(2023-04-25). Scott Ritter: Syria Comes in From the Cold. scheerpost.com 
(2023-04-25). What the UK's Arrest of a French Publisher Means for Public Intellectuals the World Over. scheerpost.com 
(2023-04-25). Afghanistan Watchdog Says 'You're Gonna See Pilferage' of Ukraine Aid. scheerpost.com 
(2023-04-25). Breaking Down Your Tax Bill. scheerpost.com 
(2023-04-25). Experts Warn Musk's Misleading Celebrity Twitter Blue Check Are FTC Violation. scheerpost.com 
(2023-04-25). Ralph Nader: Scranton Joe Nevermore — It's Always Been Delaware Joe. scheerpost.com 
By Ralph Nader In early March 2023, President Joe Biden embedded in his proposed 2024 budget to Congress revenue increases through tax measures that the rich and corporations do not like. Like his predecessors Barack Obama and Bill Clinton, he doesn't really mean what he says. Biden's four proposed increases are significant because they would …
(2023-04-25). Patrick Lawrence: Force-Marching the Europeans. scheerpost.com 
By Patrick Lawrence / Original to ScheerPost ZURICH—Am I the only American to travel overseas and feel embarrassed by the conduct of the diplomats Washington sends abroad to speak for our republic? It is pretty strange to find yourself, an ordinary citizen, apologizing for the intrusive, cajoling, bullying, badgering and otherwise crude utterances of this …
(2023-04-25). Direct Action Succeeds In Weakening Support For Israeli Apartheid. popularresistance.org In 1917, the British government issued the Balfour Declaration, a statement of support for a Jewish State in Palestine. The United Kingdom has been a key ally of the Israeli Apartheid State since its inception. Palestinian rights activists in the UK, recognizing this reality, decided that direct action against entities that support apartheid would be the most effective strategy. Clearing the FOG speaks with Richard, a co-founder of Palestine Action, about the successes they have had over the past three years in their campaign targeting Elbit, an Israeli weapons maker, from forcing factories to close to creating a…
(2023-04-25). Egypt adds 82 individuals, including several journalists, to new terror 'watchlist'. peoplesdispatch.org On Saturday, April 22, the Egyptian government Since coming to power, the el-S…
(2023-04-25). British health workers to intensify protests against meager pay hikes offered by government. peoplesdispatch.org Dismayed by the below-inflation pay offers by the Tory government, health workers affiliated to Unite the Union and the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) have announced strikes for the end of April and the first week of May…
(2023-04-25). As UN 'reviews' its presence in Afghanistan, its people continue to suffer from growing hunger and poverty. peoplesdispatch.org The 'Afghanistan Socio-Economic Outlook 2023' report released by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) on Tuesday, April 18, highlights the impact of cuts in international aid to Afghanistan since the Taliban took over power in the country…
(2023-04-25). Former Deputy Guaidó in Colombia After Illegally Crossing Border. orinocotribune.com Caracas, April 24, 2023 ( Representatives of 20 countries, including the United States, are scheduled to meet this Tuesday in Bogotá to gene…
(2023-04-25). US Rehearses War With China on Philippine Island South of Taiwan. news.antiwar.com Hundreds of US Marines and US Army soldiers participated in military exercises on the Philippine island of Baton, just over 100 miles across the Bashi Channel from Taiwan. The drills are part of the Balikatan Exercise, which is being touted as the largest-ever joint military exercise between the US and the Philippines. They come after …
(2023-04-25). Patriarchy subsidises capitalism. mronline.org 
While discussing about primary accumulation of capital, Marx did refer to a process of alienating direct producers from the means of production and this has been done by the use of coercion.
(2023-04-25). These Queers Bash Back: Pittsburgh anarchists organize in response to transphobic hate. mronline.org 
Report on recent demonstrations in Pittsburgh against anti-trans grifter Michael Knowles.
(2023-04-25). The Syrian Problem on Course to a Positive Resolution. journal-neo.org 
(2023-04-25). Turkish Elections and the Fate of the "Turan" Project. journal-neo.org 
(2023-04-25). Another Reason for the COVID-19 Closure Craze. americanthinker.com The COVID-19 period of American History will be studied for generations.
(2023-04-25). Five-Year Plans: Climatistas Think Three's the Charm. americanthinker.com Politicians are good for winning world wars and handing out free stuff — at least they were. But when it comes to restructuring the economy, not so much.
(2023-04-25). The Bad Guys Won't Trumpize DeSantis? americanthinker.com Why do we think that DeSantis won't be every inch the target as GOP presidential nominee that Trump would be?>
(2023-04-25). To Believe or Not to Believe the Transgender Talking Points. americanthinker.com What can be and should be done if anyone is giving false, incomplete, or misleading information to those seeking gender-care information?
(2023-04-25). What Happened in Hospitals During Covid? americanthinker.com Hospitals should be places you can trust to provide comfort and healing when you're most vulnerable. But that trust may have been shattered by brutal Covid protocols that critics claim turned many hospitals into hellscapes of systematic medical murder.
(2023-04-25). Good conservatives sucked in by old disinformation on Joe McCarthy. americanthinker.com The anti-McCarthy campaign was and always will continue to be the disinformation strategy that continued past the McCarthy times.The anti-McCarthy campaign was and always will continue to be the disinformation strategy that continued past the McCarthy times.
(2023-04-25). Has Mayor Adams had enough? americanthinker.com "Biden did it," Eric Adams style.
(2023-04-25). Male sex offender gains access to woman's shelter; commits rape. americanthinker.com Canada has gone further down the "transgender" road than the United States, so what's happening there is a snapshot of what's going to happen here.
(2023-04-25). Tucker is to the news media what Trump is to US politics. americanthinker.com A tale of two disruptors.
(2023-04-25). Where is it carved in stone that Progressivism is good? americanthinker.com There is an assumption afoot that progressivism always improves things, modernizes them, and moves the needle forward…
(2023-04-25). Prison Letters of Nelson Mandela Revisited. globalresearch.ca
(2023-04-25). Blood, Golf, and Saudi Arabia. dissidentvoice.org The recently concluded LIV Tournament in Adelaide was a matter of bread, circuses and golf. It was something of a triumph for the chief sponsor: the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and, more notably, the Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. Critics, and criticism about the regime and the blood spattered House of Saud, were generally forgotten. …
(2023-04-25). Canadian Tire Fire #58: Street Sweeps in Vancouver, Coastal Gaslink and RBC Developments, Prisoners on Hunger Strike. itsgoingdown.org 
photo: @AndreaWoo After decades of struggle, the Asubpeeschoseewagong Netum Anishinabek First Nation (Grassy Narrows) has secured a major win in their fight to stop clear-cutting on their lands. This month, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry notified the first nation that they are abandoning plans to open a portion of the forest to commercial…
(2023-04-25). Anzac Day in Australia and New Zealand: The Slaughter of the Unthinking by the Unaccountable. globalresearch.ca
(2023-04-25). Blood, Golf and Saudi Arabia: The LIV Tournament in Adelaide. globalresearch.ca
(2023-04-25). Coal seam gas wastes kill. greenleft.org.au While Doctors for the Environment Australia warns that coal seam gas mining is toxic, the Australian Petroleum Production & Exploration Association has the Queensland government's ear. Elena Garcia and Glen Beasley report on the toxic waste problem.
