(2022-02-10). Right-wing racialists mount campaign against Asian entertainer Awkwafina's use of a "blaccent" wsws.org Amid threats of war between nuclear-armed powers, the ending of COVID-19 public safety measures and the danger of fascism, the hue and cry over the supposed use of "black speech" is preposterous and diversionary.
(2022-02-10). NATO, Ukraine, Russia stage military exercises amid US-promoted war hysteria. wsws.org Thousands of troops are preparing for a conflict that would threaten escalation into a nuclear war.
(2022-02-10). Yemen: January Saw Highest Civilian Casualties in Saudi Air War Since 2016. news.antiwar.com A monthly summary from According to the data, 139 civilians were killed by Saudi air raids, and another 287 were wounded. It was the highest number of civilian casualties recorded in a single month since October 2016. | The deadliest air raid of the month hit a migrant detention facility in Sadaa on January 21st, which killed at least 91 civilians and wounded at le…
(2022-02-10). New Military Pact Lets US Forces Use Slovak Air Bases for a Decade. news.antiwar.com Slovakia's president and parliament ratified Under the deal, the US will give Slovakia, a NATO member that shares a small border with Ukraine, $100 million to upgrade the bases. The treaty was signed by Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Slovakia's defense minister in Washington on February 3rd. | The treaty narrowly passed in a vote of 79 to 60 in Slov…
(2022-02-10). San José protests against U.S. war on Russia. fightbacknews.org San José, CA – On Saturday, February 5, anti-war protesters gathered in front of San José's City Hall to demand an end to imperial saber rattling in eastern Europe. Speakers from CODEPINK, Freedom Road Socialism (FRSO), National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression, Party for Socialism and Liberation, and the El Barrio Defense Committee gathered a crowd of 30 onlookers while calling for end to the war drive against Russia. | Mike Paradela of FRSO said "We called the protest because what the U.S. government is doing is not good for working people. NATO does not benefit working people, it began as an al…
(2022-02-10). Venezuelan Authorities Present Evaluation of Operation Guaicaipuro 2 (+El Koki). orinocotribune.com This Wednesday, February 9, Venezuelan Minister of Internal Relations, Justice and Peace, General Remigio Ceballos, offered an evaluation on the Guaicaipuro 2 operation. The operation was activated in Las Tejerías, Aragua state, and managed to capture 13 criminals and neutralize 5 during the clashes. Among them is Carlos "El Koki" Revette, a criminal leader long sought by Venezuelan authorities after the dismantling of his gang in Cota 905 of Caracas. | During a press conference, Ceballos indicated that Operation Guaicaipuro 2 included the deployment of law enforcement agencies and the National Armed Force (FANB)…
(2022-02-10). What's important for workers in BLS January jobs report. workers.org 
The corporate media shouted loud hosannas to greet the Bureau of Labor Statistics Feb. 4 announcement that the U.S. economy had added 467,000 jobs in January. Upward revisions to previously announced job totals for December and November 2021 increased the media's delight. Overall they concluded that the U.S. economy had . . . |
(2022-02-10). Supreme Court OKs Alabama state government plot against Black voters. liberationnews.org 
With a slew of high-profile cases the Supreme Court is slated to hear this year, it is increasingly clear that the rightwing justices will use every opportunity to take away key rights won by mass movements and move us backwards to greater inequality.
(2022-02-10). The concerted, cowardly #MeToo attack on Harvard professor John Comaroff. wsws.org John Comaroff, professor of African and African American studies and of anthropology at Harvard University, has become the target of what has all the earmarks of another filthy #MeToo witch-hunt.
(2022-02-10). Fascist protest leaders welcomed into the Australian parliament. wsws.org Under conditions of an unprecedented crisis of the two-party system, extreme right-wing forces are being brought forward.
(2022-02-10). Putin Calls for 'Persistent Efforts' to Get NATO & US to Provide Legal Security Guarantees to Russia. sputniknews.com Russia has been demanding that NATO and the United States take Moscow's security concerns into consideration, and has rolled out security proposals to the West that include legal guarantees that NATO will not be expanding eastwards or place offensive weapons in the countries which neighbour Russia.
