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

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

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

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

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

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-04-19). Now is the Time for Nonalignment and Peace. libya360.wordpress.com Roger McKenzie, Vijay Prashad Jawaharlal Nehru of India, Kwame Nkrumah of Ghana, Gamal Abdel Nasser of Egypt, Sukarno of Indonesia and Josip Broz Tito of Yugoslavia at the Bandung Conference in 1955. As countries in the Global North push to escalate the war in Ukraine, the Global South has overwhelmingly pushed for a perspective of dialogue…

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

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

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

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

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

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

Editor (2022-04-19). How to End the War in Ukraine. scheerpost.com Natali Sevriukova reacts next to her house following a rocket attack in the city of Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 25, 2022. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti) | By Alfred McCoy / As the war in Ukraine heads for its third month amid a rising toll of death and destruction, Washington and its European allies are scrambling, so far unsuccessfully, to end that devastating, globally disruptive confl…

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Caitlin A. Johnstone (2022-04-19). U.S. suddenly pretends to care about rights abuses in India. mronline.org While it is true that India's right-wing government is guilty of human rights abuses and has been for years, it is also true that the US State Department does not actually care about human rights abuses.

Sanket Jain (2022-04-19). Photo Essay: India's Rural Health Workers Fell Ill As Workload Spiked During Pandemic. towardfreedom.org In March 2020, India's health ministry tasked 1 million Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHAs) with COVID-19 duty in rural areas. This, in a country where 65 percent of its 1.38 billion people live outside cities. Suddenly, ASHAs' workload increased exponentially. Yet, they remain underpaid and now suffer stress-related chronic ailments, reports Sanket Jain.

WSWS (2022-04-19). Tamil nationalists try to prop up Sri Lankan government against mass protests. wsws.org The Tamil nationalist parties are engaging in private talks with the discredited Rajapakse clan, while working to divide workers and youth along ethnic-religious lines.

Danny O'Brien (2022-04-19). Remember the Maine! U.S. war lies. workers.org The reputation of the United States and its unrelenting military must precede any claim these entities make about "truth." An 1898 propaganda poster uses the explosion of the USS Maine to manipulate public acceptance of war with Spain as part of the 'manifest destiny' of U.S. imperialist expansion. Time and . . . |

Editor (2022-04-19). Chávez the Radical XXVIII: 'The Empire and the Oligarchy Will Never Accept Us'. mronline.org In this episode of "Chávez the Radical," the Venezuelan leader reminds comrades and followers that the Venezuelan oligarchy and the U.S. empire will never accept the Bolivarian Revolution.

IMEMC News (2022-04-19). Army Abducts A Palestinian Near Jenin. imemc.org On Tuesday, Israeli soldiers abducted a young Palestinian man from Sanur town, south of Jenin, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank. Media sources said several army jeeps invaded the town and abducted Mohammad Farez Foqaha after storming his home and ransacking it. The soldiers also invaded several areas in Jenin and searched …

IMEMC News (2022-04-19). Israeli Army Fires Missiles In Southern Gaza. imemc.org Late at night Monday, the Israeli army fired several missiles into sites believed to be run by armed resistance groups in Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza strip; The army claims it was retaliating to rockets, allegedly fired from the coastal region. Media sources in Gaza said the army fired three missiles …

IMEMC News (2022-04-19). Israeli Colonizes Cut Olive And Cactus Trees Near Bethlehem. imemc.org On Tuesday, illegal Israeli colonizers cut at least forty olive trees and several cactus trees in a Palestinian orchard in the al-Jab'a village, south of Bethlehem, in the occupied West Bank. Thiab Masha'la, the head of the al-Jab'a Village Council, said the colonizers cut at least forty olive trees the Palestinians planted three to seven …

IMEMC News (2022-04-19). Updated: Soldiers Injure Many Palestinians Near Nablus. imemc.org Israeli soldiers injured many Palestinians near the main entrance of Burqa town, northwest of Nablus, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank, after the army invaded the area to accompany hundreds of illegal colonizers into the site of a former colony. Update: The Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) has confirmed that the soldiers …

John Helmer (2022-04-19). NaàØve questions about Russia's war economy. mronline.org "Tell me, please, Grandpa," the little boy asked the Red Army veteran, "what does a war economy mean and how is it different from now?"

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

Edward Hunt (2022-04-19). The United States' Shameful Nuclear Legacy in the Marshall Islands. progressive.org After decades of interfering in the island nation with nuclear testing, disposal of radioactive waste, and human experimentation, U.S. leaders are considering a formal apology.

Staff (2022-04-19). The Shameful US Nuclear History in the Marshall Islands. commondreams.org After decades of interfering in the island nation with nuclear testing, disposal of radioactive waste, and human experimentation, U.S. leaders are considering a formal apology.

Dave DeCamp (2022-04-19). US Officials Headed to Solomon Islands Amid China Concerns. news.antiwar.com Senior Biden administration officials The White House's National Security Council's Indo-Pacific coordinator Kurt Campbell and the State Department's top Asia official, Daniel Kritenbrink, will be leading a delegation of officials from the Pentagon and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). | The trip will in…

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

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-19). Georgia scours the country recruiting soldiers to wear NATO uniforms. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Georgian Ministry of DefenseApril 19, 2022 Admission to military contract service continues The Ministry of Defense of Georgia continues to receive citizens in the contract service. An information campaign on contract military service is underway across the country. Personnel from the National Guard's area traveled by mobile recruiting vehicles to regions, towns and villages of …

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

_____ (2022-04-19). Drifting Mines Found in the Black Sea May be No Coincidence. journal-neo.org Official representatives of Russia's and Turkey's Ministries of Defense keep saying about the continued threat of drifting Ukrainian mines which had been torn from their anchors. Turkish National Defense Minister Hulusi Akar said that due to the continued threat of drifting mines, Turkey has raised the readiness level of de-mining units and other related services, …

_____ (2022-04-19). Was Imran Khan Trying To Address Plunder Of Poor Countries By Wealthy? popularresistance.org The parliament of Pakistan recently ousted Prime Minister Imran Khan in a no-confidence vote. The reasons for the former cricket star's political downfall are not entirely clear. His economic policies were a mixed bag at best, but he deserves credit for one thing: he'd taken a bold stand against international investment agreements that give transnational corporations excessive power over national governments.

Anonymous587 (2022-04-19). Why Bucha Massacre Was Staged — U.S. Military Analist. southfront.org Scott Ritter is american military analyst | The incident in Bucha caused a strong reaction from the international community. The consequences of the Russian military presence in the city are still being discussed in the world media. Anti-Russian sentiments among Ukrainians rose sharply again after Russian troops left the Kiev region. The Russian side denies the reliability of the information provided by Kiev. They refer to various objective circumstances that rule out the veracity of the crime. American military analyst Scott Rit…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-04-19). The Ukrainian Proxy War Exposes the West's Military-Industrial Limitations. libya360.wordpress.com Andrew Korybko It's a matter of military fact that the Ukrainian proxy war, which saw more third-party military-technical assistance dispatched in a larger amount and in a shorter time to one of the direct participants than in any previous conflict in history (remembering that the Lend-Lease Act didn't scale up till after some time), has…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-04-19). Why China and Russia Seek a ´Multipolar World Order ª. libya360.wordpress.com Ramzy Baroud Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi poses for photos with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Tunxi, eastern China's Anhui Province, Wednesday, March 30, 2022. The meeting between Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, in the Chinese eastern city of Huangshan on March 30, is likely to go down…

Lorah Steichen (2022-04-19). Cut Pentagon Spending, Save the Planet. progressive.org This year, the United States will spend twice as much every day on the military than it does on international climate aid all year.

Peoples Dispatch (2022-04-19). Oil production disrupted in Libya following protests demanding transfer of power. peoplesdispatch.org In yet another sign of danger to the United Nations-led peace process in Libya, the National Oil Company (NOC), the country's largest oil producer, announced on Monday, April 18, the suspension of production and export of oil "until further notice". The move comes after large-scale protests in and around fields run by the NOC in the eastern parts of the country. | The protests were held days after differences publicly appeared in the 5+5 joint military commission, considered crucial to maintain peace in the war-torn country. At several places, tribal leaders and locals blocked the roads and forced the shutdown of…

Staff (2022-04-19). Amid Dispute Over Wages, Swaziland Police Resumes Persecution Of Teachers' Union Leader. peoplesdispatch.org Amid an ongoing dispute with public sector labor unions over salary review, the Swaziland police has resumed the persecution of Mbongwa Dlamini, president of the Swaziland National Association of Teachers (SNAT), the country's largest union. Earlier this month, Dlamini's residence was sprayed with a hail of bullets by a highly militarized unit of the police …

WSWS (2022-04-19). The Challenge of May Day 2022: For the International Unity of the Working Class against Capitalism, National Chauvinism and War! wsws.org The celebration of May Day 2022 must be dedicated to the unification of the international working class in a global struggle against imperialist war and its root cause, the capitalist system.

ecns.cn (2022-04-18). China defers over 256b yuan of tax payment in March. ecns.cn China's tax authorities nationwide in March have deferred 256.7 billion yuan ($40.26 billion) of taxes for micro, small and medium enterprises in the manufacturing sector, according to the State Taxation Administration.

WSWS (2022-04-18). French presidential candidate Le Pen threatens Germany and Algeria. wsws.org The aggressive international policy of the two presidential candidates, Le Pen and Macron, vindicates the SEP's call to build a movement to boycott the elections.

WSWS (2022-04-18). Video: PES calls for active boycott of French presidential elections. wsws.org Alexandre Lantier, national secretary of the Parti de l'égalité socialiste, explains the call for an active boycott of the second round of the French presidential elections.

Austin Meerzo (2022-04-18). Protests erupt in Grand Rapids, Michigan, following police killing of Patrick Lyoya. liberationnews.org Outrage over this brutal killing of yet another young Black man has grown in western Michigan, around the state and across the country as the heinous death has gained national media attention.

SouthFront5 (2022-04-18). What Ukrainians did to Ukrainians. Atrocities By Nationalist Tornado Battalion (Videos, English Titles, 18+). southfront.org Remembering the past to understand the present. | The Tornado battalion crimes case is a criminal case opened in connection with numerous grave crimes committed by the personnel of the Ukrainian volunteer battalion Tornado during the armed conflict in Donbas. | According to the Ukrainian Military Prosecutor's Office, the battalion's fighters practiced inhuman killings, torture and rape against civilians. In addition, one in four of the Tornado personnel was found to have a criminal record. The investigation received a large public and political resonance, and the trial was subjected to strong pressure from repres…

ecns.cn (2022-04-18). China's industrial capacity utilization rate at 75.8 pct in Q1. ecns.cn China's industrial capacity utilization rate came in at 75.8 percent in the first quarter (Q1) of 2022, down 1.4 percentage points from the previous year, data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) showed Monday.

news.xinhuanet (2022-04-18). Malaysia says to release body of Kim Jong Nam to DPRK. news.xinhuanet.com Malaysia will release the body of Kim Jong Nam to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) and allow its nationals to leave, after the nine stranded Malaysian citizens in DPRK were freed, Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak said in a statement on Thursday.

ecns.cn (2022-04-18). China's economy posts steady growth in Q1. ecns.cn China's economy got off to a steady start in the first quarter of 2022 despite an increasingly complex international environment and resurgences of COVID-19 cases at home.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-04-18). Consumer Health: Addressing concerns and dispelling myths about organ donation. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org April is National Donate Life Month. This annual observation raises awareness about donation, encourages people to register as donors and honors those who have saved lives through the gift of donation. Over 100,000 people in the U.S. are waiting for an organ transplant. And it's estimated 20 patients die every day in the U.S. because of the lack of donor organs. Have you considered becoming a donor? If you've never considered organ donation or delayed…

ecns.cn (2022-04-18). China national botanical garden unveiled in Beijing. ecns.cn

news.xinhuanet (2022-04-18). Manila Int'l Auto Show kicks off. news.xinhuanet.com Visitors attend the Manila International Auto Show at the World Trade Center in Pasay City, the Philippines.

Staff (2022-04-18). Latest achievements unveiled on National Army Day (+VIDEOS). en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 18 (MNA) — The latest equipment and achievements of the Army were unveiled in a ceremony held on the occasion of National Day of the Army on Monday morning.

ecns.cn (2022-04-18). China mulls setting up anti-doping agency in sports law overhaul. ecns.cn Chinese lawmakers are considering setting up an anti-doping agency at the national level as they deliberate a draft law revision that takes a tougher stance against drug use in sports.

ecns.cn (2022-04-18). 'Ice Ribbon' ready to open to public. ecns.cn Visitors play at the National Speed Skating Oval, also known the "Ice Ribbon" in Beijing, April 17, 2022. It is set to open to the public on May 1.

WSWS (2022-04-18). Sri Lankan SEP/IYSSE to hold picket and public meeting to fight for socialist perspective in the mass anti-government protests. wsws.org The SEP supports the demand that the president resigns but goes further in advancing a socialist program of action for the working class to defend its social and democratic rights.

teleSUR, DRL, JCM (2022-04-18). Pdte. de Sri Lanka presenta nuevo Gobierno en medio de protestas. telesurtv.net Sri Lanka atraviesa una grave crisis económica y las reservas de divisas son inferiores a los 2.000 millones de dólares.

Peoples Dispatch (2022-04-18). How can Sri Lanka's economy be turned around? peoplesdispatch.org In the second part of this interview, Ahilan Kadirgamar, senior lecturer at the University of Jaffna, explains how strengthening the public distribution system, a wealth tax, and focusing on agriculture, the rural economy and the food system are vital.

Peoples Dispatch (2022-04-18). Sri Lanka's economic crisis is decades in the making. peoplesdispatch.org Ahilan Kadirgamar, senior lecturer at the University of Jaffna, explains the roots of Sri Lanka's economic crisis. He talks about the decades of policies that have led the country to where it is today, the impact of the pandemic, and the blow farmers suffered with the decision by the Gotabaya Rajapaksa government to ban chemical fertilizers.

Marjorie Cohn (2022-04-17). After Undermining International Criminal Court, US Wants It to Charge Russians. truthout.org Although the United States has tried mightily to undermine the International Criminal Court (ICC) since it became operational in 2002, the U.S. government is now pushing for the ICC to prosecute Russian leaders for war crimes in Ukraine. Apparently, Washington thinks the ICC is reliable enough to try Russians but not to bring U.S. or Israeli officials to justice. | On March 15, the Senate unanimously passed

JANET (2022-04-17). 'Save our children' ‚àí from bigotry and hatred! iacenter.org By Minnie Bruce Pratt March 16, 2022 Right-wing forces are generating legalized hatred and bigotry in the U.S. under the banner of "Save Our Children!" In Texas, parents arranging medical and mental health support for their trans children can now be prosecuted as "child abusers." In Florida, teachers and school systems with a curriculum of LGBTQ+ sexuality and gender issues can be sued by parents under a "Don't Say Gay" state law. In Idaho, a pending bill would sentence medical professionals to life in prison, if found "guilty" of providing gender-affirming care to youth. Hillsborough High School walkout against…

_____ (2022-04-17). Move To Unionize Tour Could Rewrite How Theater Industry Operates. popularresistance.org On April 12, the New York Times broke the story that the theater actors union Actors' Equity Association is, for the first time in over 20 years, attempting to unionize a workplace. Inspired by recent wins at Amazon and Starbucks, actors and stage managers on the non-union national tour of the musical Waitress are moving to unionize after being contacted by Equity, as the union is known in the theater industry. This attempt represents one of the biggest developments in labor organizing within the theater industry in years and has the potential to largely rewrite the way that the theater industry operates. | This…

scorinoco (2022-04-17). North Korea: Kim Jong-un's Leadership and Accomplishments. orinocotribune.com Ten years ago, on April 13, 2012, Kim Jong-un was elected First Chairman of North Korea's National Defense Commission. So, he became the country's leader and assumed all the highest state, military and party posts. TASS has summed up information about Kim Jong-un and how the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) has been developing under his leadership. | Kim Jong-un: Origin, education and rise to power | Kim Jong-un was born on January 8, 1982, in Pyongyang (January 8, 1983, or 1984 according to different sources). He is the youngest of three sons of North Korean leader Kim Jong-il (1942-2011), the grands…

Staff (2022-04-17). Panama: Social Movements Reject Blinken's Visit (Persona Non Grata). orinocotribune.com Social movements in Panama have expressed their repudiation of the upcoming visit of US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken. | After the US State Department confirmed Blinken's visit to Panama during April 19 and 20 to attend a regional meeting on migration, the National Front for the Defense of Economic and Social Rights (FRENADESO) declared the head of the State Department "persona non grata." | Blinken will participate in the Ministerial Conference on Migration and Protection, which is expected to be attended by foreign ministers and defense ministers of a number of Latin American and Caribbean nations to discu…

Staff (2022-04-17). Over 170 people killed in Philippines Tropical Storm Megi. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 17 (MNA) — Over 2.01 million people have been affected by tropical storm Megi in the Philippines. As many as 172 people were killed, says a report by the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council on Sunday.