(2023-04-25). Final Straw: Pro-Choice Activists Face 12 Years for Graffiti. itsgoingdown.org Long-running anarchist radio and podcast show The Final Straw speaks with two members of the South Florida Anti-Repression Committee about activists who face years in prison for pro-choice graffiti. Listen and Download HERE First up, a chat with two members of the South Florida Anti-Repression Committee doing solidarity for the 4 queer activists facing up…
(2023-04-25). Selected Articles: Epidemic of 15-19 Year Olds Dropping Dead in Schools and Dorms Across USA and Canada in April 2023. globalresearch.ca 
By Found dead in dorm or residence. Cardiac arrest and died while at school. Died …
(2023-04-25). The EU Wants War with China. globalresearch.ca
(2023-04-25). Ultimo Appello Al Mondo Per Impedire All'oms Di Imprigionare L'umanità. globalresearch.ca Tutti gli articoli di Global Research possono essere letti in 51 lingue attivando il pulsante Traduci sito sotto il nome dell'autore. | Per ricevere la newsletter quotidiana di Global Research (articoli selezionati), fare Fai clic sul pulsante di …
(2023-04-25). The Heat: World Immunization Week. america.cgtn.com 
Millions of children didn't receive routine vaccinations during the coronavirus pandemic. How does that impact global health? This week marks World Immunization Week, which is celebrated during the last week of April. And this year's theme is called "The Big Catch Up." The name underscores …
(2023-04-24). MaxBytes: Former U.K. Prime Minister Gordon Brown Challenged on Ukraine. scheerpost.com 
By Max Jones / Original to ScheerPost On April 20, 2023, ScheerPost writer/editor Max Jones attended a panel hosted by the University of Southern California's Center for Political Future featuring former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Gordon Brown. In a Q&A with the former prime minister and other panelists, Jones questioned a statement Brown …
(2023-04-24). The EARN IT Bill Is Back, Seeking To Scan Our Messages and Photos. scheerpost.com 
If EARN IT passes, we're likely to see state lawmakers step in and mandate scanning of messages and other files similar to the plan that Apple wisely walked away from last year.
(2023-04-24). Workers Fighting Union-Busting May Have a New Legal Tool at Their Disposal. scheerpost.com 
(2023-04-24). A New Bill in Oregon Could Target Environmental Protesters as Terrorists. scheerpost.com 
(2023-04-24). Chris Hedges: The United States of Paralysis. scheerpost.com 
The longer the corporate state erodes the social bonds that knit us to society and give us a sense of purpose and meaning the more inevitable an authoritarian state and a Christianized fascism becomes.
(2023-04-24). Extinction Rebellion's Roger Hallam: It's not the climate, it's the system | The Chris Hedges Report. scheerpost.com By Chris Hedges / Real News Network Earlier this year, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), an international body of UN scientists, delivered a "final warning" to drastically cut global emissions in order to prevent the heating of the planet past 1.5 degrees Celsius. As the exponentially accelerating effects of the climate crisis have …
(2023-04-24). The United States Of Paralysis. popularresistance.org Political paralysis is snuffing out what is left of our anemic democracy. | It is the paralysis of doing nothing while the ruling oligarchs, who have increased their wealth by nearly a third since the pandemic began and by close to 90 percent over the past decade, orchestrate virtual tax boycotts as millions of Americans go into bankruptcy to pay medical bills, mortgages, credit card debt, student debt, car loans and soaring utility bills demanded by a system that has privatized nearly every aspect of our lives. | It is the paralysis of doing nothing about raising the minimum wage, despite the ravages of inflatio…
(2023-04-24). Whither Multipolarity In A Changing World Order. popularresistance.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 and the centrality of US imperialism) and one vital (the promise of multipolarity). The camp associated with the US is consolidating at the same time that a countervailing multipolar tendency is emerging. Major changes are reshaping the world order, I contend, but the outcome is not ye…
(2023-04-24). Marxism And Anticolonialism: A Conversation With Vijay Prashad. popularresistance.org Vijay Prashad (Calcutta, 1967) is above all a militant. His intellectual work is an attempt to understand and respond to some of the great challenges of our time. Of Indian origin, this Marxist historian has deployed an intense vital activity that has taken him to many countries, always in defense of the cause of humanity. | He currently serves as executive director of the Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research, a task he alternates with his work as a teacher and researcher at several universities, as well as with a prolific body of work in which we can highlight texts such as The Darker Nations, The Poore…
(2023-04-24). Lowkey: The Ukraine Kill List And Weaponizing Anti-Semitism. popularresistance.org In this latest thought-provoking episode of The Watchdog, esteemed academic and public intellectual David Miller returns, this time delving into the covert tactics used by the powerful Israel Lobby to silence advocates for Palestinian rights. Drawing upon firsthand experience, Miller exposes the systematic campaign to force him out of Bristol University and the weaponization of the IHRA definition of anti-Semitism to stifle dissent. He reveals how academics who have dared to speak out against the Israeli government's policies towards Palestine face severe repercussions, including threats of termination and profes…
(2023-04-24). Syria Comes In From The Cold. popularresistance.org While the world continues to come to grips with the reality — and consequences — of the Chinese-brokered rapprochement between Saudi Araba and Iran, another diplomatic coup is unfolding in the Middle East. | This one is orchestrated by the Russians. Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan flew to Damascus last week, where he met Syrian President Bashar Assad. This visit followed that of Syrian Foreign Minister Faisal Mikdad earlier this month to Riyadh. | The two countries severed diplomatic relations in 2012 at the beginning of a Syrian civil conflict that saw Saudi Arabia throwing its money…
(2023-04-24). Hotel Workers Face Unwelcome Guests: Union Busters Hired By Bosses. popularresistance.org In the heart of California's wine country, the Fairmont Sonoma Mission Inn & Spa offers guests access to on-site geothermal mineral pools, an exclusive golf club and farm-to-table dining. | "Like the Native Americans who revered the site as a sacred healing ground, you'll live in harmony with nature through vast open spaces, beautifully landscaped grounds, majestic redwood trees and inspiring sunsets," boasts the resort's website. | That purported serenity on stolen Native American land has not extended to the workers at the luxury resort where union avoidance consultants hired by and staying at the hotel fo…
(2023-04-24). Our Missing Middle Housing Didn't Just Go Missing. popularresistance.org In early February, the city commission in Decatur, Georgia voted to amend the city's zoning law to allow the construction of "duplex, triplex, and quadruplex residential units" in "single-family residential zoning districts" — what many housing advocates call missing middle housing. | The legislation followed on the heels of 20 years of special studies, litigation and resident agitation over the city's declining affordable housing stock, gentrification and displacement. By early 2023, it was too late to preserve the Atlanta suburb's affordable housing stock. As for Decatur's diversity, the tipping point for…
(2023-04-24). What Would It Take To Defeat Big Oil? popularresistance.org At a time when the world is close to irreversible climate breakdown, fossil fuel energy is growing, with oil being the biggest contributor to primary energy supply. Globally, approximately 33 percent of our energy comes from oil, followed by coal, gas and hydroelectric power. Indeed, oil companies are bringing in staggering profits, and oil production may even continue to increase through 2050. Why is it so hard to quit oil, and what would it take to defeat Big Oil? Progressive economist Gregor Semieniuk tackles exasperating questions like those in this exclusive interview for Truthout.