(2022-02-10). Iraq Pays off $52.4 bn. in Reparations for Invading Kuwait in 1990, but the US will Never Pay a Dime for Invading Iraq. juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — Stephanie Nebehay at Reuters reports that Iraq has finally paid off the $52.4 billion in war reparations imposed on it by the United Nations as punishment for its invasion and attempted annexation of Kuwait in 1990, which led to the Gulf War of 1991. The headline we'll never see is …
(2022-02-10). Tomgram: John Feffer, Welcome to the Future (It's Not Pretty). warisacrime.org This article originally appeared at TomDispatch.com. To receive TomDispatch in your inbox three times a week, click here.
(2022-02-10). The Ukraine-Russia Conflict. indybay.org "The West must negotiate with Russia" | NATO should also agree to talk about a new European security architecture if Russia is also willing to agree to de-escalating and confidence-building measures in the relationship with Ukraine."
(2022-02-10). President Maduro Appoints Four New Female Ministers. orinocotribune.com This Wednesday, February 9, the President of Venezuela Nicolás Maduro announced changes in his ministerial cabinet. The president announced that four women will lead four of the government's ministerial portfolios. | Through his Twitter account he announced that Clara Vidal will assume the leadership of the Ministry of Indigenous Peoples, a position previously held by Roside González, spokeswoman for the United Indigenous Movement of Venezuela. | La Lcda. Clara Vidal asumirá la jefatura del Ministerio del Poder Popular para los Pueblos Indígenas, con el fin de llevar a nuestras hermanas y hermanos originarios ate…
(2022-02-09). Memo to Congress: Diplomacy for Ukraine Is Spelled M-i-n-s-k. dissidentvoice.org 
Peace protest at the White House — Photo credit: iacenter.org While the Biden administration is sending more troops and weapons to inflame the Ukraine conflict and Congress is pouring more fuel on the fire, the American people are on a totally different track. A December 2021 poll found that a plurality of Americans in both …
(2022-02-09). United protest in New Orleans against US, NATO war on Russia. fightbacknews.org New Orleans, LA — Anti-war protesters gathered on February 5 in New Orleans at Lafayette Square Park to demand an end to NATO aggression against Russia. Activists carried signs and chanted slogans calling for peace and the disbandment of NATO. | The protest was organized by a coalition including the Communist Party USA, the Democratic Socialists of America, Freedom Road Socialist Organization and the Party for Socialism and Liberation. | Speakers decried the latest U.S. attempt to escalate the situation in Ukraine, which they said threatens us with a nuclear conflict with Russia. The protest also highlight…
(2022-02-09). Black Alliance For Peace Condemns The 'America COMPETES Act'. popularresistance.org On Friday evening, February 4, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the America COMPETES Act of 2022 (H.R. 4521). The stated intent of the legislation is to strengthen "America's national and economic security and the financial security of families, and advance our leadership in the world." While this claim, found in Nancy Pelosi's press statement on January 20th, seems to be addressing some of the most important political and economic issues currently plaguing the United States, from the supply chain to the shortage of semiconductors, the Black Alliance for Peace sees this piece of legislation as sinophobic…
(2022-02-09). Kiev's attempts to manipulate information not conductive to peace — Donetsk. tass.com A significant portion of the 178th session of the working group on security issues was wasted on countering the Ukrainian side's manipulative rhetoric, said Alexey Nikonorov, a negotiator for the self-proclaimed DPR in the security subgroup of the Contact Group…
(2022-02-09). Is the American Legacy Media a 'Weapon of Mass Destruction'? strategic-culture.org Not since the Vietnam War — when liberals behaved like peaceniks and not the Neocon country cousins they've become — has the media seriously scrutinized the US government's arguments for military exploits abroad. | From the oilfields of Iraq, to the mountains of Afghanistan, to Trump's classic head fake in Syria when a few missiles demolished a deserted airfield, triggering NBC host Brian Williams to get all choked up over "the beauty of our weapons," the MSM has dutifully played water boy to Uncle Sam's overseas misadventures. Somewhere, somehow along the way Americans inherited a Fourth Estate that…
(2022-02-09). No War With Russia; Yes to Diplomacy and Peace. indybay.org Protest at Berkeley Civic Center…
(2022-02-09). Eritrea And The Tripartite Alliance In The Horn Of Africa. popularresistance.org The motives behind US aggression towards Ethiopia have not been altogether clear. Is it simply that they lost their long standing puppet government led by the Tigray People's Liberation Front? Competition with China? Or is it the regional Tripartite Agreement between Ethiopia, Eritrea, and Somalia, which poses too much independence from US global hegemony? Ethiopia borders both Eritrea and Somalia, and Eritrea has made its Red Sea ports available to Ethiopia since leaders of the two countries negotiated peace in 2018. Together, Eritrea and Somalia share a combined coastline of 2,672 miles in one of the most strat…
