(2021-04-24). No US-Ukraine War on Donbass and Russia! Stop the Drone Strikes on Civilians! Stop Killing Children! Justice for the Victims of the 2014 Odessa Massacre! orinocotribune.com By Co-op Anti-War Café Berlin — Apr 19, 2021 | For seven years now, the right-wing government of Ukraine, supported by the United States and other Western powers, has been at war with the people of the independent Donetsk and Lugansk republics in the Donbass region of Eastern Europe. Some 14,000 people have been killed, according to the United Nations. The people of Donetsk and Lugansk live under a brutal military blockade imposed by Ukraine and its Western allies. | On March 22, a 71-year-old pensioner was killed by sniper fire near the capital of Donetsk. | On April 3, in Aleksandrovskoye, Donetsk, a Ukrai…
(2021-04-24). Context Crucial If Biden Recognizes Armenian Genocide — OpEd. eurasiareview.com By Dania Koleilat Khatib* | US President Joe Biden is this weekend expected to formally recognize the massacres conducted against the Armenians by the Ottoman Empire during the First World War as "genocide." He is likely to make the announcement on Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day, which falls on Saturday. This recognition was one of his campaign promises. | Biden already has a chilly relationship with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and this move is likely to increase the tensions between the two NATO allies. However, the recognition should not be looked at from a political angle but rather a human on…
(2021-04-24). 175 Years of Border Invasions: The Anniversary of the US War on Mexico and the Roots of Northward Migration. orinocotribune.com By David Vine — Apr 22, 2021 | Amid renewed fear mongering about an "invasion" at the U.S.-Mexico border, this week's 175th anniversary of the 1846—1848 war the U.S. government instigated with Mexico is a reminder that throughout U.S. history, invasions have gone almost exclusively from north to south, not vice versa. A near-continuous series of invasions—military, political, and economic—moving from north to south has helped produce the poverty, violence, and insecurity driving people to migrate from south to north. The current humanitarian crisis at the border, with record numbers of unac…
(2021-04-24). 175 Years Of Border Invasions: The Anniversary Of US War On Mexico And Roots Of Northward Migration — Analysis. eurasiareview.com By David Vine* | Amid renewed fear mongering about an "invasion" at the U.S.-Mexico border, this week's 175th anniversary of the 1846—1848 war the U.S. government instigated with Mexico is a reminder that throughout U.S. history, invasions have gone almost exclusively from north to south, not vice versa. A near-continuous series of invasions—military, political, and economic—moving from north to south has helped produce the poverty, violence, and insecurity driving people to migrate from south to north. The current humanitarian crisis at the border, with record numbers of unaccompanied minors…
(2021-04-24). Children of color appear to be fair game for too many cops: No More Police Killings of Kids! warisacrime.org 
By Dave Lindorff The latest police murder — and that's what it was whatever the circumstances — of 16-old foster child Ma'Khia Bryant by a Columbus, Ohio cop, is sickening to watch. No way did that officer, Nicholas Reardon, have to kill that young teenage girl. Maybe she had a knife, and maybe she was …
(2021-04-24). Continuing the War in Syria. dissidentvoice.org 
The House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Middle East, North Africa and Global Counterterrorism held a hearing on April 15, 2021, on "10 Years of War: Examining the Ongoing Conflict in Syria." As is customary of American exceptionalism, the feasibility of regime change in Damascus was not left undiscussed. Rep. Joe Wilson of South Carolina, …
(2021-04-24). "Wipe the Soviet Union Off the Map", 204 Atomic Bombs against 66 Major Cities, US Nuclear Attack against USSR Planned During World War II. globalresearch.ca According to a secret document dated September 15, 1945, "the Pentagon had envisaged blowing up the Soviet Union with a coordinated nuclear attack directed against 66 major urban areas.
(2021-04-24). Protests in Jerusalem and Rockets Fired From Gaza: Here's What's Going On in Israel. sputniknews.com Militants in the Gaza Strip have carried out 36 launches towards Israel's southern communities. Only six have been intercepted. Although no casualties or injuries have been reported, heavy damage was done to many agricultural fields in the south.