Frances Kuo (2022-04-17). The National Zoo celebrates 50 years of panda diplomacy. america.cgtn.com The Smithsonian's National Zoo in Washington, D.C., hosted an event Saturday to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the giant panda's arrival in the United States. Find out more.

news.xinhuanet (2022-04-17). Manila Int'l Auto Show kicks off. news.xinhuanet.com Visitors attend the Manila International Auto Show at the World Trade Center in Pasay City, the Philippines.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-04-17). US Tries to Paint David as Goliath, Hides Own Role. libya360.wordpress.com Daniel Patrick Welch Revolutionary sources from Cuba to China to Bolivia to Venezuela and Vietnam are not confused about who is David and who is Goliath in this story. Nor are other victims of endless coup attempts and regime change wars waged by the US and its steroid addled NATO doppelganger. The people of Libya,…

Marzieh Rahmani (2022-04-17). Iran hosted Afghan refugees even under sanctions. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 17 (MNA) — Iran has hosted Afghan refugees and immigrants for years, even under sanctions without the usual international assistance, Government Spokesperson said in reaction to sending refugees to Rwanda by the UK government.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-04-17). The Parapolitical Hypothesis. libya360.wordpress.com Apparatchik Smashing the whole system, "striking at hidden nests, connections, connivances, and plans," requires actionable knowledge of the mechanisms with which resistance is destroyed. Whereas communist revolution is the product of proletarian class consciousness, conspiracy is the product of bourgeois class consciousness. Understanding the latter makes possible the former. In 1972 Walter Rodney, describing the…

Staff (2022-04-17). Army commanders renew allegiance with ideals of Imam Khomeini. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 17 (MNA) — On the eve of the National Day of the Army, the commanders of the Islamic Republic of Iran Army visited the Mausoleum of Imam Khomeini (RA) and renewed their allegiance to the ideas of Imam (RA).

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-04-17). Delcy Rodríguez: NATO's Role in World Conflict. libya360.wordpress.com Kawsachun News Vice President of Venezuela Delcy Rodriguez speaking at the Antalya Diplomatic Forum on March 11, 2022. Vice President of Venezuela Delcy Rodríguez gave a speech on "Multilateralism for Peace and Stability" at the Antalya Diplomacy Forum in Turkey last month. The Vice President spoke on NATO's role in world conflict and made an appeal for…

_____ (2022-04-17). Notes From Wartorn Ethiopia. popularresistance.org I'm writing from Ethiopia, where the war that began in November 2020 continues, with the US backing their former puppet, the Tigrayan People's Liberation Front (TPLF), who ruled Ethiopia with an iron fist from 1991 to 2018, when they were finally overthrown by a popular uprising. | The TPLF started the war by attacking the national army's five Northern Command bases in Tigray on November 3rd and 4th, 2020, but the West's dominant state and corporate press narrative quickly became that Prime Minister Abiy had started the war by sending troops into Tigray, alleging the attack as his excuse. This was one of many ear…

news.xinhuanet (2022-04-17). Malaysia says to release body of Kim Jong Nam to DPRK. news.xinhuanet.com Malaysia will release the body of Kim Jong Nam to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) and allow its nationals to leave, after the nine stranded Malaysian citizens in DPRK were freed, Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak said in a statement on Thursday.

Staff (2022-04-17). Iran President felicitates Syrian National Day to counterpart. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 17 (MNA) — Iranian President Ebrahim Raeisi felicitated the 56th Syrian National Day to President Bashar al-Assad.

ecns.cn (2022-04-17). Chinese mainland reports 3,504 new local COVID-19 cases. ecns.cn The Chinese mainland Saturday reported 3,504 locally-transmitted confirmed COVID-19 cases, of which 3,238 were in Shanghai, according to the National Health Commission's report Sunday.

Anonymous669 (2022-04-17). US Navy Establishes New Red Sea Task Force In Move Directed Against Houthis. southfront.org AQABA, Jordan (April 17, 2022) Amphibious command ship USS Mount Whitney (LCC 20), is moored pierside in Aqaba, Jordan, April 17. (U.S. Army photo by Cpl. DeAndre Dawkins) | On April 17, the US Navy Combined Maritime Forces (CMF) announced that it had established a new international naval task force to enhance maritime security in the Red Sea region. | Vice Adm. Brad Cooper, commander of US Naval Forces Central Command, US 5th Fleet and CMF, commissioned Combined Task Force (CTF) 153 du…

ecns.cn (2022-04-17). U.S. Smithsonian's National Zoo marks 50th anniversary of giant panda program. ecns.cn The Smithsonian's National Zoo marked on Saturday an important milestone in its giant panda program and partnership with China to conserve the unique species.

_____ (2022-04-17). Egypt Decides to Save Itself from Hunger on its Own. journal-neo.org Video reports on national TV channels and the Internet about half-empty supermarket shelves in the US and Western Europe are causing widespread nervousness about the world's food security prospects. Despite warnings from Moscow, no one in Europe took into account that with the introduction of provocative Russophobic sanctions, designed to cripple the Russian economy, essential …

ecns.cn (2022-04-17). Land-sea freight service adds new route to central China. ecns.cn The New International Land-Sea Trade Corridor, a trade and logistics passage jointly built by western Chinese provinces and ASEAN countries, launched a new transport route on Saturday creating a link to central China's Henan Province.

Community Ready Corps (2022-04-17). Sunday 4/17: Community Ready Corps Produce Giveaway. indybay.org 2: 00pm: Foothill & Fruitvale | 2: 30pm: Bancroft & High St | 3: 00pm Bancroft & Havenscourt | 3: 30pm: Shop Rite parking lot (5800 Bancroft) | 4: 00pm: Gazzalli's Eastmont Mall parking lot (7000 Bancroft) | 4: 30pm: Walgreens parking lot (81st & International)…

Staff (2022-04-17). Muslim countries condemn Israeli aggression in unison. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 17 (MNA) — Israel's move not to respect the sanctity of Al-Aqsa Mosque has united the international community in condemning the aggression against peaceful worshippers at the holy mosque.

ecns.cn (2022-04-17). 1,600 COVID-19 patients discharged from hospitals on Chinese mainland. ecns.cn A total of 1,600 COVID-19 patients were discharged from hospitals after recovery on the Chinese mainland on Saturday, the National Health Commission said in its Sunday report.

teleSUR, JCM (2022-04-17). Demandan justicia en Sri Lanka por los atentados de 2019. telesurtv.net Las manifestaciones de este domingo coincidieron con las protestas que se desarrollan en el país para demandar la salida del Gobierno.

_____ (2022-04-17). Egypt Decides to Save Itself from Hunger on its Own. journal-neo.org Video reports on national TV channels and the Internet about half-empty supermarket shelves in the US and Western Europe are causing widespread nervousness about the world's food security prospects. Despite warnings from Moscow, no one in Europe took into account that with the introduction of provocative Russophobic sanctions, designed to cripple the Russian economy, essential …

Ann Garrison (2022-04-17). Notes from Wartorn Ethiopia. orinocotribune.com By Ann Garrison — Apr 13, 2022 | I'm writing from Ethiopia, where the war that began in November 2020 continues, with the US backing their former puppet, the Tigrayan People's Liberation Front (TPLF), who ruled Ethiopia with an iron fist from 1991 to 2018, when they were finally overthrown by a popular uprising. | The TPLF started the war by attacking the national army's five Northern Command bases in Tigray on November 3rd and 4th, 2020, but the West's dominant state and corporate press narrative quickly became that Prime Minister Abiy had started the war by sending troops into Tigray, alleging the attack a…

Staff (2022-04-17). Over 170 people killed in Philippines Tropical Storm Megi. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 17 (MNA) — Over 2.01 million people have been affected by tropical storm Megi in the Philippines. As many as 172 people were killed, says a report by the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council on Sunday.

Community Ready Corps (2022-04-17). Sunday 4/17: Community Ready Corps Produce Giveaway. indybay.org 2: 00pm: Foothill & Fruitvale | 2: 30pm: Bancroft & High St | 3: 00pm Bancroft & Havenscourt | 3: 30pm: Shop Rite parking lot (5800 Bancroft) | 4: 00pm: Gazzalli's Eastmont Mall parking lot (7000 Bancroft) | 4: 30pm: Walgreens parking lot (81st & International)…

ecns.cn (2022-04-17). Chinese mainland reports 3,504 new local COVID-19 cases. ecns.cn The Chinese mainland Saturday reported 3,504 locally-transmitted confirmed COVID-19 cases, of which 3,238 were in Shanghai, according to the National Health Commission's report Sunday.

Marzieh Rahmani (2022-04-17). Iran hosted Afghan refugees even under sanctions. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 17 (MNA) — Iran has hosted Afghan refugees and immigrants for years, even under sanctions without the usual international assistance, Government Spokesperson said in reaction to sending refugees to Rwanda by the UK government.

ecns.cn (2022-04-17). U.S. Smithsonian's National Zoo marks 50th anniversary of giant panda program. ecns.cn The Smithsonian's National Zoo marked on Saturday an important milestone in its giant panda program and partnership with China to conserve the unique species.

news.xinhuanet (2022-04-17). Manila Int'l Auto Show kicks off. news.xinhuanet.com Visitors attend the Manila International Auto Show at the World Trade Center in Pasay City, the Philippines.

ecns.cn (2022-04-17). 1,600 COVID-19 patients discharged from hospitals on Chinese mainland. ecns.cn A total of 1,600 COVID-19 patients were discharged from hospitals after recovery on the Chinese mainland on Saturday, the National Health Commission said in its Sunday report.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-04-17). Consumer Health: Addressing concerns and dispelling myths about organ donation. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org April is National Donate Life Month. This annual observation raises awareness about donation, encourages people to register as donors and honors those who have saved lives through the gift of donation. Over 100,000 people in the U.S. are waiting for an organ transplant. And it's estimated 20 patients die every day in the U.S. because of the lack of donor organs. Have you considered becoming a donor? If you've never considered organ donation or delayed…

news.xinhuanet (2022-04-17). Malaysia says to release body of Kim Jong Nam to DPRK. news.xinhuanet.com Malaysia will release the body of Kim Jong Nam to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) and allow its nationals to leave, after the nine stranded Malaysian citizens in DPRK were freed, Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak said in a statement on Thursday.

ecns.cn (2022-04-17). Land-sea freight service adds new route to central China. ecns.cn The New International Land-Sea Trade Corridor, a trade and logistics passage jointly built by western Chinese provinces and ASEAN countries, launched a new transport route on Saturday creating a link to central China's Henan Province.

teleSUR, JCM (2022-04-17). Demandan justicia en Sri Lanka por los atentados de 2019. telesurtv.net Las manifestaciones de este domingo coincidieron con las protestas que se desarrollan en el país para demandar la salida del Gobierno.

Vijay Prashad (2022-04-16). We do not want a divided planet; we want a World without walls. mronline.org While the United States began its illegal war against Iraq in 2003, Cuba's President Fidel Castro spoke in Buenos Aires, Argentina. 'Our country does not drop bombs on other peoples', he said, 'nor does it send thousands of planes to bomb cities … Our country's tens of thousands of scientists and doctors have been educated on the idea of saving lives'.

_____ (2022-04-16). Liberal Russophobia And War Propaganda. popularresistance.org The city of Boston and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts prohibit discrimination based upon race, color, gender, disability, religion, and national origin. Such discrimination is prohibited by most cities, states, and the federal government as well. But one wouldn't know that due to a plethora of discriminatory acts carried out against Russian nationals. The latest perpetrator is the Boston Athletic Association (BAA) , which announced that citizens of Russia and Belarus who reside in those countries will be barred from participating in the Boston marathon taking place on April 18, 2022. The war in Ukraine, years…

_____ (2022-04-16). American Dissent On Ukraine Is Dying In Darkness. popularresistance.org As the death toll in Russia's illegal invasion of Ukraine continues to rise, there have only been a handful of Westerners publicly questioning NATO and the West's role in the conflict. These voices are becoming fewer and further between as a wave of feverish backlash engulfs any dissent on the subject. One of these voices belongs to Professor Michael J. Brenner, a lifelong academic, Professor Emeritus of International Affairs at the University of Pittsburgh and a Fellow of the Center for Transatlantic Relations at SAIS/Johns Hopkins, as well as former Director of the International Relations & Global Studies…

JANET (2022-04-16). What's the truth behind the Bucha and Kramatorsk events? iacenter.org By Richie Merino April 15, 2022 April 10 — Last weekend, Ukraine's President Vlodymyr Zelensky accused Russian troops of committing war crimes in the city of Bucha, near Kiev. Moscow immediately denied the allegations, calling them "baseless" and implying that Ukrainian right-wing nationalists, with support from the Kiev regime, staged the event, placing deceased bodies in the streets of Bucha in order to derail peace talks and distract the media from covering mounting evidence of war crimes committed by Ukraine's own military. Anti-NATO protest, Bratislava, Slovakia, Feb. 2. It's important to understand th…

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-16). Bordering Ukraine: NATO deploys German-Dutch missile task force to Slovakia. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com NATOAllied Air CommandApril 15, 2022 German-Dutch Air and Missile Defence Task Force deploy to Slovakia A binational, Dutch-German Air and Missile Defence Task Force is deploying PATRIOT systems near Sliaƒç airbase, Slovakia in April to reinforce NATO's defence capabilities on the Eastern flank…. [F]ollowing a decision by the Governments of Germany and the Netherlands, additional …

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-04-16). Germany is Involved in 'Military Biological Activities' in Ukraine. libya360.wordpress.com Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Maria Zakharova's Interview with "RT" TV Channel, Moscow, April 16, 2022 Question: It became known that during the special military operation in Ukraine, Russian troops discovered new documents on military biological activities in Ukraine. Can you talk about this in more detail? Maria Zakharova: As a result of the Special Military Operation…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-04-16). Patrick Lancaster and Maximilian Clarke Report from Mariupol. libya360.wordpress.com Battle Raging On The Azov Sea In Mariupol (Special Report Under Fire) Mariupol Residents Expose War Crimes & Show Dead Ukraine Soldiers Dozens of Murdered civilians Found in Mariupol after Ukraine retreats (Some hands bound) Mariupol Residents Accuse Ukraine Of Firing On Civilians Russian Soldiers Evacuate Children from Dangerous Areas of Mariupol The largest steel…

Aaron Maté (2022-04-16). U.S., EU sacrificing Ukraine to 'weaken Russia': fmr. NATO adviser. mronline.org Former Swiss intelligence officer and NATO adviser Jacques Baud on the roots of the Ukraine-Russia war and its growing dangers.

