2022-04-07: News Headlines

Whitney Webb (2022-04-07). Manufactured Crisis: CIA Trained the Neo-Nazi Azov Battalion and Has Chosen Ukraine as Birthplace of New 'Global White Supremacist' Terror Threat. orinocotribune.com By Whitney Webb — Apr 3, 2022 | The eruption of war between Russia and Ukraine appears to have given the CIA the pretext to launch a long-planned insurgency in the country, one poised to spread far beyond Ukraine's borders with major implications for Biden's "War on Domestic Terror" | This is particularly true given that former CIA officials and a former Secretary of State are now openly saying that the CIA is following the "models" of past CIA-backed insurgencies in Afghanistan and Syria for its plans in Ukraine. Given that those countries have been ravaged by war as a direct result of those insurgencies, t…

WSWS (2022-04-07). Trump hosts Republican politicians, financiers, co-conspirators at premiere of election conspiracy film. wsws.org Prior to screening the anti-Semitic propaganda film Rigged: The Zuckerberg – Funded Plot to Defeat Donald Trump, Trump met privately with billionaire backers Peter Thiel and Rebekah Mercer.

ecns.cn (2022-04-07). U.S. called out on rights failures. ecns.cn Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman said on Wednesday that if the U.S. government really values and protects human rights it should do so for everyone without discrimination.

Angela (2022-04-07). Sunday 4/3: A Conversation with Jamal Taslaq, Palestinian High Couture Designer. indybay.org

WSWS (2022-04-07). Billionaire Elon Musk buys his way onto Twitter's board of directors. wsws.org The richest man in the world has purchased 9.1 percent of Twitter shares ($2.6 billion) since January and he has now been given a seat on the company's board of directors.

____ (2022-04-07). Billionaire Elon Musk buys his way onto Twitter's board of directors. wsws.org The richest man in the world has purchased 9.1 percent of Twitter shares ($2.6 billion) since January and he has now been given a seat on the company's board of directors.

TASS (2022-04-07). Biden's rhetoric hampering efforts to resolve situation in Ukraine — Brazil's ex-president. tass.com According to Fernando Collor de Mello, the current situation in Ukraine is highly complicated and it's unlikely that ways to resolve it will be determined in the near future…

TASS (2022-04-07). US to ship 10 Javelin missiles for 'every Russian tank' in Ukraine, Blinken says. tass.com US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in an interview for NBC Wednesday…

Heidi Harmon (2022-04-07). Solidarity with Ukraine with CA climate action day April 8 Solidarity with Ukraine with CA. indybay.org On April 8 communities across California will join together in solidarity with Ukraine – to free fossil fuel dependency – will have a statewide day of action as they call on the Governor to build on his climate leadership by ending all new fossil fuel permitting and strengthening the setbacks rule to include both new and existing oil wells.

Unicorn Riot (2022-04-07). No Charges for Minneapolis Cop in Amir Locke Killing. unicornriot.ninja

Global Research News (2022-04-07). Selected Articles: Ukrainian Soldiers Film Themselves Calling Up Mothers of Russian Soldiers Killed in Action and Mocking Them. globalresearch.ca By Footage posted to Twitter shows what appears to be Ukrainia…

Michael Steinberg (2022-04-07). Attacks On Nuclear Plants Continue In Ukraine. indybay.org As Russia's hostile actions towards Ukraine entered a second month, so too have its acts of aggression against nuclear facilities.

Jim McIlroy (2022-04-07). Solidarity picnic and walk-a-thon for Cuba. greenleft.org.au Jim McIlroy reports on a picnic and walk-a-thon in solidarity with Cuba that was organised by the Australia-Cuba Friendship Society.

WorkWeek (2022-04-07). Chris Hedges On Imperialist Wars, Capitalist Media & Censorship. indybay.org Journalist and writer Chris Hedges is interviewed on WorkWeek and talks about the removal of the complete archives on his show at RT by youtube which is owned by Google.

Jason Ditz (2022-04-07). UN Envoy Concerned as Yemen Ceasefire Violation Claims Grow. news.antiwar.com When a ceasefire finally comes in a long, bloody war, accusations of violations are inevitable. Though the truce seems to be holding by and large, Yemen is no exception, and between the two sides, Sides can claim violations for any number of reasons, including trying to anticipate a failure and shift the assignment of blame to the other side. The possibility is also that real violations did happen. | On a smaller level, that's not hard to unde…

Unicorn Riot (2022-04-07). No Charges for Minneapolis Cop in Amir Locke Killing. unicornriot.ninja

Dave DeCamp (2022-04-07). South Korea's President-Elect Wants US Nuclear Bombers, Submarines to Return. news.antiwar.com South Korea's President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol asked for the US to return nuclear bombers and submarines to the Korean peninsula during talks in Washington on Wednesday, one of his advisors said, The US removed its strategic nuclear weapons from South Korea in 1991. Yoon has vowed to take a firmer stance towards the North than outgoing President Moon Jae-in and is seeking the return of US nuclear weapons as part of that plan. | "Deploying the strategic…

WorkWeek (2022-04-07). Chris Hedges On Imperialist Wars, Capitalist Media & Censorship. indybay.org Journalist and writer Chris Hedges is interviewed on WorkWeek and talks about the removal of the complete archives on his show at RT by youtube which is owned by Google.

Dick Nichols (2022-04-07). Hungarian election: Orbán exploits Ukraine to crush hapless opposition. greenleft.org.au Viktor Orbán's conservative-nationalist Fidesz party won the April 3 Hungarian general elections, but failed to achieve the required votes on an anti-LGBTI referendum, reports Dick Nichols.

oneworld.press (2022-04-06). Ukraine's Planned Emulation Of Israel Will Equate Russians To Palestinians. oneworld.press Every objective observer should be extremely concerned about Zelensky's plan to transform Ukraine into a so-called "big Israel". The human rights of that country's Russian minority are poised to be even more ruthlessly violated with impunity following Israel's precedent against the Palestinians. That's why it's incumbent for the denazification goal of Russia's ongoing special military operation in Ukraine to succeed.

Ramzy Baroud (2022-04-06). Is Europe Really More Civilized? Ukraine Conflict a Platform for Racism and Rewriting History. dissidentvoice.org When a gruesome six-minute video of Ukrainian soldiers shooting and torturing handcuffed and tied up Russian soldiers circulated online, outraged people on social media and elsewhere compared this barbaric behavior to that of Daesh. In a rare admission of moral responsibility, Oleksiy Arestovych, an adviser to the Ukrainian President, quickly reminded Ukrainian fighters of their …

Capire (2022-04-06). "Weapons are not tools for peace": feminists against wars and NATO. peoplesdispatch.org War and militarism perpetuate the system of exploitation and oppression in which we live, destroying communities, unbalancing economies and ways of life, suppressing sovereignty and freedom. For decades, the feminist movement has been denouncing the impacts of war on women's lives and its connection to patriarchy, capitalism, and racism. Feminists are aware of NATO's imperialist nature and its desire to control peoples and territories around the world. Feminists say "no" to the war on Ukraine and also to wars, sanctions and occupations in Palestine, Yemen, Western Sahara and other territories. | On the processes…

Braxton Brewington (2022-04-06). Biden's 2023 Budget Could Have Made Child Care Free. Instead, It Boosts Police. truthout.org Martin Luther King Jr. wasn't speaking rhetorically when he urged the U.S. to "undergo a radical revolution of values." In fact, he spoke quite plainly when he declared that "a nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual death." Fifty-five years later, our nation's triple evils that King so famously promulgated — racism, poverty and militarism — manifest in President Joe Biden's most significant value statement: his budget. | Widely considered a wish list, a spending package is a reflection of a president's po…

Joris Leverink (2022-04-06). On class struggles and class traitors: an interview with D Hunter. roarmag.org Police are confronted by youth after arresting a person for graffiti during the Black Lives Matter protests in London. June 7, 2020. Photo: Ben Thornley / Shutterstock | D. Hunter's first book Chav Solidarity was published independently in 2017 and reached a far wider audience than its author had anticipated, eventually going through multiple editions and being translated into several other languages. One reviewer rightly called it "a jump cable for your heart and mind." The book is a collection of personal/political essays broadly along two themes: D.'s early life, reclaiming the practices of survival and mutual…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-04-06). How the Ukrainian Nationalist Movement Post-WWII was Bought and Paid for by the CIA. libya360.wordpress.com Cynthia Chung In part 1 of this series Fact Checking the Fact Checkers, the question was posed "why does Ukraine seem to have so many Nazis nowadays?" In that paper we were led to the further question "is the United States and possibly NATO involved in the funding, training and political support of neo-Nazism in Ukraine…

themoscowtimes (2022-04-06). U.S. to Announce New Sanctions on Russia Over Ukraine Killings. themoscowtimes.com Zelensky likened Russia's actions to Nazi atrocities in an impassioned speech by videolink to the 15-member UN Security Council on Tuesday.

WSWS (2022-04-06). Corporate media parrots the Azov Battalion. wsws.org The Western corporate media has embraced Ukrainian neo-Nazis as "sources of information" as it fulfils its role as a cheerleader for imperialist war.

_____ (2022-04-06). With Bucha Provocation the US Tries to Hush Up the Revelations of its Bioweapons Development. journal-neo.org In recent days, a wave of false accusations against Russia emegerged in the West, alleging that its military committed war crimes in Bucha, Ukraine, during its special operation to denazify Ukraine. This is despite the fact that, in addition to official statements by the Russian authorities about the fake nature of these allegations, a senior Pentagon official has …

Evan Reif (2022-04-06). Was Alleged Russian Army Massacre of Civilians at Bucha Actually a False Flag Event Staged by Ukrainian Nazis? covertactionmagazine.com Why was Nazi Butcher Botsun at Bucha? [The story below by Evan Reif raises an important challenge to the official …

_____ (2022-04-06). Ukraine's Nazi Legions a Real Threat to America and the World. journal-neo.org Self-proclaimed political scientists give us definitions of Naziism. A real definition is quite different and easily discerned as accurate. Naziism: A falsely deemed "political movement" typically organized and controlled by criminal elites. Naziism is based on black propaganda formulas that exploit ethic, racial and class hatreds to weaponize population sectors that are conditioned by broad …

Federico Fuentes (2022-04-06). Ukrainian socialist: 'The future of demilitarisation lies in stopping Russia's war machine now'. greenleft.org.au Vitaliy Dudin discusses Russia's invasion, the peoples' resistance to it and key issues such as Ukraine's far right, NATO and sending weapons to Ukraine.

Kathryn Joyce (2022-04-06). Betsy DeVos Is Joining Michigan's Far Right Militants in a Devious Campaign. truthout.org Right-wing groups have launched an unusual political campaign in Michigan, uniting major Republican donors — including In mid-March, a far-right group…

deweylaura (2022-04-06). Communist Party of Brazil celebrates 100 years of struggle for socialism. cpusa.org The Communist Party of Brazil (PCdoB), in its 100 years of struggle, has had a rich history. Founded on March 25, 1922, the PCdoB faced many struggles in its early years. By the early 1930s, political and economic polarization in Brazil led to street fights against the rising fascists, similar to experiences in Germany …

A Guest Author (2022-04-06). Mumia and his mighty pebbles. workers.org Mumia Abu-Jamal Dear Editor: Some years back Prison Radio quoted a progressive judge as saying that we had reached: "the twilight of evil." Half a century ago, George Jackson told us: "Fascism is here." We were devastated by his murder, but did we really heed his words? Because heeding them . . . |

scorinoco (2022-04-06). Palestinian Baby Dies Waiting for Israeli Medical Permit. orinocotribune.com Human rights groups have slammed the preventable death of the child, blaming it on the delays of Israeli authorities to issue medical permits. | A Palestinian baby from Gaza died of complications during a five month wait for a special permit from Israeli authorities to leave the besieged strip for medical treatment. | The 19-month-old Fatima al-Masri, born with a hole in her heart, was unable to attend various appointments for treatment at Al-Makassed Hospital in Jerusalem in late 2021 and early 2022, because the appeals for her permission to leave Gaza were still "under review" by the Coordination and Liaison Ad…

Ali Abunimah (2022-04-06). "Peaceful" Sweden stocks up on Israeli weapons. electronicintifada.net Nordic state allows arms firm Elbit Systems to set up base of operations.

IMEMC News (2022-04-06). Israeli Army Assaults And Abducts Two Former Political Prisoners In Jenin. imemc.org On Tuesday night, Israeli soldiers assaulted two former Palestinian political prisoners near the northern West Bank city of Jenin and abducted them. Montaser Sammour, the head of the Jenin office of the Palestinian Prisoners' Society (PPS), said the soldiers assaulted the two Palestinians after stopping them at the Dothan military roadblock south of Jenin. He …

IMEMC News (2022-04-06). Palestinian Detainee Faces Serious Health Complications In Israeli Prison. imemc.org The Palestinian Prisoners' Society (PPS) has reported that cancer-stricken detainee Abdul-Basset Ma'tan is facing serious health complications in Israeli prisons and is not receiving the needed specialized care. The PPS said Ma'taan, 48, from Burqa town east of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, requires ongoing specialized medical treatment for his cancer and suffers …

IMEMC News (2022-04-06). Soldiers Assault Many Palestinians, Abduct Eight, In Jerusalem. imemc.org Israeli soldiers assaulted, Tuesday night, many young Palestinian men in the Bab al-Amoud area in occupied Jerusalem and abducted eight. The Wadi Hilweh Information Center In Silwan (Silwanic) said dozens of soldiers and police officers were deployed on various roads near the walls of the Old City, especially in the Sahera Gate, Sultan Suleiman Street, …

IMEMC News (2022-04-06). Soldiers Assault Three Palestinians In Hebron. imemc.org Israeli soldiers assaulted, shortly after midnight, three Palestinians after storming their homes in the Tiwana village, south of Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank. Media sources said the soldiers invaded and ransacked many homes in the village and interrogated the families before assaulting the three Palestinians. The Protection and Steadfastness Committee …

Anonymous669 (2022-04-06). Israeli Army, Police Thwart Weapons Smuggling Attempt On Border With Jordan. southfront.org Israeli military. Photo: IDF | On April 6, the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) and Police thwarted a weapons smuggling attempt next to the border fence with Jordan. | Israeli soldiers operating surveillance cameras spotted two suspicious men crossing the border, and after a brief chase, one was arrested by police officers."We identified two armed suspects, apprehended a suspect and confiscated 30 weapons. The suspect and weapons were transferred to the Israel Police," the IDF said in a statement, noting that the secon…

Tovah Lazaroff (2022-04-06). Zelensky Says Post-War Ukraine Will Be as Militarized as Israel. anti-empire.com Editor's note: He's not wrong. For that reason, Moscow will try to make it so that after the war Ukraine is quite a bit smaller than it is now. |
| Source: Ukraine plans to model itself after Israel and not Switzerland in the aftermath of the Russian invasion when it comes to issues of national security, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Tuesday. | "I think all our people will be our great army. We cannot talk about 'Switzerland of the future' — probably, our state will be able to be like this a long time…

Tovah Lazaroff (2022-04-06). Zelensky Says Post-War Ukraine Will Be as Militarized as Israel. anti-empire.com Editor's note: He's not wrong. For that reason, Moscow will try to make it so that after the war Ukraine is quite a bit smaller than it is now. |
| Source: Ukraine plans to model itself after Israel and not Switzerland in the aftermath of the Russian invasion when it comes to issues of national security, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Tuesday. | "I think all our people will be our great army. We cannot talk about 'Switzerland of the future' — probably, our state will be able to be like this a long time…

Dave DeCamp (2022-04-06). Zelensky Says Post-War Ukraine Will Be Like Israel, Won't Be 'Liberal, European'. news.antiwar.com Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Tuesday that post-war Ukraine will be like a "big Israel" and won't be "liberal" like Europe. "Ukraine will definitely not be what we wanted it to be from the beginning. It is impossible. Absolutely liberal, European — it will not be like that. It [Ukraine] will definitely come from the …

Marwa Osman (2022-04-06). Palestine's Land Day 2022—MES EP.152. thealtworld.com This year's Land Day in Palestine is the first after the battle of the "Sword of Al Quds". This day as a symbol of struggle with the Zionist entity after the battle of the " Sword of Al Quds ", is different from what was before it. That is true because the battle and the uprising brought about a transformation in the conflict on the ground, especially as we live in the glow of the victory of the guerrilla resistance operations in occupied Palestine, from its south in Beersheba to its north in Kdeira. | Passing through its center in the settlement of Bani Brak, we are shaded with the souls of the four martyrs: Muh…

Staff (2022-04-06). VIDEO: Student raises Palestine flag in graduation ceremony. en.mehrnews.com At the graduation ceremony of the University of Manchester in the UK, the flag of Palestine was raised by one of the graduates.