(2021-04-24). Military Situation In Syria On April 24, 2021 (Map Update). southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | On April 24, Russia reported that Idlib militants violated the ceasefire regime in Greater Idlib 25 times: 12 — in Idlib province, 6 — in Latakia province, 6 — in Hama province, 1 — in Aleppo province | On April 23, a car bomb explosion was reported in the al-Bab city. Several people were wounded | On April 23, clashes between the YPG and Turkish-backed forces were reported southeast of Afrin | On April 23, a series of clashes erupted between the N…
(2021-04-24). Russia Restricted Foreign Warships Navigation Off Crimean Coast For Six Months. southfront.org 
BLACK SEA (June 2, 2015) The guided-missile destroyer USS Ross (DDG 71), left, transits the Black Sea with the Ukranian navy frigate Hetman Sahaydachniy (U 130) during an underway exercise. Ross is conducting naval operations in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations in support of U.S. national security interests in Europe. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Robert S. Price/Released) | Russia restricted navigation of foreign warships and state-owned vessels in three areas of the Black Sea…
(2021-04-24). Sanders and Warren Call on Biden to Reverse Trump Era Vaccine Apartheid. truthout.org 
President Biden is coming under mounting pressure at home and abroad to reverse a Trump-era policy and publicly support a temporary waiver on international patent rights for COVID vaccines and treatments that would allow countries around the world to manufacture lifesaving doses domestically. | Big Pharma opposes the trade protections waiver, but global health advocates, congressional Democrats and leaders across the world say the waiver is necessary address massive inequities in vaccine distribut…
(2021-04-24). Biden to Publicly Recognize Armenian Genocide, Ending Decades of U.S. Silence. truthout.org 
U.S. President Joe Biden is set to crack many decades of U.S. government silence on Saturday by publicly and officially recognizing that the systematic killing of an estimated 1.5 million Armenians by the Ottomans during the First World War was — as In a phone call on Friday, B…
(2021-04-24). Biden to Publicly Recognize Armenian Genocide, Ending Decades of US Silence. truthout.org U.S. President Joe Biden is set to crack many decades of U.S. government silence on Saturday by publicly and officially recognizing that the systematic killing of an estimated 1.5 million Armenians by the Ottomans during the First World War was — as In a phone call on Friday, B…
(2021-04-24). Datanálisis Reveals Results of Survey About Illegal US and European Sanctions. orinocotribune.com 
It was recently revealed, through a survey conducted by Datanálisis, a pollster linked to right wing opposition, that 90% of the Venezuelan population is of the opinion that illegal sanctions and coercive measures imposed by the United States have had a negative impact on their lives. | This was disclosed by the pollster Datanálisis through a graph shared on social media networks, last Thursday, April 22. The following data was provided: 51.8 % of those who participated in the survey said that the sanctions "have had a very negative impact," 30.8% that "they have had some negative impact," 9.4% that "they have ha…
(2021-04-24). Tanks and think tanks: How Taiwanese cash is funding the push to war with China. mronline.org 
Twenty years ago, a group of neoconservative think tanks used their power to push for disastrous wars in the Middle East. Now, a new set of think tanks staffed with many of the same experts and funded by Taiwanese money is working hard to convince Americans that there is a new existential threat: China. | April 24, 2021 | Newswire…
(2021-04-24). 175 Years of border invasions: The anniversary of the U.S. war on Mexico and the roots of northward migration. mronline.org 
Amid renewed fear mongering about an "invasion" at the U.S.-Mexico border, this week's 175th anniversary of the 1846—1848 war the U.S. government instigated with Mexico is a reminder that throughout U.S. history, invasions have gone almost exclusively from north to south, not vice versa. | April 24, 2021 | Newswire…
(2021-04-24). Military Situation In Yemen On April 24, 2021 (Map Update). southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | The Liaison and Coordination Officers' Operations Room (loyal to Ansar Allah) reported 261 ceasefire violations in al-Hudaydah during the past 24 hours | On April 23, Saudi-led coalition warplanes conducted 11 airstrikes on the Sarwah area | On April 23, Saudi-led coalition warplanes conducted an airstrike on the Haradh area | On April 23, Ansar Allah attacked King Khalid Airbase with four Qasef 2K drones | On April 23, Ansar Allah attacked an Aramco facility in Jizan with a…
(2021-04-24). IMF Refuses to Provide Assets to Venezuela: What's Behind It? orinocotribune.com Once again, the genocidal blockade that affects the people of Venezuela was demonstrated through the International Monetary Fund (IMF), which explained that "it will not provide reserves of $5 billion in special drawing rights to Venezuela to reinforce its reserves" bases on the "legitimacy "of the government of President Nicolás Maduro. | In addition, in a new Bloomberg research, it was found that the Bolivarian country would be among the largest recipients in terms of percentage of gross domestic product. | The IMF plans to deliver $650 billion to member nations to boost liquidity. It announced that Venezuela w…
(2021-04-24). Delhi High Court Warns of Death Sentence as Dire Deficit of Oxygen Hinders COVID Treatments. sputniknews.com If devastation had an address, it would be somewhere in Delhi right now. India's capital and home to over 30 million residents is the most COVID-affected city in the country, with 24,331 fresh cases and 348 deaths in the last 24 hours. Amid the steep escalation in COVID numbers, the national capital is gasping for breath — literally.
