Monthly Archives: April 2021

2021-04-30: News Headlines

Milton Howard (2021-04-30). May Day: Made in the U.S.A. peoplesworld.org Download and print a PDF of this article for easy distribution at May Day events. CHICAGO—On the morning of Oct. 6, 1886, Albert Parsons, native of Alabama, whose brother was a general in the Civil War, rose in a Chicago courtroom to make the last speech of his life. He was facing his doom as …

Lee Camp (2021-04-30). The CIA Has Been Taking Over for Decades—Even Former Presidents Tried to Warn Us BY MODERATOR. counterpunch.org December 22, 1963 — exactly one month after President John F. Kennedy had been assassinated, former President Harry S. Truman published an op-ed in the Washington Post that most people, especially our perfumed ruling elite, wanted to ignore. Truman, who signed the CIA into existence just after World War II, wrote, "I think it has become necessary to

Farzana Versey (2021-04-30). Corona in Cow Land — India Critical. counterpunch.org People are dying outside hospitals because there are no beds available. A big private hospital known for its celebrity patients has transformed its lobby into a Covid ward. In other hospitals patients are sharing beds; some are getting oxygen while lying down on the floor or even in an autorickshaw parked outside. These are the lucky few. Many are still begging for help.

Staff (2021-04-30). Headlines for April 30, 2021. democracynow.org India COVID Cases Continue to Soar as Arundhati Roy Decries "Crime Against Humanity", Deaths Soar in Latin America; Brazil COVID Death Toll Tops 400,000, 44 Ultra-Orthordox Jews Die in Stampede at Religious Site, Abbas Postpones Palestinian Elections, USAID Watchdog Criticizes Trump's Politicization of Aid to Venezuela, Thousands Flee into Thailand as Burmese Junta Launches Airstrikes Near Border, Florida Approves Sweeping Voter Suppression Bill, West Virginia, Florida & Texas Bills Target Trans Youth, Biden Vows to Close Private Detention Centers in Response to Georgia Protesters, Right-Wing Extremists Face New…

Vijay Prashad (2021-04-30). The U.S. is trying to light the match of Islamic extremism in China's Xinjiang. mronline.org The information war now conducted by the U.S. against China centers on Xinjiang. Once again, the U.S. uses longstanding problems—such as the rise of extremism in Central Asia (fueled to some extent by the U.S. since the 1980s)—to create problems for its adversaries. | April 30, 2021 | Newswire…

Vijay Prashad — Jie Xiong (2021-04-30). The U.S. is Trying to Light the Match of Islamic Extremism in China's Xinjiang. counterpunch.org Accusations by the United States government and its allies about genocideand forced labor in Xinjiang have brought China's westernmost province into the gaze of the international media. This approach toward Xinjiang defines the information war prosecuted by Washington.

Lucia Eugenia Cordova (2021-04-30). Ten PDVSA Officials Arrested for Diversion of Diesel and Gasoline in Maracaibo. orinocotribune.com In the past few hours ten officials, including carriers and managers, of Venezuela's state-owned oil company PDVSA were arrested for diversion of diesel and premium gasoline at the Bajo Grande refinery and distribution plant, located in the city of Maracaibo (Zulia state). This was communicated to the country on Thursday, April 29, in the weekly press conference by the Attorney General of Venezuela, Tarek William Saab. | "The investigation was initiated by virtue of a complaint lodged by the manager of Comprehensive Security of Operations and the International Trade and Supply Market. It was determined that there…

Marilyn Bechtel (2021-04-30). Right-wing recall election advances vs. California. Gov. Gavin Newsom. peoplesworld.org California Secretary of State Shirley Weber announced on April 26 that over 1.6 million valid voter signatures were submitted on petitions seeking to recall Governor Gavin Newsom, making it all but certain that a recall election will be held toward the end of this year. The recall petition campaign — the sixth such effort to …

Howard Zinn (2021-04-30). The Myth of American Exceptionalism. mronline.org Howard Zinn (1922-2010) offers a talk at MIT titled "The Myth of American Exceptionalism," | April 30, 2021 | Newswire…

Matthew Stevenson (2021-04-30). Letters From Minsk: The Pripet Marshes. counterpunch.org This is the eighth in a series about train and bicycle rides from Switzerland to Belarus, in those carefree days before pandemic lockdowns. Before leaving the Brest Fortress (on the Belarus-Polish border) I inspected various museums and monuments from the Second World War, when again the fortress was a bastion fought over by Russians and

David Yearsley (2021-04-30). All Dressed Up for the Oscars and Nowhere to Go. counterpunch.org This past Sunday a pared-down pandemic contingent of Hollywood elites conducted the annual Academy Award rituals of self-glorification not, as they have done since 2002, in the modern glitz of the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood itself, but in the Art Deco splendor of downtown Los Angeles's Union Station. It seemed oddly fitting, more than a