WSWS (2022-04-16). Berlin bus workers support the 70,000 striking bus drivers in Maharashtra, India! wsws.org Berlin bus workers express their solidarity with the more than 70,000 striking bus drivers of the Maharashtra State Road Transport Company (MSRTC), who have been on an indefinite strike since November 4, 2021.

Sachin Kheterpal, Karandeep Singh, Eric J Topol (2022-04-16). [Perspectives] Digitising the prediction and management of sepsis. thelancet.com Despite advances in critical care, sepsis is a major source of patient suffering and mortality worldwide, with nearly 50 million cases and 11 million deaths each year. Early recognition is crucial to successful treatment of sepsis with anti-infectives, intravenous fluids, and circulatory support, and researchers have long sought to use artificial intelligence (AI) to identify patients showing early signs of the condition. But the development of AI-based sepsis prediction has been complex and hindered by shortcomings—eg, one algorithm, trained between 2008 and 2010, showed substantial deterioration in perfor…

JANET (2022-04-16). Class struggle and the French elections. iacenter.org By G. Dunkel April 15, 2022 Emmanuel Macron, from the party En Marche, whose job history as a banker primed him for his current role as a bankers' president, came in first in France's presidential vote held April 10 with 27.4%. Macron is a supporter of the European Union, which is basically the organ of the European banks. The far right-wing candidate Marine Le Pen, representing the Rassemblement National, in her third run for president, came in second with 24.1% of the votes cast. Jean-Luc Mélenchon, of the anti-capitalist, working-class party France Insoumise, came in a close third behind Le Pen with 21.5% of t…

JANET (2022-04-16). Lizelle Herrera & Texas repression — Arrest exposes anti-abortion laws. iacenter.org By Monica Moorehead April 12, 2022 There was joy and a sigh of relief when Ketanji Brown Jackson was finally confirmed as the first Black woman justice to sit on the U.S. Supreme Court, based on a 53-47 Senate vote April 7. Then another legal development of a totally different kind occurred in Starr County, Texas, the same day. A 26-year-old Latinx woman, Lizelle Herrera, was arrested in Rio Grande City, near the Texas-Mexico border, and charged with murder for allegedly terminating her pregnancy. Her bail was an outrageous $500,000. April 9 mugshot of Lizelle Herrara The county sheriff, Carlos Delgado, stated He…

Editor (2022-04-16). 'They're playing really dirty': Amazon lashes back in Staten Island warehouses. mronline.org The company has billed itself as the everything store. Now Amazon is the throw-everything-at-them union-buster—trying every trick in the playbook to throttle worker organizing at its Staten Island warehouses in New York City.

David Ruccio (2022-04-16). Inflation and the case of the missing profits. mronline.org Everyone knows that inflation in the United States is increasing. Anyone who has read the news, or for that matter has gone shopping lately. Prices are rising at the fastest rate in decades. The Consumer Price Index rose 8.6 percent in March, which is the highest rate of increase since December 1981 (when it was 8.9 percent).

Editor (2022-04-16). Russia's Sergey Glazyev introduces the new global financial system. mronline.org The world's new monetary system, underpinned by a digital currency, will be backed by a basket of new foreign currencies and natural resources. And it will liberate the Global South from both western debt and IMF-induced austerity.

Editor (2022-04-16). New York Times' ridiculous attack on me exposes its deceitful propaganda tactics. mronline.org The New York Times printed absurd claims about Multipolarista editor Benjamin Norton in a smear piece, using an image of his face crossed out by a red line, without giving him an opportunity to comment. This hatchet job reflects the newspaper's long history of spreading false war propaganda for the U.S. government.

SouthFront5 (2022-04-16). Russian Federation Urgent Humanitarian Response Statement On 16 April 2022. southfront.org SF note: We publish the translation of the Russian Federation's statement as close as possible to the Russian original, seeking to keep the style of the initial text. The statement itself is, of course, of historical interest. However, its substance once again raises more questions than answers for the independent observer. | During April 16, 2022, there was a sharp increase in the intensity of radio communications between militants of nationalist formations and foreign mercenaries blocked in Mariupol at Azovst…

_____ (2022-04-16). Mexicans Mobilize In Support Of President AMLO's Electricity Reform. popularresistance.org On Tuesday, April 12, hundreds of citizens took to the streets in different parts of Mexico in support of the electricity reform promoted by president Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO). In the capital Mexico City, members of various civil society organizations, social movements, and trade unions held a march from the Zócalo to the Chamber of Deputies. They demonstrated outside the Legislative Palace of San Lázaro, calling on the legislators of the opposition parties to approve the reform to the Electricity Industry Law (LIE), which allows nationalization of the energy industry.

_____ (2022-04-16). 2022 Election In The Philippines: Repression And Resistance. popularresistance.org I just returned from eight days in Luzon, the largest island in the Philippines, where the capital, Manila, is located. For many years, the movement for national democracy in the Philippines has asked for international solidarity, including human rights defenders to aid them in their struggle for economic and political rights. The presence of people from other countries can help diminish the violence of the Philippine military and national police against the movement. In addition, as national elections approach on May 9 there has been a rise in human rights abuses, and so the need for international solidarity is…

José Manuel Blanco Diaz (2022-04-16). Blow to Colombian Drug Traffickers — Venezuela's Army Seizes Cannabis in Apure. orinocotribune.com Venezuelan army has seized 750 packets of marijuana in Apure state on the Venezuela-Colombia border, in an operation that was part of the 2022 Bolivarian Shield Operation Vuelvan Caras. This was reported by the head of the Strategic Operational Command of the Bolivarian National Armed Force (CEOFANB), Major General Domingo Hernández Lárez. He commented that this drug seizure has dealt another heavy blow to Colombian drug traffickers who transport illicit substances through Venezuelan territory. | The seizure was made possible by a reconnaissance operation deployed throughout the surroundings areas of the Riecito…

scorinoco (2022-04-16). Reading Between the Lines of Mexico's Recall Referendum Stats. orinocotribune.com By Gustavo A. Maranges — Apr 12, 2022 | On April 11, Mexico's National Electoral Institute (INE) made public the official result of the recall referendum held on April 10. The numbers were transparent and showed the strong support that President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) has after almost four years of his mandate. However, the statistics by themselves do not say much and it is necessary to look at what is going on behind it. | The readings going on about the referendum's results have been directly connected to the political perspective of analysts and journalists. Those who support AMLO are focused…

Marzieh Rahmani (2022-04-16). VP Mokhber felicitates Syrian PM on Natioanl Day. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 16 (MNA) — Iran's First Vice President congratulated Syria's national day to Prime Minister of the country.

ecns.cn (2022-04-16). Overseas exhibits arriving for Hainan expo. ecns.cn The first batch of overseas exhibits cleared customs inspection at Haikou Meilan International Airport on Wednesday and will be prepared for exhibition at the second China International Consumer Products Expo, also known as the Hainan Expo, according to customs officials.

Staff (2022-04-16). UK deporting of refugees to Rwanda violation of intl. laws. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 16 (MNA) — The Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh described the British government's declared plan to forcibly send the refugees in the UK to Rwanda as shrinking from the country's international obligations.

Kamal Iranidoost (2022-04-16). EX PM Raja Pervaiz Ashraf elected Pakistani parl. speaker. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 16 (MNA) — The former prime minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf was elected as the 22nd speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan on Saturday.

Richard Horton (2022-04-16). [Comment] Offline: Finding hope under the Emperor's New Clothes. thelancet.com Multilateralism is dead. This seemed to be the conclusion of a London School of Economics seminar on global health and economic security, held last week. Wise economists who now bestride the worlds of academia and politics insisted that the era of globalisation was over. National sovereignty is everything. The future for multilateral institutions, such as WHO, is bleak. Global health protagonists spoke passionately about the importance of strengthening the agency—better resourcing and more teeth.

Jessamy Bagenal (2022-04-16). [Perspectives] Sam Roberts: Chief Executive of NICE. thelancet.com Sam Roberts became Chief Executive of the UK National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) in February, 2022. Her work at NICE is informed by experiences early in her clinical career and her belief that the patient is the expert. "I think what did define my career was I was really shocked in my first rotation in a hospital at this realisation of how hard it is to be a patient. How uncomfortable, how scary, how alienating it was…and it made me think…Is this the best we can really do for patients in the 21st century? Because some of our medical practices seemed like they hadn't changed for a 100 year…

WSWS (2022-04-16). Berlin bus workers support the 70,000 striking bus drivers in Maharashtra, India! wsws.org Berlin bus workers express their solidarity with the more than 70,000 striking bus drivers of the Maharashtra State Road Transport Company (MSRTC), who have been on an indefinite strike since November 4, 2021.

Sachin Kheterpal, Karandeep Singh, Eric J Topol (2022-04-16). [Perspectives] Digitising the prediction and management of sepsis. thelancet.com Despite advances in critical care, sepsis is a major source of patient suffering and mortality worldwide, with nearly 50 million cases and 11 million deaths each year. Early recognition is crucial to successful treatment of sepsis with anti-infectives, intravenous fluids, and circulatory support, and researchers have long sought to use artificial intelligence (AI) to identify patients showing early signs of the condition. But the development of AI-based sepsis prediction has been complex and hindered by shortcomings—eg, one algorithm, trained between 2008 and 2010, showed substantial deterioration in perfor…

Staff (2022-04-16). UK deporting of refugees to Rwanda violation of intl. laws. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 16 (MNA) — The Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh described the British government's declared plan to forcibly send the refugees in the UK to Rwanda as shrinking from the country's international obligations.

Community Ready Corps (2022-04-16). Sunday 4/17: Community Ready Corps Produce Giveaway. indybay.org 2: 00pm: Foothill & Fruitvale | 2: 30pm: Bancroft & High St | 3: 00pm Bancroft & Havenscourt | 3: 30pm: Shop Rite parking lot (5800 Bancroft) | 4: 00pm: Gazzalli's Eastmont Mall parking lot (7000 Bancroft) | 4: 30pm: Walgreens parking lot (81st & International)…

Richard Horton (2022-04-16). [Comment] Offline: Finding hope under the Emperor's New Clothes. thelancet.com Multilateralism is dead. This seemed to be the conclusion of a London School of Economics seminar on global health and economic security, held last week. Wise economists who now bestride the worlds of academia and politics insisted that the era of globalisation was over. National sovereignty is everything. The future for multilateral institutions, such as WHO, is bleak. Global health protagonists spoke passionately about the importance of strengthening the agency—better resourcing and more teeth.

Jessamy Bagenal (2022-04-16). [Perspectives] Sam Roberts: Chief Executive of NICE. thelancet.com Sam Roberts became Chief Executive of the UK National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) in February, 2022. Her work at NICE is informed by experiences early in her clinical career and her belief that the patient is the expert. "I think what did define my career was I was really shocked in my first rotation in a hospital at this realisation of how hard it is to be a patient. How uncomfortable, how scary, how alienating it was…and it made me think…Is this the best we can really do for patients in the 21st century? Because some of our medical practices seemed like they hadn't changed for a 100 year…

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

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

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

WSWS (2022-04-15). The issues in the Indiana University grad workers strike. wsws.org Graduate students at Indiana University in Bloomington have gone on strike demanding recognition of their union, the Indiana Graduate Workers Coalition.

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

G. Dunkel (2022-04-15). Class struggle and the French elections. workers.org Emmanuel Macron, from the party En Marche, whose job history as a banker primed him for his current role as a bankers' president, came in first in France's presidential vote held April 10 with 27.4%. Macron is a supporter of the European Union, which is basically the organ of the . . . |

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

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

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

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

Richie Merino (2022-04-15). What's the truth behind the Bucha and Kramatorsk events? workers.org April 10 — Last weekend, Ukraine's President Vlodymyr Zelensky accused Russian troops of committing war crimes in the city of Bucha, near Kiev. Moscow immediately denied the allegations, calling them "baseless" and implying that Ukrainian right-wing nationalists, with support from the Kiev regime, staged the event, placing deceased bodies in . . . |

Boothdw (2022-04-15). The 21st Century Contemplating the Meaning of Democratic Self-Determination. scheerpost.com

Editor (2022-04-15). Unionization Spreads Across Starbucks Outlets in US Despite Efforts to Intimidate Workers. scheerpost.com Labor organizers and trade unions hold a protest outside a Starbucks outlet in Raleigh, North Carolina, for firing a pro-union worker. (Photo: ThriveNC/Twitter) | By The unionization drive forges ahead in Starbucks outlets in the United States. On Monday, April 11, workers at two outlets in the State of Massachusetts voted unanimously in favor of forming a union. Workers voted 14-0 and 16-0 in outlets in Brookline and Allstone in the Boston area. | T…

A Guest Author (2022-04-15). Alex Saab case: Imprisoned Venezuelan diplomat contests extraterritorial judicial abuse. workers.org Alex Saab The following article was published April 11 in Dissident Voice. Roger D. Harris is with Task Force on the Americas. April 11 — Venezuelan diplomat Alex Saab's case took a dramatic turn as his legal defense team denounced the U.S. government's flagrant failure to respect long-standing diplomatic immunity . . . |

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

Editor (2022-04-15). The Venezuelan Coup, 20 Years Later. scheerpost.com Citizens took to the streets to defend President Hugo Chavez, Caracas, Venezuela, April 2002. | By Dan Beeton / On April 11, 2002, Venezuela's democratically elected government, headed by Hugo Chávez Frías, was ousted in a military coup d'etat. Then, dramatically, two days later,

Editor (2022-04-15). Noam Chomsky, Cornel West, Naomi Klein Join Over 100 Academics Denouncing The Israel Lobby's Attempt to Cancel Lowkey. scheerpost.com By Alan Macleod / The worldwide campaign of support for hip hop artist and political campaigner Lowkey is growing. Following the

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

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

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

Matt Sedlar (2022-04-15). The Gendered Impacts of the IMF's Harmful Surcharges Policy. cepr.net Around the world, everyone from economic justice organizations, to Nobel Prize-winning economists, to members of Congress are calling for the elimination of a once little-known practice of the International Monetary Fund (IMF): the imposition of punitive, hidden fees on countries with high levels of outstanding IMF debt. In a report published last year, my coauthors …

Fight Back (2022-04-15). 2022 election in the Philippines: Repression and resistance. fightbacknews.org Chicago, IL – I just returned from eight days in Luzon, the largest island in the Philippines, where the capital, Manila, is located. For many years, the movement for national democracy in the Philippines has asked for international solidarity, including human rights defenders to aid them in their struggle for economic and political rights. The presence of people from other countries can help diminish the violence of the Philippine military and national police against the movement. In addition, as national elections approach on May 9 there has been a rise in human rights abuses, and so the need for international…

SF015 (2022-04-15). Russian MoD Briefing For Morning Of 15 April 2022. southfront.org The Russian Armed Forces continue a special military operation in Ukraine. | A group of Russian troops and units of the People's Militia of the Donetsk Republic have completely liberated the Illich Iron and Steel Plant in the city of Mariupol from Ukrainian nationalists as a result of the offensive. | Tonight, high-precision long-range sea-based Kalibr missiles struck a military facility on the outskirts of Kyiv. The strike at the Zhulyansk machine-building plant Vizar destroyed the production and repair worksh…

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

ecns.cn (2022-04-15). 322 COVID-19 patients discharged from Shanghai's largest makeshift hospital. ecns.cn Patients leave the National Exhibition and Convention Center (NECC), the largest makeshift hospital in east China's Shanghai, April 14, 2022. A total of 322 COVID-19 patients were released on Thursday.

