(2022-01-27). US rejects Russian demands for security guarantees, escalates Ukraine crisis. wsws.org The NATO alliance is stoking a war crisis, demanding that the far-right regime in Ukraine be armed to fight an invasion of Ukraine it alleges Russia is preparing.
(2022-01-27). Sydney Invasion Day 2022 march. greenleft.org.au Thousands marched peacefully through the streets of Sydney to mark Invasion Day on January 26. Peter Boyle reports.
(2022-01-27). Assange Should Be Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize, His Fiancee Says. sputniknews.com MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Stella Moris, the fiancee of jailed WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, suggested on Thursday that he be nominated for the Nobel Prize for his contributions to world peace.
(2022-01-27). Nicaragua Once Again Inaugurates the "People as President" dissidentvoice.org Family in Bismarck Martinez Housing neighborhood watch the inauguration and swear to fight with all their strength to eliminate hunger, poverty and backwardness. [Photo by Jairo Cajina] On January 10, Daniel Ortega was inaugurated President and Rosario Murillo was inaugurated as Vice President. The central event in the Plaza of the Revolution was accompanied by …
(2022-01-27). Tariq Ali: 'Democracy is largely a set of rituals now'. canadiandimension.com 
Tariq Ali speaking at the 2013 Subversive Festival in Zagreb. Photo from Tariq Ali is an internationally known public intellectual, columnist and political activist. Born in pre-partition India in 1943, Ali studied at Oxford University and was elected as students' union president there. He has been involved in political activism since then. He was one of the most prominent figures of the civil society coalition against the United States' war in Vietnam. He was also there at the forefront of agitation against the war…
(2022-01-27). Hamilton, ON: Hoarding Hot Air — Plywood Taken Down at City Hall. itsgoingdown.org Action report from anarchists in so-called Hamilton, Ontario. Originally posted to North Shore Counter-Info. Anonymous action report reads: Hi, it's the anarchists. We saw in the newspaper that city officials put up some plywood boards to stop unhoused people from staying warm next to the heating vents at the back of City Hall. We —…
(2022-01-27). PSL Statement: No War on Russia! Abolish NATO! liberationnews.org 
The Party for Socialism and Liberation condemns the anti-Russia campaign and calls for an end to the imperialist NATO alliance.
(2022-01-27). Exposing the massive hypocrisy of international insurance companies. nationofchange.org Despite the pro-climate rhetoric of the insurance industry—and warnings by the world's climate scientists calling for an end to fossil fuel exploration—leading global insurers are backing the Brazilian government's massive offshore oil expansion, according to a new report titled, "Fueling Climate Change: The Insurers Behind Brazil's Offshore Oil Expansion." Released on January 20 by Insure …
(2022-01-27). Headlines for January 27, 2022. democracynow.org Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer to Retire, Handing Biden Chance to Nominate Replacement, U.S. and NATO Offer No Concessions to Russia in Standoff over Ukraine, U.S. Approves $2.5 Billion Arms Sale to Egypt Despite Human Rights Abuses, House Democrats Demand End to U.S. Servicing of Saudi Warplanes Used in War Crimes, 180 Killed as U.S.-Backed Forces Retake Syrian Prison Where Children Are Imprisoned, U.N. Renews Calls to Free Up Aid for Millions of Afghans Facing Starvation, Extreme Poverty, Global COVID Cases Break New Record as COVAX Falls Short on Vaccine Delivery Goal, Spotify Sides with Joe Rogan in Vac…
(2022-01-27). Russia & Ukraine find common ground. rt.com 
Representatives from the two nations met as part of the Normandy Format talks | Russian and Ukrainian negotiators have agreed that a permanent ceasefire in Ukraine's war-torn Donbass region must be observed "unconditionally," following talks held as part of the Normandy Format, which also includes France and Germany. | The group met in Paris on Wednesday to discuss de-escalation in the region amid an ongoing standoff between Russia and Western nations, who have accused Moscow of planning an imminent invasion of Ukraine, which the Kremlin denies. The meeting lasted for over eight hours. | After discussions conc…
(2022-01-27). Oakland, a city at war with itself. indybay.org Oakland Is A Tale Of Two Cities – A City At War With Itself, Targeting The Poor For Displacement, While Subsidizing The Rich!