Amiad Horowitz (2021-04-30). Red Scare foreign policy is back, 46 years after end of Vietnam War. peoplesworld.org April 30, 2021 marks the 46th anniversary of the fall of Saigon, and the end of the conflict known in the U.S. as the Vietnam War. This anniversary provides an opportunity to review the mistakes of the past so as to make sure they are not repeated again. What started America's most traumatic war, and …

Betsey Piette (2021-04-30). Rally demands: MOVE children deserve to rest in peace. workers.org Philadelphia YahNé Ndgo opened the rally outside the Penn Museum in Philadelphia April 28 by denouncing the University of Pennsylvania's sadistic desecration of the remains of two young Black MOVE family members. Ndgo, representing Black Lives Matter Philadelphia, stated: "We can never forget the humanity of Black people, and we . . . |

Ramzy Baroud (2021-04-30). Bottom-up Politics: Grassroots Activism Drive Pro-Palestine Shift in the US. counterpunch.org At a recent virtual J Street Conference, US Senators, Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren broke yet another political taboo when they expressed willingness to leverage US military aid as a way to pressure Israel to respect Palestinian human rights. Sanders believes that the US "must be willing to bring real pressure to bear, including restricting

Staff (2021-04-30). "A Threshold Crossed": Israel Is Guilty of Apartheid, Human Rights Watch Says for First Time. democracynow.org A major new report by Human Rights Watch says for the first time that Israel is committing crimes of apartheid and persecution in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. The international human rights group says Israeli authorities dispossessed, confined and forcibly separated Palestinians. "For years, prominent voices have warned that apartheid lurked just around the corner. But it's very clear that that threshold has been crossed," says Omar Shakir, Israel and Palestine director at Human Rights Watch. "It's time for the international community to recognize the reality on the ground for what it is — aparthei…

Staff (2021-04-30). Bone Rooms: How Elite Schools and Museums Amassed Black and Native Human Remains Without Consent. democracynow.org Revelations the University of Pennsylvania and Princeton hold the remains of a child killed by Philadelphia police in the 1985 MOVE bombing are the latest development in a conversation about demanding respectful treatment of African American remains in museum collections, especially those of the enslaved. The Penn Museum also apologized last week for holding more than 1,000 stolen skulls of enslaved people in its Morton Collection, and the president of Harvard University issued a letter in January acknowledging the 22,000 human remains in its collections included 15 from people of African descent who may have bee…

Tom Engelhardt (2021-04-30). American-Style War Until the End of Time? counterpunch.org Here's the strange thing in an ever-stranger world: I was born in July 1944 in the midst of a devastating world war. That war ended in August 1945 with the atomic obliteration of two Japanese cities, Hiroshima and Nagasaki, by the most devastating bombs in history up to that moment, given the sweet code names

Tom Engelhardt (2021-04-30). No, getting out of Afghanistan doesn't end America's Forever Wars: A Lifetime "at War" juancole.com ( Tomdispatch.com ) Here's the strange thing in an ever-stranger world: I was born in July 1944 in the midst of a devastating world war. That war ended in August 1945 with the atomic obliteration of two Japanese cities, Hiroshima and Nagasaki, by the most devastating bombs in history up to that moment, given the …

Anonymous103 (2021-04-30). Cold War 2.0: U.S. Stops Issuing Visas To Russians. southfront.org Illustrative image | The US Embassy in Moscow announced Friday that it would cut consular services and staff in line with new restrictions imposed by Russia. The last week President Vladimir Putin signed

Anonymous669 (2021-04-30). Central Syria: Russian Airstrikes Killed More Than 50 Terrorists In Past Month. southfront.org File image. | More than 50 terrorists of ISIS had been killed in central Syria over the past month as a result of airstrikes carried out by the Russian Aerospace Forces (VKS), the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) reported on April 30. | According to the London-based monitoring group, Russian warplanes carried out at least 1,260 airstrikes on ISIS cells in central Syria."SOHR activists documented the death of 59 ISIS members and the injury of 38 others due to over 1,260 Russian airs…

Anonymous669 (2021-04-30). Russian Warplanes Foiled Drone Attack, Hit Targets In Greater Idlib & Northern Aleppo (Photos). southfront.org A ground crew member reports to pilots that their Sukhoi Su-30 fighter jet is ready for a combat mission at Hmeymim air base near Latakia, Syria, in this handout photograph released by Russia's Defence Ministry, October 22, 2015. (Photo by Reuters/Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation) | The Russian Aerospace Forces (VKS) have foiled a drone attack and destroyed a number of high-value targets in Greater Idlib and northern Aleppo, the Sputnik news agency reported. | Late on April 29, VKS warplanes shot down si…

teleSUR (2021-04-30). The 'Doctor of the Poor' To Be Beatified Today in Venezuela. telesurenglish.net Venezuela will hold the beatification ceremony of Jose Gregorio Hernandez, a scientist who was popularly known as the "Doctor of the Poor" due to his humanitarian work during his lifetime between 1864 and 1919. | RELATED: | "Hernandez's beatification is a special blessing from God for Venezuela. It Invites us to be more supportive with each other, so we can revive and reborn after the pandemic," Pope Francis told t…

Binoy Kampmark (2021-04-30). Giving War With China a Chance. counterpunch.org Those madly titillated by conflict have become bolder of late in the corridors of the isolated Australian capital. In such spaces, insanity can be nurtured with a sickening attention to detail, much of it fictitious. One of the most powerful bureaucrats of the Australian Public Service has made a contribution to a war dance he

Susan Price (2021-04-30). Documenting a century of resistance in Palestine. greenleft.org.au Alex Salmon reviews a new book documenting one hundred years of war and resistance.