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

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-04-15). Mayo Clinic Minute: What's the best tool for preventing cancer? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org April is recognized as National Cancer Control Month, dedicated to raising awareness for cancer prevention and treatment. One of the best tools to prevent cancer is regular screening. Dr. Christine Klassen, director of the Mayo Clinic Breast Clinic, says mammograms are a good example. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute youtu.be/GInF2qiNVdk Journalists: Broadcast-quality video (0: 56) is in the downloads at the end of this post. Please "Courtesy: Mayo Clinic News Network." Read the script. "Early diagnosis is…

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

ecns.cn (2022-04-15). Overseas exhibits arriving for Hainan expo. ecns.cn The first batch of overseas exhibits cleared customs inspection at Haikou Meilan International Airport on Wednesday and will be prepared for exhibition at the second China International Consumer Products Expo, also known as the Hainan Expo, according to customs officials.

Sarah Anderson (2022-04-15). International Solidarity in Action: Lessons From a Path-Breaking US-Mexico Union Alliance. inequality.org

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-04-15). Consumer Health: Addressing concerns and dispelling myths about organ donation. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org April is National Donate Life Month. This annual observation raises awareness about donation, encourages people to register as donors and honors those who have saved lives through the gift of donation. Over 100,000 people in the U.S. are waiting for an organ transplant. And it's estimated 20 patients die every day in the U.S. because of the lack of donor organs. Have you considered becoming a donor? If you've never considered organ donation or delayed…

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

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-15). Ruling party "Russian army's allies": pro-West Georgian forces push war, regime change. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Agenda.geApril 15, 2022 State Security Service launches investigation into possible attacks on officials after comments by Parliament Vice Speaker The opposition United National Movement party is "mobilised to plan certain provocations" during the visit of the Georgian Parliamentary delegation to Ukraine that is set to begin today, Vice Speaker of the Georgian Parliament Gia Volski …

ecns.cn (2022-04-15). Flights resume between Yanji in Jilin Province and Daegu in South Korea. ecns.cn Passengers wait for security check at Yanji Chaoyangchuan International Airport, Yanji, a border city in northeast China's Jilin Province, April 14, 2022.

Editor2 (2022-04-15). The Dollar Devours the Euro. orinocotribune.com By Michael Hudson — Apr 7, 2022 | It is now clear that today's escalation of the New Cold War was planned over a year ago. America's plan to block Nord Stream 2 was really part of its strategy to block Western Europe ("NATO") from seeking prosperity by mutual trade and investment with China and Russia. | As President Biden and U.S. national-security reports announced, China was seen as the major enemy. This despite China's helpful role in enabling corporate America to drive down labor's wage rates by de-industrializing the U.S. economy in favor of Chinese industrialization, China's growth was recognized as p…

ecns.cn (2022-04-15). First batch of 322 COVID-19 patients discharged from makeshift hospital in Shanghai. ecns.cn The first batch of 322 COVID-19 patients were discharged from Shanghai's largest makeshift hospital in the National Exhibition and Convention Center (NECC) on Thursday morning, local authorities said…

WSWS (2022-04-15). Mass protests demanding Sri Lankan President Rajapakse resign continue in Colombo. wsws.org Referring to the Prime Minister's address to the nation on Monday in which he pointed to the Sri Lankan state's 1988-89 massacre of 60,000 youths in the island's south, a protester said, "He was just warning, 'We can open fire on you.'"

WSWS (2022-04-15). What are Sri Lanka's trade unions doing amid the mass anti-government upsurge? wsws.org After remaining silent for days as the anti-government protests swelled, the unions are now claiming to support them. But they do so with the aim of preventing them from becoming a challenge to capitalist rule.

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

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

WSWS (2022-04-15). The issues in the Indiana University grad workers strike. wsws.org Graduate students at Indiana University in Bloomington have gone on strike demanding recognition of their union, the Indiana Graduate Workers Coalition.

G. Dunkel (2022-04-15). Class struggle and the French elections. workers.org Emmanuel Macron, from the party En Marche, whose job history as a banker primed him for his current role as a bankers' president, came in first in France's presidential vote held April 10 with 27.4%. Macron is a supporter of the European Union, which is basically the organ of the . . . |

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

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

Fight Back (2022-04-15). 2022 election in the Philippines: Repression and resistance. fightbacknews.org Chicago, IL – I just returned from eight days in Luzon, the largest island in the Philippines, where the capital, Manila, is located. For many years, the movement for national democracy in the Philippines has asked for international solidarity, including human rights defenders to aid them in their struggle for economic and political rights. The presence of people from other countries can help diminish the violence of the Philippine military and national police against the movement. In addition, as national elections approach on May 9 there has been a rise in human rights abuses, and so the need for international…

SF015 (2022-04-15). Russian MoD Briefing For Morning Of 15 April 2022. southfront.org The Russian Armed Forces continue a special military operation in Ukraine. | A group of Russian troops and units of the People's Militia of the Donetsk Republic have completely liberated the Illich Iron and Steel Plant in the city of Mariupol from Ukrainian nationalists as a result of the offensive. | Tonight, high-precision long-range sea-based Kalibr missiles struck a military facility on the outskirts of Kyiv. The strike at the Zhulyansk machine-building plant Vizar destroyed the production and repair worksh…

ecns.cn (2022-04-15). 322 COVID-19 patients discharged from Shanghai's largest makeshift hospital. ecns.cn Patients leave the National Exhibition and Convention Center (NECC), the largest makeshift hospital in east China's Shanghai, April 14, 2022. A total of 322 COVID-19 patients were released on Thursday.

ecns.cn (2022-04-15). Flights resume between Yanji in Jilin Province and Daegu in South Korea. ecns.cn Passengers wait for security check at Yanji Chaoyangchuan International Airport, Yanji, a border city in northeast China's Jilin Province, April 14, 2022.

ecns.cn (2022-04-15). Overseas exhibits arriving for Hainan expo. ecns.cn The first batch of overseas exhibits cleared customs inspection at Haikou Meilan International Airport on Wednesday and will be prepared for exhibition at the second China International Consumer Products Expo, also known as the Hainan Expo, according to customs officials.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-04-15). Mayo Clinic Minute: What's the best tool for preventing cancer? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org April is recognized as National Cancer Control Month, dedicated to raising awareness for cancer prevention and treatment. One of the best tools to prevent cancer is regular screening. Dr. Christine Klassen, director of the Mayo Clinic Breast Clinic, says mammograms are a good example. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute youtu.be/GInF2qiNVdk Journalists: Broadcast-quality video (0: 56) is in the downloads at the end of this post. Please "Courtesy: Mayo Clinic News Network." Read the script. "Early diagnosis is…

Community Ready Corps (2022-04-15). Sunday 4/17: Community Ready Corps Produce Giveaway. indybay.org 2: 00pm: Foothill & Fruitvale | 2: 30pm: Bancroft & High St | 3: 00pm Bancroft & Havenscourt | 3: 30pm: Shop Rite parking lot (5800 Bancroft) | 4: 00pm: Gazzalli's Eastmont Mall parking lot (7000 Bancroft) | 4: 30pm: Walgreens parking lot (81st & International)…

Editor2 (2022-04-15). The Dollar Devours the Euro. orinocotribune.com By Michael Hudson — Apr 7, 2022 | It is now clear that today's escalation of the New Cold War was planned over a year ago. America's plan to block Nord Stream 2 was really part of its strategy to block Western Europe ("NATO") from seeking prosperity by mutual trade and investment with China and Russia. | As President Biden and U.S. national-security reports announced, China was seen as the major enemy. This despite China's helpful role in enabling corporate America to drive down labor's wage rates by de-industrializing the U.S. economy in favor of Chinese industrialization, China's growth was recognized as p…

ecns.cn (2022-04-15). First batch of 322 COVID-19 patients discharged from makeshift hospital in Shanghai. ecns.cn The first batch of 322 COVID-19 patients were discharged from Shanghai's largest makeshift hospital in the National Exhibition and Convention Center (NECC) on Thursday morning, local authorities said…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-04-15). Consumer Health: Addressing concerns and dispelling myths about organ donation. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org April is National Donate Life Month. This annual observation raises awareness about donation, encourages people to register as donors and honors those who have saved lives through the gift of donation. Over 100,000 people in the U.S. are waiting for an organ transplant. And it's estimated 20 patients die every day in the U.S. because of the lack of donor organs. Have you considered becoming a donor? If you've never considered organ donation or delayed…

WSWS (2022-04-15). What are Sri Lanka's trade unions doing amid the mass anti-government upsurge? wsws.org After remaining silent for days as the anti-government protests swelled, the unions are now claiming to support them. But they do so with the aim of preventing them from becoming a challenge to capitalist rule.

WSWS (2022-04-15). Mass protests demanding Sri Lankan President Rajapakse resign continue in Colombo. wsws.org Referring to the Prime Minister's address to the nation on Monday in which he pointed to the Sri Lankan state's 1988-89 massacre of 60,000 youths in the island's south, a protester said, "He was just warning, 'We can open fire on you.'"

_____ (2022-04-14). Ukraine's Non-White Refugees. popularresistance.org Over 4 million refugees — mostly women, children, and students — have fled Ukraine over the past month. In response, Europe has opened its arms to Ukrainian refugees and the EU has announced that all Ukrainians are eligible for temporary refugee protection for up to three years, with politicians and the public showing their support. This is how the international refugee protection regime should work. According to official Ukrainian government statistics, Ukraine had over 76,000 foreign students in 2020. About 20,000 of these were Indians and over 15,000 originated from Africa, mainly from Nigeria, Mor…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-04-14). Ukraine War Reveals U.S. Preparations for Biological Warfare. libya360.wordpress.com W. T. Whitney, Jr. War in Ukraine turns people's lives and affairs upside down. Dirty laundry, previously hidden, is on display. A Russian communication on March 6 mentions "evidence of an emergency clean-up performed by the Kyiv regime was found—aimed at eradicating traces of the military-biological program in Ukraine, financed by @DeptofDefense." A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson two days…

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

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

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

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

Editor (2022-04-14). The Role of Capitalism in the War in Ukraine. scheerpost.com Photograph by Nathaniel St. Clair | By Richard Wolff / To the motives for war in human history, capitalism added another: profit. That motive drove technological advancement and created a genuine world economy. It also built new capitalist empires such as the Spanish, Dutch, British, French, Belgian, Russian, German, Japanese, and American empires. Each of these countries built its empire by various means including wars against prior systems operating on their own territories, in their colonies, a…

Editor (2022-04-14). The Ukrainian conflict is a U.S./NATO Proxy War, but one which Russia is poised to win decisively — Scott Ritter. mronline.org The West has sown the wind in sanctioning Russia; Russia will not reap the whirlwind, says Scott Ritter in an interview with the Strategic Culture Foundation.

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

Don Fitz (2022-04-14). Cuba prepares for disaster. mronline.org The book traces Cuba's preparedness from the threat of a U.S. invasion following its revolution through its resistance to hurricanes and diseases, which all laid the foundation for current adaptions to climate change.

Peoples Dispatch (2022-04-14). Unionization spreads across Starbucks outlets in U.S. despite efforts to intimidate workers. mronline.org According to Starbucks Workers United, which is organizing workers to form unions, workers from over 200 outlets have already approached the National Labor Relations Board for a union vote.

Editor (2022-04-14). The Mecca of African Liberation: Walter Rodney in Tanzania. mronline.org Karim Hirji, a Tanzanian student, was in a good mood when he went to bed on the 10 July 1969. That evening he had heard the most impressive lecture of his life at the University of Dar es Salaam. The lecture was on the Cuban Revolution and its relevance to Africa. Back in his dorm, he praised the speaker in his diary: "one could almost feel the strong conviction and deep emotions from which he spoke". The man he admired and later befriended was Dr Walter Rodney.

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

ecns.cn (2022-04-13). HKSAR chief executive says 3-day rapid antigen test exercise meets expectations. ecns.cn Carrie Lam on Wednesday said the three-day mass rapid antigen test (RAT) exercise had achieved its intended goals of better understanding the overall COVID-19 situation in Hong Kong.

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-14). Russia-U.S. military tensions rise near Kuril Islands. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Kyodo News AgencyApril 14, 2022 Russian submarines fire missiles in Sea of Japan drills: report Two submarines of the Russian Pacific Fleet launched Kalibr cruise missiles in drills in the Sea of Japan Thursday, according to Russia's Tass news agency, in an apparent warning to Japan and the United States, engaged in a joint military …

Staff (2022-04-14). Great Civic-Military March: 20 Years Ago Venezuelans Defeated Imperialist Coup (Photos). orinocotribune.com The President of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, recalled this Wednesday that 20 years ago, on April 13, 2002, the Venezuelan people defeated an imperialist coup and restored Hugo Chávez to the presidency. | During his address of the Great Civic-Military March organized to celebrate the historic milestone, Maduro said that "20 years ago the people defeated the coup of imperialism" and international right wing forces. | "The oligarchy and imperialism believed that the Venezuelan people were going to watch the events from afar," President Maduro said, "that they were going to cross their arms, but the people of Venezuel…

Staff (2022-04-14). President Maduro at International Summit Against Fascism: We Have Lived 20 Years of Resistance after April 11 Coup. orinocotribune.com This Tuesday, April 12, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, received intellectuals, national and international guests in the Ayacucho Hall of the Presidential Palace of Miraflores for the International Summit against Fascism. The head of state pointed out that with the April 2002 revolution, the possibility of building the social welfare state and the Bolivarian Revolution through the Missions and Great Missions of Chávez was born: "We have a strong and clear socialism that was born from the awakening of the peoples," he said. | The president affirmed that from the depths of the Venezuelan social process the con…

Asa Winstanley (2022-04-14). Union of Jewish Students admits to faked petition signatures. electronicintifada.net Pro-Israel group's campaign against UK's National Union of Students hits problems.

Staff (2022-04-14). IAEA installs surveillance cameras at Natanz: report. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 14 (MNA) — Media have quoted the International Atomic Energy Agency as saying that the agency had installed surveillance cameras at Iran's Natanz nuclear site.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-04-14). NATO's Warmongering Voice in the Caribbean. libya360.wordpress.com A.T. Freeman Sir Ron Sanders, NATO's warmongering voice in the Carribbean Since the start of the war in Ukraine, Sir Ron Sanders, Antigua and Barbuda's ambassador to the US and the OAS, has emerged as one of the most strident Caribbean voices in favour of US/NATO warmongering in eastern Europe. He is widely considered to have played a pivotal…

ecns.cn (2022-04-14). Chinese envoy calls for comprehensive measures to address conflict-related sexual violence. ecns.cn A Chinese envoy on Wednesday called on the international community to take comprehensive measures to address conflict-related sexual violence.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-04-14). Understanding Covid-19 as a 'Structural Deep Event'. libya360.wordpress.com Dr Piers Robinson As debate over 'The Science' has increased, people are questioning whether there was more to COVID-19 in terms of underlying agendas, in particular with respect to global-level actors. Was it incompetence or coordination? It's been two years since COVID-19 became a dominant and all-consuming issue. Now there are signs we are witnessing…

_____ (2022-04-14). The Political Crisis in Sri Lanka. journal-neo.org The last year has seen the escalation of two processes which are rewriting the global political map, triggering an international crisis which is unfolding and taking in more and more countries as we watch. The two processes behind the crisis may take on very different forms. Ukraine seems destined to become the fuse that could …

ecns.cn (2022-04-14). Preparation of the 5th CIIE goes smoothly. ecns.cn Preparation of the next China International Import Expo goes smoothly with the 5th CIIE expected to be held offline in November of this year, Beijing Daily app reported on Thursday.

