Yves Engler (2023-04-21). Canada Criticizes Russia's Bombing of Its Neighbors: But What About Israel? orinocotribune.com By Yves Engler — Apr 13, 2023 | Canada claims to be a supporter of rules-based international order, but its record of supporting Israel in breaking these rules is long and spans the entire existence of that state. | While the
Rainer Shea (2023-04-21). Degrowth, Drug Fetishism, & 'Anti-Colonialism' Are Used as Weapons Against the Revolutionary Cause. orinocotribune.com By Rainer Shea — Apr 14, 2023 | Even if a communist can colloquially describe themselves as being on the left, there's a distinction between communism and "the left." This is implied right in the title of Lenin's Left-Wing Communism: an Infantile Disorder. Whereas the left, a big tent term for a myriad of incompatible ideologies, aims merely to act as an opposition towards the present order for the sake of it, communists have a coherent vision for how to defeat the system: by advancing history's development to the next stage. The left, because of its lack of commitment to that central Marxist goal, naturally…
Cathy Peters (2023-04-21). Protesters urge Randwick Council not to fly Israeli flag. greenleft.org.au Randwick locals called a protest, with the help of the Australia Palestine Advocacy Network, outside Randwick City Council chambers to call on it reconsider flying the flag of an apartheid regime. Cathy Peters reports.
Darren Saffin (2023-04-21). Workers to pay for AUKUS nuclear subs. greenleft.org.au Labor's commitment to tax cuts for the rich and the $368 billion submarine deal means that even more funding will be cut from already stretched health, aged care, education and welfare services. Darren Saffin reports.
Sergio Rodríguez Gelfenstein (2023-04-21). La creciente presencia militar de la OTAN en América Latina y el Caribe (I). globalizacion.ca
Steve O'Brien (2023-04-21). David Bradbury: Anthony Albanese is taking Australia on a road to war. greenleft.org.au Steve O'Brien caught up with David Bradbury, independent filmmaker and twice Academy Award-nominated director and producer, at the 2023 Climate Camp in Newcastle. Bradbury's latest film, The Road To War, is currently being screened around Australia.
Thalif Deen (2023-04-21). Es espionaje de EE.UU. dentro de la ONU es una historia que se repite. globalizacion.ca
Orinoco Tribune 2 (2023-04-20). Colombia: Petro and Duque Clash Over Compliance With 2016 Peace Accords. orinocotribune.com 
Colombian President Gustavo Petro accused his predecessor, former President Iván Duque (2018-2022), of "tearing to shreds" the peace agreement signed by the government of Juan Manuel Santos with the former FARC guerrillas, by not fulfilling the commitments made by the Colombian state with the former combatants. | During his participation in the National Council for Peace, Reconciliation and Coexistence, Petro said that Duque had four years to enforce the agreements, as he had been president for four of the seven years of the existence of the agreement since it was signed in 2016. | "How many hectares did Duque bu…
Orinoco Tribune 2 (2023-04-20). Taiwan Pushed Closer to Conflict by Washington. orinocotribune.com By Brian Berletic — Apr 12, 2023 | The island province of Taiwan has been pushed closer still to conflict by Washington recently as the US hosted a visit by Tsai Ing-Wen of the Democratic Progressive Party who currently heads the administration in Taipei. | During her trip to the United States, Tsai Ing-Wen met with the current US Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy in a move meant to deliberately undermine China's sovereignty through oblique political recognition of separatist elements within China. | The BBC in its
Ana Perdigón (2023-04-20). Jeanine àÅñez Charged for Senkata Massacre in Bolivia. orinocotribune.com
Staff (2023-04-20). With 5% of World Population, US Consumes 80% of World's Opioids. orinocotribune.com 
The spokesperson for China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Wang Wenbin, rejected the accusations and sanctions issued by the US, under the pretext of alleged participation in the trafficking of fentanyl precursors (opioids), against Chinese citizens and companies. | "US blames China for exporting 'fentanyl precursors,' which are in fact only ordinary chemicals sold through normal trade. In‚ÄÇinternational‚ÄÇtrade,‚ÄÇit‚ÄÇis the importer's duty to prevent such chemicals from falling into the hands of illicit drug-makers.‚ÄÇBy…
Staff (2023-04-20). Russia's Foreign Minister Meets With President Maduro in Caracas (+Bolivia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines). orinocotribune.com 
Caracas, April 19, 2023 ( Lavrov arrived in Caracas this Tuesday and held meetings with Venezuelan authorities, including the minister for foreign affairs, Yván Gil, and vice president, Delcy Rodríguez. Issues including energy agreements, i…
Staff (2023-04-20). Miguel Díaz-Canel Re-Elected as President of Cuba. orinocotribune.com 
In its tenth term, the recently constituted Cuban National Assembly of People's Power has ratified Miguel Mario Díaz-Canel Bermúdez in his continuation as president of the Republic of Cuba. | Díaz-Canel was re-elected this Wednesday, April 19, with 459 votes comprising 97.66% favorable validations of the absolute majority, as reported by the president of the National Electoral Council, Alina Balseiro Gutiérrez. | President Díaz-Canel…
Dave DeCamp (2023-04-20). US B-1 Bombers Drill in India for First Time. news.antiwar.com The US has deployed a pair of B-1B Lancer bombers to participate in exercises in India, marking the first time the aircraft is conducting drills in the country as military ties between Washington-New Delhi are growing. The 2023 iteration of the US-India Cope Exercises is being held at the Kalaikunda Air Force Station in the eastern …
Dave DeCamp (2023-04-20). GOP Lawmakers Tell Biden They Won't Support 'Unrestrained' Ukraine Aid. news.antiwar.com A group of Republican members of Congress have told President Biden they won't support more "unrestrained" aid for Ukraine, Responsible Statecraft reported on Thursday. "A proxy war with Russia in Ukraine is not in the strategic interest of the United States and risks an escalation that could spiral out of control," the lawmakers said in …
Dave DeCamp (2023-04-20). Iran Claims it Forced a US Submarine to Surface in Persian Gulf. news.antiwar.com Iran's navy commander said Thursday that an Iranian submarine made a US submarine come to the surface as it entered Iranian waters in the Strait of Hormuz, a claim the US military later denied. "The US submarine was approaching while submerged, but the Iranian submarine Fateh detected it and carried out … maneuvers to force …
Dave DeCamp (2023-04-20). US Positioning Troops for Potential Sudan Embassy Evacuation. news.antiwar.com The Pentagon is sending more troops to Djibouti to prepare for a potential embassy evacuation from Sudan as the forces of rival generals have been battling in the capital of Khartoum. Fighting in Sudan entered its sixth day on Thursday after several failed attempts at a ceasefire. The fighting is between Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, Sudan's …
Dave DeCamp (2023-04-20). In Kyiv, NATO Chief Says Ukraine's 'Rightful Place' Is in the Alliance. news.antiwar.com On Thursday, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg made his first visit to Ukraine since Russia launched its invasion last year and declared that Kyiv's "rightful place" is as a member of the Western military alliance. "Ukraine's rightful place is in the Euro-Atlantic family. Ukraine's rightful place is in NATO. And over time, our support will help …
Dave DeCamp (2023-04-20). Ukraine FM Slams EU for Not Delivering on Ammunition Plan. news.antiwar.com Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba slammed the EU on Thursday for taking too much time to work out its plan to deliver one million artillery shells to Ukraine for its war against Russia. "The inability of the EU to implement its own decision on the joint procurement of ammunition for Ukraine is frustrating," Kuleba wrote …
Dave DeCamp (2023-04-20). Rep. Gallagher Says War Game Shows US Needs to Arm Taiwan 'To the Teeth'. news.antiwar.com Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-WI) has said that a congressional war game that simulated a Chinese invasion of Taiwan shows that the US must arm Taiwan "to the teeth." Gallagher is the head of the House's new panel on China, which participated in the war game on Wednesday evening, a highly unusual move by members of …
Dave DeCamp (2023-04-20). RFK Jr. Launches Presidential Bid, Vows to Unwind the US Empire. news.antiwar.com 
On Wednesday, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. launched his presidential bid to challenge President Biden in the 2024 Democratic primary and vowed to begin "unwinding" the American Empire. In a speech announcing his run, Kennedy questioned President Biden's motives in Ukraine and said it appeared the administration wanted to prolong the war. He said Ukraine was …
Ben Norton (2023-04-20). 'World becoming more multipolar', Western hegemony declining, admits European Central Bank. geopoliticaleconomy.com European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde acknowledged "the tectonic plates of geopolitics are shifting faster" and "we may see the world becoming more multipolar", with the decline of US dollar hegemony, war in Ukraine, and rise of China.