Black Alliance for Peace (2021-04-30). May 1: Making International Workers' Day a Day of Action Against Imperialism. globalresearch.ca War, repression, and imperialism characterize the objective plight of billions of …

teleSUR (2021-04-30). Colombian Paramilitaries Killed Another Farmer Leader. telesurenglish.net Colombia's Institute of Studies for Development and Peace (INDEPAZ) on Thursday reported the murder of social leader Wilson Lopez by armed men in Aguadas municipality, Caldas Department. | RELATED: | "Lopez, who was renowned for promoting family farming campaigns in El Congal village, was shot to death while walking through the community on Wednesday afternoon," INDEPAZ stated. | The social leader encouraged the return to the com…

Dave DeCamp (2021-04-30). China Says US Has Ramped Up Military Activity Near Its Coast Under Biden. news.antiwar.com China said on Thursday said that "The US frequently dispatches ships and planes to operate in seas and airspace near China, promoting regional militarization and threatening regional peace and…

Bay Area Votercade (2021-04-30). Saturday 5/8: John Lewis Voter Advancement Day: Oakland Votercade & Tailgate Rally. indybay.org Meet at Malibu Lot at Oracle Arena, 7000 Coliseum Way, Oakland, CA 94621 | Masks and Safety Distancing Required; Peaceful event…

Jason Ditz (2021-04-30). Iran Hopes for Better Saudi Ties After 'Change of Tone'. news.antiwar.com On April 9 it was reported that Iraq had put together secret talks between Iran and Saudi Arabia in Baghdad. Officials are now confirming as much, and Iranian and Saudi officials are both talking of a new era of cooperation and improved ties. | Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman confirmed this week that he's hoping for a "good and special relationship," and Iranian Foreign Ministry officials say they are This is a big change, as Iran and Saudi…

Dave DeCamp (2021-04-30). China Accuses US of 'Cold War Thinking' in Response to Biden's Address. news.antiwar.com On Thursday, Beijing responded to When asked about the speech,

Editor2 (2021-04-30). Working People Need to Oppose Warlike Aggressive US Actions Abroad and at Home (CAWC May 1st Statement). orinocotribune.com May Day 2021, May 1st. Working People Need to Oppose Warlike Aggressive U.S. Actions Abroad and at Home, and Oppose the Exploitative and Oppressive System Behind This. | By Chicago Anti-War Coalition (CAWC) — Apr 29, 2021 | It is working people who pay for the U.S. government's aggression on people around the world and here at home. The government's attacks benefit banks and corporations—not us. | It's our youth who are recruited into the military when they see no job future. Then they are trained to kill people who have done them no harm. And they are recruited into racist and violent and militarized…

WSWS (2021-04-30). UK to send largest Carrier Strike Group since Falklands/Malvinas war to South China Sea. wsws.org No Royal Navy force has been mobilised on such a scale since the 1982 Falklands/Malvinas war.

Kelley Beaucar Vlahos (2021-04-30). End of an Era? Afghanistan Is Now Graveyard of Contractors, Too. globalresearch.ca The golden post-9/11 years of the war contractor — the providers …

AARON (2021-04-30). The CIA Has Been Taking Over for Decades—Even Former Presidents Tried to Warn Us. peoplesparty.org If you're looking for proof the CIA and the whole cavalcade of other intelligence agencies working with them have gotten too big, look no further than the DNI's latest report.: | (As seen on Truman…

Stansfield Smith (2021-04-30). The US Plan to Imprison Businesspeople in Other Countries for "Violating" Illegal US Sanctions: The Cases of Alex Saab, Meng Wanzhou, Mun Chol Myong. orinocotribune.com By Stansfield Smith — Apr 27, 2021 | The The US uses sanctions as a tool to overthrow governments that do not kow-tow to it. Sanctions are a weapon of war on civilians. They destroy the economy of a country ("make the economy scream") by causing hyp…

WSWS (2021-04-30). Alabama Educators Rank-and-File Safety Committee meeting calls for class unity, supports Warrior Met miners. wsws.org A powerful meeting sponsored by educators in the Deep South spoke out to support the growing class struggle across the region and nationally.