(2023-04-24). Environmental Racism And Corporate Colonialism Revealed At Canadian Bank. popularresistance.org Thanks to Canadian BDS Coalition member, Human Rights for All, for their solidarity at the Royal Bank of Canada's Annual General Meeting (RBC AGM) on April 5, 2023, in Saskatoon. | With vehicular access blocked and two snipers on the roof, at least 150 environmental and Indigenous rights activists rallied in front of the Delta Bessborough Hotel in Saskatoon where RBC was holding their AGM. | They were there to protest against RBC's putting 99% of their energy investments in fossil fuels. Since the Paris climate agreement was signed, RBC has provided over $270 billion to fossil fuel companies, with last year repre…
(2023-04-24). A decade after Rana Plaza tragedy in Bangladesh, garment workers' safety still not a priority. peoplesdispatch.org Clothing brands operating in the country have still not joined the Accord on Health and Safety, which could prevent accidents like the one that occurred at Rana Plaza in April 2013 which led to over 1,100 deaths…
(2023-04-24). US and NATO allies accounted for over half of global military expenditure in 2022: SIPRI report. peoplesdispatch.org 
According to this year's SIPRI defense expenditure report, Europe has recorded the highest defense expenditure in more than 30 years, surpassing its previous highest record from 1989…
(2023-04-24). Chile's President Gabriel Boric announces plan to nationalize lithium industry. peoplesdispatch.org Chile's President Gabriel Boric has proposed the creation of a state-owned company which will eventually take over the lithium mining sector from private industry giants. The Latin American country has one of the world's largest lithium reserves and is the second largest producer of the metal globally, after Australia…
(2023-04-24). Over 420 people have been killed in fighting in Sudan. Foreign countries accelerate evacuations. peoplesdispatch.org According to the World Health Organization (WHO), 3,700 people have been injured since fighting broke out on April 15. The humanitarian crisis, including mass displacement, has continued to worsen as multiple ceasefires have failed to hold…
(2023-04-24). Socialist Movement of Ghana calls for urgent public health response to new malaria threat. peoplesdispatch.org The invasive, malaria-transmitting Anopheles stephensi mosquito has been detected in Ghana for the first time. The species can survive in high temperatures and urban areas, posing new challenges for disease response and control…
(2023-04-24). Peru's Coup-Plotting Congress Has 6% Approval, 91% Disapproval (But Full US Backing). orinocotribune.com 
By Ben Norton — Apr 16, 2023 | 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. | A study by a leading polling firm in Peru found that the country's coup-plotting congress has an approval rating of just 6%, with a staggering 91% disapproval. | The South American nation's unelected president, Dina Boluarte, has the approval of just 15% of Peruvians, with 78% disapproval. | In December 2022, Per…
(2023-04-24). Why Did the Premier of Saint Vincent & the Grenadines Show Up in Venezuela To Meet Lavrov? orinocotribune.com By Andrew Korybko — Apr 20, 2023 | Just like with Brazil, Russia's officially de-ideologized relations with Latin America mean that it won't let political differences on one issue (no matter how sensitive) impede the mutually beneficial comprehensive expansion of bilateral ties with St. Vincent & the Grenadines. That country's worldview is aligned with Russia's multipolar one and just as pragmatic with respect to the de-ideologization of bilateral ties otherwise Prime Minister Gonsalves wouldn't have traveled to Venezuela to meet with Lavrov this week. | Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov's latest trip to Latin…
(2023-04-24). US Dollar Hegemony in 2022 Eroded at '10 Times the Pace Seen in the Past 2 Decades'. orinocotribune.com Last week, US Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen acknowledged that US sanctions against Russia and other countries are endangering the hegemony of the dollar as those sanctioned try to find alternatives. | Even French President Emmanuel Macron commented that Europe should reduce its reliance on the "extraterritoriality of the US dollar." | Yellen's fear is well-founded, since the status of the US dollar as a reserve currency eroded in 2022 at a rate "10 times the average annual pace of erosion in the USD's market share in the prior years," according to Eurizon SLJ Asset Management, explaining that the fall is…
(2023-04-24). US Army Faces Recruitment Crisis in Wake of Military Failures Abroad. orinocotribune.com Officials say the army faces a 'perception' problem due in part to their failed occupation of several nations in West Asia | US Army Secretary "6…
(2023-04-24). Marxism and Colonialism: An Interview with Vijay Prashad. orinocotribune.com Vijay Prashad is above all a militant. His intellectual work is an attempt to understand and respond to some of the great challenges of our time. Of Indian origin, this Marxist historian has displayed an intense vital activity that has taken him to numerous countries, always in defense of the cause of humanity.He currently works as executive director of the Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research, a task that alternates with his work as a teacher and researcher at various universities, as well as with a prolific work in which we can highlight texts such as The Darker Nations, The Poorer Nations and the most…
(2023-04-24). Venezuela's Far-Right Unitary Platform Supports Petro's International Conference on Venezuela. orinocotribune.com 
This past Saturday night, a meeting was held between President of Colombia Gustavo Petro and representatives of the far-right Venezuelan opposition belonging to the so-called Unitary Platform. | The meeting was held at the Presidential Treasury and was attended by the Colombian president and his foreign minister, àÅlvaro Leyva. | On behalf of the Venezuelan opposition, the head of the Unitary Platform negotiation team, Gerardo Blyde was present, together with Claudia Nikken and Alejandro Mora. In addition, Tomas Guanipa, Stalin González, Luis Emilio Rondón, Luis Aquiles Moreno and Roberto Enríquez were also…
(2023-04-24). US Ships and Drones Positioned Near Sudan to Help Fleeing US Citizens. news.antiwar.com The US military has drones and ships deployed near Sudan to help Americans looking to flee the country after US special operations forces evacuated embassy personnel from Khartoum. Pentagon spokesman Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder said the Pentagon and US Africa Command (AFRICOM) were working with the State Department on the situation in Sudan, where forces …
(2023-04-24). Report: Ukraine Postponed Attacks Inside Russia Due to US Pressure. news.antiwar.com The Washington Post reported Monday that Ukraine's military intelligence directorate, known as HUR, was planning major strikes inside Russia in February that were postponed due to US pressure. The report cited documents allegedly leaked by Airman Jack Teixeira. According to a report from the National Security Agency, HUR chief Maj. Gen. Kyrylo Budanov instructed one …
(2023-04-24). Russia to Host Meeting of Syria and Turkish Intel and Defense Chiefs. news.antiwar.com Russia will host a meeting of intelligence and defense chiefs from Turkey, Syria, and Iran on Tuesday as part of an effort to work toward the normalization of relations between Ankara and Damascus. Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar announced the planned meeting that will be held in Moscow and said the goal is to "find …
(2023-04-24). POLITICO: Biden Preparing for Failed Ukrainian Counteroffensive. news.antiwar.com The Biden administration is preparing for the possibility of Ukraine's long-awaited counteroffensive failing, POLITICO reported on Monday. Pentagon documents allegedly leaked by Airman Jack Teixeira revealed that the US doesn't believe Ukraine can regain any significant territory in its counteroffensive, which is expected to be launched in the spring. The information in the leaks was …
(2023-04-24). Australia Planning Major Military Overhaul to Prepare for War With China. news.antiwar.com A government review of Australia's military capability has called for Canberra to make sweeping changes to better prepare for a future conflict with China, Australia's largest trading partner. According to Australian media, the review has triggered "one of the greatest shifts in Australia's military since" World War II. The review was conducted by former Australian …
(2023-04-24). Taiwan in Talks With US About Weapons Stockpile on or Near Island. news.antiwar.com Taiwanese Premier Chen Chien-jen confirmed on Monday that the US and Taipei are in talks about establishing a contingency stockpile of weapons for a future fight with China located on or near the island of Taiwan. "The proposal of regional contingency stockpiles is still in the negotiation process," Chen said, according to The South China …
(2023-04-24). Facebook censors journalist Seymour Hersh's report on Nord Stream pipeline attack. geopoliticaleconomy.com 
Facebook censored a report by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Seymour Hersh on the sabotage of the Nord Stream pipelines between Russia and Germany, forcing users to instead read a website funded and partially owned by NATO member Norway.