(2022-01-27). UK: "Partygate" report delayed as Johnson seeks political survival through warmongering and untrammelled COVID herd immunity. wsws.org Johnson stood his ground on his ability to "deliver" the policies dearest to the heart of the Tory right-wing, historically Brexit and today the reopening of the economy and assuming a leading role in US-led military provocations against Russia.
(2022-01-27). Tomgram: Robert Lipsyte, The Glory of the Greatest Shines On. warisacrime.org This article originally appeared at TomDispatch.com. To receive TomDispatch in your inbox three times a week, click here. Heroes? When I was a kid, among my heroes — and I was joined in this by so many Americans — was Jackie Robinson. Yes, he was the first Black ballplayer to break into the segregated major leagues. …
(2022-01-27). France told to rein in its 'colonial reflexes'. rt.com 
France was asked to show 'restraint and respect the basic principle' of non-interference | A spokesperson for Mali's transitional junta government has reiterated the demand for Danish troops to leave the country and taken a swipe at the country's former colonial overlords. | Speaking late Wednesday to news broadcaster ORTM1, Abdoulaye Maiga warned the Danes about France's "colonial reflexes." Denmark had previously sent 105 military personnel to the West African nation as part of a French-run counterterrorism unit. | "We invite them [the Danes] to be careful about some partners who sadly have problems getting…
(2022-01-27). Tuesday 2/1: Emergency Action: "Negotiate, Don't Escalate: No War With Russia!" indybay.org San Francisco Ferry Bldg., foot of Market Street…
(2022-01-27). Serbia Stomps on Rio Tinto's Lithium Mining Project. dissidentvoice.org On the face of it, there seems to be little in the way of connection between the treatment of Novak Djokovic by Australian authorities and the cooling of the Serbian government towards Rio Tinto. The Anglo-Australian mining giant was confident that it would, at least eventually, win out in gaining the permissions to commence work …
(2022-01-27). Omicron no 'big flu', Tianjin expert warns. ecns.cn Omicron cannot be regarded as a "big flu", a senior medical expert from Tianjin warns.
(2022-01-27). Fraud and violence threatening elections for Colombia's war victims. colombiareports.com Election observers warned that fraud and violence threatens elections in more than half of the towns where war victims can elect congressional representatives. The Electoral Observation Mission (MOE) issued a…
(2022-01-27). Better Late Than Never? Catalonia Pardons 1,000 People Tortured, Killed for Witchcraft. sputniknews.com An anti-witch and wizardry frenzy swept much of Europe during the early modern era, with the regions of Basque and Catalonia witnessing some of the largest and most gruesome judgements against witchcraft in the Iberian Peninsula despite general scepticism toward the phenomenon by the Spanish Inquisition.