Kamal Iranidoost (2022-04-14). Iran Air Pistol women team takes gold at ISSF World Cup. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 14 (MNA) — Iran won a gold medal at the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) Shooting World Cup on Wednesday.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-04-14). Taking Mayo Clinic research beyond the lab and into space. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org It's a historic mission to space, and Mayo Clinic research will be on board. Larry Connor, a Mayo Clinic benefactor, well-known philanthropist and CEO of The Connor Group, will make history in April 2022 when he pilots the first-ever all-civilian flight to the International Space Station. Connor will take part in some research projects for Mayo Clinic during the 10-day Axiom Space flight. Watch: Taking Mayo Clinic research beyond the lab and into space. youtu.be/bdjrGrgH6nk…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-04-14). A Civil War Threatens to Resume in Libya. libya360.wordpress.com Alexandre Lemoine The situation in Libya has seriously deteriorated. This happened after the statement of the representatives of the Libyan National Army (LNA) of Khalifa Haftar who work in the Joint Military Commission in the 5+5 format. They suspended the October 23, 2020 ceasefire agreement and left the commission. Experts believe that such statements could…

ecns.cn (2022-04-14). Fukushima dumping plan toxic as ever. ecns.cn International opposition to Japan's move to dump toxic water from the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant into the ocean is as strong as ever a year on from the decision that sparked fears for the impact on neighboring nations.

ecns.cn (2022-04-14). China to bolster management of e-cigarettes. ecns.cn A national electronic cigarette (e-cigarette) trading management platform will be launched on June 15, according to China's State Tobacco Monopoly Administration.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-04-14). The US Proxy War in Ukraine: How the Past Became the Present. libya360.wordpress.com John Bellamy Foster The following is the text of a presentation by John Bellamy Foster given on March 31, 2022 to the advisory board of Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research. Thanks for inviting me to make this presentation. In talking about the Ukraine war, the essential thing to recognize at the outset is that this is…

_____ (2022-04-14). On 110th Anniversary of North Korea's Founder. journal-neo.org On April 15, 2022 North Korea will celebrate the main national holiday, the Day of the Sun. This Day is the birthday of Kim Il Sung, the first leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, whose charismatic personality is surrounded by a lot of myths, both red and black. Today's North Korea and the …

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-14). "NATO is a big family": Turkey leads NATO quick reaction air drills over Baltic. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com NATOAllied Air CommandApril 14, 2022 Turkish E-7T Provides Airborne Command and Control for Exercise Ramstein Alloy A Turkish Air Force E-7T, flying from Geilenkirchen Air Base for the first time, acted as the airborne command and control post for fighter activities above the Baltic Sea Region during NATO's multinational exercise Ramstein Alloy 22-1, 11-12 Apr, …

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

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

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

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

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

Editor (2022-04-14). The Mecca of African Liberation: Walter Rodney in Tanzania. mronline.org Karim Hirji, a Tanzanian student, was in a good mood when he went to bed on the 10 July 1969. That evening he had heard the most impressive lecture of his life at the University of Dar es Salaam. The lecture was on the Cuban Revolution and its relevance to Africa. Back in his dorm, he praised the speaker in his diary: "one could almost feel the strong conviction and deep emotions from which he spoke". The man he admired and later befriended was Dr Walter Rodney.

ecns.cn (2022-04-13). HKSAR chief executive says 3-day rapid antigen test exercise meets expectations. ecns.cn Carrie Lam on Wednesday said the three-day mass rapid antigen test (RAT) exercise had achieved its intended goals of better understanding the overall COVID-19 situation in Hong Kong.

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

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-14). Russia-U.S. military tensions rise near Kuril Islands. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Kyodo News AgencyApril 14, 2022 Russian submarines fire missiles in Sea of Japan drills: report Two submarines of the Russian Pacific Fleet launched Kalibr cruise missiles in drills in the Sea of Japan Thursday, according to Russia's Tass news agency, in an apparent warning to Japan and the United States, engaged in a joint military …

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-14). "NATO is a big family": Turkey leads NATO quick reaction air drills over Baltic. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com NATOAllied Air CommandApril 14, 2022 Turkish E-7T Provides Airborne Command and Control for Exercise Ramstein Alloy A Turkish Air Force E-7T, flying from Geilenkirchen Air Base for the first time, acted as the airborne command and control post for fighter activities above the Baltic Sea Region during NATO's multinational exercise Ramstein Alloy 22-1, 11-12 Apr, …

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

_____ (2022-04-14). On 110th Anniversary of North Korea's Founder. journal-neo.org On April 15, 2022 North Korea will celebrate the main national holiday, the Day of the Sun. This Day is the birthday of Kim Il Sung, the first leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, whose charismatic personality is surrounded by a lot of myths, both red and black. Today's North Korea and the …

ecns.cn (2022-04-14). Chinese envoy calls for comprehensive measures to address conflict-related sexual violence. ecns.cn A Chinese envoy on Wednesday called on the international community to take comprehensive measures to address conflict-related sexual violence.

ecns.cn (2022-04-14). Fukushima dumping plan toxic as ever. ecns.cn International opposition to Japan's move to dump toxic water from the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant into the ocean is as strong as ever a year on from the decision that sparked fears for the impact on neighboring nations.

ecns.cn (2022-04-14). Online activities of China Int'l Big Data Industry Expo 2022 to be held in May. ecns.cn Online activities by the China International Big Data Industry Expo 2022, including an opening ceremony, forums, and release conferences, are to be held on May 26, 2022, according to the official office of the Expo on Wednesday.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-04-14). Expert Alert: 5 reasons to consider becoming an organ donor. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn. — While 2021 proved to be a record-breaking year for organ donation in the U.S., many people are still hesitant to register to become a donor. Nationwide, only about 48% of people are registered to be organ donors, according to LifeSource. That's despite surveys showing that 95% of people in the U.S. support organ donation. April is National Donate Life Month. Here are five reasons to consider checking the box to become a donor: 1. The…

ecns.cn (2022-04-14). Preparation of the 5th CIIE goes smoothly. ecns.cn Preparation of the next China International Import Expo goes smoothly with the 5th CIIE expected to be held offline in November of this year, Beijing Daily app reported on Thursday.

ecns.cn (2022-04-13). Chinese mainland reports 2,999 new local confirmed COVID-19 cases. ecns.cn The Chinese mainland Wednesday reported 2,999 locally transmitted confirmed COVID-19 cases, of which 2,573 were in Shanghai, according to the National Health Commission's report Thursday.

ecns.cn (2022-04-14). China to bolster management of e-cigarettes. ecns.cn A national electronic cigarette (e-cigarette) trading management platform will be launched on June 15, according to China's State Tobacco Monopoly Administration.

ecns.cn (2022-04-14). Over 300 COVID-19 patients discharged from Shanghai's largest makeshift hospital. ecns.cn A total of 322 COVID-19 patients were released from medical observation and left the National Exhibition and Convention Center (NECC), Shanghai's largest makeshift hospital, on Thursday morning, local authorities said.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-04-14). Taking Mayo Clinic research beyond the lab and into space. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org It's a historic mission to space, and Mayo Clinic research will be on board. Larry Connor, a Mayo Clinic benefactor, well-known philanthropist and CEO of The Connor Group, will make history in April 2022 when he pilots the first-ever all-civilian flight to the International Space Station. Connor will take part in some research projects for Mayo Clinic during the 10-day Axiom Space flight. Watch: Taking Mayo Clinic research beyond the lab and into space. youtu.be/bdjrGrgH6nk…

_____ (2022-04-14). The Political Crisis in Sri Lanka. journal-neo.org The last year has seen the escalation of two processes which are rewriting the global political map, triggering an international crisis which is unfolding and taking in more and more countries as we watch. The two processes behind the crisis may take on very different forms. Ukraine seems destined to become the fuse that could …

WSWS (2022-04-14). As it heads to the IMF, Sri Lankan government declares bankruptcy. wsws.org The working class is not responsible for the current economic crisis and the huge debts, including by successive governments, and should not be forced to bear the brunt of the IMF's drastic austerity demands.

Editor (2022-04-13). Glenn Greenwald: The Censorship Campaign Against Western Criticism of NATO's Ukraine Policy Is Extreme. scheerpost.com [ By If one wishes to be exposed to news, information or perspective that contravenes the prevailing US/NATO view on the war in Ukraine, a rigorous search is required. And there is no guarantee that search will…

Daphne Wysham (2022-04-13). An Earth Day Technology Worth Investing In. otherwords.org This year's Earth Day comes on the heels of some alarming climate news. But if we act now, we can make a huge difference. | This April, Methane is a greenhouse gas that's over 80 times more potent than carbon dioxide. It's a major contributor to global warming. | Man-made sources of methane —from fossil fuels to factory farms and land…

Khalil Bendib (2022-04-13). Drilling Down the Wrong Path. otherwords.org Get a full-res version

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

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

Editor (2022-04-13). Matt Taibbi: The Great Billionaire Space Caper. scheerpost.com By Matt Taibbi / In a story that shows how hard it is to deter a billionaire ravenous for public money, Jeff Bezos of Amazon and The Washington Post fame appears to have prevailed upon buddies in the Senate to keep alive a childhood dream of not only going to the moon, but getting the public to pay for it. A Bezos company officially lost this moon contract three times in less than a year, but the fourth time's a charm: thanks to congress, his Jason Voorhees-like determination may be rewarded with a contract worth $6…

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

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

Editor (2022-04-13). Lee Camp: They Just Admitted They're Lying to You. scheerpost.com The U.S. has a long history of lying to its people — Vietnam, Iraq, Syria, Libya, Afghanistan, Iran, Panama, Haiti, Guatemala, Chile. Ukraine is the latest example of that.

Editor (2022-04-13). The Age of the Fact-Checkers. scheerpost.com Illustration by By Leonard Goodman / Original to ScheerPost | Opinion columnists are familiar with the traditional role of the fact-checker. Prior to publication, an editor checks accuracy of quotes and the sources for factual assertions. Erroneous or unsupported assertions are removed or revised. | But times have changed. Today, an entire fact-checker industry has emerged to check your opinions, making sure you have not strayed beyond acceptable limits for public discourse. These professional fact-checkers are often brought in after pu…

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

Boothdw (2022-04-13). Make America Wunderbar Again. scheerpost.com

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

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

_____ (2022-04-13). Nuclear Weapons: The Case For Creating A Citizen's Commission. popularresistance.org There is currently heightened concern about nuclear threats being made in relation to the war in Ukraine, although the danger of nuclear war or accidental detonation is ever present. Massachusetts is a potential target, because it is home to important nuclear weapons facilities and corporations as well as culturally significant landmarks. | The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons entered into force as international law in January 2021. This "Nuclear Ban Treaty" is intended to reduce the nuclear danger to zero, but enforcing it may also affect jobs with Raytheon, General Dynamics, Draper Labs and ten othe…

Staff (2022-04-13). Venezuela's Army Captures Foreign Drug-Trafficking Aircraft. orinocotribune.com The Bolivarian National Armed Force (FANB) of Venezuela has reported the retention of a foreign aircraft, allegedly belonging to drug traffickers, in the western state of Zulia. | Through a message published on his Twitter account, General Domingo Hernández, head of the Strategic Operational Command of the Bolivarian National Armed Force (CEOFANB), announced on Tuesday, April 12, that FANB personnel in Zulia state shot down and captured a foreign aircraft linked to drug trafficking. | "The comprehensive aerospace defense exploration system detected a plane entering Venezuelan airspace without authorization and wi…

Staff (2022-04-13). Minister Plasencia: Not Acknowledging Legitimacy of Government of Venezuela is a Failed Path. orinocotribune.com The Foreign Affairs Minister of Venezuela, Félix Plasencia, stated that countries that still insist on not recognizing the legitimacy of the government of Venezuela are walking a "failed path." | On Tuesday, April 12, during his participation in the International Summit against Fascism that is going on in Venezuela, Plasencia explained that in the United Nations (UN) there exists a committee that analyzes the legitimacy of a given government and evaluates the practices undertaken by that government to assert UN norms, and only a handful of countries in that committee still ignore the legitimacy of the governme…

Staff (2022-04-13). Venezuelan Opposition Parties Request Technical Assistance from CNE for Primaries. orinocotribune.com Some Venezuelan opposition parties requested technical support from the National Electoral Council (CNE) to hold primaries and elect their internal representatives ahead of the 2024 presidential elections, they revealed during a press conference held on April 7. | COPEI, Alianza del Lápiz, Neighborhood Force (Fuerza Vecinal), Centrados, and Movement for Socialism (MAS) asked the CNE to provide technical support to carry out an open national consultation in which each party could elect candidates for the presidential elections. The documents of the opposition political parties were received by the rectors of the C…

Anonymous103 (2022-04-13). In Video: Ukrainian Soldiers Confirm They Were Ordered To Kill Civilians In Rubezhnoe. southfront.org

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

Morteza Ahmadi Al Hashem (2022-04-13). Iran-Iraq national security linked to regional security. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 13 (MNA) — Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein said that national security of Iran and Iraq is related to the security of the region.

Staff (2022-04-13). 10 killed as bus, truck collide in Egypt. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 13 (MNA) — Ten people, including five Egyptians, four French and one Belgian national, have been killed when a bus carrying tourists collided with a truck in southern Egypt, authorities say.

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

Misión Verdad (2022-04-13). Colombia's Duque Lobbies in Washington to Project Post-Presidency International Image. orinocotribune.com In a few months the President of Colombia, Iván Duque, will leave the Nariño Palace, the presidential seat of the country. However, he is not going to leave office without moving his chips in Washington and other centers of power. His aim seems to be set on leadership positions of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). Yesterday he spoke at the United Nations Security Council, lauding himself for the successful implementation of the Peace Accords, while agreement signatories as well as social leaders and common people of Colombia cont…

Planned Parenthood (2022-04-13). Tuesday 4/12: Planned Parenthood National Mobilization Call to Volunteer Against Abortion Bans. indybay.org Virtual intro to volunteering webinar…

Kamal Iranidoost (2022-04-13). Azeri president thanks Iran for assisting Nakhchivan. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 13 (MNA) — The President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has said that a new international corridor connects Nakhchivan and the world through Iran.

Silky Shah (2022-04-13). The Movement to Defund and Abolish Immigration Jails Is Winning Major Victories. truthout.org Last month, the national movement to end immigration detention achieved two major campaign victories that invite our attention and signal opportunities ahead. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) will no longer incarcerate immigrants at the A couple days later, President Joe Biden released his…

Editor (2022-04-13). The Age of the Fact-Checkers. scheerpost.com Illustration by By Leonard Goodman / Original to ScheerPost | Opinion columnists are familiar with the traditional role of the fact-checker. Prior to publication, an editor checks accuracy of quotes and the sources for factual assertions. Erroneous or unsupported assertions are removed or revised. | But times have changed. Today, an entire fact-checker industry has emerged to check your opinions, making sure you have not strayed beyond acceptable limits for public discourse. These professional fact-checkers are often brought in after pu…

Editor (2022-04-13). Lee Camp: They Just Admitted They're Lying to You. scheerpost.com The U.S. has a long history of lying to its people — Vietnam, Iraq, Syria, Libya, Afghanistan, Iran, Panama, Haiti, Guatemala, Chile. Ukraine is the latest example of that.

