April 2022 Archives

Monthly Archives: April 2022

2022-04-09: News Headlines

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…

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…

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…

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.

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.

Planned Parenthood (2022-04-09). Tuesday 4/12: Planned Parenthood National Mobilization Call to Volunteer Against Abortion Bans. indybay.org Virtual intro to volunteering webinar…

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.

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.

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."

JANET (2022-04-08). A Black Liberation Movement Forces joint statement on Ukraine. iacenter.org April 7, 2022 Dismantle NATO Now! Rescind the $16 billion U.S. allocations sent to support the war in Ukraine! U.S. imperialism is the main danger to peace, sovereignty, and justice for peoples all over the world! The following joint statement and resource list is from active organizations in the Black Liberation Movement on the Ukraine crisis. The statement is aimed at Black communities, activists, and organizations who are concerned about the Ukraine situation from an anti-imperialist and Black liberation movement perspective. It represents the collective thinking and discussion of the listed organizations. How…

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-08). Ruling party head renews charge Ukraine-linked opposition plots dragging Georgia into war. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Agenda.geApril 8, 2022 Ruling party head: Georgia won't be used to circumvent sanctions imposed against Russia Irakli Kobakhidze, the head of the ruling Georgian Dream party, said on Thursday Georgia would not be used to circumvent sanctions imposed against Russia due to its invasion of Ukraine. **** Kobakhidze also accused the United National Movement opposition …

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-04-08). Solomon Islands: A Risky Move Out From Under Western Control. libya360.wordpress.com Brian Berletic 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…

Vijay Prashad (2022-04-08). This is not the age of certainty. We are in the time of contradictions: The Fourteenth Newsletter (2022). mronline.org It is hard to fathom the depths of our time, the terrible wars, and the confounding information that whizzes by without much wisdom. Certainties that flood the airwaves and the internet are easy to come by, but are they derived from an honest assessment of the war in Ukraine and the sanctions against Russian banks (part of a broader United States sanctions policy that now afflicts approximately thirty countries)?>

Tanupriya Singh (2022-04-08). Blaise Compaoré convicted for the murder of revolutionary Burkinabé leader Thomas Sankara. peoplesdispatch.org After over three decades, a court in Burkina Faso has convicted former President Blaise Compaoré in the assassination of his predecessor, and revolutionary leader, Thomas Sankara. The verdict was announced by a military tribunal in the capital of Ouagadougou on April 6th, following a six-month trial. | Sankara was a Marxist, Pan-Africanist icon who became the president of Burkina Faso in 1983. Under his leadership, the government implemented a progressive and socialist program of self-sufficiency, nationalization and distribution of land, education, healthcare, and the emancipation of women. | Sankara once said,…

Editor (2022-04-08). Robert Scheer/Ellen Brown Podcast on Crisis in the World Economy. scheerpost.com Ellen Brown. [Photo courtesy of Ellen Brown] | Click to subscribe on: Russia's invasion of Ukraine and the horrific toll it has been taking on the nation's civilians and infrastructure makes daily headlines. So, too, has the West's response: rapidly slapping Russia and high-ranking Russian officials and oligarchs with a slate of debilitating economic sanctions. Bu…

ecns.cn (2022-04-08). 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 (2022-04-08). National responsibility for ecological breakdown: a fair-shares assessment of resource use, 1970—2017. mronline.org We propose a novel method for quantifying national responsibility for ecological breakdown by assessing nations' cumulative material use in excess of equitable and sustainable boundaries.

Editor (2022-04-08). Venezuela's economy will grow 20% in 2022, despite illegal U.S. sanctions, predicts Western bank. mronline.org Major Switzerland-based bank Credit Suisse forecasts Venezuela's real GDP growth to be 20% in 2022 and 8% in 2023. This is despite an illegal U.S. blockade, which starved the government of 99% of its revenue, according to the top UN expert on sanctions.

Staff (2022-04-08). Venezuela Delivers 4 Millionth House to Population. orinocotribune.com The President of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, announced this Thursday, April 7, that the goal of building four million homes, which was set by the Gran Misión Vivienda Venezuela [Great Venezuela Housing Mission] (GMVV), had been reached. | "We have reached four million houses through the Great Venezuela Housing Mission, a world record for houses built by the hands of workers, community members, men and women," he said from the Miraflores Palace, from where he led the delivery ceremony remotely. | He affirmed that the government has not stopped and will work for the next milestone of five million homes. "We have set…

_____ (2022-04-08). Ukraine: A Conversation With Scott Ritter. popularresistance.org Margaret Flowers and Joe Lombardo of the United National Antiwar Coalition host a conversation with Scott Ritter regarding the situation in Ukraine and its broader implications for the realignment of global power, security and economic structures. Ritter discusses the provocations that led Russia to launch a military operation, the humanitarian situation, including what happened in Bucha, how Russia is winning, and the propaganda being used to build popular support for war. | Scott Ritter was the UN weapons inspector who, during the Iraq War told the truth that we found no weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. He…

_____ (2022-04-08). Venezuela Demands Recognition Of Alex Saab's Diplomatic Status. popularresistance.org This Wednesday, April 6, Venezuela's National Assembly (AN) unanimously approved a draft agreement to demand acknowledgement of the diplomatic status of Alex Saab, who has been illegally imprisoned in the United States since October 2021. | The AN statement establishes that Alex Saab has been serving as a diplomatic agent since 2018, as a special envoy for Venezuela in Russia and Iran, and since 2020 as ambassador plenipotentiary to the African Union. | In addition, he was appointed in 2021 as permanent representative of the national government's delegation for the Mexico Talks held with the opposition.

Editor2 (2022-04-08). Why the US Attempted to Topple Pakistan's Government. orinocotribune.com The United States attempted to topple the government of Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan because "he would not allow US military bases there and because he will not toe the line on Russia," according to American author and political analyst Daniel Kovalik. | Kovalik, an academic at the University of Pittsburgh, made the remarks in an interview with Press TV on Monday, a day after members of Pakistan's parliament chanted "Death to America" as they rejected a no-confidence vote, which sought to oust Prime Minister Khan, saying "foreign powers" were interfering in the country's democratic process. | The National…

Michael F. Brown (2022-04-08). Tlaib primary challenger wants to "eliminate" Israel critics. electronicintifada.net Janice Winfrey says UN and International Criminal Court are "terrorist organizations."

Fight Back (2022-04-08). Centro CSO hosts 5th annual International Women's Day Event. fightbacknews.org Los Angeles, CA — On March 6, Centro CSO hosted its fifth annual International Women's Day event. Hosted over Zoom for the second consecutive year, "Luchadorxs de Los àÅngeles: Resisting State Sanctioned Violence during a Pandemic" highlighted the efforts of women in leading the fights against police brutality, the privatization of education as well as other struggles. | The event kicked off with a solidarity statement from Sol Marquez, a member of Freedom Road Socialist Organization and Centro CSO's core, immigration, and police brutality committees. Marquez said, "We have come a long way. For Chican…

ecns.cn (2022-04-08). 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.

ecns.cn (2022-04-08). 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.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-04-08). Russia's Suspension from the Human Rights Council Exposes the 'Deep Erosion' of the UN System. libya360.wordpress.com Ekaterina Blinova The UN General Assembly (GA) on 7 April voted 93 to 24 to suspend Russia's membership in Human Rights Council (UNHRC), with 58 countries abstaining from the vote. It is the first time a permanent member of the UN Security Council has been banned from any UN body. What's behind the move and…

Anonymous669 (2022-04-08). Russian Forces Seize More Man-Portable Air-Defense Systems In Ukraine (Photos). southfront.org File image. | The Russian National Guard has captured at least eight Soviet-made 9K38 Igla MANPADs man-portable air-defense system (MANPADs) from Ukrainian forces. | The MANPADs were reportedly captured along with other weapons, including a British-made NLAW anti-tank missile, in the village of Pologi in Zaporizhzhia Oblast. On April 7, Russian sources shared several photos of the captured weapons. | The Igla's 9M313 missile, which is guided by infrared homing, has a maximum range of five kilometers. Th…

Berry Craig (2022-04-08). Kentucky offers proof positive that elections have consequences. peoplesworld.org I went rummaging through my old computer files after Republican supermajorities in the Kentucky Senate and House overrode Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear's veto of House Bill 4. Straight from the national GOP's social Darwinist, unemployment-compensation-makes-you-lazy playbook, the measure slashes the length of time workers, laid off through no fault of their own, can earn jobless benefits. I …

ecns.cn (2022-04-08). China urges int'l community to do more for Mali's peace, stability. ecns.cn A Chinese envoy on Thursday called on the international community to do whatever it can to help bring peace and stability to Mali.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-04-08). UN Suspends Russia from UN Human Rights Council, Venezuela Not Allowed to Vote. libya360.wordpress.com Alba Ciudad The UN General Assembly voted on Thursday, April 7, to suspend Russia from the UN Human Rights Council. The move follows accusations against the Russian military of killing civilians in the Ukrainian city of Bucha. The accusations were repeatedly denied by Moscow and have not been independently verified. The resolution was approved with…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-04-08). 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…

_____ (2022-04-08). China-Kazakhstan Energy Partnership. journal-neo.org Despite all the turmoil of early 2022, China and Kazakhstan continue to develop their energy cooperation with confidence. On September 29, 2021, at the international scientific conference "Energy Silk Road in Central Asia: results and prospects of oil and gas cooperation", the Deputy Minister of Energy of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Aset Magauov, announced that …

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-04-08). 'We Will Prevail': A Conversation with Cuba's President Miguel Díaz-Canel. libya360.wordpress.com Manolo De Los Santos Cuba's President Miguel Diaz-Canel joins a youth sit-in in July 2021. Photo: Miguel Diaz-Canel Miguel Díaz Canel speaks to Manolo De Los Santos about the current challenges facing Cuba and the people's resolve to continue building a project to save humanity In 1994, Miguel Díaz-Canel began a new position in Santa…

WSWS (2022-04-08). No to war! For a scientific struggle against COVID-19! Build the PES! wsws.org The 2022 French presidential election, held on two rounds on Sunday April 10 and 24, is unfolding amid an international breakdown of the capitalist order.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-04-08). Greek Government Mired in Controversy after Azov Battalion Fighter Speaks to Parliament. libya360.wordpress.com Paul Antonopoulos Controversy gripped the Greek political scene on April 7 as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, who was invited by Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis to speak before Greece's parliament in a virtual address, appeared alongside two fighters of the neo-Nazi Azov Battalion. Although the Greek government and its media arms attempted to whitewash the…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-04-08). Eye-Witness Report from Donbass: How the War Looks From the Russian Side. libya360.wordpress.com Sonja Van den Ende Photo courtesy of Sonja Van den Ende Following in the tradition of the late Wilfred Burchett (1911-1983), an Australian who reported on the Korean and Vietnam Wars from the communist side, this article continues CAM's reporting on the "other side" of the war in Ukraine, the side that is not presented…

Kamal Iranidoost (2022-04-08). FM tells Kuwaiti counterpart Iran welcomes truce in Yemen. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 08 (MNA) — Iranian foreign minister and his Kuwaiti counterpart discussed by phone issues of mutual interest, including bilateral relations, and regional and international developments on Friday.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-04-08). 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…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-04-08). Russia's Exclusion from the Human Rights Council Sets a Dangerous Precedent. libya360.wordpress.com Explanation of vote by Deputy Permanent Representative Gennady Kuzmin before UNGA vote on a draft resolution on suspension of Russia's rights of membership at the UN Human Rights Council Mr.President, This is not the right moment for being theatrically pathetic in the manner of the Ukrainian representative, so I will speak to the point. The…

WSWS (2022-04-08). The New York Times, war crimes and the Nuremberg precedent. wsws.org During the last 30 years of repeated US wars of aggression, the Nuremberg precedent has been ignored by the Times. It now invokes the precedent against Putin, demonstrating again that the media's attitude to international law is determined solely by US foreign policy interests.