Moderator (2021-04-30). Whatever Happened to Americans' Moral Compass? scheerpost.com Art by Mr. Fish] Click to subscribe on: Apple / Spotify / Google Play The Vietnam War is one of many heinous stains on American history that to this day often is told through a revisionist lens or outright ignored. Yet the truth remains beneath the layers of whitewashing that the U.S. government sent thousands of Americans to slaughter and be slaughtered over a conflict that had everything to do… |

Rick Rozoff (2021-04-30). Australia to spend $747 million to upgrade bases used by U.S. military, expand joint war games. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Australia to spend $747 million to upgrade bases used by U.S. military, expand joint war gamesRick Rozoff On April 28 Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced that his government will apportion $747 million ($580 million American) to upgrade four military bases in the north of the country and to increase and expand war games with …

Graham Peebles (2021-04-30). Ethiopia: Violence, Instability, and the Need for Law and Order. dissidentvoice.org An unresolved war in the north of the country; ethnic based violence some are describing as genocide in the West; random explosions of aggression in various regions: Ethiopia is trembling. With around 117 million people, Ethiopia has the second largest population in Africa, made up of 80 or so tribal groups, all with their own …

sputniknews (2021-04-30). US General Warns China Nuclear Buildup 'On Track to Exceed Previous Projections'. sputniknews.com China's effort to expand its influence was estimated as one of the largest threats facing the United States, according to a major annual intelligence report released on 13 April, which also foresaw Beijing at least doubling its nuclear stockpile over the next decade.

news.un (2021-04-30). Address inequalities to end AIDS by 2030, UN chief says in new report. news.un.org Inequalities in addressing AIDS threaten global efforts to stamp out the disease as a public health threat by 2030, UN Secretary-General António Guterres warned in a report published on Friday, which provides 10 key recommendations to get the world back on track.

sputniknews (2021-04-30). Prince Harry is 'Feeling Embarrassed & Awkward' After Oprah 'Tell-All', Royal Author Claims. sputniknews.com The Duke of Sussex made a homecoming trip to attend the funeral of his grandfather Prince Philip on 17 April but has now reportedly been back to the US to reunite with pregnant wife Meghan and son Archie. According to a writer of his biography, Duncan Larcombe, this short visit has only reminded him about the things he lost…

Pip Hinman (2021-04-30). Fight for what we deserve. greenleft.org.au Sam Wainwright asks how bosses, currently demanding that Fair Work Australia not increase award wages, would react to a legislated freeze on the price they could charge for goods and services?

Pip Hinman (2021-04-30). Wages: Fight for what we deserve. greenleft.org.au Sam Wainwright asks how would bosses, who are currently demanding that Fair Work Australia not raise award wages, react to a legislated freeze on the price they charge for goods and services.

Oakland Asian Cultural Center (2021-04-30). Saturday 5/1: 46 Years After the End of the Vietnam War: A Conversation About Empathy & Healing. indybay.org Zoom…

Staff (2021-04-29). Ambassador Adán Chávez Praises the Work of China's Communist Party. orinocotribune.com The Communist Party of China (CCP) has been fundamental in the social and economic development achieved by the Asian country in recent decades, said Adán Chávez, vice president of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), reported Xinhua. | "There are one hundred years of fruitful work, of great achievements, of enormous advances for the happiness of the Chinese people," Chávez, who is also Venezuela's ambassador to Cuba, told Xinhua, referring to the centenary of the founding of the CCP to be celebrated in July. | Chávez, who visited China four times between 2017 and 2019, asserted that the strong leadersh…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2021-04-29). NATO Nations Wage Hidden War in Mali. libya360.wordpress.com Rick Rozoff Photo: Donald Sparks/AFRICOM With the end of the Cold War and the collapse of the Soviet Union and the socialist bloc it led, the world witnessed what some termed the unipolar moment and others the end of history. No entity benefited more from the opening up of the world than the Pentagon. It…

Rick Rozoff (2021-04-29). NATO nations wage hidden war in Mali. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com NATO nations wage hidden war in MaliRick Rozoff With the end of the Cold War and the collapse of the Soviet Union and the socialist bloc it led, the world witnessed what some termed the unipolar moment and others the end of history. No entity benefited more from the opening up of the world than …

Rick Rozoff (2021-04-29). NATO Nations Wage Hidden War in Mali. news.antiwar.com With the end of the Cold War and the collapse of the Soviet Union and the socialist bloc it led, the world witnessed what some termed the unipolar moment and others the end of history. No entity benefited more from the opening up of the world than the Pentagon. It immediately insinuated itself into every …

Abby Martin (2021-04-29). Biden's first act of war hits 3 Countries. mronline.org Biden's Feb. 26 strike in Syria was a crime, and risks major war with three countries. | April 29, 2021 | Newswire…

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2021-04-29: News Headlines

Vijay Prashad (2021-04-29). The US is trying to light the match of Islamic extremism in China's Xinjiang. peoplesdispatch.org The information war now conducted by the US against China centers on Xinjiang. Once again, the US uses longstanding problems—such as the rise of extremism in Central Asia (fueled to some extent by the US since the 1980s)—to create problems for its adversaries…

sputniknews (2021-04-29). China Urges Australian Politicians to 'Shake Off the Cold War Mentality'. sputniknews.com Australia-China relations have been growing tense since Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison urged Beijing last year to allow an independent probe into the origins of COVID-19. This prompted a response from Beijing, leading to reciprocal economic sanctions.