(2022-01-27). Russia warns of NATO nuclear threat. rt.com 
The military bloc is training its members to unleash atomic hellfire, the Foreign Ministry claimed | NATO is developing the capacity for devastating nuclear strikes against Russia — which includes involving members of the alliance who don't have such weapons in training operations — Moscow's top arms control official has claimed. | In an interview with TASS on Thursday, Vladimir Yermakov, Director of the Department of Arms Control and Nonproliferation in the Russian Foreign Ministry, said that the US was in the process of modernizing its atomic capabilities in Europe and had deployed missiles in the…
(2022-01-27). China warns US over standoff with Russia. rt.com 
Regional security cannot be ensured by expanding military blocs, according to Beijing's top diplomat | Russia's concerns about safety on the European continent cannot be pushed aside by the US and warrant genuine consideration, China has warned, amid a tense stand-off between Washington and Moscow. | In a telephone call on Thursday, Beijing's Foreign Minister Wang Yi offered US Secretary of State Antony Blinken advice on how to calm growing tensions in the region. | "Today, in the 21st century, all parties must completely abandon the Cold War mentality and form a balanced, effective and sustainable negotiated…
(2022-01-27). President Maduro Swears In Historical Truth Commission to Uncover Colonial Atrocities. orinocotribune.com 
This Tuesday, January 26, a "Commission for the clarification of historical truth, justice and reparations regarding colonial rule and its consequences in Venezuela," was established. | Its objective will be to clarify historical truths regarding colonialism in Venezuela, Latin American and the Caribbean. | The commission was sworn in by President Nicolás Maduro during a meeting at the Miraflores Palace with traditional Venezuelan manifestations, recognized by UNESCO as Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. It will seek to expose the truth about colonialism and its atrocities towards indigenous peoples in the…
(2022-01-27). Relations between Palestine and Israel — Is There Light at the End of the Tunnel? journal-neo.org 
In the final days of 2021 Mahmoud Abbas, President of the Palestinian National Authority visited Benny Gantz, Israel's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense at his home in Rosh Ha'ayin. The previous meeting between the two men had taken place in August, in Ramallah, following which Israel announced a series of "confidence-building measures". The …
(2022-01-27). Another Defeat for Venezuelan Anti-Chavismo: Venezuelans Wonder Whose Going to Pay for It. orinocotribune.com 
Caracas, January 26, 2022 ( The electoral body posted on its Twitter account, "CNE reports: 100% of the reception centers [for the signing of] the recall referendum are open. #CNE #Venezuela." The activity began at 6: 00AM and was scheduled to end at 6: 00PM, or when the la…
(2022-01-26). A warning from Mark Twain. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com ==== Anti-war essays, poems, short stories and literary excerpts American writers on peace and against war Mark Twain: Selections on war ==== Mark TwainMember of the Anti-Imperialist LeagueFrom The Mysterious Stranger (posthumous) I did not like to hear our race called sheep, and said I did not think they were. "Still, it is true, lamb," said Satan. …
(2022-01-26). U.S. peace groups begin to challenge war hawks over Ukraine. peoplesworld.org 
(2022-01-26). UAE should expect bigger attacks if invading Yemen continues. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jan. 26 (MNA) — Yemen's Minister of Foreign Affairs stated that If the aggressor countries want the Yemeni attacks to stop, they first must stop their aggression and make peace.
(2022-01-26). Ukraine admits Russia doesn't plan to invade, while US/Britain threaten war and Germany/France want peace. multipolarista.com 
Ukraine's president urged calm, and its defense minister admitted "there are no grounds to believe" Russia is planning an invasion- while the US and Britain send weapons and troops.