(2023-04-24). ChatGPT and human intelligence: Noam Chomsky responds to critics. mronline.org 
'The threat to privacy and data security posed by language models like ChatGPT is real enough. I frankly doubt that there's any practical way to contain them. The most effective means that I can think of…to counter the spread of malicious doctrines and ideology are education in critical thinking, organization to encourage deliberation, and modes of intellectual self-defense.' —Noam Chomsky…
(2023-04-24). Here comes everyone: climate, class and the movement we need. mronline.org 
As thousands prepare to surround parliament to demand climate action, Feyzi Ismail explains the scale of the crisis and the strategy the movement needs.
(2023-04-24). The Culture War doesn't exist. mronline.org 
Call it what it is: class war.
(2023-04-24). Anti-NATO protests in Sweden as the country hosts large int'l exercise. mronline.org 
Protesters across 17 cities in Sweden, including Stockholm, voice opposition to the international military exercise hosted by their country.
(2023-04-24). A brutal system replaced socialist health care in Europe. mronline.org 
Matthew Read, researcher at the IF DDR, talks to the People's Health Dispatch about similarities between East Germany's and Yugoslavia's socialist health systems and the lessons to be learned from these systems.
(2023-04-24). We STILL don't get it: It is an Empire, Folks! mronline.org 
In mid-March 2023, David Swanson published a very interesting article: "Iraq and 15 Lessons We Never Learned." There were some things in there I agreed with, some I disagreed with, others I might want to debate. Still, I appreciated his effort to pull together ideas from these experiences. However, there's one thing that he did …
(2023-04-24). Silicon Valley And Start-Up Spook Are Over: Down Rounds Are The Expected New Reality. moguldom.com In the financial chaos that followed the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank in March, many startups were caught up in the mess. There was a significant downturn in investor cash available to founders. Some venture-backed companies were expected to forced to raise new funding even if it means agreeing to a lower valuation than they once secured, …
(2023-04-24). Meta's Facebook Was Caught Riding Dirty: How to Claim Your Check from $725 Million Settlement. moguldom.com Facebook allegedly shared its users' data and data on specific users' friends with third parties. These third parties included app developers, business partners, advertisers, and data brokers. The Meta company shared the data without the permission of the users. And now the social media giant must pay the price. Facebook recently made a $725 million settlement following …
(2023-04-24). Report: U.S. Government May Charge President's Son With Tax Crimes. moguldom.com President Joe Biden's son Hunter Biden is in hot water—again. This time, he may actually face federal charges. Federal prosecutors are considering four possible charges against Hunter. Possible charges are two misdemeanor tax counts for failure to file taxes, a single felony count of tax evasion, and a felony count related to a gun purchase. …
(2023-04-24). A Chronicle of Tensions on the Korean Peninsula in Early April 2023. journal-neo.org 
(2023-04-24). Meeting of G7 Foreign Ministers takes place in Japan. journal-neo.org 
(2023-04-24). Conflict-related violence in Colombia dropped during ceasefire. colombiareports.com Think tank Indepaz registered 80 possible violations of a ceasefire between Colombia's armed forces and illegal armed groups that was declared on January 1. According to Indepaz, possible ceasefire violations…
(2023-04-24). Both Sides in the Middle East Region Now See 'Big War' as Possible. globalresearch.ca
(2023-04-24). øEs la pequeña burguesía la clase social que hará la paz en Colombia? globalizacion.ca Varios hechos políticos de trascendental importancia han ocurrido en Colombia en las últimas semanas, que por mostrar procesos sociopolíticos más profundos, han sido tratados por la gran prensa o los analistas y comentaristas adictos al régimen, sólo en sus detalles…
(2023-04-24). Protesters say: 'Housing is a right, not a business'. greenleft.org.au "Build tenant power" rang out through the CBD streets in a housing justice rally organised by SEQUR — South East Queensland Union of Renters. Alex Bainbridge reports.
(2023-04-24). Video: Jonathan Sriranganathan on Greens, capitalism and social change. greenleft.org.au Green Left's Alex Bainbridge speaks to outgoing Greens Gabba Ward councillor Jonathan Sriranganathan about politics, social change and the role of elected representatives.
(2023-04-24). Palestinian killed in Israeli attack on refugee camp. electronicintifada.net Alleged car ramming in Jerusalem leaves five injured.
(2023-04-24). All the President's Relatives. americanthinker.com Three more episodes in an ever-widening and never-ending pattern of corruption and influence-peddling from Biden, his family, and his administration.
(2023-04-24). Appointment in Chicago — Democrats and Destiny. americanthinker.com We, destiny, and the Democrats have an appointment in Chicago for a presidential convention.
(2023-04-24). Black Lives Matter Self-Identifies as Black Nationalist. americanthinker.com which underscores the need for the Republican Party to focus on the ties between this entity and the Democrats.
(2023-04-24). ESPN and the Democrats Throw Women Athletes Under the Bus. americanthinker.com Wokeness and leftist groupthink is threatening to send women athletes to the back of the bus to favor male athletes who choose to "identify" as women.
(2023-04-24). Seething Rage in former Institutions of Higher Learning. americanthinker.com Our universities have taught students not to learn anything by staying within the confines of their safe little bubbles where they cannot be challenged.
(2023-04-24). A media earthquake just hit: Tucker Carlson has left Fox. americanthinker.com And in a smaller earthquake, maybe even just a temblor, Don Lemon is gone from CNN.
(2023-04-24). AOC accuses Tucker Carlson of 'very, very clearly' inciting violence, flaunts her stunning ignorance of government regulation. americanthinker.com It boggles the mind that someone so frequently appearing on television screens would not grasp the basics of federal regulation.
(2023-04-24). Claim: Tucker was fired for his January 6 coverage, and because of a lawsuit alleging a hostile work environment. americanthinker.com Looking at the facts in the media, it seems as if the lawsuit's existence was used to give greater weight to a primarily ideological firing.
(2023-04-24). House Committee to investigate Pelosi's grab of $200 million park maintenance slush fund. americanthinker.com Is it possible to be cynical enough about Pelosi, who somehow became very rich while in Congress?>
(2023-04-24). In Texas, some strange cattle deaths — and silence from the establishment. americanthinker.com Where is Rod Serling when you need him?>
(2023-04-24). Like Capone before him, will Biden's taxes be his downfall? americanthinker.com If Joe Biden had his hand in the Hunter till, his tax returns may be his Achilles' heel.
