(2022-02-07). More than 1,000 protesters demand justice for Amir Locke in Minneapolis. liberationnews.org 
In the early morning hours of Feb. 2, members of the Minneapolis Police Department executed a no-knock, pre-dawn warrant in the downtown Minneapolis apartment unit where Amir Locke, a 22-year-old Black man, was sleeping. Within nine seconds Amir Locke would be killed.
(2022-02-07). As Biden Continues Trump's Cruel 'Maximum Pressure' Campaign, US Media Treats Crushing Iran's Economy as Anodyne 'Diplomacy Toolkit'. orinocotribune.com A harsh sanctions regime on Iran that has killed thousands and was heavily criticized under Trump is now casual bipartisan consensus in Washington.: | By Sarah Lazare — Feb 2, 2022 | In US press outlets, the Biden administration's "maximum pressure" sanctions on Iran are, by and large, not presented as a moral issue, but as a piece of leverage in a diplomatic effort to get the best possible nuclear deal with Iran. They are ethically neutral, a tool in America's tool belt, a rook in a three-dimensional game of chess, where the components and pieces are already determined. "The US sees 'snapback' sanct…
(2022-02-07). U.S. should not go further down the wrong path: Chinese UN ambassador. ecns.cn China's Permanent Representative to the United Nations (UN) Zhang Jun on Sunday resolutely refuted the unfounded accusations against China made by Linda Thomas-Greenfield, the U.S. UN ambassador, in her interview with CNN.
(2022-02-07). Russia is better prepared for Western sanctions than EU to gas supply cuts – Borrell. tass.com "Russia has enhanced its resilience against economic sanctions, by increasing its foreign currency reserves, more than we have done to enhance our capacity to face potential gas supply cuts", EU foreign policy chief said…
(2022-02-07). Putin Announces New Gas Supply Contract with China. orinocotribune.com This Friday, February 4, Russian President Vladimir Putin, during a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping, announced a "Our tankers have prepared very good new solutions for the supply of hydrocarbons to the People's Republic of China. A further step has been taken in the gas industry. I am referring to a new contract for th…
(2022-02-07). Kiev denies war plans against Russia as conflicts within the Ukrainian ruling class escalate. wsws.org The government of Volydymyr Zelensky is plagued by internal crisis as it marches towards war.
(2022-02-07). US combat troops arrive in Eastern Europe as Washington steps up war hysteria. wsws.org Biden National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan made several television appearances Sunday to warn, without evidence, that Russia could invade Ukraine "at any moment."
(2022-02-07). Argentina to Russia: We Want To End Dependency On US. orinocotribune.com On February 3, the president of Argentina, Alberto Fernández, visited the Kremlin and told President Vladimir Putin that his country wants to end "dependency" on the US and strengthen economic ties with Russia instead. | Fernández
(2022-02-07). Over half of all US teachers consider leaving the profession due to pandemic-related stressors. wsws.org The percentage of teachers compelled to leave the profession sooner than expected has steadily risen throughout the pandemic.
(2022-02-07). Protest Calls On Public Stores To Stop Selling Apartheid Products. popularresistance.org On Saturday, 5 February, activists in Vancouver gathered outside the downtown BC Liquor Store for a picket and literature distribution calling for the publicly owned stores to stop selling Israeli wines, many of which are produced in the occupied Palestinian and Syrian lands of the West Bank and the Golan Heights. Despite repeated calls to provincial officials noting that the sale of these wines means that BC Liquor Stores are directly implicated in war crimes, they have continued to take no action and market these apartheid wines. | The Canada Palestine Association has led the campaign for years to remove these…
(2022-02-07). Protests erupt after Minneapolis police kill man in no-knock raid. wsws.org Amir Locke was killed in less than 10 seconds after Minneapolis police burst into the apartment he was sleeping in early Wednesday. Minneapolis Police attempted to falsely claim he was a homicide suspect and he threatened officers, among other fabricated details, following a recent trend of covering up police murder.
