(2023-04-08). [Perspectives] Imagining alternative paths for WHO 75 years in. thelancet.com WHO's 75th anniversary comes at a fraught moment. The vaccine apartheid that has marked the COVID-19 pandemic response has once again raised questions about the influence of corporate actors and their Global North partners on global health. Amid perennial debates around reform and mounting calls for decolonising global health and interrogation of who is represented by WHO, we highlight a set of missed opportunities from the past and offer reimaginings of how WHO might propitiously forge a path towards its centenary in a more equitable, representative, and counter-hegemonic way.
(2023-04-08). Israel Bombs Gaza, Lebanon After Palestinian Retaliation. popularresistance.org Israeli warplanes bombed parts of the Gaza Strip and southern Lebanon after the firing of rockets from those regions into Israel in retaliation against the apartheid regime's savage attacks on Palestinian worshipers inside the Al-Aqsa Mosque in the occupied city of Jerusalem. | At midnight on Friday, April 7, Israeli occupation warplanes launched a series of missile strikes on various sites in the Gaza Strip, targeting a Palestinian Resistance site in the south of Gaza City, an observatory post in the east of the city, agricultural land in Al-Zeitoun neighborhood of southeastern Gaza, and other Resistance sites i…
(2023-04-09). History: Hitler was Financed by the Federal Reserve and the Bank of England. globalresearch.ca Note to readers: please click the share buttons above | feature image: Hitler, Schacht and Prescott Bush | First published by Global Research in May 2016, Minor edits by Global Research. Title as in the original. | Incisive historical analysis. | From World War …
(2023-04-08). Fuori dalla Guerra Finché Siamo in Tempo | Grandangolo — Pangea. globalresearch.ca La rassegna stampa internazionale di Byoblu | 93 ∞ puntata: | L'Europa sprofonda sempre più nella guerra, alimentata da una serie di atti miranti a rendere impossibile l'apertura di un negoziato. Dall'attentato terroristico che a San Pietroburgo ha provocato la morte del …
(2023-04-08). Russian Lancet Drones Mince More Howitzers, Tanks Of Kiev Forces (Videos). southfront.org 
MOSCOW REGION, RUSSIA — JUNE 25, 2019: A ZALA Lancet-3 attack drone developed by Kalashnikov Concern on display at the Army 2019 International Military Technical Forum at Patriot Park. Marina Lystseva/TASS | The Russian military has destroyed more howitzers and main battle tanks of Kiev forces in the special operation zone using Lancet loitering munitions. | Between April 4 and 8, footage documenting several recent Lancet strikes surfaced online. The strikes destroyed or damaged an American-made…
(2023-04-08). SDF Commander-In-Chief Survives Drone Strike In Iraqi Kurdistan. southfront.org 
Ferhat Abdi Sahin during a press conference. Source: the Hawar News Agency. | The Commander-in-Chief of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), the United States main proxy in Syria, was targeted by a drone strike in Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region on April 7, according to multiple sources. | The strike hit the convoy of the senior commander, Ferhat Abdi ≈ûahin, near the airport of Sulaymaniyah. The city is the main stronghold of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK)…
(2023-04-08). Fascist RESTRICT Bill is the State's Reaction to an Irreversible Escalation in Class Conflict. libya360.wordpress.com Rainer Shea With the introduction of the RESTRICT bill, the element of the ruling elite that's most committed to advancing imperialism has made its intentions clear: to criminalize anti-imperialist activities and sentiments, starting with efforts to build solidarity with anti-imperialist countries. Should it pass, it will make the organizers I know whose job is to…
(2023-04-08). Following mass shooting in Nashville, fascistic Tennessee Republicans expel two Democratic lawmakers. wsws.org The gerrymandered Republican supermajority in the lower Tennessee House expelled two freshman African American Democratic lawmakers, Justin Jones and Justin Pearson, for leading a peaceful student protest demanding gun reform.