(2023-04-24). The domestic purveyors of disinformation are the real threat to national security. americanthinker.com How long are the American people going to be deceived by the lies of the intel committee that serves the Deep State aim of promoting the good life for the insiders, supported by the majority of Americans eking by on the fringes of society?>
(2023-04-24). The great sorting that's taking place in America. americanthinker.com Something very fundamental is happening, and we're all in the middle of it.
(2023-04-24). Why is Bill Maher the only one making sense? americanthinker.com When the court jester is the only one telling the truth.
(2023-04-24). Lula Just Discredited Brazil's Foreign Policy by Placing Conditions on His Visit to Russia. globalresearch.ca
(2023-04-24). The White House and Billionaires Are Getting Serious About "Blocking Out the Sun" globalresearch.ca
(2023-04-24). Australia's war preparations could include worrying Defence Act changes. greenleft.org.au The US has been perusing its China containment strategy for some years. But Australia is also preparing for war. Besides spending big on military hardware, it is looking at making worrying changes to the Defence Act. Bevan Ramsden reports.
(2023-04-24). Building unity in the fight for reproductive justice. cpusa.org 
The following updated report was given to the National Board of the Communist Party USA on April 19th, 2023. When the Supreme Court overturned Roe last June, it said it was done with abortion cases and was leaving it to the gerrymandered state legislatures to decide on abortion law. States controlled by extreme-right GOP …
(2023-04-24). The Left and the Ukraine War. dissidentvoice.org To be a leftist in the United States is a dispiriting experience, but in the last year one of the more dispiriting things has been to see the attitude of many leftists themselves on a subject of crucial importance: the war in Ukraine. The consensus of the Washington establishment remains that the U.S. must support …
(2023-04-24). Paraguay: incertidumbre en la recta final de la campaña electoral. globalizacion.ca El domingo 30 de abril se realizarán en Paraguay los comicios generales, en las que se elegirá presidente, pero además se renovarán los 45 escaños del Senado, los 80 de la Cámara de Diputados, los gobernadores de los 17 departamentos…
(2023-04-24). Argentina — Las islas y el peñón. globalizacion.ca A miles de kilómetros de distancia dos situaciones coloniales persisten hasta hoy. Gran Bretaña preserva los últimos restos de un imperio perdido, a costa de las soberanías argentina y española. | Gibraltar, también conocido como "el peñón" o "la roca", es…
(2023-04-24). Is Biden Taking the World Closer to Nuclear Armageddon? globalresearch.ca
(2023-04-24). Barry Humphries: Misunderstood Anarchist of Culture. globalresearch.ca
(2023-04-24). The Geopolitics of "Soft Power" globalresearch.ca
(2023-04-24). Labor Market and Mainstream Economics. dissidentvoice.org 
Market and labor in market are crucial questions both to capital and labor. The questions have been discussed and answered by economists, from the mainstream, and also from the camp of labor. "Markets", writes Michael D. Yates in his Work Work Work: Labor, Alienation, and Class Struggle (Monthly Review Press, 2022), "act as a veil, …
(2023-04-24). 9/11 Revelations — Is Washington Now Throwing Riyadh Under the Bus? globalresearch.ca
(2023-04-24). The 75-year Thievery of Joint Tax Returns. dissidentvoice.org Another tax season has ended, and more than 50 million returns arrived at the Internal Revenue Service marked "Married filing jointly". Few of the filers had any idea that joint returns—created in 1948 and modified in 1969—may be the oldest tax inequity in America. They've been picking various pockets for 75 years, and there's little …
(2023-04-24). Axes Powers of a New Global Cold War? China, Russia, India Versus US, EU, Japan. globalresearch.ca
(2023-04-24). Borrell and His Likes Should Avoid Leading Europe into a Ditch. dissidentvoice.org 
The European Parliament just spent a whole week discussing China, and the High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell will convene foreign ministers from across EU on April 24 local time to discuss the same topic. In anticipation of this meeting, Borrell published a column on April 22 urging …
(2023-04-24). Golpes y más golpes al dólar. globalizacion.ca
(2023-04-24). EU Navies to Challenge China Over Taiwan. libya360.wordpress.com Drago Bosnic In yet another move set to cement the European Union's status as a geopolitical pendant of the United States, its foreign policy chief Josep Borrell openly stated that he wants the armed forces (or, in this particular case, navies) of EU countries to patrol the increasingly contested Taiwan Strait to "help protect" Taiwan. Borrell…
(2023-04-24). Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov Chairs UNSC Debate on Effective Multilateralism Through Defence of Principles of the UN Charter. libya360.wordpress.com Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's remarks at the UN Security Council's open debates "Effective multilateralism through the Defence of the Principles of the UN Charter," New York, April 24,2023 The 9,308th session of the UN Security Council is called to order. The provisional agenda for this meeting is called, "Maintenance of international peace and security; Effective…
(2023-04-24). Going Underground: Interview with Seymour Hersh. libya360.wordpress.com Afshin Rattansi's Going Underground On this special episode of Going Underground, we speak to Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Seymour Hersh on his new 'Trading with the Enemy' report that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and his entourage have been embezzling $400 million from US aid allocated for fuel purchases, as well as buying diesel from Russia. He…
(2023-04-24). Is Multipolarity Authoritarian? A South-South Controversy (I). libya360.wordpress.com Lautaro Rivara Is multipolarity authoritarian, as Kavita Krishnan claims, and why is this perspective so seductive for the countries of the Global South? What is the discreet allure of imagining a world with many poles of power? In the monumental work "Pensamiento periférico. A global interpretative thesis", Eduardo Devés Valdés warned not only about the…
(2023-04-24). Is This Man a Russian Agent Operating in the Black Community of St. Louis? libya360.wordpress.com Jeremy Kuzmarov Omali Yeshitela The Justice Department has just indicted him and three other members of the African People's Socialist Party for advancing Russian propaganda—though it looks more like the Biden administration was looking for a scapegoat to justify its anti-Russia offensive and found one in a familiar place. On April 18, the Department of…
(2023-04-24). Relations Between Russia and Africa at the Present Stage. libya360.wordpress.com Oleg Barabanov The results of UN General Assembly voting make it possible to at least formally interpret a certain split and lack of unity among African countries in relation to Russia. We can also conclude that those 19 countries that have never voted "yes" are open to continuing the cooperation with Russia that they had…
(2023-04-24). Russia-South Africa: BRICS and Multilateralism. libya360.wordpress.com Mikatekiso Kubayi South Africa-Russia relations are not new. They date back decades before South Africa arrived at a democratic dispensation in 1994; a journey in which Russia provided a lot of support. During the recent visit to South Africa of Russian Foreign Affairs Minister Sergey Lavrov, it was agreed that the two countries need to further…
(2023-04-24). Sudan: Over 420 Civilians Killed as Foreign Countries Accelerate Evacuations. libya360.wordpress.com Peoples Dispatch According to the World Health Organization (WHO), 3,700 people have been injured since fighting broke out on April 15. The humanitarian crisis, including mass displacement, has continued to worsen as multiple ceasefires have failed to hold At least 427 people have been killed as clashes between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the…
(2023-04-24). Ukrainian Nazism: Why a New Nuremberg is Necessary. libya360.wordpress.com Viktor Medvedchuk Since the "collapse" of the USSR and the emergence of an independent Ukraine, Western politicians, and special services in Ukraine began to revive Nazism through the introduction of nationalist ideology in the consciousness of Ukrainians. According to Western plans, a Nazified Ukraine was to become a "weapon" against Russia. One of the ideologues…
(2023-04-24). Unions, health organisations call for total ban on silica products. greenleft.org.au Building industry unions and health groups are calling a total ban on the construction industry using engineered stone bench tops which contain silica. Jim McIlroy reports.