Adriaan Alsema (2022-04-08). Colombia investigates registrar over election chaos. colombiareports.com Colombia's inspector general said Friday she opened a disciplinary investigation into the national registrar over major irregularities in the March congressional elections. Inspector General Margarita Cabello announced the disciplinary investigation…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-04-08). China Votes Against Russia's Suspension from the UN Human Rights Council. libya360.wordpress.com We publish here the text of the statement made by Chinese Ambassador Zhang Jun at the Emergency Special Session of the United Nations General Assembly, held on April 7th, where the Russian Federation's membership of the UN Human Rights Council was suspended. In explaining his country's negative vote, Ambassador Zhang reiterated China's respect for international…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-04-08). Dutch Journalist: 'We are Here, in Donbass, to Awaken Westerners Deluded by Propaganda'. libya360.wordpress.com Ekaterina Blinova There are only a handful of Western journalists on the ground in Donbass, while the Western mainstream press is rubber-stamping fake news about the Ukrainian crisis using the same templates it previously exploited in Iraq, Libya and Syria, says Dutch independent journalist Sonja van den Ende. Sonja van den Ende, an independent journalist…

WSWS (2022-04-08). Sri Lanka still has no finance minister amid continuing anti-government protests. wsws.org The inability to find a finance minister only underscores the enormity of the economic and political crisis engulfing the government and Colombo political establishment as whole.

_____ (2022-04-08). No Charges For Minneapolis Cop In Amir Locke Killing. popularresistance.org Minneapolis, Minnesota – Two months after Minneapolis Police officer Mark Hanneman killed Amir Locke, 22, while executing a no-knock warrant, prosecutors say they won't be charging Hanneman with a crime. Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman and Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison released a 44-page joint report on April 6 explaining their decision in the case. Also released was a report by retired police officer John "Jack" Ryan. | Locke was killed by Hanneman, who was part of a SWAT unit serving a pre-dawn no-knock warrant on February 2, 2022. Locke, a registered gun owner, was sleeping in a blanket on his…

WorkWeek (2022-04-08). Chris Hedges On Imperialist Wars, Capitalist Media & Censorship. indybay.org Journalist and writer Chris Hedges is interviewed on WorkWeek and talks about the removal of the complete archives on his show at RT by youtube which is owned by Google.

Michael Steinberg (2022-04-08). Attacks On Nuclear Plants Continue In Ukraine. indybay.org As Russia's hostile actions towards Ukraine entered a second month, so too have its acts of aggression against nuclear facilities.

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2022-04-08: News Headlines

_____ (2022-04-08). Venezuela Demands Recognition Of Alex Saab's Diplomatic Status. popularresistance.org This Wednesday, April 6, Venezuela's National Assembly (AN) unanimously approved a draft agreement to demand acknowledgement of the diplomatic status of Alex Saab, who has been illegally imprisoned in the United States since October 2021. The AN statement establishes that Alex Saab has been serving as a diplomatic agent since 2018, as a special envoy for Venezuela in Russia and Iran, and since 2020 as ambassador plenipotentiary to the African Union. In addition, he was appointed in 2021 as permanent representative of the national government's delegation for the Mexico Talks held with the opposition.

_____ (2022-04-08). No Charges For Minneapolis Cop In Amir Locke Killing. popularresistance.org Two months after Minneapolis Police officer Mark Hanneman killed Amir Locke, 22, while executing a no-knock warrant, prosecutors say they won't be charging Hanneman with a crime. Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman and Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison released a 44-page joint report on April 6 explaining their decision in the case. Also released was a report by retired police officer John "Jack" Ryan.

Heidi Harmon (2022-04-08). Solidarity with Ukraine with CA climate action day April 8 Solidarity with Ukraine with CA. indybay.org On April 8 communities across California will join together in solidarity with Ukraine – to free fossil fuel dependency – will have a statewide day of action as they call on the Governor to build on his climate leadership by ending all new fossil fuel permitting and strengthening the setbacks rule to include both new and existing oil wells.

_____ (2022-04-07). The Ukraine Conflict Lays Bare The Myth Of A More Civilized Europe. popularresistance.org When a gruesome six-minute video of Ukrainian soldiers shooting and torturing handcuffed and tied up Russian soldiers circulated online, outraged people on social media and elsewhere compared this barbaric behavior to that of Daesh. | In a rare admission of moral responsibility, Oleksiy Arestovych, an adviser to the Ukrainian President, quickly reminded Ukrainian fighters of their responsibility under international law. "I would like to remind all our military, civilian and defense forces, once again, that the abuse of prisoners is a war crime that has no amnesty under military law and has no statute of limitatio…

JANET (2022-04-07). Co-Director of the IAC, Sara Flounders, interviewed on Press TV on Bucha and NATO using Ukraine as a pawn. iacenter.org Russia's Putin says Ukraine behind "crude, cynical provocations" in Bucha www.urmedium.com/c/presstv/107651…

JANET (2022-04-07). IAC Co-Director Sara Flounders interviewed on PressTV about Bucha and NATO using Ukraine as a pawn. iacenter.org Russia's Putin says Ukraine behind "crude, cynical provocations" in Bucha www.urmedium.com/c/presstv/107651…

Editor (2022-04-07). Harvard Law School 'apartheid' report leaves Israel's defenders speechless. mronline.org Harvard Law School's International Human Rights Clinic's recent report declaring that Israel is practicing apartheid is a victory for Palestinian human rights.

Peoples Dispatch (2022-04-07). CPI(M)'s Party Congress kicks off in Kerala. peoplesdispatch.org The All-India Congress is a culmination of a months-long process where the smallest units of the party elect their leadership and send delegates to conferences at a higher level.

Mohawk Nation News (2022-04-07). Mohawks on Pope's Apology 'We Will Never Forget or Forgive'. indybay.org Mohawk Nation News said of the Pope's apology: "These 'indian' buddies of the government 'indians' forgave the psychopaths on their own behalf. We will never forget nor forgive them for what they did and continue to do."

WSWS (2022-04-07). "Support the 70,000 striking bus workers in Maharashtra, India"—London bus drivers issue call. wsws.org More than 70,000 state bus transport workers have been on indefinite strike since November 4, 2021. Their militant, five-month struggle has global significance.

_____ (2022-04-07). India is Building Up its Naval Capacities. journal-neo.org India is a big country with significant resources and a huge population. It has the third largest economy in Asia and the seventh largest in the world. But its geographical location also presents it with certain problems. Specifically, the Indian peninsula is largely cut off from the rest of the Eurasian landmass. In the west …

Peoples Dispatch (2022-04-07). Fighting for health for all today. peoplesdispatch.org In a special edition of People's Health Dispatch published on World Health Day, health activists Dr. Abhishek Royal (India), Rhiannon Osborne (UK), and Denis Saffer (Brazil) talk about the concept of Health for All and the meaning it will continue to have in future days of the struggle for health.

WSWS (2022-04-07). Video: "Support the 70,000 striking bus workers in Maharashtra, India"—London bus drivers issue call. wsws.org More than 70,000 state bus transport workers have been on indefinite strike since November 4, 2021. Their militant, five-month struggle has global significance.

Editor (2022-04-07). Biden's budget cements turn towards war, police. mronline.org On Monday, President Joe Biden unveiled his 2023 budget, calling for dramatically increased funding for war and the police while allocating all-too-little funding for social services. Out of the total $1.58 trillion of spending outlined in the budget, $813 billion is allocated to the military while $769 billion is allocated for non-military spending. This is a $31 billion increase in funding for the war machine.

_____ (2022-04-07). Solomon Islands: A Risky Move Out From Under Western Control. journal-neo.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 …

Editor2 (2022-04-07). Georges Abdallah's Statement for 2 April day of Action. orinocotribune.com By Samidoun — Apr 3, 2022 | The following statement was released by Georges Abdallah on 2 April 2022 as part of the international day of action for his release that coincided with his 71st birthday. Abdallah, the Lebanese Arab Communist struggler for Palestine, has been jailed in France since 1984 despite being eligible for release since 1999. | Georges Abdallah is part and parcel of the Palestinian prisoners' movement. Palestinian prisoners, like imprisoned PFLP leader Ahmad Sa'adat, have issued letters and statements of solidarity with Abdallah, who has joined in collective hunger strikes from his cell in…

Nora Barrows-Friedman (2022-04-07). Podcast Ep 54: Palestine is the litmus test for international law. electronicintifada.net The situation for Palestinians is "beyond occupation."

_____ (2022-04-07). Rank And File Educators At Temple Issue Statement Against Cops. popularresistance.org Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – Temple University recently announced a new initiative to increase "campus security," that is, the power of campus police and the extent to which they work with the Philadelphia Police Department. | The following is a statement by Rank-and-File Temple (RAFT), the rank-and-file caucus of TAUP (AFT Local 4531). TAUP is the union for teachers, librarians, and other education workers at Temple University. RAFT has also helped lead the struggle to disaffiliate the union national AFT from all cop unions. | Temple says they want more cops for "security." They already have the biggest, most ex…

Morteza Ahmadi Al Hashem (2022-04-07). Iran's exports to Eurasian market at 15% growth: IRICA. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 07 (MNA) — The Director-General of International Cooperation Department of Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration (IRICA) announced the 15% growth in export of Iranian products to Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) market last year.

WSWS (2022-04-07). Ford Saarlouis: Instead of a bidding war and blackmail—fight to defend all jobs at all plants! wsws.org To the profits-above-all-else programme of the bosses, we counterpose the programme of international workers' solidarity.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-04-07). The UN Votes in Favor of Suspending Russia from the Human Rights Council. libya360.wordpress.com Statement by the Russian Foreign Ministry on the early termination of the Russian Federation's membership in the UN Human Rights Council 07-04-2022 The Russian side considers the resolution adopted on April 7 in New York by the UN General Assembly to suspend the Russian Federation's membership in the UN Human Rights Council as an unlawful…

Sharon Zhang (2022-04-07). Labor Board's Top Counsel Argues Anti-Union Meetings Are "Inherently" Illegal. truthout.org A top tactic that employers use to feed workers anti-union propaganda and threats could soon be outlawed, as the National Labor Relations Board's (NLRB) top legal counsel has released a new memo arguing for a return to a previous version of federal labor laws. | NLRB General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo wrote in

WSWS (2022-04-07). Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa. wsws.org National 24-hour strike by 20,000 French public sector workers over pay and conditions; workers at all eight Amazon warehouses in France begin stoppage over pay; Finnish nurses and municipal workers strike over poor pay and conditions while government increases military spending by 70 percent; five-week strike by thousands of miners at South African Sibanye-Stillwater gold mines threatens to spread to coal mines which supply biggest electricity supplier…

WSWS (2022-04-07). Bank of International Settlements chief says new era of inflation has begun. wsws.org The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development reported that consumer prices in the world's 30 richest countries rose by 7.7 percent in February, compared with just 1.7 percent a year ago.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-04-07). 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…

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

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-04-07). A Statement on Ukraine from the Black Liberation Movement. libya360.wordpress.com Ready for Revolution Dismantle NATO Now! Rescind the $16B US Allocations to the Ukraine War! US Imperialism is the Main Danger to Peace, Sovereignty, and Justice for Peoples all Over The World! The ongoing crisis and war in Ukraine threatens to pull the world into a disastrous nuclear confrontation. Disinformation, lies, and propaganda from the…

Morteza Ahmadi Al Hashem (2022-04-07). New IAEA's report lies on monitoring JCPOA under Res. 2231. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 07 (MNA) — Iran Permanent Envoy to Vienna-based International Organizations said that new report of International Atomic Energy Agency is a technical update report on monitoring implementation of JCPOA in according with UNSCR 2231.