(2023-04-09). Israel Strikes Hit Southern Syria After Rare Rocket Attack On Golan Heights (Video). southfront.org 
File image. | Two salvos of rockets hit the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights on April 8 and 9, in a rare attack from Syria amid escalating tension in the region. | The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) said late on April 8 that three rockets were fired from southern Syria, of which one landed in an open area near the settlement of Meitsar. An incoming rocket alert was activated in an open area near the town shortly before. One of the other two rockets fell short in Syria, with the second landing in Jordan. The Iron Do…
(2023-04-09). Leaked Pentagon Report: Israeli Intel Agency Mossad Agitated against Netanyahu's weakening of Courts. juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — John Hudson and Louisa Loveluck at the Washington Post report that a leak of Pentagon documents reveals that the U.S. is intensively spying on Israel and concludes that Israel's intelligence service, Mossad, has encouraged both its own employees and the Israeli public to join protests against Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's …
(2023-04-09). Israeli Opposition Leader Lapid Blames PM Netanyahu for Putting Extremist over al-Aqsa Mosque as 140,000 Palestinians Defiantly Worship. juancole.com ( Middle East Monitor ) — Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid on Friday accused Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of causing a disaster by assigning National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir responsibility for Al-Aqsa Mosque. Ma'an News Agency disclosed that Lapid accused Netanyahu of knowing that giving the National Security portfolio to Ben-Gvir, which made him …
(2023-04-09). Israelíes continúan protestas contra reforma judicial. telesurtv.net Se trata de la decimocuarta semana de protestas contra la normativa. Se movilizan 250.000 personas, de ellas 145.000 en Tel Aviv.
(2023-04-08). Fascist RESTRICT Bill is the State's Reaction to an Irreversible Escalation in Class Conflict. libya360.wordpress.com Rainer Shea With the introduction of the RESTRICT bill, the element of the ruling elite that's most committed to advancing imperialism has made its intentions clear: to criminalize anti-imperialist activities and sentiments, starting with efforts to build solidarity with anti-imperialist countries. Should it pass, it will make the organizers I know whose job is to…
(2023-04-08). Following mass shooting in Nashville, fascistic Tennessee Republicans expel two Democratic lawmakers. wsws.org The gerrymandered Republican supermajority in the lower Tennessee House expelled two freshman African American Democratic lawmakers, Justin Jones and Justin Pearson, for leading a peaceful student protest demanding gun reform.
(2023-04-09). Israel Strikes Hit Southern Syria After Rare Rocket Attack On Golan Heights (Video). southfront.org File image. | Two salvos of rockets hit the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights on April 8 and 9, in a rare attack from Syria amid escalating tension in the region. | The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) said late on April 8 that three rockets were fired from southern Syria, of which one landed in an open area near the settlement of Meitsar. An incoming rocket alert was activated in an open area near the town shortly before. One of the other two rockets fell short in Syria, with the second landing in Jordan. The Iron Do…
(2023-04-09). Leaked Pentagon Report: Israeli Intel Agency Mossad Agitated against Netanyahu's weakening of Courts. juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — John Hudson and Louisa Loveluck at the Washington Post report that a leak of Pentagon documents reveals that the U.S. is intensively spying on Israel and concludes that Israel's intelligence service, Mossad, has encouraged both its own employees and the Israeli public to join protests against Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's …
(2023-04-09). Israeli Opposition Leader Lapid Blames PM Netanyahu for Putting Extremist over al-Aqsa Mosque as 140,000 Palestinians Defiantly Worship. juancole.com ( Middle East Monitor ) — Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid on Friday accused Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of causing a disaster by assigning National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir responsibility for Al-Aqsa Mosque. Ma'an News Agency disclosed that Lapid accused Netanyahu of knowing that giving the National Security portfolio to Ben-Gvir, which made him …
(2023-04-09). Israelíes continúan protestas contra reforma judicial. telesurtv.net Se trata de la decimocuarta semana de protestas contra la normativa. Se movilizan 250.000 personas, de ellas 145.000 en Tel Aviv.
(2023-04-09). Militares ocupantes matan a otro joven palestino en Cisjordania. telesurtv.net Ayed Azzam Saleem, de 20 años, murió poco después de ser gravemente herido por disparos israelíes en el abdomen y el pecho.
(2023-04-09). Defensas antiaéreas de Siria derriban varios misiles israelíes. telesurtv.net Las defensas antiaéreas sirias "interceptaron los misiles de la agresión y derribaron algunos de ellos… y la agresión provocó algunas pérdidas materiales".
(2023-04-09). Al menos seis palestinos heridos por protestas en Kafr Qaddum. telesurtv.net Algunos de los heridos fueron tratados en el lugar, mientras otros fueron trasladados al hospital para recibir tratamiento.
(2023-04-09). Egyptian Army Foiled Attempt To Fire Rockets From Sinai At Israel — Reports. southfront.org 
Illustrative image. | The Egyptian military has foiled an attempt to fire rockets from the Sinai Peninsula at Israel, Al Jazeera reported late on April 8, citing Hebrew media reports. | According to the reports, a multiple rocket launcher set up in an unspecified part of Sinai to fire in the direction of the southern Israeli port town of Eilat was uncovered and dismantled by the Egyptian military. Neither Cairo, nor Tel Aviv have commented on these claims yet. | The alleged rocket launch attempt…
(2023-04-09). Palestina denuncia escalada violenta por parte de Israel. telesurtv.net "Las provocaciones israelíes contra Al-Aqsa son inaceptables y convertirán sus patios en un campo de batalla", dijeron desde la Autoridad Nacional Palestina.