(2022-02-07). It is Urgent That Russia is Provided With Legal Security Guarantees, Top Diplomat Says. sputniknews.com MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The issue of providing Moscow with legal security guarantees has become urgent, as a slew of problems has accumulated between Russia and the West, Vladimir Yermakov, the head of the Russian Foreign Ministry's Department for Arms Control, told Sputnik.
(2022-02-07). The Untold History Of NATO And Case For Its Abolition. popularresistance.org NATO, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, is moving ever closer to Russia's border. Russia views this as an existential threat — and a historic betrayal of key guarantees it was given by the west as the Soviet Union disintegrated. As Biden sends thousands of additional troops to Eastern Europe, the threat of war is growing by the day.
(2022-02-07). Argentina Turns To Russia And Joins China's Belt And Road. popularresistance.org Argentina is trapped in $44 billion of IMF odious debt taken on by corrupt right-wing regimes. Seeking alternatives to US hegemony, President Alberto Fernández traveled to Russia and China, forming an alliance with the Eurasian powers, joining the Belt and Road Initiative.
(2022-02-07). Freedom Convoy 2020: The Elite Gathers Its Forces for a Counterattack on the Truckers. globalresearch.ca There are reports that the Ottawa police, faithful servants, not of the people, but of the ruling elite, are attempting to prevent food and water and all "material support" from reaching the Truckers. | . | In other words, the ruling elite …
(2022-02-07). US death toll from COVID-19 heading toward 1 million. wsws.org America's COVID-19 death toll stands as an indictment of a capitalist social order completely indifferent to the death and suffering of the working population.
(2022-02-07). How Israel's occupation of Palestine intensifies climate change. mronline.org 
"Israel's actions over the last almost 75 years demonstrate that there is very little regard for the indigenous landscape, the indigenous flora and fauna, the wildlife population, and the indigenous people." — Zena Agha, Middle East Institute.
(2022-02-07). Crisis or Confusion? A Brief Guide For Black Folk On The Situation In Ukraine. popularresistance.org Within large sectors of the U.S. left, including many elements of the Black left, there is widespread confusion related to the Ukraine "crisis." Years of anti-Russia propaganda from the US and its NATO allies, and the tendency to abstract the current Ukrainian situation from its historical and geo-strategic context, have created a climate of confusion. This climate has played into the hands of state propagandists and democratic party activists eager to use the Ukraine situation to deflect attention from Biden's disastrous domestic agenda. The situation with Ukraine did not just fall out of the sky in 2021. It has…
(2022-02-07). Portugal's Socialist Party wins legislative election as Left Bloc collapses. wsws.org The Left Bloc and the Portuguese Communist Party are deeply discredited after years of openly supporting the right-wing policies of the Socialist Party (PS) government.
(2022-02-07). 5000 in Minneapolis protest police murder of Black man in no-knock warrant. fightbacknews.org Minneapolis, MN – Around 5000 people marched in protest here February 5, to demand justice for Amir Locke, a 22-year-old Black man murdered by police on February 2. Police were carrying out a no-knock search warrant on the apartment where Locke was sleeping and shot him three times, nine seconds after they snuck open the door. Protesters demand jail, prosecution and murder charges for the officer who shot Amir and those who planned the raid; an end to no-knock warrants; and the resignation of the Minneapolis Police Chief Huffington and Mayor Frey. | There have been multiple protests since the murder of Amir Lock…
(2022-02-07). Miserable Bankruptcy of Mainstream Economics. dissidentvoice.org 
Capital-centered economics is unscientific and irrational. It does not provide people with a coherent, integrated, and cogent understanding of the economy. Instead it increases confusion every day, leaving people rudderless and disoriented about what is really happening. The capitalist economic system is always chaotic, anarchic, and violent, but the last two years have been more …
(2022-02-07). Amir Locke: Another Black man murdered by Minneapolis police. cpusa.org 
At 7 a.m. local time on Thursday February 3, 2022, Minneapolis SWAT executed a no-knock warrant and entered the apartment where Amir Locke, 22, was sleeping on a couch. As captured on body cams, Officer Mark Hanneman shot Locke three times within nine seconds of entry into the apartment. Locke was not the target …
(2022-02-07). Morning Commute: 2-7-2022 #FREELEONARDPELTIER. anchor.fm In this episode I go over a few things that are on my mind like the continuous encirclement and harassment of Russia and China, as well as how we can learn from the ongoing peoples movements in socialist revolution of the past and the present in order to inform and help organize for our future. Let's get Organizing y'all!
