(2022-02-05). Saturday 2/5: No War Against Russia! Fund Schools and Covid Relief Not War! indybay.org In front of Grand Lake Theater (Grand and Lake Park) Oakland…
(2022-02-05). Joint Russia-China Statement Articulates United Opposition to Western Alliance. scheerpost.com Editors note:
(2022-02-05). Russian-Chinese statement on NATO: what it says and what it doesn't. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Much has already been and even more will be said about the joint statement issued on February 4 by the presidents of Russia and China, Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping, entitled Joint Statement of the Russian Federation and the People's Republic of China on the International Relations Entering a New Era and the Global Sustainable …
(2022-02-05). Workers Struggles: Asia and Australia. wsws.org Indian power distribution workers protest nationally against privatisation; Pakistan: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government workers demand pay rise; New South Wales commuter rail workers resume limited industrial action…
(2022-02-05). Cuba is helping vaccinate the world. peoplesdispatch.org Only 9.5% of people in low-income countries have received a single dose of the vaccine. Cuba has a comprehensive plan to support vaccine distribution in the global south to make sure none are left behind…
(2022-02-05). The people of the world vs Pfizer Inc. peoplesdispatch.org During the Covid-19 pandemic, Pfizer has used every opportunity to maximize its profits, even if this meant reduced access to life-saving medical products for most of the world. The same is about to happen in the case of Paxlovid, the company's Covid-19 oral treatment…
(2022-02-05). Ralph Nader on Facilitating Civic and Political Energies for the Common Good. scheerpost.com 
By Ralph Nader / Some readers responded to one of my earlier columns urging the national progressive civic groups, with millions of members back home, to overcome the dominance of giant corporatism with a Ten-Year Plan budgeted at $1 billion a year (See,
(2022-02-05). AFCON and the politics of the beautiful game. peoplesdispatch.org New Frame's sports editor Njabulo Ngidi talks about the politics around the conduct of the Africa Cup of Nations in Cameroon, the stampede at Olemebe stadium, and the controversial statements of FIFA head Gianni Infantino…
(2022-02-05). Lee Camp and Adam McKay on Social Criticisms and Government Corruption. scheerpost.com 
This week on VIP Lee Camp looks back to a 2016 interview with the director of the Netflix smash-hit "Don't Look Up." Adam McKay is responsible for brilliant social criticisms in movies like "The Big Short" that took on the 2008 financial crisis and a satire of corporate media in "Anchorman." His latest movie skewers …
(2022-02-05). [Correspondence] The challenges of open access data. thelancet.com The demand that publicly funded scientific research be freely available to the public and the larger research community (including beyond academia—eg, government departments and non-governmental organisations) has increased in recent years. In line with the goal of open access science, funders of epidemiological cohort studies often mandate that study teams make anonymised datasets available for wider use.
(2022-02-05). Venezuelan Authorities Announce New Phase of Vuelta a la Patria Program (+Xenophobia). orinocotribune.com 
The President of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, announced this Wednesday, February 2, that a new phase of the Vuelta a la Patria program will start in March, to guarantee the safe return of Venezuelan nationals residing in countries of Latin America and the Caribbean. | During a meeting at the Miraflores Palace, the president stated that starting from March the number of flights of the Plan Vuelta a la Patria will be tripled, and called on Venezuelans who are outside the country to return. | President Maduro explained that initially the program will serve Venezuelans who are already registered to return to the countr…
(2022-02-05). An Inconvenient Truth: The Peasant Food Web Feeds the World. dissidentvoice.org In October 2020, CropLife International said that its new strategic partnership with the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) would contribute to sustainable food systems. It added that it was a first for the industry and the FAO and demonstrates the determination of the plant science sector to work constructively in a partnership where …
(2022-02-05). US Corporate Media and Israel. dissidentvoice.org Israel is greatly concerned about the Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) effort that seeks: 1) to end international support for Israel's oppression of Palestinians; and 2) to pressure Israel to comply with international law. Israel claims that this campaign is a threat to its legitimacy. Unsurprisingly, Israel doesn't want to acknowledge that it is …
(2022-02-05). Internationalism and local activity: Emancipation without false dichotomies — Judit Rodríguez Fernández. samidoun.net 
The following article by Judit Rodríguez Fernández was published first in Spanish at laU — Revista de cultura y pensamiento. A French translation is also available, via the Collectif Palestine Vaincra. "What binds me to her is something that I could not explain exactly, although perhaps it is her deep roots in that heroic and …
(2022-02-05). Join Socialist Workers Party, 'Militant' in campaigning. themilitant.com 
The international In California the fight for ballot status for SWP candidates Eleanor García for U.S. Senate and Joel Britton for governor is underway. García and Britton explain why working people need ou…
(2022-02-05). The Beijing Winter Olympics are a Symbol of Multipolarity and International Friendship. orinocotribune.com By Carlos Martinez — Feb 2, 2022 | With over 30 heads of state and government gathered in Beijing to attend the opening ceremony of the 2022 Winter Olympics, in spite of the pandemic which is still raging in most parts of the world, the Games will prove to be a symbol of a deepening multipolarity and global solidarity. | A tiny handful of imperialist countries, led by the United States, tried and failed to coordinate a so-called "diplomatic boycott," based on absurd and debunked fabrications about the treatment of Xinjiang's Uygur population. | When Joe Biden announced a year ago that "diplomacy is back," mo…
(2022-02-05). Chilean and international capital praise Boric's cabinet picks. wsws.org Like SYRIZA in Greece and Podemos in Spain, the Chilean pseudo-left and Stalinist front has the task of dissipating seething opposition among workers and young people to capitalism.
