Boyle Heights. fightbacknews.org Los Angeles, CA – On May 1, Centro CSO is holding its 7th annual International Workers Day march and rally in Boyle Heights, Los Angeles. The attendees are meeting at the intersection of N Mathews Street and E Chavez Avenue at noon, before marching towards downtown. The march will stop for a protest at LAPD Hollenbeck, then continue towards Mariachi Plaza where a list of speakers and musical entertainment is planned. This year's march has been endorsed by a number of other local organizations such as Black Lives Matter-LA, the Check the Sheriff's Coalition, CSULA MEChA, LA Catholic Worker, U.S. Palestinian C…

Staff (2022-04-23). Russia Cancels Assault on Mariupol Azovstal Steel Plant. orinocotribune.com Russian troops have taken control of the entire city of Mariupol, except for the Azovstal plant, and have been planning a final attack after making countless calls to the Neo-nazi Azov Battalion for their surrender. | Russian President Vladimir Putin, on Thursday, April 21, called off an operation to storm the Azovstal steel plant in the city of Mariupol, where more than 2,000 Ukrainian militants remain holed up, according to the Russian military. | In a meeting with Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu, the head of state demanded that the plant be locked down so that "not even a fly can get in or out," while another o…

Othering & Belonging Institute UC Berkeley (2022-04-23). Tuesday 4/26: "Innocent Until Proven Muslim": Book Talk on Islamophobia & Muslim Experience Since 9/11. indybay.org Online event…

Yoppy Pieter, Marlous L Grijsen (2022-04-23). [Perspectives] Picturing health: the burden of leprosy in eastern Indonesia. thelancet.com Leprosy impacts impoverished communities in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs), with over 200‚Äâ000 new cases recorded annually worldwide. This infectious disease is caused by Mycobacterium leprae or Mycobacterium lepromatosis and primarily affects the skin and peripheral nerves. Effective multidrug therapy is available and, with early detection and treatment, leprosy is curable. Yet disease management can be complicated by immune-mediated reactions, which may cause irreversible nerve damage and lead to lifelong disabilities that are associated with stigmatisation and discrimination.

teleSUR, lvm, JGN (2022-04-23). ONU expresa preocupación por escalada de violencia israelí en Palestina. telesurtv.net "Los responsables de cualquier violación deben rendir cuentas", expresó la vocera del ACNUDH, Ravina Shamdasani.

teleSUR, mcs, MER (2022-04-23). Represión israelí deja cuatro palestinos heridos en Cisjordania. telesurtv.net Durante la represión, varios manifestantes resultaron asfixiados por los gases lacrimógenos que arrojaron las fuerzas de Israel.

teleSUR, JCM (2022-04-23). Denuncian cierre del cruce entre Israel y la Franja de Gaza. telesurtv.net Las fuerzas israelíes atacaron la Franja de Gaza tras el disparo de un cohete desde el enclave palestino hacia Israel.

xinhuanet (2022-04-23). Palestinians clash with Israeli soldiers after protest against Pence visit. xinhuanet.com Palestinian protesters hurl stones at Israeli soldiers during clashes after a protest against the visit of U.S. Vice President Mike Pence in Jerusalem, in the West Bank city of Hebron, on Jan. 23, 2018.

Staff (2022-04-23). Calendar of Resistance: Take Action for Palestine! samidoun.net Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network urges all Palestinian, Arab and international supporters of Palestine to escalate their organizing and struggle to confront massacres and ethnic cleansing and support Palestinian resistance throughout the entire land of Palestine. (The list below will be constantly updated — please share the link with your friends and comrades!) These events are …

Oakland Insider (2022-04-23). Rocket Taylor Kohles exposed for racist gentrification. indybay.org So-called activists Rocket Taylor Kohles was recently exposed for racist gentrification.

WSWS (2022-04-23). US Supreme Court upholds exclusion of Puerto Rico residents from supplemental income benefit. wsws.org The ruling reflects the American ruling elite's contempt for the impoverished population, whose workers and youth rose up in mass protests three years ago that toppled the Democratic Party aligned governor.

San Francisco Labor Council (2022-04-23). Sunday 5/1: Bay Area Labor May Day Parade & Rally. indybay.org Parade will begin at Market Street and the Embarcadero in San Francisco and will march up to the Civic Center, where the rally will be held.

Peoples Dispatch (2022-04-22). What explains Israel's violent provocations in Palestine? peoplesdispatch.org Rania Khalek of BreakThrough News talks about the recent attacks by Israel on Gaza and occupied East Jerusalem, especially the Al-Aqsa mosque. She talks about the settler colonial project, the compulsions of extreme-right wing Israeli politics, and the resistance of generations of Palestinians. She also talks about the regional responses to these latest attacks.

_____ (2022-04-22). Witness To A Social Crime: The Reality Of US Immigrant Child Detention. popularresistance.org In the corporate media, political establishment and middle class "left," the sound of sanctimonious appeals to America's responsibility to defend democracy in Ukraine has grown deafening. Without a shred of critical thought, the Mighty Wurlitzer of war propaganda gets spinning. We are told that a Ukrainian government riddled with neo-Nazis is a beacon of democratic hope, that American bombs are being sent to save lives, that American sanctions which choke the world's food supplies and throw hundreds of millions into the path of starvation are necessary humanitarian measures. | The biggest lie of all is that the U…

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-22). Turkey makes NATO ally Greece offer it better not refuse. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Turkey and its weapons have recently established a record in Syria, Libya, Nagorno-Karabakh, Armenia, Ethiopia and Ukraine that Athens would be wise to heed is the message from Greece's NATO ally and neighbor. ==== Hurriyet News AgencyApril 22, 2022 Defense minister urges Greece to respond to Turkey's call for 'friendship' Defense Minister Hulusi Akar on …

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-22). Biden: U.S. prepared to supply weapons for interminable war in Ukraine. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Interfax-UkraineApril 22, 2022 Biden: USA can supply Ukraine with weapons for long time The United States is capable of supplying Ukraine with weapons for a long time, U.S. President Joe Biden has said on Thursday. "We have the capacity to do this for a long time," he said, answering a journalist's question about how long …

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-22). Japan intensifies hard-line stance on islands "illegally occupied" by Russia. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Kyodo NewsApril 22, 2022 Japan shifts to hard-line stance on territorial dispute with Russia Tokyo has switched to a hard-line stance in its decades-long territorial dispute with Moscow following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, stating in its annual foreign policy report released Friday that four northern islands are "illegally occupied" by Russia. *** The report highlighted …

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-22). Coup-threatened Georgia: ruling party exposes "NGO clan" antibellum679354512.wordpress.com On the role of "NGOs' in fomenting coups in Georgia, and the wars that inevitably follow them, see item below the news report. The United National Movement is the party founded by Mikheil Saakashvili, who returned from Ukraine late last year, where he held a major post in the government of Volodymyr Zelensky, to launch …