C.J. Polychroniou (2022-04-07). US Policy Toward Russia Is Blocking Paths to De-escalation in Ukraine. truthout.org Russia's war in Ukraine is producing an earthquake in international affairs. The war has raised new questions about national security across Europe and is In the interview that follows, world-renowned scholar and leading dissident Noam Chomsky addresses some of the new developments taking place i…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-04-07). Cuba Warns of the Dangers Threatening Humanity from U.S. Maneuvers at the United Nations. libya360.wordpress.com New York, April 7, 2022.- The United Nations General Assembly met today at the behest of the United States, to vote on a draft resolution regarding the suspension of the rights of the Russian Federation as a member of the Human Rights Council, within the framework of the conflict in Ukraine. The Permanent Representative of…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-04-07). 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…

Asere Constance Ichuma (2022-04-07). Burkina Faso President,Roch Marc Kabore has been freed after months of being detained. plusnews.ug The President of Burkina Faso Roch Marc Christian Kabore has been freed to return to his home. He was detained at Sangoule Lamizana military barracks in Ouagadougou , Burkina Faso where he had been detained since January . Kabore was arrested through a military coup where the soldiers announced on January 24 on national television …

Amy Goodman (2022-04-07). Hungary's Far Right Prime Minister Victor Orbán, a Trump Ally, Wins Fourth Term. truthout.org Far-right nationalist prime minister and longtime Putin-ally Viktor Orbán won his fourth consecutive election in Hungary, aided by biased media coverage and campaign regulations that favored the sitting prime minister. We speak to historian Ruth Ben-Ghiat about the future of Hungary under the Fidesz party, which, aside from passing anti-LGBTQ legislation and stoking xenophobia, has also been an important ally for Russian President Vladimir Putin. "He's very much a conduit for the infiltration and spread of Putin ideas in a more palatable frame," says Ben-Ghiat. She also discusses how Orbán has become a model for…

WSWS (2022-04-07). Bring down Sri Lanka's Rajapakse government! Abolish the executive presidency! No to austerity and starvation! Form action committees to fight for a socialist program of action to secure food, fuel and medicines for all! wsws.org Neither the government nor the opposition parties have any solution to the hunger and want facing working people. The SEP is advancing a program of action for the working class which alone can resolve the immense social and economic crisis.

WSWS (2022-04-07). SEP and IYSSE members hold discussions with anti-government protesters across Sri Lanka. wsws.org "The problem is not to change the people in power," one protester said, "but to change the class in power."

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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2022-04-07: News Headlines

WSWS (2022-04-07). Bring down Sri Lanka's Rajapakse government! Abolish the executive presidency! No to Austerity and Starvation! Form Action Committees to fight for a socialist program of action to secure food, fuel and medicines for all! wsws.org Neither the government nor the opposition parties have any solution to the hunger and want facing working people. The SEP is advancing a program of action for the working class which alone can resolve the immense social and economic crisis.

Editor (2022-04-06). Questions Abound About Bucha Massacre. scheerpost.com Victims in Bucha. (Ukrainian Ministry of Digital Development Mikhail Fedorov/Wikimedia Commons) | By Joe Lauria / Within hours of news Sunday that there had been a massacre at Bucha, a town 63 kms north of the Ukrainian capital, the verdict was in: Russian troops had senselessly slaughtered hundreds of innocent civilians as they withdrew from the town, leaving their bodies littering the streets. | Unlike their judicial systems, when it comes to war, Western nations dispense with the need for investigati…

Editor (2022-04-06). Questions abound about Bucha massacre [Warning Graphic Images]. mronline.org The West has made a snap judgment about who is responsible for the massacre at the Ukrainian town of Bucha with calls for more stringent sanctions on Russia, but the question of guilt is far from decided, writes Joe Lauria.

Staff (2022-04-06). 203 Indians, 31 NORI visa holders to return from Pakistan on Friday via Wagah-Attari. aninews.in Islamabad [Pakistan], September 8 (ANI): As many as 203 Indian Nationals and 31 NORI (no obligation to return to India) visa holders are set to return to India through the Wagah-Attari border, the High Commission of India in Pakistan informed on Wednesday.

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

Editor2 (2022-04-06). India: Massive Participation Seen Across Sectors in 2-Day Nationwide Strike by Trade Unions. orinocotribune.com Anger is growing among the workforce across public and private sectors as well as scheme workers over the Modi government's policies, said the Joint Forum. | New Delhi: The two-day nationwide strike on March 28-29, called by 10 central trade unions (CTUs), saw widespread participation across sectors "despite the threats of victimisation and intimidation by the employers as well as the governments." | From banks and insurance to railways, ports, telecom, coal mines, refineries to transport, tea gardens to scheme workers — all sections of the working population came out on the streets to express their anger a…

Editor2 (2022-04-06). India: 'Massive' Participation Seen Across Sectors as 2-Day Nationwide Strike Call by CTUs Ends. orinocotribune.com Anger is growing among the workforce across public and private sectors as well as scheme workers over the Modi government's policies, said the Joint Forum. | New Delhi: The two-day nationwide strike on March 28-29, called by 10 central trade unions (CTUs), saw widespread participation across sectors "despite the threats of victimisation and intimidation by the employers as well as the governments." | From banks and insurance to railways, ports, telecom, coal mines, refineries to transport, tea gardens to scheme workers — all sections of the working population came out on the streets to express their anger a…

Staff (2022-04-06). MEA condoles death of Indian Envoy Dr Anju Kumar. aninews.in New Delhi [India], September 8 (ANI): Dr Anju Kumar, Charge d' Affaires in the Embassy of India, Germany passed away on Wednesday.

aninews.in (2022-04-06). Former Mauritius PM Navinchandra Ramgoolam en-route to India for medical emergency. aninews.in Port Louis [Mauritius], September 8 (ANI): Former Prime Minister of Mauritius, Navinchandra Ramgoolam is en-route to India (Chennai) for a medical emergency.

Staff (2022-04-06). Jaishankar meets Russian NSA, discusses Afghan situation. aninews.in New Delhi [India], September 8 (ANI): External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Wednesday met with visiting Russian Secretary of Security Council, Nikolai Patrushev, and discussed a number of international and regional problems, including the situation in Afghanistan.

Staff (2022-04-06). PM Modi meets Russian NSA, reaffirms intention to strengthen coordination on Afghanistan. aninews.in New Delhi [India], September 8 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday met with Secretary of the Russian Security Council Nikolai Patrushev, during which they reaffirmed their intention to strengthen coordination in the field of enhancing regional stability, including on Afghanistan.

Staff (2022-04-06). India, EU strategic convergence reflects 'our positions' on Afghanistan: Jaishankar. aninews.in New Delhi [India], September 8 (ANI): External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Wednesday said that the strategic convergence between India and the European Union (EU) is reflected in "our positions" on key regional and global issues, including on Afghanistan and the Indo-Pacific.

Editor (2022-04-06). 'Indian Rivers are in ICUs, Drying up Fast' — Waterman Rajendra Singh. mronline.org "Twenty-one Indian cities are going to be waterless very soon," Rajendra Singh tells me in an interview for NewsClick conducted last week in Delhi. Singh is alluding to a prediction in a Niti Aayog report on water. He says, "It means that the underground and surface water availability will become zero." Another report says 72% of water reservoirs are in overdraft.

Staff (2022-04-06). India largest troop contributor to UN peacekeeping in cumulative terms: Meenakashi Lekhi. aninews.in New York [US], September 8 (ANI): Highlighting the importance of the UN peacekeeping missions, Union Minister of State (MoS) for External Affairs Meenakashi Lekhi on Wednesday informed the member states that India is the largest troop contributor to the peacekeeping operations since their inception.

Staff (2022-04-06). Cabinet approves Agreement between India, Portugal on recruitment of Indian citizens to work in the Portuguese Republic. aninews.in New Delhi, [India], September 8 (ANI): The Union Cabinet approved the signing of an agreement on the recruitment of Indian citizens to work in Portugal between the Government of the Republic of India and the Government of the Republic of Portugal, on Wednesday.

Staff (2022-04-06). India-South Korea relations have become multidimensional: Om Birla. aninews.in Vienna [Austria], September 8 (ANI): Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla has said that relations between India and South Korea have made great progress and have become multidimensional.

Staff (2022-04-06). Russian NSA expressed strong commitment to further deepen strategic partnership with India: PMO. aninews.in New Delhi [India], September 8 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi met with Secretary of the Russian Security Council Nikolai Patrushev on Wednesday, in which the senior Russian offical expressed his country's strong commitment to deepen its 'Special and Privileged Strategic Partnership' with India."

Staff (2022-04-06). BRICS leaders to discuss Afghanistan, attempts by terror organizations to use its territory as a sanctuary. aninews.in New Delhi [India], September 8 (ANI): India will be chairing the 13th BRICS summit on Thursday and Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be participating in the meet virtually. India's chairship in 2021 has coincided with the 15th anniversary of BRICS.

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

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

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

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

Editor (2022-04-06). The problem with 'Don't Say Gay': Children aren't asking about sex. They're asking about love. mronline.org Queer advocates worry how the 'Don't Say Gay' bill, set to go into effect in Florida, could impact education on gender diversity and sexual orientation of young Canadians.

Editor (2022-04-06). What Would It Take for Military Spending in America to Go Down? scheerpost.com [ By William Astore / I have a question for you: What would it take in today's world for America's military spending to go down? Here's one admittedly farfetched scenario: Vladimir Putin loses his grip on power and Russia retrenches militarily while reaching out to normalize relations with the West. At the same time, China prudently decides to spend les…

Editor (2022-04-06). IPCC report calls for 'immediate and deep' carbon cuts to slow climate change. mronline.org Current pledges to cut emissions won't be enough to slow climate change, according to a new report from the United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).

Peter Certo (2022-04-06). In OtherWords: April 6, 2022. otherwords.org We're off this week while we tend to some institutional housekeeping, but please enjoy Otherwise, I hope this batch of recent favorites helps tide you over. These are as useful as the day we first published them — so if you missed any then, please give them a look today! | Will be back with more new op…

Editor (2022-04-06). Ben Lewis on Kautsky, Democracy and Republicanism. mronline.org Ben Lewis, the translator and editor of "Karl Kautsky on Democracy and Republicanism" talks with Green Left's Barry Healy.

Editor (2022-04-06). U.S. biggest spoiler of Ukraine situation, European security. mronline.org After the latest round of talks between Russia and Ukraine in Turkey on Tuesday, both sides said the negotiations released positive signals. Ukraine proposed adopting neutral status in exchange for security guarantees from the international community. Russia said the country would sharply cut military activity around Kiev and Chernihiv.

ecns.cn (2022-04-06). Global execs call for more clarity on green goals. ecns.cn Global businesses say not enough governments and policymakers are giving them the clarity needed to meet their sustainability and climate change targets, according to a study by the United Nations Global Compact and consultancy Accenture.

Marzieh Rahmani (2022-04-06). Disarmament of Lebanon's Hezbollah impossible. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 06 (MNA) — A lawmaker at the Lebanese parliament says those who seek the disarm Lebanon's Hezbollah will never achieve their goal.