Editor (2022-04-13). Glenn Greenwald: The Censorship Campaign Against Western Criticism of NATO's Ukraine Policy Is Extreme. scheerpost.com [ By If one wishes to be exposed to news, information or perspective that contravenes the prevailing US/NATO view on the war in Ukraine, a rigorous search is required. And there is no guarantee that search will…

Boothdw (2022-04-13). Make America Wunderbar Again. scheerpost.com

Daphne Wysham (2022-04-13). An Earth Day Technology Worth Investing In. otherwords.org This year's Earth Day comes on the heels of some alarming climate news. But if we act now, we can make a huge difference. | This April, Methane is a greenhouse gas that's over 80 times more potent than carbon dioxide. It's a major contributor to global warming. | Man-made sources of methane —from fossil fuels to factory farms and land…

Khalil Bendib (2022-04-13). Drilling Down the Wrong Path. otherwords.org Get a full-res version

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

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

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

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

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

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

Editor (2022-04-13). Matt Taibbi: The Great Billionaire Space Caper. scheerpost.com By Matt Taibbi / In a story that shows how hard it is to deter a billionaire ravenous for public money, Jeff Bezos of Amazon and The Washington Post fame appears to have prevailed upon buddies in the Senate to keep alive a childhood dream of not only going to the moon, but getting the public to pay for it. A Bezos company officially lost this moon contract three times in less than a year, but the fourth time's a charm: thanks to congress, his Jason Voorhees-like determination may be rewarded with a contract worth $6…

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

_____ (2022-04-13). Nuclear Weapons: The Case For Creating A Citizen's Commission. popularresistance.org There is currently heightened concern about nuclear threats being made in relation to the war in Ukraine, although the danger of nuclear war or accidental detonation is ever present. Massachusetts is a potential target, because it is home to important nuclear weapons facilities and corporations as well as culturally significant landmarks. | The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons entered into force as international law in January 2021. This "Nuclear Ban Treaty" is intended to reduce the nuclear danger to zero, but enforcing it may also affect jobs with Raytheon, General Dynamics, Draper Labs and ten othe…

Staff (2022-04-13). Venezuela's Army Captures Foreign Drug-Trafficking Aircraft. orinocotribune.com The Bolivarian National Armed Force (FANB) of Venezuela has reported the retention of a foreign aircraft, allegedly belonging to drug traffickers, in the western state of Zulia. | Through a message published on his Twitter account, General Domingo Hernández, head of the Strategic Operational Command of the Bolivarian National Armed Force (CEOFANB), announced on Tuesday, April 12, that FANB personnel in Zulia state shot down and captured a foreign aircraft linked to drug trafficking. | "Comprehensive aerospace defense exploration system detected a plane entering Venezuelan airspace without authorization and withou…

Staff (2022-04-13). Minister Plasencia: Not Acknowledging Legitimacy of Government of Venezuela is a Failed Path. orinocotribune.com The Foreign Affairs Minister of Venezuela, Félix Plasencia, stated that countries that still insist on not recognizing the legitimacy of the government of Venezuela are walking a "failed path." | On Tuesday, April 12, during his participation in the International Summit against Fascism that is going on in Venezuela, Plasencia explained that in the United Nations (UN) there exists a committee that analyzes the legitimacy of a given government and evaluates the practices undertaken by that government to assert UN norms, and only a handful of countries in that committee still ignore the legitimacy of the governme…

Staff (2022-04-13). Venezuelan Opposition Parties Request Technical Assistance from CNE for Primaries. orinocotribune.com Some Venezuelan opposition parties requested technical support from the National Electoral Council (CNE) to hold primaries and elect their internal representatives ahead of the 2024 presidential elections, they revealed during a press conference held on April 7. | COPEI, Alianza del Lápiz, Neighborhood Force (Fuerza Vecinal), Centrados, and Movement for Socialism (MAS) asked the CNE to provide technical support to carry out an open national consultation in which each party could elect candidates for the presidential elections. The documents of the opposition political parties were received by the rectors of the C…

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

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

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

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

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

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

Anonymous103 (2022-04-13). In Video: Ukrainian Soldiers Confirm They Were Ordered To Kill Civilians In Rubezhnoe. southfront.org

Morteza Ahmadi Al Hashem (2022-04-13). Iran-Iraq national security linked to regional security. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 13 (MNA) — Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein said that national security of Iran and Iraq is related to the security of the region.

Misión Verdad (2022-04-13). Colombia's Duque Lobbies in Washington to Project Post-Presidency International Image. orinocotribune.com In a few months the President of Colombia, Iván Duque, will leave the Nariño Palace, the presidential seat of the country. However, he is not going to leave office without moving his chips in Washington and other centers of power. His aim seems to be set on leadership positions of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). Yesterday he spoke at the United Nations Security Council, lauding himself for the successful implementation of the Peace Accords, while agreement signatories as well as social leaders and common people of Colombia cont…

Staff (2022-04-13). Yemen urges UN to take action for reopening of Sanaa airport. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 13 (MNA) — In a meeting with the UN Special Envoy for Yemen Hans Grundberg, President of the Supreme Political Council of Yemen Mahdi al-Mashat stressed the need for the reopening of the Sanaa International Airport as soon as possible.

Morteza Ahmadi Al Hashem (2022-04-13). Palestine Intifada conf. should become power creating tool. en.mehrnews.com The Secretary-General of the International Conference in Support of Palestinian Intifada said that the 7th International Conference on Palestinian Intifada should be turned into a tool for creating power.

Staff (2022-04-13). 10 killed as bus, truck collide in Egypt. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 13 (MNA) — Ten people, including five Egyptians, four French and one Belgian national, have been killed when a bus carrying tourists collided with a truck in southern Egypt, authorities say.

Rachel Hu, Chris Garaffa (2022-04-13). CovertAction Bulletin Podcast: Dark Money Attacking Reproductive Rights. covertactionmagazine.com Today the Bulletin digs into a variety of topics including the recent case of Liselle Herrera, a 26 year old woman charged with murder for performing a "self-induced abortion" made national news, bringing attention again to the human rights crisis happening in Texas around reproductive rights. What people don't know is that this crisis is fueled by dark money, corruption, and deeper right-wing capitalist agendas for deregulation. How much money is changing hands and what does this mean for women's rights and LGBTQ rights?

Anonymous669 (2022-04-13). ISIS Continues To Expand Its Influence Along Strategic Western Iraq Highway (Photos). southfront.org Click to see full-size image. | ISIS continues to expand its influence in the western Iraqi province of al-Anbar, mainly along a strategic international highway that links the country's capital, Baghdad, with both the Jordanian capital, Amman, and the Syrian capital, Damascus. | On April 8, the terrorist group's cells stormed a gas station located the town of Rutba, right on the international highway. | ISIS tried justify to justify the attack by claiming that the fuel station is owned by a me…

Planned Parenthood (2022-04-13). Tuesday 4/12: Planned Parenthood National Mobilization Call to Volunteer Against Abortion Bans. indybay.org Virtual intro to volunteering webinar…

Adriaan Alsema (2022-04-13). Colombia's election authority failed to count 1.5 million votes: observers. colombiareports.com Almost 1.5 million votes that were cast in Colombia's congressional elections were omitted from the announced results, according to election observers. National Registrar Alexander Vega said Monday that a million…

Kamal Iranidoost (2022-04-13). Azeri president thanks Iran for assisting Nakhchivan. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 13 (MNA) — The President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has said that a new international corridor connects Nakhchivan and the world through Iran.

WSWS (2022-04-13). Sri Lankan prime minister delivers menacing speech against working class. wsws.org Mahinda Rajapakse's invocation of history is a crude warning that the government is prepared to unleash a brutal reign of terror against the continuing mass anti-government protests.

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

Staff (2022-04-12). Remove content terming 'Indian variant': India tells social media intermediaries. aninews.in New Delhi [India], May 22 (ANI): India took a strong objection to the use of the term so-called 'Indian variant' for the B.1.617 variant of the coronavirus on social media posts.

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

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

Staff (2022-04-12). India in greater need for COVID-19 vaccines to save lives, will not exert pressure for supply of doses: Bhutan. aninews.in New Delhi [India], May 22 (ANI): In view of the deadly second wave and surge of COVID-19 cases in India, neighouring Bhutan has said it is not going to pressurise New Delhi for supply of vaccines as it is in greater need.

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-12). NATO's shift to Asia-Pacific: Biden trip to Japan designed to rally Asia against Russia, China. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Global TimesApril 12, 2022 Biden plans Japan visit to coordinate Indo-Pacific, but 'India's reluctance to sway on Ukraine weakens QUAD'By Zhang Han and Xu Keyue US President Joe Biden is expected to visit Japan for the QUAD summit in late May, a move which experts see as a further attempt to showcase US leadership in …

Charles Lenchner (2022-04-12). Twenty Million People Became Unemployed Last Year. progressivehub.net MATT BRUENING | PEOPLE'S POLICY PROJECT…

Ryan Black (2022-04-12). Amazon Workers At 100 More Facilities Want To Unionize. progressivehub.net MAX ZAHN | YAHOO…

Editor (2022-04-12). Confessions of a Failed Tax Resister. scheerpost.com [ By Every April, as income-tax returns come due, I think about the day 30 years ago when I opened my rented mailbox and saw a business card resting inside. Its first line read, innocently enough, "United States Treasury." It was the second line — "Internal Revenue Service" — that took my breath away. That card belonged to an IRS revenue agent and scrawled across it in blue…

Editor (2022-04-12). Matt Taibbi: Give War A Chance. scheerpost.com Robert Kagan | By Matt Taibbi / Robert Kagan, neoconservative writer and husband to Deputy Undersecretary of State Victoria Nuland, wrote a piece called "

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

Caitlin A. Johnstone (2022-04-12). If it feels like you're being manipulated, it's because you are. mronline.org If you've got a gut feeling that your rulers are working to control your perception of the war in Ukraine, it is safe to trust that feeling.

Editor (2022-04-12). John Kiriakou: New York's Prison Crisis. scheerpost.com (Rennett Stowe, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons) | By John Kiriakou / Much has been written in recent months about the New York City jail at But the sad truth is that Rikers is not the worst prison in the world, as many believe. It's not even the worst pris…

Editor (2022-04-12). Facebook Warns About Consortium News Story. scheerpost.com Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies before Congress, April 2018. (C-Span screenshot) | By Joe Lauria / Social media giant Facebook has slapped a warning on an The article, reporting that there are questions about who is responsible for the massacre at Bucha, Ukrai…

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

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

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

Staff (2022-04-12). Remove content terming 'Indian variant': India tells social media intermediaries. aninews.in New Delhi [India], May 22 (ANI): India took a strong objection to the use of the term so-called 'Indian variant' for the B.1.617 variant of the coronavirus on social media posts.

Staff (2022-04-12). India in greater need for COVID-19 vaccines to save lives, will not exert pressure for supply of doses: Bhutan. aninews.in New Delhi [India], May 22 (ANI): In view of the deadly second wave and surge of COVID-19 cases in India, neighouring Bhutan has said it is not going to pressurise New Delhi for supply of vaccines as it is in greater need.

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

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

ecns.cn (2022-04-12). Japan's PM planning Southeast Asian, European tour. ecns.cn Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is planning to visit Southeast Asia and possibly countries in Europe during the upcoming Golden Week string of national holidays starting in late April, sources with knowledge of the matter said Tuesday.

Planned Parenthood (2022-04-12). Tuesday 4/12: Planned Parenthood National Mobilization Call to Volunteer Against Abortion Bans. indybay.org Virtual intro to volunteering webinar…

ecns.cn (2022-04-12). Aerial view of Hainan Free Trade Port. ecns.cn The transport upgrade will help boost the building of Hainan into an international tourism and consumption center.

ecns.cn (2022-04-12). China at critical point in fight against COVID-19: health spokesperson. ecns.cn China will maintain its dynamic zero-COVID approach as the country is at a critical moment in the fight against COVID-19, a spokesperson for the National Health Commission (NHC) said Tuesday.

ecns.cn (2022-04-12). Xi stresses boosting national park development in Hainan. ecns.cn Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, has stressed the importance of boosting national park development in Hainan Province.

_____ (2022-04-12). Sanders Praises Amazon Union for Inspiring a 'National, Sweeping Movement'. commondreams.org "People are sick and tired of corporate greed," said the Vermont senator.

ecns.cn (2022-04-12). China, Germany sign agreement to strengthen port cooperation. ecns.cn Ganzhou International Land Port in China's Jiangxi Province and Wilhelmshaven Port in Germany on Monday signed a strategic cooperation agreement to boost bilateral exchanges and cooperation.

ecns.cn (2022-04-12). New air freight route links China, Germany. ecns.cn A new air freight route has been launched linking the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen with Leipzig, Germany, the Shenzhen Baoan International Airport said Tuesday.

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

WSWS (2022-04-12). Sri Lankans demonstrate in Australia to demand President Rajapakse resigns. wsws.org Homemade banners included demands for the abolition of the executive presidency, and denunciations of all 225 parliamentarians.

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

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-04-11). Azovstal: Final Redoubt of Ukraine's Fascists? libya360.wordpress.com Eva K Bartlett AZOVSTAL STEEL PLANT The complexity of the assault on Azovstal is that the enterprise has many catacombs and dungeons that shelter Ukrainian Nazis from shelling and bombing. This is a real city within a city: down another six or eight floors. Eduard Basurin notes that it is impossible to bomb from above,…

Brian Berletic (2022-04-11). Australia vs China-Solomon Islands Security Deal feat. Robbie Barwick. thealtworld.com Robbie Barwick — Research Director Australian Citizens Party — joins me to discuss Australia's role within US foreign policy vis-a-vis China and more specifically in regards to the Solomon Islands and a recent security pact being worked on with Beijing. | References: | Australian Citizens Party — CITIZENS INSIGHT — Veteran Australian diplomat speaks out against war danger — John Lander: | The New Atlas — Solomon Islands and China's Security Pact: Why is the…

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

Peoples Dispatch (2022-04-11). Kashmiri journalist Asif Sultan arrested and charged under draconian Public Safety Act. peoplesdispatch.org 34-year-old Asif was first arrested from Srinagar's Batamaloo on August 27, 2018, accused of "harboring militancy" in Kashmir. He has now again been picked up under the draconian Public Safety Act (PSA)…

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

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

IMEMC News (2022-04-11). Israeli Soldiers Abduct Three Young Men In Silwan. imemc.org Israeli soldiers abducted, Monday evening, three young Palestinian men in Silwan town, south of the Al-Aqsa Mosque in the occupied capital, Jerusalem, in the West Bank. The Wadi Hilweh Information Center In Silwan (Silwanic) said several army jeeps invaded the Be'er Ayyoub neighborhood in Silwan before stopping and interrogating several young men while investigating their …

IMEMC News (2022-04-11). After Funeral of Slain Young Man, Army Injures Several Palestinians Near Bethlehem. imemc.org Israeli soldiers injured several Palestinians during protests that took place after the funeral procession of a slain young man in the al-Kader town, south of Bethlehem, in the occupied West Bank. Media sources said the protests took place in the Old City area of Al-Khader after the soldiers invaded it. They added that the soldiers …

IMEMC News (2022-04-11). Israeli Soldiers Abduct Twenty-Three Palestinians In West Bank. imemc.org Israeli soldiers abducted, Monday dawn, at least 23 Palestinians from several parts of the occupied West Bank after the army broke into dozens of homes and ransacked them, causing damage. In Nablus, in the northern part of the West Bank, the soldiers abducted seven Palestinians, identified as former political prisoner Amzi Mansour, in addition to …

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

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

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

M. K. Bhadrakumar (2022-04-11). U.S. ousts Imran Khan but his revolutionary narrative endures. mronline.org Washington has reactivated old cronies in Islamabad to unseat PM Imran Khan, but the latter has sown seeds of immense dissatisfaction with the old guard and their U.S. backers within the Pakistani public. And Khan's domestic and foreign allies will not sit by idly either.

Editor (2022-04-11). Progressive Voices Demand Assange's Release on Third Year of His Imprisonment. scheerpost.com Projections were put up on buildings across London on the third anniversary of Julian Assange's arrest on April 11, 2022. (Photo: Wikileaks/Twitter) | By As his extradition to the United States looms large, Julian Assange completed three years of imprisonment in the United Kingdom on Monday, April 11. Held in a high security prison complex in Belmarsh in the outskirts of London, the Wikileaks founder has been in prison since 2019 when he was dragged out of the Ec…

Editor (2022-04-11). Tom Engelhardt: "Bride and Boom!" scheerpost.com Residents of Wahijah village said missiles hit two tents at the wedding celebration | By Tom Engelhardt / The headline — "Bride and Boom!" — was spectacular, if you think killing people in distant lands is a blast and a half. Of course, you have to imagine that smirk line in giant black letters with a monstrous exclamation point

Peoples Dispatch (2022-04-11). Progressives in Greece reject Zelensky's address to parliament with neo-Nazis. mronline.org The testimony of the neo-Nazi Azov soldier in Greek parliament following the address of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has been widely condemned.