(2022-02-07). RT Censored: Germany Prohibits Russian TV Channel to Broadcast. orinocotribune.com 
This Wednesday, February 2, German media licensing and supervision commission (ZAK) has banned the Russian TV channel, Russia Today (RT), from broadcasting. | ZAK indicated, that RT does not have a media license. According to the media regulator, German law indicates that the Russian channel requires a broadcast license. It also states that RT did not receive or request permission to broadcast its programming. For this reason, it ordered the medium to stop broadcasting in German territory on all its platforms. | With this guideline RT will not be able to transmit its programming on the air, internet, through the…
(2022-02-07). Farmers protest in Pakistan over fertilizer shortage and other issues, rally announced for February 14. peoplesdispatch.org The Pakistan Kissan Ittehad, which has been spearheading the farmers' protests since November, has announced a Punjab State-wide strike action by farmers if the government fails to act upon their demands till February 20…
(2022-02-07). In year 3 of the pandemic, the challenges facing WHO are in plain sight. peoplesdispatch.org Gargeya Telakapalli of People's Health Movement analyzes what the recent Executive Board meeting of the World Health Organization tells us about its future and our handling of the pandemic…
(2022-02-07). Netherlands: Struggle for affordable housing intensifies with protests in multiple cities. peoplesdispatch.org Activists from various youth & student groups, feminist groups, trade unions and political parties marched for housing rights on the call of #Woonrevolte Amersfoort, a housing rights coalition.
(2022-02-07). Tomgram: Nan Levinson, How (Not) to Stop America's Wars. warisacrime.org This article originally appeared at TomDispatch.com. To receive TomDispatch in your inbox three times a week, click here. Think of the U.S. military-industrial-congressional complex as a remarkably self-contained system. It's capable of funding itself at staggering levels, producing weaponry (however inefficient, ineffective, and anything but inexpensive) largely without oversight, and fighting wars (however disastrous) in a …
(2022-02-07). Is the NFL Run Like a Plantation? Ex-Player Donté Stallworth Responds to Bombshell Racism Lawsuit. democracynow.org 
Ahead of the Super Bowl this weekend, we speak to former National Football League player Donté Stallworth about racism and anti-Blackness in the league. Last week, former Miami Dolphins head coach Brian Flores sued the NFL, as well as three teams — the Dolphins, Broncos and Giants — for discriminating against him as a Black candidate during his interview process. In his complaint, Flores says the NFL is "racially segregated and is managed much like a plantation," with wealthy white owners and head coaches at the top while the majority of players who risk bodily injury are Black. "Hop…
(2022-02-07). Scholz: Germany to take "all steps necessary" to back NATO-EU actions against Russia. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com For the 1,001 Internet analysts, clairvoyant commentators, intelligence insiders, inside information pedlars, esoteric experts and all-purpose gnostic/gnomic/noetic omniscients who have been assuring us of the contrary — and will continue doing so no doubt. From the February 7 edition of TASS. ==== Germany is ready to take 'all necessary steps' if Russia 'invades' Ukraine — …
(2022-02-07). Saturday 4/2: #M4A: 2022 Medicare For All Virtual Strategy Conference (Day 1). indybay.org Virtual conference – join online…
(2022-02-07). Sunday 2/13: Rally in support of increased care for the mentally ill instead of jails. indybay.org 1221 Oak St, Oakland, Ca. | Alameda Board of Supervisors Office…
(2022-02-07). "What If I Can't Insure My Home At All?" dailyposter.com 
(2022-02-07). Pennsylvania Governor Wolf raises minimum wage for state employees, calls for a $15 statewide minimum. wsws.org Facing reelection in the fall, Wolf has called on the Republican-dominated state legislature to raise the state's minimum wage to $15 per hour. There is little prospect the proposal will go into effect.
