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2022-02-28: News Headlines

WSWS (2022-02-28). UK workers and youth speak in support of "Fight Covid! Save lives! Stop the drive to World War III !" webinar. wsws.org "Everyone should condemn the war against Ukraine while opposing the NATO contribution to the current war. All the mainstream media are trying to rally people into a bloody war with Russia, which could be catastrophic for the entire planet."

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2022-02-28). US, UK, France Promised USSR Not to Expand NATO East of Germany, Newly Discovered Document Proves. transcend.org 21 Feb 2022 – A newly discovered document provides more evidence that Western governments broke their promise not to expand NATO eastward after German reunification. Notes from a 1991 meeting prove that the US, UK, France, and Germany assured the Soviet Union that NATO would not expand east.

sputniknews (2022-02-28). Sweden, Finland Inching Closer Toward NATO Amid Russia's Ukraine Op, Poll Shows. sputniknews.com Both Finland and Sweden have maintained a lively collaboration with the North Atlantic alliance through joint drills and overseas operations while retaining their formal non-alignment.

sputniknews (2022-02-28). Romania to Block Sputnik and Stop Broadcasting of RT by Day's End. sputniknews.com Romania is the latest country to take measures to crack down on Russian foreign-language media over the crisis in Ukraine. On Sunday, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen recommended banning Sputnik and RT across the European Union.

UFCLP (2022-02-28). Saturday 2/26: United Fronts, The Working Class & The War In Ukraine- How To Defend Working People. indybay.org To join the panel: | us02web.zoom.us/j/81903904446?pwd=bG5XR0JjU2V4YnpvemFBVThMRjVRUT09…

Kim Scipes (2022-02-28). As Workers Win Victories in Mexico, It's Important to Remember Past Machinations Against Them. covertactionmagazine.com Mexico's reenergized labor movement should be leery of AFL-CIO cooptation and CIA infiltration following long historical pattern In early February, …

WSWS (2022-02-28). Oil workers: Reject the USW sellout agreement! wsws.org The following statement was issued in response to the tentative agreement reached between the United Steelworkers union and Marathon Petroleum.

WSWS (2022-02-28). Tower auto parts workers penalized for following COVID safety protocols during Omicron surge. wsws.org Workers at Tower Automotive in Chicago, a parts supplier for the Chicago Ford Assembly Plant, recently spoke out about unsafe conditions during the Omicron surge.

Speak Out Now (2022-02-28). Saturday 3/19: A Return to Normal? The Attacks on Workers and What Lies Ahead. indybay.org Online meeting; see website for details…

WSWS (2022-02-28). Former locomotive engineer says CSX forced him to complete trip after fatal 2017 accident. wsws.org After the incident, federal investigations, which the workers described as "smoke and mirrors," exonerated the company.

WSWS (2022-02-28). Three months after John Deere strike, company again announces massive profits. wsws.org Deere's earnings and increased projections for 2022 confirm once more that Deere management and the union lied to workers when they told them nothing more could be won in their strike.

WSWS (2022-02-28). CDC tells Americans to take off their masks as COVID-19 death toll approaches 1 million. wsws.org Discouraging the use of masks has no basis in science or public health. Rather, it is a politically motivated decision bound up with the ruling-class strategy of forcing workers to "live with the virus."

Fight Back (2022-02-28). The historical emergence of Marxism. fightbacknews.org Continuing the Fight Back! series on the theoretical concepts of Marxism-Leninism, let's examine how Marxism emerged, and the struggles that it grew out of. | Marxism-Leninism didn't spring fully grown from the heads of Marx, Engels, Lenin, Stalin and Mao. It developed historically as a result of the struggles that were taking place as it emerged. This is because revolutionaries needed to understand the world in order to change it. In the time that Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels were working, they took the most advanced theory in philosophy, political economy and socialist thought and brought them to a higher lev…

In Defense of Liberation! (2022-02-28). Down with US Empire! Long live Revolutionary Internationalism and Socialism! (w/Luna Oi!). anchor.fm In this episode the amazing Luna Oi joins us all the way from Vietnam to discuss her country's history and the struggles they've endured, but more broadly we also go into a discussion about what is stopping the "Left" from within the US Empire and the west, generally, from being able to build a movement capable of combatting these different stopping-blocks that seem to have us stagnant. We discuss misinformation about the virus and vaccines, we talk about organizing and how to help your community and comrades, we discuss isolation, US Imperialism, the ongoing conflicts in Ukraine, and elsewhere, as well as Revolu…

sputniknews (2022-02-28). Sputnik Polska No Longer Accessible in Poland. sputniknews.com Earlier, EU Foreign Ministers have agreed to ban the RT broadcaster and the Sputnik news agency in the European Union.

Black Lives Matter, Demand Justice, more (2022-02-28). Monday 2/28: Have Her Back: Organizing Call to Support First Black Woman for SCOTUS. indybay.org Online via Zoom…

Labor Video Project (2022-02-28). SEIU 1021VP Dawkins Opposes Building John Fisher's A's Stadium In Port of Oakland. indybay.org SEIU 1021 VP for Organizing Brandon Dawkins spoke out about the closure of public schools in Oakland and also opposed billionaire A's over John Fisher's stadium in the Port of Oakland.

Tom Engelhardt (2022-02-28). Tomgram: Liz Theoharis, Poverty is the Sin, Not Poor People. warisacrime.org This article originally appeared at TomDispatch.com. To receive TomDispatch in your inbox three times a week, click here. Yes, there had been rich American presidents before, but never a billionaire. And it wasn't a mistake either that this country — already in a nosedive of inequality — elected Donald Trump president in 2016 (though who knows …

WSWS (2022-02-28). Australia to send "lethal aid" to Ukrainian armed forces. wsws.org A senior Labor leader called for an even greater "step up," saying: "Whether that is support with weapons, on the cybersecurity front, whether it is tightening the screws on the Russian economy."

sputniknews (2022-02-28). Bulgarian Opposition Decries Gov't 'National Betrayal' Over Russian Special Op in Ukraine. sputniknews.com Earlier in this week, Bulgaria, along with other European states, announced its decision to close its airspace to Russian airlines amid the situation in Ukraine, explaining it had decided to do so due to "the escalation of the military conflict and as a sign of solidarity with Ukraine".

David Swanson (2022-02-28). RAND Corporation Urged Creation of the Horrors You're Seeing in Ukraine. dissidentvoice.org In 2019, the RAND Corporation tentacle of the U.S. Military Industrial Congressional "Intelligence" Media Academic "Think" Tank Complex published a report claiming to have "conducted a qualitative assessment of 'cost-imposing options' that could unbalance and overextend Russia." Here was one of the "cost-imposing options," one that U.S. President Barack Obama had been refusing, but in …

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2022-02-28). (Italiano) Industria delle armi: la coda che agita il cane. transcend.org 24 Febbraio 2022 – Il militarismo è una minaccia negli sforzi di costruzione di un sistema mondiale più pacifico. Ed è spinto dalla forza gravitazionale, che distorce le risposte sia politiche sia mediatiche, del complesso militar-industriale. Opporvisi comporta aver qualcos'altro da proporre, da mettere al suo posto, come fonte di sicurezza come pure di prosperità .

David Swanson (2022-02-27). Solidarity Between U.S. and Russian Peace Activists. warisacrime.org By David Swanson, World BEYOND War, February 27, 2022 War is fairly well known for killing, injuring, traumatizing, destroying, and rendering homeless. It's somewhat well known for diverting massive resources from urgent needs, preventing global cooperation on pressing emergencies, damaging the environment, eroding civil liberties, justifying government secrecy, corroding culture, fueling bigotry, weakening the rule …

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-02-27). In Defense of Russia and the People's Republics of Donbas. libya360.wordpress.com Carlos Fonseca Terán In the context of the unification of Germany, the Western powers agreed with the Soviet Union (to which Russia belonged) that NATO would not incorporate countries within its borders. For those who do not know, NATO is the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, formed by the West to provide a military counterweight to…

Benjamin Norton (2022-02-27). US sanctions on Russia over Ukraine also target Venezuela, Nicaragua, Cuba. multipolarista.com President Joe Biden's top Latin America advisor, Juan S. Gonzalez, admitted that US sanctions against Russia aim to hurt Venezuela, Nicaragua, and Cuba as well. The three socialist governments condemned NATO aggression for creating the crisis in Ukraine.

_____ (2022-02-27). Why Russia Wanted Security Guarantees From the West. strategic-culture.org Despite promises made to Gorbachev at the end of the Cold War, NATO has incorporated almost all of former Soviet allies establishing its military facilities along Russia's border. NATO forces have encircled the Russian enclave of Kaliningrad, home to Russia's only ice-free port on the Baltic Sea. In addititon, the West has instigated "color revolutions" in the former Soviet republics targeting Russia-friendly regimes. Still, the West refuses to recognize Russia's security concerns as legitimate.

_____ (2022-02-27). 'Massachusetts Is Not For Sale' Campaign. popularresistance.org Massachusetts – As the organized opposition to the "Big Tech loophole law" ballot initiative grows in Massachusetts, a number of key consumer, community, and civil rights groups have joined with workers' rights advocates to announce their commitment of activating and growing the coalition opposing that initiative under a new name: Massachusetts is not for Sale. | The new Massachusetts is not for Sale name also reflects the concerns shared by coalition members regarding the record-shattering infusions of cash that Big Tech employers are pumping into the coffers of the corporate-funded committee advocating for the…

Benjamin Norton (2022-02-27). Las sanciones de EEUU a Rusia por Ucrania apuntan a Venezuela, Nicaragua y Cuba. multipolarista.com El principal asesor para América Latina del presidente Joe Biden, Juan S. González, admitió que las sanciones de Estados Unidos contra Rusia también tienen como objetivo dañar a Venezuela, Nicaragua y Cuba. Los tres gobiernos socialistas condenaron la agresión de la OTAN por crear la crisis en Ucrania.

In Defense of Liberation! (2022-02-27). Morning Commute 2-27-2022: Internationalism in the Age of Imperialism. anchor.fm In this episode I give a brief overview of some of the great topics that me and Luna or I go over in an upcoming episode yet to be released. But I also discussed some important points about how to organize in the age of imperialism, I give a explanation about historical examples that prove the necessity of revolution, and how we can build it. I hope all of you are well, stay safe, and if you need anything please never hesitate to reach out!

Special to People's World (2022-02-27). AFL-CIO, union leaders, call for fast confirmation of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to SCOTUS. peoplesworld.org The following statement issued by the AFL-CIO was prepared by Liz Shuler, the president of the federation: "We applaud the historic nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the U.S. Supreme Court. Judge Jackson has had a distinguished legal career, and she is eminently qualified for this critical lifetime position. "Working people need a champion …

ecns.cn (2022-02-27). Chinese FM holds phone talks with top EU diplomat. ecns.cn Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Friday held a telephone conversation with Josep Borrell, the European Union (EU)'s high representative for foreign affairs and security policy.

teleSUR (2022-02-27). European Countries Close Their Airspace to Russian Airplanes. telesurenglish.net The measure is part of the commitment of these countries to the initiative to block the airspace of the entire European Union to Russian airlines, in response to the military operation deployed by Moscow in Ukraine since Friday. | Russian airlines cut off from nearly all of Europe's airspace. EU officials expect a bloc-wide ban on all carriers to be announced shortly. Feb. 27, 2022.

ecns.cn (2022-02-27). China says EU should urge Lithuania to return to one-China principle. ecns.cn Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Friday said the European Union (EU) should urge Lithuania to return to the right track of the one-China principle as soon as possible.

teleSUR (2022-02-27). LIVE: Russia – Ukraine Negotiations Have Started in Belarus. telesurenglish.net Russian Central Bank announces easing on loans to borrowers due to sanctions – Biden to discuss common response to Russian military operation in Ukraine with allies – European Union formalizes closure of its airspace to Russian airlines – Ukraine-Russia Talks To Begin on Monday Morning | Negotiations between Ukraine and Russia have begun in Belarus…

teleSUR, JCM (2022-02-27). Europa busca mayores represalias contra Rusia. telesurtv.net Entre las medicas coercitivas unilaterales, la Comisión Europea busca suspender la transmisión de los canales de noticias RT News y Sputnik.

Vernon Snow (2022-02-27). Richmond Educators Win Precedent-Setting Fight for Collective Bargaining Rights. truthout.org This story was first published at Teachers and other public school employees in Richmond, Virginia, won a major victory in December when the city's school board, in an 8 to 1 vote, approved a resolution granting them collective bargaining rights. | The victory sets a precedent for other districts and public sector employees throughout the state. Richmond is the first sch…

Anonymous669 (2022-02-27). Four Killed Or Wounded In Syrian Artillery Strikes On Turkish-Occupied Town In Greater Idlib. southfront.org © Sputnik / Iliya Pitalev | On February 27, the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) artillery pounded the Turkish-occupied town of Afes in the northwestern Syrian region of Greater Idlib. | The shelling killed two men and wounded two others. Syrian opposition activists claimed that the men were civilians. However, Afes is located right on the frontline with the SAA in the southeastern Idlib countryside which suggests that the casualties were in fact militants. | Afes is one of few towns in Greater Idlib that are directly occupied…

Adriaan Alsema (2022-02-27). Colombia's security forces struggle to contain ELN terror campaign. colombiareports.com Colombia's ELN guerrillas subjected rebel-controlled regions to a three-day terror campaign. According to conflict monitors, guerrillas carried out dozens of operations between Wednesday and Saturday. "The armed strike succeeded in…

sputniknews (2022-02-27). Putin Thanks Russian Special Op Forces for Heroically Performing Their Military Duty in Ukraine. sputniknews.com Earlier, Russia formally recognised the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics (DPR and LPR) amid intensified shelling of their territory by Kiev's forces. Moscow launched a military operation in Ukraine in response to a request for assistance from DPR and LPR, with the goal of neutralising Ukraine's military capacity with precision strikes.

Matt Smyth (2022-02-27). Francis: A Pope of the Poor? A Pope for the Environment? Or a Pope for the Global Elite? globalresearch.ca Pope Francis. A pope of rupture. A pope for ecology. Inimical to capitalism, but compassionate to the poor and the migrant. | The gay friendly pope. Lenient with divorcees, but hostile to traditionalists and conservatives. | The reformer of the corrupt Roman …

Aditi Ramaswami (2022-02-27). WEEKEND READER: Remembering A Good Doctor's Quest For "Pragmatic Solidarity" dailyposter.com

_____ (2022-02-27). On Contact: Race And America's Long War. popularresistance.org The internal violence in the United States, militarized police, and the largest prison system in the world, along with America's endemic racism, are mirrored in the foreign wars that have been fought almost continuously by the United States since the end of the 19th century. These inner and outer wars, argues historian Nikhil Pal Singh, are intimately connected. The gunning down of unarmed black people in American cities is expressed outside our borders in the gunning down of unarmed Muslims in Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan, Yemen, Libya, and Somalia, often by militarized drones. The prison-industrial-complex at home…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-02-27). Russia Isn't Starting a War in Ukraine, It is Ending One. libya360.wordpress.com Is Russia really "invading" Ukraine? Or is it finally reacting to an ongoing occupation or capture of Ukraine — a nation on its own borders after 8 years of patience? The US has admittedly interfered in Ukraine's internal political affairs in violation of the UN Charter, admittedly spending billions of dollars to shape its political…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-02-27). Western Reporting: News from Nowhere. libya360.wordpress.com Stephen Sefton Apologies to John Heartfield's "Whoever reads bourgeois newspapers becomes blind and deaf" There are three main senses in which practically no foreign affairs reporting by Western news media and NGOs is ever about the country ostensibly the subject of their reports. First, almost invariably the reporting is so selective and biased as to…

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2022-02-27: News Headlines

Labor Video Project (2022-02-27). SEIU 1021VP Dawkins Opposes Building John Fisher's A's Stadium In Port of Oakland. indybay.org SEIU 1021 VP for Organizing Brandon Dawkins spoke out about the closure of public schools in Oakland and also opposed billionaire A's over John Fisher's stadium in the Port of Oakland.

Aditi Ramaswami (2022-02-27). WEEKEND READER: Remembering A Good Doctor's Quest For "Pragmatic Solidarity" dailyposter.com

Peoples Dispatch (2022-02-26). Vijay Prashad: "War itself is a crime" peoplesdispatch.org A day after the escalation of violence in Ukraine, Vijay Prashad addressed the Belmarsh Tribunal in New York City to shine light on the crimes of war globally from the imperialist led wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, Yemen, and Syria, to the ongoing scourge of hunger affecting millions across the world. | Vijay emphasized that peace is an urgent necessity and highlighted "War is never good for the poor. War is never good for workers. War itself is a crime, war produces crimes."

Misión Verdad (2022-02-26). NATO Countries Have Supplied Weapons to Ukraine (Report). orinocotribune.com As the Russian military operation in Ukraine has neutralized most of the Ukrainian defense system, the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, lamented that they have been left "on their own" despite the support of some nations. He now sees no guarantee of Ukraine finally joining NATO. | The Ukrainian president's speech seems directed at the position taken by the United States and the European Union, since neither of the two has expressed any disposition to a military confrontation with Russia. Both the EU and the US, as well as the UK, have only limited their scope of action to the application of "tough sancti…

Rick Rozoff (2022-02-26). Major U.S./NATO war games in Baltic, nations bordering Ukraine underway. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com U.S. Army Europe and AfricaFebruary 24, 2022 Exercise Saber Strike 22 begins Saber Strike 22 is set to begin Feb. 28, with participants moving personnel and equipment into place now. The exercise runs through March 18. [Other reports state the exercises began on February 18.] Held every two years since 2010, Saber Strike 22 includes …

JANET (2022-02-26). Berlin antiwar rally exposes Washington's lies. iacenter.org By John Catalinotto February 25, 2022 Despite gale warnings, the Berlin Peace Coordination drew a thousand people to a Feb. 18 antiwar rally on the Platz des 18. Mà§rz at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, under the slogans "Stop the media warmongering and NATO aggression policy" and "Disarmament and peace with Russia." Among the participants were members of the Left Party, the German Communist Party and the Friends of Nature. Left Party representative in Bundestag, Sevim Dagdelen, at Feb. 18 antiwar rally. Friko (Peace Coordination) Left Party member of the Bundestag, Sevim Dagdelen, to the cheers of the crowd…

Chris Hedges (2022-02-26). Russia, Ukraine and the chronicle of a war foretold. mronline.org After the fall of the Soviet Union, there was a near-universal understanding among political leaders that NATO expansion would be a foolish provocation against Russia. How naive we were to think the military-industrial complex would allow such sanity to prevail.