(2022-01-26). Stoltenberg address and what it means for world peace. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has just finished an address and virtual press conference on NATO and the U.S. State Department separately presenting their written responses to Russia's security demands of the past couple months. The Russian demands include a pledge for NATO not to admit Georgia and Ukraine, both which border Russia, into the …
(2022-01-26). Coalminers On Strike For 10 Months Vow Not To Be 'Starved Out'. popularresistance.org About 1,100 coalminers in Alabama have entered 2022 still on strike, more than 10 months since they walked out back in April last year, making it the longest strike in the US since the Covid-19 pandemic began and the longest in Alabama's history. | Workers started the unfair labor practice strike over claims of bad faith bargaining by Warrior Met Coal over a new union contract. In the previous contract settled in 2016, miners accepted several concessions, including a $6-an-hour pay cut and reductions in health insurance and other benefits as the mines switched employers in the wake of a bankruptcy. | The miners o…
(2022-01-26). Following 'Unjustifiable' UAE Bombing, US And UN Condemn Yemeni Retaliation. popularresistance.org Saada, Yemen — In a scene rife with chaos and crying, volunteers and a rescue squad pulled the bodies of 91 prisoners from the rubble of the Sa'ada City Remand Prison in southern Yemen on Tuesday. Early last Friday morning, United Arab Emirates (UAE) warplanes supported by the United States targeted the overcrowded prison, which houses up to 3,000 inmates from across Yemen and Africa. The attack was one of the deadliest since the war began in 2015. | At least 91 people were killed and more than 236 seriously injured in the attacks, which left bereaved families in shock across Yemen and Africa. Witnesses des…
(2022-01-26). For God's Sake Boys, STOP THIS WAR S**T!! popularresistance.org We've seen this before. The U.S. creates a situation, digs in its heels and makes ultimatums—and tens of thousands die. | I resigned from the U.S. government in 2003 in opposition to another war-President Bush's war on Iraq in which followed that war playbook. | We've seen it in Afghanistan and Iraq and now it may be over Ukraine or Taiwan, and oh yes, let's not forget multiple missile tests from North Korea, ISIS fighters rioting and escaping from prisons in Syria, the millions in Afghanistan who are starving and freezing after the U.S. chaotic withdrawal and refusal to unlock Afghanistan's frozen financia…
(2022-01-26). Venezuela: UN Must Avoid 'Political Instrumentalization' of Human Rights. venezuelanalysis.com Vice-President Delcy Rodríguez warned that there was a "hidden agenda" aimed at justifying an intervention in the South American country.
(2022-01-26). Guaidó Knew About Operation Gideon, Claims His Strategist Rendón. orinocotribune.com Far-right propagandist Juan José Rendón has confirmed that former deputy Juan Guaidó was aware of Operation Gideon as it was being planned. He made such statements during an Rendón affirmed that he contacted SilverCorp security company, directed by former US military officer Jordan Goudreau, and spoke with him of a "military plot to overthrow, kill, capture" President Nicolás Maduro. | Rendón declared that, initially, they had studied all the possible "soft cou…
(2022-01-26). Santa Cruz County workers force county to reach tentative agreement, avoiding ULP strike. liberationnews.org 
"This agreement is an important step towards meeting the critical recovery needs of our community and workers"
(2022-01-26). State Department turns its attention to Belarus. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Minsk could face US sanctions if Russian forces invade Ukraine from Belarus The U.S. government warned Belarus that the White House could take action against Minsk if Russian troops invade Ukraine from the Belarusian territory. Ned Price, the spokesman of U.S. Department of the State said so during a briefing on January 25. "If Belarus …
(2022-01-26). Watch Indian Troops Celebrating Republic Day by Performing Unique Ski March in -20 C Weather. sputniknews.com The Indo-Tibetan Border Police, created on 24 October 1962 in the wake of the Sino-India War of 1962, is India's primary border patrol organisation for its border with China's Tibet Autonomous Region. It is one of the five Central Armed Police Forces of India.
(2022-01-26). Gov't gets tough on developers' eco-violations. ecns.cn Amid downward economic pressure, China's central environmental inspection has shown no leniency toward environmental violations in property development, an industry that for years has been a major economic driver for the country.