Editor (2023-04-20). Peru's coup-plotting congress has 6% approval, 91% disapproval (but full U.S. backing). mronline.org 
A polling firm found that Peru's coup-plotting, right-wing-controlled congress has 6% approval and 91% disapproval. Unelected leader Dina Boluarte has 15% approval and 78% disapproval. But they have the full support of the US, Canada, and foreign mining corporations.
Editor (2023-04-20). Tax-free day for the ultra-wealthy. mronline.org 
New data show the wealthiest Americans have stashed $2 trillion in offshore tax havens, as the government relaxes efforts to combat tax evasion.
Ed Rampell (2023-04-20). It can and did happen here: Three L.A. museums shine spotlight on the Hollywood Blacklist's 75th anniversary. mronline.org 
Three museums are commemorating the 75th anniversary of the Hollywood Blacklist, the darkest period in Tinseltown history.
Caitlin A. Johnstone (2023-04-20). Biden DOJ indicts four Americans for "weaponized" free speech. mronline.org 
The Biden administration's Department of Justice has just charged four members of the African People's Socialist Party (APSP) for conspiring to act as agents of Russia by using speech and political action in ways the DOJ says "weaponized" the First Amendment rights of Americans.
István Mészáros (2023-04-20). Militarism and the Coming Wars. mronline.org 
The dangers and immense suffering caused by all attempts at solving deep-seated social problems by militaristic interventions, on any scale, are obvious enough. If, however, we look more closely at the historical trend of militaristic adventures, it becomes frighteningly clear that they show an ever greater intensification and an ever-increasing scale, from local confrontations to two horrendous world wars in the twentieth century, and to the potential annihilation of humankind when we reach our own time.
Ann Brown (2023-04-20). Corporate Real Estate Debt Defaults Likely To Hit America, Stress The System: Investing Legend Howard Marks. moguldom.com To say Howard Marks knows a thing or two about the commercial real estate market would be an understatement. Marks is considered an investing legend. The billionaire businessman is the co-founder and co-chairman of Oaktree Capital Management, the largest investor in distressed securities worldwide. And now he's warning that due to the remote working trend …
Ann Brown (2023-04-20). It Ain't Over: #MeToo Comes For Jonathan Majors as Accusers Cooperating With NYC District Attorney. moguldom.com The Jonathan Majors alleged domestic violence scandal keeps getting messier. Majors, who has been accused of strangling and striking his girlfriend during an outing in New York City, is now being accused of other violence against women. Majors is coming face-to-face with the #MeToo movement. #MeToo is a social movement against sexual abuse, sexual harassment, …
Ann Brown (2023-04-20). Remembering Dr. Sebi's Teaching On Health Benefits Of Sea Moss. moguldom.com In some circles, Dr. Sebi is a well-respected herbalist and natural healer, particularly in the hip-hop community. Born Alfredo Bowman in 1933 in the village of Ilanga, Honduras, Sebi was known for his holistic approach to healing. He once claimed to have the cure for cancer and AIDS. On his website, Dr. Sebi claimed to be …
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Abayomi Azikiwe (2023-04-20). Democratic Transition Further Delayed by Military Clashes in Sudan. globalresearch.ca
Adriaan Alsema (2023-04-20). Colombia asks UN to investigate sabotage of peace process. colombiareports.com Colombia's foreign minister asked the United Nations' Security Council to investigate attempts to sabotage an ongoing peace process. Foreign Minister Alvaro Leyva asked the security council to create an international…
Alex Bainbridge (2023-04-20). Max Chandler-Mather: '80% want us to stand firm on housing'. greenleft.org.au Greens' housing spokesperson Max Chandler-Mather discusses negotiations with Labor over its housing package, arguments for a rent freeze, the safeguard mechanism and the AUKUS nuclear submarines.
Alex Salmon (2023-04-20). Climate activists sit down in CBD. greenleft.org.au Two hundred people protested for climate action as part of Extinction Rebellion WA's "Perth stops for climate". Alex Salmon reports.
americanthinker (2023-04-20). Both American Political Parties Have Adopted Lenin's Strategy for the Destruction of Capitalism. americanthinker.com "Debauch the currency to overturn the basis of society." The destruction of currency was the main component of the Bolshevik strategy.
americanthinker (2023-04-20). If Only Our Tormentors Spoke Flyover. americanthinker.com Perhaps then our coming struggles could be avoided.
americanthinker (2023-04-20). Pandemic and Panopticon: The Rise of the Biomedical Security State. americanthinker.com Surveillance is the backbone of dictatorial regimes, and it was no different during the pandemic.
americanthinker (2023-04-20). The War on Pronouns is Really a War on Language. americanthinker.com This trend robs some very common words of all meaning — leaving us with no way to express the very basic concepts of singular and plural.
americanthinker (2023-04-20). Trump Is American Freedom's Indispensable Man. americanthinker.com President Trump will return to the White House in January 2025 and restore to America the democratic constitutional republic taken from us by our totalitarian enemy.
americanthinker (2023-04-20). AMLO clashes with the courts. americanthinker.com López-Obrador runs into the Mexican Supreme Court, an institution that has become the firewall against his authoritarian ways.
americanthinker (2023-04-20). Biden emerges as the 'Fagin' for exploited migrant children. americanthinker.com His behavior is consistent with someone who wants more child labor and exploitation of vulnerable migrants in this country.
americanthinker (2023-04-20). Biden says anyone 'earning less than $400,000' won't see a tax increase 'by one penny' — he lied. americanthinker.com It's 'pizzo' season, and time for another seethe.
americanthinker (2023-04-20). Big-name Democrats larded up with campaign donations from now-busted Chinese police station operatives. americanthinker.com What were the Chinese buying from these Democrats?>
americanthinker (2023-04-20). Fetterman returns to Senate duties and proves himself totally incapable of discharging them. americanthinker.com Senator John Fetterman deserves our compassion for his struggles with the after-effects of his stroke. But compassion is not a sufficient basis for keeping a seat in the United States Senate in the hands of someone incapable of discharging the duties thereof.
americanthinker (2023-04-20). French president Macron's volunteers to be China's 'wedge'. americanthinker.com In a bid to distance himself from the mass French domestic pension protests, President Macron detoured last week to a three-day escape to Communist China.
americanthinker (2023-04-20). Leftists lack the courage of their convictions. americanthinker.com The left is full of hypocrites who do not practice what they preach.
americanthinker (2023-04-20). More evidence that Biden will not be allowed to run for re-election in 2024. americanthinker.com Now that we live in a political system run by the shadowy figures, we have to look to indirect indicators of what is really going on among our rulers.
americanthinker (2023-04-20). Most of the media, entertainers, educators, and other Democrats only pretend to care about children, the poor, and the middle class. americanthinker.com Sadly, most of the media clearly care more about power for leftists and campaigning for the radical leftist agenda to destroy and remake America than facts or science or children.