_____ (2022-02-26). The Next Step In Palestine's Struggle Is The Most Difficult. popularresistance.org With time and, in fact, soon after its formation in 1994, Palestinians began realizing that the PA was not a platform for liberation, but a hindrance to it. A new generation of Palestinians is now attempting to articulate, or refashion, a new discourse for liberation that is based on inclusiveness, grassroots, community-based activism that is backed by a growing global solidarity movement.

WSWS (2022-02-26). Chinese translation of "2022: Year Three of the pandemic and the emerging global class struggle" wsws.org The perspective outlines a socialist and internationalist perspective for the global working class and is of immense relevance to workers and young people in China, as well as the millions around the world who also read Mandarin.

Brian Williams (2022-02-26). SWP takes truckers' fight in Canada to working class. themilitant.com Members of the Socialist Workers Party have been building on the momentum of the recently concluded successful renewal campaign to introduce the paper and the party's election campaign to workers and farmers at plant gates, strike picket lines, political events and on their doorsteps. | They're making special efforts to meet truckers to discuss the conditions they face and how working people can defend ourselves. | "Fuel prices are high, freight is low. And the shippers and receivers keep us waiting for 13, 14 hours and we don't get paid. I'm for the Canadian truckers," Chris Weber told Eleanor García, SWP candid…

UFCLP (2022-02-26). Saturday 2/26: United Fronts, The Working Class & The War In Ukraine- How To Defend Working People. indybay.org To join the panel: | us02web.zoom.us/j/81903904446?pwd=bG5XR0JjU2V4YnpvemFBVThMRjVRUT09…

_____ (2022-02-26). 'Queremos Vivir': The Workers Who Wouldn't Die For The Pentagon. popularresistance.org Workers in the Mexican border city of Mexicali, many of them young migrant women, were fighting for their lives. It was the deadliest point of the pandemic in 2020 in one of the hardest-hit states in Mexico, Baja California. | By May 2020, a local news outlet reported that 432 of the 519 Covid-19 fatalities to date had been workers in maquiladoras—assembly plants on the border that mostly supply the United States.

_____ (2022-02-26). REI Workers In SoHo Schedule First Union Vote. popularresistance.org More than 100 retail workers at the national outdoor gear chain Recreational Equipment, Inc. will decide whether to form a union during an in-person vote on March 2, paving the way for what could become the company's first unionized store. | The workers are campaigning to join the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union in order to help workers address issues related to wages, paid-time off scheduling, training and workplace safety concerns, organizers said. Union organizers announced the vote Wednesday night and records from the National Labor Relations Board confirmed the election will be held throughout t…

Steve Penner (2022-02-26). Protest Canadian rulers' Emergencies Act attack on workers' protests, rights! themilitant.com MONTREAL — "The sweeping police operation carried out under the anti-working-class Emergencies Act against the three-week protest in Ottawa, Canada's capital, by truckers and others opposed to vaccine mandates is an assault on the political rights of all working people," said Philippe Tessier, Communist League candidate in a Quebec provincial by-election in the riding of Marie-Victorin. "It is one of the largest acts of police repression in modern Canadian history and should be opposed by all unions and supporters of democratic rights. | "As of today — Feb. 22 — even though the cops have shut do…

WSWS (2022-02-26). Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and New Zealand. wsws.org India: Tamil Nadu state transport workers demonstrate over working conditions; Punjab fire fighters workers protest sackings; Pakistan: Quetta municipal workers demand unpaid wages; West Australian Newspaper print workers still locked out; CHEP pallet workers continue strikes in New Zealand…

WSWS (2022-02-26). Churchill rail cleaners stage one day strike in London and south-east to fight low pay. wsws.org The localisation of strikes animated by issues workers confront across the rail network is part of a containment exercise by the RMT and other unions.

WSWS (2022-02-26). Australia: Lessons of the 2018 union sell-out of NSW rail workers. wsws.org The Rail, Tram and Bus Union's 2018 betrayal is a stark warning to workers of what is being prepared now.

WSWS (2022-02-26). Unrest, Leonora Addio and other signs of social polarisation. wsws.org A handful of films in Berlin depicted workers taking the initiative, organising among themselves and not prepared to accept crumbs from the table—a refreshing development.

Mike Ludwig (2022-02-26). Union Files "Precedent-Setting" Charges of Misconduct Against Amazon. truthout.org The Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU) has filed new Bessemer workers are currently voting on whether to join a retail union for a second time after the NLRB determined…

WSWS (2022-02-26). German workers speak out on war in Ukraine: "The only war we need is the war against the Coronavirus!" wsws.org "Russians and Ukrainians have a common history. The vast majority of people certainly do not want a war, which at most will benefit the gas and oil magnates in West and East, the billionaires, arms dealers and oligarchs."

Roy Landersen (2022-02-26). Defend the independence of Ukraine! Moscow out now! themilitant.com Russian President Vladimir Putin Feb. 21 declared that the Moscow-backed "People's Republics" of Donetsk and Luhansk set up in Ukraine in 2014 were independent countries and ordered Russian troops to go in as "peacekeepers." The Kremlin's invasion is backed by the largest military mobilization on the European continent since World War II. | "The Socialist Workers Party demands Moscow pull its tanks and troops out of Ukraine and respect the sovereignty of Ukraine," Joanne Kuniansky, Socialist Workers Party leader and candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives from New Jersey, told the press the next day. "Sin…

In Defense of Liberation! (2022-02-26). Morning Commute 2-26-2022: Global Imperialism, Revolutionary Defeatism, and Capitalist Domination. anchor.fm In this episode I go through the statement given by Kenyan you an ambassador about the Ukrainian crisis, I also speak about Israel's recent bombing of Syria and their ongoing genocidal campaign within the region, and I also speak to the issues facing do you many people as the Saudi Arabian and UAE forces continue to bomb, kill, and pillage using US made or US sent arms ammunition and weaponry.

Michael Welch (2022-02-26). CKUW Fundrive 2022: A Commitment to Decolonizing Radio. globalresearch.ca "The words of John F. Kennedy come back to haunt us. Five years ago he said, "Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable." Increasingly, by choice or by accident, this is the role our nation has …

Newsclick (2022-02-26). How economic 'reforms' plundered India. peoplesdispatch.org Capitalism is based on big lies — that the West is prosperous because of the Industrial revolution and free market policies. In reality the riches of the developed world is based entirely on draining wealth from the poorer countries. It is a process that has continued even after the end of colonies. In fact, this plunder has increased since the 1980s, when neoliberal economics came to rule the world.

Liberation Staff (2022-02-26). Union files complaint: Is Amazon trying to rig the Bessemer election AGAIN? liberationnews.org The Retail, Wholesale, and Department Store Union released a statement announcing the filing of Unfair Labor Practice charges against Amazon alleging illegal union-busting actions by the company in the re-run union election in Bessemer, Alabama.

sputniknews (2022-02-26). Russian Space Agency Suspends Cooperation With Europe on Launches in Kourou Spaceport. sputniknews.com MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The Russian space agency Roscosmos is suspending cooperation with Europe on launches from the Kourou cosmodrome and is recalling its employees from French Guiana in response to sanctions imposed by the European Union, the head of the agency, Dmitry Rogozin, said on Saturday.

WSWS (2022-02-26). Wildcat school bus driver sickout in Louisiana forces retreat by school district. wsws.org The drivers, who have been fighting the district and their own union on wage increases, staged the sickout without the knowledge of the union.

Walker Bragman (2022-02-26). YOU LOVE TO SEE IT: Biden's Court Pick Just Boosted Unions. dailyposter.com

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-02-26). Communist Party of Russia Calls for Increased Nationalization, Dedollarization, an End to Digital ID and Mass Vaccinations. libya360.wordpress.com "The answer to external pressure should be a radical change in domestic policy". The 2014 coup d'état in Ukraine was carried out with the support of the United States and the European Union. It brought to power extremely reactionary forces imbued with the poison of Banderite Nazism and Russophobia. The burning of people in the…

JANET (2022-02-26). France agrees to withdraw troops from Mali. iacenter.org By G. Dunkel February 25, 2022 President Emmanuel Macron of France announced that French troops will be pulling out of their bases in Gossi, Menaka and Gao, which are all in eastern Mali, near the three-border area with Niger and Burkina Faso. Local communities sent support and trucks to help move people and their belongings out of the beleaguered Tessit region. He made this announcement before a summit between the European Union and the African Union, Feb. 17 in Brussels. "We cannot remain militarily engaged alongside de facto authorities, whose strategy and hidden aims we do not share," Macron said, referring t…

Rick Rozoff (2022-02-26). European Union sanctions Belarusian defense, military officials. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Interfax-UkraineFebruary 26, 2022 EU sanctions Belarusian Security Council secretary, General Staff chief, deputy defense ministers The European Union has applied restrictive measures to Belarusian Security Council Secretary Alexander Volfovich, General Staff Chief Viktor Gulevich, and Deputy Defense Ministers Andrei Zhuk, Sergei Simonenko, and Andrei Burdyko, according to a document published in the Official Journal of …

Black Lives Matter, Demand Justice, more (2022-02-26). Monday 2/28: Have Her Back: Organizing Call to Support First Black Woman for SCOTUS. indybay.org Online via Zoom…

Anonymous Contributor (2022-02-26). Portland Mobilizes to Defend Fallout Camp from Sweeps; Provide Mutual Aid to Houseless Community. itsgoingdown.org Report on ongoing defense of Fallout Camp in so-called Portland, Oregon from the PDX Houseless Radicals Collective. photo: @PDXHRC On Thursday, February 17th, park rangers and Portland police showed up to the PDX Houseless Radicals Collective's Fallout Camp on Park's land in southeast Portland, Oregon. Their intended eviction of the camp was prevented by the…

Kim Petersen (2022-02-26). Russophobia in Western Sports Media. dissidentvoice.org Article 33: Individual responsibility, collective penalties, pillage and reprisals. "No protected person may be punished for any offense he or she has not personally committed. Collective penalties and likewise all measures of intimidation or of terrorism are prohibited. — Fourth Geneva Convention Rick Westhead of the Canadian sports network, TSN.ca, has presented the opinion of …

Partido por el Socialismo y la Liberación (2022-02-26). Declaración del PSL sobre la intervención militar de Rusia en Ucrania. liberationnews.org La operación militar rusa en Ucrania pone de manifiesto que el mundo ha llegado a una peligrosa bifurcación.

Fight Back (2022-02-26). Minneapolis and St. Paul teachers set open-ended strike date for March 8. fightbacknews.org Minneapolis, MN – On February 23, Twin Cities teachers, along with education support professionals in Minneapolis and education assistants in Saint Paul, announced that they have filed ten-day notices to begin open-ended strikes in both cities' public schools. The strikes are set to begin on Tuesday, March 8. | The educators who took strike votes in Minneapolis are members of the Minneapolis Federation of Teachers and they took a strike vote last week in which more than 93% of the bargaining unit voted to strike. In Saint Paul they are members of the Saint Paul Federation of Educators where more than 78% of votes…

Editor2 (2022-02-26). Territorial Snatch-Back: Will the Yemen War Migrate to Saudi Arabia? orinocotribune.com By Karim Shami — Feb 22, 2022 | Yemen's resistance shocked the region when it launched retaliatory strikes on UAE cities. Ansarallah's next external move could be no less than recapturing Yemen's northern provinces from Saudi Arabia. | In the past month, Yemen's resistance movement, Ansarallah, has launched three rounds of retaliatory strikes on Abu Dhabi and Dubai, as part of a new deterrence strategy against UAE attacks on Yemen. | The escalation follows a UAE breach of the tacit agreement with Ansarallah to desist from targeting each other's interests in Yemen. | In the current Yemeni military theater, th…

Anonymous103 (2022-02-26). Military Situation In Yemen On February 26, 2022 (Map Update). southfront.org Click to see full-size image | The Liaison and Coordination Officers' Operations Room (loyal to Ansar Allah) reported 147 ceasefire violations in al-Hudaydah in the past 24 hours; | On February 25, warplanes of the Saudi-led coalition conducted 8 airstrikes on the Haradh district; | On February 25, warplanes of the Saudi-led coalition conducted 7 airstrikes on the Jubah district; | On February 25, warplanes of the Saudi-led coalition conducted 3 airstrikes on the Hazm district; | On February 25, Ansar…

Peoples Dispatch (2022-02-26). Palestinian administrative detainees Hisham Abu Hawwash and Miqdad al-Qawasmeh released. peoplesdispatch.org Two Palestinian administrative detainees who went on hunger strikes against their illegal administrative detention were finally released from Israeli custody on February 24, Thursday, according to a report by the WAFA News Agency. Hisham Abu Hawwash and Miqdad al-Qawasmeh, who were on hunger strike for 141 and 114 days respectively, had forced Israeli authorities to agree to end their detention. They were among the several administrative detainees who launched hunger strikes to bring attention to the injustice and cruelty they faced in Israeli prisons. | According to the report, the two detainees were released fr…

Matthew J.L. Ehret (2022-02-26). Immune to Irony: Nazi Collaborators and Authoritarian Personalities Denounce Russia. dissidentvoice.org O would some Power the gift to give usTo see ourselves as others see us! — Robert Burns, To a Louse, 1786 This famous quote by the great Scottish poet Robert Burns stands as one of the clearest reminders of a precondition for any matured identity. Burns understood that without having learned to use our …

Anonymous103 (2022-02-26). Russian Military Operation Prevented Launch Of U.S. Bio-Laboratories In Ukraine. Kiev Hiding Evidence. southfront.org Click to see full-size image | The Russian military special operation in Ukraine coincided with the planned launch of U.S. military biolaboratories in Kiev and Odessa. On February 26, the US Embassy in Ukraine rushed to delete all documents about 11 Pentagon-funded bio-laboratories in Ukraine from its website. All these documents (now deleted by the Embassy), you can read In October 2021, the U.S. Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) of the U.S. Department…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-02-26). Ukraine: Partisans and Collaborators. libya360.wordpress.com Apparatchik As a result of the present confrontation in Ukraine, much discussion has taken place about the possibility of an insurgency against Russian forces. At the same time, the extent of far-right entanglement with…

Fight Back (2022-02-26). Texas: UT-Austin students demand justice for Amir Locke. fightbacknews.org Austin, TX – On Thursday evening, February 24, students at the University of Texas at Austin gathered at a campus plaza to demand justice for Amir Locke, who was murdered by Minneapolis police earlier this month. The group held signs and chanted, "Hey hey, ho ho, these racist cops have got to go!" and "Say his name: Amir Locke." A few passersby joined the speak-out upon hearing the chants and reading the signs. | Jake Holtzman spoke on behalf of the Austin Students for a Democratic Society, the group that organized the hour-long event, saying, "Students for a Democratic Society stands in solidarity with the famil…

Editor (2022-02-26). The Naqab is now front and center in the struggle against Israeli settler colonialism. mronline.org The story of the Bedouin village Sa'wa in the Naqab is the story of Palestine. Palestinian homes are being demolished and Palestinian families are being expelled to make way for the Israeli settler population.

WSWS (2022-02-26). The enthusiasm of despair and the rise of Ferdinand Marcos Jr in the Philippines. wsws.org Thirty-six years after the People Power ouster of the brutal Marcos dictatorship in the Philippines, Ferdinand Marcos Jr is front-runner in the country's presidential election.

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2022-02-26: News Headlines

TASS (2022-02-26). Russian troops welcomed with flags in Ukraine's Melitopol. tass.com The Russian Defense Ministry reassured that Russian troops are not targeting Ukrainian cities, but are limited to surgically striking and incapacitating Ukrainian military infrastructure…

Walker Bragman (2022-02-26). YOU LOVE TO SEE IT: Biden's Court Pick Just Boosted Unions. dailyposter.com

Labor Video Project (2022-02-26). SEIU 1021VP Dawkins Opposes Building John Fisher's A's Stadium In Port of Oakland. indybay.org SEIU 1021 VP for Organizing Brandon Dawkins spoke out about the closure of public schools in Oakland and also opposed billionaire A's over John Fisher's stadium in the Port of Oakland.

Black Lives Matter, Demand Justice, more (2022-02-26). Monday 2/28: Have Her Back: Organizing Call to Support First Black Woman for SCOTUS. indybay.org Online via Zoom…

WSWS (2022-02-25). "We can't let nuclear war break out": US workers respond to conflict in Ukraine. wsws.org Workers across the United States are responding with anxiety and apprehension to the outbreak of war in Ukraine, while voicing skepticism about the hysterical war propaganda being stoked by the Biden administration and the corporate media.

Chris Hedges (2022-02-25). Chris Hedges: Russia, Ukraine and the Chronicle of a War Foretold. mintpressnews.com After the fall of the Soviet Union, there was a near-universal understanding among political leaders that NATO expansion would be a foolish provocation against Russia. How naive we were to think the military-industrial complex would allow such sanity to prevail.