(2023-04-24). Revolt in France: Macron humiliated, but no victory for workers yet. greenleft.org.au President Emmanuel Macron has now signed his pensions bill into law, but the struggle to defeat it is not over, reports John Mullen.
(2023-04-24). Interview with Garland Nixon. dissidentvoice.org 
Events continue to unfold at a quickening pace. Facing an alarming escalation in tensions around the world, we asked Garland Nixon for his current thoughts. We focus here on the realities of the international power struggle unfolding in real time, specifically addressing the role of the U.S. in the tensions and its capacity to reduce …
(2023-04-24). The Tower for Twitter? UK Minister Calls for Jailing Social Media Bosses Who Do Not Censor Speech. globalresearch.ca
(2023-04-24). Argentina ante la crisis: øultraderecha, continuismo, baja participación electoral? globalizacion.ca El agravamiento de la situación social y económica, la emocionante marcha de antorchas culminada en el acampe piquetero en la Plaza de Mayo, la aproximación de las fechas del cronograma electoral nacional, los resultados de las primeras elecciones provinciales, el…
(2023-04-24). Old CIA Ways — Arms and Drugs. "The Re-Export of U.S. Weapons" globalresearch.ca
(2023-04-24). Video: Kary Mullis, Nobel Prize Winning Inventor of PCR "Test". Died in August 2019. globalresearch.ca
(2023-04-24). Britain declares war on a slogan. electronicintifada.net Suella Braverman mulls ban on chanting "from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free."
(2023-04-24). TikTokers use platform to discuss taboo topic of layoffs. america.cgtn.com 
For years, the topic of being fired was considered something to be personal, but with the emergence of social media, users have galvanized to discuss what was once taboo. One such platform that is seeing its users discuss the topic of layoffs is TikTok. TikTokers …
(2023-04-24). The Ukraine War Has Never Been America's War. fpif.org
(2023-04-24). Francia: la movilización no quiere pasar página. globalizacion.ca Los últimos ocho días han supuesto un punto de inflexión en el movimiento de huelgas y movilizaciones. El jueves 13 de abril tuvo lugar la duodécima jornada de movilización nacional convocada por la Intersindical nacional, luego se dio la movilización…
(2023-04-24). Electing union members to office is good, actually. therealnews.com 
This story originally appeared in As soon as the votes were counted in Chicago's mayoral election, declaring Brandon Johnson, a longtime Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) leader as both a rank-and-file member and staffer, the winner, the concern trolling began. Conservative and liberal pundits had questions. Or rather, one question: How could Johnson represent the "public" when he's "beholden" to the teachers'
(2023-04-24). NATO's Weapons Are Leaking to Black Market — Western Journalist. globalresearch.ca
(2023-04-24). How a 1970s prisoner-organized literacy program changed Maryland's penitentiaries. therealnews.com 
Marshall "Eddie" Conway was framed for the murder of a police officer and incarcerated for 44 years—but even behind bars, he continued to organize. In the early 1970s, Maryland's state prisons were overcrowded and lacked education opportunities for incarcerated people. As a form of intervention, Eddie organized a university-level education program with fellow prisoners known as "To Say Their Own Word." The program not only raised the level of literacy among inmates; it also forged stronger solidarity between prisoners, and catalyzed other organizing and transformation across Maryland's prison system.
(2023-04-24). The Most Dangerous International Treaty Ever Proposed. globalresearch.ca
(2023-04-24). The Toxic Legacy of U.S. Foreign Policy in Vieques, Puerto Rico. fpif.org The women of Vieques, an island off the east coast of Puerto Rico, have been on the front lines of the generations-long struggle for peace and justice to end the havoc wrought by U.S. foreign policy on their island, in their homes, and on their bodies.
(2023-04-24). Frankfurt court reverses ban on Roger Waters concert. electronicintifada.net Rock icon had challenged city council's cancellation of 28 May gig.
(2023-04-24). Hamilton: Reflections on Ongoing Hunger Strike in the Barton Jail. itsgoingdown.org Report on an ongoing hunger strike in Hamilton, Ontario and how people are organizing to support. Originally posted to North Shore Counter-Info. This past Wednesday, April 19, 2023, we received word that prisoners on all the ranges on the fourth floor of the Barton Jail had coordinated to begin a hunger strike. At the same…
(2023-04-24). Twitter Files: Twitter Loves Dr Fauci and Big Pharma "Marketing Strategy" globalresearch.ca
(2023-04-24). Puerta de entrada a ninguna parte. El Orden Mundial va por la privatización de la Amazonía. Codicia de poder y dinero. globalizacion.ca
(2023-04-24). Ankara/NATO-led Azerbaijan-Turkey-Georgia military triad prepares for new wars in the Caucasus. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Civil GeorgiaApril 24, 2023 Georgia, Azerbaijan Sign Defense Cooperation Agreement Georgian Defense Minister Juansher Burchuladze met with his Azerbaijani counterpart, Colonel General Zakir Hasanov during his visit to Baku and signed an agreement on defense cooperation between the two countries. The Georgian Defense Ministry said on April 24 that the two ministers discussed bilateral defense …
(2023-04-24). Integration proceeds: Brazil to produce NATO-standard warplanes. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com ReutersApril 21, 2023 Brazil's Embraer to build NATO-approved aircraft in Portugal Brazil's Defence Minister Jose Mucio said on Friday his country's planemaker Embraer SA would manufacture aircraft that meet NATO's requirements in a partnership with Portuguese aerospace company OGMA. *** The company launched last week the A-29 Super Tucano with a NATO configuration, initially focussing …
(2023-04-24). NATO trains Balkans, Caucasus, Eastern European cohorts for war with Russia, Serbia. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com NATOSupreme Headquarters Allied Powers EuropeApril 24, 2023 Think like the "bad guys" — Exercise Saber Junction 22 For every NATO exercise, there's a blue team — the "good guys" who come to train and test their skills — and the "bad guys", who put them to the test by taking on the role of the …
(2023-04-24). NATO's Fortress Europe records largest military spending since fall of Berlin Wall: SIPRI. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Daily Sabah with agenciesApril 24, 2023 Europe drives fresh record in worldwide military spending in 2022 SIPRI: World military expenditure reaches new record high as European spending surges Military spending around the world reached a record high last year, driven by an increase in expenditure in Europe not seen since the end of the Cold …
(2023-04-24). "Strategic communications during times of war": NATO's top military HQ hosts Ukrainian defense, security officials. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com NATOSupreme Headquarters Allied Powers EuropeApril 24, 2023 Ukraine Strategic Communications personnel visit Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe Representatives from Ukrainian security and defence sector institutions visited Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE) on Friday, Apr. 21, 2023, providing valuable insight into the role of strategic communications during times of war. The visit was part of …
(2023-04-24). Video: European war games test "ability to quickly aggregate U.S.-based combat power in Eastern Europe, increase lethality of the NATO Alliance" antibellum679354512.wordpress.com U.S. Army Europe and Africa Defender 23 VIDEO DEFENDER 23 is a U.S. Army Europe and Africa led exercise focused on strategic deployment of U.S.-based forces, employment of Army Prepositioned Stocks, and interoperability with Allies and partners. Taking place from 22 April to 23 June, it demonstrates the ability to quickly aggregate U.S.-based combat power …
(2023-04-24). German court reverses Roger Waters' concert cancellation. bdsmovement.net 