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-22). Azerbaijan: "We have proved to the whole world how to wage a war in the 21st century" antibellum679354512.wordpress.com The leadership of Ukraine, Georgia, Moldova, Japan and Finland got the message on how to "liberate occupied territories" from Russia. === Azeri Press AgencyApril 22, 2022 President Ilham Aliyev: "Although war is over, the territorial claims against us are not over yet" "We have proved to the whole world how to wage a war in …

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-22). India blocs Japanese Air Self-Defense Force flight for Ukraine. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Nikkei AsiaApril 22, 2022 Japan reworks Ukraine aid plan after India blocks military plane Japan is redrawing its plan for transporting humanitarian aid supplies to displaced Ukrainians after India reportedly refused to let Self-Defense Forces aircraft land in the country. The plan was for an Air Self-Defense Force plane to pick up relief items at …

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-22). France to deliver howitzers, anti-tank missiles for war in Ukraine. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com UkrinformApril 22, 2022 Macron announces supply of Milan anti-tank systems, Caesar howitzers to Ukraine French President Emmanuel Macron has announced the supply of Milan anti-tank missiles and Caesar self-propelled howitzers to Ukraine. *** "We are delivering significant equipment, from Milan to Caesar. I think we have to continue on this route. Always with the red …

San Jose City College (2022-04-22). Wednesday 4/20: Global Geopolitics from Ukraine to the Middle East. indybay.org Join Zoom meeting: sjeccd-edu.zoom.us/j/5088214551 | Zoom meeting ID: 508 821 4551 | International dial-in numbers available: zoom.us/u/aM3amGqtL…

_____ (2022-04-22). The Persian Gulf is Now Taking an Independent Geopolitical Stance. journal-neo.org In the new reality, by its blunt intervention in Russia's special operation in Ukraine expressed not only in political support, but also in supplying weapons for the Kiev's nazi authorities, the Biden administration has already begun to develop and deploy its new global strategy. Apparently, this strategy is based around creating tough competition with other …

Max Parry (2022-04-22). Synthetic Left Joins Corporate Right in Getting Ukraine War Wrong. covertactionmagazine.com Since the Russian military operation to de-Nazify and de-militarize Ukraine began in late February, there is a common misperception that …

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-22). Combat-ready: NATO in talks to deploy yet more troops to eastern flank. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Polish RadioApril 22, 2022 NATO allies in talks to send more troops to eastern flank: Polish official A senior Polish national security official said on Friday that the NATO alliance was discussing ways to boost troop numbers on its eastern edge amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine. *** "Talks are under way to expand the NATO …

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-04-22). Ukraine: A New Consensus on Whiteness? libya360.wordpress.com Ajamu Baraka A march of the Azov Battalian, Svoboda, and other far-right radical groups in Kiev, October 14, 2017. (Photo: Reuters / Gleb Garanich) The Biden administration and corporate media cover up the existence of white supremacists and neo-Nazis in Ukraine. They are disappeared from the official narrative in order to get public buy-in…

_____ (2022-04-22). The Chris Hedges Report With Dr. Cornel West. popularresistance.org Dr. Cornel West is the most important standard bearer for the Black prophetic tradition, the most important intellectual and spiritual movement in our history. Rooted in the experience of American racism, capitalist exploitation, and imperialism, this tradition has provided an ongoing critique of our economic, social, and political institutions and beliefs, as well as calling out the country's spiritual bankruptcy. In this premiere episode of The Chris Hedges Report, Dr. West joins Chris Hedges to discuss the decay of the American empire, the struggle to show international solidarity in the face of escalating mil…

WSWS (2022-04-22). Macron-Le Pen debate shows rising danger of far-right dictatorship in France. wsws.org The debate showed above all the very limited character of the differences separating Macron from a political descendant of the collaboration with Nazism in France.

Ann Brown (2022-04-22). Political Scientist Dr. Ricky Jones: They Are Calling Me Racist And Anti-Semitic Because Of Not Abandoning Quintez Brown. moguldom.com Political scientist Dr. Ricky Jones is getting major backlash for supporting his former student, Quintez Brown, a 21-year-old community activist who faces up to life in prison. Brown is charged with shooting at Democratic mayoral candidate Craig Greenberg, who is Jewish, on Feb. 14 in Louisville, Kentucky. Jones is a professor and chairman of the University of …

Ann Brown (2022-04-22). Black Mayor In Tennessee Town Declares Confederate History Month. moguldom.com April has been designated Confederate History Month in Livingston, Tennessee, where Mayor Curtis Hayes, who is Black, signed a proclamation delegating a monthlong celebration of the history of the Confederacy. Hayes, who once received an NAACP diversity award, made the announcement from his desk while flanked by six white members of the Sons of Confederate Veterans (SCV), Black …

Editor (2022-04-22). 2005-22′: The crisis of western capitalism behind the left and far right radicalism. mronline.org It is simply impossible to understand what is going on now in the world if we don't take into consideration the crisis the globally dominant Western capitalism has been facing since 2008.

Edgar Reyes (2022-04-22). Los Angeles rally demands a free Palestine. liberationnews.org On April 21, local organizations led an emergency rally at the Israeli Consulate in Los Angeles.

Staff (2022-04-22). New York demonstration takes the streets of Manhattan for Palestine. samidoun.net On Wednesday, 20 April, hundreds of demonstrators took to the streets of midtown Manhattan in response to a call for an emergency demonstration to stand with Palestine and support the Palestinian liberation struggle, following attacks on al-Aqsa Mosque and Palestinian cities and villages throughout occupied Palestine. On Wednesday, after protesting outside the Israeli mission to …

_____ (2022-04-22). Israeli Authorities Prod Extremist Militias Into Seeking 'Vigilante Justice'. popularresistance.org Be'er Sheva / Lydd, Occupied Palestine – In cities across 1948-occupied Palestine (modern-day Israel), Israelis are taking up arms to defend against so-called Palestinian terror. | A wave of Palestinian-initiated attacks against Israelis occurred just before the Muslim holy month of Ramadan in March, prompting Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett to call on civilians to arm themselves. "Whoever has a gun license, this is the time to carry a gun," Bennett said in a video statement following the violence. | His request was met, as Israeli settlers in the Naqab, Lydd, and the Occupied West Bank have organized arme…

Maureen Clare Murphy (2022-04-22). Israel deploys tear gas drones against al-Aqsa worshippers. electronicintifada.net
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teleSUR, SH (2022-04-22). Nueva represión en la mezquita Al-Aqsa deja decenas de heridos. telesurtv.net Según la Media Luna Roja al menos 31 palestinos resultaron heridos este viernes producto del accionar policial israelí.

Peoples Dispatch (2022-04-22). Ramadan month marks an intensified attack on Palestine. peoplesdispatch.org Israel has intensified its offensive on Palestinians across occupied territories since the beginning of the holy month of Ramadan. On Monday April 18, Israeli war planes bombed besiged Gaza near the city of Khan Younis at midnight. The forces have also attacked Al-Aqsa mosque several times since the beginning of the month of Ramadan, injuring and arresting hundreds of worshippers there.