(2022-02-09). Wanting Peace With Russia To Focus Aggressions On China Is Just Being An Imperialist Warmonger. strategic-culture.org 
By Caitlin JOHNSTONE | Republican Congressman Matt Gaetz criticized the Biden administration's dangerous escalations against Russia on the House floor on Monday, not because he thinks needlessly ramping up cold war brinkmanship with a nuclear-armed nation is an insane thing to do, nor because he believes the US government should cease trying to dominate the world by constantly working to subvert and undermine any nation who disobeys its commands, but because he wants US aggressions to be focused more on China. | "While the Biden administration, the media, and many in congress beat the drums of war for Ukraine, th…
(2022-02-09). Morning Commute: 2-9-2022. anchor.fm Hope everyone is well! Today we're doing a little news coverage based on sources I've been reading like People's Dispatch, Hoodcommunist.org, By Any Means Necessary, Liberation News, Kawasachun News, TeleSur English, Guerrilla History Podcast, etc. We go over Russia/China Relations, the Olympics, the African Union meeting, Oakland and Chicago schools ongoing issues, movements against Police Brutality and the murder by Minneapolis Police Department (yup, that one!) of Amir Locke who was 22 years old! No justice, no peace!! Go organize!
(2022-02-09). Will Orwell's prediction in '1984' become reality? indybay.org Basic elements of a development such as Orwell describes are emerging from the fog of current war propaganda, at least as it is being pursued by the West, namely attempts to drive the population into acceptance of a constant exceptional situation in which war appears as the guarantor of peace.
(2022-02-09). Armenia seeks to further strengthening of coop. with Iran. en.mehrnews.com Armenia hopes to further strengthen effective and friendly relations with Iran for the welfare of the two peoples and long-lasting peace in the region, Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan said.
(2022-02-09). California Healthcare Bill Fails. popularresistance.org Another effort to change the healthcare system in a U.S. state is dead in the water. This time, last week, lawmakers in California declined to vote on a measure whose proponents say would lead to a single-payer system in the state. Monday's nonvote in California provides yet another instance in which a state cannot move forward with a proposal for single payer. But while supporters may argue that there just needs to be more political will, in reality, it is not impossible to achieve a true single-payer healthcare system on a state level. On a larger scale, the recent results in California show the futility of the…
(2022-02-09). Neo-Nazis Active In Ukraine As White House Adds 3,000 Troops. popularresistance.org The original roles in the drama seem to be reversed. Back in December, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Oleksii Reznikov was warning that "not provoking Russia—that strategy does not and will not work," claiming that Russia invaded Georgia in 2008 because NATO hadn't let it join. In fact, Georgia began that war by attacking South Ossetia, driving tens of thousands of Russian-speaking residents there to flee across the border into Russia, creating an unprecedented refugee crisis for that country. These details, however, rarely trouble Western politicians or journalists. | In December, the US seemed much more reluc…
(2022-02-09). On Contact: The Gig Economy. popularresistance.org After the end of World War II, two generations of workers in the United States were blessed with a period of unprecedented prosperity. Wages for the working class were high. Jobs were stable and came with benefits and health insurance. Unions protected workers from abuse by the business elites. Taxes on the wealthiest individuals and corporations was as high as 91%. The public school system provided a quality education to the poor and the rich. The nation's infrastructure and technology were cutting edge and unrivaled. But by the 1970s, it all began to go south. Wages stagnated. Income inequality grew, until by 2…
(2022-02-09). The Endless Failure Of The Syrian War. popularresistance.org The recent rush of news reports about Balkan, Middle East and East European states scrambling to reestablish ties with Damascus would appear to signal the effective collapse of the decade-long Western policy of war, sanctions and isolation to end the rule of Bashar al-Assad's Baath regime in Syria. | Syria's southern neighbor Jordan opened its land border to trade in September as a precursor to a gas pipeline project that will run through its territory from Egypt to Lebanon. King Abdullah even took a phone call from Assad, much to the chagrin of the pundits on Syria whose opinions have formed the background music…