(2023-04-24). Norwegian Refugee Council: Violence, Climate & Poverty Are Fueling Migration from Central America. democracynow.org 
We continue our conversation with Jan Egeland, secretary general of the Norwegian Refugee Council, who has just returned from Honduras. He calls on the international community to do more to help in Central America, where one in three people are in urgent need of humanitarian aid, and gangs, drug trafficking and violence are forcing many to flee north. North Americans, says Egeland, must "honor the legitimate asylum applications for protection of people" from their "own neighborhood."…
(2023-04-24). Headlines for April 24, 2023. democracynow.org Diplomats Lead Sudan Exodus as Sudanese Reel from Intense Fighting, Food and Power Shortages, SCOTUS Keeps Abortion Pill Mifepristone on Market While Challenge to Ban Proceeds, Peru's Ex-President Alejandro Toledo Detained, Facing Corruption Charges Following U.S. Extradition, Kenya Exhumes Bodies of 47 Cult Members Who Starved Themselves to Death, Burkina Faso Attack Near Malian Border Kills 60 People, Thousands of Asylum Seekers Make Their Way Up Mexico to Protest Migrant Abuse, Mississippi GOP Expands State Control Over Police and Courts in Majority-Black Jackson, Rasheed Williams AKA "Koka Da Doll…
(2023-04-24). What's Next in Legal Fight over Mifepristone? Supreme Court Protects Access to Abortion Pill for Now. democracynow.org 
The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday halted a ban and other restrictions on the abortion medication mifepristone, keeping the nation's most popular abortion method available for now as an appeal of the nationwide ban on the pill plays out. The ban was issued earlier this month by the Trump-appointed Texas Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk, who ruled the Food and Drug Administration's 23-year-old approval of the drug was invalid. The case is likely to end up before the Supreme Court again after making its way through a lower appeals court. We speak with Mary Ziegler, law professor at the University of California, Da…
(2023-04-24). Sudan Will Be "Nightmare Beyond Belief" If Conflict Grows, Warns Humanitarian Leader Jan Egeland. democracynow.org 
As fighting continues in Sudan between the military and the paramilitary group known as the Rapid Support Forces, we speak with Norwegian Refugee Council head Jan Egeland, who says humanitarian work in the country has been paralyzed as a result of the power struggle. "There is hardly any humanitarian work in large parts of Sudan," says Egeland, who adds that the conflict has already devolved into a war that "will be impossible to stop if it lasts for much longer."…
(2023-04-24). Sudan: Death Toll Tops 420 as Fear Grows That Fighting Between Rival Generals Could Lead to Proxy War. democracynow.org 
The United States and other countries moved to evacuate diplomats and citizens from Sudan over the weekend amid fighting between rival military factions that's killed at least 420 people and injured over 3,700 more, in a crisis that began on April 15 when the Sudanese military and the paramilitary group known as the Rapid Support Forces began exchanging fire in the capital Khartoum, further dashing hopes of a return of civilian rule in the country. CNN reports the powerful Russian mercenary group Wagner has backed the RSF by providing the paramilitaries with surface-to-air missiles. Wagner founder Yevgeny P…
(2023-04-24). The Most Important Line in the China-France Joint Statement. globalresearch.ca
(2023-04-24). Pfizer Killed Your Friends & Family for Profit — 92% of COVID Deaths Were Among the Triple+ Vaccinated in 2022 According to UK Gov. globalresearch.ca
(2023-04-23). Leaked Docs: Ukraine Planned Attacks on Russian Forces in Syria. scheerpost.com 
By Kyle Anzalone / Kiev's military intelligence agency believed it could carry out attacks on Russian soldiers and Wagner Group forces in Syria, forcing Moscow to redeploy military assets from Ukraine. The story was reported by the The Ukrainian defense officials believed they could use Kurdish forces to wage a proxy war against Russia in Syria. According to…
(2023-04-23). A Radical Approach To The Environmental Crisis (w/ Keith Akers). scheerpost.com 
By Lee Camp / MintPress News Join activist Keith Akers in a fascinating deep-dive interview on climate change and ecological sustainability. In his upcoming book, Embracing Limits, Akers asks tough questions about the impact of anthropogenic climate change and proposes a truly sustainable future with economic degrowth at its core. In this conversation, Akers discusses …
(2023-04-23). WATCH: John Pilger's Guide to Propaganda. scheerpost.com Journalist, author and filmmaker John Pilger, who has spent decades studying governments' nefariousness, tells Katie Halper how to spot propaganda.
(2023-04-23). EU's Withdrawal of Tariffs on Ukrainian Grain Backfires as Eastern European Countries Rise in Opposition. scheerpost.com 
The European Union and five countries in eastern Europe are at loggerheads over the tariff-free import of grain from Ukraine. The five countries say that the removal of tariffs has affected their internal markets and their farmers…
(2023-04-23). Apple Store, Blinkit strike, Infosys stock collapse: India's economy in crisis? peoplesdispatch.org Three seemingly unconnected things happened in the past few days — Apple opened its first store in India, Blinkit riders went on a strike in Delhi NCR and the Infosys stock crashed after it warned of slow growth this fiscal. All of these events tell us a story of how the Indian the Indian economy is slowly unraveling.
(2023-04-23). Indictment of African People's Socialist Party is a Racist Assault on the Black Liberation Movement (Statement). orinocotribune.com
(2023-04-23). Venezuela Attorney General: Corruption Detainee's Suicide Confirmed by Autopsy. orinocotribune.com Venezuela's attorney general Tarek William Saab has provided details on the death of Jesús Azuaje, who died in the custody of the Bolivarian Intelligence Service (SEBIN) on April 19. Azuaje had been arrested the day before for his involvement in the Cartones de Venezuela corruption case. | On Friday, April 21, Attorney General Saab reported that an autopsy performed by the Forensic Unit of the Attorney General's Office revealed that Azuaje had committed suicide by mechanical asphyxia by ligature strangulation, caused by hanging. Azuaje hanged himself with bed sheets in the prison cell where he was being held. | 1…
(2023-04-23). US to Send High-Level Delegation to International Conference on Venezuela in Colombia. orinocotribune.com
(2023-04-23). Echoes of Taif: Syria and Saudi Arabia Reconcile. orinocotribune.com By The Cradle — April 16, 2023 | Syria-Saudi relations leap forward with joint statements, bilateral meetings, and, for the first time in 12 years, a shared vision for resolving the crisis in Syria. | During his visit to Moscow in mid-March, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad
(2023-04-23). Chinese Foreign Minister Says Beijing Will 'Never Back Down' on Taiwan. news.antiwar.com Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang said Friday that China would "never back down" on the issue of Taiwan, which Beijing views as its own territory, in a warning aimed at the US and the government in Taipei. Qin made the comments toward the end of a speech on China's contributions to the global economy. "The …
(2023-04-23). EU's Borrell Tells European Governments to Send Ships to Taiwan Strait. news.antiwar.com The EU's foreign policy chief, Josep Borrell, has called on European countries to send warships through the Taiwan Strait, patrols that Beijing would view as provocations. "Europe must in fact be very present on this issue [of Taiwan], which concerns us economically, commercially and technologically," Borrell wrote in an op-ed for the French newspaper Le …
(2023-04-23). The USA is still only planning to modernize the Turkish F-16 fighter jets. journal-neo.org 
(2023-04-23). Mexico is the largest exporter of cars to U.S. america.cgtn.com 
Mexico's auto industry accounts for 20% of the country's overall manufacturing, and last fall it became the top vehicle exporter to the U.S. market. See more.