_____ (2022-04-06). Venezuela To 'Deepen Cooperation' With ICC After Visit By Prosecutor Khan. popularresistance.org Mexico City, Mexico — Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro welcomed the opening of an International Criminal Court (ICC) office in Caracas after a three-day visit by prosecutor Karim Khan. | At a joint press conference, Maduro said "the doors of Venezuela were open" to the court's lead prosecutor and his team. | Khan's visit to the Caribbean country is the second since he announced his decision to open a full-scale investigation into alleged human rights abuses in Venezuela. During his visit in November, the government of Venezuela and Khan signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to facilitate cooperation…

_____ (2022-04-06). DC Protest Calls On Biden To Cancel Student Debt. popularresistance.org Washington, D.C. – Hundreds of people converged in Washington, D.C. on Monday for a national day of action to demand that the Biden administration cancel all outstanding federal student loan debt via executive order. | "All it takes is a signature," said the Debt Collective, a debtors' union that organized the "Pick Up the Pen, Joe" demonstration, which was supported by a coalition that includes dozens of progressive advocacy groups and labor unions. Following speeches and performances in front of the Eisenhower Memorial, the crowd marched outside the U.S. Department of Education (DOE). | Monday's rally and march…

Staff (2022-04-06). CANTV Investigates Irregular Internet Service Charges—Orinoco Tribune Affected. orinocotribune.com The National Telephone Company of Venezuela (CANTV) is conducting an investigation into irregular service charges to clients of the state-owned Telecom company. They invite users to report irregularities. | During the first quarter of 2022, CANTV carried out 447 investigations against company workers for allegedly receiving irregular payments for their work, such as repair of breakdowns, changes in ABA (broadband service) plans, phone landline changes, and changes in the names of account holders. | Due to these procedures, CANTV took punitive measures against 52 company workers, whom they were able to identify th…

Leonid Savin (2022-04-06). Eurasianism, Eurasian Economic Union and Multipolarity: Assessments of Foreign Experts. thealtworld.com Leonid Savin, Konstantin Kurylev, Sergey Bazavluk | Eurasianism, in its various interpretations, from ideology to the implementation of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) programs, is regarded as one of the strategies of creating a multipolar world order. This article analyzes the views and assessments of foreign authors regarding the relationship between Eurasianism and the EAEU amid the changing international context. | The authors present both critical and positive opinions on Eurasianism, Eurasian integration and its political and economic interlinkages with other countries and associations (China, Vietnam, t…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-04-06). Yacila Bondo: Colombia's Reality Today. libya360.wordpress.com We spoke to Yacila Bondo, of Coordinación Étnica Nacional de Paz — CENPAZ and the collective Uhuru Significa Libertad, during a trip to Venezuela. Yacila reacts to U.S. media portrayals of Colombia as a democracy and says the revolutionary strength of Venezuelans serves as an example for the region. Interviewed by Danny Shaw and Camila…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-04-06). Women and the Sandinista Revolution: Interview with National Assembly Deputy Irma Dávila. libya360.wordpress.com Kawsachun News Nicaragua continues to lead by example in its commitment to equal rights among women and men and far outpaces the rest of the world with its exceptional achievements in realizing high levels of women's participation in government. According to the ILO, the country places first in the world for having the highest number…

Rachel Hu, Chris Garaffa (2022-04-06). CovertAction Bulletin Podcast: U.S., NATO Blocking Peace in Ukraine. covertactionmagazine.com CLICK HERE to listen on many other podcast platforms. Support us by becoming a patreon. War in Ukraine U.S. National …

Peoples Dispatch (2022-04-06). Imprisoned political activist Alaa Abdel Fattah goes on hunger strike in Egypt. peoplesdispatch.org 40-year-old Fattah is reportedly being kept in solitary confinement under heavy supervision without access to books or exercise. He is serving a five-year jail term for "spreading fake news and undermining national security"

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

ecns.cn (2022-04-06). Another makeshift hospital under construction in Shanghai. ecns.cn Shanghai is converting the National Exhibition and Convention Center (NECC) into a makeshift hospital with a planned capacity of 40,000 beds.

ecns.cn (2022-04-06). China vows to adhere to dynamic zero-COVID approach as cases spike. ecns.cn China will adhere to its dynamic zero-COVID approach as local infections are surging, a spokesperson for the National Health Commission (NHC) said Wednesday.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-04-06). The Birth of a "New World Order" from the Ukrainian Battlefield. libya360.wordpress.com Elijah J. Magnier There is a lot of speculation about the birth of a "new world order" from the womb of the battle in Ukraine between America and Russia. The Middle East, Asia and Africa are awaiting the results of this battle, its implications and what will be the outcome to form new alliances once…

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2022-04-06: News Headlines

Mohawk Nation News (2022-04-06). Mohawks on Pope's Apology 'We Will Never Forget or Forgive'. indybay.org Mohawk Nation News said of the Pope's apology: "These 'indian' buddies of the government 'indians' forgave the psychopaths on their own behalf. We will never forget nor forgive them for what they did and continue to do."

Staff (2022-04-06). UN chief calls upon international community to use all tools to counter global terrorist threat in Afghanistan. aninews.in New York [US], September 8 (ANI): Emphasising that Afghanistan must never again be used as a platform or safe haven for terrorist organizations, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called upon the international community to act together and use all tools at its disposal to counter the global terrorist threat in the war-ravaged country.

_____ (2022-04-06). Win the War, Invest in Peace: Thats Conversation We Need to Be Having Now. commondreams.org Practice in holding two things together at the same time: the need to stop this war and to work across national boundaries to prevent the next one.

ecns.cn (2022-04-06). Makeshift hospital with over 40 thousand beds to be built in Shanghai. ecns.cn The National Exhibition and Convention Center (Shanghai) will be transformed into a makeshift hospital with more than 40,000 beds, according to local authorities on Tuesday.

ecns.cn (2022-04-06). Makeshift hospital with 40,000 beds under construction in Shanghai. ecns.cn Photo taken on April 5, 2022 shows the National Exhibition and Convention Center (NECC) which will be converted to a makeshift hospital with a planned capacity of 40,000 beds in Shanghai.

____ (2022-04-06). Sri Lanka's ruling coalition crumbles, but president refuses to resign. wsws.org The mass protests are continuing throughout the island fueled by desperate shortages of food items, fuel, medicines and electricity.

____ (2022-04-06). Sri Lankan plantation workers strike and demonstrate for overthrow of Rajapakse government. wsws.org The stoppage was called by the Glenugie Estate Workers Action Committee, which was formed with the support of the Socialist Equality Party.

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

Ben Norton (2022-04-05). IMF Admits US Dollar Hegemony Declining, due to Rise of Chinese Yuan, Sanctions on Russia. orinocotribune.com By Benjamin Norton — Mar 31, 2022 | The US-dominated International Monetary Fund warns of an "erosion of dollar dominance," noting use of Chinese yuan in global central bank reserves is increasing, while Western sanctions on Russia could strengthen other currencies. | The US-dominated International Monetary Fund (IMF) has acknowledged that the hegemony of the dollar is in noticeable decline. | At the same time, the Chinese currency, the yuan or renminbi, is slowly growing in influence, along with other currencies, according to the IMF. | In 2000, roughly 70% of global foreign exchange reserves were held in U…

Brian Berletic (2022-04-05). Solomon Islands and China's Security Pact: Why is the West Complaining? thealtworld.com The Solomon Islands is in the process of working out a security pact with China which would allow Chinese police and soldiers to help maintain order in the country upon request. The West has decried this deal as a sign of growing Chinese influence, but fail to point out the context within which this pact is necessary for both the Solomon Islands and China. | It has been the US, Australia, and Taiwan who have undermined the peace, stability, and security of the Solomon Islands for years, forcing Honiara to find a more reliable security partner. China is already a reliable and important economic partner, thus Honia…

JANET (2022-04-05). NATO's global history of reaction. iacenter.org By Sara Flounders April 4, 2022 The U.S.-commanded military alliance called the North Atlantic Treaty Organization — NATO, was founded April 4, 1949. Its initials describe its early geographic reach but obscure NATO's intent, and how NATO has acted, first from 1949 to 1991, and later from 1991 to the present. From its founding moment, NATO was an aggressive military apparatus to coordinate the police and military and intelligence apparatus among the ten founding West European member countries (plus U.S. and Canada) under U.S. command. NATO's past 30 years of steady expansion is tied to its original purpose…

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

Vijay Prashad (2022-04-05). Will Japan and Russia tensions over contested Pacific Islands spill over into war? peoplesdispatch.org A leaked version of Japan's yearly text on its foreign policy suggests that its government is taking a tougher stance on its long-standing conflict with Russia…

Staff (2022-04-05). En fotos, animales en las noticias. cubadebate.cu Una vez más, es hora de echar un vistazo al reino animal y sus interacciones con las innumerables especies que comparten nuestro planeta. Las fotos de hoy incluyen la prueba de COVID-19 en ciervos en Minnesota, un censo de rinocerontes en India, un rescate de llamas en medio de inundaciones en Australia y mucho más.

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

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

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

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

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

Editor (2022-04-05). New McCarthyism silences the Black and other Radical Left. mronline.org Socialists, anti-imperialists, anti-war activists, Black radicals, and other independent alternative voices who challenge mainstream media and its political culture are being explicitly targeted by Liberals and Big Tech in a censorship campaign akin to the McCarthy era.

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

Caitlin A. Johnstone (2022-04-05). Pundits who advocate hot war with Russia are enemies of humanity. mronline.org In an appearance on the MSNBC show Velshi, The Modern War Institute's John Spencer explicitly advocated direct U.S. military conflict with Russia due to allegations of war crimes in the Ukrainian city of Bucha.

M. K. Bhadrakumar (2022-04-05). Fake news in Kiev heralds cruel April. mronline.org An indignant Moscow has angrily demanded a United Nations Security Council meeting on Monday over the allegations of atrocities by Russian troops in areas around Kiev through the past month.

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

Editor (2022-04-05). Andreas Malm & the Zetkin Collective — 'White Skin, Black Fuel'. mronline.org As regular readers of this blog will be aware I think that Andreas Malm, even where I disagree with key points of his argument, is one of the most stimulating Marxist authors on environmental politics.

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

ecns.cn (2022-04-05). Peace is the 'only goal' that China hopes for, FM says. ecns.cn China does not seek selfish geopolitical gains or to do anything that adds fuel to the fire over the Ukraine crisis, and peace is the only goal that the nation has been hoping for, State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi told his Ukrainian counterpart Dmytro Kuleba on Monday.

TANC Organizing Committee (2022-04-05). Rights or Power: TANC Organizing Committee on SF's 'Right to Organize'. indybay.org 'Right to organize' legislation limits its nominal goal and solidifies conditions unfavorable to mass tenant power.

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_____ (2022-04-04). Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi's Visit to India. journal-neo.org It is now possible to be cautiously optimistic about relations between China, India and Japan, which may soon be put on a normal, stable footing — an essential prerequisite if we are to see an improvement in the overall situation in the Indo-Pacific region. That is despite the fact that the recent visit by Japanese …

Zahra Mirzafarjouyan (2022-04-04). India taken steps to operationalize Chabahar port. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 04 (MNA) — President Ram Nath Kovind on Sunday announced that India has taken steps to operationalize the Chabahar port in Iran.

Mohawk Nation News (2022-04-04). Mohawks on Pope's Apology 'We Will Never Forget or Forgive'. indybay.org Mohawk Nation News said of the Pope's apology: "These 'indian' buddies of the government 'indians' forgave the psychopaths on their own behalf. We will never forget nor forgive them for what they did and continue to do."

____ (2022-04-04). Hinduism — The Secrets of the Vedas. transcend.org "One finds two theorems in modern science which have a profound spiritual echo, wrote in 1926 Sri Aurobindo, India's avatar of the Modern Age: "First that atoms are masses of swirling structures, like the solar system; and then that all the atoms are constituted of the same elements… (read on)…

Moderator (2022-04-04). Mr. Fish and Chris Hedges Wrote Bob Scheer a Birthday Ballad. scheerpost.com The Ballad of Bob & Tracy : | by Chris Hedges & Mr. Fish: | Robert Scheer was born 86 years ago in the Bronx on April 4, 1936. | Dwayne Booth, aka They urge you to Hedges sent in the video with this note: We play two beat poets (beta vulgaris is the Latin name for beetroot), complete with berets, bongo drum solos by Dwa…

____ (2022-04-04). Canadian imperialism using US-NATO war drive against Russia to expand military operations in the Arctic. wsws.org The Western powers' success in goading Putin to launch a reactionary war in Ukraine has intensified economic and geopolitical rivalries around the globe, including in the far north. The major powers view the Arctic, with its vast natural resources and trade routes opening up due to climate change, as a key battleground.