Editor (2022-04-11). A statement on Ukraine from the Black Liberation Movement. mronline.org The ongoing crisis and war in Ukraine threatens to pull the world into a disastrous nuclear confrontation.

Editor (2022-04-11). Ray McGovern: Corporate Media Deploys the Big Guns on Ukraine. scheerpost.com NATO sends signals to Russia at Warsaw summit in 2014 | By Ray McGovern / At first I thought it a sickening flashback. Two nights ago, there were Judy Miller and former NATO commander Philip Breedlove on TV pontificating on Ukraine. | For younger readers, Judy was the NY Times Archdeacon blessing all those reports of "weapons of mass destruction in Iraq" (that weren't there) and ties between Iraq and al-Qaeda (that weren't there either). | As for Breedlove, as a sad sign of the…

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

Anonymous587 (2022-04-11). Arms Deliveries To Ukraine. Who Are Real Beneficiaries? southfront.org NATO countries supply weapons and military equipment to Ukraine to fight Russia | The Russian special operation has been going on for 47 days now. The U.S. and EU countries officially support Ukraine on international platforms, saying that Russia's actions are unacceptable. Moreover from the very beginning they have been providing full-scale support: arms are being supplied, mercenaries are being sent to Ukraine. The U.S. Congress passes new acts to expand the amount of military assistance to Kiev. However…

oneworld.press (2022-04-11). How Would The West React If Russia Pulled A Pakistani-Style Regime Change In Kazakhstan?>. oneworld.press This thought exercise is intended to expose the political double standards that characterize the New Cold War and within which Pakistan has unfortunately become an object of geopolitical competition despite its newly promulgated National Security Policy adhering to a non-bloc policy. The point in drawing attention to all of this is to add further credence to the former Prime Minister's claims that the US was indeed behind his ouster otherwise one would expect that declining unipolar hegemon and its allies to react the same way to what just happened as they'd be expected to do in this exercise.

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

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

VINS (2022-04-11). Fossil Fuel Industry Subsidized at Rate of $11 Million Per Minute. projectcensored.org A September 2021 working paper by the International Monetary Fund found that globally the fossil fuel industry receives subsidies of $11 million per minute, as reported on by The Guardian…

VINS (2022-04-11). Corporations Increasingly Held Accountable for "Greenwashing" projectcensored.org According to international research by TerraChoice, a Canadian-based environmental marketing agency, 98 percent of North American big-box retail brands are guilty of greenwashing, a practice in which a company promotes its…

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2022-04-11). "Conflicts Should Be Resolved through Negotiations, Not War" transcend.org 7 Apr 2022 – Interview by Reiner Braun, Executive Director of the International Peace Bureau, by email, with Oleg Bodrov and Yurii Sheliakhenko, peace activists from Russia and Ukraine respectively.

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2022-04-11). Applicability of "Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum" to the Present Context of International Belligerence. transcend.org 9 Apr 2022 – The Roman General Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus's seminal work, "Epitoma Rei Militaris," is the only surviving military tome which elaborates his hypothesis of deterrence through strength and remains the basic foundation of modern military defence policy, eleven centuries later, for achieving peace.

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

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

ecns.cn (2022-04-11). Ireland lists Chinese as a national exam subject for the first time. ecns.cn The Chinese speaking test of Ireland's Leaving Certificate exam this year was held on Saturday, marking the first time the country has included Chinese as a foreign language elective subject on the national college entrance examination.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-04-11). Ukraine: Russia Warns the UNSC of New Provocations by the Kiev Regime. libya360.wordpress.com Statement by First Deputy Permanent Representative Dmitry Polyanskiy at UNSC briefing on the situation in Ukraine Mr. President, We never doubted that today our Western colleagues would produce lots of speculations as to what is going on in Ukraine in light of the Russian special military operation. Your scheme of action is clear to us….

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-04-11). Can Tunisia Get Hit by a New "Arab Spring"? libya360.wordpress.com Vladimir Danilov As you know, it was with the "Jasmine Revolution" in Tunisia in 2010-2011 that a wave of protests began throughout the Arab world, whose consequences are still being felt by a number of countries. And against this background, Tunisia became the first "new democracy." The Ennahda that came to power as a result,…

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

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

Staff (2022-04-11). India in greater need for COVID-19 vaccines to save lives, will not exert pressure for supply of doses: Bhutan. aninews.in New Delhi [India], May 22 (ANI): In view of the deadly second wave and surge of COVID-19 cases in India, neighouring Bhutan has said it is not going to pressurise New Delhi for supply of vaccines as it is in greater need.

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

Staff (2022-04-11). US stands with India in fight against COVID-19: Envoy. aninews.in New Delhi [India] May 22 (ANI): The United States stands with the people of Delhi and India in the fight against COVID-19, said US envoy Daniel B Smith.

Staff (2022-04-11). Remove content terming 'Indian variant': India tells social media intermediaries. aninews.in New Delhi [India], May 22 (ANI): India took a strong objection to the use of the term so-called 'Indian variant' for the B.1.617 variant of the coronavirus on social media posts.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

ecns.cn (2022-04-11). RMB share in global reserves hits record high. ecns.cn The share of Chinese currency RMB in global reserves hit a record high in the fourth quarter of last year, according to the data of Currency Composition of Official Foreign Exchange (COFER) published by the International Monetary Fund.

ecns.cn (2022-04-11). Ireland lists Chinese as a national exam subject for the first time. ecns.cn The Chinese speaking test of Ireland's Leaving Certificate exam this year was held on Saturday, marking the first time the country has included Chinese as a foreign language elective subject on the national college entrance examination.

Planned Parenthood (2022-04-11). Tuesday 4/12: Planned Parenthood National Mobilization Call to Volunteer Against Abortion Bans. indybay.org Virtual intro to volunteering webinar…

_____ (2022-04-11). Aid Group Warns Palestine Wheat Reserves Could Soon Run Out Amid Ukraine Crisis. commondreams.org "The reliance on imports and the constraints forced upon them by Israel's continuing military occupation, settler violence, and land grabs are compounding the food crisis," said Oxfam International.

WSWS (2022-04-11). Sri Lankan Central Bank governor: Prepare for more austerity. wsws.org The IMF agenda is the means for forcing working people to bear new burdens to ensure repayments to the international banks, finance houses and foreign creditors.

ecns.cn (2022-04-11). China to build unified national market to deepen reform. ecns.cn China on Sunday issued a guideline on building a unified national market to break local protection and facilitate smooth economic circulation.

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

ecns.cn (2022-04-11). China's PPI up 8.3 pct in March. ecns.cn Factors including price hikes of bulk commodities in the international market led to the monthly PPI increase in March, according to senior NBS statistician Dong Lijuan.

WSWS (2022-04-11). Sri Lankans in New Zealand join global protests against Rajapakse government. wsws.org The WSWS spoke with a Sri Lankan worker who attended the Wellington protest whose brother was killed by police in 2011.

WSWS (2022-04-11). Huge rally in Colombo demands Sri Lankan President Rajapakse resign. wsws.org Socialist Equality Party campaigners made a significant intervention at the Colombo demonstration, the largest in the past fortnight, distributing hundreds of copies of the party's socialist program of action.

oneworld.press (2022-04-10). America's Demand For India To Abandon Its Neutrality Is Dead On Arrival. oneworld.press There is absolutely no way that India is going to sacrifice its grand strategic interests for the US' sake. All attempts by America to pressure it in this direction are doomed to fail because India's special and privileged strategic partnership with Russia is considered by its strategists to be crucial for maintaining the balance of influence across Eurasia between those two de facto allies and China.

_____ (2022-04-10). Canada And Anishinabek First Nations Sign Historic Self-Government Agreement. popularresistance.org The Government of Canada is working with First Nation partners to restore respectful nation-to-nation relationships, recognize their inherent right to self-determination and support communities as they move out from under the Indian Act and transition to self-government. | Yesterday, the Honourable Marc Miller, Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations, joined Anishinabek Nation Grand Council Chief Reg Niganobe, Chief Lloyd Myke of Magnetawan First Nation, Gimaa Kwe Rhonda Williams-Lovett of Moose Deer Point First Nation, Chief Scott McLeod of Nipissing First Nation, Chief Larry Roque of Wahnapitae First Nation and…

IMEMC News (2022-04-10). Army Abducts Four Palestinians, Injures Three, In Jericho And Bethlehem. imemc.org Israeli soldiers abducted four Palestinians on Sunday dawn and injured three, one seriously, in Jericho and Bethlehem, in the occupied West Bank. Media sources said the soldiers invaded the Aqabat Jaber refugee camp, south of Jericho city in the northeastern West Bank, before storming and ransacking many homes, leading to protests. The soldiers fired many …

IMEMC News (2022-04-10). Army Abducts Eight Palestinians In Ramallah, Hebron, Nablus, And Jenin. imemc.org Israeli soldiers abducted, Sunday dawn, eight Palestinians, including two children, from their homes in Ramallah, Hebron, Nablus, and Jenin, in the occupied West Bank. The soldiers abducted twenty-three Palestinians in several parts of the West Bank. Media sources in Ramallah, in the central West Bank, said the soldiers invaded and searched several homes in Doura …

IMEMC News (2022-04-10). Soldiers Abduct Two Palestinians In Jerusalem. imemc.org On Sunday dawn, Israeli soldiers abducted two young Palestinian men and summoned one for interrogation in occupied Jerusalem, in the West Bank. The soldiers invaded Silwan town, south of the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem, and abducted a young man, Ehab Abu Sneina, from his home. Also, the soldiers abducted a young man, Jihad Shalabi, from …

IMEMC News (2022-04-10). Soldiers Injure Four Palestinian, Abduct Two, In Tulkarem. imemc.org Israeli soldiers invaded Sunday dawn, Nur Shams refugee camp and Atteel town in the northern West Bank governorate of Tulkarem, injured four, and abducted two others, including one who army dogs mauled. Media sources said several armored military vehicles invaded Nur Shams refugee camp east of Tulkarem before the soldiers stormed and ransacked homes. They …

IMEMC News (2022-04-10). Updated: "Seriously Injured Palestinian Woman Dies From Her Wounds" imemc.org On Sunday afternoon, the Palestinian Health Ministry confirmed that the woman who was shot by the soldiers in Husan village, west of Bethlehem, in the occupied West Bank, has died from her serious wounds. The Ministry said the woman, Ghada Ibrahim Ali Sabateen, 48, a widowed mother of six children, was shot in the thigh …

PCHR (2022-04-10). PCHR: "Another IOF Crime, Child Loses Left Eye With Israeli Occupation Fire in Jerusalem" imemc.org The Palestinian Center For Human Rights (PCHR): On Friday evening, a Palestinian child lost his left eye after being directly shot with a rubber bullet during Israeli occupation forces (IOF) attacks on protestors near al-Ram village's northern intersection, north of occupied East Jerusalem. This attack comes 3 days after the Palestinian Child Day, which is observed …

Saed Bannoura (2022-04-10). Israeli Navy Fires At Palestinian Fishing Boats In Gaza. imemc.org On Sunday, Israeli navy ships fired many live rounds at Palestinian fishing boats in two areas in the besieged Gaza Strip. Local sources said the navy fired the live rounds at fishing boats near the shore of the Sudaniyya Sea northwest of Gaza city. They added that the navy also fired live rounds at fishing …

Editor (2022-04-10). The Duran and Scott Ritter: The First Casualty of War is Truth. scheerpost.com Scott Ritter, a former Marine officer, U.N. specialist, and U.S. foreign policy whistleblower, talks with The Duran, a geopolitics podcast.

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

ecns.cn (2022-04-10). Roof of Beijing Workers' Stadium renovated. ecns.cn Construction of the roof coverage is completed on Friday. Beijing Workers' Stadium, a well-known national-level sports complex, is going to embrace a new life after about 60 years of service.

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

Eds. (2022-04-10). The military situation in the Ukraine. mronline.org The problem is not so much to know who is right in this conflict, but to question the way our leaders make their decisions.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-04-10). Biden Administration Budgets Record $27.6 Billion for Nazi Goal of Militarization of Outer-Space. libya360.wordpress.com Jeremy Kuzmarov The Space Test Program-3 Mission for the U.S. Space Force's Space Systems Command preparing for launch at Cape Canaveral, Florida. [Source: spacenews.com] New cold war provides continued backdrop for misallocation of public resources into weaponry right out of science fiction films As homeless rates skyrocket and public education flounders, the Biden administration has…

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-10). LOOT: Exploiting Ukraine crisis, Japan presses claim on Russia's Kuril Islands. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Kyodo NewsMarch 31, 2022 Japan to again designate Russian-held isles as illegally occupied Japan will once again describe Russia's decades-long hold over a string of disputed northern islands as an "illegal occupation" in an annual foreign policy report, a draft showed Thursday, as bilateral ties sour following Moscow's invasion of Ukraine. The classification will appear …

_____ (2022-04-10). The Dollar Devours The Euro. popularresistance.org As President Biden and U.S. national-security reports announced, China was seen as the major enemy. Despite China's helpful role in enabling corporate America to drive down labor's wage rates by de-industrializing the U.S. economy in favor of Chinese industrialization, China's growth was recognized as posing the Ultimate Terror: prosperity through socialism. Socialist industrialization always has been perceived to be the great enemy of the rentier economy that has taken over most nations in the century since World War I ended, and especially since the 1980s. The result today is a clash of economic systems —…

_____ (2022-04-10). The Weapons Industry Sees The War In Ukraine As A Goldmine. popularresistance.org Since the pandemic began in early 2020, the weapons industry has argued that shutdowns and supply chain disruptions have put the "defense industrial base" in peril, compromising the national security and military "readiness" of the United States. Now, that same industry is using Russia's invasion of Ukraine and NATO's subsequent military buildup to double down on the argument, demanding rapid, public investments in the weapons industry to bolster the capacity of the United States and NATO for "deterrence."

Anonymous587 (2022-04-10). Russian Defence Ministry Transfers Sapphire Rescue Ship To Ukraine Gratuitously. southfront.org Ukrainian rescue vessel "Sapphire" in Sevastopol. | The Ministry of Defense of Russia informed that on April 8, the Russian side transferred the rescue vessel Sapphire to Ukraine free of charge and without any conditions. The Ukrainian authorities confirmed this. | General Mikhail Mizintsev, the head of the National Defense Management Center of Russia, said that the rescue ship Sapphire had been passed over to Ukraine free of charge and without any conditions in the transfer area (RR-2) coordinated with the Internati…

oneworld.press (2022-04-10). The Soft Power Consequences Of Pakistan's Latest Regime Change. oneworld.press Everything that happened led to the perceptions that were described, which go against the country's national interests as articulated by the former government in its newly promulgated National Security Policy from January. That said, these same national interests might be redefined by the incoming authorities, which would say a lot about their intentions if it happens.

oneworld.press (2022-04-10). Contrasting Perceptions About The Rule Of Law In Pakistan After Imran Khan's Ouster. oneworld.press It's in Pakistan's objective national interests to dispel doubts about the rule of law but this is extremely difficult for all responsible stakeholders in The Establishment to do considering what just took place and how immensely polarizing it's been. Regardless of whichever side one might be on, it's indisputable that these contrasting perceptions about the rule of law create a socio-political environment that can be easily exploited to harm Pakistan's objective national interests, which is why it must be resolved as soon as possible even if it's unrealistic to expect it to be anytime soon.

oneworld.press (2022-04-10). Imran Khan's Multipolar Legacy Can't Ever Be Fully Dismantled. oneworld.press It's difficult to predict what'll happen next in Pakistan, a country that's always been characterized by political intrigue and sudden radical changes that oftentimes catch many off guard, but it's clear that Imran Khan's multipolar legacy can't ever be fully dismantled. For however imperfect his premiership was, there's no denying that it was immensely impactful in terms of reshaping perceptions at home and abroad, including through its multipolar National Security Policy.