(2022-02-05). Klaus Schwab's WEF "School for Covid Dictators", a Plan for the "Great Reset" globalresearch.ca First published on December 18, 2022 | Economist Ernst Wolff believes that a hidden alliance of political and corporate leaders is exploiting the pandemic with the aim of crashing national economies and introducing a global digital currency. | How is it that …
(2022-02-05). Watch New Zealand Parrot Snatching GoPro to Film Its Own Vid. sputniknews.com Fiordland National Park in New Zealand's South Island is one of the largest parks in the country and one of the most picturesque. Sometimes a literal bird's-eye-view is what's needed to get the proper perspective.
(2022-02-05). International participants extol opening ceremony of Beijing 2022. ecns.cn The Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games officially commenced on Friday, and the opening ceremony, as the curtain raiser to the Games, won much praise from overseas participants.
(2022-02-05). Before the International Criminal Court (ICC). The Corona Virus "Vaccines". Nuremberg Code, Crimes against humanity, War Crimes and Crimes of Aggression" globalresearch.ca We bring to the attention of Global Research readers, the full text …
(2022-02-05). French National Assembly Rejects Draft Resolution on Call for Political Asylum for Assange. sputniknews.com PARIS (Sputnik) – The French National Assembly has rejected the draft resolution with a call on the country's government to provide political asylum for the founder of the WikiLeaks whistleblowing website, Julian Assange.
(2022-02-05). Freedom Convoy 2022: The Rising of Unity and International Solidarity. globalresearch.ca These of the words of a duly elected head of government, who claims to represent Canadians: | "The small fringe minority who are on their way to Ottawa who are holding unacceptable views that they're expressing do not represent the views …
(2022-02-04). Some Consequences of the Latest hate Speech Incident in India. journal-neo.org 
On January 10 the Supreme Court of India agreed to urgently consider a petition on "hate speech" against the country's Moslem communities, with reference to specific incidents, most notoriously an incident in December 2021 in Haridwar — a city venerated in the Himalayan foothills on the banks of the River Ganges. Both the city and …
(2022-02-04). As India passes 41 million official COVID-19 cases, Modi boasts of his "great success" wsws.org Modi's criminal profits-over-human-lives policy has already created an unbelievable humanitarian crisis in the world's second most populous country.
(2022-02-04). Biden administration must rejig its North Korea strategy. asiatimes.com The UN Security Council was to hold an emergency meeting this Friday to discuss North Korea's seven missile tests in the past four weeks. The meeting was requested by the United States, along with Britain and France, and agreed by Russia, which holds the presidency of UNSC for the month of February. However, given the …
(2022-02-04). Argentine President Fernandez Starts Official Visit to China. telesurenglish.net On Friday, Argentinian President Alberto Fernandez arrived in Beijing to fulfill a busy agenda before meeting Chinese President Xi Jinping. | RELATED: | After being welcomed by Ambassador Wu Jie, Fernandez was virtually awarded an Honoris Causa at Tsinghua University. He visited then the headquarters of the Chinese Communist Party, where he signed the visitors' honorary book. Later, he attended the opening ceremony of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic…
(2022-02-04). "City on the Second Floor": Clarion call from a poetic craftsman. roarmag.org Police investigate at a homeless people's encampment in Los Angeles, US. September 15, 2022. Credit: Ringo Chiu / Shutterstock | Matt Sedillo's poetry is electric, like a lightning bolt. He is a man on a mission, with a message to spread and fire on the tongue. With the tone and the tenor of a biblical prophet — though one with a profound sense of the farcical, too — he delivers a scathing critique, a desperate denunciation of the patriarchal, white supremacist and capitalist dystopia that we inhabit. His latest book, City on the Second Floor, is a cohesive and compelling compendium of some 32 poems a…
(2022-02-04). Pandemic exposes U.S. health care crisis. workers.org 
In the book "The Great Influenza: The Deadliest Pandemic in History" by John Barry, written in 2005 about the so-called Spanish Flu of 1918, we learn that pandemic actually started in the U.S. The army barracks in the Midwest were the breeding ground for the deadly virus. World War I . . . |
(2022-02-04). Mumia Abu-Jamal: Un Nuevo Movimiento por la Libertad ahora. workers.org 
El gran revolucionario caribeño Frantz Fanon escribió en su ya clásica obra, The Wretched of the Earth (Los condenados de la tierra), el siguiente llamado a acción: "Cada generación debe, desde la relativa oscuridad, descubrir su misión, cumplirla o traicionarla en relativa opacidad. Esa misión la tenemos nosotros." øCuál misión? . . . |
(2022-02-04). Super-mutant HIV strain discovered in Europe. rt.com 
The new variant is said to be more transmissible and dangerous | A new highly transmissible and dangerous HIV variant has been discovered in the Netherlands, confirming scientists' worst expectations. | An international collaborative study, led by researchers from the University of Oxford's Big Data Institute, identified 109 cases of the new 'virulent subtype B' (VB) variant after analyzing more than 6,700 positive samples. | The research revealed significant genome differences between the VB strain and other HIV variants. | "Individuals with the VB variant had a viral load (the level of the virus in the blood…
(2022-02-04). Make noise about the silent crisis of global illiteracy: The Fifth Newsletter (2022). mronline.org 
In October 2021, the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) held a seminar on the pandemic and education systems.