Workers World Party (2022-02-25). NO WAR! NO SANCTIONS! NO NATO! workers.org February 24 Workers World Party joins with the many antiwar and anti-imperialist organizations, here and around the world, in raising the unifying slogans: "NO WAR! NO SANCTIONS! NO NATO!" We call for international emergency mobilizations for actions March 1-7 around this program. U.S. Out of Russia demonstration, Portland, Oregon, Feb. . . . |

_____ (2022-02-25). Chronicle Of A War Foretold. popularresistance.org I was in Eastern Europe in 1989, reporting on the revolutions that overthrew the ossified communist dictatorships that led to the collapse of the Soviet Union. It was a time of hope. NATO, with the breakup of the Soviet empire, became obsolete. President Mikhail Gorbachev reached out to Washington and Europe to build a new security pact that would include Russia. Secretary of State James Baker in the Reagan administration, along with the West German Foreign Minister Hans-Dietrich Genscher, assured the Soviet leader that if Germany was unified NATO would not be extended beyond the new borders. The commitment not t…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-02-25). NATO and Africa: A Relationship of Colonial Violence and Structural White Supremacy. libya360.wordpress.com Djibo Sobukwe French Military Bases in Africa NATO is the means of continuing colonial aggressions against African countries. Considering the public media attention and concern about possible expansion of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), it is worth reminding people about NATO's bloody history in Africa. NATO was founded in 1949 after WWII at a…

TASS (2022-02-25). Events around Ukraine are restoration of balance lost with Soviet Union's breakup — Assad. tass.com According to the Syrian president, Moscow has every right to stand against NATO's expansion plans…

Steve Topple (2022-02-25). Keir Starmer's latest authoritarian crackdown is dire timing. thecanary.co Keir Starmer has shut down 11 MPs who signed a Stop the War Coalition (STWC) statement on Ukraine. It's divided opinion and caused controversy. Now, he's also taken action against Young Labour, too. And his timing with all of this couldn't have been worse. | The STWC statement: | PA reported that STWC issued the statement earlier in February on Ukraine. The group accused the UK government of "aggressive posturing". It also said that NATO "should call a halt to its eastward expansion". The Labour MPs who signed the statement were: | Diane Abbott. | John McDonnell. | Richard Burgon. | Ian Lavery. | Beth Win…

WSWS (2022-02-25). Oppose the Putin government's invasion of Ukraine and US-NATO warmongering! For the unity of Russian and Ukrainian workers! wsws.org That the US and NATO are prepared to take the world to the brink of nuclear war, with all its horrific consequences, testifies to the staggering level of recklessness and aggressiveness that now prevails in all the centers of world imperialism.

_____ (2022-02-25). Richmond Educators Are First In Virginia To Win Bargaining Rights. popularresistance.org Teachers and other public school employees in Richmond, Virginia, won a major victory in December when the city's school board, in an 8 to 1 vote, approved a resolution granting them collective bargaining rights. | The victory sets a precedent for other districts and public sector employees throughout the state. Richmond is the first school district in Virginia to reinstate collective bargaining rights, after the legislature in 2020 lifted the state's 43-year prohibition on collective bargaining for local government workers. | Members of the school board had made repeated attempts to delay the vote. Winning took…

_____ (2022-02-25). The Government Just Admitted An Inconvenient Truth. popularresistance.org Every now and then, federal officials admit some truths that are inconvenient to the corporations that own the government — and this latest admission is pretty explicit: Scrapping corporate health care and creating a government-sponsored medical system would boost the economy, help workers, and increase longevity. | Those are just some of the findings from the Republican-led Congressional Budget Office (CBO) in a new report that implicitly tells lawmakers just how the existing corporate-run health care system is immiserating millions of Americans — and how a Medicare for All-style system could quickly…

Ann Brown (2022-02-25). Video: Amazon Calls The Police On Union Organizers In New York, Union Workers Handcuffed. moguldom.com Officers from the New York City Police Department arrested two Amazon warehouse workers along with Christian Smalls, a former Amazon assistant manager who was fired after fighting for unionization in 2020 over unsafe working conditions during the covid-19 outbreak. The arrests took place outside Amazon's largest New York City warehouse on Feb. 23. Video footage obtained by Motherboard shows the …

Dante Strobino (2022-02-25). North Carolina workers organize emergency rallies for safety. workers.org This lightly edited article was published as a Feb. 16 report at southernworker.org, Statements are testimony given to the writer by participants in the Southern Workers Assembly Day of Action.Durham, North Carolina Gloria Lee, a former Amazon worker, spent her Feb. 16 afternoon leading chants and talking to Amazon workers . . . |

Pangcha Vang (2022-02-25). Merced joins statewide UC actions to demand housing justice. liberationnews.org UC students and workers across the state held similar rallies as part of a California-wide movement at UC campuses demanding housing justice.

WSWS (2022-02-25). Ten-month lockout at ExxonMobil refinery ends in union betrayal. wsws.org With the national contract up for 30,000 refinery workers, the Beaumont struggle was becoming a major thorn in the sides of the oil industry and USW union, which called a snap vote to ram through a previously rejected contract with minor adjustments.

WSWS (2022-02-25). Build the Oil Workers Rank-and-File Committee! For a national strike to protect oil workers' lives and livelihoods! wsws.org "We don't want any more contract extensions. We want to show what power we have as workers by stopping the operations of Marathon, Chevron, Shell, BP—and ExxonMobil—until we win our just demands."

PAI (2022-02-25). Striketober carries through February: Eaton forces Iowa plant workers to walk. peoplesworld.org DAVENPORT, Iowa (PAI)—The wave of worker activism the AFL-CIO nicknamed "Striketober," then "Strikesgiving," is continuing well past the holidays and into late February, as some 365 Machinists members at Eaton's factory in Davenport, Iowa, were forced to walk at midnight February 18. Members of IAM Lodge 388 and Local 1191 at the plant, where they …

JANET (2022-02-25). Sat, Feb 26 @ 12pm — Stop racist union-busting! Black Lives Matter! iacenter.org On the tenth anniversary of the killing of Trayvon Martin STOP RACIST UNION-BUSTING! Black Lives Matter! Saturday, February 26 @ 12pm Barclays Center, Brooklyn NYPD arrests Amazon Union Leader Chris Smalls for delivering food NYPD HANDS OFF AMAZON LABOR UNION! REHIRE THE STARBUCKS WORKERS MEMPHIS 7! Labor leaders, union supporters and anti-racist activists will gather noon Saturday in Brooklyn to denounce the racist union-busting campaigns being organized by the bosses at Amazon and Starbucks. African-American labor leader Chris Smalls, arrested Wednesday for the crime of delivering food to Amazon workers, will b…

Brittani Banks (2022-02-25). How Union Drives in Mexico Help Workers on Both Sides of the Border. independentmediainstitute.org What Tom O'Shei remembers most about his visit to Mexico in 2019 is the determination he glimpsed in the hundreds of Mexican workers who paraded through the port city of Lázaro Cárdenas and stopped to pray at a monument honoring a pair of murdered union activists. Although the marchers gathered to remember the past, O'Shei …

Dianne Mathiowetz (2022-02-25). Federal jury finds: Ahmaud Arbery's killers 'guilty of hate crimes'. workers.org March to celebrate Ahmed Arbery in Savannah, Georgia. Atlanta February 23: Today is Ahmaud Arbery Day, as declared by the Georgia General Assembly earlier this month. In their resolution, the legislators noted that the enslavement-era "citizens arrest" law was repealed and hate crimes legislation was passed, in response to . . . |

Brittani Banks (2022-02-25). There's No Sugarcoating Hershey's Abuse of Workers and Union-Busting Tactics. independentmediainstitute.org There is a bittersweet battle taking place in Stuarts Draft, Virginia. Workers at the Hershey Company's second-largest factory, located in the small town of about 12,000, are seeking to unionize. In response, the nation's largest candy manufacturer is throwing the full force of the standard corporate union-busting playbook at them. The Virginia Hershey manufacturing plant …

A Guest Author (2022-02-25). Who gains from a war in Europe? U.S. targets supply of Russian gas to Europe. workers.org By Manuel Raposo Raposo is editor of the Portuguese website jornalmudardevida.net, which published this article on Feb. 20. Translation by John Catalinotto. At this moment, the events in Ukraine are shrouded in the cloud of smoke that characterizes war propaganda. Official positions, rather than clarifying facts and reporting the progress . . . |

WSWS (2022-02-25). Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa. wsws.org Greek healthcare workers in three national strikes in last two weeks over pay and job insecurity; Hungarian teachers protest following government's attack on right to strike after 20,000 joined two-hour warning strike; UK High Court attack on right to picket continues at London's Great Ormond Street Hospital strike by security staff; food workers' strike to defend jobs and pay continues at Clover, South Africa despite workers facing hardship and attacks from management thugs…

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2022-02-25: News Headlines

WSWS (2022-02-25). Workers at Iowa defense contractor enter second week on strike. wsws.org The workers, members of International Association of Machinists, voted by a near-unanimous 98 percent to reject a tentative agreement between the company and the union on February 17.

WSWS (2022-02-25). Australian Education Union promotes misinformation over Victorian teachers' agreement. wsws.org The union is concerned not only to prevent an informed examination of its sell-out agreement but also to block a discussion in which educators connect the question of their working conditions with the ongoing COVID crisis, against the AEU's insistence that these are entirely separate issues.

WSWS (2022-02-25). Major League Baseball spring training delayed as lockout continues. wsws.org The owners, who have vastly increased their revenue share as a result of the last collective bargaining agreement (CBA), intend to maintain their beneficial wealth distribution by offering small, incremental changes in a new CBA.

WSWS (2022-02-25). North Carolina prison inmates initiate hunger strike against inhumane treatment and grossly inadequate pandemic response. wsws.org The strike came to light nearly two weeks ago after family members of one of the inmates contacted the non-profit law firm, North Carolina Prisoner Legal Services.

Staff (2022-02-25). Headlines for February 25, 2022. democracynow.org Russian Forces Close In on Kyiv in Apparent Bid to Topple Ukraine's Government, U.N. Says Over 100,000 Ukrainians Have Already Been Displaced by Russia's Invasion, Some 1,800 Russians Arrested at Protests Against Invasion of Ukraine, "America Stands Up to Bullies": Biden Announces New Sanctions on Russia, Pentagon Says It Attacked al-Shabab in First U.S. Airstrike on Somalia Since August, Missiles Hit Near Damascus in 4th Israeli Airstrike on Syria This Month, Biden Nominates Ketanji Brown Jackson as First Black Woman SCOTUS Justice , CDC to Relax Indoor Mask Guidance, 3 Ex-Minneapolis Cop…

sputniknews (2022-02-25). Russian Paratroopers Take Control of Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, MoD Says. sputniknews.com Earlier this week, Moscow launched a special military operation in Ukraine, striving to demilitarise and de-Nazify the country amid Kiev's attacks against Donbass. Precision weapons were used to strike Ukrainian military infrastructure, including airfields and air defences.

Binoy Kampmark (2022-02-25). Antarctica: Where Realpolitik and Science Meet. dissidentvoice.org A frozen continent. Another potential frontier for conflict and competition. Antarctica is a part of the world were realpolitician meets scientist; the desire for finding exploitable resources meets environmental expectations and fears. Countries have vied for their little slice of ice, sometimes citing reasons of scientific collaboration, and often national self-interest. Much of this culminated …

teleSUR, jaa, SH (2022-02-25). Exsenadora colombiana Piedad Córdoba pide acogerse a la JEP. telesurtv.net Piedad Córdoba señaló que en su labor como activista humanitaria tuvo la posibilidad de escuchar testimonios que podrían contribuir en el Caso 001.

Graham Peebles (2022-02-25). The Keep Africa Poor and Dependent Project. dissidentvoice.org Exploited and abused for generations by white colonial powers and manipulative economic structures, there is a growing feeling of solidarity within parts of the African continent, as exemplified by the #NoMore movement. Covid vaccine inequality and environmental injustice, together with recent events in Ethiopia, have galvanized people. Ideas of African unity and rage against former …

Jason Ditz (2022-02-24). Israeli Airstrikes, Missiles Target Syria's Damascus, Kill 3 Soldiers. news.antiwar.com For the second straight day Israel carried out strikes against Syria, following up Tuesday's attack on Quneitra with Syria reported air defenses were active and intercepted most of the missiles. Some damage was reported and Israel hasn't commented on these recent attacks directly, but did drop leaflets overnight warning Syrians against supporting Hezbollah. Israel officially does not co…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-02-24). How the Truckers Split Indigenous Canada. libya360.wordpress.com Ashley Frawley We are fed up with being viewed as virtuous victims Canadians aren't known for the depth of their political feeling. If anything, our easy-going passivity is often a point of pride and distinction against our overzealous neighbours to the south. Yet if the recent Freedom Convoy revealed anything, it was that deep rifts…

_____ (2022-02-24). NATO And Africa: Colonial Violence And Structural White Supremacy. popularresistance.org Considering the public media attention and concern about possible expansion of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), it is worth reminding people about NATO's bloody history in Africa. NATO was founded in 1949 after WWII at a time when African countries were still under the yoke of colonialism. In fact most of the original founders of NATO had been Africa's principal colonizers such as UK, France, Portugal, Belgium, Italy and the USA as lead NATO organizer and dominant partner. The organization was established as a collective defense against the Soviet Union with the requirement (Article 5) that any atta…

Partido por el Socialismo y la Liberación (2022-02-24). Declaración del Partido por el Socialismo y la Liberación: Detener la expansión de la OTAN para garantizar la paz en Ucrania. liberationnews.org La abolición de la OTAN resolvería las tensiones explosivas en Europa del Este y representaría un paso histórico hacia la paz mundial.

_____ (2022-02-24). US, UK, France Promised USSR Not To Expand NATO East Of Germany. popularresistance.org A newly discovered document provides more evidence that Western governments broke their promise not to expand NATO eastward after German reunification. | Notes from a 1991 meeting between top US, British, French, and German officials confirm that there was a "general agreement that membership of NATO and security guarantees [are] unacceptable" for Central and Eastern Europe. | Germany's diplomatic representative emphasized that the Soviet Union was promised in 1990 that "we would not extend NATO beyond the Elbe" river, in eastern Germany. | The document, which was formerly classified as secret, comes from the Bri…

Staff (2022-02-24). Yanis Varoufakis: Europe Must Stand with Ukraine, Condemn Putin & Roll Back NATO to Restore Peace. democracynow.org What does the Russian invasion of Ukraine mean for the rest of Europe? We speak with Yanis Varoufakis, former Greek finance minister, about the failure of international bodies like the European Union and United Nations in preventing war. U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres implored Russia to withdraw all troops in a speech immediately following Thursday's attack, and the U.S. and allies are moving swiftly to impose sanctions as retaliation against the aggression. Varoufakis warns these threats are "like a pea shooter trying to stop a tank." The only hope for a peaceful resolution is for NATO…

Moderator (2022-02-24). Hedges: Chronicle of a War Foretold. scheerpost.com Svyatoslav, 6, plays with his tablet in a public basement used as a bomb shelter in Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, Feb. 24, 2022. Russia has launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, unleashing airstrikes on cities and military bases and sending troops and tanks from multiple directions in a move that could rewrite the world's geopolitical landscape. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti) |
| By Chris Hedges / Original to ScheerPost | I was in Eastern Europe in 1989, reporting on the revolutions that overthrew the ossified communist dictatorships that led to the collapse of the Soviet Union. It was a time of hope. NATO,…

WSWS (2022-02-24). Judge upholds strike injunction at BNSF: US capitalism disciplines the working class while preparing for war. wsws.org Faced with a resurgence of the class struggle, the capitalist ruling class is reviving all the anti-democratic methods that it used to crush workers' resistance in previous generations.

Peoples Dispatch (2022-02-24). Dutch communists commemorate 81st anniversary of 1941 February Strike. peoplesdispatch.org Under the call of the Communist Party of Netherlands (CPN), the Dutch working class organized a heroic strike on February 25 and 26, 1941 against the persecution of Jews in the country under Nazi Germany occupation…

_____ (2022-02-24). Amazon Union Organizers Arrested After Bringing Food To Workers. popularresistance.org The Biden administration has recently made proposals to strengthen unions—one suggestion includes limiting "barriers to union organizers being able to talk with employees on federal property about the benefits of organizing a union." However, there's the issue of what can happen on private property. Amazon has taken a firm anti-union stance and continues that streak with a new development. According to Business Insider, the NYPD arrested three union organizers at Amazon's JFK8 warehouse on Staten Island. | This is not the first time police have been called on this particular warehouse. Insider also reported…

_____ (2022-02-24). Starbucks Tries To Slow Union Elections But Misses Legal Deadline. popularresistance.org As more baristas around the country seek to unionize, Starbucks has used a massive legal team to slow the pace of union elections. But the coffee chain suffered a tough legal setback on Friday, all thanks to some late emails. | Workers at several stores in upstate New York recently petitioned for union elections, just like the two stores in the Buffalo area that successfully unionized last year. But Starbucks, through its lawyers from the firm Littler Mendelson, has asked the National Labor Relations Board not to move ahead with the votes, arguing that elections for individual stores aren't appropriate. The compa…

WSWS (2022-02-24). How Amazon workers can fight to defend their interests. wsws.org Whatever the outcome of the RWDSU re-vote, workers face the urgent necessity of establishing independent, rank-and-file organizations to fight for their interests.

Peoples Dispatch (2022-02-24). Journalist killed in firing at garment workers' protest in Haiti and other stories. peoplesdispatch.org Today we look at the violent repression of garment workers' protests in Haiti, a report on Israel's illegal practice of withholding bodies of Palestinians, and more…

WSWS (2022-02-24). Spain's UGT union holds sham vote at Ford-Valencia to ram through cuts. wsws.org Workers must demand to see the full text of the concessions the Spanish union bureaucracy is telling Ford management that it will accept in Valencia.