Fight Back (2022-04-06). Arlington, TX: Students demand Turning Point USA bigots get out of student government. fightbacknews.org Arlington, TX – On March 24, an email went out to senators of the University of Texas at Arlington student government detailing screenshots from the Turning Point USA discord server that revealed the student government President Caitlyn Burge-Surles and student government Chief of Staff Alyssa Spencer engaging in racist, transphobic and generally bigoted rhetoric. | Some examples of these messages include a screenshot of Caitlyn at the Conservative Political Action Conference in 2021 with the caption "twins, but one of us is a woman!" Burge-Surles and Spencer spouting off about the racist conspiracy theory that…

Nicholas Stender (2022-04-06). Biden forced to finally lift racist Trump-era 'Title 42' border closure. liberationnews.org Immigrants' rights activists have long been demanding that Biden end Title 42, pointing out the huge gap between his campaign trail promises of a more humane immigration system and the reality of his administration's policies.

Megan Squire, Michael Edison Hayden (2022-04-06). Infowars Store Enjoyed Traffic Boost During 'Stop the Steal'. splcenter.org When Alex Jones pushed the election fraud conspiracy "Stop the Steal" campaign in the run-up to the attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, his words appear to have driven significant traffic to his multimillion-dollar business.

_____ (2022-04-06). Laboring Beyond Black Representation. popularresistance.org Because most of what passes as Black thought nowadays has been criminally captured by white capital (philanthropic foundations, corporate advertising, government funding, academia, business roundtables etc.) it was inevitable that the recent union victory against Amazon would fail to trend in the same spellbounding way as recent stories have in the Blacksphere. As a consequence, a feeble smack from one rich negro onto another and a token "First Black " woman judge appointed to a supreme court that regularly rules against (Black) labor is naturally lifted above the story of the first union to form against the insi…

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2022-04-06: News Headlines

themoscowtimes (2022-04-06). U.S. to Announce New Sanctions on Russia Over Ukraine Killings. themoscowtimes.com Zelensky likened Russia's actions to Nazi atrocities in an impassioned speech by videolink to the 15-member UN Security Council on Tuesday.

oneworld.press (2022-04-06). Ukraine's Planned Emulation Of Israel Will Equate Russians To Palestinians. oneworld.press Every objective observer should be extremely concerned about Zelensky's plan to transform Ukraine into a so-called "big Israel". The human rights of that country's Russian minority are poised to be even more ruthlessly violated with impunity following Israel's precedent against the Palestinians. That's why it's incumbent for the denazification goal of Russia's ongoing special military operation in Ukraine to succeed.

____ (2022-04-06). Corporate media parrots the Azov Battalion. wsws.org The Western corporate media has embraced Ukrainian neo-Nazis as "sources of information" as it fulfils its role as a cheerleader for imperialist war.

IMEMC News (2022-04-06). Soldiers Assault Three Palestinians In Hebron. imemc.org Israeli soldiers assaulted, shortly after midnight, three Palestinians after storming their homes in the Tiwana village, south of Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank. Media sources said the soldiers invaded and ransacked many homes in the village and interrogated the families before assaulting the three Palestinians. The Protection and Steadfastness Committee …

IMEMC News (2022-04-06). Palestinian Detainee Faces Serious Health Complications In Israeli Prison. imemc.org The Palestinian Prisoners' Society (PPS) has reported that cancer-stricken detainee Abdul-Basset Ma'tan is facing serious health complications in Israeli prisons and is not receiving the needed specialized care. The PPS said Ma'taan, 48, from Burqa town east of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, requires ongoing specialized medical treatment for his cancer and suffers …

IMEMC News (2022-04-06). Israeli Army Assaults And Abducts Two Former Political Prisoners In Jenin. imemc.org On Tuesday night, Israeli soldiers assaulted two former Palestinian political prisoners near the northern West Bank city of Jenin and abducted them. Montaser Sammour, the head of the Jenin office of the Palestinian Prisoners' Society (PPS), said the soldiers assaulted the two Palestinians after stopping them at the Dothan military roadblock south of Jenin. He …

IMEMC News (2022-04-06). Soldiers Assault Many Palestinians, Abduct Eight, In Jerusalem. imemc.org Israeli soldiers assaulted, Tuesday night, many young Palestinian men in the Bab al-Amoud area in occupied Jerusalem and abducted eight. The Wadi Hilweh Information Center In Silwan (Silwanic) said dozens of soldiers and police officers were deployed on various roads near the walls of the Old City, especially in the Sahera Gate, Sultan Suleiman Street, …

Marwa Osman (2022-04-06). Palestine's Land Day 2022—MES EP.152. thealtworld.com This year's Land Day in Palestine is the first after the battle of the "Sword of Al Quds". This day as a symbol of struggle with the Zionist entity after the battle of the " Sword of Al Quds ", is different from what was before it. That is true because the battle and the uprising brought about a transformation in the conflict on the ground, especially as we live in the glow of the victory of the guerrilla resistance operations in occupied Palestine, from its south in Beersheba to its north in Kdeira. | Passing through its center in the settlement of Bani Brak, we are shaded with the souls of the four martyrs: Muh…

Staff (2022-04-06). VIDEO: Student raises Palestine flag in graduation ceremony. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 06 (MNA) — At the graduation ceremony of the University of Manchester in the UK, the flag of Palestine was raised by one of the graduates.

Angela (2022-04-06). Sunday 4/3: A Conversation with Jamal Taslaq, Palestinian High Couture Designer. indybay.org

Fight Back (2022-04-06). Arlington, TX: Students demand Turning Point USA bigots get out of student government. fightbacknews.org Arlington, TX – On March 24, an email went out to senators of the University of Texas at Arlington student government detailing screenshots from the Turning Point USA discord server that revealed the student government President Caitlyn Burge-Surles and student government Chief of Staff Alyssa Spencer engaging in racist, transphobic and generally bigoted rhetoric. | Some examples of these messages include a screenshot of Caitlyn at the Conservative Political Action Conference in 2021 with the caption "twins, but one of us is a woman!" Burge-Surles and Spencer spouting off about the racist conspiracy theory that…

_____ (2022-04-06). How the Supreme Court Could Make Your Life More Dangerous. commondreams.org If Republican appointees on the Supreme Court succeed in gutting regulatory agencies, we all lose. This agenda is anti-worker, anti-consumer, and anti-environment. The only thing it's good for is corporate profits.

middleeastmonitor (2022-04-05). Israeli apartheid: Our South Africa moment is Nearing. middleeastmonitor.com These acts have effectively demolished all the anti-BDS excuses propagated by Israel and its anti-Palestinian apologists in the West over the last 17 years.

Umer Beigh (2022-04-05). Controversial Hijab ban in India a form of "religious apartheid" peoplesdispatch.org The verdict by a court in the Indian State of Karnataka in mid-March against the wearing of headscarves or the Hijab across colleges, preventing Muslim girls from entering educational premises with a certain dress code, has created a political furor in the country. | Since the verdict was announced on March 15, several protest actions have been carried out such as a complete strike in the State of Karnataka on March 17. | For many women activists the verdict is seen as a major disappointment and betrayal by the judicial system. Many fear that the "headscarf ban" will only add to the growing hostility against the…

JANET (2022-04-05). World hunger and the war in Ukraine. iacenter.org By Vijay Prashad April 5, 2022 During this war on Ukraine, No Cold War launched a new publication called Briefings, which will be factual texts on matters of global concern. Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research shared this first briefing: Billions of people around the world will suffer from this hunger crisis. The war in Ukraine, along with sanctions imposed by the United States and Western countries against Russia, have caused global food, fertilizer and fuel prices to skyrocket and endanger the world food supply. This conflict is exacerbating the existing crisis of global hunger and imperils the living…

Adriaan Alsema (2022-04-05). Racism and misogyny mar Colombia's election race. colombiareports.com Colombia's election observers warned that hate speech targeting the running mate of presidential candidate Gustavo Petro could result in violence. Vice-presidential candidate Francia Marquez said Monday that she had received…

Ann Brown (2022-04-05). Investigative Journalist: Black Lives Matter Purchased $6M House As More Questions Raised. moguldom.com Former Black Lives Matter leader Patrisse Cullors repeatedly denied accusations that BLM donations were used to purchase real estate but New York Magazine investigative journalist Sean Campbell has reported that BLM did indeed buy a $6 million house in California. Cullors, Alicia Garza, and Melina Abdullah founded the Black activist group in July 2013. In …

oneworld.press (2022-04-05). The Polish Prime Minister Is Engaging In World War II Revisionism About Hitler. oneworld.press The Polish Prime Minister shamelessly engaged in historical revisionism about Hitler by implying that his own country never negotiated with that Nazi beast despite having agreed to a non-aggression pact with it in 1934 prior to jointly dismembering Czechoslovakia several years later right after Munich.

oneworld.press (2022-04-05). Medvedev Concisely Explained Russia's Denazification Goal In Ukraine. oneworld.press Denazification will have to be comprehensive and verifiable exactly as it was in defeated Germany after World War II, which is the only way to ensure "the peace of future generations of Ukrainians themselves and the opportunity to finally build an open Eurasia from Lisbon to Vladivostok" like Russia envisions being in everyone's interests.

Editor (2022-04-05). 'Gods of War': How the U.S. weaponized Ukraine against Russia. mronline.org Since the U.S.-engineered 2013-14 coup in Ukraine, American forces have taught Ukrainians, including neo-Nazi units, how to fight in urban and other civilian areas. Weaponizing Ukraine is part of Washington's quest for what the Pentagon calls "full spectrum dominance."

Fight Back (2022-04-05). March in Saint Paul demands: "Stand up against hate! justice for our Asian siblings!" fightbacknews.org Saint Paul, MN – On the afternoon of April 2, about 50 people gathered for a protest in Saint Paul's Frogtown area to "Stand up against hate" and demand justice for Asian people who have been targeted in hate crimes, discrimination and violence. | The action was organized by Minnesota Immigrant Rights Action Committee (MIRAC) and Minnesota 8 (MN8) and was called in response to the recent attacks on the Asian community in New York City as well as commemorating the one-year anniversary of the Atlanta spa shootings. The Atlanta Young's Asian Massage victims include: Delaina Ashley Yaun, Paul Andre Michels, Xiaojie T…

oneworld.press (2022-04-05). None Other Than Zelensky Just Debunked Poland's Latest Comparison Of Putin To Hitler. oneworld.press Either Morawiecki is lying or Zelensky just sold out to the person who's supposed to be the second most evil man in history according to the official US-led Western MSM narrative by defending his decision to continue negotiating with Putin. If the first is true, then this exposes Poland as politically manipulative, while the second would suggest that Zelensky is actually just as fascist as he's accused by his opponents of being.

Editor (2022-04-05). Paul Street: Who Are the 'Good Guys' in the Ukraine War? scheerpost.com By Paul Street / CounterPunch US Americans, as products of television and Hollywood, want good guys and bad guys. So who have been the good guys in the Ukraine War and the politics surrounding it? Not Putin and the Kremlin Certainly NOT the fascistic dictator Vladimir Putin and those who back his ugly invasion of …

IMEMC News (2022-04-05). Army Abduct Two Palestinians In Tulkarem. imemc.org Israeli soldiers abducted, Monday evening, two young Palestinian men from Nur Shams refugee camp, east of the northern West Bank city of Tulkarem, after stopping them at a military roadblock. Ibrahim Nimir, the head of the Tulkarem office of the Palestinian Prisoners' Society (PPS), said the soldiers at the Ennab military roadblock, east of Tulkarem, …

IMEMC News (2022-04-05). Israeli Colonizer Assaults A Palestinian, Threatens To Kill Him, In Hebron. imemc.org A paramilitary illegal Israeli colonizer attacked a Palestinian man in the Jabal Jales area on Monday night, in the eastern part of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and threatened to shoot him dead. Resident Rashed Hamed Tamimi said the colonizer assaulted his son, Mohammad, with a baton before pulling his gun and pointing …

IMEMC News (2022-04-05). Israeli Soldiers Shoot A Palestinian In Jenin. imemc.org Israeli soldiers shot, Monday night, a young Palestinian man with a live round in Faqqu'a village, northeast of the northern West Bank city of Jenin. The Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) said the soldiers shot the young man with a live round in the lower back, causing moderate wounds. The medics provided first aid to …

Ramzy Baroud (2022-04-05). The Billion Dollar Deal that Made Google and Amazon Partners in the Israeli Occupation of Palestine. orinocotribune.com By Ramzy Baroud — Mar 23, 2022 | "We are anonymous because we fear retaliation." This text was part of a In their letter, the signatories

oneworld.press (2022-04-05). McFaul's Suggestion To Sanction The Russian Patriarch Proves His Russophobia. oneworld.press McFaul can't propose sanctioning Patriarch Kirill on the basis that he's supposedly not a true Christian like the former ambassador implied for supporting alleged war crimes that Russia purportedly carried out in Bucha according to Kiev's very questionable official narrative while not proposing the same against those rabbis that still support Israel despite its documented and therefore indisputable war crimes against the Palestinians.