(2021-04-24). 'Financing Border Wars' Corporations violating human rights on Arizona border. indybay.org The new report, "Financing Border Wars," details the push for border walls, drones and biometrics — including iris scans and finger prints — which violate the international human rights of migrants and refugees. The abuse includes tracking surveillance on phones and social media.
(2021-04-24). Online events w) Angela Davis, Dave Zirin, Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, Vandana Shiva & others. indybay.org Here are some 20 online events taking place over the next few weeks (and starting today, Friday, April 23, at 4 pm), featuring people such as Angela Davis, Dave Zirin, Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, Immanuel Ness, Ian Haney López, Aviva Chomsky, Vandana Shiva, and many others. | These events are hosted from various locations all across the country, as well from Canada, Australia and the UK (however, the listed times are all for our "Pacific time zone"). Of course, feel free to share this info with others who might be interested in it.
(2021-04-24). Chinese FM: U.S. yet to find the right way to deal with China. ecns.cn The United States is yet to find the right way to deal with China, with its new administration still holding misunderstandings towards China, Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Friday.
(2021-04-24). Wang Yi puts forward five suggestions to U.S. on bilateral ties. ecns.cn Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Friday communicated with U.S. Council on Foreign Relations via video link.
(2021-04-24). Iran calls on Japan to join global disarmament movement. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 24 (MNA) — Secretary-General of Iran's Human Rights Office said that Tehran and Tokyo can develop a front by creating a global movement to disarm the weapons of mass destruction which will result in peace and security in the world.
(2021-04-24). Saving the planet by disempowering the elites. indybay.org Humanity is at the final crossroads of becoming aware of the drama of the ecological and peace crisis in which it finds itself. The book "The Eco-Catastrophe" is a wake-up call to take note of the seriousness of the situation, to accept the Herculean tasks ahead, to understand the growth ideology of global capitalism and its structural lack of peace as a cancerous evil.
(2021-04-24). Venezuela's Former Attorney General Luisa Ortega Received $1 Million Bribe—Oil Corruption Case Filed in US. orinocotribune.com Former Venezuelan attorney general Luisa Ortega Díaz is allegedly implicated in a major corruption case involving a Venezuelan businessman, who this week pleaded guilty to paying a million dollar bribe before a United States court, two people apprised of the case reported on Thursday, according to the AP news agency. | The former prosecutor, now opposition leader, Luisa Ortega, is not mentioned by name in the federal case in Miami. However, when pleading guilty on Monday to a count of conspiracy to defraud the United States, businessman Carlos Urbano Fermín admitted to paying around a million dollars to a "high-r…
(2021-04-24). Venezuelan Health Minister Praises Sputnik V as World's Most Effective Vaccine. sputniknews.com BUENOS AIRES (Sputnik) – Russia's Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine is the most effective jab in the world, Venezuelan Health Minister Carlos Alvarado González said on Saturday, after receiving a new shipment of doses from Moscow at the Caracas airport.
(2021-04-24). Report: CIA Chief Made Unannounced Trip to Afghanistan. news.antiwar.com Sources told The report did not say who Burns met with but did say that the CIA chief reassured the Afghan government that the US will remain "engaged in counterterrorism efforts." A former Afghan security official said two out of six units that the CIA trains in the country have been transferred to Afghan government cont…
(2021-04-24). Speaking Truth to Empire. warisacrime.org Speaking Truth to Empire on KFCF 88.1 FM independently owned and locally operated since 1975 in Fresno, Dan Yaseen interviews Jeff J. Brown, he is the editor of China Rising Radio Sinoland, producer of China Tech News Flash!, author of The China Trilogy, a co-founder and the curator of the Bioweapon Truth Commission Global Online Library (BWTC-GOL). They will discuss Biden …
(2021-04-24). Biden's Appeasement Of Hawks And Neocons Is Crippling His Diplomacy. popularresistance.org President Biden took office promising a new era of American international leadership and diplomacy. But with a few exceptions, he has so far allowed self-serving foreign allies, hawkish U.S. interest groups and his own imperial delusions to undermine diplomacy and stoke the fires of war. | Biden's failure to quickly recommit to the Iran nuclear deal, or JCPOA, as Senator Sanders promised to do on his first day as president, provided a critical delay that has been used by opponents to undermine the difficult shuttle diplomacy taking place in Vienna to restore the agreement. | The attempts to derail talks range fro…
(2021-04-24). New Zealand facing demands for sharper anti-China line. wsws.org The New Zealand government has again come under attack for its perceived failure to fully align with US war preparations against China, after Foreign Minister Nanaia Mahuta said NZ was "uncomfortable with expanding the remit" of the US-led Five Eyes intelligence network.