(2022-02-04). Do you trust Biden or ISIS, Psaki asks skeptical reporter. rt.com 
The White House spokeswoman dismissed a question about evidence in deadly Syria raid | White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki mocked the idea that the US administration may provide journalists inaccurate information about its military operations abroad. | When asked if Washington would be giving any proof that the target of a US commando raid in Syria blew himself up along with members of his family, Psaki asked whether skeptics would rather trust terrorists. | She was confronted by a journalist on Air Force One over an account of events that President Joe Biden gave to the public. | Speaking a few hours after…
(2022-02-04). 30 NATO members, 37 partners from around the world forge new global strategic doctrine. mronline.org 
The 67 nations involved include ones on all six populated continents. Why the world stubbornly persists in ignoring the evolution of an ever-expanding international military alliance is beyond my ability to comprehend.
(2022-02-04). The struggle to decolonise the mind: Frantz Fanon and his Irish translator, Constance Farrington. mronline.org 
Last month marked 70 years since the passing of psychiatrist, political radical, Marxist and philosopher of the Algerian Revolution, Frantz Fanon, at the young age of 36.
(2022-02-04). Covid-hit Russian women's team earn first Beijing win. rt.com 
The ROC women's hockey team beat Switzerland in their opening game at the Beijing Winter Games | The Russian women's ice hockey team put some major disruptions behind them to pick up an opening win against Switzerland at the Beijing Olympics. | The Russian team — competing under the banner of the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) — was hit by a spate of positive Covid tests in the buildup to their opening encounter in the Chinese capital which severely disrupted their opportunities to train. | But still despite missing six players due to Covid protocols, the ROC team eventually eased past their Swiss r…
(2022-02-04). Beijing Kicks off Winter Games. telesurenglish.net The Beijing Olympic Winter Games were inaugurated on Friday night, with the city hosting the Olympic flame for the second time in the Bird's Nest Stadium. | RELATED: | The Chinese President Xi Jinping decreed the opening of the Beijing Winter 2022 at 21: 51 local time, in the presence of 40 000 home audience and the state leaders and international diplomatics, such as Russian President Vladimir Putin and United Natio…
(2022-02-04). Ukrainian Olympic skaters admit they prefer to use Russian. rt.com 
The duo explained why they prefer the language when speaking with the press | Artem Darenskyi and Sofiia Holichenko, who represent Ukraine in pairs skating, have refuted reports that they are prohibited from speaking Russian, adding that it's up to them to decide which language to use. | The figure skaters took part in the Olympic team event and
(2022-02-04). Greece Begins Parade of Athletes at the Olympic Winter Games. telesurenglish.net On Friday, the 2022 Winter Games opening ceremony started. As an Olympic tradition, Greece, which hosted the first modern Olympic Games in 1896, is the first team to start the parade of athletes into the Bird's Nest Stadium. | RELATED: | China, as hosts, will march in last; future Olympic Winter Games hosts Italy (Milano-Cortina 2026) will enter the second-from-last under a change approved by the IOC Executive Board…
(2022-02-04). Can Israel stop the world from saying 'apartheid'? Concealing the suffering in Palestine. mronline.org 
Israel attempts to improve its public image to counter efforts by human rights organizations that reveal the nature of Israeli apartheid.