(2023-04-08). World's Most Dangerous Flashpoint: Israeli Forces Repeatedly Invade Sacred al-Aqsa Mosque, Beat, Expel Worshipers, on Behalf of Jewish Extremists. strategic-culture.org By Juan COLE | Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — The Israeli newspaper
(2023-04-08). Ramming Attack In Tel Aviv Kills Italian Tourist, Leaves Seven Others Wounded (Videos). southfront.org 
Screengrab. Via Twitter. | Late on April 7, an Italian tourist was killed and seven others were wounded in a suspected ramming attack in the Israeli city of Tel Aviv. | The attack took place between Kaufmann Street and the adjacent Charles Clore Park. The suspect reportedly attempted to access a weapon to open fire at bystanders before deciding to flee the scene. He was later identified as 45 year-old Palestinian Yousef Abu Jaber, a resident of Kafr Qassem. | According to the Magen David Ad…
(2023-04-08). Netanyahu Brought Israeli Extremists to Power and Seeks more Arab Recognition; He can't have Both. juancole.com 
Dr Adnan Abu Amer AdnanAbuAmer2 There are concerns in Israel that the path towards normalisation with more Arab countries is no longer smooth in light of the planned legislation to suit the extreme far-right in the coalition government. Added to this is the stepping up of action to annex the occupied West Bank, and …
(2023-04-08). Israel strikes in Gaza, Lebanon following rocket fire in response to Al-Aqsa violence. peoplesdispatch.org On Friday, April 7, the Israeli military According to reports,…
(2023-04-08). Biden administration refuses to condemn Israel storming Al-Aqsa mosque, blocks Security Council statement. mronline.org 
The Biden State Department refused to condemn Israel's storming of Al-Aqsa mosque, and blocked a U.N. Security Council statement criticizing the raids.
(2023-04-08). Palestine, Indonesia And Entitlement Of Western 'Human Rights' Activism. popularresistance.org Some readers were unimpressed when I excitedly shared the news on social media that Indonesia had refused to host the Israeli team as part of the Under-20 World Cup, scheduled from May 20 to June 11 in Indonesian cities. | Though any news related to Palestine and Israel often generates two sharply different kinds of responses, the latest act of Indonesian solidarity with the Palestinian people failed to impress even some pro-Palestine activists in the West. Their rationale had nothing to do with Palestine or Israel but the Indonesian government's own human rights record. | This supposed dichotomy is as omnipresen…
(2023-04-08). Israel Bombs Gaza and Lebanon After Palestinian Retaliation Against Al-Aqsa Attacks. orinocotribune.com Caracas, April 7, 2023 ( At midnight on Friday, April 7, Israeli occupation warplanes launched a series of missile strikes on various sites in the Gaza Strip, targeting a Palestinian Resistance site in the south of Gaza City, an observatory post in the east of the city, agri…
(2023-04-08). Denuncian que Israel bombardeó objetivos civiles de Gaza. telesurtv.net Ejército israelí confirmó que entre la noche del jueves y la madrugada del viernes arrojó 50 toneladas de bombas contra la Franja de Gaza.
(2023-04-08). Líbano denunciará agresión israelí ante Consejo de Seguridad. telesurtv.net La agresión israelí se concentró en zonas agrícolas y en la llanura de Qulaila, pertenecientes a la región de Tiro.
(2023-04-08). ONU sostiene que el Líbano e Israel no quieren una guerra. telesurtv.net La Misión de la ONU en el Líbano llamó a Israel y al país árabe a cesar los ataques de forma inmediata.