(2022-02-09). Workers Power Day — February 26, 2022. popularresistance.org Starbucks workers are leading an electrifying drive to organize the major coffee chain, with one or often several stores announcing they're joining this growing movement each day. Amazon workers from coast to coast are organizing to build power at one of the world's largest and most powerful corporations. Workers in Staten Island recently filed to hold union elections at 2 warehouses. The majority Black Amazon workers in Bessemer, Alabama are engaged in their second union campaign, after the results of the first were tossed out based on Amazon's egregious union busting campaign — which they continue in earn…
(2022-02-09). Three Hopeful Stories of Environmental Activism. otherwords.org When you work on climate, the news can often feel like one step forward, two steps back. But lately, ordinary people have been winning big victories to protect their communities — and our planet. | Last November, for example, President Biden Then, just two weeks later, his administration announced…
(2022-02-09). U.S. digs in as many others try to dig out of Ukraine crisis. peoplesworld.org 
For the second day in a row, war hawks in the U.S. and NATO Wednesday had to contend with increased efforts by several European leaders to cool the crisis over Ukraine by at least freezing the growing buildup to war and possibly by even discussing some starting points for negotiation. French President Emmanuel Macron raised …
(2022-02-09). President Maduro Condemns Indolence of Some Officials Toward Workers. orinocotribune.com 
With a tenacious call to end the indolence of some state institutions and private entities, President Nicolás Maduro asked for the support of Venezuela's working class through the functions carried out by the Productive Councils of Workers (CPT). | The statements were issued this Monday, February 7, during a meeting with workers of state-owned PDVSA subsidiary Pequiven. At the same time, President Maduro noted that Venezuela currently has sufficient funds to finance small and medium industries, including through the bank's credit portfolio. | "The assets are there, what is not there is a connection with the grass…
(2022-02-09). Reasons for Tax on Large Financial Transactions Law in Venezuela. orinocotribune.com 
The Law of Tax on Large Financial Transactions (IGTF) reform is being carried out by the Venezuelan National Assembly, with the aim of strengthening the bolívar in commercial and financial transactions, as well as creating stability in regard to the exchange rates of foreign currencies. | It is also supposed that there will be a positive impact on price stabilization, which in turn will be effective in reducing speculation once the country has overcome the hyperinflation induced by financial warfare mechanisms of the US-imposed blockade. | "Our intention is to charge more those who have more, and charge less or n…
(2022-02-09). Solana Launches PayPal Competitor 'Solana Pay' As SOL Token Price Recovers Over $100. moguldom.com Solana Labs has launched a new payments protocol, Solana Pay, that allows merchants to accept payments in cryptocurrencies directly from consumers. Solana pay will accept USDC, SOL and other tokens on the Solana blockchain. The announcement came as Solana's price moved against a critical resistance of $100 and headed towards $120 on the back of …
(2022-02-09). United States Outruns Regional States in Race for Kabul. towardfreedom.org The U.S. Treasury Department quietly signaled on February 2 that it was "tweaking" sanctions against Afghanistan's Haqqani Network, a Sunni Islamist militant organization. International banks can now transfer money to the Taliban, including its affiliated Haqqani Network, without fear of breaching sanctions, which means the United States may now have a say in the Taliban-run government, writes M.K. Bhadrakumar.
(2022-02-09). Stop the U.S. war machine! workers.org 
During the week of Jan. 30 to Feb. 6., an ad hoc coalition of U.S. anti-imperialist organizations in the United States held over 70 protests against U.S. and NATO aggressive actions directed at Russia. These ranged from holding signs and banners in well-trafficked areas or on highway overpasses to days . . . |
(2022-02-09). Online Event: Solidarity with Striking UMWA Mine Workers at Warrior Met Coal. peoplesworld.org 
TUESDAY, FEB. 22, 2022 — 8 P.M. EASTERN REGISTER HERE Click here to make a donation that goes directly to UMWA mine workers strike fund. Read People's World coverage of the strike at Warrior Met: > Warrior Met forces 1,100 Mine Workers in Alabama into long strike > Solidarity going strong for striking Alabama …
(2022-02-09). Mayor's war on the poor punctuates San Francisco's right-wing shift. liberationnews.org 
Dominated by the Democratic Party, San Fransisco's politics are lauded as some of the most progressive in the nation, yet, over the years, the city's poor and oppressed experienced innumerable attacks, each seemingly more vicious than the last.