(2022-02-07). Monday 2/7: SF Rally – Tell the U.S. Government: Free Leonard Peltier! indybay.org Federal Building, 7th + Mission St., San Francisco…
(2022-02-07). For remote education to protect lives and public health! wsws.org We call on educators, parents and students to oppose the reopening of schools for in-person education on February 7 and to take action to demand remote learning.
(2022-02-07). State of emergency declared in Ottawa as far-right Freedom Convoy occupation continues. wsws.org Far-right and fascist activists, many of whom are armed, remain menacingly encamped outside Canada's parliament. They have vowed to remain until all COVID-19 restrictions are scrapped by the federal Liberal government.
(2022-02-07). Morrison's sham anti-trolling laws target online political dissent. greenleft.org.au The new so-called anti-trolling bill is yet another attempt by the federal government to shut down its critics. Paul Gregoire explains.
(2022-02-07). Protest in Oakland Says No to War with Russia. indybay.org Rally part of a day of international action to protest US/NATO war plans against Russia…
(2022-02-07). Wild swings on Wall Street. wsws.org The $230 billion loss of Meta's market value on Thursday was equivalent to the total market value of Intel and greater than that of McDonald's.
(2022-02-07). Colisión de un autobús en México deja al menos ocho muertos. telesurtv.net Las autoridades advirtieron que el número de fallecidos podría aumentar ya que hay varios cuerpos atrapados en el autobús.
(2022-02-07). Sunday 2/13: Green Sunday: How We Really Create a Political Revolution. indybay.org Online, on Zoom: us02web.zoom.us/j/89559844652 | Meeting ID: 895 5984 4652 | Dial by your location | +1 669 900 9128 US (San Jose) | +1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma) | .
(2022-02-07). Sunday 4/3: #M4A: 2022 Medicare For All Virtual Strategy Conference (Day 2). indybay.org Virtual conference – join online…
(2022-02-07). Scholz to Meet With Biden on Monday Amid Tensions Over Ukraine, Nord Stream 2. sputniknews.com MOSCOW (Sputnik) – German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is about to be hosted by US President Joe Biden in Washington on Monday as the two countries need to figure out a way to address the ongoing crisis surrounding Ukraine, which will please the United States and also accommodate German energy interests, specifically the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline.
(2022-02-07). US oil refinery workers face two-front war against energy companies and USW. wsws.org Although workers voted overwhelmingly last summer to sanction a walkout, the United Steelworkers bureaucracy has unilaterally agreed to "rolling" 24-hour contract extensions, allowing the oil companies to recruit replacements to keep operations going in the event of a strike.
(2022-02-07). IT'S WAR! The Fight To Stop School Closures In Oakland As Hundreds Rally and March. indybay.org Hundreds of teachers, students and parents rallied and marched against the proposal to shut and merge many schools in the Flatlands in Oakland. These schools have large number of Black and Brown students and this is taking place as the state has a budget surplus of 45.7 billion dollars.
(2022-02-07). Minneapolis rally against war with Russia. fightbacknews.org Minneapolis, MN – On February 5, 100 protesters gathered at Mayday plaza on the West Bank in Minneapolis to oppose U.S. war with Russia and further intervention in the Ukraine. Protesters held signs that read "No war with Russia," "Fight COVID not Russia" and "Money for housing, not for war." | The protest's program began with a speech from Susan Banaszewski, a member of the MN Anti-War Committee, who focused on the role of U.S. intervention and the role of the media in beating the drums for war, "So U.S. meddling has made everyday life worse for Ukrainians by making sure they have less money in their pockets an…
(2022-02-07). China-Russia summit forges quasi-alliance against Washington. wsws.org By escalating its aggressive threats against Moscow and Beijing, the US has driven together what it regards as the two main rivals, ensuring any war will rapidly become global.
(2022-02-07). All 72 Wisconsin counties at "critically high" rate of COVID-19 transmission for record fourth week in a row. wsws.org The BA.2 Omicron subvariant has been confirmed in the state as infections and deaths continue at extremely high levels.
(2022-02-07). Online rally demands Tamil self-determination. greenleft.org.au A Tamil Refugee Council online rally for 'black day' called on the Australian government to stop aiding the Sri Lankan government's genocidal policies. Chris Slee reports.