Miko Peled (2022-04-05). Palestinian Fears Mount as Ramadan Again Holds Threats of Israeli Violence. mintpressnews.com As Muslims around the world decorate their cities, towns, and neighborhoods for the Ramadan holiday, in Palestine grief is everywhere. Parents, siblings, family members, and neighbors mourn the latest casualties of Israeli violence.

IMEMC News (2022-04-05). Israeli Soldiers Abduct Jerusalem Governor Adnan Gheith. imemc.org On Tuesday, Israeli soldiers abducted the governor of occupied Jerusalem, Adnan Gheith, after storming and searching his home in Silwan town, south of the Al-Aqsa Mosque. Media sources said several military and police vehicles invaded Silwan before surrounding and storming the Gheith's home. The Wadi Hilweh Information Center In Silwan (Silwanic) said the soldiers and …

IMEMC News (2022-04-05). Soldiers Invade Homes, Abduct Three Palestinians, In Bethlehem, Jerusalem, And Hebron. imemc.org On Tuesday at dawn, Israeli soldiers invaded and ransacked many homes and caused damage to one car before abducting three Palestinians, including two teenage boys, in Bethlehem, Jerusalem, and Hebron, in the occupied West Bank. In Beit Fajjar town, south of Bethlehem, the soldiers abducted Karim Amer Taqatqa, 16, after storming his family's home and …

Peoples Dispatch (2022-04-05). Israeli forces attack Palestinians observing Ramadan in occupied East Jerusalem. peoplesdispatch.org Israeli forces have increased violence against Palestinians in the occupied territories and killed at least 31 Palestinians since the beginning of 2022. Most of those killed were resisting raids of their homes by Israeli forces…

____ (2022-04-05). Prime Minister Naftali Bennett puts Israel on a war footing against the Palestinians. wsws.org Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Aviv Kohavi said the IDF must be prepared for "Guardian of the Walls 2," a reference to last May when Israel launched a murderous 11-day assault on Gaza.

____ (2022-04-05). Support for Caucasus wars: Azerbaijan praises growing military ties with fellow NATO partner Israel. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Azeri Press AgencyApril 5, 2022 Azerbaijani President talked about successful cooperation with Israel in the military-technical sphere President Ilham Aliyev praised the involvement of Israeli companies in the restoration and reconstruction work underway in the liberated territories," said President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev while receiving co-chair of Israel-Azerbaijan Joint Intergovernmental Commission, Minister …

Staff (2022-04-05). From 'welfare queen' to 'Black girl magic': Neoliberalism and the rise of the Black bourgeoisie. therealnews.com In the 1970s and '80s, the image of the Black "welfare queen" was used as a racist scare tactic and a propaganda tool to justify gutting…

_____ (2022-04-05). Why the GOP Is Very Afraid of Students Learning the Real History of Reconstruction. commondreams.org This breathtakingly ambitious effort led by formerly enslaved people to eradicate a brutal and centuries-old form of racist exploitation—and to build an entirely new society—is rarely captured in state standards.

Abdel Bari Atwan (2022-04-05). Imran Khan's six unpardonable sins. thealtworld.com The US will continue to conspire against Pakistan's insubordinate prime minister | By dissolving parliament and calling fresh elections within three months, Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan may have foiled Washington's scheme to depose him by getting opposition parties to withdraw confidence from his government. | But this pre-emptive strike does not mean the plot has been thwarted. It could extend to arranging a military coup against him. The army remains the supreme power in Pakistan and has staged four coups since the country was founded, most of them in collusion with the Americans, who retain senior comma…

_____ (2022-04-05). Pakistan In The Midst Of A Full-Blown Constitutional Crisis. popularresistance.org Pakistan is in the middle of a full-blown constitutional crisis with each day bringing a fresh series of developments that increase the uncertainty surrounding the country's future. | Monday April 4, was a day of dramatic developments. The Supreme Court began hearing arguments on the constitutionality of the events of the previous 24 hours and is likely to arrive at a decision on Tuesday. On Sunday, the country's National Assembly had met to vote on a no-trust motion against prime minister Imran Khan. However, in a surprise move, deputy speaker of the assembly Qasim Khan Suri dismissed the motion. Suri ruled that…

Staff (2022-04-05). The Supreme Court's abuses of the shadow docket must be stopped. therealnews.com This story originally appeared in They often come in the middle of the night—unsigned and without explanation. Some sentence people to death. Others adversely impact the political power of minority groups. They make up the shadow docket, a set of Supreme Court cases decided without traditional brief, oral argument, or signed opinion. | It is not hard to imagine the public outcry if a governmental body like Congress engage…

Adriaan Alsema (2022-04-05). Colombia could replace national registrar before presidential elections. colombiareports.com Colombia's election chief must be replaced to avoid chaos in the presidential elections, according to a coalition of election observers. The non-governmental Electoral Oversight Alliance (AVE) asked the Supreme Court,…

Staff (2022-04-05). Pakistan's Prime Minister Dissolves Parliament to Prevent His Removal From Power. truthout.org Pakistan is facing a constitutional crisis after Prime Minister Imran Khan dissolved the country's National Assembly and called for new elections in an effort to block an attempt to remove him from power. Khan was facing a no-confidence vote in Parliament that would have unseated him, but his allies blocked the vote from happening. Pakistan's Supreme Court is now hearing a pivotal case on whether it was within the authority of the speaker of the National Assembly to reject the motion for a vote of no confidence, says Pakistani journalist Munizae Jahangir. | TRANSCRIPT: | This is a rush transcript. Copy ma…

Isheka N. Harrison (2022-04-05). Georgia Governor Candidate Stacey Abrams Is Now Worth $3M From Book And Speaking Fees. moguldom.com Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams is now a millionaire three times over. The voting rights activist and Spelman College graduate, who launched her second campaign for governor of the peach state in 2021, has reportedly overcome financial hurdles which plagued her when she ran in 2018 against current Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp. Abrams is now …

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2022-04-05: News Headlines

oneworld.press (2022-04-05). The Polish Prime Minister Is Engaging In World War II Revisionism About Hitler. oneworld.press The Polish Prime Minister shamelessly engaged in historical revisionism about Hitler by implying that his own country never negotiated with that Nazi beast despite having agreed to a non-aggression pact with it in 1934 prior to jointly dismembering Czechoslovakia several years later right after Munich.

Fight Back (2022-04-05). March in Saint Paul demands: "Stand up against hate! justice for our Asian siblings!" fightbacknews.org Saint Paul, MN – On the afternoon of April 2, about 50 people gathered for a protest in Saint Paul's Frogtown area to "Stand up against hate" and demand justice for Asian people who have been targeted in hate crimes, discrimination and violence. | The action was organized by Minnesota Immigrant Rights Action Committee (MIRAC) and Minnesota 8 (MN8) and was called in response to the recent attacks on the Asian community in New York City as well as commemorating the one-year anniversary of the Atlanta spa shootings. The Atlanta Young's Asian Massage victims include: Delaina Ashley Yaun, Paul Andre Michels, Xiaojie T…

IMEMC News (2022-04-05). Army Abduct Two Palestinians In Tulkarem. imemc.org Israeli soldiers abducted, Monday evening, two young Palestinian men from Nur Shams refugee camp, east of the northern West Bank city of Tulkarem, after stopping them at a military roadblock. Ibrahim Nimir, the head of the Tulkarem office of the Palestinian Prisoners' Society (PPS), said the soldiers at the Ennab military roadblock, east of Tulkarem, …

IMEMC News (2022-04-05). Israeli Colonizer Assaults A Palestinian, Threatens To Kill Him, In Hebron. imemc.org A paramilitary illegal Israeli colonizer attacked a Palestinian man in the Jabal Jales area on Monday night, in the eastern part of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and threatened to shoot him dead. Resident Rashed Hamed Tamimi said the colonizer assaulted his son, Mohammad, with a baton before pulling his gun and pointing …

IMEMC News (2022-04-05). Israeli Soldiers Shoot A Palestinian In Jenin. imemc.org Israeli soldiers shot, Monday night, a young Palestinian man with a live round in Faqqu'a village, northeast of the northern West Bank city of Jenin. The Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) said the soldiers shot the young man with a live round in the lower back, causing moderate wounds. The medics provided first aid to …

WSWS (2022-04-05). Prime Minister Naftali Bennett puts Israel on a war footing against the Palestinians. wsws.org Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Aviv Kohavi said the IDF must be prepared for "Guardian of the Walls 2," a reference to last May when Israel launched a murderous 11-day assault on Gaza.

Angela (2022-04-05). Sunday 4/3: A Conversation with Jamal Taslaq, Palestinian High Couture Designer. indybay.org

Shane Quinn (2022-04-04). The Alarming Rise of Ukraine's Neo-Nazi MPs Since the 2014 "Pro-democracy Revolution" globalresearch.ca Over elapsing time from the February 2014 US-instituted "pro-democracy revolution", an ever expanding group of neo-Nazis has been elected to office in the Ukrainian parliament. Over the past five years of what the Washington Post calls "fledgling democracy"

Staff (2022-04-04). Is Europe Really More Civilized? Ukraine Conflict a Platform for Racism and Rewriting History. palestinechronicle.com When a gruesome six-minute video of Ukrainian soldiers shooting and torturing handcuffed and tied up Russian soldiers circulated online, outraged people on social media and elsewhere compared this barbaric behavior to that of Daesh. In

Staff (2022-04-04). Israeli Minister Visits Ukraine, Blasts Russia over 'War Crimes'. palestinechronicle.com Israeli Health Minister Nitzan Horowitz on Monday visited a field hospital set up by Israel in Ukraine and blasted Russia over the "war crimes it is committing in Ukraine," the Israeli newspaper Haaretz reported. In

Miko Peled (2022-04-04). Israel's Far-Right Militias Pile On the Apartheid State's Official Terror Campaign. mintpressnews.com Israelis feel the work being done by Israel's enormous security apparatus is insufficient and there are calls for citizens to take up arms. What is even more alarming is that we see the emergence of civilian-run militias already operating in Palestinian communities.

Staff (2022-04-04). Marchers in Sà£o Paulo commemorate Land Day, call for justice in Palestine. samidoun.net On 30 March, Palestinian Land Day, activists in Sà£o Paulo, Brazil, marched to the Israeli consulate to call for the liberation of Palestine from the river to the sea. The enthusiastic rally brought together youth activists, political parties and Palestinian community members to stand together against apartheid and Zionist colonialism in Palestine. The demonstration was …

Linda Wiggins-Chavis (2022-04-04). Wiping Away the Stains of Racism. progressive.org Though we don't experience the same form of lynching as our ancestors, there are still "modern-day lynchings" of unarmed victims killed by purveyors of racial terror and the police.

Staff (2022-04-04). The rise of the far right is a global phenomenon. therealnews.com The election of Donald Trump and the siege of the US Capitol on Jan. 6 made clear the rising political power of the right in America, but this is not an isolated phenomenon—right-wing power is surging across the globe. From India, Brazil, and the Philippines, to Hungary and the US, we find right-wing political movements that are challenging the established order and that are fueled by anti-immigration mania, racism, patriarchy, historical nostalgia, as well as the destruction wrought by colonialism, the fall of Leninist states, and the failure of modern capitalism to meet the needs of masses of people…

_____ (2022-04-04). Yemen: Cheap Demagoguery and Huge Profits for London. journal-neo.org Situated on the distant east coast of the Arabian Peninsula, Yemen and our neighboring Ukraine share a common fate. Both countries, at the will of the West, have become embroiled in conflicts desired by Western rulers. Instigation of Ukraine's neo-Nazi rulers against Russia by the West, above all the United States' "empire of lies and …

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-04-04). Torture and Massacres: Testimony of a Survivor in Donbass. libya360.wordpress.com Laurent Brayard The neo-Nazi Aydar Battalion held citizens hostage and blocked evacuation efforts. A forgotten massacre, along the path of the Aydar battalion. March 9, 2016, in the hinterland of Donbass, in a place where war reporters, humanitarians and especially the OSCE observers never come… Laurent Brayard was taken by a former militiaman of the Donetsk…

oneworld.press (2022-04-04). In Defense Of Dismissing The Pakistani Opposition's No-Confidence Motion. oneworld.press By deliberately playing into the hands of this foreign plot as the "useful idiots" that they truly were even in the unlikely event that none of them directly colluded with American intelligence, the Pakistani opposition showed that it'll sacrifice national security without a second thought, which should concern all sincere patriotic members of the population. No self-respecting government could ever allow such a Hybrid War plot to succeed without doing its utmost to resist it, let alone someone as passionate about their country's strategic autonomy as Prime Minister Khan is.

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-04). Georgian PM faces internal, external attacks for striving to keep nation out of war. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Civil GeorgiaApril 3, 2022 Garibashvili Makes Controversial Remarks on Ukraine, Again The Georgian Prime Minister also vowed to "do everything" to avoid war in Georgia. "We want peace, stability and development, this is what our country needs today, no one needs war, and…any patriotic government must do everything to help the country and its people …

themoscowtimes (2022-04-04). Zelensky Accuses Russia of 'Genocide,' Biden Calls for War Crimes Trial. themoscowtimes.com Alleged atrocities against Ukrainian civilians by Russian forces have sparked a wave of international outrage.

_____ (2022-04-04). New Witness Testimony About Mariupol Maternity Hospital 'Airstrike'. popularresistance.org On March 9th, shocking news of a deliberate Russian airstrike on a maternity hospital in Mariupol, eastern Ukraine, began spreading widely via social media and news outlets. | Fiery condemnation from Western officials, pundits, and journalists was immediate. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, for his part, claimed the act was proof of the "genocide" Russia was perpetrating against the civilian population, and urged European leaders to condemn the "war crime" and "strengthen sanctions" to stop the Kremlin's "evil" deeds in the country. NPR suggested the attack was part of Russia's "terrible wartime tradition"

themoscowtimes (2022-04-04). Zelensky Calls Killings in Bucha 'Genocide'. themoscowtimes.com The Ukrainian president visited the town where bodies were discovered strewn throughout the town after it was reclaimed by Kyiv's army.

WSWS (2022-04-04). Stumping for "America First" Republicans, Trump holds campaign rally in Macomb County, Michigan. wsws.org The threat of fascistic violence permeated the rally, with frequent calls from the crowd to "lock up" Trump's political opponents, including Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer, Attorney General Dana Nessell and Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson.

WSWS (2022-04-04). Far-right candidate Marine Le Pen surges in French presidential polls. wsws.org The election of a neo-fascist president is a real possibility, as a result of the militaristic and fascistic evolution of the entire French political establishment.