americanthinker (2023-04-20). NBC News retracts spurious report on underage slaughterhouse workers. americanthinker.com As a news consumer, you have no choice but to presume that all that you see in the news media is false until proven true.
americanthinker (2023-04-20). NRA convention for the 'entire family' triggers leftist zealots. americanthinker.com Founder of Moms Demand Action accuses pro-gun Americans of preying on children — that's rich.
americanthinker (2023-04-20). Rift among conservatives over Bud Light response has clarified that it's hardball time for the GOP. americanthinker.com The Democrats have been playing by UFC rules, while the Republicans, especially in the Senate, have been deluding themselves that the Marquess of Queensberry rules were the gentlemanly thing to do. That era is fading away so rapidly that even Donald Trump, Jr. missed the signs.
americanthinker (2023-04-20). Russians busted for US election interference — using radical black nationalist groups. americanthinker.com With members of Congress calling for a defunding of the FBI for all its politicized investigations, the FBI is finally now getting around to doing its job.
americanthinker (2023-04-20). 'Trans' blob of adipose tissue dispatches a 'call to arms' and refers to himself as a 'wild animal' ready to unleash violence. americanthinker.com Creepy TikTok creature "dares" someone to stop him from evacuating his bladder and bowels in front of little girls.
americanthinker (2023-04-20). Writer for Intelligencer declares 'parental rights' a system of human ownership. americanthinker.com "Children are not property" says the paradoxical leftist.
Anonymous Contributor (2023-04-20). Snitch Suzie Savoie Swarmed and Deplatformed in Southern Oregon. itsgoingdown.org 
Report on action ousting federal informant Suzanne Sayoie from an environmental space in southern Oregon. On Sunday, April 16, 2023, a group of bee loving environmentalists successfully deplatformed an event that was being led by Green Scare snitch and cooperating defendant Suzanne Savoie. Despite snitching on her ex-comrades in 2006, Savoie continues to worm her…
Atilio A. Boron (2023-04-20). El desencanto con las democracias. globalizacion.ca La Cumbre de la Democracia 2023 convocada por el presidente Joe Biden entre el 28 y 30 de marzo pasó sin pena ni gloria. Los problemas de fondo que aquejan a las democracias fueron soslayados en un evento que si…
Ben Bartee (2023-04-20). Anti-Meat Propaganda Roundup: Drinking Milk Is 'Unsettling' and Racist. globalresearch.ca
Binoy Kampmark (2023-04-20). Libelled by the Bot: Reputation, Defamation, and AI. dissidentvoice.org Cometh the new platform, cometh new actions in law, the fragile litigant ever ready to dash off a writ to those with (preferably) deep pockets. And so, it transpires that artificial intelligence (AI) platforms, for all the genius behind their creation, are up for legal scrutiny and judicial redress. Certainly, some private citizens are getting …
Brittani Banks (2023-04-20). Our World Is in a Multifront Crisis—It's Time to Cultivate a Local Peace Economy. independentmediainstitute.org We are alive in a unique time of challenges that arrive not one by one, but all at once, and on a global scale. Each enormous risk we (and not just "we" humans but "we" collective life-forms of planet Earth) currently face is entwined with a set of several other enormous risks, creating a monstrous …
Brucha Weisberger (2023-04-20). Australia, A Tragic Window into the Truth. Excess Mortality in 2021-22 Following Roll-out of Covid Injections. globalresearch.ca
cameron orr (2023-04-20). Lifting blockade on Cuba will bring life-saving treatments to U.S. shores. cpusa.org 
This article originally appeared in People's World. The Cuban government has established an extensive network of biotechnology labs that have developed cutting-edge medical advancements to reinvent traditional cancer and diabetes treatments. For the U.S., a country that tops lists for the prevalence of cancer and diabetes among its population, these advancements would be great …
cameron orr (2023-04-20). °Vivienda para la gente, no para ganancia! cpusa.org 
La crisis de la vivienda sigue creciendo. Los refugios para personas sin hogar están llenos a su máxima capacidad. Millones de estadounidenses caminan por las calles sin saber dónde dormirán esta noche, mientras que decenas de millones están atrasados en sus pagos y viven con miedo a los desalojos. Millones más están hacinados con …
Colin Todhunter (2023-04-20). Hunger Profiteers, Granny Killers, and Skin-Deep Morality. dissidentvoice.org Today, a fifth (278 million) of the African population are undernourished, and 55 million of that continent's children under the age of five are stunted due to severe malnutrition. In 2021, an Oxfam review of IMF COVID-19 loans showed that 33 African countries were encouraged to pursue austerity policies. Oxfam and Development Finance International also revealed that 43 out …
Colin Todhunter (2023-04-20). Hunger Profiteers, Granny Killers and Skin-Deep Morality. globalresearch.ca
Dr. William Makis (2023-04-20). Young Chefs Are Dying Suddenly and Unexpectedly. 28 Sudden Deaths, COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates? globalresearch.ca
Drago Bosnic (2023-04-20). US Still Doesn't Dare Flying Spy Drones Over Black Sea. globalresearch.ca
Frank T. Fitzgerald (2023-04-20). The Official Story of the Ukraine War Grossly Misleads. globalresearch.ca
Gary Olson (2023-04-20). The Latest NYT's Hit Piece on China Is from Thomas Friedman. dissidentvoice.org Thanks to Thomas Friedman's relentless service as a mouthpiece for US empire and capital, he's permitted to continuously churn out his pseudo-thought piece every week. — Belen Fernandez, The Imperial Messenger: Thomas Friedman at Work Thomas Friedman, a self-professed "liberal," is the New York Times most widely read columnist and its most influential flak for …
Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-04-20). Chris Matlhako: Remarkable South African Internationalist. libya360.wordpress.com Comrade Chris Matlhako, the Secretary for International Affairs of the South African Communist Party and Central Committee member, passed away this morning, April 20, 2023, at the age of 58. He was a diligent friend to the peoples of Latin America and the Caribbean and partner in the building of socialism internationally. Deepest condolences were expressed by…
Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-04-20). Libya: Statement of the Forum of National Political Leaders. libya360.wordpress.com Statement of the Forum of National Political Leaders Held in Sirte on March 15-17, 2023. In the name of God, the most gracious, the most merciful Believing in the need to unify their efforts in these delicate historical circumstances that our dear country is going through after many years of chaos and turmoil and what…
Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-04-20). The France-China Strategic Partnership: Towards a Different Type of International Relations? libya360.wordpress.com The recent state visit of French President Macron to China, and his subsequent comments regarding Taiwan and the overlapping relationships between China, Europe and the United States, have led to considerable furore on the part of other imperialist powers and politicians and certainly appear to indicate a significant breach in the coalition that US President…
Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-04-20). The US Has a Child Labor Crisis. Lawmakers are Trying to Make it Worse. libya360.wordpress.com Natalia Marques Packers Sanitation Services Inc., one of the largest sanitation companies for the meat processing industry was fined $1.5 million in February for hiring over 100 children in hazardous labor, cleaning equipment such as "skull-splitters" and "razor-sharp bone saws." (Photo: US Department of Labor) Iowa just passed one of the most extreme pro-child labor…
Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-04-20). Ukraine: Stalemate in an Attritional War? libya360.wordpress.com M. K. Bhadrakumar Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) arrives at the Headquarters of the Dnepr Group of Forces, Kherson Oblast, April 17, 2023 The Russian President Vladimir Putin travelled to the country's "new territories" of Lugansk and Kherson/Zaporozhye Regions on Monday to assess the military situation. The countdown has begun for the Ukrainian "counterattack". The arrival of Patriot missile system in…
Jeremy Kuzmarov (2023-04-20). National Endowment for Democracy Deletes Records of Funding Projects in Ukraine. globalresearch.ca
Jersey Counter-Info (2023-04-20). In Defense of the Pinelands: Jersey Anarchists Tackle Dumping Problem in So-Called South Jersey. itsgoingdown.org 
Report on anarchist community project aimed at combating issue of dumping problem in the Pinelands of so-called New Jersey. Sometime in the spring of 2023, some Jersey anarchists and our comrades got together to address the pervasive issue of littering and dumping in the Pinelands. Thanks to already-existing mutual aid networks we were able to…
John W. Whitehead, Nisha Whitehead (2023-04-20). Don't Let the Government Criminalize Free Speech. dissidentvoice.org 
If freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter. — George Washington What the police state wants is a silent, compliant, oblivious citizenry. What the First Amendment affirms is an engaged citizenry that speaks truth to power using whatever peaceful means are available to …
Jonathan Turley (2023-04-20). Is Free Speech Killing Us? FDA Commissioner Declares "Misinformation" a Medical Risk. globalresearch.ca
Joshua Frank (2023-04-20). Will the West Turn Ukraine Into a Nuclear Battlefield? globalresearch.ca
Kerry Smith (2023-04-20). Protesters tell UQ Senate to cut ties with weapons manufacturer Boeing. greenleft.org.au A group of alumni and friends attended the University of Queensland Senate meeting to challenge the university's involvement with the weapons corporation, Boeing. Kerry Smith reports.