(2023-04-23). Answering Bill Maher's Question: 'Why don't we have an Atheist's Day'? americanthinker.com Bill Maher takes on two thousand years of theology… and loses.
(2023-04-23). Communism Is Liberty's Mortal Enemy. americanthinker.com If we give the communists a pass, we will truly lose our beautiful country.
(2023-04-23). Getting Off the Roller Coaster to Bondage. americanthinker.com No matter how strong or principled at its inception, no government will last.
(2023-04-23). Without Firing a Shot: How Islam Overcame the West. americanthinker.com Muslims finally prevailed in the West, not by force of arms, but because Christians lost — including themselves.
(2023-04-23). Learning to Speak One-Percent. dissidentvoice.org 
Review of Succession (contains spoilers) In ancient Rome, at one point, they wanted to make all the slaves wear something so they could identify them. Like a cloak or whatever. But then they decided not to do it. And do you know why? Hmm? Because they realized if all the slaves dressed the same, they …
(2023-04-23). The Second Cold War Is More Dangerous than the First. dissidentvoice.org Twenty years ago, Noam Chomsky published a bestselling book called Hegemony or Survival. Since then, the stark choice he posed has only become more urgent. Depending on how humanity responds to the challenges of ecological destruction and imperialistic war, in the coming decade that terrifying question "Hegemony or survival?" may well be answered. Modern history …
(2023-04-23). Barak Beacon Estate residents speak up against demolition. greenleft.org.au Margaret Kelly, a resident of the Barak Beacon Estate, in Port Melbourne, told Green Left Radio she was angry with the Labor government's decision to abandon its commitment to public housing. Conor Bond reports.
(2023-04-23). Tianxia: All Under Heaven. dongshengnews.org 
Tianxia is a complex, contested, and constantly-evolving concept. It embodies a range of meanings, from geography (demarcating a governed territory), to morality (defining political legitimacy), to subjectivity (representing the aspirations of the people), to politics (providing a vision for a world system), and much more.
(2023-04-23). Anti-Opportunism Today Looks Like Siding with Russia, China, & U.S. Imperialism's Other Enemies. libya360.wordpress.com Rainer Shea To find the real masses, the types who join a movement not for aesthetics but out of desire to win the struggle, look for which types of people have gravitated towards the anti-NATO movement. Liberals have not been the most inclined to join this movement, especially not the most serious element of it…
(2023-04-23). Black Lives Remain in Danger Throughout the United States. libya360.wordpress.com Abayomi Azikiwe Lynnette Williams holds a sign during a gathering at Second Baptist Church in Akron, Ohio, calling for justice for Jayland Walker, July 2, 2022. (AP) Even after three years of mass demonstrations and urban rebellions in the United States, law-enforcement agencies and the entire legal system are still "justifying" the shooting deaths of…
(2023-04-23). No to NATO: Protests Against US-Led Military Coalition Held Across Sweden. libya360.wordpress.com Thousands of people have held protests across Sweden to voice their anger at the US-led North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and the country's NATO membership bid. While holding placards and banners that read, "No to NATO", and "NATO's war will get our children killed for a dollar," demonstrators around 17 cities called on officials to adhere…
(2023-04-23). Russian Airpower Over Ukraine Increasing & More Shortcomings Appear Ahead Ukrainian Offensive. libya360.wordpress.com Update on conflict in Ukraine for April 23-24, 2023: — Most of Bakhmut is now under Russian control; — Ukraine & Western media report increasing use of precision-guided bombs by Russian military aviation; — Russian bombing is increasingly effective owed to dwindling Ukrainian air defenses; — Recent Ukraine Contact Group in Germany admit air defenses…
(2023-04-23). Sudan: Alignment of Forces, Players. libya360.wordpress.com M. K. Bhadrakumar People fleeing fighting in Khartoum, Sudan, April 19, 2023 The worst-case scenario is coming to pass, apparently, in Sudan. That is, at any rate, the apocalyptic message streaming out of Khartoum in the western media. President Biden lent credence to the alarmist perception by confirming that on his orders, the US military…
(2023-04-23). What Parenti Warned Against: Making Workers' Unity Impossible by Fixating on Their Racial Differences. libya360.wordpress.com Rainer Shea …the most advanced segment of the workers, the ones with an anti-imperialist consciousness, have been building an anti-NATO movement. That this movement hasn't exclusively been on the left is seen as offensive by the ABC leftists. But having a multi-tendency antiwar coalition is a healthy thing… When Michael Parenti polemicized against what he called the…
(2023-04-23). Jews against the Occupation calls on Randwick City Council to reverse its decision to fly flag of Israel. greenleft.org.au Jews against the Occupation sent this open letter to the Mayor and councillors at Randwick City Council, requesting it revisit its decision to fly the flag of Israel on April 26.
(2023-04-23). Colombia raises threat level for Nevado del Ruiz volcano. america.cgtn.com 
The Nevado del Ruiz volcano in Colombia is on orange alert and could erupt any day now, prompting the closure of the Los Nevados National Natural Park and voluntary evacuation of 2,500 families living in the area.
(2023-04-23). Video: Green Left Party campaign in Turkish general election launched in Sydney. greenleft.org.au The Green Left Party (Yeşil Sol Parti) campaign for the May 14 Turkish general election was launched in western Sydney on April 22.
(2023-04-23). "Ensure Ukraine's victory": Borrell says 46,000 Ukrainian troops have been/will be trained in EU states. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com AzertagApril 21, 2023 Borrel: More than 16,000 military personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were trained in the EU More than 16,000 military personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were trained in the European Union (EU) within the framework of the military aid mission. [T]his was said by the head of the EU …
(2023-04-23). Germany: Pentagon builds new hospital "to shift focus to wartime care to treat battlefield injuries, handle mass casualties" antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Stars and StripesApril 20, 2023 US military hospital to replace 70-year-old Landstuhl is on track for 2027, officials say Landstuhl Regional Medical Center this month celebrates its 70th anniversary, but with construction of its replacement proceeding apace, the storied hilltop hospital is unlikely to have many more anniversaries in its future. Work a few miles …
(2023-04-23). El Nino Threatens Unparalleled Heatwaves. dissidentvoice.org Can the world handle a climate that exceeds the far-reaching excesses of 2022 when the entire world turned upside down with unprecedented flooding, fires, and drought? NOAA and climate researchers in Germany and China believe an El Niño, starting in 2023-24, is the works. El Niños equate to more heat throughout the planet. Buckle-up! El …
(2023-04-23). Having Enemies Is a Choice. davidswanson.org
(2023-04-23). Environmentalists warn of the impact of rising sea levels on NYC. america.cgtn.com The city of New York is threatened by the effects of climate change, including rising sea levels and severe storms. Find out more.
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