(2022-02-04). Russia and China sign major energy deal. rt.com 
The 30-year agreement will boost gas supplies by 10 billion cubic meters and will be settled in euros | Russia's Gazprom and the China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) signed a second long-term contract on Friday for the supply of 10 billion cubic meters (bcm) of natural gas from the Russian Far East. The agreement comes as Russian President Vladimir Putin is in China on an official visit. | According to Gazprom, the agreement is "an important step in further strengthening mutually beneficial cooperation between Russia and China in the gas sector." After the project reaches its full capacity, the volume o…
(2022-02-04). How Erdogan Scapegoated ISIS Caliph to Appease Biden? dissidentvoice.org Whilst Turkish President Erdogan was in Kiev on Thursday, ostensibly brokering a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine to defuse escalating tensions following the Russian troop build-up along Ukraine's borders and the deployment of 3,000 US forces in Poland and Romania, Biden announced that the Islamic State leader had been killed in a special-ops raid …
(2022-02-04). How Israel's Occupation Of Palestine Intensifies Climate Change. popularresistance.org Al-Naqab — On Sunday, roughly 200 activists demonstrated outside Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett's office in Jerusalem against the Jewish National Fund's (JNF) tree-planting project in al-Naqab, maintaining the forestation is an attempt to displace the indigenous Bedouin population. | Contracted by the Israeli government, the JNF razed fruit trees and seeded fields in al-Naqab in January to "make the desert bloom" with non-native plants. The purported environmental project has been met with fierce protest from the local villagers, with more than 60 Bedouin arrested in the last few weeks. | JNF mainta…
(2022-02-04). Appalachians Are Building A Green New Deal Blueprint For Themselves. popularresistance.org The Green New Deal proposal is one of the only effective, broadly recognized pathways to tackle the climate crisis and address its social and economic consequences. It is technologically possible and economically sustainable. Yet although the Green New Deal project is already under way in some shape or form in various states, it has yet to be scaled up to the national level. In fact, climate policy as a whole has been stalled in Congress, and the Biden administration has so far engaged more in symbolic gestures than in living policy processes. | With time quickly running out to prevent a greenhouse apocalypse, ac…
(2022-02-04). Update on Antifascists Facing Repression from Opposing the NSM in Newnan, Georgia. itsgoingdown.org Report and update from the International Anti-Fascist Defense Fund on those facing charges stemming from protests in Newnan, GA against the NSM. Back in April 2018, full-on nazis from the National Socialist Movement held a rally in Newnan, GA. Anti-fascists showed up to defend the community from that threat and were attacked — by Georgia…
(2022-02-04). Dimitrov on the ideological struggle against fascism. cpusa.org 
The following excerpt, "The Ideological Struggle against Fascism," is from Georgi Dimitrov's report at the 7th Communist International on August 2, 1935. One of the weakest aspects of the anti-fascist struggle of our Parties is that they react inadequately and too slowly to the demagogy of fascism, and to this day continue to neglect …
(2022-02-04). Amnesty: 'Israel' Imposing 'Apartheid' on Palestinians. orinocotribune.com Occupied Palestine (QNN)- 'Israel' is carrying out "the crime of apartheid against Palestinians" and must be held accountable for treating them as "an inferior racial group", Amnesty International said in a new report. | Released on Tuesday, the 278-page report by the leading rights group details how Israeli occupation authorities enforce a system of oppression and domination against the Palestinians. | The damning investigation sets out how massive seizures of Palestinian land and property, unlawful killings, forcible transfer, drastic movement restrictions, and the denial of nationality and citizenship to Pales…
(2022-02-04). Palestine is Nearing its 'South Africa Moment,' Campaigners Declare. orinocotribune.com By Bethany Rielly — Feb 1, 2022 | Amnesty International becomes the latest human rights group to accuse Israel of the crime of apartheid | PALESTINE is nearing its "South Africa moment," campaigners declared today after Amnesty International became the latest human rights group to accuse Israel of the crime of apartheid. | In a damning 280-page report, Amnesty details how Israeli authorities enforce a system of oppression and domination against Palestinians across Israel and the occupied territories. | The report, based on decades of research and witness testimonies, lists a range of Israeli abuses, includin…
(2022-02-04). Recent Polls Show Venezuelans Expect Economic and Political Improvements. orinocotribune.com Caracas, February 4, 2022 (OrinocoTribune.com)—According to the last Hinterlaces national survey, carried out this January, 29% of voters sympathize with the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) and 1% with other organizations that are grouped around the Great Simón Bolívar Patriotic Pole (GPP), which places partisan support for the government of President Nicolás Maduro at 30%. | Last May, 2021, Orinoco Tribune
(2022-02-04). Landmark landslide win for independent union at big GM Mexico plant. peoplesworld.org 
SILAO, Mexico—The landmark landslide win for an independent union at the big General Motors plant in Silao, Mexico, may well be a precursor of the future of Mexican organized labor—a precursor that augurs well for their U.S. colleagues, too. That's because the 4,192-932 February 3 victory by SINTTIA, The National Independent Union for Workers in …