Malik Miah (2023-04-20). United States: Fight to stop 'Cop City' continues amid police violence, trumped-up charges. greenleft.org.au Protests are continuing against the construction of a police training centre in Atlanta, Georgia, despite activists being targeted by police violence and trumped-up legal charges. Malik Miah reports.
Mark Keenan (2023-04-20). The CO2 Hoax, ChatGPT, and God. globalresearch.ca
Medea Benjamin (2023-04-20). The Leaks of "Secret Documents" Reveal Reality Behind U.S. Propaganda in Ukraine. globalresearch.ca
Michael Bryant (2023-04-20). "The Future of Health Summit": Blowing Up the World for Big Pharma. globalresearch.ca
Michael Jansen (2023-04-20). Netanyahu's Extremist-dominated Cabinet in Jeopardy. globalresearch.ca
Mónica Peralta Ramos (2023-04-20). Hacia un mundo "desdolarizado" globalizacion.ca "Si tenemos que usar la fuerza es porque somos los Estados Unidos de América, la nación indispensable. Fuertes y erguidos podemos ver el futuro, más allá de que otras naciones pueden hacerlo, y vemos el peligro que nos amenaza a…
Patrick Tucker (2023-04-20). U.S. Central Command (USCENTCOM): Artificial Intelligence (AI) as an Instrument of Modern Warfare. globalresearch.ca
Peter Koenig (2023-04-20). Why Is Europe in the Pits? "Its Economic Suicide" globalresearch.ca
Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2023-04-20). The Covid "Killer Vaccine". People Are Dying All Over the World. It's A Criminal Undertaking. globalresearch.ca First published on November 26, 2022 | *** | We are being accused of "spreading disinformation" regarding the Covid-19 vaccine. | The Reuters and AP media "trackers" and "fact checkers" will be out to smear the testimonies of parents who have lost their …
Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2023-04-20). Video: Has Germany Become a Colony of the United States? globalresearch.ca The public declarations of both Biden and Scholz at the White House Press Conference confirm the following: The "Secret Operation" was no longer Secret. | The decision to undertake the sabotage of Nord Stream was made Public, There was a de facto bilateral understanding between President Biden and Germany's Chancellor Scholz to proceed with the sabotage of Nord Stream 2.
Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2023-04-20). Media Propaganda: Is the BBC Responsible for mRNA Vaccine-related Deaths? globalresearch.ca
Revista Minga (2023-04-20). Perú — Dina, asesina, el pueblo te repudia. globalizacion.ca En los últimos meses la lucha de la población peruana contra el gobierno de Dina Boluarte ha atraído la atención de todo el mundo. | Desde el 7 de diciembre de 2022 las protestas masivas que siguieron a la destitución y…
Rick Rozoff (2023-04-20). 31 ambassadors to NATO inspect French nuclear base, tour nuclear ballistic missile submarine. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com NATOApril 20, 2023 NATO's North Atlantic Council visits France's Ile Longue nuclear base The ambassadors of the North Atlantic Council visited the French nuclear base of Ile Longue on Thursday (6 April 2023) to emphasise the importance of nuclear deterrence [sic] at a time of unprecedented security challenges to the Alliance. "I welcome France's important …
Rick Rozoff (2023-04-20). Denmark will send over 100 German tanks to Ukraine. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Interfax-UkraineApril 20, 2023 Denmark, Netherlands to send 14 Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine — media Denmark and the Netherlands will send 14 Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine, they will be ready for delivery in early 2024, Danish Foreign Minister Lars Là∏kke Rasmussen and Defense Minister Troels Lund Poulsen said. *** The tanks are expected to …
Rick Rozoff (2023-04-20). "For first time in history, U.S. forces will be permanently stationed on eastern flank of Europe, in Poland" — Brzezinski. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com U.S. Air Forces in Europe Air Forces AfricaApril 20, 2023 U.S. Air Force tankers moved to NATO's Eastern Flank, strengthen collective defense U.S.-based tanker aircraft began working at their new primary location in Poland, March 10, as part of a U.S. Air Forces in Europe activity called Copper Arrow, demonstrating U.S. European Command's efforts to …
Rick Rozoff (2023-04-20). Georgian ruling party chair again condemns global war party. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Agenda.geApril 20, 2023 Ruling party head claims "interest" in Kezerashvili to fund "revolutionary processes" in Georgia with "bloody, dirty money" Irakli Kobakhidze, the Chair of the ruling Georgian Dream party, on Wednesday highlighted "interest" from unspecified groups to see the wanted former Defence Minister David Kezerashvili fund "revolutionary processes" in the country with "his bloody, …
Rick Rozoff (2023-04-20). "Pathbreaking": U.S. Army in Poland prepares large-scale artillery combat operations. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Stars and StripesApril 20, 2023 'A new way of thinking': US Army talks artillery strategy with allies in Poland The U.S. Army held an "artillery summit" this week with allies in Poland, where commanders strategized how to better incorporate a much-lauded rocket system into their fighting formations. V Corps, at a Polish base in the …
Rick Rozoff (2023-04-20). Turkish defense chief boasts of killing 38,000 Kurds in last eight years. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com B92April 20, 2023 The minister confirmed: They have been eliminated Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar said 18 terrorists have been eliminated in northern Syria and Iraq in the past three days. *** "Whoever supports them and supplies them with weapons, ammunition and helicopters, our fight against them will not end until the last terrorist is …
Rick Rozoff (2023-04-20). "Ukraine's rightful place is in NATO": Stoltenberg, in Kiev, says bloc is belligerent in war "today, tomorrow, and for as long as it takes" antibellum679354512.wordpress.com NATOApril 20, 2023 Secretary General in Kyiv: NATO stands with Ukraine NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg visited Ukraine on Thursday (20 April 2023) for talks with President Zelenskyy and his government. Mr Stoltenberg underlined NATO's enduring support for Ukraine…."NATO stands with you today, tomorrow, and for as long as it takes," said Mr Stoltenberg. In …
Rick Rozoff (2023-04-20). Video: Camp Ko≈õciuszko. U.S. Army V Corps ready for war with Russia. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com U.S. Army Europe and AfricaApril 13, 2023 Becoming a V Corps Soldier — Camp Ko≈õciuszko U.S. Army V Corps Command Sgt. Maj. Raymond Harris explains the importance of V Corps' mission in Europe, and the benefits that soldiers may receive when becoming a Victory Corps soldier, such as career development opportunities and unique life experiences.