Staff (2022-04-10). Mexico: Recall Referendum is Vital for the Country, Says Mexico City Mayor Sheinbaum. orinocotribune.com On Thursday, April 7, just three days before the recall referendum scheduled for this Sunday, April 10, Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum led a rally at the Monument to the Revolution, in support of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO). Sheinbaum criticized the councilors of the National Electoral Institute (INE) who, despite having placed as many obstacles as possible to make the referendum fail, continue to enjoy privileges including exceptionally high salaries. | Before a congregation of 80,000 people, Sheinabum gave a a speech criticizing the electoral councilors "because they lack moral authority"

Staff (2022-04-10). President Maduro: West Lining Up for Big War Against Russia. orinocotribune.com "They are lining up, economically, politically, diplomatically and militarily in the West to go for a big war against Russia," said Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro on Friday, April 8, at an event in Caracas. "Venezuela denounces this, that they want to go to a war to dismember Russia, break it into pieces, destroy it and end the hope of a multipolar world where we can all live." | During the closing ceremony of the 16th National Congress and 3rd International Congress of History, President Maduro warned that today more than ever there is a Western media dictatorship against the world, "to justify an escalatio…

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

ecns.cn (2022-04-10). Roof of Beijing Workers' Stadium renovated. ecns.cn Construction of the roof coverage is completed on Friday. Beijing Workers' Stadium, a well-known national-level sports complex, is going to embrace a new life after about 60 years of service.

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

Kungu Al-Mahadi Adam (2022-04-10). Bobi Wine: Karimojongs are killed for supporting me. plusnews.ug The leader of opposition political party, National Unity Platform (NUP) Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu alias Bobi Wine says grave atrocities are being committed on the people of Karamoja Sub-region for the reason that they overwhelmingly supported him. Kyagulanyi made the remarks last week while addressing the Geneva Summit for Human Rights. "It is important for me …

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

ecns.cn (2022-04-10). U.S. likely to see COVID-19 surge in fall: expert. ecns.cn There will be an uptick in cases of COVID-19 over the next few weeks in the United States and it is likely there could be a surge in the fall, Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, has said.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-04-10). Mayo Clinic Minute: What is chimeric antigen receptor-T cell therapy? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Roughly 620,000 new cases of lymphoma were diagnosed worldwide, according to the World Cancer Research Fund International's 2020 report. Survival rates have improved as advances develop in treatment, such as chimeric antigen receptor-T cell therapy (CAR-T cell therapy). Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute youtu.be/PwvoDnhJLU0 Journalists: Broadcast-quality video (1: 02) is available in the downloads at the end of…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-04-10). Taking Mayo Clinic research beyond the lab and into space. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org It's a historic mission to space, and Mayo Clinic research will be on board. Larry Connor, a Mayo Clinic benefactor, well-known philanthropist and CEO of The Connor Group, will make history in April 2022 when he pilots the first-ever all-civilian flight to the International Space Station. Connor will take part in some research projects for Mayo Clinic during the 10-day Axiom Space flight. Watch: Taking Mayo Clinic research beyond the lab and into space. youtu.be/bdjrGrgH6nk…

Plus News (2022-04-10). By-election to fill Omoro MP seat set for May 26. plusnews.ug The Electoral Commission (EC) has issued an official programme for a by- election in Omoro county following the death and burial of the Omoro County MP and former Speaker of Parliament Jacob Oulanyah on Friday. The programme that commences on the April 14th, 2022 with an update of the National Voters Register also covers by- …

Planned Parenthood (2022-04-10). Tuesday 4/12: Planned Parenthood National Mobilization Call to Volunteer Against Abortion Bans. indybay.org Virtual intro to volunteering webinar…

ecns.cn (2022-04-10). China's Wuhan sees permanent resident population grow by 1.2 mln. ecns.cn Wuhan, capital city of central China's Hubei Province, saw its permanent resident population increase by 1.2 million in 2021, marking the fastest growth among cities nationwide, according to a report released by the Wuhan survey team of the National Bureau of Statistics and the Wuhan municipal bureau of statistics.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-04-10). Lack of sleep increases unhealthy abdominal fat. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn. — New research from Mayo Clinic shows that lack of sufficient sleep combined with free access to food increases calorie consumption and consequently fat accumulation, especially unhealthy fat inside the belly. Findings from a randomized controlled crossover study led by Naima Covassin, Ph.D., a cardiovascular medicine researcher at Mayo Clinic, show that lack of sufficient sleep led to a 9% increase in total abdominal fat area and an 11% increase in abdominal visceral…

imperial.ac.uk (2022-04-10). Imperial expert's book uses scientific evidence to help people lose weight. imperial.ac.uk An Imperial researcher specialising in obesity has published a new book aiming to help people reach a healthy body weight.

imperial.ac.uk (2022-04-10). Imperial expert's book uses scientific evidence to help people lose weight. imperial.ac.uk An Imperial researcher specialising in obesity has published a new book aiming to help people reach a healthy body weight.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-04-10). Lack of sleep increases unhealthy abdominal fat. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn. — New research from Mayo Clinic shows that lack of sufficient sleep combined with free access to food increases calorie consumption and consequently fat accumulation, especially unhealthy fat inside the belly. Findings from a randomized controlled crossover study led by Naima Covassin, Ph.D., a cardiovascular medicine researcher at Mayo Clinic, show that lack of sufficient sleep led to a 9% increase in total abdominal fat area and an 11% increase in abdominal visceral…

Kirsten Carlson (2022-04-09). Oklahoma state officials resist Supreme Court ruling affirming tribal authority over American Indian country. nationofchange.org By resisting the McGirt decision, state officials are missing an opportunity to build connections among, and improve government services for, all the people who live in Oklahoma.

WSWS (2022-04-09). Workers Struggles: Asia and Australia. wsws.org India: JNS Instruments parts manufacturer workers protest for reinstatement and union rights; Hundreds of bus drivers strike in Rangpur, Bangladesh; Australia: Private company bus drivers take action in Victoria and NSW; Ipswich City Council workers strike again for higher pay…

John Catalinotto (2022-04-09). Who should be tried for war crimes? workers.org President Joe Biden has invoked the International Criminal Court (ICC), located in The Hague, Netherlands, and accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of war crimes. This book reports on the findings of a popular tribunal of U.S. war crimes in Iraq. As so often with Biden's statements, it is hard for . . . |

Marie Kelly (2022-04-09). WWP Prisoners Solidarity Committee demands Ban shackling! workers.org Members of the Prisoners Solidarity Committee of Workers World Party investigated the use of shackles on prisoners while hospitalized and concluded this inhumane practice is widespread in hospitals across the United States. The PSC of WWP is calling on health care workers to support a ban on this practice, as . . . |

G. Dunkel (2022-04-09). Haitians say: We want justice! workers.org Tens of thousands of Haitians surged through the streets of Port-au-Prince and smaller cities Les Cayes, Jacmel and Carrefour March 29, demanding respect for the Constitution adopted 35 years ago March 29, 1987. Protest coincides with the 35th anniversary of Haiti's 1987 Constitution, following other protests and strikes in recent . . . |

Marie Kelly (2022-04-09). WWP Prisoners Solidarity Committee demands: ban shackling! workers.org Members of the Prisoners Solidarity Committee of Workers World Party investigated the use of shackles on prisoners while hospitalized and concluded this inhumane practice is widespread in hospitals across the United States. The PSC of WWP is calling on health care workers to support a ban on this practice, as . . . |

Editor (2022-04-09). Amazon win shows power of rank-and-file organising. mronline.org The newly formed Amazon Labor Union (ALU) won by more than 500 votes, with 2654 workers voting in favour of a union and 2131 voting against, according to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) count. About 7000 people are employed at the site, known as the JFK8 Fulfillment Center.

Editor (2022-04-09). Corporate Media Ignores Senate Hearing on Corporate Greed and Inflation. scheerpost.com Sen. Bernie Sanders speaks during a Senate Budget Committee hearing June 8, 2021, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. | By Ralph Nader / It is exceedingly rare for a major congressional committee to hold hearings on "corporate greed" leading to corporate profiteering and surging prices on consumer goods. On April 5, 2022, Senate Budget Chairman, Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) chartered uncensored territory on corporate avarice with a lead witness, former Secretary of Labor, Robert Reic…

A Guest Author (2022-04-09). Prison 'health care' system is broken. workers.org By Sam Smith Note: This writer is incarcerated at Old Colony Correctional Center in Bridgewater, Massachusetts. I feel like in today's society, where we are all supposed to be more focused and open to new ideas, creativity and innovative expansions within science and medicine, we could and would see that . . . |

Editor (2022-04-09). Fabricating Putin quotes and banning paraplegic athletes to undermine Russia: how low can the West go? mronline.org Mobilizing a population to vilify and hate a targeted enemy is a tactic that leaders have used since before the dawn of human history, and it is being used to demonize Russia and Vladimir Putin in the current conflict.

Editor (2022-04-09). New Book: 'Nicaragua, A History of U.S. Intervention & Resistance'. mronline.org Ocotal is a historic Nicaraguan city located in the Department of Nueva Segovia. It is famous for being the site of battles between the U.S. Marines and the peasant guerilla forces of Augusto Cesar Sandino in the mid-1920s.

Editor (2022-04-09). U.S. prepares new sanctions targeting Ethiopia, Eritrea in latest destabilization push. mronline.org The Senate Foreign Relations Committee has overwhelmingly approved a new measure designed to impose sanctions on Ethiopia. Known as the Ethiopia Peace and Stabilization Act of 2022, the bill authorizes the U.S. government to suspend financial and security assistance to Ethiopia and to sanction individuals the United States decrees to be responsible for the ongoing conflict in the country.

Editor (2022-04-09). Putin is Being Written Off as an Ineffectual Monster, but a Russian Defeat is Far From Guaranteed. scheerpost.com Photograph Source: Lord Jim — By Patrick Cockburn / I arrived in Moscow as a correspondent in late 1999, just as Vladimir Putin was soaring from bureaucratic obscurity to the Russian presidency in the space of six months. He owed his swift rise to the backing of his predecessor Boris Yeltsin, his success in the war in Chechnya, and a hope among Russians that he would end…

Editor (2022-04-09). Voices from Donbass speak to U.S. anti-war movement. mronline.org On March 27, the Socialist Unity Party and Struggle-La Lucha newspaper hosted a webinar called "Stop the War Lies: Voices from Donbass." This was a unique opportunity for the U.S. anti-war movement to hear directly from people in the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics (DPR and LPR), whose voices are silenced by the Western mass media's pro-Ukraine war propaganda.

Anonymous103 (2022-04-09). First Footage From Seaport Of Mariupol: Russian Forces Gained Strategic Position, Secure Evacuation Of International Crews. southfront.org On April 8, first footage from the port of Mariupol confirmed that the Armed Forces of the DPR and the…

_____ (2022-04-09). Venezuela's Economy Will Grow 20% In 2022, Despite Illegal US Sanctions. popularresistance.org The major Switzerland-based bank Credit Suisse has predicted that Venezuela's real GDP growth will be 20% in 2022. | The prominent Western financial institution also forecasted that Venezuela's real GDP will increase by an additional 8% in 2023. | These predictions come despite an illegal US blockade imposed on Venezuela, which has starved the government of revenue, locked it out of the international financial system, and fueled an economic crisis. | The top United Nations expert on sanctions estimated that the Venezuelan government lost 99% of its revenue due to the Western unilateral coercive measures, which ar…

scorinoco (2022-04-09). Over 3 Million Cluster Bombs Dropped on Yemen since 2015. orinocotribune.com Yemen is the country with the highest number of cluster bomb victims in the world, reported the Executive Center for Mine Action during an event in Sana'a, Yemen, on Monday, April 4. The event was organized on the occasion of the International Day for Awareness of the Risks of Mine and Cluster Bombs under the slogan "Mines and cluster bombs are a humanitarian disaster." | Director of the Executive Center for Mine Action, Brigadier General Ali Safra, stated, "Yemen is the leading country in terms of registering cluster bomb victims in the world, according to the report of the Secretary-General of the United Nation…

Zahra Mirzafarjouyan (2022-04-09). 'Exchange' goes to Riverside International Film Festival. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 10 (MNA) — Iranian short film 'Exchange' directed by Barzan Rostami will be screened at the Riverside International Film Festival in the Us.

WSWS (2022-04-09). French elections too close to call, far right calls for national unity government. wsws.org The campaign was widely unpopular, as all candidates advocated similar policies of austerity, mass COVID infection and military threats against Russia.

Anonymous669 (2022-04-09). Russian Warship Targets Ukrainian Forces In Mariupol City With Unique Rocket System (Video). southfront.org File image. | On April 8, Russian sources released a video showing a large landing ship of the Russian Navy shelling Ukrainian forces in the city of Mariupol from the Taganrog Bay. | In the video, the landing ship can be seen firing a salvo of 122 mm rockets from the naval version of the Grad rocket system, the A-215 Grad-M, at the remaining positions of Ukrainian troops, Azov nationalists and foreign mercenaries in Mariupol. | This video reportedly shows a Russian large landing ship firing A-215 Grad-M MLRS at Mariup…

Staff (2022-04-09). Iran to open business center in Armenia. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 10 (MNA) — Hamed Forouzan the Director-General of the Ministry of Labor and Cooperatives for International Affairs of Iran announced that Iran will open a business center in Armenia as a permanent exhibition.

Staff (2022-04-09). Iranian film awarded in Yunus Emre Short Film Competition. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 09 (MNA) — Written and directed by Reza Fahimi, the Iranian film 'White Clad' has been awarded a $10,000 prize in the International Yunus Emre Short Film Competition in Turkey.

WSWS (2022-04-09). Australia pushes for stepped-up NATO confrontation with China. wsws.org Australia is playing the role of one of Washington's most aggressive attack dogs on the international stage.

Geoff Watts (2022-04-09). [Obituary] David Tennent Baird. thelancet.com Internationally renowned reproductive endocrinologist. He was born in Glasgow, UK, on March 13, 1935 and died in Edinburgh, UK on Feb 12, 2022 aged 86 years.

Richard Horton (2022-04-09). [Comment] Offline: Ukraine—difficult lessons for global health. thelancet.com It is easy to condemn Russia for its criminal war against Ukraine. For its attacks on health workers and hospitals. For its violations of international humanitarian law. For its acts of murderous cruelty against civilians. For increasing the risks of a nuclear conflagration. It is right to call for an immediate ceasefire and the withdrawal of Russian forces from Ukraine. To accelerate the delivery of humanitarian aid. To provide safe haven for refugees. To document atrocities and to counter disinformation.

WSWS (2022-04-09). Sri Lankan SEP holds press conference to outline way forward for mass protests. wsws.org Wije Dias, the SEP general secretary, said the party was proposing the abolition of the executive presidency and the fight for a workers' and peasants' government.

WSWS (2022-04-09). Sri Lanka at centre of growing debt and inflation crisis. wsws.org The UN food price index for March reached a record high, increasing by 34 percent from a year ago—described by the UN as a "giant leap."

WSWS (2022-04-09). Protesters outside Sri Lankan High Commission in London speak on social and political crisis. wsws.org "All the workers should be given an opportunity to speak this time, not the politicians. They cannot stop us this time, they imposed a curfew and still the protesting continued."