(2022-04-04). Imperialist powers escalate Ukraine war over allegations of Russian war crimes in Bucha. wsws.org The campaign brings the cynical hypocrisy of the imperialist powers over war crimes to a new level and is being used to significantly escalate the war.
(2022-04-04). US Veteran Who Volunteered to Fight for Ukraine Describes 'Suicide Mission'. orinocotribune.com 
by Alexander Rubinstein — Mar 30, 2022 | An American volunteer for Ukraine tells The Grayzone how his foreign legion tried to use him as cannon fodder. | A decade after Henry Hoeft joined the US Army at age 18, he was back on the battlefield, but this time as a volunteer for a foreign military engaged in a proxy war against a powerful foe. After answering the Ukrainian government's call for foreign fighters this February, however, the American veteran quickly decided he was being sent on a "suicide mission" against the Russian military. | After escaping with his life, claiming his own allies had threatened…
(2022-04-04). Ukraine and the Global Economic War: Is This Barbarism or Civilization? transcend.org The West's actions against Russia since the war in Ukraine could signal an emerging new order that shuns the U.S. for weaponizing the dollar and Western control over the global financial system.
(2022-04-04). Make Peace, Not War, in Ukraine. transcend.org 31 Mar 2022 – There were a series of provocations by NATO that aroused security concerns in Moscow, including the expansion of NATO after the Cold War was over, the threat from the Soviet Union had disappeared, and promises were made by Western leaders to Gorbachev of no further NATO expansion. Such geopolitical behavior amounted to imprudent statecraft by the West,…
(2022-04-04). Oliver Stone Documents the Past to Illuminate the Present. transcend.org 29 Mar 2022 – While Kennedy was the last U.S. president to genuinely seek peace at the cost of his life, his successors have all been lackeys in love with war and in full awareness that the promotion of war and the military industrial complex were at the top of their job description. They have gladly served the god of war and ravaged countries around the world with the glee of sadists and madmen.
(2022-04-04). UK workers oppose Facebook's censoring of German Socialist Equality Party's anti-war video. wsws.org "The WSWS provides a lone voice against the pro-war propaganda in the majority of the world's media and, as such, must be defended by all conscious workers and youth."
(2022-04-04). Georgian PM faces internal, external attacks for striving to keep nation out of war. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Civil GeorgiaApril 3, 2022 Garibashvili Makes Controversial Remarks on Ukraine, Again The Georgian Prime Minister also vowed to "do everything" to avoid war in Georgia. "We want peace, stability and development, this is what our country needs today, no one needs war, and…any patriotic government must do everything to help the country and its people …
(2022-04-04). Saturday 5/7: Roy Zimmerman in Concert: RiZe Up 2022. indybay.org Monterey Peace and Justice Center, 1364 Fremont Blvd., Seaside, CA 93955…
(2022-04-04). More weapons are not the solution and Julian Assange. indybay.org What is insane, however, is the belief that peace can be secured for the future with even more weapons. SPD Chancellor Olaf Scholz has announced that he wants to invest an additional hundred billion euros in Germany's army; and in Switzerland, too, armament fantasies are being voiced.
(2022-04-04). PLEASE PITCH IN!! Be Our Partner in Peace/Social Justice Journalism. transcend.org Dear Reader, if donations don't pick up, we at TMS will not be able to continue doing our work. We thank all those who contribute consistently; unfortunately, not enough to cover expenses. We count on your solidarity and support to keep us alive–literally!
(2022-04-04). Venezuela Denounces New Terrorist Plans by Colombia's Iván Duque. orinocotribune.com This Saturday, April 2, President Nicolás Maduro denounced his Colombian counterpart Iván Duque for ordering extremist sectors of the Venezuelan right to deepen their terrorist attacks against the country. | During a phone call with the authorities of the Somos Venezuela movement, the Venezuelan president reported that sectors of the right met in Bogotá and received an order from Duque to deepen the terrorist attacks against public services, before the Colombian president ends his term. | The head of state warned: "Recently, they held a meeting of extremists in Bogotá and received an order from Iván Duque to deep…
(2022-04-04). The Cost of War: 23 Million Afghans Suffer Acute Hunger, 95% Don't Eat Enough Food. transcend.org 24 Mar 2022 – Following 20 long years (2001-2021) of brutal war on Afghanistan by the US-led military coalition, 23 million Afghans now face severe and acute hunger, economic bankruptcy, healthcare system collapse, unbearable family indebtedness, and devastating humanitarian crisis.