Roger D. Harris (2023-04-20). Whither Multipolarity in a Changing World Order. dissidentvoice.org The Italian political theorist Antonio Gramsci presciently observed: "The crisis consists precisely in the fact that the old is dying and the new cannot be born; in this interregnum a great variety of morbid symptoms appear." This period that we live in is arguably shaped by three elements: two moribund (the implosion of the USSR …
Rojoef Manuel (2023-04-20). Australia, US to Host 'Largest-Ever' Bilateral Exercise. globalresearch.ca
Sajjad Shaukat (2023-04-20). Sikh Diaspora-Revival of the Khalistan Independence Movement. globalresearch.ca
SAM (2023-04-20). Seriously Auditing the Rich Makes Sense. Seriously Taxing the Rich Can Save Us. inequality.org
Sergio Rodríguez Gelfenstein (2023-04-20). Elecciones en Paraguay: solo un cambio "gatopardiano" montado por Washington. globalizacion.ca La injerencia de Estados Unidos en los asuntos internos de Paraguay forma parte de su cotidianidad, e incluso, se ve como algo normal. | En la situación actual, cuando se ha entrado en la etapa final de la carrera electoral, los…
Staff (2023-04-20). Meet the Abortion Provider Whose Wyoming Clinic Was Firebombed & Who Worked with Slain Dr. George Tiller. democracynow.org 
As the Supreme Court weighs whether to keep mifepristone available nationwide, we speak with Julie Burkhart, who is on the frontlines of the fight for reproductive justice. Burkhart is president of Wellspring Health Access, the only full-service abortion clinic in Wyoming, that was firebombed by an anti-abortion activist last year, as well as co-owner of Hope Clinic in Granite City, Illinois. Burkhart previously worked for eight years with Dr. George Tiller before his assassination in 2009. She describes the difficulties of providing abortion services in two states with different political and legal landscapes. &…
Staff (2023-04-20). Fox Pays Dominion $787.5 Million in Historic Settlement But Won't Apologize for Election Lies. democracynow.org 
We look at the historic settlement reached this week in Dominion Voting Systems's lawsuit against Fox News for promoting lies about voting machines being rigged against Trump in the 2020 election. Fox repeatedly aired conspiracy theories even though some of the network's most prominent hosts, including Tucker Carlson and Laura Ingraham, as well as multibillionaire and Fox Corporation Chair Rupert Murdoch, were privately admitting they knew Trump's election fraud claims were false. Earlier this week, shortly after a jury was picked for the trial, Fox News agreed to pay Dominion $787.5 million to…
Staff (2023-04-20). Headlines for April 20, 2023. democracynow.org Sudan's Humanitarian Crisis Worsens as Rival Military Factions Battle for Sixth Day, Dozens Killed, Over 100 Injured by Crowd Crush in Yemen's Capital, U.N. Warns 50 Million Across West and Central Africa at Risk of Hunger, Climate Crisis Fuels Deadly Heat Wave Across Much of Asia, Research Finds Air Pollution Harms Human Health at Every Stage of Life, Study Finds African Americans Live Longer in Counties with More Black Doctors, Supreme Court Delays Decision on Medication Abortions Until Friday, Oklahoma Officials Caught on Tape Discussing Lynching Black People, Murdering Journalists, Autopsy Shows T…
Staff (2023-04-20). "A New Jane Crow": Abortion Advocates Brace for Supreme Court Ruling That Could Ban Mifepristone. democracynow.org 
As the abortion pill mifepristone remains available for at least another two days after a delayed U.S. Supreme Court ruling, we discuss the case with law professor Michele Goodwin. She notes the push to force more people to give birth is taking place against a backdrop of poor maternal health outcomes. "The United States is the deadliest place in all of the industrialized world to be pregnant," says Goodwin, who notes that people are 14 times more likely to die from carrying a pregnancy to term than from abortion.
Staff (2023-04-20). Illinois for a World BEYOND War Chapter Event featuring David Swanson. davidswanson.org
Staff (2023-04-20). Russia Wants to Know Details of the Brazilian Peace Initiative. globalresearch.ca
Sue Bull (2023-04-20). Allied health professionals demand a place at executive level. greenleft.org.au More than 50 allied health professionals and supporters rallied outside Barwon Health's University Hospital to protest against a proposed restructure. Sue Bull reports.
Staff (2023-04-19). Russia's FM Lavrov Meets With Venezuela's VP Rodriguez and FM Gil in Caracas. orinocotribune.com Caracas, January 19, 2023 ( Lavrov, a close friend of Venezuela, arrived this Tuesday, April 18, at the Simón Bolívar International Airport in Maiquetia after visiting…
scorinoco (2023-04-19). President of Syria Receives Saudi FM in Damascus (Rapprochement). orinocotribune.com 
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad received Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan at the presidential palace in Damascus on Tuesday, April 18, Al Mayadeen reported. | The Syrian presidency announced in a statement that President al-Assad assured bin Farhan that the sound relations between Syria and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia are the natural state that should prevail and that these relations do not only hold interest for the two countries but also reflect an Arab and regional interest. | The presidency highlighted that al-Assad conveyed his greetings and appreciation to Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz and…
scorinoco (2023-04-19). President of Russia Travels to Kherson Region to Meet Soldiers, Pays First Visit to Lugansk. orinocotribune.com Russian President Vladimir Putin visited the Vostok National Guard staff in the Lugansk People's Republic (LPR), the Kremlin announced in a statement. | "Vladimir Putin visited the Vostok National Guard staff in the Lugansk People's Republic, where he received reports from Col Gen Alexander Lapin and other senior officers on the situation in that area," the statement said. | Putin's visits to the staff of the Dnepr grouping of troops in the Kherson Region and to the Vostok National Guard staff in the Lugansk People's Republic on Tuesday, April 18, were quite impromptu, the Kremlin press service said. | This was V…
Staff (2023-04-19). Julian Assange, 4 Years Into His Imprisonment. orinocotribune.com By Oleg Yasinsky — Apr 14, 2023 | This week marks the fourth anniversary of the criminal imprisonment of Julian Assange, an Australian citizen kidnapped and convicted by the US for having dared to bother the mafia group, the most powerful and bloody in history, known worldwide as "Western civilization." He is accused of 18 crimes, including espionage. A single word of solidarity and support for Assange, no matter how useless or naive it may be, will never be superfluous, redundant or obvious. | Beyond the myth or symbol that the media turned him into within the cyclical and fleeting nature of their trends, t…
Dave DeCamp (2023-04-19). Biden's DOJ Indicts Four Americans for Their Political Views on Russia. news.antiwar.com The Justice Department has indicted four Americans, including three members of the African People's Socialist Party and Uhuru Movement (APSP), over their political views on Russia, a step that has grave implications for First Amendment rights. The allegation against the Americans is that they were involved in a "foreign malign influence campaign" directed by Russia's …
Dave DeCamp (2023-04-19). US Indo-Pacific Commander Says US Must Be Prepared to 'Fight and Win' a War With China Over Taiwan. news.antiwar.com Adm. John Aquilino, the commander of US Indo-Pacific Command, told Congress Tuesday that the US must be ready to "fight and win" a war against China over Taiwan. "I'm responsible [for finding a way] to prevent this conflict today and — if deterrence were to fail — to be able to fight and win," Aquilino …
Editor (2023-04-19). The mobilizations in Peru are the result of pent-up indignation. mronline.org 
Although the trigger for the protests has been the impeachment of President Pedro Castillo, the grievances are rooted in historical problems.
Editor (2023-04-19). NATO's growing military presence in Latin America and the Caribbean (Part I, II & III). mronline.org 
At the end of last year, the United States had installed 12 military bases in Panama, 12 in Puerto Rico, 9 in Colombia, 8 in Peru, 3 in Honduras, 2 in Paraguay, as well as installations of this type in Aruba, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Cuba (Guantanamo), and Peru among other countries, at the same time that it is orienting its search for the total coverage of the land and maritime surface of the region.