Abby Martin (2021-04-29). Biden's first act of war hits 3 Countries. mronline.org Biden's Feb. 26 strike in Syria was a crime, and risks major war with three countries. | April 29, 2021 | Newswire…

Staff (2021-04-29). Defend Jerusalem, Rally for Return and Liberation: Take Action for the Week of Palestinian Struggle 15-22 May. samidoun.net Defend Jerusalem Freedom for the Prisoners Resistance Toward Victory Return and Liberation Take Action! Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network urges organizations, activists, social movements and friends of Palestine everywhere to take action to defend Jerusalem, rally for Palestinians' right to return, and act for justice and liberation for all of Palestine. We join in the call for the Week of Action for Palestinian Struggle, 15-22 May 2021: take action, march, rally, protest, organize and struggle for Palestine! Read the call from the Masar Badil (Alternative Palestinian Path) here As we approach the…

Mark Ashwill (2021-04-29). Kill Anything That Moves: The Real American War in Vietnam Revisited. counterpunch.org The greatest purveyor of violence in the world today: my own government. — Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., April 1967 Enough has been said, here and elsewhere, about the contents of the bestselling book Kill Anything That Moves: The Real American War in Vietnam (KATM) and the meticulous archival and field research on which it

David Rovics (2021-04-29). "They're Dirty!" Standing Up at Kelly Butte. counterpunch.org Increasingly, there are many worlds within this city of Portland, Oregon. There are the real estate moguls and investment bankers who are experiencing the greatest profits in the history of civilization, if that's the term. Every day on the news they tell us how the prices of houses have never been higher, and no one is even selling for asking price. Buyers have to engage in bidding wars, and the one who can pay in cash, no questions asked, tends to win. It's a great situation to be in if you're rich.

David Rovics (2021-04-29). "They're Dirty!" Standing Up at Kelly Butte. counterpunch.org Standing near the top of Kelly Butte and looking toward the west, you have a great view of i-205, with a mess of six lanes of traffic and a wild combination of on- and off-ramps leading to major intersections, there just east of the highway, in between SE Division Street and Powell Boulevard. Among the

Global Research News (2021-04-29). Selected Articles: "Blood Clots and Beyond" globalresearch.ca By In February, 2021, Professor Sucharit Bhakdi, M.D. and a number of his colleagues warned the European Medicines Agency about the potential danger of blood clots and cerebral …

Joe Glenton (2021-04-29). 'Lest we forget': anti-war statue of Iraq veteran goes up in Margate. thecanary.co A statue of a young soldier has gone up in Margate. And it's quite different to most military statues. It depicts Daniel Taylor, a young anti-war Iraq veteran and campaigner who suffers from PTSD and has a powerful message for Britain's politicians. | The statue is named April is the Cruellest Month, after a T.S Eliot poem. It's the work of Iraqi-American artist

Jose Manuel Blanco Diaz (2021-04-29). Farewell, Professor Aristóbulo Istúriz! orinocotribune.com A new bout of deep sadness is being endured in the ranks of the Bolivarian Revolution, after the sorrowful loss of Professor Aristóbulo Istúriz, an outstanding social leader, workers advocate, and teacher who served as Minister for Education in recent years. | The unfortunate news was reported on social media networks in the evening hours of this Tuesday, April 27, when the Executive Vice President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Delcy Rodríguez, expressed her regret for the physical departure of "the prof," as he was known by many. | Rodríguez highlighted the character of Minister Istúriz, as a fighter…

Anonymous103 (2021-04-29). Military Situation In Iraq On April 29, 2021 (Map Update). southfront.org Click to see full-size image | On April 29, a logistical convoy of the US military was targeted by an IED attack in the Yusufiyah area. | On April 28, Iraqi groups attacked Balad Airbase with a suicide drone. | On April 29, clashes between Turkish Army and the PKK continued in the northern Iraq. | On April 29, a suicide bomber wearing an explosive belt was shot dead by security forces in Kirkuk. | On April 29, the PMU and Iraqi Army started a security operation against ISIS in west of Mosul. | M…

Anonymous103 (2021-04-29). Award-Winning Journalist Julian Assange Languishes In A British Super Max Prison At The Behest Of The Biden Regime. southfront.org Written by Dr. Leon Tressell. The United States and its NATO allies have weaponised the issue of human rights; using…

Anonymous103 (2021-04-29). Military Situation In Yemen On April 29 (Map Update). southfront.org Click to see full-size image | The Liaison and Coordination Officers' Operations Room (loyal to Ansar Allah) reported 107 ceasefire violations in al-Hudaydah during the past 24 hours. | On April 28, Saudi-led coalition warplanes conducted 15 airstrikes on the Sarwah area. | On April 28, Saudi-led coalition warplanes conducted 2 airstrikes on the Majzar area. | On April 28, Saudi-led coalition warplanes conducted 2 airstrikes on the Hazm area. | On April 28, Ansar Allah attacked King Khalid Airbase with a…

Anonymous103 (2021-04-29). Military Situation In Syria On April 28, 2021 (Map Update). southfront.org Click to see full-size image | On April 29, Russia On April 28, the Ansar Abu Bakr al-Siddiq group claimed responsibility for an attack on a Turkish military v…