(2023-04-08). New Israeli National Guard Poised to Target Palestinian Citizens of Israel. truthout.org Itamar Ben-Gvir is one step closer to having power over his own "private militia," rights groups warned this week after the Israeli government advanced a decision to further the establishment of a National Guard. The decision came on April 2, less than a week after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu agreed to establish a National Guard under Ben-Gvir's purview as National Security Minister… |
(2023-04-08). Can Netanyahu 'Let go' the Syrian punchbag at a time of domestic crisis? thealtworld.com Has Syria truly entered the endgame? Certainly. The question, however, is, will Syria progress through the snakes and ladders of the endgame incrementally, or will Syria become again the theatre of conflict as 'incidents' flare, with "Israel" mounting repeated air attacks? | It is perhaps fitting that in the bloody tangle of US policy triggered by Yitzhak Rabin's assassination in 1995, and the elevation of Benjamin Netanyahu to the premiership in its wake, Syria was first and foremost the 'head' to this vicious conflict, and now fittingly, seems destined to be its final 'bookend' too — as the Russia—Ch…
(2023-04-08). Syria rising from the ashes of twelve years hybrid war — with Kevork Almassian. thealtworld.com I talk with Syrian journalist and analyst Kevork Almassian about the recent seismic events in Syria starting with the earthquake on February 6th and culminating in some unexpected and positive geopolitical shifts towards a new Pan-Arabism in the region. | We discuss what the US, UK and Israel can do to prevent normalisation of trade and economic relations between Syria and former US/UK/Israel-allies in the destabilisation project that began in 2011. The US occupation will end sooner or later and while Israel flexes its military muscles for war it knows it is faced with an unprecedented Resistance unity and milita…
(2023-04-08). Attacks in Israel, West Bank kills three, injures at least seven as tensions rise. firstpost.com
(2023-04-08). Israel downs 'drone from Lebanon' day after major rocket attack. firstpost.com
(2023-04-08). Israel PM Benjamin Netanyahu mobilises army, police reserves after Tel Aviv attack. firstpost.com
(2023-04-09). Gobernación de Jerusalén rechaza invasión de mezquita Al-Aqsa. telesurtv.net La entidad mencionó que las invasiones al recinto de oración no serán aceptadas por el pueblo palestino y las naciones árabes e islámicas.
(2023-04-08). [World Report] Hazardous train spills prompt calls for tougher safety rules. thelancet.com New bipartisan legislation has been proposed to protect health and safety following a train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, USA. Susan Jaffe reports from Washington, DC.
(2023-04-09). Chief Na'Moks Grabbed and Isolated by Royal Bank of Canada at Stakeholders Meeting. indybay.org Wet'suwet'en Hereditary Chief Na'moks was violently prevented from entering the Royal Bank of Canada annual general meeting. "Such a racist act, they've actually laid hands on me, a Wet'suwet'en Hereditary Chief on my regalia just now," Chief Na'Moks told the RBC, as snipers were stationed on the buildings where traditional elders gathered in an Indigenous delegation.
(2023-04-09). Corrupt Racist Newsom Pandering To Blacks In South When He Attacked Blacks In SF TWU 250a. indybay.org Corrupt racist Gavin Newsom attacked Black workers while he was mayor of San Francisco and supports gentrification pushing Blacks out of San Francisco. Now he is campaigning in the South as a defender of the Black people.
(2023-04-08). Milwaukee: FPC set to vote on policy for release of footage in police-involved critical incidents. fightbacknews.org Milwaukee, WI – On Thursday, April 6, inside a packed City Hall room, families, organizations and concerned residents offered public testimony to the Fire and Police Commission (FPC) in support of the 24/48 Campaign demands. At this meeting, the FPC made a motion to present the resolution for the creation of a standard operating procedure (SOP) pertaining to the release of video footage of critical incidents involving officers from the Milwaukee Police Department. After a nearly two-year struggle led by the Milwaukee Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression, the FPC is poised to adopt this SOP when it is…
(2023-04-08). Resisting Eugenics and Racial Capitalism: Passover and the Tradition of Shifra and Puah. mronline.org 
This world needs revolutionaries who refuse orders to kill and exploit. Two midwives named Shifra and Puah were such revolutionaries. When a racist ruler asked them to limit the reproduction of slaves—out of fear of a slave uprising—they disobeyed.
(2023-04-08). Clarence Thomas and the Billionaire. juancole.com By Joshua Kaplan, Justin Elliott and Alex Mierjeski ( ProPublica) — In late June 2019, right after the U.S. Supreme Court released its final opinion of the term, Justice Clarence Thomas boarded a large private jet headed to Indonesia. He and his wife were going on vacation: nine days of island-hopping in a volcanic archipelago …
(2023-04-08). Movimiento de izquierda denuncia violación electoral en Guatemala. telesurtv.net Representantes del Movimiento para la Liberación de los Pueblos han tenido que enfrentar obstáculos por el Tribunal Supremo Electoral del país.
(2023-04-08). ProPublica documents corrupt relations of Supreme Court arch-reactionary Clarence Thomas with billionaire Republican donor. wsws.org On Thursday, the investigative journalism website ProPublica published an extensive and damning report documenting the fact that Supreme Court Associate Justice Clarence Thomas has for decades enjoyed luxurious vacations paid for by Harlan Crow, a billionaire far-right Republican donor.