(2022-01-26). The War Is Good For You Books Are Getting Weirder. warisacrime.org 
By David Swanson, World BEYOND War, January 26, 2022 Christopher Coker's Why War fits into a genre with Margaret MacMillan's War: How Conflict Shaped Us, Ian Morris's War: What Is It Good For?, and Neil deGrasse Tyson's Accessory to War. They make very different arguments for war, but have in common a general silliness so …
(2022-01-26). U.N. Officials Warn of 'Record-Shattering Month' for Civilian Deaths in Yemen. scheerpost.com 
By Jessica Corbett / Common Dreams As United Nations officials projected Tuesday that the civilian death toll from the Saudi-led coalition's strikes on Yemen will break records this month, Oxfam shared the group's difficulties providing aid in the war-torn country and urged action from the U.N. Security Council. "People are really struggling. Last night we had more airstrikes. …
(2022-01-26). U.S. ambassador to Georgia blasts "revanchist" Russia for 220 years of barbaric atrocities. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Degnan is emblematic of the new breed of post-Cold War American diplomats (using the term in the formal sense): she doesn't speak the local languages, in her case neither Georgian nor Russian, though her website states she's "learning basic Georgian," no doubt as in "take my bags" and "do what I say or you're fired." …
(2022-01-26). Authoritarian Madness: The Slippery Slope from Lockdowns to Concentration Camps. dissidentvoice.org 
In the politically charged, polarizing tug-of-war that is the debate over COVID-19, we find ourselves buffeted by fear over a viral pandemic that continues to wreak havoc with lives and the economy, threats of vaccine mandates and financial penalties for noncompliance, and discord over how to legislate the public good without sacrificing individual liberty. The …
(2022-01-26). Former Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko allowed to remain free in treason case amid war crisis. wsws.org Since his return to Kiev, Poroshenko has vocally backed NATO's escalation of tensions with Russia and attacked the Zelensky government for not being "decisive" enough and allegedly "financing Russia."
(2022-01-26). Study explains how to get 'super immunity' to Covid. rt.com 
"Amazingly high" immune response discovered in fully jabbed people who also caught the disease | Fully vaccinated people who catch Covid, as well as those who had the disease prior to the jabs, get rewarded with the best immune responses, a new Oregon Health and Science University (OHSU) researchers took samples from 10…
(2022-01-26). Matt Taibbi: Let's Not Have a War. scheerpost.com 
Bad idea. | By Matt Taibbi / Joe Biden last week said the American response in Ukraine would be proportional to Vladimir Putin's actions. "It depends," the president posited, thoughts drifting like blobs in a lava lamp. "It's one thing if it's a minor incursion…" | Alarms sounded all over Washington. The rip in the national political illusion was…
(2022-01-26). Danish Lecturers Refuse to Teach, Compare COVID-19 Passports With WWII Jewish Stars. sputniknews.com Two dissenting teachers at Copenhagen Business School made disturbing parallels between the COVID-19 measures and World War II and expressed hope for a "Nuremberg 2.0", in which those responsible will be brought to justice like the Nazi leaders who were convicted for their complicity in the Holocaust and war crimes.
(2022-01-26). Military Situation In Eastern Ukraine On January 26, 2022 (Map Update). southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | The UAF shelled DPR positions near Shakhta with grenade launcher; | The UAF shelled DPR positions near Vasilyevka with grenade launcher; | The UAF shelled DPR positions near Oktyabr with grenade launcher; | The commanders of the brigades of the Operational Command East were instructed to prepare field warehouses for receiving rocket and artillery weapons at a distance of 15-20 km from the front lines; | The UAF recruitment points in Kharkiv, Bila Tserkva, Kher…
(2022-01-26). Climate inaction, injustice worsened by finance fiasco. mronline.org 
KUALA LUMPUR: Many factors frustrate the international cooperation needed to address the looming global warming catastrophe. As most rich nations have largely abdicated responsibility, developing countries need to think and act innovatively and cooperatively to better advance the South.
(2022-01-26). Biden reaffirms "sacred obligation" to NATO's Article 5 war mechanism. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com 'We have a sacred obligation': Biden threatens to send troops to Eastern Europe During the commander-in-chief's trip to a gift shop. "I made it clear to President Putin that we have a sacred obligation, Article 5 obligation to our NATO allies. And that if, in fact, he continued to build up and/or was to move, …
(2022-01-26). U.S. puts Europe in the trenches against the invented enemy. workers.org 
By Manlio Dinucci Published Jan. 25 in Il Manifesto, in the author's "Art of War" column. "As a precautionary measure against a possible Russian invasion of Ukraine," the U.S. State Department ordered the evacuation of family members and part of the staff from the U.S. Embassy in Kiev, which with . . . |