(2021-04-24). U.S. Central Command downgrades former war on terrorism to confront China, Russia and Iran. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com U.S. Central Command downgrades former war on terrorism to confront China, Russia and IranRick Rozoff For twenty years U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) has waged the bulk of military operations under the rubric of what Washington formerly named the War on Terror or Global War on Terrorism, including wars in and strikes against Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, …
(2021-04-24). Almost everything Biden said about ending the Afghanistan War was a lie. peoplesdispatch.org While Americans hailed the announcement that the US would withdraw troops from Afghanistan after nearly two decades of war, President Biden left out the most important details about the war and how it will in fact continue.
(2021-04-24). How the Boogaloo Bois Extremist Hate Group tried to Overturn our Election and Spark a Civil War. juancole.com By Gisela Pérez de Acha, Kathryn Hurd and Ellie Lightfoot | Berkeley Journalism's Investigative Reporting Program | — The Insurrection: The Effort to Overturn the Election ( ProPublica) — It was 2: 20 p.m. on June 6, 2020, and Steven Carrillo, a 32-year-old Air Force sergeant who belonged to the anti-government Boogaloo Bois movement, was on …
(2021-04-24). Forward to the International Workers Alliance of Rank-and-File Committees! wsws.org The International Committee of the Fourth International will mark May Day with an online rally to issue a call for the formation of the International Workers Alliance of Rank-and-File Committees (IWA-RFC).
(2021-04-24). Increasing Desperation As The US Capitalist System Declines. popularresistance.org Like all previous economic systems in recorded history, capitalism is on track to repeat the same three-step trip: birth, evolution, and death. The timing and other specifics of each system's trip differ. Births and evolutions are commonly experienced as positive, celebrated for their progress and promise. The declines and deaths, however, are often denied and usually feel difficult and depressing. Notwithstanding endlessly glib political speeches about bright futures, U.S. capitalism has reached and passed its peak. Like the British Empire after World War I, the trip now is painful. | Signs of decline accumulate…
(2021-04-24). Commissioner's office of Chinese foreign ministry in HKSAR firmly opposes interference under pretext of press freedom. ecns.cn The Office of the Commissioner of the Chinese Foreign Ministry in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) Friday expressed firm opposition against the unwarranted remarks by the Foreign Correspondents' Club (FCC) in Hong Kong and other external forces about a court ruling in Hong Kong.
(2021-04-24). The Nuclear Bomb Is Ready: In Italy Soon. The B61-12 has a Nuclear Warhead with 4 "Selectable Power Options" globalresearch.ca First published on December 3, 2020 | *** | A video was released on November 23 2020 by Sandia National Laboratories that shows a US F-35A fighter flying at supersonic speed 3000 meters above sea level, launching a B61-12 nuclear bomb (non-nuclear …
(2021-04-24). Americans Are Complacent When It Comes to the Dangers of Nuclear War. globalresearch.ca First published on June 27, 2019 | *** | In a recent
(2021-04-24). The Rising Threat of Nuclear War Is the Most Urgent Matter in the World. strategic-culture.org STRATCOM has been preparing not just to use its nuclear arsenal for deterrence but also to "win" a nuclear war should one arise from the (entirely US-created) "conditions" which are "neither linear nor predictable". And it's looking increasingly likely that one will as the prevailing orthodoxy among western imperialists that US unipolar hegemony must be preserved at all cost rushes headlong toward America's plunge into post-primacy.