(2022-04-04). Nuland to visit Turkey in trip to rally Europe against Russia. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Hurriyet Daily NewsApril 4, 2022 U.S. undersecretary will visit Turkey amid Russia-Ukraine war U.S. Undersecretary for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland will visit Turkey on April 4 as part of her regional trip, which includes paying visits to France, Greece, Cyprus and Germany between April 2 and 9. Her discussions would aim to further strengthen the …
(2022-04-04). War of the 21st century: Azerbaijan celebrates war, as it does everyday. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com AzernewsApril 4, 2022 April battles: Beginning of historic victory One of the glorious pages in Azerbaijan's Karabakh war history, the 2016 April battles later dubbed the four-day war, bolstered a national soldier's combat spirit and paved the way for the ultimate victory gained by Azerbaijan over Armenia in 2020. *** As a result of four-day …
(2022-04-04). Pro-landlord shysters are served warning notice by Attorney General Rob Bonta. indybay.org Warning Notice From Attorney General Rob Bonta To Pro-Landlord Shysters:…
(2022-04-04). Save the Planet, Behead the Military Budget. transcend.org 30 Mar 2022 – Why, why, why, as our ecosystem collapses, as millions flee the horrors of war and poverty, as the pandemic continues, as WWIII and a nuclear Armageddon rears its evil head, does ever-expanding, global militarism remain our primary national purpose? This question stabs me as President Whoever announces his proposed military budget, as Congress increases it, as the media shrugs.
(2022-04-04). Fortieth anniversary of Malvinas/Falklands war exploited to protect Johnson and sanction NATO aggression against Russia. wsws.org Now an attempt to play the same political trick is being made under conditions in which the working class stands on the edge of an economic abyss and the world faces the prospect of a military confrontation between nuclear powers. The price for any let-up in the class struggle would be far higher.
(2022-04-04). Canadian imperialism using US-NATO war drive against Russia to expand military operations in the Arctic. wsws.org The Western powers' success in goading Putin to launch a reactionary war in Ukraine has intensified economic and geopolitical rivalries around the globe, including in the far north. The major powers view the Arctic, with its vast natural resources and trade routes opening up due to climate change, as a key battleground.
(2022-04-04). Sanctions imperil space cooperation, Russia says. ecns.cn The head of Russia's space program said on Saturday that the future of the International Space Station hangs in the balance after the space agencies of the United States, the European Union, and Canada missed a deadline to meet Russian demands for lifting sanctions on Russian enterprises and hardware.
(2022-04-04). Mélenchon aligns with NATO's war against Russia in Ukraine. wsws.org Repeating his role during NATO's Cold War against the Soviet Union, Mélenchon covers his support for imperialism with a few pacifist phrases.
(2022-04-04). Poland: Ruling party chief invites nuclear weapons, more U.S. troops. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com ReutersApril 3, 2022 Poland 'open' to nukes stationed in country amid Russia-Ukraine war — party head Poland would be open to having nuclear weapons stationed in the country…ruling Polish party leader Jaroslaw Kaczynski said in comments published Sunday as Warsaw calls for tougher action against Moscow over the conflict in Ukraine. The politician noted that …
(2022-04-04). Progress review of Iran nanotechnology plan. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 04 (MNA) — Iran Nanotechnology Innovation Council (INIC), in a report published in English, has reviewed the activities and developments in Iran's nanotechnology program from its onset onward until the end of 2021.
(2022-04-04). US bank warns of potential $1 b loss from Russia exposure. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 04 (MNA) — JPMorgan boss Jamie Dimon warned on Monday that the bank could lose about $1 billion on its Russia exposure resulting from the conflict in Ukraine.
(2022-04-04). One year since the start of Warrior Met Coal strike in Alabama. wsws.org On its one-year anniversary, the Warrior Met miners' strike shed light on the escalating struggle between workers and the ruling class, as well as the irreconcilable conflict between rank-and-file workers and the corporatist unions.
(2022-04-04). South Sudan: Oil Underground, Blood on the Surface. transcend.org 29 Mar 2022 — While politicians and media have been viewing the ongoing armed conflict in South Sudan as a "civil war" between ethnic groups, there are some facts that should be considered. One of them is that this country is rich in oil.
(2022-04-04). US seeks to destabilize Lebanon: lawmaker. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 04 (MNA) — A Lebanese lawmaker warns that Washington seeks to plunge Lebanon into more crisis while Hezbollah is trying to revive the failed state.
(2022-04-04). Davino Watson, American citizen wrongfully imprisoned by ICE, speaks out against American war drive and calls for elimination of COVID-19. wsws.org Watson, a naturalized American citizen who spent three-and-a-half years fighting an illegal effort by the US government to deport him, spoke to the WSWS aboutthe drive to world war and the need to eliminate COVID-19.