Craig Murray (2023-04-19). Snowden and Texeira: Ten years of disaster. mronline.org 
Jack Texeira is at the centre of this puzzle but remains the missing piece. We have heard nothing from him. A rather unconvincing interview with a suspiciously fluent, pixeled out acquaintance grassing him up to the Washington Post stated that he was a right wing patriot.
Editor (2023-04-19). The financial backers of the war on woke. mronline.org 
Matthew Goodwin wants us to worry about a 'new elite' of media workers and academics, not the actual elite of billionaires—like his backers. SOLOMON HUGHES unveils the trail.
Ann Brown (2023-04-19). What Is Juice Jacking? 5 Things To Know About The New Scam To Hack Your Phone At Public Charging Stations. moguldom.com Beware of "juice jacking," the Federal Bureau of Investigation is warning. It's a new scam used to hack your phone while you are at public charging stations. The latest cyber-theft scam is on the rise nationwide. Here are five things to know. 1. What is juice jacking Hackers are hiding data skimming devices inside public …
Dana Sanchez (2023-04-19). Fact Check: Americans Hold Almost $30 Trillion In 'Tappable' Home Equity. moguldom.com Total U.S. home equity hit a record high of $27.8 trillion in the first quarter of 2022 thanks to rising home values, but not all of that equity is tappable, and home prices have come down in some areas since then. Tappable equity is the amount homeowners can borrow while holding on to at least …
Ann Brown (2023-04-19). Wife Gets Stuck Looking For Gold: Soccer Star Put Assets In Mother's Name, Protected In Divorce. moguldom.com Moroccan soccer star Achraf Hakimi and his wife, Hiba Abouk, are headed for divorce. And, like in many high-profile divorces, there is a battle over assets. Well, Hakimi seems to have been one step ahead of this soon-to-be ex. Hakimi, who plays for Ligue 1 club Paris Saint-Germain and the Morocco national team, had previously …
Dana Sanchez (2023-04-19). Is Instagram Destined For The Fate Of AOL And MySpace? 5 Things To Know About Increasing Growth Vulnerabilities. moguldom.com Instagram, which started out as a minimalist photo-sharing app, has evolved into "the kind of overstuffed web portal it was invented to subvert," according to Ryan Broderick, a podcaster and writer who focuses on web culture and technology. "The current one-app-fits-all state of Instagram is especially ironic considering that it began as an antidote to …
Ann Brown (2023-04-19). FBI Now Investigating Republican Officials In Oklahoma Caught On Audio Talking About Lynching Black Americans. moguldom.com The last recorded lynching in Oklahoma occurred in 1930, according to the Oklahoma Historical Society. But just earlier this month, some county leaders were caught on audio discussing killing reporters and complaining they can no longer lynch Black people. Oklahoma's governor, Kevin Stitt, has now called for the resignations of the sheriff and other top …
Dana Sanchez (2023-04-19). Corporate Real Estate Debt Defaults Are Likely To Hit America, Stress The System: Investing Legend Howard Marks. moguldom.com Commercial real estate loans and debt defaults are some of the biggest worries for U.S. banks today in an economy faing high interest rates and a looming recession, according to billionaire investor Howard Marks, the co-founder and co-chairman of the world's largest investor in distressed securities. With a net worth of $2.2 billion, Marks heads …
Ali Abunimah (2023-04-19). Why the Saudis have called off their Israeli wedding. electronicintifada.net In an emerging multipolar world Washington's — and therefore Tel Aviv's regional grip — is weakening.
americanthinker (2023-04-19). Biden's Susceptibility to Blackmail has Unleashed Domestic and International Chaos. americanthinker.com The ruling class is solely responsible for Biden abetting the Communist Chinese in their determination to achieve global hegemony.
americanthinker (2023-04-19). Instead of Taunting Us, Help Us: Who Will Address Jab Concerns and Pregnancy? americanthinker.com With so many women realizing the jab affected their menstrual cycles, it is hardly irrational of them to be concerned with possible effects on pregnancy.
americanthinker (2023-04-19). Republicans Step into the 'Do Something' Trap. americanthinker.com The No More Political Prosecutions Actt won't fix the issue and it wouldn't have protected Trump, because it ignores the root problem.
americanthinker (2023-04-19). The Shot Heard Round the World. americanthinker.com One lesson of April 19, 1775 is that we should take heart from the experiences of our ancestors.
americanthinker (2023-04-19). Washington and Trump, The Indispensable Men. americanthinker.com Whatever their faults, both these men were (and are) the right man for the needs of the time.
Anonymous Contributor (2023-04-19). A Childhood Without Cops: Brooklyn Community Gathers on Squatted Lot in Solidarity with Fight to Stop 'Cop City'. itsgoingdown.org 
Report on community gathering on a squatted lot in Brooklyn, New York in solidarity with the movement to stop Cop City in Atlanta, Georgia. On February 12th 2023 a group of parents, educators and community members got together at a community garden in Brooklyn, to celebrate for a future without cops for children to grow…
Anonymous Contributor (2023-04-19). New Zines By North Carolina Prisoners Available for Distro. itsgoingdown.org 
Blackbird Distro is excited to announce publication of three new zines by NC prisoners, available as PDFs for printing and distribution both inside and outside of prisons. The first, How to Start Your Own Study Group In Prison: Personal Reflections and A Step-By-Step Guide to Using Reading Groups to Build Prisoner Unity and Power, is…
Anonymous (2023-04-19). Video: The struggle for Masafer Yatta. electronicintifada.net Residents of villages that Israel plans to destroy say they won't leave no matter what.
Binoy Kampmark (2023-04-19). Penny Wong's world view: AUKUS all the way. greenleft.org.au If anyone was expecting a flash of independence from foreign minister Penny Wong's address to the National Press Club, they were bound to be disappointed, argues Binoy Kampmark.
Brittani Banks (2023-04-19). Obsolete Cold War Attitudes Are Holding Europe Back. independentmediainstitute.org Recently, the United States has been followed by a number of European countries in supporting a cold war policy toward Russia and China. This has created increasing problems in Europe—bringing a major war to the continent, creating serious economic difficulties, and intensifying a decline in living standards. In this context, the case for Europe establishing …
cameron orr (2023-04-19). Housing for people, not profit! cpusa.org 
Haga clic aquí para leer en español. The housing crisis continues to grow. ‚ÄØHomeless shelters are full to capacity. Millions of people in the U.S. are walking the streets, not knowing where they will sleep tonight, while tens of millions are behind on their payments and living in fear of evictions. Millions more are …
Coral Wynter (2023-04-19). Rising Tide activists stop coal train, seek support for more civil disobedience. greenleft.org.au Rising Tide stopped a coal train for 5 hours on April 16 at the Port of Newcastle, after a successful camp for climate action. Coral Wynter, Rachel Evans and Richard Boult report.
Daniel Kersffeld (2023-04-19). Lo que hay detrás de los ejercicios militares de Kosovo en Malvinas. globalizacion.ca En el actual contexto del conflicto en Ucrania, se están produciendo distintos reacomodamientos a nivel internacional, con implicaciones y consecuencias cada vez más evidentes para los países latinoamericanos, como se pudo consignar en la reciente cumbre de la CELAC desarrollada…
Darren Saffin (2023-04-19). Merri-bek Council votes to be nuclear free. greenleft.org.au Motivated by federal Labor's decision to spend billions on nuclear-powered submarines, Merri-bek Council passed a motion declaring the local government area a nuclear free zone. Darren Saffin reports.