____ (2022-04-04). The MADness of the Resurgent U.S. Cold War on Russia. transcend.org 28 Mar 2022 – The war in Ukraine has placed U.S. and NATO policy toward Russia under a spotlight: How they expanded NATO right up to Russia's borders, backed a coup and now a proxy war in Ukraine, imposed waves of economic sanctions, and launched a debilitating trillion-dollar arms race. The goal is to pressure, weaken and eliminate Russia, or a Russia-China partnership, as a strategic competitor to U.S. imperial power.

TANC Organizing Committee (2022-04-04). Rights or Power: TANC Organizing Committee on SF's 'Right to Organize'. indybay.org 'Right to organize' legislation limits its nominal goal and solidifies conditions unfavorable to mass tenant power.

____ (2022-04-04). War of the 21st century: Azerbaijan celebrates war, as it does everyday. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com AzernewsApril 4, 2022 April battles: Beginning of historic victory One of the glorious pages in Azerbaijan's Karabakh war history, the 2016 April battles later dubbed the four-day war, bolstered a national soldier's combat spirit and paved the way for the ultimate victory gained by Azerbaijan over Armenia in 2020. *** As a result of four-day …

Staff (2022-04-04). Nearly 100 die in boat tragedy in Mediterranean Sea, UN says. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 04 (MNA) — Nearly 100 people have died in international waters after setting off from Libya in an overcrowded boat, international organizations said.

MARTY (2022-04-04). #EarthDay World Naked Bike Ride #WNBRsf2022 #2. indybay.org #WNBRsf2022: Join the Fun! Become A Part of the Annual International World Naked Bike Rides; Celebrate YourSelf, Body Freedom & Liberty; Promote Bike & Transportation Safety & A More Livable Planet For All.

Staff (2022-04-04). Over 100 protest outside Lannemezan prison to demand release of Georges Abdallah. samidoun.net At the call of Collectif 65 for the Liberation of Georges Abdallah, over 100 demonstrators gathered outside the gates of the Lannemezan prison in France to demand the release of the longest-held political prisoner in Europe. This initiative was organized as part of an international day of mobilization for the release of the imprisoned Lebanese communist. The …

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

ecns.cn (2022-04-04). Chinese mainland reports 1,366 new local COVID-19 cases. ecns.cn The Chinese mainland reported 1,366 new locally-transmitted COVID-19 infections on Sunday, the National Health Commission said Monday.

Anonymous103 (2022-04-04). Assassination Attempt Targeted President Of Kazakhstan. southfront.org emptyKazakhstan's counterintelligence service recently announced the prevention of an assassination attempt on President of Kazakhstan Kysym-Jomart Tokayev. Kazakhstan's special services have detained a foreign intelligence agent ´–ê ª who was planning an assassination attempt on the country's president, the National Security Committee said. The detention was carried out on March 25 in Nur-Sultan. The agent is a citizen of Kazakhstan. | On April 3, it was revealed that an assa…

ecns.cn (2022-04-04). Pakistani president dissolves national assembly at PM's request. ecns.cn Pakistani President Arif Alvi dissolved Sunday the National Assembly at the request of the country's prime minister, said a statement from the president's secretariat.

Kamal Iranidoost (2022-04-04). Iran to host next edition of Asian MMA competitions. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 04 (MNA) — Iran's Martial Arts Associations Federation said Monday in a statement that International Mixed Martial Arts Federation has agreed that Iran will host the next edition of Asian MMA competitions.

____ (2022-04-04). While You Were Distracted by Will Smith, the International Elite Met at the World Government Summit. transcend.org 1 Apr 2022 – While much of the world spent the last days obsessing over the celebrity spectacle of actor Will Smith slapping comedian Chris Rock 'live,' the international elites were meeting in Dubai for the 2022 World Government Summit. Guests included Klaus Schwab of the World Economic Forum and Kristalina Georgieva of the International Monetary Fund.

____ (2022-04-04). Save the Planet, Behead the Military Budget. transcend.org 30 Mar 2022 – Why, why, why, as our ecosystem collapses, as millions flee the horrors of war and poverty, as the pandemic continues, as WWIII and a nuclear Armageddon rears its evil head, does ever-expanding, global militarism remain our primary national purpose? This question stabs me as President Whoever announces his proposed military budget, as Congress increases it, as the media shrugs.

ecns.cn (2022-04-04). Sanctions imperil space cooperation, Russia says. ecns.cn The head of Russia's space program said on Saturday that the future of the International Space Station hangs in the balance after the space agencies of the United States, the European Union, and Canada missed a deadline to meet Russian demands for lifting sanctions on Russian enterprises and hardware.

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

____ (2022-04-04). Anti-government protests continue in Sri Lanka in defiance of curfew and police repression. wsws.org The demonstrations were anonymously organised via social media and followed days of spontaneous protests over skyrocketing inflation, scarcity of essentials, including food, medicine, cooking gas and fuel, and lengthy power cuts.

____ (2022-04-04). Massive social protests erupt in Sri Lanka: A critical development in the global class struggle. wsws.org Immense social anger over the soaring price of food and petrol, hours-long electricity power cuts, an acute shortage of medical supplies and the ever more intolerable conditions of life for working people has erupted in mass protests across Sri Lanka.

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

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

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

Editor (2022-04-03). How Not to Cope with Vladimir Putin by Drilling and Pumping. scheerpost.com By By Stan Cox / While the Ukrainian people bear the lethal brunt of Russia's invasion, shockwaves from that war threaten to worsen other crises across the planet. The emergency that loomed largest before Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine began — the heating of Earth's climate — is now loomi…

ecns.cn (2022-04-03). (W.E. Talk) How does China-Germany cooperation serve as a bridge to global climate governance?>. ecns.cn How can we better promote the win-win cooperation of China with Germany and the EU to jointly lead the global low-carbon development? How is the realization of climate goals be balanced with energy and economic security? How does hydrogen energy play an important role in China-Germany climate cooperation? How do we understand the China-Germany and China-EU competition-cooperation relationships in the new energy vehicles and other industries? The "China-Germany Dialogue on Climate" held recently by China News Network and BWA brings experts to share their views on the above topics.

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

_____ (2022-04-03). IMF Admits US Dollar Hegemony Declining. popularresistance.org The US-dominated International Monetary Fund (IMF) has acknowledged that the hegemony of the dollar is in noticeable decline. | At the same time, the Chinese currency, the yuan or renminbi, is slowly growing in influence, along with other currencies, according to the IMF. | In 2000, roughly 70% of global foreign exchange reserves were held in US dollars. As of 2021, that figure had fallen to just under 60%. | Meanwhile, the IMF noted that there is a rise in "nontraditional currencies" from smaller countries being held in international reserves. | The United States has veto power over IMF decisions, and the instit…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-04-03). 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…

ecns.cn (2022-04-03). Chinese-invested int'l airport to boost Cambodia's economy, tourism: PM. ecns.cn Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen said here on Sunday that Chinese-invested Siem Reap Angkor International Airport will play an important role in boosting the kingdom's economy and tourism when it comes online in late 2023.

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

Michael T. Klare (2022-04-03). As Europe Turns Away From Russian Oil, Gas Exporters' Global Clout Is Increasing. truthout.org Few events in recent years have proved to be as transformative of international relations as Russia's invasion of Ukraine and the resulting imposition of sanctions on the Russian economy. The war and sanctions have sundered or sharply curtailed most remaining trade and diplomatic relations between Russia and the West, forcing Western firms to suspend their operations in Russia and plan for a world divided into highly segmented trade blocs. | Every major industry will be battered by these seismic shifts, but none more so than energy: Prior to the invasion, Russia was Europe's principal supplier of imported oil and…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-04-03). 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…

Marzieh Rahmani (2022-04-03). Iranian documentary to vie at ZagrebDox Intl Doc. FilmFest. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 03 (MNA) — The Iranian documentary film "Water, Wind, Soil, Bread" by Mehdi Zamanpour Kiasari will take part in the 18th edition of ZagrebDox, the International Documentary Film Festival.

ecns.cn (2022-04-03). COVID-19 vaccination bill reaches 120 bln yuan in China. ecns.cn China has spent more than 120 billion yuan (around 18.9 billion U.S. dollars) on COVID-19 vaccination, an expenditure within the limits of the country's medical insurance funds, said the National Healthcare Security Administration.

_____ (2022-04-03). Medicare For All Is Not Enough. popularresistance.org We have long advocated for single-payer national health insurance. By eliminating private insurers and simplifying how providers are paid, single-payer would free up hundreds of billions of dollars now squandered annually on insurance-related bureaucracy. The savings would make it feasible to cover the uninsured and to eliminate the cost barriers that keep even insured patients from getting the care they need. And it would free patients and doctors from the narrow provider networks and other bureaucratic constraints imposed by insurance middlemen. We still urgently need this reform. | However, the accelerating co…

Staff (2022-04-03). Tehran backs Iraq's unity, independence, intl. position. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 03 (MNA) — In a phone call with the Iraqi counterpart, the Iranian President said that Iran supports the unity, independence, security and the promotion of the regional and international position of Iraq.

Staff (2022-04-03). Kazakhstan detains foreign agent plotting attack on president. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 03 (MNA) — Kazakhstan's special services have detained a foreign intelligence agent who was plotting an assassination of the Kazakh President, the press service of the republic's National Security Committee reported on Sunday.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-04-03). Communication: Strategy for Wars. libya360.wordpress.com Fabrizio Casari Wars have always been fought to conquer territories, to plunder the riches of the sea, land and subsoil, for the strategic control of sea and air routes. Today, wars are also fought to prevent the growth of competition in markets, to redefine the structure of world governance, where a unipolar and a multipolar…

teleSUR, JL (2022-04-03). Gobierno de Sri Lanka bloquea acceso a redes durante toque de queda. telesurtv.net Las redes son acceso bloqueo son Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, WhatsApp y You Tube.

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Mohawk Nation News (2022-04-03). Mohawks on Pope's Apology 'We Will Never Forget or Forgive'. indybay.org Mohawk Nation News said of the Pope's apology: "These 'indian' buddies of the government 'indians' forgave the psychopaths on their own behalf. We will never forget nor forgive them for what they did and continue to do."

TANC Organizing Committee (2022-04-03). Rights or Power: TANC Organizing Committee on SF's 'Right to Organize'. indybay.org 'Right to organize' legislation limits its nominal goal and solidifies conditions unfavorable to mass tenant power.

ecns.cn (2022-04-03). Pakistani president dissolves national assembly at PM's request. ecns.cn Pakistani President Arif Alvi dissolved Sunday the National Assembly at the request of the country's prime minister, said a statement from the president's secretariat.

MARTY (2022-04-03). #EarthDay World Naked Bike Ride #WNBRsf2022 #2. indybay.org #WNBRsf2022: Join the Fun! Become A Part of the Annual International World Naked Bike Rides; Celebrate YourSelf, Body Freedom & Liberty; Promote Bike & Transportation Safety & A More Livable Planet For All.

teleSUR, JL (2022-04-03). Gobierno de Sri Lanka bloquea acceso a redes durante toque de queda. telesurtv.net Las redes son acceso bloqueo son Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, WhatsApp y You Tube.

Anonymous103 (2022-04-03). Civilians From Mariupol Share Their Testimonies With Foreign Journalists. southfront.org

Marzieh Rahmani (2022-04-03). Moscow poised to offer support to Minsk if Belarus attacked. en.mehrnews.com Russia remains ready to provide the required support to Belarus in case of an attack on it, and Moscow will view such actions as aggression against itself, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.