(2022-04-04). United States Colored Troops Congressional Gold Medal Act. indybay.org The Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate shall make appropriate arrangements for the presentation, on behalf of Congress, of a gold medal of appropriate design to the African Americans who served with Union forces during the Civil War, collectively, in recognition of their bravery and outstanding service during the Civil War.
(2022-04-04). The MADness of the Resurgent U.S. Cold War on Russia. transcend.org 28 Mar 2022 – The war in Ukraine has placed U.S. and NATO policy toward Russia under a spotlight: How they expanded NATO right up to Russia's borders, backed a coup and now a proxy war in Ukraine, imposed waves of economic sanctions, and launched a debilitating trillion-dollar arms race. The goal is to pressure, weaken and eliminate Russia, or a Russia-China partnership, as a strategic competitor to U.S. imperial power.
(2022-04-04). "We are Human Guinea Pigs": Alarming Casualty Rates for mRNA Vaccines Warrant Urgent Action. globalresearch.ca Official US and EU data confirm alarming numbers of deaths and permanent paralysis as well as other severe side effects from the experimental mRNA vaccines. It is now clear that we are being asked to be human guinea pigs in an experiment that could alter the human gene structure and far worse.
(2022-04-04). 2022 California Armed Service Day – Tribute to United States Colored Troops. indybay.org AB 1655, is on the way to an official California Juneteenth Holiday to begin sharing our authentic contribution toward saving the Union while fighting for freedom. In July of 1862, Congress passed the Militia Act of 1862. It had become an "indispensable military necessity" to call on America's African descent population to help save the Union.
(2022-04-04). Venezuela Sends Best Wishes to Muslims for Ramadan. orinocotribune.com Caracas, April 3, 2022 ( Along with the official statement, Venezuelan Foreign Affairs Minister Félix Plasencia wrote: "Happiness and health to all Muslim friends who live in our country, a…
(2022-04-03). Russia rejects Ukraine war-crimes allegations as provocations. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 03 (MNA) — The Russian military has firmly denied accusations of mass killings of civilians in Bucha, a Ukrainian town northwest of Kyiv.
(2022-04-03). Russia-Ukraine Conflict Highlights Racist Double Standard in the West. orinocotribune.com By Wu Chaolan — Mar 21, 2022 | The ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict has garnered widespread attention across the globe. The wall-to-wall coverage and outpouring of reactions to the Russia-Ukraine conflict from the West has raised eyebrows at its double standard toward other humanitarian crises, which has unsheathed flagrant racist and biased attitudes toward the value of non-white lives that also matter. | CBS News senior correspondent in Kyiv Charlie D'Agata, for instance, has faced a widespread backlash due to his discriminatory comments on the Ukraine crisis: "This isn't a place, with all due respect, like…
(2022-04-03). Nazis in Ukraine: Seeing Through the Fog of the Information War. libya360.wordpress.com Gabriel Rockhill Participants of an annual event in honor of Stepan Bandera march through Kyiv, Ukraine on Jan. 1, 2021. (Genya Savilou/AFP) On February 24, Russian President Vladimir Putin undertook what he referred to as a "special military operation … to de-militarise and de-Nazify Ukraine." Western bourgeois media immediately decried these stated goals, regularly repeating that the allegations of…
(2022-04-03). Ukraine: Countering the Spin. "The Propaganda War". Max Blumenthal. globalresearch.ca
(2022-04-03). Ukrainian Soldiers Carried Out Execution Of Russian POWs (Photos). southfront.org 
emptyOn April 3, the Ukrainian media exploded with alleged Ukrainian victories in the Kiev region, which was left by Russian forces a few days ago. Various fake videos were made in the region in an attempt to balme Russian soldiers in war crimes. The artificial hysteria supported by unprofessionally staged videos is aimed at "balancing" the numerous reports of war crimes of Ukrainian nazis confirmed by civilians from Mariupol, the Donbass region and other war-torn regions. | On April 3, a new horri…
(2022-04-03). Russian-Ukrainian talks to resume virtually on Monday. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 03 (MNA) — Russian negotiator Vladimir Medinsky announced that peace talks between Russia and Ukraine will resume via videoconference on Monday.
(2022-04-03). Peace proposals verbally accepted by Moscow, except on Crimea. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 03 (MNA) — Ukraine's top negotiator said that Moscow had "verbally" agreed to key Ukrainian proposals.