David Trujillo (2022-02-24). Jon Donaire bakery strike is over: Workers vote yes on a contract. peoplesworld.org SANTA FE SPRINGS, Calif. — The Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Mills (BCTGM) Local 37 in Santa Fe Springs has been settled. Management offered a tentative agreement on Tuesday after a four-month strike. The Union reviewed the proposals in the new contract and recommended that the membership ratify it. Wednesday afternoon the vote was …

Sharon Zhang (2022-02-24). Manchin Reportedly Backing Corporate-Friendly Michelle Childs for Supreme Court. truthout.org As President Joe Biden considers several top Supreme Court picks, Sen. Joe Manchin (D-West Virginia) is reportedly telling colleagues in private that he prefers a GOP-backed candidate, who unions and pro-labor advocates have sounded the alarm about for her history of advocating for corporations against workers, According to Punchbowl, multiple anonymous sources have said that Manchin wants J. Michelle Childs in…

Sharon Zhang (2022-02-24). Sanders Hails Starbucks Organizers for Their "Courage" Against Union Busting. truthout.org In a town hall with organizing Starbucks workers on Wednesday night, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) highlighted the corporation's greed and praised the workers for their "courage" in standing up to the company's union busting. | "We live in a country today where a lot of people are hurting, they feel powerless. And what you are doing is addressing that by bringing people together to stand up for justice,"

W. T. Whitney Jr. (2022-02-24). Puerto Rican union workers strike against austerity, point to U.S. responsibility. peoplesworld.org In Puerto Rico on Feb. 18, thousands of publicly-employed union workers, retired workers, and university students took part in a national strike and march that spread throughout the island. The largest contingent filled streets in San Juan. Demonstrators made noise and marched behind a long banner saying, "People before Debt — Salary Justice — Dignified …

JANET (2022-02-24). Fighting for voting rights and workers' rights. iacenter.org By Minnie Bruce Pratt February 23, 2022 Ella Baker, a leader of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, led a challenge to white segregationist Mississippi Democrats at the 1964 National Democratic Convention. In an act of blatant racism, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a 5-4 ruling Feb. 7 that halted a lower court's order to make Alabama redraw its gerrymandered Congressional districts and set up fair representation for the state's Black voters. A federal appeals panel — made up of one Clinton-appointed judge and two Trump appointees — had upheld the lower court decision. The SCOTUS decision paused t…

Mark Gruenberg (2022-02-24). Union tries to outlaw 'captive audience' meetings at Alabama Amazon. peoplesworld.org BESSEMER, Ala.—The Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union is using the rerun of the unionization vote at Amazon's big Bessemer, Ala., warehouse to try to outlaw one of the big tools in bosses' anti-union anti-worker toolbox, captive audience meetings. The challenge is in the form of one of three labor law-breaking—formally called unfair labor practices—charges …

Fight Back (2022-02-24). Uranium miner's daughter breaks the trail for victims of toxic aluminum dust 'treatment'. fightbacknews.org Toronto, Canada – A decade-long campaign led by the daughter of a deceased uranium miner has led to victory for workers struck by Parkinson's disease after being subjected to aluminum dust inhalation "treatments" in their jobs. | Supported by her union, the United Steelworkers (USW), and other worker advocacy organizations, Janice Martell waged a relentless campaign to compel Ontario's Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) to recognize Parkinson's as an occupational disease linked to the use of so-called McIntyre Powder in mining and other industries. | McIntyre Powder was an aluminum-based inhalant used be…

Maxwell Schwarz (2022-02-24). In solidarity rally, Young Communists bring striking miners' fight to Blackrock HQ. peoplesworld.org CHICAGO—Members of the Young Communist League gathered in Chicago to demonstrate that solidarity crosses state lines. In front of the downtown Chicago headquarters of asset-management giant, BlackRock, demonstrators rallied in support of the mineworkers striking against Warrior Met Coal in Alabama. Miners in Alabama have been on strike for nearly a year, demanding their pay, …

WSWS (2022-02-24). University employers go on offensive with vote to slash pensions—Take the struggle out of the hands of the UCU! wsws.org Whatever the outcome of Friday's UCU meeting, university workers must draw the lessons of the last five years and take the dispute out of the hands of the union bureaucracy.

WSWS (2022-02-24). Strikers at the University of Manchester speak on working conditions. wsws.org World Socialist Web Site reporters spoke to striking lecturers on picket lines on Tuesday, just before brutal pension cuts were forced through by employers at a meeting of the Universities Superannuation Scheme's Joint Negotiating Committee.

IGD Worldwide (2022-02-24). Long Live the Gremlins: an Anonymous Rant Against Gentrification from Exarcheia. itsgoingdown.org The following was anonymously submitted by a frustrated resident of Exarcheia hoping to ignite further rage around the world regarding gentrification. "The city changes faster than a man's heart" -Charles Baudelaire, writing about the way that the government overhauled the city planning of Paris after the revolution of 1848. Exarcheia is under formal and informal…

Editor (2022-02-24). Engaging Federici on Marx, Capitalism, and Social Reproduction. mronline.org The discussion of Marx is embedded in Federici's signature critique of the social reproduction of labor power in capitalist societies.

isabella (2022-02-24). Building Back Unions With Executive Power. inequality.org

Brittani Banks (2022-02-24). France Withdraws From Mali, But Continues to Devastate Africa's Sahel. independentmediainstitute.org On February 17, 2022, French President Emmanuel Macron held a press conference in Paris just ahead of the sixth European Union-African Union summit in Brussels along with Senegal's President Macky Sall and Ghana's President Nana Akufo-Addo as well as European Council President Charles Michel. At the conference, Macron announced that the French forces would be …

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2022-02-24: News Headlines

TASS (2022-02-24). Ukraine's General Staff reports missile, bomb strikes against military facilities. tass.com Ukraine's General Staff said that reports about a landing of Russian troops in Odessa were not true…

TASS (2022-02-24). Ukrainian troops leaving their positions, dropping weapons — Russian Defense Ministry. tass.com The ministry emphasized that no strikes are being carried out on the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces' units that have laid down their arms…

sputniknews (2022-02-24). MoD: No Threat to Civilians as Russia Conducts 'Precision Strikes' on Ukrainian Military Targets. sputniknews.com Earlier this week, Russia officially recognised the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics and urged Kiev to stop attacks on Donbass. As shellings by Ukrainian forces escalated in the region, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a special military operation aimed at the demilitarisation and denazification of Ukraine.

Anonymous349 (2022-02-24). Kiev Regime Forces' Defense Collapses. Russians In Kharkov, Kalibr Strikes And More (VIDEO). southfront.org Click to see the full-size image | Thursday, February 24, became the black day for the Kiev regime and its criminals. As of 10: 30 local time, pro-Kiev forces are collapsing almost all over the country. The military and command infrastructure of the military has suffered significant damage from precise strikes of the Russian Armed Forces. | It was confirmed that Russian troops have been crossing the border of Ukraine in the regions of Kharkov and Kherson. At the same time, self-defense forces of the Donetsk an…

WSWS (2022-02-24). Australia: 46-year-old teacher in NSW dies from COVID. wsws.org The tragic death of Michelle Hayes last week is an indictment not only of governments and education departments, but also of the teacher unions that enforced the dangerous school reopenings.

SF015 (2022-02-24). Russian Military Operation Unfolds In Ukraine (VIDEO). southfront.org Russian aviation suppressed the entire Ukrainian air defense system on the first wave of sorties. There were no targets left for the second wave of strikes. During the attack one Russian plane was shot down, Kiev claimed. The Russian side denies it. |

sputniknews (2022-02-24). Two Russian Civilian Cargo Ships Hit by Ukrainian Missile Strike in Sea of Azov. sputniknews.com The escalation takes place amid continuing attacks by the Ukrainian military on the positions of the DPR and LPR and following the start of a Russian special operation aimed at protecting the Donbass republics.

In Defense of Liberation! (2022-02-24). Sovereignty and Self-Determination in the Age of Capitalism-Imperialism. anchor.fm In this episode I talk about how the Ukrainian intensification has continued, the recent passing of a new abortion bill in Columbia, as well as an abortion bill that is hopefully going to be passed here in the US, HR 3755 "Women's Health Protection Act", and its comparison also to other legislation being passed in Texas against our Trans comrades, children and loved ones. Plus much more!

Matt Sedlar (2022-02-24). Wage Cap Allows Millionaires to Stop Contributing to Social Security on February 24, 2022. cepr.net Social Security, the program that provides retirement, disability, and survivor benefits to almost one-in-five people in the US, stops getting support from America's wealthiest today. Thursday the 24th is the first day of 2022 that millionaires make no contribution to the program. Most people are not aware that Social Security contributions are capped at the …

WSWS (2022-02-24). Bipartisan line-up in Australia behind US moves against Russia. wsws.org With Labor's backing, the government has offered full-throated political support to the US and has effectively intervened militarily by offering to assist the Ukrainian military, including in cyber warfare.

Charles Lenchner (2022-02-24). The Newspaper Industry Is Fighting Democracy — Blame Private Equity. progressivehub.net SAM PIZZIGATI | INEQUALITY.ORG…

Party for Socialism, Liberation (2022-02-23). PSL statement: NATO expansion must end to guarantee peace in Ukraine. liberationnews.org The dramatic events in recent days demonstrates how the very existence of NATO poses a grave threat to peace around the world. The abolition of NATO would resolve the explosive tensions in Eastern Europe and represent a historic step towards world peace.

Bhabani Shankar Nayak (2022-02-23). NATO's Ukraine Playbook Resonates Traditional Imperialism. countercurrents.org Amidst of all its failures, the troika of capitalism, reactionary nationalism and imperialism move together to continue its false relevance with the help of its traditional weapons of war and regional conflicts. It is a response to divert the radical agendas of rising movements against social and political movements against capitalism and imperialism. It is within this context; one needs

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-02-23). Fed-up, Frustrated and Disenfranchised: Why Indigenous Canadians Joined the Freedom Convoy. libya360.wordpress.com Ashley Frawley We are encouraged to believe that different experiences mean that some groups can never unite. The Freedom Convoy shows us the opposite is true. Since a movement dubbing itself the 'Freedom Convoy' emerged at the end of January and headed to Ottawa to protest vaccine mandates for border crossings, labour leaders, the media…

_____ (2022-02-23). The Power Of Recognizing Higher Ed Faculty As Working-Class. popularresistance.org Just over 20 years ago, Michael Zweig published The Working Class Majority: America's Best Kept Secret. At that year's How Class Works conference at SUNY Stony Brook, academics from history, political science, labor and industrial relations, and other fields debated Zweig's use of the term "working class." Some thought it was a throwback to the 1930s or a tip-off that someone was a Marxist. But even at a conference attended by many academics from working-class backgrounds, no one pointed out that academics are working class. Twenty years ago, academia still seemed like a middle-class or even an upper-class job, e…

Satya Mohapatra (2022-02-23). Neo-Nazis attempt to disrupt 'Red Books Day' reading at library in Rhode Island, community fights back. peoplesdispatch.org A group of about two dozen neo-Nazis attempted to violently disrupt a reading circle at Red Ink Community Library on February 21 in the Mount Hope neighborhood of Providence, Rhode Island. The community space was holding a small public gathering to celebrate "Red Books Day," which is recognized around the world to celebrate the anniversary of the publication of the Communist Manifesto. | The Red Ink Library is in a working class area of Providence. Community members submitted French, German, Russian, Ukrainian, Turkish, Georgian, Spanish, Hindi, Punjabi, and Odia recordings of sections of the Manifesto to share w…

WSWS (2022-02-23). Canada's parliament endorses Trudeau's use of emergency powers, as the union-backed NDP votes with government. wsws.org With its support for Trudeau's invocation of the Emergencies Act, the NDP has legitimized the use of autocratic emergency powers that in the future can and will be used against the working class.

Minnie Bruce Pratt (2022-02-23). Fighting for voting rights and workers' rights — a WW commentary. workers.org Ella Baker, a leader of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, led a challenge to white segregationist Mississippi Democrats at the 1964 National Democratic Convention. In an act of blatant racism, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a 5-4 ruling Feb. 7 that halted a lower court's order to make Alabama redraw . . . |

Nigel Bouvart (2022-02-23). Disabled Buffalo man in jail seven months without charges. workers.org Monica Lynch protests the treatment of her disabled son at the Erie County Holding Center, Buffalo, New York. Buffalo, New York Since July 6, 2021, Eric Lynch has been held in the Erie County Holding Center (where 32 prisoners have died since 2005) with no charges against him, spending around . . . |

Liberation Staff (2022-02-23). Pittsburgh Starbucks workers file for union election. liberationnews.org Workers at the Bloomfield Starbucks in Pittsburgh joined the nationwide unionization effort when they filed for an election with the National Labor Relations Board — Liberation News interviewed a worker at this location…

Tom Connolly (2022-02-23). Connecticut home care workers arrested at State Capitol while demanding dignity. peoplesworld.org HARTFORD, Conn.—Union home health care workers from SEIU 1199 New England Health Care demonstrated outside of the Connecticut State Capitol this week with civil disobedience. These essential workers, whom many call heroes, are fighting for a livable wage, health insurance, paid time off, and for dignity, respect, and a more just society. Connecticut is one …

William Astore (2022-02-23). America's disastrous 60-year war. indybay.org Speaking of George Orwell, America's 60-year war, which was a losing proposition for many, turned out to be a clear winner for a few, and that was no accident. In his book , Nineteen Eighty-Four, Orwell wrote about permanent war as a calculated way to consume the products of modern capitalism without creating a higher standard of living for workers.

WSWS (2022-02-23). Australia: The way forward for New South Wales nurses. wsws.org Rank-and-file committees must be formed to fight for the unification of all workers in an industrial and political struggle for real improvements to pay, safe working conditions, a high-quality public health system and an end to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Peoples Dispatch (2022-02-23). Egyptian factory workers protests non-payment of wages following one worker's suicide. peoplesdispatch.org Egyptian security forces responded heavily to the protest and sit-in by workers outside the Universal Appliances factory, using tear gas canisters to break up the protests…

Labor Video Project (2022-02-23). CA SEIU Tops Pushing Union Busting 2 Tier "Non-Profits" Like HealthRight360 Harming Workers. indybay.org Top SEIU California officials are pushing a statewide privately run "non-profit" health system called HealthRight 360 which is undermining thousands of SEIU public healthcare workers. They are supporting a two tier healthcare system with lower wages and benefits than those in the public sector. They are doing the same work as public worker with lower pay, benefits and rights.

Anish R M (2022-02-23). New Zealand government under pressure as health workers prepare for massive strikes. peoplesdispatch.org Over 10,000 allied health workers from over 70 different vocation groups are preparing to strike after more than a year of "fruitless" contract negotiations…

Suds, Snacks, Socialism Forum Committee (2022-02-23). Saturday 3/5: How Socialist Women Would Run California. indybay.org

In Defense of Liberation! (2022-02-23). Morning Commute: 2-23-2022 #NoWarWithRussia Let's build a movement! anchor.fm In this episode I discuss a little bit more of the situation going on in Ukraine especially since the last few days. I also use this to discuss the need for people across the world to come together in the fight against the reactionary and repressive governments, ruling class, and their propaganda across the world. Militarization will not solve the issues that capitalism and imperialism have created, only Proletarian revolution and the dictatorship of the working and exploited classes over the former oppressing and exploiting class. This is it, this is our only way out. Let me know what you think of the show!

WSWS (2022-02-23). A revolutionary German Film: Werner Hochbaum's Brothers (1929). wsws.org A highlight of this year's Berlinale was the world premiere of the newly restored German silent film Brothers (Bràºder, 1929), directed by Werner Hochbaum.

JANET (2022-02-23). Dred Scott to Daunte Wright: same repression, same fight. iacenter.org By Monica Moorehead February 22, 2022 "There was police brutality, and there was atrocity, and the press was just as atrocious as the police. Because they helped the police cover it up by propagating a false image across the country." These words weren't spoken today but almost 60 years ago by Malcolm X. The great Black Nationalist leader was assassinated on Feb. 21, 1965, an act orchestrated by the U.S. government. Malcolm X connected the right to self-defense to the revolutionary liberation of Black people from the yoke of capitalism and imperialism. One can still apply the wisdom of Malcolm X to today's develo…

_____ (2022-02-23). Can Argentina Escape The Plague Of IMF-Imposed Austerity? popularresistance.org The crush of people began at the 9 de Julio subway stop downtown, less than a block from the Buenos Aires obelisk, the city's most recognizable monument. By 5: 00 p.m. on February 8, thousands from over 100 trade unions, human rights organizations and student groups had blocked the main thoroughfare to protest a preliminary agreement between the Peronist, center-left government of Argentinian President Alberto Fernández and the International Monetary Fund. Amid a cacophony of competing drumbeats, demonstrators along Roque Saenz Peña bore signs that read "With the IMF, we return to the bottom," "The IMF is poverty…

E A S Sarma (2022-02-23). Far reaching national interest implications of privatising DISCOMs. countercurrents.org To Shri A K Bhalla Union Home Secretary Dear Shri Bhalla, The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) seems to be rushing into privatising the electricity distribution systems in the Union Territories (UTs). I understand that the proposal to privatise the Chandigarh DISCOM is at an advanced stage. So is the case with the DISCOMs in Dadra & Nagar Haveli,

People's Union For Civil Liberties (2022-02-23). Fabricated cases against people defending their right to livelihood in Dhinkia. countercurrents.org People's Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL) expresses serious concern over the malafide action of the police in implicating local villagers and human rights defenders with fabricated cases following the incident that happened on 19th February, 2022 in Dhinkia. It needs to be noted that in response to a number of PILs about the police repressions in Dhinkia and requesting the

rebekah (2022-02-23). Nearly Two-Thirds of Jefferson County, Alabama Residents Support a Union at Amazon. inequality.org

Staff (2022-02-23). European Union Underlines Transparency of Venezuela's 21N Regional Election. orinocotribune.com In a report on Venezuela's November 21 regional elections, the European Union highlighted the transparency measures adopted by the South American country. | The Electoral Observation Mission of the European Union (EU EOM), in its final report on the mega-elections held in Venezuela last November, to which it sent 134 observers from various European countries, highlighted "improvements observed in the electoral process." | In its text issued this Tuesday, February 22, after a preliminary statement published in Venezuela on November 23, the EU mission stated that these were the "first national elections in which th…

Shriya Singh (2022-02-23). Pakistani students continue struggle against student union ban and score a major victory in Sindh province. peoplesdispatch.org After nearly 38 years since the military dictatorship of Zia ul Haq imposed a blanket ban on student unions in Pakistan, Sindh will become the first province to lift the ban if governor Imran Ismail gives his assent to the Sindh Student Unions Bill 2019…

deweylaura (2022-02-23). Elsie Dickerson: Philly trade unionist, civil rights advocate, and Party leader. cpusa.org The following was adapted from a memorial tribute given on Feb. 28, 2006. To many in the Eastern Pennsylvania and Delaware District of the Communist Party, Elsie was a mentor and a teacher. Whether it was in the Party, in the many mass organizations in which she participated or on the shop floor, where …

WSWS (2022-02-23). Australia: Rail union saves NSW government after provocation backfires. wsws.org The union is collaborating closely with a government that a couple of days ago locked out its members, falsely accused them of shutting down the Sydney rail network and slandered them as terrorists.