Eric Zuesse (2023-04-19). U.S. Nuclear-War Strategy. dissidentvoice.org 
America's nuclear-war strategy is to win a nuclear war, not merely to deter one. This has been especially the case since 2006. But it did not start in 2006 to become that way. A 1981 PhD thesis by William C. Martel, at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst, one of America's leading universities, was titled …
Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-04-19). 9/11 Hijackers Were CIA Recruits. libya360.wordpress.com Kit Klarenberg At least two 9/11 hijackers had been recruited into a joint CIA-Saudi intelligence operation that was covered up at the highest level, according to an explosive new court filing. A newly-released court filing raises grave questions about the relationship between Alec Station, a CIA unit set up to track Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden…
Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-04-19). Argentina: Impressive Demonstration of Force of the Unidad Piquetera Against the Government that Kneels before the IMF. libya360.wordpress.com Tens of thousands of piqueteros and piqueteras marched carrying torches this Wednesday from the Pueyrredón Bridge to Plaza de Mayo to repudiate the adjustment of the International Monetary Fund and above all to dedicate a chapter of their protest to the Government of Alberto Fernández and especially to the Minister of Social Development Victoria Tolosa Paz….
Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-04-19). China, Russia Circle Wagons in Asia-Pacific. libya360.wordpress.com M. K. Bhadrakumar "Working meeting" between President Vladimir Putin (R), visiting Chinese State Councilor & Defence Minister Gen. Li Shangfu (L) and Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu, Moscow, April 16, 2023 The official visit by Chinese State Councilor and Defence Minister General Li Shangfu to Russia on April 16-19 prima facie underscored the two countries' emergent need to deepen…
Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-04-19). Indictment of African People's Socialist Party is a Racist Assault on the Black Liberation Movement. libya360.wordpress.com The Black Alliance for Peace (BAP) unequivocally condemns and opposes the recent indictment of four members of the African People's Socialist Party (APSP), alongside three Russian nationals. The unsealed indictment states that on Tuesday, April 18, 2023, a federal grand jury in Tampa, Florida, levied charges of "conspiring to covertly sow discord in U.S. society,…
Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-04-19). Peru: Piura No Longer a Fujimori Stronghold. libya360.wordpress.com Clau O'Brien Moscoso Flooding in Piura region of Peru (Photo: El Instituto Nacional de Defensa Civil — Indeci) Peru is facing popular struggle in the wake of a coup which ousted President Castillo. It must also confront a legacy of political corruption. National Strike, Day 103 The parliamentary coup that took place on Dec 7th that ousted…
Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-04-19). Russian Foreign Ministry Report on the Human Rights Situation in Ukraine. libya360.wordpress.com The Foreign Ministry has released yet another report on the human rights situation in Ukraine. Over the past year and a half, there was a noticeable deterioration in Ukraine in terms of promoting and protecting human rights, and the evident trends in this sphere raise the most serious concerns. The regime in power since 2014 has made…
Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-04-19). The Sins of Guantanamo Are Still With Us. libya360.wordpress.com Seymour Hersh Prisoners at the Guantánamo Bay prison circa 2002. / Shane T. McCoy/US Navy America's federal courts are not playing fair with the innocents who remain wrongly imprisoned at the US detention camp in Cuba It was just another federal court decision dealing a further blow to the fate of one of the few…
Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-04-19). Ukraine's Offensive: Taking Territory vs. the War of Attrition. libya360.wordpress.com Update on the conflict in Ukraine for April 19, 2023 — Both Russia's and Ukraine's presidents visit front line troops in Kherson and the Donbass region respectively; — Russian forces continue to gain ground in Bakhmut, pro-Ukrainian maps show the main rail station now under Russian control; — Ukrainian general admits Russia carrying out airstrikes…
Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-04-19). US-EU-NATO Meet with Somaliland Secessionists. libya360.wordpress.com Ann GarrisonSomaliland President Muse Biho Abdi and his delegation met various officials, including Sen. Chris Van Hollen, in Washington in March 2022. This was one of many meetings between officials from the US, EU, and secessionist Somaliland. (Photo: US State Dept) As Somaliland forces continue to fire on Somali nationalists in Laasaanood and the surrounding region, Sool, Sanaag…
isabella (2023-04-19). Breaking Down Your Tax Bill. inequality.org
It's Going Down (2023-04-19). Report from Tijuana: Building Autonomous Mutual Aid As the Border Continues to Militarize. itsgoingdown.org In this episode, we speak with someone involved with El Comedor, an autonomous mutual aid hub and organizing center in so-called Tijuana, Mexico, which was founded by anarchists and asylum seekers in 2018. From a previous report: El Comedor is currently one of the only places, if not the only place, serving hot meals everyday…
Jim McIlroy (2023-04-19). MUA welcomes Svitzer back down, presses for new agreement. greenleft.org.au The Maritime Union of Australia welcomed the news that Danish tugboat company Svitzer had finally agreed to abandon its legal action to cancel the 2019 enterprise bargaining agreement of almost 600 tugboat workers. Jim McIlroy reports.
John Feffer (2023-04-19). The U.S. Government's Greatest Enemy. fpif.org If you take a poll of American pundits and policymakers about the greatest threat facing the U.S. government, they'd probably put China at the top of the list. Maybe a handful would opt for Russia. A few holdouts from the War on Terrorism era might point to Islamic extremism. | But the greatest threat to the U.S. government is actually Junior Airman Jack Teixeira. | The 21-year-old behind the leak of U.S. intelligence documents might seem like just a guy who wanted to win a few points with his buddies in an on-line discussion group. Sharing insider information to demonstrate his street cred was, of course, an ext…
Juan Pablo Olsson (2023-04-19). La crisis del imperio norteamericano: el repliegue de Estados Unidos hacia América Latina. globalizacion.ca Estados Unidos se transformó en superpotencia luego de la Segunda Guerra Mundial y se consolidó como imperio hegemónico tras la caída del Muro de Berlín. Actualmente se encuentra en declive y apuesta al control de los recursos estratégicos de la…
Kerry Smith (2023-04-19). Irish-Australian activist arrested in Dublin while campaigning for Julian Assange. greenleft.org.au Irish-Australian anti-war activist Ciaron O'Reilly was arrested outside Dublin Castle while attempting to deliver a giant prison key to United States president Joe Biden, reports Kerry Smith.
Kit Klarenberg (2023-04-19). Bombshell filing: 9/11 hijackers were CIA recruits. thegrayzone.com At least two 9/11 hijackers had been recruited into a joint CIA-Saudi intelligence operation that was covered up at the highest level, according to an explosive new court filing. A newly-released court filing raises grave questions about the relationship between Alec Station, a CIA unit set up to track Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden and his associates, and two 9/11 hijackers leading up to the attacks, which was subject to a coverup at the highest levels of the FBI. …
manager (2023-04-19). End of COVID-19 Emergency Declarations. cepr.net In January 2023, the Biden administration announced its plans to end two COVID-19-related emergency declarations — a "public health emergency" declaration and a "national emergency" declaration — on May 11, 2023. That same month, the Administration also opposed two GOP-led resolutions to end both declarations before May 11, calling the resolutions "a grave disservice to …
Matt Robson (2023-04-19). How the NZ cabinet learned to stop worrying about the bomb and love NATO. greenleft.org.au In Aotearoa/New Zealand, the Labour government has enthusiastically, and without any public discussion, become part of NATO's Asia Pacific 4, betraying the gains of the mass anti-war movement, writes Matt Robson.
Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J.S. Davies (2023-04-19). Leaks Reveal Reality behind U.S. Propaganda in Ukraine. dissidentvoice.org 
Leaked document predicts a "protracted war beyond 2023." Image credit: Newsweek The U.S. corporate media's first response to the leaking of secret documents about the war in Ukraine was to throw some mud in the water, declare "nothing to see here," and cover it as a depoliticized crime story about a 21-year-old Air National Guardsman …
Niko Leka (2023-04-19). Video: A participant reflects on the Newcastle Climate Camp 2023 and direct action that stopped a coal train. greenleft.org.au Niko Leka reflects on the April 15—16 Climate Camp protest in Mulubinba/Newcastle that took direct action to stop a coal train.