(2022-02-09). 94th Academy Awards nominations: Don't Look Up, The Tragedy of Macbeth and the rest. wsws.org As has become entirely predictable in recent years, the entertainment media spent the morning of the nominations program counting up the number of black, Latino, Asian, female and gay individuals named.
(2022-02-09). "Don't Look Up": David Sirota on His Oscar Nod for Writing Blockbuster Climate Crisis & Media Satire. democracynow.org 
We speak to longtime progressive journalist and 2020 Bernie Sanders adviser David Sirota, who was just nominated for an Academy Award for co-writing the screenplay of the hit Netflix movie "Don't Look Up" along with the film's director, Adam McKay. The satire of the fight to have climate change acknowledged, let alone acted upon by global leaders, follows the plight of astronomy professor Dr. Randall Mindy (played by Leonardo DiCaprio) and his graduate student Kate Dibiasky (Jennifer Lawrence) as they fail to warn the planet of an impending comet that threatens to wipe out human existence.
(2022-02-09). U.S. to deploy warship, fighter squadron to assist UAE's war in Yemen. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com The United Arab Emirates, a founding member of NATO's Istanbul Cooperation Initiative military partnership, supplied NATO with troops for its war in Afghanistan and combat aircraft for its war against Libya, and leading NATO nations — the U.S., France, Turkey among them — return the favor. The war in Yemen is one of several military …
(2022-02-09). ww3 : a wall street crime against humanity. indybay.org wall street working both sides against eac other for double war profits…
(2022-02-09). Italian FM: NATO must honor commitment to admit Ukraine, Georgia. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Agenda.geFebruary 9, 2022 Italian FM: NATO cannot renege on its commitments towards Georgia, Ukraine "NATO can certainly not renege on the 'Open Door' principle and commitments towards Kyiv and Tbilisi taken in 2008 at the Bucharest Summit," said the Italian foreign minister. Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Luigi Di Maio has said …
(2022-02-09). COVID cases explode in Russia and Ukraine amid war crisis. wsws.org One in five cases in Russia occur among children as the virus rips through the population virtually unchecked.
(2022-02-09). Debate: Would U.S. Sanctions Bill on Russia Prevent Military Conflict or Make War More Likely? democracynow.org 
In an effort to discourage Russia's increasing military presence at the border with Ukraine, the U.S. has threatened to impose sanctions if Russian President Vladimir Putin orders an invasion. We host a debate between two foreign policy thinkers on whether sanctions could avert war — or make it more likely. The current sanctions bill proposed by Congress rushes to punish Russia in a way that would be harmful to diplomacy and could have disastrous humanitarian impacts on Russian civilians, warns Marcus Stanley, advocacy director of the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft. Meanwhile, George Lope…
(2022-02-09). Chinese military vows to thwart foreign interference, separatist schemes for 'Taiwan independence'. ecns.cn The Chinese military will take all necessary measures to firmly safeguard national sovereignty and territorial integrity, thwart any form of foreign interference and separatist attempts for "Taiwan independence," and continue to advance national reunification.
(2022-02-09). Military Situation In Yemen On February 9, 2022 (Map Update). southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | The Liaison and Coordination Officers' Operations Room (loyal to Ansar Allah) reported 159 ceasefire violations in al-Hudaydah in the past 24 hours; | On February 8, warplanes of the Saudi-led coalition conducted 4 airstrikes on the Sanaa province; | On February 8, warplanes of the Saudi-led coalition conducted 6 airstrikes on the Jubah district; | On February 8, warplanes of the Saudi-led coalition conducted 13 airstrikes on the Haradh district; | On February 9, clashes b…
(2022-02-09). Cornel West: Kanye West Needs To Get Off 'Symbolic Crack Pipe,' BHM Already About The Future. moguldom.com Former Harvard University Professor Cornel West has a few thoughts on hip-hop artist Kanye West's attempt to rename Black History Month "Black Future Month." Kanye apparently feels there is too much emphasis on the past and slavery during February and wants Black people to be more forward-thinking. But Cornel West says the hip-hop mogul is …