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

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

Ben Norton (2022-04-02). New Cold War Neocolonialism: West Threatens Solomon Islands over China Alliance. orinocotribune.com By Benjamin Norton — Mar 29, 2022 | The Solomon Islands, a sovereign country in the Pacific, broke ties with Taiwan and allied with China. So the US backed a failed violent coup attempt. Australia now calls the area its "backyard," and media moguls demand an invasion to prevent the nation from signing a security pact with Beijing. | The Solomon Islands is a sovereign nation in the Pacific, near Papua New Guinea and Australia, with a population of nearly 700,000 people (making it larger than EU/NATO member Luxembourg, NATO members Iceland and Montenegro, and EU member Malta). | As Western powers heat up their…

JANET (2022-04-02). Sanctions on Russia boomerang — Biden promises food shortages. iacenter.org By Sara Flounders March 31, 2022 March 27 "Food shortages — it's going to be real," President Joe Biden said in Brussels March 25. "The price of the sanctions is not just imposed upon Russia. It's imposed upon an awful lot of countries as well, including European countries and our country as well." This ominous warning, reported around the world, was delivered at a NATO press conference. As Biden spoke, workers' actions in Spain, Greece, Italy, France and Germany confronted soaring prices for fuel and food. From truckers to farmers on tractors, roads were blocked. Fishing people organized on boats. The pric…

Vijay Prashad (2022-04-02). History rounds off skeletons to zero: The Thirteenth Newsletter (2022). mronline.org On 16 March 2022, as Russia's war on Ukraine entered its second month, Kazakhstan's President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev warned his people that 'uncertainty and turbulence in the world markets are growing, and production and trade chains are collapsing'.

WSWS (2022-04-02). Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and New Zealand. wsws.org India: Tamil Nadu mini-clinic doctors protest sackings; Australia: Age care workers strike in North Queensland and Tasmania; New Zealand rail union holds strike ballot…

Akash Khobragade, Suresh Bhate, Vijendra Ramaiah, Shrikant Deshpande, Krishna Giri, Himanshu Phophle, Pravin Supe, Inderjeet Godara, Ramesh Revanna, Rajnish Nagarkar, Jayesh Sanmukhani, Ayan Dey, T M Chozhavel Rajanathan, Kevinkumar Kansagra, Parshottam Koradia, ZyCoV-D phase 3 Study Investigator Group (2022-04-02). [Articles] Efficacy, safety, and immunogenicity of the DNA SARS-CoV-2 vaccine (ZyCoV-D): the interim efficacy results of a phase 3, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled study in India. thelancet.com In this interim analysis, ZyCoV-D vaccine was found to be efficacious, safe, and immunogenic in a phase 3 trial.

John Zarocostas (2022-04-02). [World Report] Mixed response to COVID-19 intellectual property waiver. thelancet.com The global health community says the draft outcome—between the EU, the USA, India, and South Africa—falls short of expectations. John Zarocostas reports from Geneva.

Editor (2022-04-02). How Cuba revitalised its energy sector while significantly reducing carbon emissions. mronline.org Cuba has been revitalising its energy sector for the past 25 years. As a result, there has been a demonstrable rise in overall efficiency and a significant reduction in emissions.

Stansfield Smith (2022-04-02). Why is the Nicaraguan Government demonized by both Liberals and Conservatives when Nicaragua has seen great progress under the Sandinistas? mronline.org Women Have Made Particularly Significant Gains Under the Second Sandinista Government Since 2006.

JANET (2022-04-02). Western imperialism faces its weaknesses. iacenter.org April 1, 2022 By Manuel Raposo March 28 The author is editor of the Portuguese web magazine, jornalmudardevida.net. Translation: John Catalinotto. The G7 is united. The rest of the world is trying to avoid being towed behind them. A key element of the West's propaganda war against Russia is the argument that what is at stake is a confrontation between Democracy and Autocracy. The argument, extending beyond the Ukraine conflict, includes China and tries to convince people that there is a conspiracy of dictatorships and autocracies around the world with the goal of undermining and overthrowing Western democratic re…

Staff (2022-04-02). 2 April: Demonstrations in various cities to free Georges Abdallah for international action day. samidoun.net April 2: International Day for the Release of Georges Abdallah At the call of the Unitary Campaign for the Liberation of Georges Abdallah and various support committees, let's make April 2 a day of mobilization for the release of the oldest political prisoner in Europe. Saturday April 2 in Lannemezan: Rally for the release of Georges Abdallah Saturday …

_____ (2022-04-02). Brits Hit The Streets As Anger Over Cost Of Living And P&O Sacking Erupts. popularresistance.org Thousands of protesters will take to the streets today to vent their anger at the soaring cost of living and the brutal sacking of 800 P&O workers. | The protests come as the Insolvency Service launches criminal and civil investigations into P&O's behavior. | The People's Assembly, a national forum campaigning against austerity since 2013, has organized demonstrations across Britain in protest at the spiraling cost-of-living crisis. | In London, protesters will gather outside Downing Street from 2pm. | Demonstrations will also be held in Birmingham, Bournemouth, Bristol, Cardiff, Cambridge, Coventry, De…

Staff (2022-04-02). Venezuela Condemns Sweden's Interventionist Comments. orinocotribune.com The Foreign Affairs Minister of Venezuela, Félix Plasencia has condemned his Swedish counterpart's interventionist statements about Venezuela and asked her to refrain from making such comments in future. | On Friday, April 1, Minister Plasencia issued a response to the Foreign Affairs Minister of Sweden, Ann Linde, who met Juan Guaidó and made a series of interventionist comments about Venezuela on social media. She called Guaidó the president of Venezuela's "democratically elected National Assembly," which is false, as the term of that assembly expired in January 2021, and a new assembly was constituted through…

Radovan Spasic (2022-04-02). NATO's War against Yugoslavia. Deliberately Triggering A Humanitarian Disaster. globalresearch.ca Feature image the bombing of Yugoslavia | First published on July 1, 2018 In order to justify aggression on Yugoslavia, NATO, Western allies, public medias, international humanitarian organizations and even Western intellectuals, were fabricating the story that Serbian forces ethnically …

Anonymous669 (2022-04-02). Russian Iskander Missile Strike Killed 100 Ukrainian & Foreign Fighters In Kharkiv (Video). southfront.org An Iskander-K cruise missile. Illustrative image. | The Russian military attacked Kharkiv's defense headquarters on March 31, killing more than 100 nationalists and Western mercenaries, Maj. Gen. Igor Konashenkov, a spokesman for the Russian Ministry of Defense, announced on April 2."As a result of a high-precision strike with the Iskander operational-tactical complex on the defense headquarters in the city of Kharkiv on March 31, the elimination of more than 100 nationalists and mercenaries from Western countries was conf…

WSWS (2022-04-02). Global food crisis fuels international class struggle. wsws.org Significant strikes and demonstrations are breaking out across the world in the largest wave of social protest since before the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. The working class is the social force capable of stopping world war.

WSWS (2022-04-02). French Morenoites cover for New Anticapitalist Party's backing of NATO against Russia. wsws.org The arming of Ukrainian nationalist militias by NATO and the calls by Washington for the overthrow of the Russian government have unmasked the middle-class pseudo-left.

Peoples Health Dispatch (2022-04-02). Health workers in Greece mobilize against pro-privatization reform. peoplesdispatch.org Health workers in several cities in Greece organized a three-hour work stoppage on Wednesday, 30 March, to protest a new healthcare bill proposed by the government. According to the workers and their trade union representatives, the reform will adversely affect the national health system, which has already been weakened by two years of pandemic response and staff shortages. In addition to the work stoppage, workers also staged marches in Athens and other cities, where they were faced with police attacks. | The government's reform emphasizes strengthening the private for-profit health sector, including public-priv…

WSWS (2022-04-02). Workers and students in Australia call for international anti-war movement. wsws.org "A lot of people oppose this war, but others get sucked into anti-Russia and anti-China hate… We need to unite Russian and Ukrainian workers, and workers everywhere, against the war."

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

David Orchard (2022-04-02). Globalism's First Victim. NATO's War on Yugoslavia: David Orchard. globalresearch.ca David Orchard led the anti-war campaign across Canada relentlessly mobilizing support against NATO's war on Yugoslavia. | March 24, 2018 commemorates the 19th anniversary of NATO's war on Yugoslavia. | This article was originally published by Toronto's National Post on June 23, …

ecns.cn (2022-04-02). Competition schedule for Paris 2024 released. ecns.cn The International Olympic Committee's executive board has approved the competition schedule of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games on Friday.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-04-02). Latin America in the New Global Economy. libya360.wordpress.com Kawsachun News We spoke to Ecuadorian economist Juan Fernando Terán about Western sanctions, the Ukraine war, and how Latin America can protect its economy. Who is paying the price of western sanctions on Russia? Ecuador's banana industry has collapsed without the Russian consumer market? Juan F. Terán: Countries that export food and agricultural goods are…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-04-02). Mayo Clinic researchers develop new antibody test to diagnose MS. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn. — Mayo Clinic researchers have validated a new antibody test to diagnose multiple sclerosis (MS), a potentially disabling disease of the brain and spinal cord. Nearly 1 million people in the U.S. are affected by MS, according to the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. An antibody typically consists of two immunoglobulin heavy chains and two light chains. There are two types of light chains: kappa and lambda. The validated test measures kappa immunoglobulin free…

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

WSWS (2022-04-02). Sri Lankan president declares state of emergency to suppress mass protests over austerity. wsws.org Workers must recognise that they are facing a political fight not only against the government but the entire political establishment that defends capitalism and supports austerity measures.

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

April M. Short (2022-04-02). Why the US culture of colonial extraction is making people sick and destroying the planet. nationofchange.org Rupa Marya, a physician and musician, studies how social structures impact health. She says colonial capitalism fractures the critical relationships that keep us healthy.

Anonymous669 (2022-04-02). Large Explosion Rocks US Base In Northeastern Syria Key Oil Filed. southfront.org U.S. Marines with Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment provide security support during mission on Sept. 9, 2018, at an undisclosed location in Syria. (Cpl. Gabino Perez/Marine Corps) | On April 2 morning, a large explosion rocked the US-led coalition main base in al-Omar oil fields in the southeastern countryside of Syria's Deir Ezzor. | Sada al-Sharqieh, a local news blog, shared a photo showing dark smoke rising from the base, which is known as the Green Village, after the explosion.ÿ&…

Staff (2022-04-02). Iran declares Sunday as first day of fasting Ramdan month. en.mehrnews.com The office of Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has declared Sunday, April 3, as the first day of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.

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2022-04-02: News Headlines

Mohawk Nation News (2022-04-02). Mohawks on Pope's Apology 'We Will Never Forget or Forgive'. indybay.org Mohawk Nation News said of the Pope's apology: "These 'indian' buddies of the government 'indians' forgave the psychopaths on their own behalf. We will never forget nor forgive them for what they did and continue to do."

TANC Organizing Committee (2022-04-02). Rights or Power: TANC Organizing Committee on SF's 'Right to Organize'. indybay.org 'Right to organize' legislation limits its nominal goal and solidifies conditions unfavorable to mass tenant power.

ecns.cn (2022-04-02). COVID-19 vaccination bill reaches 120 bln yuan in China. ecns.cn China has spent more than 120 billion yuan (around 18.9 billion U.S. dollars) on COVID-19 vaccination, an expenditure within the limits of the country's medical insurance funds, said the National Healthcare Security Administration.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-04-02). 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…

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

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

a guest author (2022-04-01). The war in Ukraine and its effects on Latin America and the Caribbean. workers.org by Carlos Mauricio Ferolla and Marcelo Depieri March 23, 2022. On Feb. 24, war broke out in Ukraine after the invasion of the Russian army. The war has a global impact on a multipolar international system, hyperconnected and in a critical state, undergoing a process of hegemonic transition from the . . . |

Sara Flounders (2022-04-01). Sanctions on Russia boomerang — Biden promises food shortages. workers.org March 27 "Food shortages — it's going to be real," President Joe Biden said in Brussels March 25. "The price of the sanctions is not just imposed upon Russia. It's imposed upon an awful lot of countries as well, including European countries and our country as well." This ominous warning, . . . |

_____ (2022-04-01). Millions Strike In India Against Modi Government's Policies. popularresistance.org The last two years have seen a further deterioration of the living standards of working people in India due to the pandemic and the lack of enough policy interventions by the Modi government. | Around 200 million industrial workers, employees, farmers and agricultural laborers observed a two-day general strike in India on March 28 and 29. The strike is a challenge by working people to the far-right Narendra Modi government as well as a fight to save the people's future and save the country.