Peoples Dispatch (2022-04-22). For second Friday in a row, Israeli forces attack worshipers at Al-Aqsa in East Jerusalem. peoplesdispatch.org Israeli forces fired rubber bullets, stun grenades, and tear gas on the worshipers leading to at least 31 Palestinians getting injured, two of them critically. Journalists and paramedics were also injured…

teleSUR, DRL (2022-04-22). Palestina advierte sobre suspensión del reconocimiento a Israel. telesurtv.net El presidente palestino Mahmoud Abbas Abu exigió a EE.UU. que intervenga ante la gravedad de la situación en Jerusalén.

Staff (2022-04-22). Palestinians clash with Israeli security forces in Al-Aqsa. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 22 (MNA) — Local media in occupied Palestine reported that the Israeli reime security forces clashed with the Palestinians again in Al-Aqsa Mosque and dozens of Palestinians were injured in the clashes.

Rann Miller (2022-04-22). Opinion: How Florida Has Added To Its Racist Education By Subtracting Black People From Math. moguldom.com We have officially reached the point in the critical race theory backlash where they're now banning math textbooks. The Florida Department of Education rejected 54 math textbooks — 28 of them because they "incorporate prohibited topics or unsolicited strategies, including [critical race theory]" — according to a DOE statement. Of course, Gov. Ron DeSantis endorsed …

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-22). Turkish-Indonesian strategic partnership: NATO's gateway to ASEAN. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Turkey joined the North Atlantic Treaty Organization in 1952 along with Greece after both nations had served their apprenticeship by deploying troops for the Korean War. Three years later Turkey became the main pivot in the founding of the Central Treaty Organization, modeled after NATO.A year earlier the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization, also modeled after …

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-22). Turkey commemorates life of Chechen separatist warlord. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com The piece is beyond eulogy and approaching hagiography.The Kremlin's strategic partner Recep Tayyip Erdogan opened a public park dedicated to Dzhokhar Dudayev, first president of the "Chechen Republic of Ichkeria," last December, triggering a fierce reaction from current Chechen president, Ramzan Kadyrov.Turkey is not through with Chechnya and with Dagestan, Ingushetia and the Tatars in …

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-22). German chancellor: NATO-Russia clash could trigger third world war, nuclear war. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Scholz's logic at times (see below) is not only tortuous but torturous. His main message, though, seems unequivocal. Der SpiegelApril 22, 2022 "There Cannot Be a Nuclear War" Excerpts from interview. The SPD is a party of peace, but it has never been pacifist. The two great postwar Social Democratic chancellors, Willy Brandt and Helmut …

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-22). Air defense, armored vehicles: Britain trains Ukrainian troops at home, in Poland. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Polish RadioApril 22, 2022 UK training Ukrainian troops in Poland: Johnson Ukrainian troops are being trained in Poland to use anti-aircraft defence equipment donated by the British government, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has revealed. "I can say that we're currently training Ukrainians in Poland in the use of the anti-aircraft defences," Johnson told reporters …

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-22). Combat-ready: NATO in talks to deploy yet more troops to eastern flank. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Polish RadioApril 22, 2022 NATO allies in talks to send more troops to eastern flank: Polish official A senior Polish national security official said on Friday that the NATO alliance was discussing ways to boost troop numbers on its eastern edge amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine. *** "Talks are under way to expand the NATO …

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-22). Japan intensifies hard-line stance on islands "illegally occupied" by Russia. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Kyodo NewsApril 22, 2022 Japan shifts to hard-line stance on territorial dispute with Russia Tokyo has switched to a hard-line stance in its decades-long territorial dispute with Moscow following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, stating in its annual foreign policy report released Friday that four northern islands are "illegally occupied" by Russia. *** The report highlighted …

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-22). Azerbaijan: "We have proved to the whole world how to wage a war in the 21st century" antibellum679354512.wordpress.com The leadership of Ukraine, Georgia, Moldova, Japan and Finland got the message on how to "liberate occupied territories" from Russia. === Azeri Press AgencyApril 22, 2022 President Ilham Aliyev: "Although war is over, the territorial claims against us are not over yet" "We have proved to the whole world how to wage a war in …

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-22). France to deliver howitzers, anti-tank missiles for war in Ukraine. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com UkrinformApril 22, 2022 Macron announces supply of Milan anti-tank systems, Caesar howitzers to Ukraine French President Emmanuel Macron has announced the supply of Milan anti-tank missiles and Caesar self-propelled howitzers to Ukraine. *** "We are delivering significant equipment, from Milan to Caesar. I think we have to continue on this route. Always with the red …

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-22). Biden: U.S. prepared to supply weapons for interminable war in Ukraine. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Interfax-UkraineApril 22, 2022 Biden: USA can supply Ukraine with weapons for long time The United States is capable of supplying Ukraine with weapons for a long time, U.S. President Joe Biden has said on Thursday. "We have the capacity to do this for a long time," he said, answering a journalist's question about how long …

Max Parry (2022-04-22). Synthetic Left Joins Corporate Right in Getting Ukraine War Wrong. covertactionmagazine.com Since the Russian military operation to de-Nazify and de-militarize Ukraine began in late February, there is a common misperception that …

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-22). Turkey makes NATO ally Greece offer it better not refuse. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Turkey and its weapons have recently established a record in Syria, Libya, Nagorno-Karabakh, Armenia, Ethiopia and Ukraine that Athens would be wise to heed is the message from Greece's NATO ally and neighbor. ==== Hurriyet News AgencyApril 22, 2022 Defense minister urges Greece to respond to Turkey's call for 'friendship' Defense Minister Hulusi Akar on …

Revolution Books (2022-04-22). Tuesday 4/26: The War in Ukraine: NO U.S./NATO WAR WITH RUSSIA! NO WORLD WAR 3! indybay.org Revolution Books, 2444 Durant Ave. Berkeley CA 94704…

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-22). India blocs Japanese Air Self-Defense Force flight for Ukraine. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Nikkei AsiaApril 22, 2022 Japan reworks Ukraine aid plan after India blocks military plane Japan is redrawing its plan for transporting humanitarian aid supplies to displaced Ukrainians after India reportedly refused to let Self-Defense Forces aircraft land in the country. The plan was for an Air Self-Defense Force plane to pick up relief items at …

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-22). Coup-threatened Georgia: ruling party exposes "NGO clan" antibellum679354512.wordpress.com On the role of "NGOs' in fomenting coups in Georgia, and the wars that inevitably follow them, see item below the news report. The United National Movement is the party founded by Mikheil Saakashvili, who returned from Ukraine late last year, where he held a major post in the government of Volodymyr Zelensky, to launch …

WorkWeek (2022-04-22). WorkWeek 4-21-22 Attack On NY MTA Public & Workers, Amazon Workers Support/DC Assange Demo. indybay.org WorkWeek covers the Attack On NY MTA Public & Workers, Amazon Workers Support, DC Assange Support Demo, Chris Hedges On Imperialist War & Censorship, SF Redistricting & Racism, LA Gentrification & A Labor Candidate…

WSWS (2022-04-22). Macron-Le Pen debate shows rising danger of far-right dictatorship in France. wsws.org The debate showed above all the very limited character of the differences separating Macron from a political descendant of the collaboration with Nazism in France.