Anonymous103 (2021-04-29). Mike Pezzullo And Giving War A Chance. southfront.org One of Australia's two Canberra Class LHDs conducting exercises with a U.S. Navy Arleigh Burke Class DDG and Nimitz Class CVN. Although possible, it is hard to image Australia committing significant naval assets to a U.S. strike against China. Australia has far too much to lose and little to gain from such a scenario. | Written by Dr. Binoy Kampmark. | Those madly titillated by conflict have become bolder of late in the corridors of the isolated Australian capital. In such spaces, insanity can be nurtured with a sickening atten…

Anonymous103 (2021-04-29). Peace Talks On Eastern Ukraine Failed To Establish "Easter Truce" In Donbass (Map Update). southfront.org Photo by Mykola Lazarenko/POOL | On April 28, a regular meeting of the Trilateral Contact Group (TCG) on the settlement of the conflict in Donbass took place via videoconference. Ukraine, Russia, and the OSCE has failed to reach an agreement on the final text of a ceasefire agreement ahead the Orthodox Easter."After almost five hours of useless discussion between Kiev and representatives of the republics, no practical result has been achieved," the LPR said in a Telegram message. | According to the repr…

Rick Rozoff (2021-04-29). NATO Nations Wage Hidden War in Mali. news.antiwar.com With the end of the Cold War and the collapse of the Soviet Union and the socialist bloc it led, the world witnessed what some termed the unipolar moment and others the end of history. No entity benefited more from the opening up of the world than the Pentagon. It immediately insinuated itself into every …

Staff (2021-04-29). Ambassador Adán Chávez Praises the Work of China's Communist Party. orinocotribune.com The Communist Party of China (CCP) has been fundamental in the social and economic development achieved by the Asian country in recent decades, said Adán Chávez, vice president of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), reported Xinhua. | "There are one hundred years of fruitful work, of great achievements, of enormous advances for the happiness of the Chinese people," Chávez, who is also Venezuela's ambassador to Cuba, told Xinhua, referring to the centenary of the founding of the CCP to be celebrated in July. | Chávez, who visited China four times between 2017 and 2019, asserted that the strong leadersh…

Brett Wilkins, staff writer (2021-04-29). As Coronavirus Ravages India, Senate Dems Urge US Pharma Firms to Share Vaccine Tech. commondreams.org Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) is leading a group of Democratic senators calling on U.S. Big Pharma firms to expand global Covid-19 vaccine access by sharing technology and lifting intellectual property barriers. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/free_the_vaccine.jpg

Yanis Iqbal (2021-04-29). How Syria Acted as a Regressive Force in the Lebanese Civil War. orinocotribune.com By Yanis Iqbal — Apr 27, 2021 | April 9, 1976. The Syrian military intervened in Lebanon to fight against the National Movement (NM) and Palestinians. Kamal Jumblatt — the leader of the NM — was too radical for the liking of Damascus. With his anti-Zionist leanings, he could easily provoke Israel into invading Lebanon — increasing the strategic vulnerability of Syria. Thus, Hafez al-Assad — with the tacit consent of the US — proceeded to thwart any possibility of a leftist regime coming to power in Beirut. Tokenistic elections are held on May 16, 1976 under the watch of Syrian t…

ecns.cn (2021-04-29). Chinese peacekeeping medical team treat injured child in Lebanon. ecns.cn A Lebanese child was accidentally injured near the base of the 19th batch of Chinese peacekeeping medical detachment to Lebanon on Tuesday. The detachment provided medical assistance in time. Doctor He Guoping and nurse Li Li successfully performed debridement and suture operation for the injured.

Dr. Leon Tressell (2021-04-29). Award-winning Journalist Julian Assange Languishes in a British Super Max Prison at the Behest of the Biden Regime. globalresearch.ca The United States and its NATO allies have weaponised the issue …

Observer Research Foundation (2021-04-29). There Are No Winners In Afghanistan — OpEd. eurasiareview.com By Jeff M. Smith* | The U.S. has all the watches, but we have all the time." This quote, sometimes attributed to a captured Taliban fighter, is among the handful of now-famous anecdotes produced by the Afghan War. "The U.S. hasn't fought a 20-year war in Afghanistan. It has fought 20 one-year wars in Afghanistan," is another likely to make its way to the annals of history. | Similarly, for at least the past 10 years it seems there have been at least ten different debates on the U.S. role in Afghanistan: Should we stay? Should we go? Should we switch strategies? | In 2015, I weighed in on one of those debates,…

Editor2 (2021-04-29). Halt Israel's Genocidal Policies is Quds Day Message. orinocotribune.com By Iqbal Jassat — Apr 18, 2021 | As global solidarity movements in support of Palestine's freedom struggle begin preparations for the annual Quds Day commemoration, America's new administration, under president Joe Biden, remains stuck in the mud. | Each year during the month of Ramadan, the last Friday is dedicated to raising awareness on the illegal dispossession, occupation and ongoing atrocities perpetrated by the apartheid regime. Quds Day, as it was called for by the leader of Iran's Islamic Revolution Imam Khomeini, has galvanized civil rights movements across the world to support and sustain action p…