Pablo Gandolfo (2023-04-19). La fractura del mundo reemplaza la hegemonía. globalizacion.ca Debilitado en su base económica y desprestigiado en el plano internacional por su política ultraagresiva de los últimos 30 años, Estados Unidos reemplazó como concepto estratégico la hegemonía por el caos controlado y ahora por la fractura del mundo. Ucrania…
rebekah (2023-04-19). Don't Shred the Safety Net — Expand It. inequality.org Most of us rely on some cash assistance to get by at some point, whether we realize it or not. For wealthy people, that might include a family trust or any number of elaborate tax breaks. For middle-income people, it might come in the form of a mortgage interest deduction on their taxes, an inheritance, …
Rick Rozoff (2023-04-19). Biden requests Congress approve upgrades to Turkish-16s, in addition to proposed sale/upgrade of 120 of the fighter jets. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Daily SabahApril 19, 2023 White House notifies Congress on F-16 equipment sale to Türkiye U.S. President Joe Biden's administration officially notified Congress Monday about the planned sale to Türkiye of avionics software upgrades for its current fleet of F-16 fighter aircraft. Valued at $259 million (TL 5.02 billion), the deal will move ahead with the …
Rick Rozoff (2023-04-19). Germany delivers anti-ballistic missile battery to Ukraine. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Deutsche WelleApril 19, 2023 Ukraine updates: Germany says Patriots delivered to Kyiv Ukraine has received its first Patriot defense system, delivered by Germany, Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov said on Wednesday. The Patriot system is used to combat enemy aircraft, ballistic missiles and cruise missiles and its considered one of the most advanced defense systems …
Rick Rozoff (2023-04-19). NATO allies, partners to join largest-ever U.S.-Australia war games. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Australia, Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore, South Korea and Tonga supplied troops for NATO's International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan. The Japanese navy also assisted. ==== Defense PostApril 19, 2023 Australia, US to Host 'Largest-Ever' Bilateral Exercise Australia and the US will hold their largest bilateral exercise this year, with approximately 30,000 military personnel expected to …
Rick Rozoff (2023-04-19). NATO partner South Korea ready to provide military assistance to Ukraine — president. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Polish RadioApril 19, 2023 South Korea hints at military aid to Ukraine South Korea's president has indicated his country could supply Ukraine with military assistance under certain circumstances to help it fend off Russia's invasion, according to news outlets. *** The South Korean head of state said: "If there is a situation the international community …
Rick Rozoff (2023-04-19). Pentagon chief in Stockholm: U.S. demands Sweden's NATO entry "before summer" antibellum679354512.wordpress.com The LocalApril 19, 2023 United States calls for Swedish Nato entry 'before summer' The United States will work to ensure Sweden becomes a Nato member by the summer, US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin said in Stockholm on Wednesday. Austin commented on Sweden's ongoing attempts to join Nato during a visit to the Muskà∂ naval …
Sam Wainwright (2023-04-19). Indian labour lawyer Clifton D'Rozario to speak at Ecosocialism 2023. greenleft.org.au Clifton D'Rozario, a labour lawyer and Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation leader, will address Ecosocialism 2023 in Naarm/Melbourne. Sam Wainwright reports.
Staff (2023-04-19). New York Times: Biden Admin Ignored Warnings About Migrant Child Labor, Punished Whistleblowers. democracynow.org 
Our guest Hannah Dreier, a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter at The New York Times, has published a bombshell new investigation headlined "As Migrant Children Were Put to Work, U.S. Ignored Warnings." It reports that the Biden administration has repeatedly ignored or missed warnings about a surge of migrant children as young as 12 working in factories across the United States under grueling and often dangerous working conditions in serious violation of child labor laws. "People were punished for bringing this to the attention of their supervisors," says Dreier.
Staff (2023-04-19). In 1969 Abe Fortas Became the First Justice Forced to Resign. Should Clarence Thomas Be Next? democracynow.org 
As pressure grows on Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas to resign over his decades-long relationship with a billionaire benefactor, we speak with legal journalist Adam Cohen, who says there is a precedent that should guide lawmakers in how to address the growing scandal. In 1969, Justice Abe Fortas was forced to resign after his financial relationship came to light with businessman Louis Wolfson, who paid Fortas to consult for his foundation. Fortas was a Democratic appointee, but the scandal led to a bipartisan call for his resignation — even though his replacement would be named by Republican President…
Staff (2023-04-19). The Justice & the Billionaire: Clarence Thomas Failed to Disclose Real Estate Deal with GOP Megadonor. democracynow.org 
Calls continue to grow for Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas to step down or to be impeached, after ProPublica uncovered more damning information about his relationship with Republican megadonor Harlan Crow. According to the new report, Thomas and his family sold a house and two vacant lots in Savannah, Georgia, to Crow for around $130,000 but never disclosed the sale, which appears to be a violation of the 1978 Ethics in Government Act. In addition to being a major benefactor to Thomas and the GOP, Crow is also an avid collector of Nazi memorabilia, including a copy of Mein Kampf signed by Hitler, paintings…
Staff (2023-04-19). Ending 30-Year Saga, Judge Rules Haitian Activist Targeted by ICE Should Not Face Deportation Again. democracynow.org 
A New York immigration judge on Tuesday ruled that Jean Montrevil, a Haitian immigrant and longtime activist, will no longer face deportation, after a decade of being targeted by Immigration and Customs Enforcement for his activism. Montrevil was deported to Haiti in 2018 under the Trump administration but got a second chance in 2021, when Virginia Governor Ralph Northam granted him a pardon for two drug convictions from three decades earlier, which ICE had used as a pretext to deport him. Montrevil sought to regain his legal immigration status and was allowed to return to the United States on a 90-day special pa…
Staff (2023-04-19). Headlines for April 19, 2023. democracynow.org Fox News Settles Dominion Defamation Lawsuit over 2020 Election Lies for $787.5 Million, Fighting in Sudan Continues as Terrorized Residents Grapple with Food and Power Shortages, Biden Issues Executive Order Seeking to Expand Child Care and Elder Care Access, Senate GOP Blocks Democrats from Replacing Ailing Dianne Feinstein on Judiciary Cmte., Tunisian Police Detain Prominent Political Rival, Raid Ennahda Party HQ in Crackdown on Opposition, Top Saudi Diplomat Meets Syria's Bashar al-Assad in Damascus for 1st Time Since Start of War, Indonesia Military Disputes Claim West Papuan Fighters Killed 12 Soldier…
Tamara Nassar (2023-04-19). Why is Israel arbitrarily detaining a US senior citizen? electronicintifada.net Khader Adnan refusing food in protest for more than 70 days.
Vijay Prashad (2023-04-19). Tantas mentiras del Fondo Monetario Internacional. globalizacion.ca Sorprendentemente, durante su visita a Ghana a finales de marzo de 2023, la Vicepresidenta de EE.UU. Kamala Harris anunció que la Oficina de Asistencia Técnica del Departamento del Tesoro de EE. UU. "desplegará un asesor residente a tiempo completo en…
Zo Randriamaro (2023-04-19). Madagascar and the New Frontiers of Sacrifice Zones. fpif.org Madagascar, a collection of islands off the east coast of Africa, is among the countries most impacted by climate change. It is a resource-rich country that is also struggling with poverty, debt, crumbling health systems, the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic, and a myriad of other problems. The country's economic recovery depends on the transition to cleaner energy, but only if its development model effectively reduces environmental, climate and disaster risks, and provides social and economic benefits to the vulnerable groups that constitute 80 percent of the population. | The International Energy Agency