Rainer Shea (2022-04-04). The U.S. Empire Uses Engineered Destabilization to Delay Its Full Demise. orinocotribune.com By Rainer Shea — Mar 30, 2022 | When it comes to the decline of U.S. hegemony, there are two sides to the story, one hopeful and the other bleak. One pertains to all of the ways that the empire's power is unambiguously diminishing, and to how this is opening the potential for workers democracy to spread to every part of the world. To how Washington has been unable to use its fascist Ukrainian proxy to crush the independence of the Donbass peoples, how Washington's subversion efforts in places like Hong Kong have failed, how the 2019 coup in Bolivia has been reversed, and other such positive developments. Th…

Anonymous103 (2022-04-04). Overview Of Attack In Israel, Palestine In March-April, 2022 (Map Update). southfront.org Click to see full-size image | On March 22, a Palestinian man stabbed three people to death and run over a fourth killing him in Beersheba city. The Palestinian man was shot and killed by an armed civilian; | On March 27, two Palestinian gunmen shot and killed two Israeli police officers in Hadera. Both gunmen were shot by undercover police officers; | On March 29, a Palestinian gunman killed five people in Bnei Brak city; | On March 31, the IDF raided the city of Jenin in the West Bank. Two Palesti…

IMEMC News (2022-04-04). Administrative Detainee Al-Awawda Continues Strike For 33rd Day. imemc.org Palestinian political prisoner, held by Israel under arbitrary Administrative Detention orders without charges, continues the hunger strike he started 33 days ago, despite his deteriorating condition. The detainee, Khalil Awawda, 40, from Ethna town west of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, is demanding to be released, especially since he isn't facing charges and …

IMEMC News (2022-04-04). Israeli Army Attacks Palestinian Farmers In Central Gaza. imemc.org Israeli soldiers attacked with live ammunition Monday morning, Palestinian farmers working on their lands near the perimeter fence east of Deir al-Balah, in the central Gaza Strip. Media sources said the soldiers stationed across the fence fired many live rounds and high-velocity gas bombs at the farmers while working on their lands. They added that …

IMEMC News (2022-04-04). Israeli Soldiers Abduct Three Palestinians In Jenin And Nablus. imemc.org Israeli soldiers abducted three Palestinians, Monday at dawn, during invasions and violent searches of homes in Jenin and Nablus in the northern parts of the occupied West Bank. In the al-Yamoun town, northwest of Jenin, the soldiers invaded the home of Fadi Ja'bari and abducted him. After breaking into the home, the soldiers locked the …

IMEMC News (2022-04-04). Soldiers Detain Three Schoolchildren Near Bethlehem. imemc.org Israeli soldiers detained Monday morning three Palestinian schoolchildren from the al-Jab'a village, south of Bethlehem, south of the occupied capital, Jerusalem, in the occupied West Bank. Thiab Masha'la, the head of the al-Jab'a Village Council, said the children were walking to their school in Surif nearby town, when the soldiers detained them. Masha'la added that …

IMEMC News (2022-04-04). Israeli Soldiers Injure Nineteen Palestinians, Abduct Ten, In Occupied Jerusalem. imemc.org Israeli soldiers attacked, Sunday night, dozens of Palestinians after leaving the Al-Aqsa Mosque in the occupied Palestinian capital, Jerusalem, in the West Bank, wounding nineteen and abducting ten others. The Wadi Hilweh Information Center In Silwan (Silwanic) said the Palestinians were in Bab al-Amoud, Bab as-Sahera, and Sultan Suleiman Street when the soldiers installed roadblocks …

IMEMC News (2022-04-04). Soldiers Abduct Five Palestinians, Injure Many, In Jerusalem. imemc.org Israeli soldiers abducted, Monday night, five Palestinians and injured many others in Bab al-Amoud in occupied Jerusalem, on the West Bank. Media sources said the soldiers chased many Palestinians in Bab al-Amoud and Sultan Soleiman Street and attacked them with batons and concussion grades. They added that the soldiers abducted five Palestinians, including one with …

IMEMC News (2022-04-04). Soldiers Install Roadblocks, Abduct A Palestinian, Near Bethlehem. imemc.org On Monday, Israeli soldiers installed several sudden military roadblocks southeast of Bethlehem and a young Palestinian man. Media sources said the soldiers abducted Daoud Fawzi al-Badan, 22, after stopping him at a sudden military roadblock near Janata village, southeast of Bethlehem. The sources added that the soldiers installed several roadblocks in the area, including the …

Staff (2022-04-04). 'A Slap in the Face of Normalization': A Kuwaiti Fencer Refuses to Spar with Israeli Opponent. palestinechronicle.com A Kuwaiti athlete, Mohamed al-Fadli, refused to participate in the World Fencing Championships, which is currently taking place in Dubai, to avoid sparring with an Israeli athlete, Al Jazeera Arabic and other Middle Eastern media

Staff (2022-04-04). Palestinian Child Day: Israel Arrested More than 9000 Palestinian Children since 2015. palestinechronicle.com On the eve of Palestinian Child Day, which occurs on April 5 every year, the Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS) said in a report that Israel detained more than 9,000 children since 2015. In a report

Staff (2022-04-04). Palestinians Condemn Lapid's Appearance at Damascus Gate. palestinechronicle.com Palestinians condemned Sunday Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid's appearance at Damascus Gate in occupied East Jerusalem, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported. Lapid went to the Damascus Gate with Israeli Police Commissioner Kobi Shabtai

Staff (2022-04-04). WATCH: Israeli Soldiers Brutally Attack Palestinian Worshippers in Jerusalem. palestinechronicle.com Israeli soldiers raided Damascus Gate in occupied East Jerusalem's Old City on Sunday night, for the second night in a row, detaining 13 Palestinians and injuring 20 others, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported.

Staff (2022-04-04). Madrid mobilization calls for Palestinian liberation on Land Day. samidoun.net On Saturday, 2 April, the Masar Badil (Palestinian Alternative Revolutionary Path Movement) organized a demonstration marking Palestinian Land Day at the Puerta del Sol in downtown Madrid, Spain, with the involvement of Samidoun Spain, Alkarama Palestinian Women's Mobilization and Al-Yudur Palestinian Youth Mobilization. The demonstration included strong chants and speeches in support of the Palestinian …

Staff (2022-04-04). Palestinian Chess Forum in Shatila camp opens new Samah Idriss hall: culmination of successful fundraiser! samidoun.net The newly restored and renovated Samah Idriss Hall in the Palestinian Chess Forum in Shatila refugee camp in Beirut, Lebanon, opened with an inaugural ceremony on Friday, 1 April 2022. The renovation of the hall was funded by the Samidoun campaign to support the Palestinian Chess Forum, which raised $5,000 to support this grassroots organization …

Yasmin Abusayma (2022-04-04). My grandmother's Nakba nightmare. electronicintifada.net Uprooted as children, older Palestinians still wish to return home.

Staff (2022-04-04). International day of action mobilizes for freedom for Georges Abdallah. samidoun.net On Saturday, 2 April — Georges Abdallah's 71st birthday — people across France and around the world joined in an international day of action to demand the freedom of the Lebanese Arab Communist struggler for Palestine imprisoned in France for over 37 years. Abdallah, the longest-held political prisoner in Europe, has been eligible for release …

Staff (2022-04-04). March in Paris supports Palestinian resistance and Georges Abdallah. samidoun.net At the call of the Coordination to Support the Palestine Resistance in Paris, France, a march in support of the Palestinian resistance was organized from Barbès to République on Saturday, 2 April. A crowd displaying Palestinian flags and numerous banners came out despite the Parisian cold to affirm their support for the Palestinian people and their …

Staff (2022-04-04). Georges Abdallah's statement for 2 April day of action. samidoun.net The following statement was released by Georges Abdallah on 2 April 2022 as part of the international day of action for his release that coincided with his 71st birthday. Abdallah, the Lebanese Arab Communist struggler for Palestine, has been jailed in France since 1984 despite being eligible for release since 1999. Georges Abdallah is part …

Paul Craig Roberts (2022-04-04). Hats Off to Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, An American Leader. thealtworld.com Florida citizens were extremely fortunate that they got Ron DeSantis for governor. The Democrats almost succeeded in stealing the election. The corrupt Democrats might succeed next time, because the Biden Department of Justice (sic) is trying to discredit fair election safeguards as "racist violations of civil rights laws." The DOJ is very close to taking the position that it is a violation of US civil rights laws to prevent an illegal alien from voting. New York city now allows non-citizens to vote. | Governor DeSantis kept Florida free of lockdowns and mask and vaccine mandates. He said that a virus that has su…

Peoples Dispatch (2022-04-04). Pakistan in the midst of a full-blown constitutional crisis. peoplesdispatch.org Pakistan's Supreme Court is hearing arguments on the constitutionality of Sunday's incidents at the National Assembly. A no-trust vote against the Imran Khan government was dismissed on account of it being part of a 'foreign conspiracy'

WSWS (2022-04-04). Democrats reject calls to impeach far-right Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. wsws.org Text messages implicating Virginia "Ginni" Thomas, wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, in Trump's January 6 conspiracy have exposed flagrant judicial misconduct by her husband, who voted to block access to documents by the congressional committee investigating the coup plot in which his own wife participated.

Kamal Iranidoost (2022-04-04). Pakistan PM Khan's fate to be decided by top court Monday. en.mehrnews.com Pakistan's supreme court is expected to decide the fate of embattled Prime Minister Imran Khan, following a day of political turmoil, media reported on Monday.

Editor (2022-04-04). Briefing: World hunger and the war in Ukraine. mronline.org The New Cold War is rapidly heating up, with severe consequences for people around the world. Our new series, Briefings, provides the key facts on these matters of global concern.

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2022-04-04: News Headlines

Shane Quinn (2022-04-04). The Alarming Rise of Ukraine's Neo-Nazi MPs Since the 2014 "Pro-democracy Revolution" globalresearch.ca Over elapsing time from the February 2014 US-instituted "pro-democracy revolution", an ever expanding group of neo-Nazis has been elected to office in the Ukrainian parliament. Over the past five years of what the Washington Post calls "fledgling democracy"

____ (2022-04-04). Georgian PM faces internal, external attacks for striving to keep nation out of war. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Civil GeorgiaApril 3, 2022 Garibashvili Makes Controversial Remarks on Ukraine, Again The Georgian Prime Minister also vowed to "do everything" to avoid war in Georgia. "We want peace, stability and development, this is what our country needs today, no one needs war, and…any patriotic government must do everything to help the country and its people …

rqorinoco (2022-04-04). The U.S. empire uses engineered destabilization to delay its full demise. orinocotribune.com By Rainer Shea — Mar 30, 2022 | When it comes to the decline of U.S. hegemony, there are two sides to the story, one hopeful and the other bleak. One pertains to all of the ways that the empire's power is unambiguously diminishing, and to how this is opening the potential for workers democracy to spread to every part of the world. To how Washington has been unable to use its fascist Ukrainian proxy to crush the independence of the Donbass peoples, how Washington's subversion efforts in places like Hong Kong have failed, how the 2019 coup in Bolivia has been reversed, and other such positive developments. Th…

____ (2022-04-04). Far-right candidate Marine Le Pen surges in French presidential polls. wsws.org The election of a neo-fascist president is a real possibility, as a result of the militaristic and fascistic evolution of the entire French political establishment.

____ (2022-04-04). Stumping for "America First" Republicans, Trump holds campaign rally in Macomb County, Michigan. wsws.org The threat of fascistic violence permeated the rally, with frequent calls from the crowd to "lock up" Trump's political opponents, including Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer, Attorney General Dana Nessell and Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson.

Yasmin Abusayma (2022-04-04). My grandmother's Nakba nightmare. electronicintifada.net Uprooted as children, older Palestinians still wish to return home.

Staff (2022-04-04). March in Paris supports Palestinian resistance and Georges Abdallah. samidoun.net At the call of the Coordination to Support the Palestine Resistance in Paris, France, a march in support of the Palestinian resistance was organized from Barbès to République on Saturday, 2 April. A crowd displaying Palestinian flags and numerous banners came out despite the Parisian cold to affirm their support for the Palestinian people and their …

Staff (2022-04-04). Georges Abdallah's statement for 2 April day of action. samidoun.net The following statement was released by Georges Abdallah on 2 April 2022 as part of the international day of action for his release that coincided with his 71st birthday. Abdallah, the Lebanese Arab Communist struggler for Palestine, has been jailed in France since 1984 despite being eligible for release since 1999. Georges Abdallah is part …

Angela (2022-04-04). Sunday 4/3: A Conversation with Jamal Taslaq, Palestinian High Couture Designer. indybay.org

Staff (2022-04-04). International day of action mobilizes for freedom for Georges Abdallah. samidoun.net On Saturday, 2 April — Georges Abdallah's 71st birthday — people across France and around the world joined in an international day of action to demand the freedom of the Lebanese Arab Communist struggler for Palestine imprisoned in France for over 37 years. Abdallah, the longest-held political prisoner in Europe, has been eligible for release …

____ (2022-04-04). Democrats reject calls to impeach far-right Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. wsws.org Text messages implicating Virginia "Ginni" Thomas, wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, in Trump's January 6 conspiracy have exposed flagrant judicial misconduct by her husband, who voted to block access to documents by the congressional committee investigating the coup plot in which his own wife participated.

Kamal Iranidoost (2022-04-04). Pakistan PM Khan's fate to be decided by top court Monday. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 04 (MNA) — Pakistan's supreme court is expected to decide the fate of embattled Prime Minister Imran Khan, following a day of political turmoil, media reported on Monday.