Othering & Belonging Institute UC Berkeley (2022-04-22). Tuesday 4/26: "Innocent Until Proven Muslim": Book Talk on Islamophobia & Muslim Experience Since 9/11. indybay.org Online event…

Staff (2022-04-22). New York demonstration takes the streets of Manhattan for Palestine. samidoun.net On Wednesday, 20 April, hundreds of demonstrators took to the streets of midtown Manhattan in response to a call for an emergency demonstration to stand with Palestine and support the Palestinian liberation struggle, following attacks on al-Aqsa Mosque and Palestinian cities and villages throughout occupied Palestine. On Wednesday, after protesting outside the Israeli mission to …

teleSUR, SH (2022-04-22). Nueva represión en la mezquita Al-Aqsa deja decenas de heridos. telesurtv.net Según la Media Luna Roja al menos 31 palestinos resultaron heridos este viernes producto del accionar policial israelí.

xinhuanet (2022-04-22). Palestinians clash with Israeli soldiers after protest against Pence visit. xinhuanet.com Palestinian protesters hurl stones at Israeli soldiers during clashes after a protest against the visit of U.S. Vice President Mike Pence in Jerusalem, in the West Bank city of Hebron, on Jan. 23, 2018.

teleSUR, DRL (2022-04-22). Palestina advierte sobre suspensión del reconocimiento a Israel. telesurtv.net El presidente palestino Mahmoud Abbas Abu exigió a EE.UU. que intervenga ante la gravedad de la situación en Jerusalén.

Oakland Insider (2022-04-22). Rocket Taylor Kohles exposed for racist gentrification. indybay.org So-called activists Rocket Taylor Kohles was recently exposed for racist gentrification.

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-22). German chancellor: NATO-Russia clash could trigger third world war, nuclear war. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Scholz's logic at times (see below) is not only tortuous but torturous. His main message, though, seems unequivocal. Der SpiegelApril 22, 2022 "There Cannot Be a Nuclear War" Excerpts from interview. The SPD is a party of peace, but it has never been pacifist. The two great postwar Social Democratic chancellors, Willy Brandt and Helmut …

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-22). Turkish-Indonesian strategic partnership: NATO's gateway to ASEAN. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Turkey joined the North Atlantic Treaty Organization in 1952 along with Greece after both nations had served their apprenticeship by deploying troops for the Korean War. Three years later Turkey became the main pivot in the founding of the Central Treaty Organization, modeled after NATO.A year earlier the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization, also modeled after …

San Francisco Labor Council (2022-04-22). Sunday 5/1: Bay Area Labor May Day Parade & Rally. indybay.org Parade will begin at Market Street and the Embarcadero in San Francisco and will march up to the Civic Center, where the rally will be held.

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-22). Turkey commemorates life of Chechen separatist warlord. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com The piece is beyond eulogy and approaching hagiography.The Kremlin's strategic partner Recep Tayyip Erdogan opened a public park dedicated to Dzhokhar Dudayev, first president of the "Chechen Republic of Ichkeria," last December, triggering a fierce reaction from current Chechen president, Ramzan Kadyrov.Turkey is not through with Chechnya and with Dagestan, Ingushetia and the Tatars in …

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-22). Air defense, armored vehicles: Britain trains Ukrainian troops at home, in Poland. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Polish RadioApril 22, 2022 UK training Ukrainian troops in Poland: Johnson Ukrainian troops are being trained in Poland to use anti-aircraft defence equipment donated by the British government, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has revealed. "I can say that we're currently training Ukrainians in Poland in the use of the anti-aircraft defences," Johnson told reporters …

Vijay Prashad (2022-04-21). Now is the Time for Non-Alignment and Peace. orinocotribune.com By Roger McKenzie and Vijay Prashad — Apr 16, 2022 | "And maps can really point to places | Where life is evil now" | — WH Auden, In Time of War, 1939 | War is an ugly part of the human experience. Everything about it is hideous. War is most obviously the act of invasion and the brutality that goes along with its operations. No war is precise; every war hurts civilians. Each act of bombardment sends a neurological shudder through a society. | World War II demonstrated this ugliness in the Holocaust and in the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. | From Hiroshima and the Holocaust rose two mighty m…

Anonymous103 (2022-04-21). Kherson Region In The South Of Ukraine On Its Way To Peace. southfront.org Russian soldiers raised the Victory Banner on the Walk of Fame (monument to soldiers who died in the Great Patriotic War) in Kherson | By today, artillery strikes by the AFU and the Russian Army on the border areas of the Kherson and Mykolaiv regions continue. However, no successful offensive operations have been carried out by the sides . The Russian Armed Forces are striking targets in Mykolaiv and south of Nikopol with cruise missiles and respond to any attack of the AFU with artillery shelling. Meanwhile, the ci…

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-21). Poland says it's funneled billions in military aid for "biggest armored battle since Second World War" antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Polish RadioApril 21, 2022 Poland sends billions in military aid to Ukraine: spokesman Poland has sent billions worth of military assistance to war-torn Ukraine, the government spokesman said on Thursday. On Wednesday, Poland's President Andrzej Duda and senior government ministers agreed "to continue military supplies to Ukraine" amid Russia's invasion, Màºller said. "And this is …

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-21). U.S. viceroy shepherding Georgia into war. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Agenda.geApril 21, 2022 Georgian PM, US Ambassador discuss ongoing war in Ukraine, partnership Also see: U.S. ambassador to Georgia blasts "revanchist" Russia for 220 years of barbaric atrocities The ongoing war in Ukraine, the security situation in the Black Sea region, and the strengthening of partnership between Georgia and the United States were discussed by …

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-21). Trudeau: Canada to provide heavy artillery to Ukrainian military. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Canadian PressApril 20, 2022 Canada will send heavy artillery to Ukraine, Trudeau pledges Prime Minister Justin Trudeau revealed plans Tuesday to send heavy artillery to embattled Ukraine…. Trudeau mentioned the plan to provide artillery…during a news conference in Dalhousie, N.B., saying the decision followed a specific request to Canada from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's government. …

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-21). Ukraine taps Portugal for tanks, APCs, anti-ship missiles. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Interfax-UkraineApril 21, 2022 Zelensky turns to Portugal requesting to hand over Leopard tanks, armored personnel carriers, anti-ship weapons President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky has addressed the parliament and people of Portugal with a request to transfer Leopard tanks, armored personnel carriers and Harpoon anti-ship missiles to Ukraine…. "When we address the peoples of the free …

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-21). Treasury's Yellen, Ukraine's PM meet: weapons, finances, sanctions. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com UkrinformApril 21, 2022 PM Shmyhal, U.S. Treasury Secretary discuss weapons, finances, sanctions Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal discussed increasing financial support for Ukraine and stepping up sanctions pressure on Russia with U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen. "Weapons, finances, and sanctions. These are the main talking points of our visit to Washington. I discussed the …

Ajamu Baraka (2022-04-21). A new consensus on Whiteness? mronline.org The Biden administration and corporate media cover up the existence of white supremacists and neo-Nazis in Ukraine. They are disappeared from the official narrative in order to get public buy-in for U.S. policy.