Lawrence Wittner (2021-04-29). The Major Powers Increased Their Military Spending in 2020. zcomm.org Perhaps, someday, people will ask whether increasing preparations for war was the best these governments could do as their populations sank into widespread disease, death, and poverty…

Staff (2021-04-29). Headlines for April 29, 2021. democracynow.org Biden Urges Congress to Back Vast Expansion of Social Safety Net & New Taxes on Rich, India in Public Health Catastrophe as Deaths & Infections Reach New High, Hate Crimes Charges Filed Against Georgia Men in Ahmaud Arbery Murder, NC Judge Delays Release of Police Footage of Andrew Brown Jr. Shooting, Video: Chicago Police Shot Anthony Alvarez Dead as He Was Running Away, FBI Raid Rudy Giuliani's Home & Office, Mass Protests in Colombia Held to Protest Iván Duque & Proposed Tax Reform, U.S. Contractors Are Still Helping Maintain Saudi Warplanes Used in Yemen War, Israel Faces Call to Free Alaa al-Rimawi, Palestin…

Tom Engelhardt (2021-04-29). Tomgram: Engelhardt, War Is Peace, Peace Is War. warisacrime.org This article originally appeared at TomDispatch.com. To receive TomDispatch in your inbox three times a week, click here. American-Style War 'til the End of Time? A Lifetime "at War" By Tom Engelhardt Here's the strange thing in an ever-stranger world: I was born in July 1944 in the midst of a devastating world war. That war …

commondreams (2021-04-29). Greenpeace Joins Sen. Markey, Rep. Dingell, and More to Introduce the THRIVE Act. commondreams.org ______________________________…

Pasqualina Curcio (2021-04-29). The Private Sector in Venezuela — Myth and Reality. orinocotribune.com By Pasqualina Curcio — Apr 25, 2021 | There are many myths about the private sector in Venezuela, the best known referring to its unquestionable efficiency. The following phrases are part of this mythology: "unlike the public sector, which is inefficient and corrupt, the private sector is the only guarantee of development" or "the only one that could get us out of this crisis is the private sector, and if it is foreign, big and transnational, even better" or "the only way to overcome poverty is with foreign private investment". In Venezuela, the most popular myth of these times is the one summarized in the f…

Carlos Arellán (2021-04-29). Venezuelan Foreign Minister Unmasks HRW Report on Colombian Paramilitary Violence in Apure. orinocotribune.com Venezuelan Foreign Affairs Minister Jorge Arreaza responded to José Manuel Vivanco, head of the Americas division of Human Rights Watch, and qualified Vivanco's human rights report on Apure as a biased hit-job that supports the war of false accusations against Venezuela. | This document is typical of the infamous organization Human Rights Watch (HRW), based in New York City, which has been accused of acting as an agent for destabilization at the service of Washington. In 2010 financier George Soros gave $100 million to HRW. | Arreaza confronted the alleged activist: "You are nothing more than an agent," said Arre…

Pip Hinman (2021-04-29). US continues its attacks on Venezuela. greenleft.org.au The head of Venezuela's mission in Australia says the country remains under attack from the United States, Chris Slee reports.

Dave DeCamp (2021-04-29). White House Says Afghanistan Withdrawal Has Begun. news.antiwar.com On Thursday, the White House "Potential adversaries should know that if they attack us in our withdrawal, we will defend ourselves, [and] our partners, with all the tools at our disposal," Deputy White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre…

Rick Rozoff (2021-04-29). Largest Since World War II: Massive US-Led War Games Move to the Balkans. news.antiwar.com The DEFENDER-Europe 2021 military exercises led by U.S. Army Europe and Africa which began a month and a half ago and are scheduled to run through June, are now concentrating on the Balkans. In all the Pentagon has reported that the drills were to occur at thirty locations in twelve nations, and involve anywhere from …

Dave DeCamp (2021-04-29). Report: Biden Considering Major Rollback of Iran Sanctions to Revive Deal. news.antiwar.com According to a report from The Associated Press, Iran is willing to return to the nuclear limits set by the JCPOA if the US lifts sanctions that have been imposed since 2018 when the US withdrew from the agreement. But because the Biden administration refuses to do so, the U…

Dave DeCamp (2021-04-29). Sullivan: US and Israel Have a Policy of 'No Surprises'. news.antiwar.com National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan When asked if he would prefer that Iran's nuclear sites not come under attack, Sullivan said, "We certainly believe that there are certain kinds of activities that are unhelpful to diplomacy.