_____ (2022-04-01). On the Visit of Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida to India and Cambodia. journal-neo.org On March 19 — 21, 2022, the Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida visited India and Cambodia. Despite the obvious difference in the "weight classes" of the visited countries, both stages of this trip constitute a single remarkable event at the present stage of the "Big World Game", which focuses on the confrontation between the United …

teleSUR, jaa, MER (2022-04-01). Rusia e India aprueban sistema alternativo de comercio bilateral. telesurtv.net El sistema aprobado se instalará en las sedes del Banco de la Reserva de India y en el Banco estatal de Rusia VEB.

JANET (2022-04-01). Latest U.S. 'war for oil' fuels global warming. iacenter.org By Betsey Piette March 30, 2022 'Bomb train' transporting liquified natural gas rolls through Hudson Valley, New York, community as school bus passes nearby. Is the U.S./NATO-instigated war with Russia, taking place on the battlefield of Ukraine, yet another "war for oil" — or a war over control of global sales of natural gas? At an emergency NATO summit in Brussels March 25, President Joe Biden announced the U.S. will accelerate liquified natural gas (LNG) exports to Europe, sending an additional 15 billion cubic meters (bcm) of LNG shipments on seagoing tankers in 2022, on top of 2021 exports of 22 bcm. B…

Editor (2022-04-01). John Kiriakou: Biden Is Denying CIA Torture Victims Their Day in Court. scheerpost.com Detainees on arrival to Camp X-Ray, the holding facility at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba.[US DoD] | Click to subscribe on: Reports regarding five Guantanamo Bay detainees who were victims of the

Maxximilian Seijo (2022-04-01). Weimar Futurities with Engelbert Stockhammer. mronline.org Engelbert Stockhammer joins Money on the Left to discuss the political and economic debates that shaped and ultimately devastated Weimar-era Germany. Professor Stockhammer is professor of political economy in the department of European and International Studies at King's College London and has published widely on financial instability and Post-Keynesian economics.

A Guest Author (2022-04-01). La guerra en Ucrania y sus efectos en América Latina y el Caribe. workers.org Por Carlos Mauricio Ferolla y Marcelo Depieri (OBSAL — Observatorio de Coyuntura de América Latina y el Caribe del Instituto Tricontinental) Resumen Latinoamericano el 23 de marzo, 2022 La pandemia y la guerra tendrán un efecto negativo para las economías de los países más desiguales El 24 de febrero inició . . . |

JANET (2022-04-01). World wants peace, Biden threatens war. iacenter.org By John Catalinotto March 29, 2022 March 29 — Recent polls show that a majority of people in the U.S. fear that the current crisis might escalate to a war with Russia, a war they want no part of. (cbs42.com, March 28) Despite avalanche of anti-Russia propaganda, revulsion for wider war exists among workers in the U.S. Here, protest in South Bronx, New York, March 26. President Joe Biden's comments made March 26 in Warsaw — threatening regime change in Moscow — certainly did nothing to alleviate those fears. The taste of danger remained even after his cohorts immediately walked back Biden's comme…

JANET (2022-04-01). Assata Shakur is a modern-day Harriet Tubman. iacenter.org By Monica Moorehead March 31, 2022 I had the distinct honor of meeting Assata Shakur in person at the 1997 World Youth Festival in Havana, Cuba. I was all the more surprised when she recognized me as the 1996 presidential candidate for Workers World Party. A year later, in 1998, during a New York City memorial for Workers World Party Chairperson Sam Marcy, Assata sent a moving message of condolence to our organization. Assata has been living in political exile in Cuba since 1979. Assata Shakur and Monica Moorehead at World Youth Festival, Havana, Cuba, 1997. So when the FBI posted a $2 million bounty May 2 for th…

A Guest Author (2022-04-01). Western imperialism faces its weaknesses. workers.org By Manuel Raposo March 28 The author is editor of the Portuguese web magazine, jornalmudardevida.net. Translation: John Catalinotto. The G7 is united. The rest of the world is trying to avoid being towed behind them. A key element of the West's propaganda war against Russia is the argument that what . . . |

Editor (2022-04-01). Russia, Ukraine & the Law of War: Crime of Aggression. scheerpost.com Nuremberg Trials. 1st row: Hermann Gà∂ring, Rudolf Heàü, Joachim von Ribbentrop, Wilhelm Keitel. 2nd row: Karl Dà∂nitz, Erich Raeder, Baldur von Schirach, Fritz Sauckel. (Office of the U.S. Chief of Counsel for the Prosecution of Axis Criminality/Still Picture Records LICON, Special Media Archives Services Division (NWCS-S) | By Scott Ritter / When it comes to the legal use of force between states, it is considered unimpeachable fact that in accordance with the intent of the U…

Mickey Gallagher (2022-04-01). L.A.'s Dodger Stadium should not exist! peoplesworld.org "The story of Dodger Stadium has been condensed and mythologized. It has become—with good reason—like a fable. The real history is less like a fable and more like the story of a crime that Los Angeles perpetuated on itself." As a junior in high school in Culver City, Calif., Eric Nusbaum heard Frank Wilkinson speak …

Anonymous103 (2022-04-01). Ukraine VS Red Cross: Kiev's Hysteria Endangers Its Own Civilians. southfront.org Click to see full-size image | It is difficult to imagine combat operations without the activities of humanitarian organizations. In this case, the conflict in Ukraine is not an exception. The international organization Red Cross is active on the territory of hostilities. The International Committee of the Red Cross is an impartial, neutral and independent organization whose goals and objectives are exclusively humanitarian and are to protect and assist the lives and dignity of people affected by armed conflict…

Staff (2022-04-01). Webinar on Alex Saab Case Next Tuesday with Top Panelists. orinocotribune.com Alex Saab's trial starts April 6 in Miami. This webinar includes the latest updates on the case. Protests demanding his freedom will take place in Miami, Boston, New York City, Washington DC, Los Angeles, San Diego, Vancouver and Chicago. | The webinar is going to be held next Tuesday April 5, 7 pm ET, 6 pm Central Time. | Panelists: | ‚Ä¢ Alfred de Zayas, former rapporteur on Venezuela for United Nations Human Rights Council | ‚Ä¢ Suzanne Adely, President of the Nation…

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

ecns.cn (2022-04-01). Steps laid out to achieve carbon goals. ecns.cn The second strategy is safeguarding energy security by ensuring fossil fuel supplies, and preventing risks arising from dependence on imported oil, gas and key minerals.

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-01). Homogenize various post-Soviet conflicts: new Azerbaijani war in Karabakh aims to weaken Russia, complete ethnic cleansing. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Panorama.amApril 1, 2022 Artsakh president: Our goal is to withdraw Azerbaijani troops to their initial positions A regular sitting of the Security Council chaired by President of the Artsakh Republic Arayik Harutyunyan was held in an expanded format on Friday, the presidential office reported. *** "We understand that their goal was to capture the whole …

WSWS (2022-04-01). Health care workers denounce scapegoating of Nashville nurse RaDonda Vaught. wsws.org The WSWS is organizing the working class to defend RaDonda Vaught and all health care workers against victimization for the crisis of the for-profit health care system.

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-01). Japan (with West) adds Kurils to growing list of Russian "occupied territories" antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Along with Abkhazia, Crimea, the Donbass, Nagorno-Karabakh, South Ossetia, Transnistria and in future Kaliningrad and East Karelia if needed Also see: Two-front offensive: U.S. ambassador Emanuel insists Russian islands belong to Japan 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 …

Anonymous103 (2022-04-01). Nationalist Forces Divided In Mariupol. Assault Of Azovstal Approaching. southfront.org Click to see full-size image | The large Russian/DPR mop up operation in Mariupol against the armed formations of Ukrainian nationalists continues. The advance is slowed by fierce street fighting. | On April 1, representative of the DPR People's Militia Eduard Basurin confirmed that the AFU grouping deployed in the city of Mariupol was cut into three small parts. Mop-up operations continue in the Kalmius and Left Bank districts of the city. | There are three main centers of resistance left in Mariupol: the…

_____ (2022-04-01). Staten Island Amazon Workers Pull Into The Lead. popularresistance.org In initial vote tallies today, Amazon warehouse workers in New York are ahead by hundreds of votes in favor of forming a union, while in Alabama the election is too close to call, pending a court hearing. | The vote at Amazon's mammoth warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama, was a rerun of the election last April that the union lost by more than 2 to 1. The results of that election were thrown out after the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) ruled that Amazon had illegally interfered with the vote. | This time, out of 2,375 valid ballots, 993 workers at the fulfillment center voted against joining the Retail, Wholesal…

José Manuel Blanco Diaz (2022-04-01). Venezuela and International Criminal Court Strengthen Cooperation. orinocotribune.com This Thursday, March 31, a series of meetings were concluded between Venezuela's President Nicolás Maduro and the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Karim Khan, yielding advances in cooperation between the two entities. | In statements offered at the end of the meeting, the Venezuelan head of state confirmed that among the new mechanisms agreed upon was the installation of an ICC office in Venezuelan territory. | The office "will allow a more effective, real dialogue," President Maduro said, "a dialogue that permits the memorandum of understanding that we signed to continue its development."

_____ (2022-04-01). National Endowment For The Arts Report On The Devastation Of The Arts. popularresistance.org On March 15, the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), the US government agency that funds arts projects, released a report revealing a portion of the financial and job losses sustained by artists and arts organizations during the COVID-19 pandemic so far. | The NEA study points out that between 2019 and 2020 the US "arts economy" contracted at almost twice the rate of the economy as a whole. "Arts and cultural production fell by 6.4 percent when adjusted for inflation, compared with a 3.4 [percent] decline in the overall economy." While the arts and culture sector remained "a major contributor to the economy,"

WSWS (2022-04-01). National Endowment for the Arts report lifts the lid on the devastation of the US arts economy. wsws.org Between 2019 and 2020, the arts economy, according to the NEA study, "shed more than half a million jobs (604,000 workers)—not counting self-employed artists and other cultural workers."

WSWS (2022-04-01). Striking Chevron workers denounce unpaid "standby" policy and other oppressive conditions at California oil refinery. wsws.org As industry analysts say they are "terrified" about slowing diesel and jet fuel production, Richmond oil workers are receiving an outpouring of support from other oil workers and workers in many industries in the US and internationally.

Anonymous669 (2022-04-01). UN Announces Breakthrough Ceasefire In Yemen That Will See Ports, Airports Reopened. southfront.org FILE PHOTO: A look at the Red Sea port of Hodeidah, Yemen May 10, 2017. REUTERS/Abduljabbar Zeyad/File Photo | Yemen's warring parties have agreed to a two-month ceasefire that will allow fuel ships to enter Houthi-held al-Hudaydah port and select flights from Sanaa International Airport, the UN Special Envoy for Yemen, Hans Gruenberg, announced on April 1. | In a statement, Gruenberg said that the nationwide ceasefire, which will go into effect on April 2, could be renewed with the consent of the parties."The parties acc…

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

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-01). Ukraine, Poland discuss NATO "peacekeeping" force in Ukraine. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Polish RadioApril 1, 2022 Polish peacekeeping plan for NATO allies to discuss: Ukrainian FM Poland's proposal to send international peacekeepers into war-torn Ukraine is for Poland to discuss with its NATO partners because Ukraine is not a member of the alliance, the Ukrainian foreign minister said in Warsaw on Friday. Dmytro Kuleba said that, during …

Zahra Mirzafarjouyan (2022-04-01). Mehrpadin Castle in central Iran. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 01 (MNA) — Located in downtown Mehriz, Yazd province in central Iran, Mehrpadin Castle is a magnificent adobe castle that dates back to the 8th-century AH on the lunar calendar. It was registered as one of Iran's national heritage sites.

ecns.cn (2022-04-01). Chinese lawmakers' suggestions move toward implementation. ecns.cn A total of 9,203 suggestions made by national lawmakers have been distributed to 208 organizations to be processed, part of China's efforts to transform people's voices into concrete actions.