Editor2 (2022-04-03). Russia-Ukraine Conflict Highlights Racist Double Standard in the West. orinocotribune.com By Wu Chaolan — Mar 21, 2022 | The ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict has garnered widespread attention across the globe. The wall-to-wall coverage and outpouring of reactions to the Russia-Ukraine conflict from the West has raised eyebrows at its double standard toward other humanitarian crises, which has unsheathed flagrant racist and biased attitudes toward the value of non-white lives that also matter. | CBS News senior correspondent in Kyiv Charlie D'Agata, for instance, has faced a widespread backlash due to his discriminatory comments on the Ukraine crisis: "This isn't a place, with all due respect, like…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-04-03). Nazis in Ukraine: Seeing Through the Fog of the Information War. libya360.wordpress.com Gabriel Rockhill Participants of an annual event in honor of Stepan Bandera march through Kyiv, Ukraine on Jan. 1, 2021. (Genya Savilou/AFP) On February 24, Russian President Vladimir Putin undertook what he referred to as a "special military operation … to de-militarise and de-Nazify Ukraine." Western bourgeois media immediately decried these stated goals, regularly repeating that the allegations of…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-04-03). CIA Trained the Neo-Nazi Azov Battalion and Has Chosen Ukraine as the Birthplace of the New "Global White Supremacist" Terror Threat. libya360.wordpress.com Whitney Webb As the conflict between Ukraine and Russia continues to escalate and dominate the world's attention, the increasing evidence that the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is and has been working to create and arm an insurgency in the country has received considerably little attention considering its likely consequences. This is particularly true given…

Anonymous103 (2022-04-03). Ukrainian Soldiers Carried Out Execution Of Russian POWs (Photos). southfront.org emptyOn April 3, the Ukrainian media exploded with alleged Ukrainian victories in the Kiev region, which was left by Russian forces a few days ago. Various fake videos were made in the region in an attempt to balme Russian soldiers in war crimes. The artificial hysteria supported by unprofessionally staged videos is aimed at "balancing" the numerous reports of war crimes of Ukrainian nazis confirmed by civilians from Mariupol, the Donbass region and other war-torn regions. | On April 3, a new horri…

_____ (2022-04-03). Malvinas 40 Years: It's Time To End Colonialism. popularresistance.org Every April 2, we Argentines pay tribute to the compatriots who fought valiantly for the recovery of the exercise of sovereignty over the Malvinas Islands, other archipelagos of the South Atlantic and their corresponding maritime spaces. | On the 40th anniversary of the heroic deed carried out by our young men and women, the memory and recognition of their dedication must go hand in hand with a firm commitment to continue fighting for the cause for which many of them gave their lives. The permanent increase of the military presence and the refusal during these four decades of the United Kingdom to resume the dial…

_____ (2022-04-03). Will Biden Shoot Himself In The Foot To Impose Sanctions On Russia? popularresistance.org On Thursday, President Joe Biden ordered the largest release ever from the US emergency oil reserve in a futile attempt to bring down gasoline prices that have soared to record levels following the Russo-Ukraine War. Starting in May, the United States will release 1 million barrels per day (bpd) of crude oil for six months from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR), amounting to 180 million barrels in total, which is equivalent to only two days of the global demand. | Invoking the fabled trope of American patriotism, Biden urged the consumers not to hesitate from paying twice the amount while filling gas tanks in…

Tamara Nassar (2022-04-03). Three Palestinian resistance fighters killed in Israeli attack. electronicintifada.net Israeli fire kills 29 Palestinians since the beginning of the year.

Maureen Clare Murphy (2022-04-03). Palestine in Pictures: March 2022. electronicintifada.net A monthly roundup of photographs documenting Palestine, Palestinian life, politics and culture, and international solidarity with Palestine.

Cortney Sanders (2022-04-03). States Legislators Can Usher In an Antiracist, Equitable Recovery. Here's How. truthout.org As state legislators finalize their budgets for the year ahead, they should pursue tax and budget policies that align with Target aid to those most in need due to the pandemic and economic crises. | Advance short- and long-term antiracist and equitable policies to dismantle racial, ethnic, gender, and economic i…

scorinoco (2022-04-03). No Peace Can be Achieved Without Lifting the Siege, Says Yemen. orinocotribune.com The Supreme Political Council of Yemen has denounced the Saudi ceasefire without the full lifting of the siege on the Yemeni people. | The Supreme Political Council of Yemen stated on Wednesday, March 30, that no peace can be achieved without ending the "The Yem…

teleSUR, SH, JCM (2022-04-03). Costa Rica acude a las urnas para elegir a su nuevo presidente. telesurtv.net "A partir de este momento abren las juntas receptoras de votos. Acérquese a su centro y vote", dijo en Twitter el Tribunal Supremo de Elecciones (TSE).

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Editor2 (2022-04-03). Russia-Ukraine Conflict Highlights Racist Double Standard in the West. orinocotribune.com By Wu Chaolan — Mar 21, 2022 | The ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict has garnered widespread attention across the globe. The wall-to-wall coverage and outpouring of reactions to the Russia-Ukraine conflict from the West has raised eyebrows at its double standard toward other humanitarian crises, which has unsheathed flagrant racist and biased attitudes toward the value of non-white lives that also matter. | CBS News senior correspondent in Kyiv Charlie D'Agata, for instance, has faced a widespread backlash due to his discriminatory comments on the Ukraine crisis: "This isn't a place, with all due respect, like…

UFCLP (2022-04-03). Thursday 3/31: Ukraine, The War & The Labor Movement A Panel. indybay.org Zoom Panel | us02web.zoom.us/j/86828281477?pwd=UTFHMk…

Tamara Nassar (2022-04-03). Three Palestinian resistance fighters killed in Israeli attack. electronicintifada.net Israeli fire kills 29 Palestinians since the beginning of the year.

Maureen Clare Murphy (2022-04-03). Palestine in Pictures: March 2022. electronicintifada.net A monthly roundup of photographs documenting Palestine, Palestinian life, politics and culture, and international solidarity with Palestine.

Angela (2022-04-03). Sunday 4/3: A Conversation with Jamal Taslaq, Palestinian High Couture Designer. indybay.org

teleSUR, SH, JCM (2022-04-03). Costa Rica acude a las urnas para elegir a su nuevo presidente. telesurtv.net "A partir de este momento abren las juntas receptoras de votos. Acérquese a su centro y vote", dijo en Twitter el Tribunal Supremo de Elecciones (TSE).

Anonymous669 (2022-04-02). Russia Vows To Target British Weapons Being Supplied To Ukraine. southfront.org 2712070 10/04/2015 Russian servicemen attach a Kh-25 high-precision missile to a Su-24 aircraft at the Khmeimim airbase in Syria. Dmitriy Vinogradov/RIA Novosti | British-made long-range artillery and anti-ship systems, which the UK has promised to Kiev, will become legitimate targets for Russian troops if delivered to Ukraine, Russian Ambassador to the UK, Andrey Kelin, said in an interview with the

WSWS (2022-04-02). China rejects EU calls to cut ties with Russia over Ukraine war. wsws.org Hostile official remarks after yesterday's virtual European Union-China summit point to escalating global tensions provoked by NATO's war against Russia in Ukraine.

_____ (2022-04-02). US Imperialism's Proxy War With Russia In Ukraine. popularresistance.org Here is my analysis of what's going on in Ukraine after one month. It may not prove acceptable to many. Certainly not liberals, the ruling elite in Washington, or even some left liberal and socialist left. But I've always spoken my mind and will continue to do so, with no allegiances to any political forces or organizations. So here goes: | First, this is a proxy war engineered by US neocons and political elites, that has its origins going back as far as 1999, when the neocons began to gain greater control over US foreign policy. The dress rehearsal for the current conflict originates with the Clinton administrat…

_____ (2022-04-02). Ukraine — A Decisive Transfer Of The Balance Of Power From West To East. popularresistance.org Most of the debate and coverage of the ongoing Russo-Ukrainian war in Australia and the Western world is decidedly banal. It is characterized by the simplification of an extremely complex situation to generate a narrative that can be summarized as Putin and Russia are evil and Ukraine is good. | This gross simplification is not helpful in either understanding the causes of the war, the nature of the war, its broader implications and most importantly of all, how it can be ended with the least number of additional deaths and injuries and damage to Ukraine's infrastructure. | The preponderance of human-interest repo…

WSWS (2022-04-02). Germany supplies tanks to Ukraine and prepares for war against Russia. wsws.org According to media reports, the German government is planning further arms deliveries to Ukraine worth some €300 million.

ecns.cn (2022-04-02). NATO urged to reflect on its role in Ukraine crisis. ecns.cn

Anonymous767 (2022-04-02). Russian Strikes Setting Ground For Second Stage Of Advance In East Of Ukraine. southfront.org Units of the Russian Armed Forces in Mariupol | As of April 2, the situation on the frontline remains without major changes with the most intense fighting has been ongoing in Mariupol city. Russian troops and DPR units have been carrying out the final stage of the operation to secure the city. The remaining members of Kyiv's forces focused their defense in city port and Azovstal Plant areas. | In own area of operations, units of the Lugansk People's Republic continued their advance on positions of the Ukrainian 57th Infa…

Editor (2022-04-02). Nazis in Ukraine: seeing through the fog of the information war. mronline.org On February 24, Russian President Vladimir Putin undertook what he referred to as a "special military operation … to de-militarise and de-Nazify Ukraine."

Julie Lévesque (2022-04-02). "Democratization" and Anti-Semitism in Ukraine: When Neo-Nazi Symbols become "The New Normal" globalresearch.ca In the Ukraine parliament, extremist symbols are on display. The flags of France, the UK, Canada, hang alongside those of the Neo-Nazi Svoboda party together with two White supremacist flags.

Staff (2022-04-02). Ukraine's Helicopter Attack in Russia May Hinder Peace Talks. orinocotribune.com Russia has denounced that the Ukrainian Army bombed a fuel depot inside Russian territory, just 35 kilometers from the border on Friday, April 1. Kremlin has warned that this surprise attack could imply a turning point in the conflict and could hinder the peace talks going on between Russia and Ukraine. | The Governor of Belgorod region of Russia, Viacheslav Gladkov, said that two Ukrainian Armed Forces helicopters bombed an oil storage facility managed by the Russian energy giant Rosneft, in an area located about 80 kilometers from the battered Ukrainian city of Kharkov. | The bombardment, which has neither been…

Anonymous103 (2022-04-02). Military Situation In Eastern Ukraine On April 2, 2022 (Map Update). southfront.org Click to see full-size image | MORE ON THE TOPIC: : |

No Cold War (2022-04-02). World hunger and the war in Ukraine. peoplesdispatch.org The war in Ukraine, along with sanctions imposed by the United States and Western countries against Russia, have caused global food, fertiliser, and fuel prices to War in the 'breadbasket of the world': | Russia and Ukraine together

Anand Naidoo (2022-04-02). The Heat: China-EU summit. Leaders disagree over response to Ukraine conflict. america.cgtn.com Chinese and European Union leaders hold a virtual summit. High on the agenda — the Russia-Ukraine conflict.

Ana Vraƒçar (2022-04-02). Will health be used as a way to pressure Global South on Ukraine war? peoplesdispatch.org The government of Lithuania reversed its decision to donate almost half a million Covid-19 vaccine doses to Bangladesh after the latter abstained during the UN resolution on the war in Ukraine. This sets an alarming precedent…

Dave DeCamp (2022-04-02). US to Work With Allies to Send Soviet-Made Tanks to Ukraine. news.antiwar.com A US official told The New York Times on Friday that the Biden administration will work with allies in Europe The move marks an escalation in Western military aid to Ukraine. Until now, the US and its NATO allies have provided Ukraine with thousands of shoulder-fired anti-tank and anti-aircraft missiles but have held off on sending more advanced weapons over concerns of provoking Russia. | The US official wouldn't specify how many tanks will be sent or what countries the…

Dave DeCamp (2022-04-02). US to Work With Allies to Send Soviet-Made Tanks to Ukraine. news.antiwar.com A US official told The New York Times on Friday that the Biden administration will work with allies in Europe The move marks an escalation in Western military aid to Ukraine. Until now, the US and its NATO allies have provided Ukraine with thousands of shoulder-fired anti-tank and anti-aircraft missiles but have held off on sending more advanced weapons over concerns of provoking Russia. | The US official wouldn't specify how many tanks will be sent or what countries the…

Anonymous103 (2022-04-02). Military Situation In Ukraine On April 2, 2022 (Map Update). southfront.org Click to see full-size image | In the East of the Kiev region, Russian forces retread to the Priluki area; | The UAF took control of Bucha, Boridyanka, Ivankiv, Irpen and Gostomel; | Clashes continue near Kharkiv; | Russian forces secured the town of Izyum south of Kharkiv; | Clashes were reported in the village of Gusarovka, south-west of Izyum; | 40 Ukrainian fighters were killed with a P-800 Oniks cruise missile strike in the Shakhtars'ke area, according to the Russian MoD; | Clashes continue north of the…

Staff (2022-04-02). New York City marches for Palestine on Land Day, calls to #DefundRacism. samidoun.net On Wednesday, 30 March, Palestinian Land Day, hundreds of marchers took to the streets of midtown Manhattan in New York City to protest organizations funding war crimes in Palestine, including the "Friends of the Israel Defense Force," the Central Fund of Israel and American Friends of Ateret Cohanim. MARCH BEGINS"Land Day, Resist Settler Colonialism, Defend …

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2022-04-02). Ukraine's "Neo-Nazi Summer Camp". Military Training for Young Children. globalresearch.ca The Azov battalion supported by its Western partners is not only involved in para-military operations in Donbass, it is also running a Summer Camp military training project for young children.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-04-02). 'Nazism is a Disease': Texan Came to Donbass to Protect People & Tell the Truth About 8-Year Long War. libya360.wordpress.com Ekaterina Blinova Russell Bonner Bentley, a 61-year old American from Texas, says he couldn't stop himself from coming to the rescue of the people of Donbass, as they confronted fascism just like their great-grandfathers did 80 years ago. First as a soldier and now as a war correspondent, Bentley is defending the land where he…

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2022-04-02). Ukraine's "Neo-Nazi Summer Camp". Military Training for Young Children. globalresearch.ca The Azov battalion supported by its Western partners is not only involved in para-military operations in Donbass, it is also running a Summer Camp military training project for young children.

teleSUR, JCM (2022-04-02). Asesina ejército israelí a tres jóvenes palestinos. telesurtv.net Los militares abrieron fuego contra el coche en el que viajaban los palestinos.

teleSUR, mcs -MER (2022-04-02). Reportan palestinos heridos por agresión israelí en Cisjordania. telesurtv.net Las víctimas presentaron heridas por proyectiles de goma y balas reales.

Anonymous669 (2022-04-02). West Bank: Three Palestinians Gunmen Killed, Four Israeli Troops Wounded In New Confrontation. southfront.org File image. | Early on April 2, three members of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) were killed as a result of a new Israeli operation in the occupied West Bank. | Clashes broke out when the Palestinian gunmen opened fire on an Israeli team from the Border Police's elite Yamam unit that attempted to arrest them in the village of Arraba, southwest of the city of Jenin. | Four Israeli troops were hurt during the clashes. One of them sustained serious wounds. He was reportedly flown by helicopter to Rambam Medical Center in t…

teleSUR, jaa, SH (2022-04-02). Fallece joven palestino tras represión israelí en Cisjordania. telesurtv.net Algunos manifestantes fueron atendidos por asfixia resultado de la inhalación de gases lacrimógenos producto de la represión israelí.

Editor2 (2022-04-02). Sense of Security Among Israelis at Historic Low: Israeli Media. orinocotribune.com Israeli media reports on a state of tension and concern among Israeli politicians and settlers amid a strict lockdown in occupied Palestine. | The Israeli cabinet will hold a session on Wednesday to discuss the latest wave of attacks in occupied Palestine, Israeli media reported late Tuesday following a The Israeli occupation authorities have asked the settlers in "Bnei Brak" and "Ramat Gan" not to leave their houses. | Israeli media later reported that the Israel…

Staff (2022-04-02). Charleroi activists bring the case of Georges Abdallah to Belgian media. samidoun.net As part of the International Day of Action to Free Georges Abdallah, activists in Charleroi, Belgium, took the campaign to free the imprisoned Lebanese Communist struggler for Palestine to Belgian media outlets on Friday, 1 April. The Plate-forme Charleroi-Palestine urged Belgian media outlets to cover the case of the longest-held political prisoner in Europe, jailed …

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-02). Top commander calls for permanent NATO presence from Tallinn to Sofia, Arctic to Aegean. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Wolters is also NATO's Supreme Allied Commander Europe. U.S. Naval InstituteMarch 31, 2022 EUCOM Commander Calls for Permanent Land, Air Presence on NATO's Eastern Front The United State's top commander in Europe called for establishing a permanent land and air NATO presence on its eastern front and also stepping up the alliance's air policing and …

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2022-04-02: News Headlines

Editor (2022-04-02). Nazis in Ukraine: seeing through the fog of the information war. mronline.org On February 24, Russian President Vladimir Putin undertook what he referred to as a "special military operation … to de-militarise and de-Nazify Ukraine."