_____ (2022-02-23). France Tries to "Reboot" its Relations with Africa. journal-neo.org Against the backdrop of its failing policies in Africa in recent years and barely clutching the presidency of the European Union on rotation basis, France is attempting to "reset" its relations with Africa by strengthening EU ties with the African Union. To this end, in December 2021, while presenting his EU presidency program, France's president …

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2022-02-23: News Headlines

Editor (2022-02-23). The capitalist imperative driving cruel and bipartisan U.S. migration policies. mronline.org Capitalism's need for labor is the determining factor in immigration policy. Its contradictions create a system that is consistently inhumane.

Suds, Snacks, Socialism Forum Committee (2022-02-23). Saturday 3/5: How Socialist Women Would Run California. indybay.org

Staff (2022-02-23). "Pick Up the Pen, Joe": Biden Faces Pressure to Cancel Student Debt to Fulfill Campaign Promise. democracynow.org The Debt Collective is planning an action on April 4 at the Department of Education to urge the Biden administration to fulfill a campaign promise to cancel student debt before federal student loan payments restart in May. Debt cancellation would give relief to some 45 million borrowers who owe nearly $1.8 trillion in student debt. Education should be treated as a human right and not as a commodity, says Astra Taylor, co-director of the Debt Collective. Not only has Biden failed on his campaign promises, but he has made it easier for lenders to prey on student borrowers, adds Braxton Brewington, press secretary w…

reenvia Red Latina sin fronteras (2022-02-23). Guatemala: Convocatoria a la Solidaridad. indybay.org firma para una carta de solidaridad con La Puya en Guatemala bit.ly/SolidarityLaPuya…

Martin Rizzo-Martinez & Daniel Stonebloom (2022-02-23). Challenging Colonialism Ep. 3 p.III. indybay.org In part 3 of a four-part episode, we continue to examine the negative environmental and cultural impact of dams, and the Indigenous-led movement to remove them. These dams, deemed as Weapons of Mass Destruction by Chief Caleen Sisk, have devastated Salmon populations and the communities whose histories have been in relationship with Salmon since time immemorial. Part III gives context to the larger water system–and its boosters, defenders, and profiteers.

Editor (2022-02-23). To eradicate global poverty and cut global carbon emissions, rich nations must change their consumption patterns. mronline.org Sometimes the aching injustice of human-caused climate change hits you square between the eyes. A new fact rears up that is potent, emotive and incontrovertible.

subMedia (2022-02-22). Gridlocked: The Freedom Convoy and the New Canadian Populism. dissidentvoice.org Two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, a popular movement demanding an immediate end to vaccine mandates and other restrictions on daily life has shaken the Canadian state to its core. Its calls have deeply resonated with members of settler-colonial society in which public health measures and other forms of collective solidarity are seen by some …

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-02-22). Indigenous Women Discuss the #TruckerConvoy2022 Protest in Ottawa. libya360.wordpress.com Ottawa resident Neecha Dupuis (Ojibway Nation of Saugeen and Audrey Redman (Dakota-Cree from Saskatchewan) discuss their experiences on the ground in Ottawa during the 2022 Trucker Convoy for Freedom. This video was recorded on February 22, 2022. Meet Candy, #Mohawk elder, prior to being trampled by Trudeau's henchmen on horses. (hospitalized) "My heartfelt interview w/…

_____ (2022-02-22). Who's Behind The 'People's Convoy' To Washington DC? popularresistance.org Thousands of truckers are being hijacked by anti-vax loonies and encouraged to parade through red state America in search of any remaining Covid-19 restrictions to protest. The so-called "People's Convoy" is scheduled to leave Barstow, California, on Wednesday, February 23, and meander eastward, picking up truckers as they go for a final jamboree and road-blocking in Washington, DC, on Tuesday, March 1, 2022 — the day of Joe Biden's first State of the Union address. | Are these the same organizers that brought us Canada's "Freedom Convoy," blocking the streets of the capital, Ottawa, for weeks and blocking…

Dave DeCamp (2022-02-22). Uncovered Document Reveals Soviet Union Was Promised No NATO Expansion at End of Cold War. news.antiwar.com A document from the British National Archives The document is

Rick Rozoff (2022-02-22). Poland: visiting U.S. senators pledge NATO Article 5 collective military action. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com The First NewsFebruary 22, 2022 Visiting senators reassure Poland of US commitment to defend Nato countries Three US senators visiting the Lask airbase in central Poland on Tuesday said that their country is committed to defending all Nato countries. The visit of Christopher Coons from the Foreign Relations Committee, Richard Durbin, the Majority Whip, and …

Rick Rozoff (2022-02-22). U.S. deploys nuclear-capable F-35s to Europe on NATO mission. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com NATO Allied Air CommandFebruary 22, 2022 U.S. F-35s deploy to Germany supporting NATO The U.S. has deployed F-35s, maintainers, and support personnel to Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany to bolster NATO's defence during the evolving security situation. The jets arrived at Spangdahlem on February 16, 2022 to bolster readiness, enhance NATO's collective defence posture and further …

Rick Rozoff (2022-02-22). Caucasus: EU dwells on status of "Russian-occupied territories" antibellum679354512.wordpress.com As noted below in regard to "human rights, media freedom and pluralism," the Association Agreement between Georgia and the European Union under the rubric of the Eastern Partnership — the very mechanism that triggered the Ukrainian coup of eight years ago — along with initiatives set up by the NATO-Georgia Commission (established immediately after the …

WSWS (2022-02-22). CODA: The film's concerns go beyond deafness. wsws.org CODA centers on a working class family in Gloucester, Massachusetts, three of whose members are deaf.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-02-22). "Marxist" Parties Siding with the State Are Either in Error or Are Not Marxist. libya360.wordpress.com Don Debar Author's Note: Please see this before reading. I am trying to determine whether this is a giant error, or evidence of outright service to Langley or some other organ of the ruling class. It is incredible to me that a party aiming to be the vanguard of the working class can continuously side…

_____ (2022-02-22). We Can't Just Keep Saying 'Pass The PRO Act'. popularresistance.org In January our movement got its annual punch in the gut from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, whose 2021 report shows 241,000 fewer union members than the previous year. Just 1 in 10 workers belongs to a union; in the private sector it's 1 in 16. | In 20 years the country gained 14 million workers—but unions lost 2 million members. | Poll after poll shows majority support for unions; "Striketober" gripped headlines for weeks. And yet our numbers keep going down. | The law is broken, the employers are aggressively resistant, the members are on defense—all true enough, but none is an answer to the crisis…

Liberation Staff (2022-02-22). Boston Public Library workers and supporters rally in response to right-wing anti-mask harassment. liberationnews.org A right-wing entered the building unmasked and harassed and intimidated BPL staff in the Children's section of the Central Library on Feb. 5.

Mark Gruenberg (2022-02-22). Apple workers join the union organizing drive sweeping the country. peoplesworld.org SILICON VALLEY, Calif. (PAI)—First it was Fight for $15 and a Union. Then it was fast food workers. Then adjunct professors. Then the Los Angeles port truckers. Then—more recently—workers at Amazon and Starbucks. Now Apple workers are organizing, too. The tech giant's workers at retail stores are joining the crusade of low-wage exploited workers who …

Sam Schaefer (2022-02-22). Workers strike Great Lakes Coffee in Detroit. liberationnews.org "The workers for GLC had been voicing our concerns for a few months before the strike started," said Lex, a worker.

WSWS (2022-02-22). Damning Auditor General report exposes failure of Canada's government to protect migrant farm workers from COVID-19. wsws.org The report is yet another exposure of the fraudulent "pro-migrant" pretensions of the Trudeau government, which has enabled big business to make massive profits during the pandemic while workers get sick and die from COVID-19.

deweylaura (2022-02-22). Hershel Walker, civil rights and labor activist. cpusa.org Hershel Walker was an African American St. Louis, Missouri trade unionist and civil rights leader with an unparalleled degree of commitment to the struggles for peace and justice. He devoted his life to the movements for social transformation and joined workers across the world in the struggle for equality, workers' rights, peace, and socialism. …

WSWS (2022-02-22). Workers Struggles: The Americas. wsws.org Hundreds of flights were delayed February 18 as air traffic controllers in Argentina protested over salaries and conditions, while refuse collectors across Chile walked out Monday over the government's failure to fulfill previous contract agreements.

WSWS (2022-02-22). Marathon Petroleum Corp: What are oil workers fighting against? wsws.org Marathon is a global corporation which rakes in profits through its globally-organized exploitation of workers, and through financial manipulation on Wall Street.

WSWS (2022-02-22). Widespread anger over Australian state government's provocative shutdown of Sydney rail network. wsws.org The NSW government shut down the Sydney rail network, for no apparent reason, and then falsely accused workers of having carried out a mass strike.

Sharon Zhang (2022-02-22). Over 100 Starbucks Locations Have Filed for Unionization. truthout.org On Monday, Starbucks Workers United announced that they had officially surpassed "It's official — we reached the 100 store mark,"

WSWS (2022-02-22). UK higher education workers continue strikes over pensions, pay and conditions. wsws.org The lecturers' determination to fight is in sharp contrast to the UCU bureaucracy who have done everything to curtail action from the outset and want nothing more to see it ended with a rotten sell-out.

JANET (2022-02-22). Puerto Rico: Workers, yes! Colonizers, no! iacenter.org February 21, 2022 This slightly edited press release was written by Gabriela Malespin and Normahiram Pérez of New York Boricua Resistance and Call to Action on Puerto Rico. The organizations holding the Feb. 18 rally were New York Boricua Resistance, Call to Action on Puerto Rico, Colectiva Solidaridad, ProLibertad and Partido Independentista Puertorriqueña. Union Square, New York City, Feb. 18. Photo: Brenda Ryan On Feb. 18, a coalition of Puerto Rican and global anti-imperialist groups will rally at Union Square, [New York City], at 5: 00 p.m. in solidarity with the workers' strikes happening in Puerto Rico. Thi…

Peoples Dispatch (2022-02-22). Red Books Day celebrated around the world as people cry, "Workers of the world unite!" peoplesdispatch.org February 21 marks the 174th anniversary of the publication of the Communist Manifesto, one of the most widely read books in human history…

WSWS (2022-02-22). Shipbuilder in Newport News, Virginia, speaks out against USW-backed sellout agreement. wsws.org In order to shield itself from criticism, the USW has refused to call any meetings to discuss the contract, while at the same time having workers submit their votes by mail.

WSWS (2022-02-22). Democratic Socialists of America confront left-wing opposition to Biden by shifting further to the right. wsws.org Far from pressuring the Democrats to move to the left, leading DSA figures are preparing to move their organization even further to the right.

_____ (2022-02-22). Nicaragua: Augusto Cesar Sandino's Rebellion Against The US. popularresistance.org While Sandino is not a household name in much of the world, as these others are, he was one of the most important and successful guerilla fighters of the 20th century, successfully driving the US Marines out of Nicaragua against nearly impossible odds. His image, with his iconic Tom Mix cowboy hat tilted to one side, continues to be the most ubiquitous symbol in Nicaragua — a country led by the Sandinista Front, named in his honor. | Unlike the aforementioned revolutionaries, Sandino was not an intellectual and he was not a Marxist. Rather, he was a mechanic from a small town outside the town of Masaya, Nic…

PAI (2022-02-22). Amazon Staten Island unionization vote set for March 25-30. peoplesworld.org STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. (PAI)—The second unionization recognition vote in Amazon's history has been set at the monster retailer-shipper's Staten Island, N.Y., JFK8 warehouse for March 25-30. In an election agreement between the independent grassroots Amazon Labor Union, represented by Eric Milner, and company officer Amber Rogers, it'll be an on-site vote in a tent in …

sputniknews (2022-02-22). Canada's Largest Trade Union Boycotts Nordic Flag Carrier SAS Over 'Unacceptable Labour Practices'. sputniknews.com In the course of the pandemic, the Scandinavian flag carrier SAS has pink-slipped 5,000 employees and, upon receiving several tranches from the Danish and Swedish states, embarked on a controversial reorganisation to alleviate the looming threat of bankruptcy.

WSWS (2022-02-22). IYSSE wins support at Australian university orientations from students opposed to war, "herd immunity" policies. wsws.org One first year student in the working-class city of Newcastle said: "Capitalism has some very obvious flaws, the 1 percent getting richer at the expense of everyone else. You end up looking for an alternative, and socialism is very enticing."

WSWS (2022-02-22). The political and historical background to the US war drive against Russia. wsws.org In light of the major escalation Monday of the conflict between the United States and Russia, we are republishing excerpts from the 2016 statement of the International Committee of the Fourth International, "Socialism and the Fight Against War."

Anonymous765 (2022-02-22). Locations Of US Carrier Strike Groups — February 22, 2022. southfront.org This is the newest update of the 'U.S. Carrier Strike Groups Locations Map' exclusive series showing the approximate locations of U.S. Carrier Strike Groups. SouthFront: Analysis & Intelligence tracks locations of U.S. aircraft carriers using the available open-source information. No classified information was used in production of the map. | click to see the full-size image | Carrier strike group (CSG) is an operational formation of the United States Navy. It is centered on an aircraft carrier and a carrier ai…

Editor2 (2022-02-22). Israeli Aggression on the Southern Countryside of Damascus. orinocotribune.com The Israeli occupation targeted several points in the vicinity of the town of Zakiya in the southern countryside of Damascus, leading to strictly material damage. | The Syrian Ministry of Defense reported that the Israeli forces targeted the vicinity of the town of Zakiya, south of Damascus, with several missiles. | Citing a military source in the ministry, the Syrian news agency SANA confirmed that "the Israeli enemy carried out a strike with several surface-to-surface missiles" from the occupied Golan, targeting the town of Zakiya at around 11: 35 pm (21: 35 GMT) on Wednesday night. | The source added that the ag…

WSWS (2022-02-22). UK lecturers and students speak as higher education strike enters second week. wsws.org "I think the marketisation of higher education is the biggest part of the picture of what we are fighting against and that's why we should find solidarity with the students because they are those paying the cost of this marketisation."

Brittani Banks (2022-02-22). The American Political Process Is Disconnected From Economic Reality. independentmediainstitute.org The growing disconnect between the capitalist system and the economic realities plaguing the United States is now nearing completion. On the ground, the accumulated problems of U.S. capitalism undermine its empire and challenge its very future. Meanwhile, the ever-deepening inequalities of wealth and income conjure up images of ancient Egypt's pharaohs. Three economic crashes opening …

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2022-02-22: News Headlines

Dave DeCamp (2022-02-22). Uncovered Document Reveals Soviet Union Was Promised No NATO Expansion at End of Cold War. news.antiwar.com A document from the British National Archives The document is

WSWS (2022-02-22). CODA: The film's concerns go beyond deafness. wsws.org CODA centers on a working class family in Gloucester, Massachusetts, three of whose members are deaf.

Fight Back (2022-02-22). Condemn the Armed Forces of the Philippines for killing of children. fightbacknews.org Fight Back News Service is circulating the following February 22 statement from the Communist Party of the Philippines. |
| Last February 8, counterinsurgency operating troops belonging to the Philippine Army's 20th Infantry Battalion fired their weapons indiscriminately on a group of peasants tending their coconut kiln (koprahan) in Barangay Roxas, Catubig, Northern Samar. Two children, including a 12-year old, Grade 6 student, were killed by soldiers. Another child was wounded. |
| The soldiers were part of a 30-man unit of the 20th IB that was conducting operations against a unit of the New People's…

Peoples Dispatch (2022-02-22). Italian students demand dignified education and an end to precarious labor for all. peoplesdispatch.org Italian students have organized a series of mass protests in cities across the country in response to worsening conditions in their education and the recent deaths of two students in work-related accidents…

This Week in Fascism (2022-02-22). This Week in Fascism #127: Far-Right Gunman Attacks Portland Protest; Solidarity Roundup with June Knightly and PDX. itsgoingdown.org We got a massive column this week for you. First a report on the recent deadly shooting in Portland that targeted a Black Lives Matter demonstration and how people are showing solidarity with our comrades in PDX; a slew of news stories, and as always: doxxes, action, analysis, and updates. Let's dive right in! Action…

teleSUR (2022-02-22). Mali's Interim Government Could Stay in Power For Up To 5 Years. telesurenglish.net On Monday, Mali's National Transitional Council (NTC), which is the Legislative branch established by the dictatorship that took power in August 2020, defined that the organization of elections for the return to democracy could take up to five years instead of 18 months. | RELATED: | "The transition's duration is a frequent subject of discussions and negotiations. To approve the new period, we took into account the aspiration…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-02-21). Russia Recognizes the Independence of Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics. libya360.wordpress.com Signing of documents recognising Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics Address by the President of the Russian Federation Security Council Emergency Session on Ukraine Massive Russian Navy Armada Moves Into Place Off Ukraine H I Sutton The naval arm of Russia's military build-up around Ukraine is in place. Landing ships, major warships, submarines and aircraft effectively…

TASS (2022-02-21). Russia ready to show what true de-communization means for Ukraine – Putin. tass.com Present-day Ukraine was wholly created by Communist Russia, Putin said…

Paul Haeder (2022-02-21). There will be blood, and, yes, we do need stinkin' badges. dissidentvoice.org This is a little soft-shoe pissed off blathering from me, so apologies up front. No big news on the Ukraine Invasion front, or the Gates Owning All the Farms front, or the Climate-Wall Street-Chronic Illness front. Nothing related to the MICIMATT (Military-Industrial-Congressional-MEDIA-Academia-Think-Tank) front. Just plain old burnt toast and spilled milk from a radical who …

TASS (2022-02-21). Putin: US portrays Russia as its foe because it does not need such a big country. tass.com Ukraine will serve as a NATO foothold for a strike against Russia, should it join the alliance, Russian President said…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-02-21). Has the Left Abandoned the Working Class? libya360.wordpress.com Nita Palmer As a life-long left wing writer and activist, I have watched the Left's response to the truckers' Freedom Convoy with a mixture of fascination and horror. Truckers in Canada and their supporters have sparked a national and global movement against the government's Covid policies, in particular vaccine mandates. Proof of vaccination is required…

WSWS (2022-02-21). Milo≈° Pu≈°iƒá's Working Class Heroes from Serbia: A call to battle. wsws.org The film is no nostalgic look back at past struggles but rather, from beginning to end, grounded in today's reality.