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-21). "We want this war to end with victory of Ukraine": Spain ships more arms to prolong war. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com UkrinformApril 21, 2022 Spain sends new military aid batch to Ukraine Spain has sent a new batch of military aid to Ukraine, containing 200 tonnes of ammunition, military supplies, trucks, and armored vehicles. "I want to announce that a new batch of weapons has been sent to Ukraine. The Spanish ship Isabel, which today departed …

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-21). "A lot" of heavy mortars delivered to Ukraine through Lithuania. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Ukrainian News AgencyApril 21, 2022 Lithuania Transfers Heavy Mortars To Ukraine Lithuania transferred heavy mortars to Ukraine….The number of weapons is not specified. It is reported by European Pravda with reference to the statement of the Minister of Defense of Lithuania Arvydas Anusauskas. "We transferred heavy mortars to Ukraine. I won't name numbers, but we …

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-21). Ukraine border: NATO holds missile interception drill in Slovakia. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com NATOAllied Air CommandApril 21, 2022 Allies integrate PATRIOT missile defence system during NATO exercise in Slovakia During an Integrated Air and Missile Defence (IAMD) exercise in Sliaƒç, Slovakia, from April, 19 to 21, 2022, Allies will train with the deployed PATRIOT missile defence system to enhance Alliance cohesion and interoperability. The exercise will involve increasingly …

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-21). Saakashvili: We are not a war party, but "Ukraine and world are defeating Georgia's century-old enemy" antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Rustavi2April 21, 2022 We are not a war party, but a party that protects and saves the country — Mikheil Saakashvili We are not a war party, but a party that protects and saves the country. Such a statement made today the former president of Georgia. "Great changes await the whole region and the world. …

_____ (2022-04-21). Why isn't the West Sanctioning Turkey for its Special Operation in Iraq? journal-neo.org The recent Russophobic frenzy by Washington and its Western allies over Russia's special operation to denazify and demilitarize Ukraine with more and more anti-Russian sanctions imposed each passing day, makes one involuntarily wonder: why then doesn't the West react in the same way to another special operation — the one Turkey is conducting on Iraqi …

Andy Kroll (2022-04-21). The Poor at the Crossroads. tomdispatch.com The 54th anniversary of the assassination of Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr., just passed. Dr. King was shot down while organizing low-wage sanitation workers in Memphis, Tennessee. At that time, he was building the Poor People's Campaign, an effort to organize America's poor into a force to be reckoned with. In his opposition to the Vietnam War and his promotion of a campaign to lift the load of poverty, he suggested that racism, poverty, and militarism could only be dealt with by uniting millions of poor people to change the very structure of our national life. More than half a century later, his message remai…

Staff (2022-04-21). Colombian Vice President Candidate Francia Márquez Denounces Racism (King Kong Slur). orinocotribune.com The Afro-Colombian candidate for the Vice Presidency of Colombia, Francia Márquez, denounced a new case of racism against her, where she was called "King Kong." | This Wednesday, April 20, Francia Márquez said: "A while ago, when I was having lunch, a call came in and I answered it. When I asked: 'Who is this?' they told me: 'Who am I talking to?' and I said: 'Who do you need?' and do you know what they answered? 'King Kong.'" | Márquez is the running mate of Gustavo Petro, candidate for the presidency of the Historic Pact for Colombia, and favorite in the polls for the upcoming presidential elections, where the…

Editor2 (2022-04-21). Azov Neo-Nazis Demolish Zhukov Statue in Kharkov. orinocotribune.com Neo-Nazis belonging to the The dismantling of the monument reportedly took place on Sunday 17 April. | Koatiantyn Nemichev, an ex-combatant of the neo-Nazi Azov Regiment and head of the Kharkov branch of the National Cor…

Asa Winstanley (2022-04-21). Israel is still arming Ukrainian Nazis. electronicintifada.net Video shows anti-tank missile used by Azov Battalion.

_____ (2022-04-21). US is Among the States that Support Nazism. journal-neo.org Syria has sent a formal accusation of US war crimes to UN Secretary General António Guterres and the UN Security Council. The Syrian side believes that the actions of the US-led coalition in Raqqa in 2017 led to the near total destruction of the city and mass civilian deaths. The time has come to shed …

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-04-21). How the CIA and Italy's Secret State Manipulated the Right and Infiltrated the Left. libya360.wordpress.com Asa Winstanle Supporters of Italian neo-Nazi group National Vanguard at the 2019 funeral of its founder Stefano Delle Chiaie. Some of its members have been found guilty of the 1980 Bologna bombing. But questions remain as to what extent the group was simply a puppet of the Italian secret state and its CIA masters. (Fanpage.it)…

_____ (2022-04-21). Redlined Neighborhoods In Cities Across The US Saw More Oil Drilling. popularresistance.org Roughly 17 million people in the U.S. live within a mile of an oil or gas well — putting them at higher risk of health problems like heart disease, breathing issues, anxiety and depression, and complications during pregnancy, a growing body of research shows. | But all is not equal when it comes to who exactly lives near oil wells — and intentional racial discrimination in federal mortgage policies, reflected in a practice known as "redlining," may have played a role, according to a new study published in the Journal of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology. | There are nearly twice as ma…

Jessica Buxbaum (2022-04-21). Cycle of Violence: Israeli Authorities Prod Extremist Militias into Seeking "Vigilante Justice" mintpressnews.com "All of this is part of the Jewish-supremacy ecosystem — the pro-occupation, pro-settlement, xenophobic hate, and violent right wing in Israel." — Eran Nissan, Mehazkim COO…

Fight Back (2022-04-21). 1000 rally, march: U.S. and Israel: Hands off Jerusalem! fightbacknews.org Chicago, IL – The Chicago Coalition for Justice in Palestine led a crowd of close to 1000 people, mostly youth from the Palestinian community in the Chicago area, to protest the attacks on the Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem, April 18. The Coalition includes the American Muslims for Palestine, United States Palestinian Community Network (UCPSN), Students for Justice in Palestine- Chicago (SJP), Al-Nahda, Palestinian American Community Center, and Palestinian American Council. | Al-Aqsa Mosque is the third holiest site in Islam, and repeatedly since Friday, April 15, Israeli soldiers and police have attacked it. They…

Staff (2022-04-21). Freedom for Bashir al-Khairy! Palestinian lawyer jailed without charge or trial faces extension of unjust detention. samidoun.net Bashir al-Khairy, 79-year-old Palestinian lawyer, longtime leftist leader and human rights defender, is currently being jailed without charge or trial by the Israeli occupation. Occupation forces invaded his home on 29 October 2021, seizing him and taking him to the Ofer military base. After multiple extensions of his detention, and an initial list of military …

Tamara Nassar (2022-04-21). Israelis chant "Death to the Arabs" in Jerusalem. electronicintifada.net Exchange of fire across Gaza boundary highlights risk of full-scale war.