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2022-04-01: News Headlines

A Guest Author (2022-04-01). The war in Ukraine and its effects on Latin America and the Caribbean. workers.org by Carlos Mauricio Ferolla and Marcelo Depieri March 23, 2022. On Feb. 24, war broke out in Ukraine after the invasion of the Russian army. The war has a global impact on a multipolar international system, hyperconnected and in a critical state, undergoing a process of hegemonic transition from the . . . |

TANC Organizing Committee (2022-04-01). Rights or Power: TANC Organizing Committee on SF's 'Right to Organize'. indybay.org 'Right to organize' legislation limits its nominal goal and solidifies conditions unfavorable to mass tenant power.

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-01). West exploits centuries of ethnic grievances to pit Ukrainians, Georgians against Russia. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com The revived Prometheism project entails far more than criticism of the actions of the Russian Federation, even of the former Soviet Union, but reaches back centuries to create and exacerbate national, ethnic, practically racial animus between groups that inhabited Russia from Czarist times until 1991. Also see: U.S. ambassador to Georgia blasts "revanchist" Russia for …

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-01). Post-national Canada to buy 88 F-35s in largest arms deal in over 30 years. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Prime Minister Justin Trudeau may have proclaimed Canada the world's first post-national state, but it remains a diehard NATO member and devoted Lockheed Martin customer. ==== Agence France-PresseMarch 28, 2022 Canada to buy 88 F-35 fighter jets from Lockheed Martin Canada announced plans Monday to buy 88 US-made F-35 stealth fighter jets to replace its …

Staff (2022-04-01). Iran welcomes intl. investors to secure global energy supply. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 01 (MNA) — Oil Minister Javad Owji said that Iran welcomes local and international investors to develop oil and gas upstream sectors in a bid to help maintain and improve the security of the global energy supply in upcoming years.

ecns.cn (2022-04-01). China holds meeting to improve workplace safety. ecns.cn China has held a national teleconference on strengthening workplace safety to implement the instructions made by President Xi Jinping after the China Eastern Airlines plane crash.

ecns.cn (2022-04-01). Afghanistan must not be excluded from international community: Wang Yi. ecns.cn China believes that if Afghanistan responds more effectively to the concerns of all parties, the diplomatic recognition of the Afghan government will come naturally, Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi said Thursday.

Staff (2022-04-01). Iran wants to trade with Russia in national currencies. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 01 (MNA) — Iran would like to conduct trade with Russia using the two countries' national currencies – the ruble and the toman, and agreements on this matter already exist, Iranian Central Bank Vice Governor Mohsen Karimi has said.

Staff (2022-04-01). China supports Iran in defending its lawful rights, interests. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 01 (MNA) — In a meeting with his Iranian counterpart, Chines Foreign Minister Wang Yi said that his country supports Iran in safeguarding its sovereignty and national dignity and defending its lawful rights and interests.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-04-01). Mayo Clinic researchers develop new antibody test to diagnose MS. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn. — Mayo Clinic researchers have validated a new antibody test to diagnose multiple sclerosis (MS), a potentially disabling disease of the brain and spinal cord. Nearly 1 million people in the U.S. are affected by MS, according to the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. An antibody typically consists of two immunoglobulin heavy chains and two light chains. There are two types of light chains: kappa and lambda. The validated test measures kappa immunoglobulin free…

ecns.cn (2022-04-01). Xiongan New Area, 'city of the future', marks fifth anniversary. ecns.cn China announced plans to establish Xiongan New Area on April 1, 2017, to relieve Beijing of functions non-essential to its role as the national capital and advance the coordinated development of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-04-01). 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…

Staff (2022-04-01). Sri Lanka lifts curfew imposed in Colombo. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 01 (MNA) — Sri Lanka on Friday lifted an overnight curfew that was imposed in several parts of Colombo after protestors tried to storm President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's home.

The Socialist Program (2022-03-31). China Reaffirms Closer Relations with Russia as Ukraine War Continues. liberationnews.org Key international relationships are being profoundly tested by the war in Ukraine, especially between China and Russia — the two countries at the top of the U.S. empire's hit list.

Editor (2022-03-31). Russia promises reduced military activity, as Ukraine proposes 'neutral' status at talks. mronline.org After the three-hour meeting in Turkey, Russia said it has decided to drastically cut back its military activity near Kiev in order for peace talks to progress. According to TASS, top Russian negotiator Vladimir Medinsky said the talks were "constructive."

VINS (2022-03-31). Indigenous Communities Using Data Sovereignty To Solve Food Insecurity. projectcensored.org The pandemic has compounded a host of systemic issues in the United States, including food insecurity in Indian Country. In an interview for High Country News, Brian Oaster spoke with…

Peoples Dispatch (2022-03-31). 200 Million Strike in India Against Right-Wing Narendra Modi Government's Policies. towardfreedom.org Living standards of India's working people have deteriorated because of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government's lack of sufficient policy interventions during the pandemic, People's Dispatch reports.

teleSUR, mcs, JL (2022-03-31). India y México acuerdan potenciar cooperación bilateral. telesurtv.net Los representantes de ambas naciones abordaron potenciar estrategias con la meta de crecar una relación cada vez más cercana.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-03-31). Will Russia Defeat the Dollar and Resurrect the Ruble, or Cut Off Europe's Gas? libya360.wordpress.com Elijah J. Magnier Russia will not be able to disassociate itself from U.S. global unilateralism as long as it uses the U.S. currency as a financial medium for its business transactions. This dependence on the U.S. dollar naturally puts Moscow at the mercy of the United States of America and its sanctions. The same applies…

Editor (2022-03-31). The deception of Crisis Pregnancy Centers. mronline.org CPCs are often strategically located in working class and oppressed communities as close to real abortion clinics as possible in order to cause confusion and to mislead many women who seek their services.

Rick Rozoff (2022-03-31). NATO concludes 30-nation strike force exercise in Norway. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com NATOAllied Air CommandMarch 31, 2022 Exercise Cold Response 22 accomplishes goals with Allies and Partners Norway has hosted NATO Allies and Partners during Cold Response 22, which is the largest exercise in Europe consisting of Air, Land, and Sea forces working together in a multi-domain, arctic environment. Cold Response is scheduled to conclude on April …

Ricardo Vaz (2022-03-31). Venezuela Sentenced to Pay 1.6 Billion Dollar Award to Agribusiness Corporations. venezuelanalysis.com Seed and fertilizer supplier Agroisleña was nationalized by the Hugo Chávez government in 2010.

Staff (2022-03-31). ParlaSur to Discuss Re-entry of Venezuela into Mercosur. orinocotribune.com The South American Parliament (ParlaSur) will address the issue of the re-entry of the National Assembly of Venezuela to Mercosur, the South American trade bloc. This came as an announcement by Oscar Laborde, the vice president of ParlaSur Argentina and president of the ParlaSur Democracy Observatory. | "America must be a pole, and that will only be achieved if we travel the path of the Great Homeland," said the Argentine parliamentarian, while pointing to the interventionism of other countries in the region that have joined the US coup agenda against Venezuela. | In particular, he referred to the fact that the A…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-03-31). Mariupol: Municipal Authorities Fled the City, Abandoning the Inhabitants to Their Fate. libya360.wordpress.com Christelle Néant On 28 March 2022, we went to Mariupol to assess the evolution of the situation. On the spot we found civilians who had stayed in their cellars for a month, and who explained to us how the municipal authorities, including the mayor, had fled Marioupol as soon as the Russian special military operation…

Anonymous669 (2022-03-31). Russian Military Continues To Hit Ukrainian Positions, Equipment With Guided Artillery Rounds (Videos). southfront.org File image. | The Russian military continues to use 2K25 Krasnopol precision-guided artillery rounds to target the positions and equipment of Ukrainian forces. | On March 31, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced that a Krasnopol round was used to destroyed a stronghold of Ukrainian nationalists."A stronghold of Ukrainian nationalists at a key road junction was wiped out by a smart artillery shell Krasnopol, guided to target by an unmanned aerial vehicle," the Defense Ministry said in a statement. | The ministry release…

Rick Rozoff (2022-03-31). Envoy to NATO replaces Bulgarian DM sacked over Ukraine. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Sofia EchoMarch 1, 2022 Bulgaria's Parliament votes in new Defence Minister after Ukraine row At the close of a debate lasting close to three hours on March 1, Bulgaria's National Assembly voted in Dragomir Zakov, until now the country's permanent representative to Nato, to replace Stefan Yanev as Defence Minister. *** Yanev was ousted from …

WSWS (2022-03-31). New Zealand's ISO backs US-NATO imperialism in Ukraine war against Russia. wsws.org The International Socialist Organisation, a pseudo-left group supportive of the Labour-led government in New Zealand, has declared that anyone opposing Ukraine's integration into NATO's war plans is making "concessions" to Russia.

ecns.cn (2022-03-31). U.S. and Russian astronauts return to Earth. ecns.cn U.S. astronaut Mark Vande Hei, and Russian cosmonauts Anton Shkaplerov and Pyotr Dubrov landed Wednesday in Kazakhstan after returning to Earth from the International Space Station on a Russian spacecraft.

Anand Naidoo (2022-03-31). The Heat: New international world order. america.cgtn.com As the conflict in Ukraine continues, are we seeing a new international order emerge?

_____ (2022-03-31). US Enhances its Bacteriological and Chemical Weapons Capabilities. journal-neo.org The imperative for the US to give up the development, stockpiling and use of chemical and bacteriological weapons banned by multiple international conventions is now receiving increased global attention due to substantiated condemnation of Washington's actions in Ukraine and a number of other countries in recent years. The US attempts to create bacteriological weapons in …

WSWS (2022-03-31). Spanish truckers strike continues in third week, as inflation hits 10 percent. wsws.org As state repression of the strike mounts, it is clear that the underlying causes of inflation in Spain and internationally—bank bailouts and war threats against Russia—remain.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-03-31). Behind NATO's War on Yugoslavia. libya360.wordpress.com Sam Marcy "No to NATO!" in Belgrade, Serbia, in 2019 on the 20th anniversary of the NATO invasion of Yugoslavia. On March 24, 1999 — 23 years ago — the U.S./NATO armed forces started a 78-day long aerial bombing campaign against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. The brutal bombing campaign targeted civilians, city centers, public transportation, schools,…

Rick Rozoff (2022-03-31). Georgian soldiers killed in Ukraine given military burials at home. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Agenda.geMarch 31, 2022 Body of fourth Georgian volunteer killed in Ukraine transferred to Georgia Gobejishvili will be buried with military honours The body of Davit Gobejishvili, the fourth Georgian volunteer to be killed in combat action in Ukraine, was transferred to Georgia earlier today. Family members and dozens of citizens gathered at the Tbilisi International Airport …

Benjamin Norton (2022-03-31). IMF admits US dollar hegemony declining, due to rise of Chinese yuan, sanctions on Russia. multipolarista.com The US-dominated International Monetary Fund warns of an "erosion of dollar dominance," noting use of Chinese yuan in global central bank reserves is increasing, while Western sanctions on Russia could strengthen other currencies.

WSWS (2022-03-31). Video: Families of the dead mark one year of the UK's National Covid Memorial Wall. wsws.org This video comprises footage and photos taken by WSWS reporters during the day's events. It includes the march from the memorial wall, via Parliament, to Downing Street, and the candlelit procession later in the evening. WSWS reporters also spoke to family members who attended the day's events.

WSWS (2022-03-31). Defeat Sri Lankan regime's brutal austerity measures! Fight for socialist policies. wsws.org The working class must mobilise its industrial and political strength and rally the rural poor to fight for a workers' and peasants' government to implement socialist policies.

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