_____ (2022-02-21). World Federation Of Trade Unions Supports Initiative Against Blockade. popularresistance.org Paris, France – The World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU) announced today its support to the media marathon called by the channel Europe for Cuba to denounce and condemn the blockade imposed by the United States on the island for more than 60 years. | The WFTU, the militant voice of more than 105 million workers worldwide, supports and participates in this initiative scheduled for April 2 and 3, said the organization's Secretariat, in a communiqué shared with Prensa Latina by the European solidarity platform activated in October 2020. | In the document, the Federation recalled its traditional rejection of the e…

Workers World Philadelphia bureau (2022-02-21). 'Day without Immigrants' demands 'citizenship now!'. workers.org Migrants, refugees and their supporters participated in a march and rally in Philadelphia on the national 'Day Without Immigrants' Feb. 14, to demand that President Joe Biden keep his campaign promises and grant them citizenship now. Despite frigid temperatures the protest, which started with around 30 people, grew to well . . . |

Fight Back (2022-02-21). What is Marxism-Leninism? Introducing a new series on The Science of Revolution. fightbacknews.org This is the beginning of a new series on Marxist-Leninist theory. Fight Back! News is publishing this series of short articles in the interest of furthering the critical task of fusing Marxism with the workers' movement. Marx stressed that the purpose of theory is to understand the world so as to change the world, and this series hopes to help give activists in the people's struggles a better grasp of these theoretical tools. But let's begin with an overview: when we say we are Marxist-Leninists, what does that mean? What is Marxism-Leninism, and why is it important? | In the essay Three Sources and Three Compone…

teleSUR (2022-02-21). China Releases 5-Year Plan For Elderly Care Services. telesurenglish.net China's State Council has released a plan for the development of the country's elderly care services system during the 14th Five-Year Plan period (2021-2025), in its latest step to implement a national strategy to address population aging. | Medical workers provide free medical care service to the elders at a university for senior citizens of Zhongshan District in Liupanshui, southwest China's Guizhou Province, Oct. 14, 2021.

Norse posting (2022-02-21). City Attorney Threatens Food Not Bombs; Emergency Meeting 5 PM Friday. indybay.org Today, Keith McHenry, local Food Not Bombs worker, forwarded me the following threatening letter from Deputy City Attorney Cassie Bronson. McHenry called my Free Radio-on-the-Net show to discuss the letter and announced an emergency meeting 5 PM tomorrow (5-18) at the Red Church.

Labor Video Project (2022-02-21). CA SEIU Tops Pushing Union Busting 2 Tier "Non-Profits" Like HealthRight360 Harming Workers. indybay.org Top SEIU California officials are pushing a statewide privately run "non-profit" health system called HealthRight 360 which is undermining thousands of SEIU public healthcare workers. They are supporting a two tier healthcare system with lower wages and benefits than those in the public sector. They are doing the same work as public worker with lower pay, benefits and rights.

WSWS (2022-02-21). What next in the fight against the internal bidding war at Ford in Europe? wsws.org The Ford Rank-and-File Committee opposes all efforts to divide the workers at the Ford plant in Saarlouis, Germany from their colleagues in Valencia, Spain.

WSWS (2022-02-21). Australian state government locks out Sydney rail workers, accusing them of "terrorist-like activity" wsws.org The lockout has been accompanied by a deluge of lies and denunciations of the workers by the New South Wales and federal Coalition governments.

Peoples Dispatch (2022-02-21). Students protest increase in sexual violence and aggression in Belgian universities. peoplesdispatch.org On Tuesday, February 15, hundreds of students from universities across Belgium protested the spike in sexual violence in universities. Students along with groups such as Comac and the March 8 Collective participated in protest demonstrations in universities in Brussels, Louvain La Neuve, Bergen, Gent, Leuven, and other places. The protesters demanded the university authorities to curb sexual harassment on campuses and ensure that perpetrators are punished and victims heard. The Workers Party of Belgium (PTB/PVDA), RedFox movement, and the feminist group Marianne extended solidarity and support to the protesting s…

WSWS (2022-02-21). 10,000 New Zealand healthcare workers vote to strike. wsws.org The strike vote by allied health workers across New Zealand is part of the growing militancy of healthcare and other workers internationally, in response to the crisis triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic.

WSWS (2022-02-21). Striking ship-breaking workers hold a mass rally in Aliaƒüa, Turkey. wsws.org Striking Aliaƒüa ship-breaking workers held a mass rally in the city's Democracy Square yesterday, demanding a wage increase and better working conditions.

WSWS (2022-02-21). Retail workers at Kroger affiliated chains describe conditions fraught with danger and abuse. wsws.org Former employees describe how the pandemic has made abusive conditions even more intolerable at the giant food conglomerate.

William W. Sales, Jr. (2022-02-21). Malcolm's Growing Socialist, Anti-imperialist, Anti-Zionist and Pan-African Outlook Made Him Target of the "Deep State"—Like So Many Others Under COINTELPRO. covertactionmagazine.com Former Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance has now cleared Muhammad Aziz and Khalil Islam who were wrongfully convicted of Malcolm's …

rqorinoco (2022-02-21). Cuba's Díaz-Canel: 'We All Have a Moral Obligation to Provide Haiti Substantial and Unconditional Cooperation'. orinocotribune.com Statement by Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba Central Committee, and President of the Republic of Cuba, during the International Conference for the Financing of the Reconstruction of the Southern Peninsula of Haiti, February 16, 2022, Year 64 of the Revolution. | (Transcript: Presidency of the Republic) | His Excellency Ariel Henry, Prime Minister of the Republic of Haiti; | Her Excellency Amina Mohammed, Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations; distinguished guests: Once again, what brings us together here is the human drama Haiti is facing, the poorest nation in…

_____ (2022-02-21). Washington's Indisputable Guilt in Worsening Relations with Iran. journal-neo.org Iran and the United States used to be the closest allies before the 1979 Iranian revolution, but now they are uncompromising enemies. Quite a peculiar political metamorphosis. Makes one wonder how former close friends turned into such enemies in just over forty years? And why it is the US who is still full of such violent …

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2022-02-21). The Mind Control Police: U.S. Government's War on Thought Crimes and Truth-Tellers. transcend.org 15 Feb 2022 – The U.S. government, which speaks in a language of force, is afraid of its citizenry. "In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act."— George Orwell…

_____ (2022-02-21). Africa Must Not Abandon Palestine By Granting Israel Observer Status. popularresistance.org Africa is currently facing one of its most crucial decisions regarding Palestine and Israel. The repercussions of this decision could be as significant as the 1975 Resolution 77 (XII) by the Organization of African Unity — the precursor to the African Union — which recognized Zionism, Israel's founding ideology, as a form of racism. This time around, however, it is Palestine, not Israel, that stands to lose. | Israel's attempt to gain observer status at the AU began years ago. For many years, most African countries have severed all ties with Israel in solidarity with Palestine and other Arab countries…

Labor Video Project (2022-02-21). Oakland ILWU. OEA, Students & Community Rally To Stop Privatization & Union Busting. indybay.org Hundreds of ILWU Longshoreman, OEA teachers, students, labor and community activists rallied against the privatization of the Port Of Oakland Howard Terminal to the GAP A's billionaire owner John Fisher for a stadium and 3,000 condos and also against the closure of public schools in Oakland.

WSWS (2022-02-21). Left Voice covers for Biden and the unions on school openings. wsws.org Left Voice has issued a new program for "safe school reopenings," lining up with the homicidal policies of the American Federation of Teachers, the National Education Association and the ruling elite in the US and internationally.

teleSUR (2022-02-21). Teachers Union Starts Strike in Buenos Aires. telesurenglish.net Demanding better working conditions, the Association of Middle and Higher Education (ADEMYS) started a 24-hour strike on Monday, when Buenos Aires begins face-to-face classes. | RELATED: | Last week, ADEMYS spokeswoman Marisabel Grau mentioned that the Buenos Aires City government headed by Horacio Rodriguez "offered absolutely no percentage of salary increase" to teachers. | "We cannot start classes without salary impro…

rqorinoco (2022-02-21). Striking for Freedom: Why Palestinian Detainees are Boycotting Israeli Courts. orinocotribune.com Following hunger strike victories last year, Palestinians hope collective action will force Israel to abolish its practice of indefinite detention without trial. | By Yuval Abraham — Feb 17, 2022 | For the past six weeks, hundreds of Palestinian administrative detainees have been boycotting Israeli military courts over their indefinite imprisonment with no trial or indictment. Since January 1, the prisoners have announced that they will not arrive for hearings at courts, and that they are refusing to allow attorneys to represent them in absentia until Israel ceases its use of administrative detention. | Isra…

Party for Socialism & Liberation (2022-02-21). Friday 2/18: Black History Month: Almost 2 years after the George Floyd uprising, what's at stake? indybay.org Virtual event. Register: bit.ly/struggle-continues…

John Pilger (2022-02-21). War in Europe and the rise of raw propaganda. mronline.org The war hysteria that has rolled in like a tidal wave in recent weeks and months is the most striking example. Known by its jargon, "shaping the narrative," much if not most of it is pure propaganda.

teleSUR (2022-02-21). Colombia: ELN to Perform 72-Hour Strike Against President Duque. telesurenglish.net On Sunday, the National Liberation Army (ELN) announced that it will carry out a national strike against Colombia's President Ivan Duque from Feb. 23 to Feb. 26. | RELATED: | "During the armed strike, the population may only leave their residences for funeral activities or hospital emergencies, and no vehicle may transit the streets," the ELN stated. | "We will not be responsible for the damages the vehicles disobeying the s…

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Staff (2022-02-21). Australia reopens to tourists after 2-year ban. rt.com The nation has become "Covid-confident," Canberra said | Australia on Monday allowed foreign tourists into the country for the first time in nearly two years. | All fully vaccinated foreigners can enter without staying at quarantine hotels upon arrival. Travelers who have not received their shots must still apply for exemptions. | People can visit all regions except Western Australia, which will reopen on March 3. | Nearly 60 flights were scheduled to land in the country in the first 24 hours following the reopening of the border, according to 7NEWS. Australian TV has aired clips of emotional reunions between…

Staff (2022-02-21). Several killed, wounded in Saudi airstrike in Yemen's Hajjah. en.mehrnews.com At least one civilian was killed and ten others were injured in Saudi-led coalition warplanes airstrike on Hajjah province, northwest of Yemen, a security official said.

Adriaan Alsema (2022-02-21). ELN announces economic shutdown throughout Colombia. colombiareports.com Guerrilla group ELN announced its first economic shutdown since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic. The "armed strike" that will begin on Wednesday, the ELN said on a guerrilla website…

Staff (2022-02-21). Billionaire wants McDonald's pigs to travel to slaughterhouse in comfort. rt.com Carl Icahn blasts the fast food giant for 'crating' pregnant animals | McDonald's should dump pork suppliers that crate pregnant pigs, billionaire investor Carl Icahn told the Wall Street Journal earlier this month. Icahn, who recently said he "feels really emotional" about animals, considers the practice cruel. | According to the investor, McDonald's failed to fulfill the promise it made a decade ago to stop buying pork from suppliers that use gestation crates — special enclosures in which pregnant pigs are kept for much of their lives so they can't move. | The billionaire owns a mere 200 shares in the f…

Lucho Ramirez (2022-02-21). Eco-Justice, People Power, Documentary Premiere- "We Still Here" indybay.org CubaCaribe announces a special community screening of We Still Here / Nos Tenemos, the latest documentary by award winning filmmaker by Eli Jacobs-Fatauzzi in collaboration with Defend Puerto Rico, FistUpTV and Clenched Fist Productions. The screening will be followed by a Q&A with Bay Area filmmakers Eli and Kahlil Jacobs-Fantauzzi along with a dynamic live music and dance performance by Aguacero.

reenvia Red Latina sin fronteras (2022-02-21). Guatemala: Convocatoria a la Solidaridad. indybay.org firma para una carta de solidaridad con La Puya en Guatemala bit.ly/SolidarityLaPuya…

WSWS (2022-02-21). Prince Andrew and a monarchy in crisis. wsws.org The current royal crisis centred on Prince Andrew unfolds under conditions of factional warfare within the Conservative Party, the pre-eminent parliamentary vehicle of the bourgeoisie, and another over the leadership of the Metropolitan Police, Britain's largest force.

Staff (2022-02-20). Russia to prolong military drills near Ukrainian border. rt.com Moscow and Minsk to continue war games as tension increases near Ukraine | Belarus and Russia have decided to extend the length of their joint exercises "due to the increase in military activity" near the two nations' borders, Minsk announced on Sunday. | The joint Russian-Belarusian training exercise, named 'Union Resolve', began on February 10 and was scheduled to end on Sunday. The drills have seen thousands of servicemen from both nations gather in Belarus to practice offensive maneuvers. | However, many Western politicians have suggested that this is simply an excuse to gather troops near the border of Uk…

Carter Lum (2022-02-20). San Diego activists rally to demand "No War with Russia!" liberationnews.org Why is U.S.-NATO aggression towards Russia is so dangerous for working class people all over the world?

Benjamin Norton (2022-02-20). US, UK, France promised USSR not to expand NATO east of Germany, newly discovered document proves. multipolarista.com Notes from a 1991 meeting prove that the US, UK, France, and Germany assured the Soviet Union NATO would not expand east. It's part of a growing body of evidence that the West broke its promise to Russia.

Anonymous669 (2022-02-20). Russian Warplanes Flew Over US Al-Tanf Base In Southeastern Syria. southfront.org File image. | On February 20, two warplanes of the Russian Aerospace Forces (VKS) flew over the southeastern Syrian area of al-Tanf where the US-led coalition maintains a large garrison. | The coalition's main proxy group in al-Tanf, the Revolutionary Commando Army (MaT), confirmed that the warplanes were spotted by its fighters. In a propaganda statement, the group claimed that the two warplanes almost collided over al-Tanf. | Around 200 US troops and some 300 MaT fighters are usually present at al…

Global Research News (2022-02-20). Ottawa: The Freedom Convoy. Evidence of Police Violence and Brutality. globalresearch.ca The latest developments suggest that the COVID-19 narrative is crumbling amidst major protests worldwide. | A mass movement against COVID mandates is unfolding coast to coast across Canada in solidarity with the Freedom Convoy movement. | All COVID mandates must be immediately …

Sara Mughal (2022-02-20). How Starbucks Workers Turned the Tables on Union Busters. truthout.org A national wave of organizing has hit Starbucks' company-run stores in the last three months. The author is among hundreds of Let me set the stage for you: A single cheese pizza cut into sixteenths, a small group of chairs awkward…

Shane Burley (2022-02-20). Border Militias Set Up Fake Humanitarian Stations in the Desert to Trap Migrants. truthout.org The growth of the militia movement the past several years has left many of our communities reeling from intimidation, harassment and violence. Donald Trump's tacit endorsement of the far right "patriot" subculture has given it a pass to grow and recruit, often manipulating the dispossession that many rural and blue-collar workers are facing in our current economic tumult. Trump's rhetoric about immigration, particularly the conspiratorial fear-mongering around the border, has played to a…

_____ (2022-02-20). European Union Prefers Corporate Profits Over Global Health. popularresistance.org As the summit between the African Union and European Union (EU-AU summit) came to a close on February 18, the EU's dedication to ensuring equitable access to Covid-19 products remained murky. While Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission, stated that the two unions had a very constructive discussion on the TRIPS waiver, the meeting resulted in little more than a tepid statement and a new deadline for reaching an agreement on intellectual property rights during the pandemic. Von der Leyen also stated, "We share the same goal. We have different ways to reach that goal." | In reality, it would see…

SF015 (2022-02-20). Military Situation In Yemen On February 20, 2022 (Map Update). southfront.org Yemen | — The Liaison and Coordination Officers' Operations Room (loyal to Ansar Allah) reported 169 ceasefire violations in al-Hudaydah in the past 24 hours | — On February 19, warplanes of the Saudi-led coalition conducted 6 airstrikes on the Haradh district | — On February 19, warplanes of the Saudi-led coalition conducted 6 airstrikes on the Jubah district | — On February 19, warplanes of the Saudi-led coalition conducted 2 airstrikes on the Sawadiyah district | — On F…

sputniknews (2022-02-20). 'A Perfect Storm of Calamities': When And Wheere Can We Expect Armageddon to Strike? sputniknews.com The exact location of the valley where the forces of Good and Evil will meet in the last battle, after which, according to Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, the Last Judgment awaits humanity, has been the subject of a longstanding and heated debate between scientists and theologians. They are yet to find "common ground" in this quest.

Editor2 (2022-02-20). Venezuela Pulls Plug on Lie that Alex Saab is DEA "Informer" orinocotribune.com Venezuela has pulled the plug on a false claim which circulated Wednesday that diplomat Alex Saab is working as an "informer" or "collaborator" of the United States and specifically of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). | President of the National Assembly Jorge Rodríguez When asked by a reporter following a press conference, Rodríguez called it strange that the United S…

Staff (2022-02-20). Venezuela Offers Brazil Assistance for Petrópolis Disaster. orinocotribune.com On Friday, February 18, the government of Venezuela expressed solidarity with Brazil for the catastrophe caused by torrential rains in the city of Petrópolis (southeast), in which 138 people have been reported dead so far. | The Venezuelan Foreign Affairs Ministry announced that the Venezuelan government is ready to collaborate with the Brazilian authorities in whatever way possible in order to help the people affected by the disaster. | El Presidente Nicolás Maduro Moros, en nombre del Gobierno de la República Bolivariana de Venezuela manifiesta su absoluta solidaridad con el hermano pueblo del Brasil (1/4)…

Rebekah Entralgo (2022-02-20). Campaign Seeks to Abolish the Subminimum Wage in 25 States by 2026. truthout.org As the economy recovers from a global pandemic, many business owners are pointing to labor shortages caused by the "Great Resignation" as a source of frustration. | The term refers to the more than

Staff (2022-02-20). SNB 61: Cocodrilos de Matanzas mandan otra vez. cubadebate.cu En una jornada donde los bates bajaron la temperatura en la mayoría de los estadios, los Cocodrilos matanceros se volvieron a apoyar en sus lanzadores para escalar otra vez a la cima de esta Serie Nacional, aprovechando el resbalón de las Avispas en patio ajeno. Altas presiones se ubicaron esta tarde-noche encima del estadio Latinoamericano, para que los Huracanes de Mayabeque soplaran con fuerza y arrastraran por la arcilla a los Industriales de la capital, hasta rendirlos 6-4.