(2022-04-03). No Peace Can be Achieved Without Lifting the Siege, Says Yemen. orinocotribune.com The Supreme Political Council of Yemen has denounced the Saudi ceasefire without the full lifting of the siege on the Yemeni people. | The Supreme Political Council of Yemen stated on Wednesday, March 30, that no peace can be achieved without ending the "The Yem…
(2022-04-03). Communication: Strategy for Wars. libya360.wordpress.com Fabrizio Casari Wars have always been fought to conquer territories, to plunder the riches of the sea, land and subsoil, for the strategic control of sea and air routes. Today, wars are also fought to prevent the growth of competition in markets, to redefine the structure of world governance, where a unipolar and a multipolar…
(2022-04-03). Azerbaijan's wars against Karabakh set global precedents for unleashing wars of aggression. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Panaroma.amApril 2, 2022 2016 April war became a 'touchstone' — Artsakh Foreign Ministry Artsakh's Foreign Ministry on Saturday issued the following statement on the sixth anniversary of the 2016 April war launched by Azerbaijan: "Six years ago, on the night of April 2, 2016, the Azerbaijani armed forces, violating the May 12, 1994 Agreement on …
(2022-04-03). Nagorno-Karabakh: opening another front against Russia? antibellum679354512.wordpress.com In addition to opening fronts in Abkhazia and South Ossetia. ==== Global CommentMarch 31, 2022 South Caucasus: a new war on the horizonNikola Mikovic While the world's eyes turn towards Ukraine, Azerbaijan is taking full advantage in the South Caucasus. Quite aware that Russia is not in a position to intervene and protect its ally …
(2022-04-03). N. Korea warns Seoul of 'serious threat' over missile remarks. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 03 (MNA) — North Korea has condemned the South Korean defense minister's remarks about its ability to strike against the North and warned it would destroy major targets in Seoul if the South takes any dangerous military action.
(2022-04-03). How Not to Cope with Vladimir Putin by Drilling and Pumping. scheerpost.com 
By By Stan Cox / While the Ukrainian people bear the lethal brunt of Russia's invasion, shockwaves from that war threaten to worsen other crises across the planet. The emergency that loomed largest before Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine began — the heating of Earth's climate — is now loomi…
(2022-04-03). Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: COVID-19 metrics improve, expert still urges caution. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Hospitalizations and deaths due to COVID-19 continue to decline, leading to some optimism about the way forward from pandemic to endemic. But experts still urge caution as the omicron subvariant, named BA.2, has quickly become the dominant strain in the U.S. "When you look around the nation, all of the metrics, with the exception of BA.2, have fallen precipitously," explains Dr. Gregory Poland, head of Mayo Clinic's Vaccine Research Group. "But we need to be very cautious about…
(2022-04-03). Striking distance of Black Sea: U.S. aircraft carrier, 12 anti-missile destroyers remain in Mediterranean. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Stars and StripesApril 1, 2022 USS Truman carrier strike group to remain in Mediterranean region for now The USS Harry S. Truman and at least some of the warships supporting the aircraft carrier will remain on deployment in the Mediterranean Sea region for the foreseeable future, the Pentagon announced. Officials wouldn't say Thursday how much …
(2022-04-03). As Europe Turns Away From Russian Oil, Gas Exporters' Global Clout Is Increasing. truthout.org Few events in recent years have proved to be as transformative of international relations as Russia's invasion of Ukraine and the resulting imposition of sanctions on the Russian economy. The war and sanctions have sundered or sharply curtailed most remaining trade and diplomatic relations between Russia and the West, forcing Western firms to suspend their operations in Russia and plan for a world divided into highly segmented trade blocs. | Every major industry will be battered by these seismic shifts, but none more so than energy: Prior to the invasion, Russia was Europe's principal supplier of imported oil and…
(2022-04-03). Colombia, Turkey, NATO, world's longest counterinsurgency and newest wars. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Ramirez was interviewed while in Turkey. She and her Turkish counterparts had the opportunity to compare notes on the counterinsurgency war in her nation and Turkey's against Kurds in Turkey, Iraq and Syria. Also see: Video: NATO chief, Colombian president unite against Russia over Ukraine, against Russia, China over Venezuela Hurriyet Daily NewsApril 2, 2022 …
(2022-04-03). NATO Sets Out Its Strategy For Even More Military Build-Up. popularresistance.org NATO sees Russia as a threat to US power—and has poured arms and soldiers into eastern Europe accordingly. That's not the latest statement from the Stop the War Coalition—but the picture NATO paints itself in its annual report released on Thursday. | The report gives an outline of what the US's military alliance got up to in 2021 and spells out its aims for the years ahead. It all comes packaged in the ≠language of "cooperation" and "security." But once you strip out the guff, what the report really says is NATO's biggest concern is containing Russia and China. | In his foreword to the report, NATO…