Dave DeCamp (2021-04-29). Veteran Interventionist Samantha Power Confirmed to Head USAID. news.antiwar.com On Wednesday, From her post on Obama's National Security Council, Power pushed hard for the US to intervene in Libya

Dave DeCamp (2021-04-29). Biden: US in Competition With China to 'Win the 21st Century'. news.antiwar.com "We're in a competition with China and other countries to win the 21st century," he said. Biden made the comments in his pitch for the American Jobs Plan, a massive infrastructure plan that would cost $2.3 trillion. | Biden also s…

_____ (2021-04-29). How We Can Place The Wellbeing Economy At The Heart Of Our Cities. popularresistance.org Once upon a time, the growth of a country's Gross Domestic Product would actually lead to social progress. In the first few decades after the Second World War, growth was invested in collective institutions like health and education systems. Tax rates were progressive and growth was directed to those who needed it most. | Unfortunately, this so-called 'Golden Age of Capitalism' did not last very long. Within a few decades, we managed to shift to an economic system dictated by market fundamentalism. "We have been undermining our collective institutions, tax rates have been cut down for the very wealthiest and scie…

Rick Rozoff (2021-04-29). Morocco: U.S. to lead war games after 30-year ceasefire with Western Sahara ends. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Morocco: U.S. to lead war games after 30-year ceasefire with Western Sahara ends Rick Rozoff The U.S. and NATO and African military allies are now planning this year's iteration of the annual African Lion war games in Morocco and adjoining countries. The largest military exercise in Africa. Military planners from U.S. Army Africa/Southern European Task Force were in the Moroccan city of …

WSWS (2021-04-29). Australian government upgrades northern military bases following "drums of war" call. wsws.org Morrison's announcement came after the Home Affairs Department secretary declared the country must be prepared "to send off, yet again, our warriors to fight."

Peoples Dispatch (2021-04-29). The freedom of this country has been stolen. peoplesdispatch.org Abahlali, a movement that fights for land, housing and dignified living, organized a commemoration of 'Unfreedom Day' to draw awareness to the injustices and inequalities still faced by the masses in South Africa…

Peoples Dispatch (2021-04-29). Multiple privacy violations by FBI raise concern in US. peoplesdispatch.org Recently revealed documents from one of the most secretive courts in the United States showed that the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) was guilty of multiple violations of privacy during surveillance. The redacted documents declassified from the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC or the FISA Court) were released on Monday, April 26 by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), revealing that the FBI has repeatedly conducted warrantless surveillance on US citizens. | The document is a certification report by the FISC dating back to November 2020. The FISC was established under the…

splcenter (2021-04-29). Vote Your Voice: SPLC awards $11.3 million to 55 civic groups across Deep South. splcenter.org &nbsp…

Zach El Parece (2021-04-29). Latest Bizarre Chapter of "War on Drugs": U.S. Special Forces Train Drug Cartel Enforcers Linked to Rape, Torture and Decapitation of Victims. covertactionmagazine.com Cártel Jalisco Nueva Generación (CJNG) has become one of the most feared paramilitaries in Mexico over the last decade. Images of the group have become the standard depiction of the Mexican cartel writ large. Their propaganda videos often feature groups of masked men bristling with enough small arms to make them formidable against even conventional …

Tom Engelhardt (2021-04-29). American-Style War 'Til the End of Time? commondreams.org "What if the U.S. were to begin to dismantle its empire of bases, repurpose so many of those militarized taxpayer dollars to our domestic needs, abandon this country's focus on permanent war, and forsake the Pentagon as our holy church? What if, even briefly, the wars, conflicts, plots, killings, drone assassinations, all of it stopped?" | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/appeal-icc-war-crimes_0.jpeg

Ilana Cohen (2021-04-29). As the World Moves Forward on Climate, Powerful Institutions Lag Behind. commondreams.org "So long as my peers and I represent the fastest-growing market of voters, consumers, and community members, the extinction of today's fossil fueled-economy is inevitable." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/harvarddivest-1.jpg

commondreams (2021-04-29). Stop Militarizing Our Communities: Win Without War Releases Activist Guide to 1033 Program. commondreams.org ______________________________…

news.un (2021-04-29). Madagascar edges toward famine, UN food agency appeals for assistance. news.un.org An unrelenting drought in southern Madagascar, an island State off the East African coast in the Indian Ocean, is forcing hundreds of thousands to the brink of famine at a scale "beyond belief", a senior UN food agency official said on Thursday.

Andy Kroll (2021-04-29). American-Style War 'til the End of Time? tomdispatch.com Here's the strange thing in an ever-stranger world: I was born in July 1944 in the midst of a devastating world war. That war ended in August 1945 with the atomic obliteration of two Japanese cities, Hiroshima and Nagasaki, by the most devastating bombs in history up to that moment, given the sweet code names "Little Boy" and "Fat Man." I was the littlest of boys at the time. More than three-quarters of a century has passed since, on September 2, 1945, Japanese Foreign Minister Mamoru Shigemitsu and General Yoshijiro Umezu signed the Instrument of Surrender on the battleship U.S.S. Missouri in Tokyo Bay, official…

ecns.cn (2021-04-29). New Zealand, Australia show divided stances toward China. ecns.cn New Zealand, one of the Five Eyes Alliance countries, has distanced itself from Australia, another partner of the group, to blacken China on its human-rights record, according to a recent Bloomberg report.

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