_____ (2022-02-20). On Contact: John Brown, Abolitionist. popularresistance.org The painter Jacob Lawrence, in his 22-piece series 'The Legend of John Brown', first exhibited in 1941, chronicles in each of his panels a seminal stage in the life of the abolitionist John Brown. The first panel depicts Brown as Christ nailed to a cross, blood flowing from his nailed feet to the ground. The next scenes portray Brown as a man of exceptional religious conviction, willing to suffer financial failure and hardship in his fight for abolition. The middle compositions tell the story of Brown's plans to free slaves, including his raids that massacred pro-slavery settlers in Kansas, his failed attack on t…

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sputniknews (2022-02-19). EU, Allies to Sanction Russia's Energy & Tech Fields in Event of Ukraine Escalation – Von Der Leyen. sputniknews.com MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The European Union and its allies have prepared a package of sanctions against Russia targeting energy and advanced technology sectors in the event of escalation in Ukraine, President of the European Commission Ursula Von der Leyen said Saturday.

Staff (2022-02-19). EU issues warning about Russian 'isolation'. rt.com Brussels' top official has warned of a return to the days of the Cold War | The worsening standoff between Russia and the West threatens to upend European security and ultimately could end up isolating Moscow in a way not seen since the days of the Soviet Union, the European Union has cautioned as an escalating crisis unfolds on the border with Ukraine. | Speaking at the Munich Security Conference on Saturday, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said that "the world has been watching in disbelief we face the largest build-up of troops on European soil since the darkest days of the Cold War." | A…

In Defense of Liberation! (2022-02-19). Morning Commute: 2-19-2022 #NoWarWithRussia #NoWarWithChina. anchor.fm In this episode I discuss the ongoing Geo political situation between the US, United Nations, European Union, NATO, Russia, China, and other nations across the world. I discuss the historical development of and my definition of imperialism as well as its connection to capitalism and its natural development from capitalism. We have to illuminate the ruling class structure and oppressive organizations which hold the working and exploited people down. We need power in the hands of the oppressed masses, long live the revolution!

Staff (2022-02-19). Russians have hacked American military-industrial complex — US. rt.com The purported cyber attacks are said to date back at least two years | Russian government-backed hackers have been stealing "sensitive" information from American weapons companies for several years, a recent announcement by US security agencies has claimed. | The FBI, National Security Agency, and US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) released a report on Wednesday alleging that since at least January 2020, the hackers have been collecting information that is unclassified but contains "significant insight into US weapons platforms development and deployment timelines." | The attacks appare…

Benjamin Norton (2022-02-19). CIA veteran calls for US war on China and Russia, threatening nuclear strikes, in elite Foreign Policy magazine. multipolarista.com A CIA and Pentagon veteran who helps run NATO's powerful think tank the Atlantic Council, Matthew Kroenig, published an article in elite Foreign Policy magazine calling for US war on both China and Russia, including "threatening nonstrategic nuclear strikes." He has also advocated military attacks on Iran.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-02-19). The Truckers Have Changed Canada Forever. libya360.wordpress.com Rupa Subramanya The Freedom Convoy has shaken Canadian politics to its core. On Monday 14 February, Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau sent an unlikely Valentine's gift to his citizens, invoking rarely used emergency powers, which came into effect the next day. This was in response to the 'Freedom Convoy' of thousands of truckers and protesters who…

_____ (2022-02-19). The Convoy And Canada — A Call To Step Up. popularresistance.org I have spent time listening to leaders and activists from across this country, and I have learned one thing: we as civil society must step up and provide courageous leadership in this time of crisis. Unions, racial and climate justice organizations, faith leaders, students, residents' groups, health care activists — all of us have a role to play to help overcome this polarization, to bridge divides and to focus on crucial issues of social justice. We need to start organizing at the national and local level — bringing together people from all walks of life to determine strategies that will address the…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-02-19). Freedom Convoy in Ottawa Live Feb 19, 2022. libya360.wordpress.com Cops advancing onto Parliament so I have to go to streets. I have met no one from the United States yet. Everyone I have met is from East Coast, West Coast, Prairies, Quebec, Ontario. #Ottawa, #Canada. People are still trying to get into city, to join, through the checkpoints. pic.twitter.com/qCbxPmGxux — Cory Morningstar (@elleprovocateur) February…

G. Dunkel (2022-02-19). Haitian workers demand: 'Triple the minimum wage!'. workers.org Haiti faces a crisis of government legitimacy. The only elected officials in the country at any level whose terms have not expired are 10 senators. The date for the expiration of the term of Haiti's President Jovenel MoàØse would have been Feb. 7, 2022 — before he died by assassination . . . |

Staff (2022-02-19). Over 1000 people already support #Palestine2022 campaign in France. samidoun.net In just a few weeks after its launch, the #Palestine2022 campaign, highlighting Palestine in the French presidential elections, has already received the support of more than 1000 people for its demands and its objectives. The campaign aims to denounce the collaboration of French governments with Israeli apartheid and introduce the subject of the Palestinian cause …

Abdul Rahman (2022-02-19). European Union prefers corporate profits over the health of people across the world. peoplesdispatch.org By showing reluctance on the patent waiver on COVID-19-related products even after the majority of its population is vaccinated, the EU leadership has once again taken the side of Big Pharma and perpetuated vaccine apartheid…

Hadley Willow (2022-02-19). Education workers fight for justice. workers.org Education workers are adding to a recent surge of worker organizing across the country and around the world, a surge that is energizing the solidarity of the working class. This surge is reminding the capitalists that they are dependent on the labor of workers and that decent wages and safe . . . |

WSWS (2022-02-19). Strikes, protests engulf Haitian capital as workers demand higher wages, better conditions. wsws.org The strikes are an indication of growing working class opposition to the regime headed by Prime Minister Henry and backed by US corporations.

_____ (2022-02-19). National Day Of Strikes And Protests In Puerto Rico. popularresistance.org Teachers and government workers carried out a national day of strikes and protests in Puerto Rico Friday. There were marches and rallies across the US territory. A mass demonstration took place in San Juan, Puerto Rico's capital city. The marchers demanded just wages and pensions and an end to the privatization of schools and government services. Despite a morning attempt by San Juan police to block a section of marchers, the protests were peaceful and high-spirited. | In San Juan, in the early morning hours demonstrators began congregating in the Hiram Bithorn baseball stadium before marching toward the headquar…

_____ (2022-02-19). Sanitation Workers Win Raise After Going On Strike. popularresistance.org Chula Vista, Calif. – "Who are we?" Teamsters! "What do we want?" Contract! "When do we want it?" Now! | The sanitation workers of Teamsters Local 542 were still in good voice three weeks into their strike, which began Dec. 17, 2021, even as Republic Services started bringing in nonunion out-of-staters as garbage piled up. Republic had refused the Teamsters' demands for so long that the city of Chula Vista declared a public health emergency because of the amount of uncollected refuse. | Close to 300 workers, many of them Latino or Black, were on strike across three different San Diego County locations. "We want t…

Tony Murphy (2022-02-19). Workers now organizing unions in over 100 Starbucks stores. workers.org Blatant, racist acts of union-busting by Starbucks have only poured fuel on the fire of worker organizing. Seven Starbucks workers were fired Feb. 8 in Memphis, Tennessee, including the entire union Organizing Committee for the store, comprised of mostly Black and Brown workers. Now, the total number of stores organizing . . . |

Workers World Party (2022-02-19). Unite for Feb. 26 — Workers Power Day! workers.org Solidarity with Starbucks, Amazon and all workers who are organizing and fighting back Fight against racism and all forms of oppression and exploitation — these struggles are part and parcel of the workers movement. Black Lives Matter! Unite our many struggles into one powerful force! Starbucks workers are leading an . . . |

Labor Video Project (2022-02-19). CA SEIU Tops Pushing Union Busting 2 Tier "Non-Profits" Like HealthRight360 Harming Workers. indybay.org Top SEIU California officials are pushing a statewide privately run "non-profit" health system called HealthRight 360 which is undermining thousands of SEIU public healthcare workers. They are supporting a two tier healthcare system with lower wages and benefits than those in the public sector. They are doing the same work as public worker with lower pay, benefits and rights.

WSWS (2022-02-19). US workers express solidarity with striking nurses in New South Wales, Australia. wsws.org Amelia, a nurse in Kentucky, said, "I am touched by the shared safety and human rights concerns amongst my fellow nurses. Bravo to the nurses who embody compassion in action and are refusing to enable a sick system!"

Lutfi Camli (2022-02-19). Turkish health workers intensify protests amid soaring inflation and poor working conditions. peoplesdispatch.org The Turkish Medical Association (TMA) and other health workers' organizations organized country-wide industrial actions on February 8. This is part of a wave of workers' uprisings against rising living expenses and soaring inflation…

WSWS (2022-02-19). South Korean logistics workers strike against brutal conditions. wsws.org Package delivery workers are struggling not only against the companies, but are confronted with the complicity of the trade unions in enforcing the demands of big business.

WSWS (2022-02-19). Turkish ship-breaking workers stop working amid a wildcat strike wave. wsws.org The non-union workers have elected their own representatives and stated that they will continue striking until their demands are met.

WSWS (2022-02-19). Minneapolis, St. Paul teachers vote to authorize strike. wsws.org Teachers in Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota, have voted to authorize a strike, part of growing opposition among teachers and workers in the US to inequality and deadly pandemic conditions.

WSWS (2022-02-19). UK teacher Kathleen Munro speaks of "devastating" effects of Long COVID. wsws.org In her testimony to the Global Workers Inquest into the COVID-19 Pandemic, Kathleen bears witness to the devastating effects of Long COVID on her own health and livelihood, and that of her 13-year-old niece, Ellie, who caught COVID-19 on her first day at school last September.

Peoples Health Dispatch (2022-02-19). Health workers in Slovenia go on strike. peoplesdispatch.org Health workers and members of trade unions in the health and care sector in Slovenia, including the Trade Union of Health and Social Security and the Nurses' Trade Union — Florence, organized a one-day strike on February 16. Physiotherapists, nurses, pharmacists, and auxiliary workers in publicly-owned health institutions all over the countries stopped their work as the government has betrayed its 2018 pledge to engage in negotiations for enhancing workers' rights in healthcare. | While several ministers, including those of health and labor, denied the unions' allegations and insisted that the government had…

Norse posting (2022-02-19). City Attorney Threatens Food Not Bombs; Emergency Meeting 5 PM Friday. indybay.org Today, Keith McHenry, local Food Not Bombs worker, forwarded me the following threatening letter from Deputy City Attorney Cassie Bronson. McHenry called my Free Radio-on-the-Net show to discuss the letter and announced an emergency meeting 5 PM tomorrow (5-18) at the Red Church.

WSWS (2022-02-19). Organize a counteroffensive against Hi Viz and the anti-strike injunction! Join the BNSF Workers Rank-and-File Committee! wsws.org "Our committee will strive to organize and unite workers across every terminal in the BNSF system, from Alabama to California, so that workers ourselves can develop a common strategy and plan joint actions."

Revolution Books (2022-02-19). Tuesday 2/22: Virtual Author Event: The Prophets with Robert Jones, Jr. indybay.org Online event, organized by Revolution Books, 2444 Durant Ave. Berkeley CA 94704…

Peoples Health Dispatch (2022-02-19). Twist in TRIPS waiver negotiations raises eyebrows. peoplesdispatch.org Not long before the beginning of the EU-African Union Summit on February 17,

Fight Back (2022-02-19). Students march for justice for Amir Locke, demand community control of the police. fightbacknews.org Minneapolis, MN – On February 16, Students for a Democratic Society at the University of Minnesota rallied and marched to demand justice for Amir Locke, a 22-year-old Black man murdered by the Minneapolis police in a relative's apartment earlier this month. | 200 people gathered outside the Student Union on Washington Avenue, chanting "What do we want? Justice!" and "Say his name! Amir Locke!" A banner reading "Justice for all stolen lives" was at the front, along with signs demanding justice for Amir Locke and community control over the Minneapolis Police Department. Signs announced SDS's own referendum campaign…

Labor Video Project (2022-02-19). Oakland ILWU. OEA, Students & Community Rally To Stop Privatization & Union Busting. indybay.org Hundreds of ILWU Longshoreman, OEA teachers, students, labor and community activists rallied against the privatization of the Port Of Oakland Howard Terminal to the GAP A's billionaire owner John Fisher for a stadium and 3,000 condos and also against the closure of public schools in Oakland.

_____ (2022-02-19). City Denies Controversial Metal Scrapper Southside Recycling's Permit. popularresistance.org East Side, Chicago — The city's health department Friday rejected the final permit needed for a controversial metal scrapper to open on the Southeast Side, a victory for local activists who spent years organizing to block the industrial facility's move from the North Side. | Southside Recycling, owned by Reserve Management Group, will not be permitted to move troubled scrapper General Iron's assets and employees to 11600 S. Burley Ave. in East Side. | Reserve Management Group spent $80 million in anticipation of a permit for the facility at the Burley Avenue campus, where the Ohio-based firm operates four o…

Anonymous Contributor (2022-02-19). Indigenous Zapotecs Denounce Dispossession in Jalapa del Marqués, Oaxaca. itsgoingdown.org Communique from the Indigenous Zapotec community assembly of Jalapa del Marqués, Oaxaca, denouncing ongoing attempts of dispossession being carried out by local power holders aligned with the state. To the Zapatista Army of National Liberation To the National Indigenous Congress-Indigenous Governing Council To the Isthmus People To the Indigenous Peoples, Organizations, and Collectives of the…

Party for Socialism & Liberation (2022-02-19). Sunday 2/20: Red Books Day. indybay.org Bobby Hutton Park…

Fight Back (2022-02-19). Teachers In Minneapolis and St. Paul overwhelmingly vote to strike. fightbacknews.org Minneapolis, MN – Votes were counted until nearly midnight on February 17 as teachers, education assistants and education support professionals in Minneapolis and Saint Paul Minnesota voted by overwhelming majorities to authorize strikes in both school districts. Both Minneapolis Teachers Federation (MFT) and Saint Paul Federation of Educators (SPFE) announced the strike authorizations around 11: 30 p.m. | Immediately after the vote count was finalized, Minneapolis Teachers Federation Presidents Greta Callahan and Shaun Laden spoke in front of a large banner covered with thousands of pictures of MFT members, held…

Anonymous103 (2022-02-19). Military Situation In Yemen On February 19, 2022 (Map Update). southfront.org Click to see full-size image | The Liaison and Coordination Officers' Operations Room (loyal to Ansar Allah) reported 203 ceasefire violations in al-Hudaydah in the past 24 hours; | On February 18, warplanes of the Saudi-led coalition conducted 2 airstrikes on the Sanaa province; | On February 18, warplanes of the Saudi-led coalition conducted 5 airstrikes on the Midi province; | On February 18, warplanes of the Saudi-led coalition conducted 2 airstrikes on the Khab and Shaaf district; | On February…

_____ (2022-02-19). Brown University Faculty Reject Push For Koch-Funded Scholarship. popularresistance.org More than 60% of Brown University faculty members voted Tuesday to postpone a vote on the creation of a new academic center until next month, giving professors more time to assess whether administrators have adequately strengthened the institution's gift policy to ensure that wealthy right-wing donors are not bankrolling science-denying, corporate-friendly research. | The proposed Center for Philosophy, Politics, and Economics (PPE) would absorb and expand programs from the Political Theory Project (PTP), which has received funding from the Koch Foundation led by fossil fuel billionaire and GOP mega-donor Charles…

Binoy Kampmark (2022-02-19). Tapping Fortress Australia: Priti Patel's Border Force Review. dissidentvoice.org When in opposition, Alexander Downer, destined to become Australia's longest serving foreign minister in the conservative government of John Howard, was easy to savage. The Australian Labor Prime Minister Paul Keating was particularly keen to skewer an establishment individual prone to donning fishnet stockings and affecting a plummy disposition. Never, he suggested, had there been …

teleSUR- jaa -HIM (2022-02-19). Reportan protestas colegiales en Italia tras muerte de becarios. telesurtv.net La Confederación General Italiana del Trabajo mostró su respaldo a los estudiantes, y llamó al Gobierno a replantearse los regímenes de prácticas laborales.

WSWS (2022-02-19). Crisis-wracked Australian government ramps up war drumbeating. wsws.org This fortnight's dysfunctional parliamentary session saw Prime Minister Scott Morrison virtually accuse Labor Party leaders of being treasonous agents of China.

ecns.cn (2022-02-19). WHO chief calls for cooperation, financing to end COVID-19 pandemic. ecns.cn The World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Friday called for cooperation and collaboration in the face of common threats from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Lucho Ramirez (2022-02-19). Eco-Justice, People Power, Documentary Premiere- "We Still Here" indybay.org CubaCaribe announces a special community screening of We Still Here / Nos Tenemos, the latest documentary by award winning filmmaker by Eli Jacobs-Fatauzzi in collaboration with Defend Puerto Rico, FistUpTV and Clenched Fist Productions. The screening will be followed by a Q&A with Bay Area filmmakers Eli and Kahlil Jacobs-Fantauzzi along with a dynamic live music and dance performance by Aguacero.