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-04-02). 'Nazism is a Disease': Texan Came to Donbass to Protect People & Tell the Truth About 8-Year Long War. libya360.wordpress.com Ekaterina Blinova Russell Bonner Bentley, a 61-year old American from Texas, says he couldn't stop himself from coming to the rescue of the people of Donbass, as they confronted fascism just like their great-grandfathers did 80 years ago. First as a soldier and now as a war correspondent, Bentley is defending the land where he…

Julie Lévesque (2022-04-02). "Democratization" and Anti-Semitism in Ukraine: When Neo-Nazi Symbols become "The New Normal" globalresearch.ca In the Ukraine parliament, extremist symbols are on display. The flags of France, the UK, Canada, hang alongside those of the Neo-Nazi Svoboda party together with two White supremacist flags.

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2022-04-02). Ukraine's "Neo-Nazi Summer Camp". Military Training for Young Children. globalresearch.ca The Azov battalion supported by its Western partners is not only involved in para-military operations in Donbass, it is also running a Summer Camp military training project for young children.

teleSUR, mcs -MER (2022-04-02). Reportan palestinos heridos por agresión israelí en Cisjordania. telesurtv.net Las víctimas presentaron heridas por proyectiles de goma y balas reales.

teleSUR, JCM (2022-04-02). Asesina ejército israelí a tres jóvenes palestinos. telesurtv.net Los militares abrieron fuego contra el coche en el que viajaban los palestinos.

teleSUR, jaa, SH (2022-04-02). Fallece joven palestino tras represión israelí en Cisjordania. telesurtv.net Algunos manifestantes fueron atendidos por asfixia resultado de la inhalación de gases lacrimógenos producto de la represión israelí.

Editor2 (2022-04-02). Sense of Security Among Israelis at Historic Low: Israeli Media. orinocotribune.com Israeli media reports on a state of tension and concern among Israeli politicians and settlers amid a strict lockdown in occupied Palestine. | The Israeli cabinet will hold a session on Wednesday to discuss the latest wave of attacks in occupied Palestine, Israeli media reported late Tuesday following a The Israeli occupation authorities have asked the settlers in "Bnei Brak" and "Ramat Gan" not to leave their houses. | Israeli media later reported that the Israel…

Angela (2022-04-02). Sunday 4/3: A Conversation with Jamal Taslaq, Palestinian High Couture Designer. indybay.org

Dave DeCamp (2022-04-02). US to Work With Allies to Send Soviet-Made Tanks to Ukraine. news.antiwar.com A US official told The New York Times on Friday that the Biden administration will work with allies in Europe The move marks an escalation in Western military aid to Ukraine. Until now, the US and its NATO allies have provided Ukraine with thousands of shoulder-fired anti-tank and anti-aircraft missiles but have held off on sending more advanced weapons over concerns of provoking Russia. | The US official wouldn't specify how many tanks will be sent or what countries the…

TASS (2022-04-02). Turkish forces shell northern Syrian city of Ayn Issa, injuires reported – TV. tass.com Artillery and mortar fire was coming from the border security zone, created by the Turkish troops in 2019, Syria's Alikhbaria TV reported…

Dave DeCamp (2022-04-02). US to Work With Allies to Send Soviet-Made Tanks to Ukraine. news.antiwar.com A US official told The New York Times on Friday that the Biden administration will work with allies in Europe The move marks an escalation in Western military aid to Ukraine. Until now, the US and its NATO allies have provided Ukraine with thousands of shoulder-fired anti-tank and anti-aircraft missiles but have held off on sending more advanced weapons over concerns of provoking Russia. | The US official wouldn't specify how many tanks will be sent or what countries the…

TASS (2022-04-02). US blacklists 120 organizations from Russia, Belarus. tass.com A document uploaded to the US Federal Register says those organizations were determined to be "acting contrary to the national security interests or foreign policy of the United States"

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-04-02). Expert Alert: Mayo Clinic Healthcare cardiologist explains link between diabetes, heart disease. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org LONDON — The number of people worldwide with diabetes is rising and with diabetes comes a higher risk for heart disease. Gosia Wamil, M.D., Ph.D., a cardiologist at Mayo Clinic Healthcare in London, explains the connection between these two serious, chronic diseases. People with Type 2 diabetes are up to four times more likely than the general population to die from cardiovascular causes, leading physicians to recognize the need to reduce heart disease risk in…

TASS (2022-04-02). Europe has no robust alternative to paying for Russian gas in rubles – expert. tass.com Leonardo Paz Neves of the Fundacao Getulio Vargas foundation believes, the new payment rules for Russian gas will cause no turmoil on the global energy market…

_____ (2022-04-01). Ukraine: Afghanistan Model For The Consolidation Of The Global White Supremacist Movement. popularresistance.org Hilary Clinton declared during a February 28, 2022 interview with MSNBC that the model for Ukraine should be Afghanistan where the U.S. armed the Afghan mujahideen as part of the U.S. strategy to create a "Vietnamese quagmire ." For Clinton and some elements of the foreign policy community, it is of little concern that the training and real-world military experience and political networking that resulted from bringing radical right-wing Islamicist together created al-Qaeda, the Taliban and later ISIS. | But for African and other colonized people on the receiving end of the U.S. and Western self-centered and oppor…

Benjamin Norton (2022-04-01). China condemns 'racist' Western hypocrisy over Ukraine: You ignore victims in Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan, Palestine. multipolarista.com China's Foreign Ministry said the "US, NATO and some western media are very hypocritical" over Ukraine, that their "reports smack of racism" and are not "equally concerned about the civilian casualties in Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan and Palestine."

Editor2 (2022-04-01). Despite US Empire's Stranglehold on Information, Most of the World has Little Trouble Spotting the Villain. orinocotribune.com By Daniel Patrick Welch — Mar 19, 2022 | Biden is a killer. Here's why | Joe Biden's vitriol against Vladimir Putin is so shocking to the ear that it calls your sanity into question when you listen. Did I hear this right? Is this true? He's calling Putin a 'thug' and a 'war criminal'? | ‚Ä¢ Not only is Biden directly implicated in bringing this war to fruition—this great plan of the CIA for years: to bait and bleed, to goad Russia into war with Ukraine. His administration fostered the coup that led to this. His administration funded the Nazis knowingly—openly paid for the destructio…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-04-01). 'Gods of War': How the US Weaponized Ukraine against Russia. libya360.wordpress.com TJ Coles US Maj. John Alan Gavrilov (right) trains commanders of the neo-Nazi Azov Battalion as part of a November 2017 foreign delegation Since the US-engineered 2013-14 coup in Ukraine, American forces have taught Ukrainians, including neo-Nazi units, how to fight in urban and other civilian areas. Weaponizing Ukraine is part of Washington's quest for…

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2022-04-01). Ukraine and the "Politics of Anti-Semitism": Contemporary Neo-Nazi Threat against Ukraine's Jewish Community. The Complicity of US-NATO-EU. globalresearch.ca The US and the EU are supporting the formation of a coalition government integrated by Neo-Nazis which are directly involved in the repression of the Ukrainian Jewish community. There are about 200,000 Jews living in Ukraine, most of them in Kiev.

Isheka N. Harrison (2022-04-01). After Bullets Fly On Miami Beach, Mayor Sets Spring Break Curfew Some Consider Anti-Black. moguldom.com Miami Beach Mayor Dan Gelber said he is not planning to implement another curfew this weekend like the one imposed last weekend after gun violence broke out among massive spring break crowds — but that could change. "It won't happen this weekend unless there's some metric or something happens that changes our mind. We're not …

ecns.cn (2022-04-01). U.S. reaps huge benefits from Ukraine crisis. ecns.cn The Ukraine crisis has entered its second month, causing massive casualties among Russian and Ukraine soldiers and civilians while creating over 4 million refugees. China, the EU, France, Germany, Turkey, Israel and others have been working hard to bring Russia and Ukraine to the negotiation table.

Junaid S. Ahmad (2022-04-01). Pakistan warns of foreign-backed regime-change attempt, to disrupt China/Russia alliance. multipolarista.com Pakistan's opposition is trying to overthrow Prime Minister Imran Khan with a no-confidence motion. Khan says the US sent him a threatening letter and he has proof of foreign funding for a regime-change operation, aimed at reversing his independent foreign policy – like his alliance with China and Russia and support for Palestine.

Junaid S. Ahmad (2022-04-01). Pakistán: potencias extranjeras buscan derrocar al gobierno, para sabotear la alianza con China y Rusia. multipolarista.com La oposición de Pakistán busca derrocar al primer ministro Imran Khan con una moción de censura. Khan dice que EEUU le envió una carta amenazante y que tiene pruebas de financiación extranjera para una operación de golpe suave, con el objetivo de revertir su política exterior independiente, como su alianza con China y Rusia y su apoyo a Palestina.

JANET (2022-04-01). Available Now! Capitalism on a Ventilator: The Impact of COVID-19 in China & the U.S. iacenter.org Available Now! Order here: Capitalism on a Ventilator — The Impact of COVID-19 in China and the U.S. Also available as an ebook at Kobo.com and Indigo.ca Capitalism on a Ventilator: The Impact of COVID-19 in China & the U.S. is a new anthology comparing the effective Chinese response to COVID-19 with the disastrous response in the U.S. It pushes back against the racist anti-China campaign in U.S. media. After months of censorship by Amazon and other distributors, the book is now available! The United States has the highest infection rate of COVID-19 virus in the world — a staggering one in four of all…

_____ (2022-04-01). From Minneapolis To Sacramento: Teachers Teach Us How To Fight Back. popularresistance.org Teachers have taken the lead in the fight against inflation, precarious working conditions, racist education systems, and the lack of resources for public education in America. This time it is the Sacramento teachers who have been on strike for a week. | Three years ago, these same teachers in Sacramento staged a 24-hour walkout to defend the contract that education officials signed in 2019 but refused to honor. The walkout culminated in a rally at the district building where thousands of educators accompanied by the community gathered to demand that the district honor the contract. | Perhaps inspired by combativ…

splcenter (2022-04-01). 'Victory for Voting Rights': Federal judge overturns Florida requirement that voter registration groups give misleading information. splcenter.org

Sarah Rich (2022-04-01). Access Denied: SPLC and allies reject incomplete ICE report on counsel visits to detained immigrants. splcenter.org

Anonymous103 (2022-04-01). Ukraine's Biolabs: Threat To Russia Or Russia's Baseless Worry? southfront.org Illustrative ImageThe US military still refuse to provide relevant information on the nature of these "biological research facilities". | Written by Drago Bosnic, independent geopolitical and military analyst. | Although biological warfare is prohibited under international humanitarian law and several international treaties, the presence of US-funded "biological research facilities" in Ukraine, as the US State Department officially describes them, raises serious concerns of possible use of these banned pathogens. This r…

Anonymous103 (2022-04-01). Ukraine's Biolabs: Threat To Russia Or Russia's Baseless Worry? southfront.org Illustrative ImageThe US military still refuse to provide relevant information on the nature of these "biological research facilities". | Written by Drago Bosnic, independent geopolitical and military analyst. | Although biological warfare is prohibited under international humanitarian law and several international treaties, the presence of US-funded "biological research facilities" in Ukraine, as the US State Department officially describes them, raises serious concerns of possible use of these banned pathogens. This r…

Anonymous103 (2022-04-01). UK Working Against Peace In Ukraine. southfront.org Illustrative ImageLondon reportedly "concerned" about Ukrainian concessions in peace talks. | Written by Lucas Leiroz, researcher in Social Sciences at the Rural Federal University of Rio de Janeiro; geopolitical consultant. | The West continues to work against peace in Ukraine. According to recent reports, the British government is "concerned" about the progress of the peace talks, mainly due to Kiev's alleged initiative to propose significant concessions. The news was published by The Times website, which ment…

Anonymous669 (2022-04-01). Russian Pinpoint Strike Wipes Out Ukrainian S-300 Air-Defense System (Video). southfront.org Illustrative image. | On April 1, the Russian Ministry of Defense released footage of a recent strike on an air-defense position of the Ukrainian military. | The pinpoint strike wiped out two transporter erector launchers (TELs) of the S-300 long range air-defense system. The TELs were likely of the 5P85D or 5P85S types, which are associated with Ukraine's ageing S-300PS systems. | The air defense position, which was apparently detected by a drone, was likely struck by a heavy air-launched guided munition, a cruise missil…

Anonymous669 (2022-04-01). Russian Pinpoint Strike Wipes Out Ukrainian S-300 Air-Defense System (Video). southfront.org Illustrative image. | On April 1, the Russian Ministry of Defense released footage of a recent strike on an air-defense position of the Ukrainian military. | The pinpoint strike wiped out two transporter erector launchers (TELs) of the S-300 long range air-defense system. The TELs were likely of the 5P85D or 5P85S types, which are associated with Ukraine's ageing S-300PS systems. | The air defense position, which was apparently detected by a drone, was likely struck by a heavy air-launched guided munition, a cruise missil…

Anonymous103 (2022-04-01). UK Working Against Peace In Ukraine. southfront.org Illustrative ImageLondon reportedly "concerned" about Ukrainian concessions in peace talks. | Written by Lucas Leiroz, researcher in Social Sciences at the Rural Federal University of Rio de Janeiro; geopolitical consultant. | The West continues to work against peace in Ukraine. According to recent reports, the British government is "concerned" about the progress of the peace talks, mainly due to Kiev's alleged initiative to propose significant concessions. The news was published by The Times website, which ment…

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2022-04-01: News Headlines

Editor2 (2022-04-01). Despite US Empire's Stranglehold on Information, Most of the World has Little Trouble Spotting the Villain. orinocotribune.com By Daniel Patrick Welch — Mar 19, 2022 | Biden is a killer. Here's why | Joe Biden's vitriol against Vladimir Putin is so shocking to the ear that it calls your sanity into question when you listen. Did I hear this right? Is this true? He's calling Putin a 'thug' and a 'war criminal'? | ‚Ä¢ Not only is Biden directly implicated in bringing this war to fruition—this great plan of the CIA for years: to bait and bleed, to goad Russia into war with Ukraine. His administration fostered the coup that led to this. His administration funded the Nazis knowingly—openly paid for the destructio…

ecns.cn (2022-04-01). U.S. reaps huge benefits from Ukraine crisis. ecns.cn The Ukraine crisis has entered its second month, causing massive casualties among Russian and Ukraine soldiers and civilians while creating over 4 million refugees. China, the EU, France, Germany, Turkey, Israel and others have been working hard to bring Russia and Ukraine to the negotiation table.