Peoples Dispatch (2022-04-21). Israel bombs Gaza for the second time this week. peoplesdispatch.org Israeli forces have both bombed Gaza and escalated attacks on Palestinians in the occupied East Jerusalem and the West Bank. The raids have led to widespread anger among Palestinians as they are taking place during the holy month of Ramadan…

Peoples Dispatch (2022-04-21). Latin American and Caribbean leaders convene Escazú accord meeting and other stories. peoplesdispatch.org In today's episode of the Daily Round-up we look at the first Conference of Parties to the Escazú Environmental Agreement held by countries in the Latin America and Caribbean region; renewed Israeli air attacks on the besieged Gaza Strip as occupation forces continue to attack Palestinians in Occupied East Jerusalem; the escalation of police targeting and harassment of Indigenous Wet'suwet'en activists resisting the Coastal GasLink pipeline in Canada; and the landslide victory of José Ramos-Horta in the second round of the presidential elections in East Timor.

Staff (2022-04-21). Intelligence forces detain 3 Mossad spies in SE Iran. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 21 (MNA) — Iran's Intelligence forces have arrested three agents working for the Israeli Mossad spy agency in Zahedan, Sistan and Baluchestan Province.

Vijay Prashad (2022-04-21). Now is the Time for Non-Alignment and Peace. orinocotribune.com By Roger McKenzie and Vijay Prashad — Apr 16, 2022 | "And maps can really point to places | Where life is evil now" | — WH Auden, In Time of War, 1939 | War is an ugly part of the human experience. Everything about it is hideous. War is most obviously the act of invasion and the brutality that goes along with its operations. No war is precise; every war hurts civilians. Each act of bombardment sends a neurological shudder through a society. | World War II demonstrated this ugliness in the Holocaust and in the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. | From Hiroshima and the Holocaust rose two mighty m…

Ajamu Baraka (2022-04-21). A new consensus on Whiteness? mronline.org The Biden administration and corporate media cover up the existence of white supremacists and neo-Nazis in Ukraine. They are disappeared from the official narrative in order to get public buy-in for U.S. policy.

_____ (2022-04-21). US is Among the States that Support Nazism. journal-neo.org Syria has sent a formal accusation of US war crimes to UN Secretary General António Guterres and the UN Security Council. The Syrian side believes that the actions of the US-led coalition in Raqqa in 2017 led to the near total destruction of the city and mass civilian deaths. The time has come to shed …

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-21). Poland says it's funneled billions in military aid for "biggest armored battle since Second World War" antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Polish RadioApril 21, 2022 Poland sends billions in military aid to Ukraine: spokesman Poland has sent billions worth of military assistance to war-torn Ukraine, the government spokesman said on Thursday. On Wednesday, Poland's President Andrzej Duda and senior government ministers agreed "to continue military supplies to Ukraine" amid Russia's invasion, Màºller said. "And this is …

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-21). "We want this war to end with victory of Ukraine": Spain ships more arms to prolong war. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com UkrinformApril 21, 2022 Spain sends new military aid batch to Ukraine Spain has sent a new batch of military aid to Ukraine, containing 200 tonnes of ammunition, military supplies, trucks, and armored vehicles. "I want to announce that a new batch of weapons has been sent to Ukraine. The Spanish ship Isabel, which today departed …

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-21). Treasury's Yellen, Ukraine's PM meet: weapons, finances, sanctions. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com UkrinformApril 21, 2022 PM Shmyhal, U.S. Treasury Secretary discuss weapons, finances, sanctions Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal discussed increasing financial support for Ukraine and stepping up sanctions pressure on Russia with U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen. "Weapons, finances, and sanctions. These are the main talking points of our visit to Washington. I discussed the …

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-21). Ukraine border: NATO holds missile interception drill in Slovakia. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com NATOAllied Air CommandApril 21, 2022 Allies integrate PATRIOT missile defence system during NATO exercise in Slovakia During an Integrated Air and Missile Defence (IAMD) exercise in Sliaƒç, Slovakia, from April, 19 to 21, 2022, Allies will train with the deployed PATRIOT missile defence system to enhance Alliance cohesion and interoperability. The exercise will involve increasingly …

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-21). U.S. viceroy shepherding Georgia into war. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Agenda.geApril 21, 2022 Georgian PM, US Ambassador discuss ongoing war in Ukraine, partnership Also see: U.S. ambassador to Georgia blasts "revanchist" Russia for 220 years of barbaric atrocities The ongoing war in Ukraine, the security situation in the Black Sea region, and the strengthening of partnership between Georgia and the United States were discussed by …

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-21). Saakashvili: We are not a war party, but "Ukraine and world are defeating Georgia's century-old enemy" antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Rustavi2April 21, 2022 We are not a war party, but a party that protects and saves the country — Mikheil Saakashvili We are not a war party, but a party that protects and saves the country. Such a statement made today the former president of Georgia. "Great changes await the whole region and the world. …

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-21). "A lot" of heavy mortars delivered to Ukraine through Lithuania. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Ukrainian News AgencyApril 21, 2022 Lithuania Transfers Heavy Mortars To Ukraine Lithuania transferred heavy mortars to Ukraine….The number of weapons is not specified. It is reported by European Pravda with reference to the statement of the Minister of Defense of Lithuania Arvydas Anusauskas. "We transferred heavy mortars to Ukraine. I won't name numbers, but we …

_____ (2022-04-21). Why isn't the West Sanctioning Turkey for its Special Operation in Iraq? journal-neo.org The recent Russophobic frenzy by Washington and its Western allies over Russia's special operation to denazify and demilitarize Ukraine with more and more anti-Russian sanctions imposed each passing day, makes one involuntarily wonder: why then doesn't the West react in the same way to another special operation — the one Turkey is conducting on Iraqi …

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-21). Trudeau: Canada to provide heavy artillery to Ukrainian military. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Canadian PressApril 20, 2022 Canada will send heavy artillery to Ukraine, Trudeau pledges Prime Minister Justin Trudeau revealed plans Tuesday to send heavy artillery to embattled Ukraine…. Trudeau mentioned the plan to provide artillery…during a news conference in Dalhousie, N.B., saying the decision followed a specific request to Canada from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's government. …