Victoria Torres (2022-02-19). Argentina's Mothers of Plaza de Mayo Send Message to President Maduro (+Statement). orinocotribune.com The Argentine human rights movement Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo issued a statement addressed to the people of Venezuela and President Nicolás Maduro on Saturday, Friday 18. The Mothers sent their message after learning about Operation Puma, former Argentine President Macri's plan to invade Venezuela. | The current head of the emblematic human rights organization, Hebe de Bonafini, on behalf of her organization, expressed solidarity towards Venezuela. She apologized for former President Mauricio Macri's undertaking of Operation Puma to militarily invade Venezuela. | This message comes after Argentine Defense Mini…

José Manuel Blanco Diaz (2022-02-19). Colombia Wants Only 'Wealthy and Educated' Venezuelan Migrants. orinocotribune.com The Vice President of Colombia, Marta Lucía Ramírez, has complained about the "less wealthy and unskilled" Venezuelans who stay in Colombia as migrants. That group of vulnerable Venezuelans is at the center of the smear campaign and hybrid war against Venezuela, led by the US with its regional allied governments. | The Colombian vice president made the classist comment against migrants who are in a vulnerable economic situation or who do not have a considerably "high" academic level, during the regular session of the Permanent Council of the Organization of States Americans (OAS) this week. | "Colombia has not be…

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2022-02-19: News Headlines

WSWS (2022-02-19). UK teacher Kathleen Munro speaks of "devastating" effects of Long COVID. wsws.org In her testimony to the Global Workers Inquest into the COVID-19 Pandemic, Kathleen bears witness to the devastating effects of Long COVID on her own health and livelihood, and that of her 13-year-old niece, Ellie, who was diagnosed with COVID-19 on her first day at school last September.

PAI (2022-02-18). U.S. Labor Against War opposes U.S. moves towards Ukraine combat. peoplesworld.org

Staff (2022-02-18). Venezuela Expresses Total Support for Russia on Ukraine Tensions. orinocotribune.com "Russia has the full support of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, in the fight it is putting up to dispel the threats from NATO and the Western world," said the President of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, this Wednesday, February 16, during his meeting with the Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation, Yuri Borisov. | During the meeting of the High-Level Intergovernmental Commission (CIAN), where strategic agreements were signed between both nations at Miraflores Palace in Caracas, the Venezuelan head of state stated his position, expressing his belief that Russia will continue to be a peaceful nation. | "

JANET (2022-02-18). Not Another U.S. War! Demo TOMORROW @3PM: Grand Central Terminal, NYC. iacenter.org DANGER! Not Another U.S. War! SATURDAY, February 19, 2022, at 3 PM Inside GRAND CENTRAL TERMINAL, At the Clock, Park Avenue & East 42nd Street, NYC Stop the war with Russia Every U.S. war in our life time is based on lies, provocations and false flag operations. We need healthcare and education, not endless US wars. Stop the NATO expansion! Stop sending U.S. weapons to Ukraine, Poland, Romania and throughout the European Union. Fight Racism! Not Russia With participation from: Antiwar, social justice, anti-racist, environmental, human rights and veterans groups. An Emergency Action with activists from groups incl…

Staff (2022-02-18). Headlines for February 18, 2022. democracynow.org Biden Claims Russia Is Plotting a "False Flag" Operation as Pretext for Ukraine Invasion, COVID-19 Cases Hit Record Highs in Asian Countries as Omicron Variant Surges, Donald Trump, Trump Jr. and Ivanka Ordered to Testify in New York Civil Fraud Probe, Florida Lawmakers Advance Bill to Ban Abortions After 15 Weeks, More Than a Quarter of World's Women Worldwide Have Experienced Domestic Violence, Haitian Sweatshop Workers Strike to Demand $15 a Day, Death Toll in Brazil Landslides Rises to 117, with 100+ Still Missing, Canadian Police Investigating Sabotage of Coastal GasLink Pipeline Worksite,…

Staff (2022-02-18). Second Ukrainian tests positive for banned drug at Olympics. rt.com The bobsledder's Winter Olympics sample contained a steroid, doping chiefs announced in the wake of a Ukrainian skier testing positive for three banned substances | Strongwoman-turned-bobsledder Lidiia Hunko has become the second Ukrainian to fail a drugs test at the Beijing Winter Olympic Games this week, the International Testing Agency (ITA) has announced. | The 28-year-old, who is a former world champion deadlifter, was tested by the ITA during an in-competition anti-doping control check on Monday, when she finished 20th in the women's monobob. | A World Anti-Doping Agency-accredited (WADA) laboratory in B…

JANET (2022-02-18). Ukraine crisis: who fabricates a war, and how? iacenter.org By Sergio Rodriguez Gelfenstein The author is a Venezuelan international relations expert, who was previously Director of the International Relations of the Presidency of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, his country's ambassador to Nicaragua and an advisor for international politics for TELESUR. Translation: United World International, edited by John Catalinotto. Feb. 2 — It is almost natural that countries (especially the powers that have more capability of doing so) would like to resolve their internal problems by unleashing conflicts abroad. For that, they invent attacks on their national security,…

WSWS (2022-02-18). Video: SGP chairman condemns NATO's war preparations against Russia. wsws.org In this video Christoph Vandreier, the chairman of the Sozialistische Gleichheitspartei (SGP—Socialist Equality Party), condemns NATO's preparations for war against Russia and explains the need for an international anti-war movement.

Vijay Prashad (2022-02-18). What red book will you read this year on Red Books Day (21 February)?: The Seventh Newsletter (2022). mronline.org Out of his world of struggle and his world of books emerged Pansare's commitment to culture and to intellectual liberation. Along with his comrades, he set up the Shramik Pratishthan (Workers' Trust), which not only published books but also held seminars and lectures. One of the most popular programmes organised by the Trust was the annual literary festival in honour of the Marathi writer Annabhau Sathe.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-02-18). Behind the Headlines: Trudeau Cracks Down on Trucker Convoy. libya360.wordpress.com Join Behind The Headlines correspondent Dan Cohen and independent journalist Kelli Kieley for a discussion on the Freedom Trucker Convoy protesting vaccinate mandates in Ottawa as Canadian authorities move to break up the protest. We'll be joined by trucker O'Jay Laidley, who is currently in the protest. Join @BTHeadline correspondent @dancohen3000 and independent journalist Kelli…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-02-18). Was the Hacking of Ottawa Trucker Convoy Donors a US-Canadian Intelligence Operation? libya360.wordpress.com Kit Klarenberg Aubrey Cottle, the hacker claiming credit for stealing convoy donor info, has boasted of work with the FBI and Canadian law enforcement. The data was published by DDoSecrets, an anti-Wikileaks non-profit which has targeted states in the crosshairs of US intelligence. On February 13th, the names and personal details of almost 100,000 individuals…

Mark Gruenberg (2022-02-18). Mine Workers, allies make the case against 'vulture capital' on Capitol Hill. peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON—Providing evidence of huge pay cuts, lost pensions, high health care charges, finance-driven collusion and monopolies, and outright destruction of firms, families, and unions, the Mine Workers and their allies made the case on Capitol Hill against secretive unaccountable "vulture capital" hedge funds. Their poster boy for corporate greed: Three hedge funds, Apollo Global Management; …

_____ (2022-02-18). How We Turned The Tables On Starbucks Union-Busters. popularresistance.org Let me set the stage for you: A single cheese pizza cut into sixteenths, a small group of chairs awkwardly arranged to a circle, and corporate level managers trying to chat baristas up like we were best friends. | Our store had closed at noon that Tuesday, so that the company could hold four consecutive "store meetings," each with a group of around six employees. A few weeks before, five workers had to go into isolation due to Covid and the store had barely modified operating hours—but for these meetings we could shut down for almost the entire day. | These were Starbucks' "listening sessions," or corporate…

Dan Beeton (2022-02-18). Labor Solidarity, and Worker Victories, Across Borders. cepr.net NACLA See article on original site Book Review: International Solidarity in Action: The Relationship Between the United Electrical Workers (UE) and Frente Auténtico del Trabajo, by Robin Alexander On February 3, workers at a General Motors plant in Silao, Mexico, secured an important victory for organized labor when a huge majority voted to join the …

Gloria Rubac (2022-02-18). Rodney Reed ‚àí overturn his conviction and death sentence! workers.org Rodney Reed's birthday was Dec. 22. This was the 24th birthday and holiday season he has spent away from his children, his five brothers, his mother and his large loving family — while entombed in solitary confinement on death row in Texas. Rodney Reed in court, 2015. WW PHOTO: Gloria . . . |

Hi'keem Mobley (2022-02-18). Starbucks workers remain determined to unionize despite retaliatory firings. liberationnews.org The workers at the Poplar-Highland store who were fired have asserted that their termination is blatant retaliation against them for organizing a union.

Jim McMahan (2022-02-18). Rally against union busting at Starbucks headquarters. workers.org Seattle Rally calling for rehiring of Memphis 7 outside Starbucks' headquarters in Seattle, Feb. 15. Seattle City Councilmember Kshama Sawant called for holding actions across the country on Feb. 15 to protest Starbucks' firing of the Memphis 7. In front of Starbucks' national/world headquarters, 100 unionists, Starbucks workers and solidarity . . . |

Martha Grevatt (2022-02-18). Workers World message to 'The International' Marxist magazine. workers.org Workers World newspaper congratulates Progressive Thinkers for its first year of consistent monthly publication of "The International" (Internationalmagz.com) as an openly "not unbiased" communist magazine and blog. We salute the initiators of this endeavour, Debojit Banerjee, Shuvam Banerjee, Sourav Chakraborty and Gourab Ghosh, for creating a venue for members of . . . |

Fight Back (2022-02-18). United Steelworkers on strike at Sherwin-Williams. fightbacknews.org Pittsburgh, PA – 55 members of United Steelworkers (USW) Local 14919 began an unfair labor practice strike against Sherwin-Williams on Saturday, February 5 at the company's facility in Bedford Heights, Ohio. | Negotiations started on October 26, 2021, and union members had been working without a contract since the previous agreement expired on November 20. Sherwin-Williams refused to enter into an extension agreement. | Terrell Williams, president of United Steelworkers Local 14919 states, "All we are asking for is a fair and just contract that keeps up with inflation and provides economic sustainability and sec…

WSWS (2022-02-18). Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa. wsws.org Baggage handlers hold three-day wildcat strike in Copenhagen Airport, Denmark over pay and conditions, ruled illegal and condemned by union; thousands of teachers in Belgium walk out over pay, conditions and class sizes; South African Clover food workers' strike over pay and job cuts continues into week twelve, tens of thousands of Sibanye-Stillwater gold miners vote to strike over pay…

WSWS (2022-02-18). New Zealand rail workers highlight unsafe conditions as COVID-19 surge continues. wsws.org While the media provides round-the-clock coverage of a small anti-vax protest outside New Zealand's parliament, there is growing anger and opposition to the Labour Party-led government's policy of allowing COVID-19 to spread.

Norse posting (2022-02-18). City Attorney Threatens Food Not Bombs; Emergency Meeting 5 PM Friday. indybay.org Today, Keith McHenry, local Food Not Bombs worker, forwarded me the following threatening letter from Deputy City Attorney Cassie Bronson. McHenry called my Free Radio-on-the-Net show to discuss the letter and announced an emergency meeting 5 PM tomorrow (5-18) at the Red Church.

JANET (2022-02-18). Unite for Feb. 26 — Workers Power Day! iacenter.org February 17, 2022 Solidarity with Starbucks, Amazon and all workers who are organizing and fighting back Fight against racism and all forms of oppression and exploitation — these struggles are part and parcel of the workers movement. Black Lives Matter! Unite our many struggles into one powerful force! Starbucks workers are leading an electrifying drive to organize the major coffee chain, often with several stores announcing they're joining this growing movement every day. From coast to coast and globally, Amazon workers are organizing to build workers' power at one of the world's largest and most oppressiv…

WSWS (2022-02-18). Australia: Svitzer steps up pressure on workers to accept cuts to wages and conditions. wsws.org Determined to drive through a regressive new deal, Australia's largest tugboat operator is threatening to terminate the existing enterprise agreement covering workers.

Betsey Piette (2022-02-18). What $203 billion can buy. workers.org Oh, the trials and tribulations of centibillionaire Jeff Bezos — what to do with $203 billion? Go into space? Done that. Go into space a second time? Lost the thrill when Elon Musk, who took over your title as 'the world's richest man,' launched his own ship. Jeff Bezos asked . . . |

WSWS (2022-02-18). Reject APWU sellout! Oppose Postal Reform Act robbery. wsws.org Postal workers are being asked to ratify a fraudulent tentative agreement imposing further drastic cuts and, to add further insult, freeing management and the APWU to rewrite its terms at their discretion.

WSWS (2022-02-18). UK cost of living crisis hits millions as inflation reaches new record. wsws.org Many staples are now unaffordable for millions of people. Workers are not seeing their wages rise to compensate.

WSWS (2022-02-18). USW pushes ExxonMobil deal to end Texas lockout: A warning to all oil workers. wsws.org ExxonMobil's latest ultimatum, which the United Steelworkers will bring to a vote on Monday, would set the precedent for the wholesale destruction of the jobs, wages, benefits and working conditions of workers throughout the entire oil industry.

JANET (2022-02-18). Workers Power Day in solidarity with Starbucks, Amazon, all workers organizing! iacenter.org ‚áí Solidarity with Starbucks, Amazon, and all workers who are organizing and fighting back ‚áí Fight against racism and all forms of oppression and exploitation — these struggles are part and parcel of the workers movement. Black Lives Matter! ‚áí Unite our many struggles into one powerful force! Organize an action in your area in solidarity with this growing movement! Starbucks workers are leading an electrifying drive to organize the major coffee chain, often with several stores announcing they're joining this growing movement every day. From co…

_____ (2022-02-18). The Revolutionary Power Of The Real Circular Economy. popularresistance.org Most of us are familiar with the social and environmental impacts of life under the Capitalocene ('the age of capital' — the historical era shaped by the endless accumulation of capital): inequality, commodification, imperialism, racism, and much more are already causing intragenerational suffering and ecological collapse. We are bombarded weekly with publications that assess the dire state of the world — and while I don't want to focus on this, a brief reminder is in order. | There is extensive literature portraying the social and ecological degradation of our times (e.g. Intergovernmental Panel on C…

Ann Brown (2022-02-18). 10 Famous Quotes From Black Panther Party Legend Huey Newton. moguldom.com Huey Newton, the co-founder of the revolutionary Black power group the Black Panther Party, would have been 80 years old on Feb. 17. With co-founder Bobby Seale and other activists in Oakland, he led one of the most powerful Black nationalist groups of the 1960s. Newton was born in 1942 and died on Aug. 22, …

Revolution Books (2022-02-18). Friday 2/18: Carl Dix speaks at Rev Bks NY Bringing Back Stop & Frisk and NYPD Street Crimes Units. indybay.org Revolution Books, 2444 Durant Ave. Berkeley CA 94704…

Revolution Books (2022-02-18). Tuesday 2/22: Virtual Author Event: The Prophets with Robert Jones, Jr. indybay.org Online event, organized by Revolution Books, 2444 Durant Ave. Berkeley CA 94704…

_____ (2022-02-18). What Red Book Will You Read This Year On Red Books Day? popularresistance.org On 16 February 2015, Govind and Uma Pansare went for a morning walk near their home in Kolhapur, in the western state of Maharashtra, India. Two men on a motorcycle stopped them and asked for directions, but the Pansares could not help them. One of the men laughed, pulled out a gun, and shot the two Pansares. Uma Pansare was hit but survived the attack. Her husband, Govind Pansare, died in a hospital shortly thereafter on 20 February at age 82. | Raised in poverty, Govind Pansare was fortunate to go to school, where he encountered Marxist ideas. In 1952, at the age of 19, Pansare joined the Communist Party of Ind…

José Manuel Blanco Diaz (2022-02-18). Washington Might be Abandoning Guaidó's Project & Aiming at 2024 Presidential Race. orinocotribune.com In what many analysts already consider to be a turn in the imperialist policy against Venezuela, the United States government and its allies in the European Union have spoken of the need for electoral agreements permitting "crucial conditions for a free and fair electoral process by 2024." | This stand appears to implicitly recognize the terms clearly defined by the Constitution of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, regarding the date of the upcoming presidential elections. In this sense, the vaunted "proposal" of former deputy Juan Guaidó, and his efforts to bring about an early electoral process, outside of…

Sharon Zhang (2022-02-18). Apple Store Employees Are Reportedly Unionizing. truthout.org Employees at at least eight Apple Stores in the U.S. are in various stages of unionizing efforts, according to new reporting According to anonymous sources, including at least one organizer, two stores are prepared to file a petition for unionization with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) and have contacted major unions, while six other stores are in more nascent stages of organizing, The…

Peoples Dispatch (2022-02-18). ICC throws out petition to investigate Evo Morales for crimes against humanity. peoplesdispatch.org Evo Morales described the ICC verdict as a "victory of truth over falsehood." Jeanine àÅñez's coup-installed government had blamed Morales and union and farmer leaders for COVID-19 deaths after the 2020 general strike…

Jake Johnson (2022-02-18). EU Chief Calls Patents "Precious" as Hundreds of Millions Lack Vaccine Access. truthout.org The head of the European Commission on Friday defended coronavirus-related intellectual property protections as "precious" after South Africa's president reiterated his support for a temporary patent waiver, arguing the step is necessary to ramp up vaccine production on the African continent. | Speaking at the E.U.-African Union summit in Brussels, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen argued that instead of suspending vaccine-related intellectual property protections, world leade…

Joel Wendland-Liu (2022-02-18). New book explores fear of Black consciousness—and who fears it. peoplesworld.org Neurotic behaviors include what Gordon calls "bad faith" denials of reality. Evidence means nothing while persisting in beliefs simply for the sake of winning an argument or holding onto a view of reality that comforts their ego. Egotism is a pathological condition that denies the relationality of events, humans, and identities. It is the drive for purity and the exclusion or elimination of difference, and is reflected in racial theories, Eurocentrism, and insidious individualism. Each of these disorders drives fear of guilt about the collective responsibility of whites for racist anti-Blackness. Guilt is "agg…

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