Junaid S. Ahmad (2022-04-01). Pakistan warns of foreign-backed regime-change attempt, to disrupt China/Russia alliance. multipolarista.com Pakistan's opposition is trying to overthrow Prime Minister Imran Khan with a no-confidence motion. Khan says the US sent him a threatening letter and he has proof of foreign funding for a regime-change operation, aimed at reversing his independent foreign policy – like his alliance with China and Russia and support for Palestine.

Michael F. Brown (2022-03-31). NYT finally acknowledges Amnesty's apartheid report. electronicintifada.net Congress runs away from facing reality of Palestinian oppression.

Anonymous103 (2022-03-31). Overview 18+: More Evidence Of Murders, Torture Of Russian POWs By Ukrainian Nazis. southfront.org The pose of the Russian serviceman confirms that he had his hands up when he was killed. He was shot after he surrendered. | Here is a short overview of more evidences of the murders and torture of Russian prisoners of war (POW) by Ukrainian Nazis. More and more shocking facts that show the essence of the criminal Ukrainian regime are being revealed. While there are almost no successes on the front lines to share, the Kiev regime publishes and widely distributes videos of torture and murders of Russian prisoners of war. | Ign…

_____ (2022-03-31). We Can't Allow The Far-Right To Take The Initiative Or Hold Public Space. popularresistance.org Boston, Massachusetts – Last weekend in South Boston, around 50 people mobilized to counter a possible appearance by the neo-Nazi group the Nationalist Social Club-131 (a nod to both the 'National Socialism' of the Nazi Party and 'Anti-Communist Action'), after public outcry grew following the group's appearance at the yearly St. Patrick's Day parade. At the parade, around a dozen neo-Nazis, all wearing masks and flying a flag with a white nationalist symbol, held a banner reading, "Keep Boston Irish," and handed out flyers promoting the group and attacking non-whites.

WSWS (2022-03-31). Spain's PSOE-Podemos government arms Ukraine's neo-Nazi Azov Battalion. wsws.org The NATO powers' arming of neo-Nazi groups gives the lie to their claims to be defending "democracy and freedom" in Ukraine from Vladimir Putin's Russia.

Nora Barrows-Friedman (2022-03-31). Podcast Ep 53: Whitewashing Ukraine's Nazis. electronicintifada.net Why is Zelensky a big fan of Israel?

Tamara Nassar (2022-03-31). Israel kills 3 Palestinians, including teen. electronicintifada.net Tel Aviv pours gasoline on fire as Ramadan approaches.

Editor2 (2022-03-31). State of Emergency in Tel Aviv as Five Killed in Shooting Incident (VIDEO). orinocotribune.com At least five people have been killed in a shooting in eastern Tel Aviv, in the third such attack within days, Israeli and Arab media reported. | The Lebanese Al Mayadeen news channel quoted Israeli 0404 news site as saying that the shooting took place in three separate locations in Bnei Brak. The website added that the Israeli medics were treating several wounded, including some with critical injuries. | #TelAviv — Malak Yousef (@Malak__yousef)

Peoples Dispatch (2022-03-31). On Land Day, Palestinians renew commitment to right to return of refugees. peoplesdispatch.org Land Day is observed by Palestinians in the occupied territories, in Israel, and by those living abroad as refugees. It symbolizes a collective struggle against the Israeli occupation and the commitment to the right to return…

_____ (2022-03-31). Noam Chomsky, Cornel West, Naomi Klein Join Academics Denouncing Attempt To Cancel Lowkey. popularresistance.org United Kingdom – In recent weeks Lowkey — a tireless campaigner for Palestinian human rights — has been the target of a disingenuous attempt to destroy his career, led by pro-Israeli groups, many of whom are either directly funded or staffed by individuals from the Israeli Embassy in London. Following their pressure campaign, his talks and performances at universities have been postponed or canceled. Meanwhile, the lobbying group "We Believe In Israel" is trying to remove his music from streaming platform Spotify. Even British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has involved himself in the affair, seemingly…

teleSUR, yart, JGN (2022-03-31). Fuerzas israelíes asesinan a tres palestinos en Cisjordania. telesurtv.net Los palestinos de Cisjordania sufren el acoso de las fuerzas israelíes tras un atentado sucedido en Tel Aviv.

_____ (2022-03-31). Conflicts In Priti Patel's Power Over Assange. popularresistance.org Priti Patel sat on the Henry Jackson Society's (HJS) advisory council from around 2013-16, although the exact dates are unclear as neither the HJS nor Patel responded to Declassified's requests for clarification. | She has also received funds from the HJS, and was paid £2,500 by the group to visit Washington in March 2013 to attend a "security" program in the U.S. Congress. | Patel, who became an MP in 2010 and was appointed home secretary in 2019, also hosted an HJS event in parliament soon after she returned from Washington. | After the U.K. Supreme Court said this month it was refusing to hear Assange's…

Rick Rozoff (2022-03-31). Ireland: NATO holds 40-nation Military Strategic Partnerships conference. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com NATOSupreme Headquarters Allied Powers EuropeMarch 31, 2022 Military Strategic Partnerships Conference underway in Ireland The Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE) Partnerships Directorate is currently holding its annual Military Strategic Partnerships Conference (MSPC), hosted by the Irish Armed Forces Ministry of Defence, in Dublin, Ireland. Representatives from more than 40 nations are participating in the …

Jeanine Molloff (2022-03-31). Supreme Court conservatives declare war against decades of regulations, potentially overturning decades of established law. nationofchange.org What the nation witnessed on December 10, 2021, was a mere prelude to the corporate abuse SCOTUS conservatives would unleash on the average American.

Anonymous669 (2022-03-31). Houthis Say Ceasefire Is Over, Saudi-led Coalition Says Its Not. southfront.org File image. | On March 30, the Supreme Political Council (SPC) in Yemen, which is led by the Houthis (Ansar Allah), said that a ceasefire announced by it three days earlier had ended. | Under the

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2022-03-31: News Headlines

WSWS (2022-03-31). Spain's PSOE-Podemos government arms Ukraine's neo-Nazi Azov Battalion. wsws.org The NATO powers' arming of neo-Nazi groups gives the lie to their claims to be defending "democracy and freedom" in Ukraine from Vladimir Putin's Russia.

Editor2 (2022-03-31). State of Emergency in Tel Aviv as Five Killed in Shooting Incident (VIDEO). orinocotribune.com At least five people have been killed in a shooting in eastern Tel Aviv, in the third such attack within days, Israeli and Arab media reported. | The Lebanese Al Mayadeen news channel quoted Israeli 0404 news site as saying that the shooting took place in three separate locations in Bnei Brak. The website added that the Israeli medics were treating several wounded, including some with critical injuries. | #TelAviv — Malak Yousef (@Malak__yousef)

Staff (2022-03-30). Land Day: Return and Liberation for Palestine #PalestineLandDay. samidoun.net We mark the 46th Palestinian Land Day on 30 March 2022. This day is an occasion to celebrate, intensify and uphold Palestinian resistance to Zionism, colonialism, apartheid and occupation, recalling those whose lives have been stolen in defense of the land and people of Palestine, and to organize and struggle for return and liberation, from …

Editor (2022-03-30). What race is and isn't — excerpts from 'Racism, Not Race'. mronline.org Most people who are fighting against racism are doing so with their metaphorical hands tied behind their backs because they are not clear about what race is and what it is not.

Anonymous103 (2022-03-30). In Video: More Crimes Of Ukrainian Nazis In Mariupol Revealed. southfront.org

_____ (2022-03-30). How did Biden Decide to Rob Europeans Blind? journal-neo.org Forced by Kiev's neo-Nazis and their mass murder of Donbas residents, Moscow's special operation to denazify and demilitarize Ukraine has been going on for a month. Many people in the world hope that this absolutely avoidable conflict will end soon. However, the US and NATO, which initiated this confrontation between the Slavic nations in order …

John Potash (2022-03-30). Do Americans Really Want to Support the Neo-Nazi Filled Western Ukrainian Government? covertactionmagazine.com Due to incessant media propaganda, 74% of Americans support a no-fly zone that could ignite World War III Americans have …

Mike Ludwig (2022-03-30). Destruction of Amazon Rainforest Accelerates as Elections Loom in Brazil. truthout.org Jair Bolsonaro, Brazil's far right president, is launching a reelection bid and currently

Tamara Nassar (2022-03-30). Israel seeks revenge after Palestinian kills 5 near Tel Aviv. electronicintifada.net Third incident in days raises alerts ahead of Ramadan.

Asa Winstanley (2022-03-30). Lowkey petition to Spotify grabs 4,000 signatures in first three hours. electronicintifada.net Stars reject Israel lobby censorship.

Peoples Dispatch (2022-03-30). International condemnation following Israel's detention of Palestinian-French activist Salah Hammouri. peoplesdispatch.org Hammouri is currently being held in illegal administrative detention in Israel based on secret evidence following a violent raid at his home on March 7. The activist had recently challenged the illegal revocation of his Jerusalem residency status by the Israeli interior ministry…

Anonymous669 (2022-03-30). Gunman Kills Five People In New Shooting Attack In Israel (18+ Videos). southfront.org Screen grab from footage showing the attack in Bnei Brak. Source: Twitter. | Late on May 29, five people were killed when a Palestinian gunman opened fire at bypassers in the central Israeli city of Bnei Brak. | The gunman, who arrived in a vehicle, opened fire from an assault rifle at a number of people in the streets of the city, which is located to east of Tel Aviv. After killing four people, the gunman was gunned down by two police officers. One of the officers sustained serious wounds during the clashes with the gunman…

Alan Macleod (2022-03-30). Noam Chomsky, Cornel West, Naomi Klein Join Over 100 Academics Denouncing The Israel lobby's Attempt To Cancel Lowkey. mintpressnews.com In addition, dozens of prominent Jewish voices have rejected the Israel lobby's attempts to silence Lowkey and signed the letter. These include writer and activist Naomi Klein, Professor Peter Beinart, editor-at-large of Jewish Currents magazine, and journalist and lawyer Glenn Greenwald. A number of prominent Israelis have also endorsed Lowkey, including historians Avi Shlaim and Ilan Pappé, as well as activist Miko Peled.

Rick Rozoff (2022-03-30). EU advisers urge full NATO membership for Israel. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com The Express (Britain)March 29, 2022 Israel urged to join NATO as Turkey seeks 'golden prize' of EU membership Israel has been urged to join NATO after two diplomatic experts said "it is time to start building" towards full membership of the intergovernmental military alliance. Israel took a step closer to NATO in 2014 when it …

Staff (2022-03-30). IRGC chief warns Arab states against Israeli regime presence. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Mar. 30 (MNA) — The commander-in-chief of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) has warned the Persian Gulf Arab states against the threat that Israeli presence poses to the security of the region.

teleSUR, JGN, SH (2022-03-30). øPor qué se celebra el Día de la Tierra Palestina?>. telesurtv.net Los palestinos reclaman todo el territorio de Cisjordania junto a la Franja de Gaza, territorio bloqueado por Israel calificado como crimen de guerra.

Staff (2022-03-30). Hamas hails latest martyrdom operation in occupied Palestine. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Mar. 30 (MNA) — Head of Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, Political Bureau said that the Bnei Brak operation redrew the map of Palestine and showed that the future of Palestine will be in the hands of its legitimate owners.

Staff (2022-03-30). Hezbollah praises recent Palestinian martyrdom operations. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Mar. 30 (MNA) — Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah offered congratulations to Palestine over the recent successful martyrdom operations in Palestine occupied land carried out by Plaestinians.

Peoples Dispatch (2022-03-30). Vice-presidential candidate Francia Márquez receives death threats. peoplesdispatch.org The candidate for the vice presidency of Colombia for the left-wing Historic Pact coalition, Francia Márquez, on March 27, reported that she received death threats for the second time this month and demanded that the right-wing government of President Iván Duque guarantee her safety. | "As if the slander, racist demonstrations were not enough, but in less than a month, they have threatened to kill me twice, along with other social leaders. President Iván Duque, I request you to guarantee my physical integrity, that of my family and the leaders mentioned here," Márquez tweeted along with the photographs of two let…

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2022-03-30: News Headlines

Rick Rozoff (2022-03-30). EU advisers urge full NATO membership for Israel. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com The Express (Britain)March 29, 2022 Israel urged to join NATO as Turkey seeks 'golden prize' of EU membership Israel has been urged to join NATO after two diplomatic experts said "it is time to start building" towards full membership of the intergovernmental military alliance. Israel took a step closer to NATO in 2014 when it …

Staff (2022-03-30). Hamas hails latest martyrdom operation in occupied Palestine. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Mar. 30 (MNA) — Head of Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, Political Bureau said that the Bnei Brak operation redrew the map of Palestine and showed that the future of Palestine will be in the hands of its legitimate owners.

Dave DeCamp (2022-03-29). Biden Appears to Reveal the US Is Training Ukrainian Troops in Poland. news.antiwar.com President Biden appeared to reveal on Monday that the US is training Ukrainian troops in Poland. Biden made the comments when trying to explain a recent gaffe. In Poland on Friday, President Biden told members of the 82nd Airborne Division that Ukrainians were "stepping up" against the Russian assault and said, "You're going to see …

Eds. (2022-03-29). Mariupol—Civilians denounce the crimes of the fighters of the neo-nazi Azov Regiment. mronline.org The information war around the Russian military operation in Ukraine is becoming increasingly insane, with the continued publication of false information (including via the hacking of Russian media sites) that must be debunked.

Khury Petersen-Smith (2022-03-29). Uprising for Black Lives Drove Cancellation of Joint US-Israeli Police Trainings. truthout.org A recently It was not too long — less than two years ago in the summer of 2020 — that people moved by the cases of George Floyd, Breonna Tayl…

Anonymous103 (2022-03-29). Russia Has Killed Civilians In Ukraine. Kyiv's Defense Tactics Add To The Danger — The Washington Post. southfront.org SouthFront: The U.S. seems to have realized what a monster it has raised in Ukraine. Nazism is the same at…

teleSUR- jaa -HIM (2022-03-29). Rusia halla cuerpos torturados con marcas nazis en Mariúpol. telesurtv.net El coronel general Mizíntsev detalló que los cadáveres fueron encontradas en sótanos de edificios de la ciudad.