Revolution Books (2022-04-21). Tuesday 4/26: The War in Ukraine: NO U.S./NATO WAR WITH RUSSIA! NO WORLD WAR 3! indybay.org Revolution Books, 2444 Durant Ave. Berkeley CA 94704…

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-21). Ukraine taps Portugal for tanks, APCs, anti-ship missiles. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Interfax-UkraineApril 21, 2022 Zelensky turns to Portugal requesting to hand over Leopard tanks, armored personnel carriers, anti-ship weapons President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky has addressed the parliament and people of Portugal with a request to transfer Leopard tanks, armored personnel carriers and Harpoon anti-ship missiles to Ukraine…. "When we address the peoples of the free …

Staff (2022-04-21). Colombian Vice President Candidate Francia Márquez Denounces Racism (King Kong Slur). orinocotribune.com The Afro-Colombian candidate for the Vice Presidency of Colombia, Francia Márquez, denounced a new case of racism against her, where she was called "King Kong." | This Wednesday, April 20, Francia Márquez said: "A while ago, when I was having lunch, a call came in and I answered it. When I asked: 'Who is this?' they told me: 'Who am I talking to?' and I said: 'Who do you need?' and do you know what they answered? 'King Kong.'" | Márquez is the running mate of Gustavo Petro, candidate for the presidency of the Historic Pact for Colombia, and favorite in the polls for the upcoming presidential elections, where the…

WorkWeek (2022-04-21). WorkWeek 4-21-22 Attack On NY MTA Public & Workers, Amazon Workers Support/DC Assange Demo. indybay.org WorkWeek covers the Attack On NY MTA Public & Workers, Amazon Workers Support, DC Assange Support Demo, Chris Hedges On Imperialist War & Censorship, SF Redistricting & Racism, LA Gentrification & A Labor Candidate…

Asa Winstanley (2022-04-21). Israel is still arming Ukrainian Nazis. electronicintifada.net Video shows anti-tank missile used by Azov Battalion.

Othering & Belonging Institute UC Berkeley (2022-04-21). Tuesday 4/26: "Innocent Until Proven Muslim": Book Talk on Islamophobia & Muslim Experience Since 9/11. indybay.org Online event…

Tamara Nassar (2022-04-21). Israelis chant "Death to the Arabs" in Jerusalem. electronicintifada.net Exchange of fire across Gaza boundary highlights risk of full-scale war.

Jessica Buxbaum (2022-04-21). Cycle of Violence: Israeli Authorities Prod Extremist Militias into Seeking "Vigilante Justice" mintpressnews.com "All of this is part of the Jewish-supremacy ecosystem — the pro-occupation, pro-settlement, xenophobic hate, and violent right wing in Israel." — Eran Nissan, Mehazkim COO…

Fight Back (2022-04-21). 1000 rally, march: U.S. and Israel: Hands off Jerusalem! fightbacknews.org Chicago, IL – The Chicago Coalition for Justice in Palestine led a crowd of close to 1000 people, mostly youth from the Palestinian community in the Chicago area, to protest the attacks on the Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem, April 18. The Coalition includes the American Muslims for Palestine, United States Palestinian Community Network (UCPSN), Students for Justice in Palestine- Chicago (SJP), Al-Nahda, Palestinian American Community Center, and Palestinian American Council. | Al-Aqsa Mosque is the third holiest site in Islam, and repeatedly since Friday, April 15, Israeli soldiers and police have attacked it. They…

Staff (2022-04-21). Intelligence forces detain 3 Mossad spies in SE Iran. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 21 (MNA) — Iran's Intelligence forces have arrested three agents working for the Israeli Mossad spy agency in Zahedan, Sistan and Baluchestan Province.

xinhuanet (2022-04-21). Palestinians clash with Israeli soldiers after protest against Pence visit. xinhuanet.com Palestinian protesters hurl stones at Israeli soldiers during clashes after a protest against the visit of U.S. Vice President Mike Pence in Jerusalem, in the West Bank city of Hebron, on Jan. 23, 2018.

Oakland Insider (2022-04-21). Rocket Taylor Kohles exposed for racist gentrification. indybay.org So-called activists Rocket Taylor Kohles was recently exposed for racist gentrification.

teleSUR, ldp, JL (2022-04-21). Condenan a diputado bolsonarista por desacato de Ley constitucional. telesurtv.net La sanción contó con diez votos a favor y uno en contra entre los miembros del Supremo.

ecns.cn (2022-04-21). China's top procuratorate orders arrest of ex-official Fu Zhenghua. ecns.cn China's Supreme People's Procuratorate (SPP) has ordered the arrest of former senior official Fu Zhenghua for suspected bribe-taking and law violations for personal gains.

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-21). Besieged, targeted: ruling party leads first government without war in modern Georgian history. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Agenda.geApril 21, 2022 Ruling party marks 10th anniversary of foundation as "first Georgian Gov't without war" The ruling Georgian Dream party marked the 10th anniversary of its foundation on Thursday with a statement that said it had formed the first Government in modern Georgian history during which the country did not experience war. The statement …

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-21). NATO transformation of Georgian military includes cyber warfare operations. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Georgian Ministry of DefenseApril 21, 2022 Defense attachés got acquainted with the work of the Cyber Security Bureau Foreign military attachés accredited in Georgia visited the Cyber Security Bureau of the Ministry of Defense of Georgia. The visit was part of an annual plan to familiarize the Department of Defense with the NATO standards transformation …

Tom Athanasiou (2022-04-21). Can we afford a fair global climate transition? nationofchange.org The cost of transformation is not cheap, but consider the alternatives.

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-21). Turkey supplied ballistic helmets, vests for Zelensky and his inner circle. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Daily SabahApril 21, 2022 Turkish firm makes ballistic helmets, vests for Zelenksyy, his team Afirm from central Turkey it turns out has been producing the ballistic protective equipment used by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and his team since Russia launched its military campaign. The fact emerged after Industry and Technology Minister Mustafa Varank visited the …

San Francisco Labor Council (2022-04-21). Sunday 5/1: Bay Area Labor May Day Parade & Rally. indybay.org Parade will begin at Market Street and the Embarcadero in San Francisco and will march up to the Civic Center, where the rally will be held.