(2021-04-24). Sadiq Khan Still Dodging the Awkward Questions and Staying Well Clear of 'Live Fire' Debate. strategic-culture.org Sadiq Khan is doing his best to destroy free speech and accountability to politicians. Part of the cancel culture which is destroying the UK, he looks set to win again the mayor's post. | "Browning High Power 9mm pistol…safety off, pull the slide back and you're good to go, sir", the young British soldier said to me before handing me the pistol. | Of course it was unloaded and the event was a private briefing in the British camp in Kabul where the "VIP" at the centre of attention behind me was a diminutive British Asian figure in a grey suit with an open neck, who was making the soldiers and even his own entour…
(2021-04-24). China Transit Risks Eyed After Suez Canal Jam — Analysis. eurasiareview.com By Michael Lelyveld | The six-day blockage of the Suez Canal ended last month without major damage to either the stranded vessel or China's economy, but the shutdown may serve as a warning to the country of its growing energy security risks. | As the world's largest exporter and oil importer, China is vulnerable to transit disruptions at choke points on its vital trade routes. | The grounding of the giant 200,000-metric-ton Ever Given container ship on March 23 made barely a scratch in China's trade and economic growth in the first quarter. | Exports in March rose 30.6 percent and imports jumped 38.1 percent f…
(2021-04-24). The History Of Turkish Atrocities Against Armenians And Why Biden Is Poised To Call Them Genocide — Analysis. eurasiareview.com By Ivan Gutterman* | It's April 24, 1915. Some 250 Armenian intellectuals are rounded up in Constantinople and imprisoned by Ottoman police. Known as "Red Sunday," it is today a day of remembrance for a murderous yearslong campaign that would see the majority of the Ottoman Empire's prewar Armenian population expelled or exterminated. According to estimates, between 664,000 and 1.2 million people lost their lives. | A century later, recognition of the killings as genocide is still a divisive diplomatic issue, with Turkey and Azerbaijan — who share strong ethnic and cultural ties — officially denying genocide…
(2021-04-24). Malaysia: Muslim Leaders Call For Religious Tolerance. eurasiareview.com Several prominent faith leaders in Malaysia have called for religious harmony and national unity in recent days in the Muslim-majority country where hardline Islamists are increasingly intolerant of religious minorities, especially Christians. | In a welcome move, Zulkifli Mohamad Al-Bakri, minister in the Prime Minister's Department (Religious Affairs), has urged all Malaysians to work toward creating a more pluralistic society. | "In Malaysia, Islam is enshrined as the religion of the federation, but freedom of religion has been practiced for a long time," the minister told Bernama, the country's national ne…
(2021-04-24). The United States Has Declared Defeat In Two More Wars — OpEd. eurasiareview.com By Ryan McMaken* | President Biden announced A week earlier, the US and Iraq reaffirmed a deal to withdraw "
(2021-04-24). Prisoners Of The Caucasus: Post-War Report. eurasiareview.com By Joshua Kucera* | ( This week, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) held a session where the aftermath of the Armenia-Azerbaijan war was discussed. Lawmakers in Strasbourg lined up to criticize Baku for its intransigence on the issue; support […
(2021-04-24). India At The Arctic Council — OpEd. eurasiareview.com India has had big successes during its first stint as an observer in the Arctic Council. Since then, the country has made substantial progress in its climate action pledges and developed comprehensive strategies to mitigate climate change. With its re-election, India can now offer much more to the global organisation's role in promoting environmental stability in the polar region.: | By Chaitanya Giri* | In 2019, India was re-elected as an Observer to the Arctic Council,, a multilateral organisation consisting of eight littoral Arctic nations that works towards promoting cooperation, coordination and i…
(2021-04-24). The US To End Its War In Afghanistan, 'The Graveyard Of Empires' — OpEd. eurasiareview.com By Somar Wijayadasa* | President Joe Biden of the United States announced that its war in Afghanistan, the US's longest war ever, will end on September 11, 2021. | A glimpse of Afghanistan's history—dubbed as "the country where Empires go to die" will help us understand why many empires failed in that country. | Afghanistan, rightfully called a "graveyard of empires", is a mountainous landlocked country located along the ancient Silk Road between Asia and Europe, and surrounded by powerful nations such as India, Pakistan, and Russia. | For centuries, it was a melting pot as new empires rose up and took c…
(2021-04-24). Hubble Captures Giant Star On Edge Of Destruction. eurasiareview.com In celebration of the 31st anniversary of the launching of NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers aimed the renowned observatory at a brilliant "celebrity star," one of the brightest stars seen in our galaxy, surrounded by a glowing halo of gas and dust. | The price for the monster star's opulence is "living on the edge." The star, called AG Carinae, is waging a tug-of-war between gravity and radiation to avoid self-destruction. | The expanding shell of gas and dust that surrounds the star is about five light-years wide, which equals the distance from here to the nearest star beyond the Sun, Proxima Centau…
(2021-04-24). 'Terminator of Drones': China Unveils New Multipurpose Radar That Can Be Carried by Single Soldier. sputniknews.com Recently, new unmanned aerial vehicles such as drone swarms, kamikaze and AI-powered drones, have shown rapidly increasing widespread use among governments, and large and small military groups. The alarming trend has brought new security challenges as the devices are difficult for air defense systems to accurately identify.