Rodolfo Bueno (2022-03-29). Raíces nazis de la guerra contra Rusia. globalizacion.ca Hitler fue el séptimo afiliado al Partido Nazi, movimiento que creció como la espuma durante la crisis económica que asoló a la República de Weimar en la década de los veinte del siglo pasado. Hacia el 30 de enero de…

_____ (2022-03-29). Lies and Times: How The New York Times Gives Cover to Fascists. popularresistance.org A "newspaper of record" is a major newspaper with a large circulation whose editorial and news-gathering functions are considered authoritative. In this country, that newspaper has been the New York Times. It is believed that librarians began to refer to The New York Times (NYT) as the "newspaper of record" in 1913 when it became the first U.S. newspaper to publish an index of the subjects covered in its pages. Regardless of how it became known as the authoritative source for editorial and news content, it is time that we stop calling the NYT the "newspaper of record" now, especially during this conflict in Ukrai…

WSWS (2022-03-29). Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signs anti-democratic "Don't Say Gay" bill" wsws.org As part of the Republicans' fascistic midterm electoral strategy and continuing attacks on the democratic rights of the entire population, Republican legislatures have advanced nearly 200 anti-trans and anti-LGBTQ bills this year.

Ali Abunimah (2022-03-29). Holocaust survivor backs war crimes case against Israel's Benny Gantz. electronicintifada.net "The Ziada family suffered a painful loss due to the decision of Israeli commanders to bomb civilian targets," says Jacques Bude.

Hamza Abu Eltarabesh (2022-03-29). Was Great March of Return the best way to confront Israel? electronicintifada.net Four years on, it is time to ask if mass protest is the best tactic.

Staff (2022-03-29). Iran condemns Israeli regime meeting with 4 Arab states, US. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Mar. 29 (MNA) — Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh condemned the Israeli regime's meeting in occupied Palestine and called it a betrayal to the Palestinian liberation cause.

Rick Rozoff (2022-03-29). U.S. Eurasian energy war and the Azerbaijan-Israel-Turkey nexus. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Daily SabahMarch 29, 2022 Turkey-Israel pipeline on table as Europe's alternative to Russian gas A natural gas pipeline between Turkey and Israel is being discussed behind the scenes as one of Europe's alternatives to Russian energy supplies, government and industry officials in both countries said. *** First conceived years ago, the idea is to build …

Peoples Dispatch (2022-03-29). Activists protest in support of Palestinian women prisoners outside Israeli jail. peoplesdispatch.org As many as 32 Palestinian women prisoners are Damon prison. The protesting activists also demanded that authorities immediately release all prisoners being held under the illegal administrative detention policy…

Rick Rozoff (2022-03-29). Projects with NATO states, Israel: Romania to produce mini-submarines, drones for Black Sea. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Nine O'Clock NewsMarch 29, 2022 DefMin Dincu: We will have production of subassemblies, drones, mini-subs in Romania The Minister of National Defence Vasile Dincu declared on Tuesday that our country will manufacture drones and mini-subs in the next two or three years. Asked, in Parliament, if it is possible in our country to open new …

_____ (2022-03-29). Israel, Ukraine, and Black Market Transplant Surgeons. journal-neo.org The topics of local military conflicts and illegal human organ trade always go hand in hand, since military actions are not just about solving geopolitical issues and commonplace profiting off the arms trafficking but also about illegal human organ trade. Organ buyer-ups and black market transplant surgeons have long become ordinary elements of the military …

Juan Cole (2022-03-29). How Israel's Indiscriminate bombing of Gaza Endangers its Precious Hellenistic and Roman Archeological Heritage. juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — The Palestinian Gaza Strip doesn't stay on the world's mind the way some besieged cities in Ukraine do right now, but it is also surrounded, besieged, and blockaded by Israeli forces. This blockade is illegal in international law, since Israel is recognized as the Occupying authority over Gaza, which it …

Omar Zahzah (2022-03-29). Social media giants repress Palestinian content. electronicintifada.net Political censorship has become routine feature of social media platforms.

Amy Goodman (2022-03-29). Clarence Thomas Backed Trump in Court While Ginni Thomas Backed Coup Attempt. truthout.org The January 6 committee investigating the deadly attack on the Capitol is reportedly deciding whether to interview Ginni Thomas — the Republican activist and wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas — about her efforts to overturn Donald Trump's 2020 election loss. The move comes after a series of Thomas's texts were made public in which she urges Donald Trump's then-Chief of Staff Mark Meadows in the weeks following the election to take action to prevent a Biden victory. Justice Thomas is the only justice who dissented in the Supreme Court's decision a few months ago that led to the release of W…

Franc Contreras (2022-03-29). Former Honduran President gets extradited to the U.S. america.cgtn.com In an historic first — the Supreme Court of Honduras has authorized the extradition of a former Honduran President to the United States.

Staff (2022-03-29). Jóvenes jueces se reunirán el próximo sábado en Villa Clara. cubadebate.cu El próximo sábado 2 de abril, en Villa Clara, una representación de jóvenes jueces del sistema de tribunales sostendrá un encuentro con Rubén Remigio Ferro, presidente del Tribunal Supremo Popular, donde también participarán otros directivos de esa institución y representantes de las organizaciones juveniles del país.

Staff (2022-03-29). øPor qué actualizar el Código Penal y cuáles son las novedades de esa norma legislativa? cubadebate.cu El pasado 16 de marzo, la Asamblea Nacional del Poder Popular publicó el proyecto del Código Penal, con el objetivo de incentivar las opiniones de la población y las instituciones para la modificación y el perfeccionamiento de esta nueva disposición jurídica. Sobre el contexto en el cual se decide actualizar dicha norma, los principales cambios y novedades, Cubadebate conversó con Otto Eduardo Molina Rodríguez, presidente de la Sala de lo Penal del Tribunal Supremo Popular.

Monica Moorehead (2022-03-29). Ketanji Brown Jackson & the U.S. Supreme Court — a WW commentary. workers.org If Ketanji Brown Jackson is confirmed as the newest member of the U.S. Supreme Court, replacing the soon-to-be retired Justice Stephen Breyer for whom she once clerked, she will become the first African American woman to occupy the highest judicial seat in the U.S. Jackson will be the third Black . . . |

TASS (2022-03-29). NATO took steps affecting Russia's security before Moscow's operation in Ukraine – Kremlin. tass.com The situation is quite concerning, Peskov said…

TASS (2022-03-29). UN calls for investigation into reports about torture of prisoners of war in Ukraine. tass.com It is important that any ill treatment that may happen is stopped immediately, Head of the United Nations Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine Matilda Bogner said…

TASS (2022-03-29). No free gas supplies for Europe, Kremlin spokesman says. tass.com No payment, no gas, the Kremlin spokesman emphasized…

TASS (2022-03-29). Developers unveil pilot version of Russian alternative to Instagram. tass.com Rossgram users will be able to upload photos and videos from their smartphones, as well as videos from other platforms such as YouTube, Dailymotion and Vimeo…

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2022-03-29: News Headlines

Eds. (2022-03-29). Mariupol—Civilians denounce the crimes of the fighters of the neo-nazi Azov Regiment. mronline.org The information war around the Russian military operation in Ukraine is becoming increasingly insane, with the continued publication of false information (including via the hacking of Russian media sites) that must be debunked.

Rodolfo Bueno (2022-03-29). Raíces nazis de la guerra contra Rusia. globalizacion.ca Hitler fue el séptimo afiliado al Partido Nazi, movimiento que creció como la espuma durante la crisis económica que asoló a la República de Weimar en la década de los veinte del siglo pasado. Hacia el 30 de enero de…

WSWS (2022-03-29). Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signs anti-democratic "Don't Say Gay" bill" wsws.org As part of the Republicans' fascistic midterm electoral strategy and continuing attacks on the democratic rights of the entire population, Republican legislatures have advanced nearly 200 anti-trans and anti-LGBTQ bills this year.

Staff (2022-03-29). Iran condemns Israeli regime meeting with 4 Arab states, US. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Mar. 29 (MNA) — Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh condemned the Israeli regime's meeting in occupied Palestine and called it a betrayal to the Palestinian liberation cause.

Staff (2022-03-29). øPor qué actualizar el Código Penal y cuáles son las novedades de esa norma legislativa? cubadebate.cu El pasado 16 de marzo, la Asamblea Nacional del Poder Popular publicó el proyecto del Código Penal, con el objetivo de incentivar las opiniones de la población y las instituciones para la modificación y el perfeccionamiento de esta nueva disposición jurídica. Sobre el contexto en el cual se decide actualizar dicha norma, los principales cambios y novedades, Cubadebate conversó con Otto Eduardo Molina Rodríguez, presidente de la Sala de lo Penal del Tribunal Supremo Popular.

Staff (2022-03-28). Vancouver Palestine stand commemorates Land Day, urges boycott of apartheid wines. samidoun.net On Saturday, 26 March, activists in Vancouver gathered at the Broadway/Commercial Skytrain station for a Palestine Stand highlighting the 46th anniversary of Land Day, the campaign to boycott "Israeli" wines, and confronting the criminalization of Palestine activism in France and elsewhere. Despite the rainy weather, Palestinian flags and large banners calling to "Free All Palestinian …

Staff (2022-03-28). Solidarity stand in Aubervilliers, France, supports Palestinian prisoners. samidoun.net On Saturday, 26 March during the weekly market in the Paris suburb of Aubervilliers, France, Samidoun Région Parisienne held its monthly stand. These stands provide an opportunity to launch discussions with residents about the need for solidarity with the Palestinian resistance and the current reality of Israeli occupation and apartheid. As usual, the group met …

Kenya Elliott (2022-03-28). Right-wing Senators turn Supreme Court hearings into spectacle of racism and bigotry. liberationnews.org Jackson, who would be the first Black woman to serve on the Supreme Court, was subjected to outlandish attacks by Republican senators.

Kenya Elliott (2022-03-28). Right wing Senators turn Supreme Court hearings into spectacle of racism and bigotry. liberationnews.org Jackson, who would be the first Black woman to serve on the Supreme Court, was subjected to outlandish attacks by Republican senators.

Anonymous103 (2022-03-28). In Video: Testimonies Of Civilians In Mariupol. southfront.org

Anonymous103 (2022-03-28). Nazi Commanders Failed To Escape From Mariupol, As Russian, DPR Advance Accelerated. southfront.org Click to see full-size image | The joint Russian and DPR forces are claiming new victories in the city of Mariupol. Most of the district of the city were moped up. Clashes continue in the center of Mariupol. The main stronghold of the AFU, including nationalist Azev regiment, is the area of the Azovstal. | According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, a Ukrainian Mi-8 helicopter was shot down in the region of Mariupol, five kilometers from the coastline over the Sea of Azov. It was heading for the emergency evacuation of t…

WSWS (2022-03-28). Boris Romanchenko, 96-year-old concentration camp survivor, killed in Kharkiv bombing. wsws.org The only way to appropriately commemorate Romanchenko is through the struggle to build a socialist movement in the international working class to put an end to imperialist war, fascism, and the COVID-19 pandemic.

Staff (2022-03-28). Charleroi activists commemorate Land Day, call for freedom for Georges Abdallah. samidoun.net On Wednesday, 30 March, Palestinians will commemorate the 46th Land Day. The annual commemoration of Land Day symbolizes the rootedness of Palestinians in their land. 30 March 1976 was a moment of unprecedented protest against expropriations of Palestinian land in the Galilee, in occupied Palestine '48. Palestinian citizens of the Israeli state organized nationally to put up …

_____ (2022-03-28). How Amazon And Google Made Billions From Israel's Occupation. popularresistance.org Seattle, Washington – "We are anonymous because we fear retaliation." This sentence was part of a letter signed by 500 Google employees last October, in which they decried their company's direct support for the Israeli government and military. | In their letter, the signatories protested a $1.2 billion contract between Google, Amazon Web Services (AWS) and the Israeli government which provides cloud services for the Israeli military and government that "allows for further surveillance of and unlawful data collection on Palestinians, and facilitates expansion of Israel's illegal settlements on Palestinian land".

Tamara Nassar (2022-03-28). America's Israeli, Arab client regimes gather in "Negev Summit" electronicintifada.net Four killed in northern Israel.

Asa Winstanley (2022-03-28). Wretch 32 and Anwar Hadid reject Israel lobby bid to delete Lowkey. electronicintifada.net Ghetts, Charlie Sloth and Roger Waters among stars signing open letter to Spotify.

MintPress News Desk (2022-03-28). Michael Malarkey, Styles P, Wretch32 & FredWreck among stars condemning Israel Lobby's Attempt to Cancel Lowkey. mintpressnews.com Among the signatories denouncing the Israel Lobby's attack as a crude attempt to silence him include "Vampire Diaries" star Michael Malarkey, rappers Styles P and Wretch 32, rock legend Roger Waters and Grammy award-winning producer FredWreck.

_____ (2022-03-28). Project Nimbus: How Amazon And Google And Amazon Made Billions From Israel's Occupation. popularresistance.org "We are anonymous because we fear retaliation." This sentence was part of a letter signed by 500 Google employees last October, in which they decried their company's direct support for the Israeli government and military. In their letter, the signatories protested a $1.2 billion contract between Google, Amazon Web Services (AWS) and the Israeli government which provides cloud services for the Israeli military and government that "allows for further surveillance of and unlawful data collection on Palestinians, and facilitates expansion of Israel's illegal settlements on Palestinian land". This is called Project Ni…

Staff (2022-03-28). 2 Israeli security forces killed, several injured in Haifa. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Mar. 28 (MNA) — Several Israeli security forces were killed or wounded in Haifa city in occupied land of Plaestine late on Sunday by two Palestinians.

Ramona Wadi (2022-03-28). The US Should Remember that Israel's Squatter-Settlements in Palestine are War Crimes. juancole.com ( Middle East Monitor ) — US Ambassador to Israel, Tom Nides, engaged in further diplomatic contradictions, as he fluctuated between asserting the Biden administration's stance purportedly against Israeli settlement expansion, yet making concessions for earlier encroachment upon Palestinian land. "We can't do stupid things that impede us from a two-state solution," Nides reportedly told …

Staff (2022-03-28). Albuquerque Land Day rally highlights anti-colonial struggle. samidoun.net Around 40 people gathered to commemorate the Palestinian Day of the Land in Albuquerque, Tiwa Territories. It was an open mic with many people coming up to speak and offering reflections and fierce words. Samidoun Albuquerque (Samidoun ABQ) member and longtime anti-Zionist Jewish activist Benay Blend welcomed everyone and grounded the space with history around …

Jonathan Kim (2022-03-28). Ruchell Magee turns 83: National leaders demand his immediate release. liberationnews.org Fighters for freedom and justice united on March 19 for a virtual webinar to wish Ruchell "Cinque" Magee 83rd birthday greetings and to demand his immediate release from California Medical Facility in Vacaville, CA. Ruchell Magee is the longest held political prisoner in the United States and nearly 60 years have passed since his arrest and incarceration in 1963. In 1970, after being trapped in the wretched, racist U.S. prison system for 15 years, the 31-year-old Magee joined Jonathan Jackson, William Christmas, and James McClain in escaping the Marin County Courthouse. Magee turned 83 on March 17, 2022.

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