Anonymous103 (2022-04-20). Russian MoD Briefing On Morning Of April 20, 2022. southfront.org | On April 20, the Russian Ministry of defence released the following briefing: | " The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue a special military operation in Ukraine. | As a result of a high-precision missile strike in the areas of Novovorontsovka and Kislevka, up to 40 personnel of the Ukrainian troops, as well as seven units of military equipment, were destroyed. | Operational-tactical and army aviation of the Russian Aerospace Forces hit 73 military facilities of U…

Anonymous103 (2022-04-20). Independent American Journalist Disappeared In Kharkiv, Ukraine. southfront.org emptyFor the past few days, American-Chilean youtuber, journalist, and filmmaker Gonzalo Lira, who has also become a war blogger, gained wide popularity during the military conflict in Ukraine. Gonzalo went to Ukraine to show the war and to share the information about the confrontation between the Ukrainian and Russian armies with the world. | During his stay, Gonzalo has visited several cities in Ukraine. He has published photos and videos from Kharkiv, written Twitter posts about his views on…

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-20). Georgia, Japan united in driving Russia out of their "occupied territories" antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Agenda.geApril 20, 2022 Japan welcomes Georgia's efforts, response to Russia-Ukraine war Japan welcomes Georgia's efforts and response to the Russia-Ukraine war, Imamura Akira, the Japanese Ambassador to Georgia, said on Wednesday at a Tbilisi ceremony dedicated to the occasion of the 30th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the two countries. *** Georgia and Japan are …

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-20). Pentagon: Austin, Polish DM discuss arms deals, Ukraine war. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Polish RadioApril 20, 2022 Polish defence minister to discuss arms deals, Ukraine on US visit The itinerary of Mariusz B≈Çaszczak's trip stateside includes talks with US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin in Washington on Wednesday. The talks are expected to focus on "Polish-US military cooperation, the security situation on NATO's eastern flank and in Europe, …

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-20). Georgian MP: Saakashvili party exploiting Ukraine war to foment coup. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Agenda.geApril 20, 2022 Parliament Vice Speaker: United National Movement "threat" to destabilise country causes "serious dissatisfaction" in society The "threat" from the United National Movement opposition party to destabilise the country is causing "serious dissatisfaction" in the Georgian society, Gia Volski, a ruling party MP and Vice Speaker of the Georgian Parliament, said on Wednesday. …

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-20). Germany urges NATO allies to ship "Soviet-style weapons" to Ukraine. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Interfax-UkraineApril 20, 2022 Germany promises Ukrainian military assistance in instruction, maintenance Germany promises Ukrainian military assistance in instruction, maintenanceGerman Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock has promised that Germany will help Ukraine with military instruction and maintenance of military equipment. In addition, Germany intends to appeal to NATO partners who have "Soviet-style weapons" that can be supplied …

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-20). Pentagon: Ukraine has received warplanes, parts from NATO states. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Rustavi2April 20, 2020 Ukraine receives fighter planes, parts to bolster air force — Pentagon Ukraine has received fighter planes and aircraft parts to bolster its air force in the face of Russia's invasion, the Pentagon said Tuesday, declining to specify the number of aircraft or their origin. The announcement comes a week after US President …

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-20). Biden pledges more artillery, senators push arms coordinator for Ukraine war. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Defense NewsApril 19, 2022 Biden vows to send Ukraine more artillery as Congress pushes for military aid czar President Joe Biden on Tuesday promised more artillery to Kyiv amid a push among some key lawmakers for a czar to oversee the increasing flow of U.S. military aid to Ukraine. …White House press secretary Jen Psaki …

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-20). U.S., allies pour arms into Ukraine for war of prolonged attrition. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Global TimesApril 20, 2022 US vows more weapons supply to Ukraine, aimed at 'prolonged attrition' to RussiaBy Chen Qingqing and Wan Hengyi While the Russia-Ukraine crisis enters a new phase as fighting in the Donbas region intensifies, the US and its Western allies pledged more military assistance to Kiev, ramping up efforts to pressure and …

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-20). Defense minister: Israel to supply Ukrainian army with helmets, flak jackets. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Times of IsraelApril 30, 2022 Israel sending helmets and flak jackets to Ukraine, Gantz says Defense Minister Benny Gantz says Israel is working on supplying Ukraine with defensive equipment such as helmets and flak jackets for the nation's emergency services amid Russia's invasion. Gantz speaks to his Ukrainian counterpart following several requests for such equipment …

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-20). Norway to send 100 Mistral air defense missiles to Ukraine. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com UkrinformApril 20, 2022 Norway to send about 100 Mistral air defense missiles to Ukraine The head of the Ukrainian President's Office, Andriy Yermak said in a Telegram post, Ukrinform reports. "Norway has decided to send about 100 Mistral air defense missile systems to Ukraine, according to the country's Defense Ministry. And there will be fighter …

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-20). First-ever talks: Pentagon completing integration of EU into transatlantic military network. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Defense NewsApril 19, 2022 First-ever defense talks between US, EU near amid Ukraine war …U.S. and European Union officials are preparing a new meeting later this month officials hope will tie the two global players closer together on defense. The event is meant to open an additional trans-Atlantic channel on security matters and complement similar …

Dave DeCamp (2022-04-20). Biden Expected Announce Another $800 Million Weapons Package for Ukraine. news.antiwar.com President Biden is preparing to announce a new massive military aid package for Ukraine that will be about the same size as the previous $800 million one, If announced, the new package would bring the total military aid for Ukraine pledged by the Biden administration since Russia invaded on February 24 to well over $3 billion. Two US officials

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-20). Georgia: NATO strengthens grip against Ukraine war backdrop. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Ahead of the 2012 NATO summit in Chicago I was scheduled to debate with (against) Appathurai while he was the NATO Secretary General's Special Representative for the Caucasus and Central Asia and William Burns, then former American ambassador to NATO and now ambassador to China. But they were replaced with two Atlanticist academics. The debate …

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-20). Government in the balance: Bulgarian MPs block weapons to Ukraine. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com NoviniteApril 20, 2022 Parliament Decided: Bulgaria will send Military Aid to Ukraine but No Weapons See: Bulgarian coalition government could fall over proposed arms sales to Ukraine The Parliamentary Committee on Foreign Affairs rejected the two draft decisions on military assistance to Ukraine and only supported the proposal of "We Continue the Change" to provide …

Revolution Books (2022-04-20). Tuesday 4/26: The War in Ukraine: NO U.S./NATO WAR WITH RUSSIA! NO WORLD WAR 3! indybay.org Revolution Books, 2444 Durant Ave. Berkeley CA 94704…

_____ (2022-04-20). Will the US and Germany Turn Mongolia into a Biological Warfare Testing Grounds against Russia and China? journal-neo.org The results of Russia's ongoing special operation to denazify and demilitarize Ukraine reveal with each passing day more and more documentary evidence of the criminal activities of the US and its allies in that country. One of its activities, as the information received has shown, is the development and creation by Washington of biological weapons …

Chris Walker (2022-04-20). Dem Lawmaker Calls Out GOP Fundraising Email That Includes Derogatory Attacks. truthout.org A Michigan state lawmaker's speech is going viral for condemning bigoted remarks from her Republican colleague and for defending those who are trying to protect LGBTQ students' rights and preserve lessons on racism in public school classrooms. |

Malik Miah (2022-04-20). United States: First Black woman confirmed to the Supreme Court. greenleft.org.au Ketanji Brown Jackson was confirmed as the 116th justice of the Supreme Court on April 7, reports Malik Miah. While a victory, racism remains central to politics in the US.