(2022-04-16). White House says "nothing will dissuade" US from arming Ukraine. wsws.org Russia has submitted a formal note protesting the US transfer of billions of dollars in military hardware to Ukraine, and raising the prospect of Russian retaliation against US/NATO arms shipments.
(2022-04-16). Biden Administration to Restart Oil, Gas Leasing on Public Lands. indybay.org WASHINGTON, April 15, 2022 — The Bureau of Land Management announced today that it will resume oil and gas leasing on public lands, violating President Biden's campaign promise to end new oil and gas leasing and locking in new extraction that thwarts his pledge to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
(2022-04-16). University of California Campuses Rally in Support of UC-wide "UC Green New Deal" indybay.org Students, faculty, and staff who are part of the UC Green New Deal Coalition, along with members of environmental organizations, campus Sustainability Offices, and concerned individuals on all ten UC campuses, conceived of the idea of an "Intercampus Earth Day" to draw inspiration from each other and to share resources and events that promote more climate awareness and climate action. Nine UC campuses are rallying on Earth Day to promote climate action. Several campuses, in addition to their rallies, have more elaborate plans, like UC Merced's Shakespeare in Yosemite and UC Santa Cruz's full day of Climate Teach-…
(2022-04-16). Consumer Health: Addressing concerns and dispelling myths about organ donation. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org April is National Donate Life Month. This annual observation raises awareness about donation, encourages people to register as donors and honors those who have saved lives through the gift of donation. Over 100,000 people in the U.S. are waiting for an organ transplant. And it's estimated 20 patients die every day in the U.S. because of the lack of donor organs. Have you considered becoming a donor? If you've never considered organ donation or delayed…
(2022-04-16). Chinese-invested enterprises in South Africa hold job fair to pursue localized development. ecns.cn Thousands of job seekers on Thursday swarmed into the Gallagher Convention Center in Johannesburg, where Chinese-invested enterprises in South Africa threw a job fair in hopes of hiring local talent for localized development.
(2022-04-16). [Editorial] Cancer care: beyond survival. thelancet.com Ringing the bell at the end of cancer treatment. Being given the "all clear" at the final clinic visit. This idea—of a clear endpoint to cancer treatment, after which normality resumes—is prevalent in our assumptions about what successful cancer treatment is, and can be a powerful motivation for people undergoing treatment, as well as those delivering and researching it. But for most people who survive cancer, the reality is not as straightforward. At least two-thirds of cancer survivors—either cured or in remission—have physical, psychological, and supportive care needs that are not well…
(2022-04-16). [Perspectives] Cracks in the foundation: how COVID-19 showed our failures. thelancet.com In 1963, James Baldwin, one of the USA's greatest essayists, published The Fire Next Time. The book's title comes from a slave song—"God gave Noah the rainbow sign/No more water but the fire next time". Baldwin's words sounded a warning that the USA needed to confront its racial hierarchy by embracing racial equality or doom its future. Sandro Galea's book, The Contagion Next Time, is titled in a homage to Baldwin and it also sounds a warning. Galea's central argument is that vulnerability to COVID-19 lies with a societal failure to recognise that the foundation of health rests on a healthy everyday life an…
(2022-04-16). [World Report] Doctors renew calls for nuclear disarmament. thelancet.com Amid escalating threats due to the war in Ukraine, doctors have been urged to support nuclear disarmament together. Paul Webster reports.
(2022-04-15). Ukraine war spirals out of control after US announces major arms shipment. wsws.org The day after the Biden administration announced a massive expansion of US arms shipments to Ukraine, the war took a dangerous new turn, threatening a direct military clash between NATO and Russia.
(2022-04-15). They saw and heard the truth — then lied about it: media on Donbass delegation omitted mention of Ukraine's 8 year war on the autonomous Republics. mronline.org 
In the last week of March, I stood on a central Donetsk main street next to two of the impact points of a Ukrainian missile attack that had killed 21 civilians and injured nearly 40 more on March 14.
(2022-04-15). US, EU sacrificing Ukraine to 'weaken Russia': fmr. NATO adviser. thegrayzone.com Former Swiss intelligence officer and NATO adviser Jacques Baud on the roots of the Ukraine-Russia war and its growing dangers. As the Russia-Ukraine war enters a new phase, former Swiss intelligence officer, senior United Nations official, and NATO advisor Jacques Baud analyzes the conflict and argues that the US and its allies are exploiting Ukraine in a longstanding campaign to bleed its Russian neighbor. Guest: Jacques Baud. Former intelligence officer with the Swiss Strategic Intelligence Service who has served in …
(2022-04-15). Meet The Russian Electronic Warfare Systems Supporting Operations In Ukraine (Video). southfront.org 
File image. | On April 15, the Russian Ministry of Defense released a video showing some of the electronic warfare (EW) systems currently supporting the special military operation in Ukraine. | The video was released to celebrate the EW Specialist Day, which is an official holiday in the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. | One of the EW systems that can be seen in the video is the Krasukha-4, which was developed by the KRET corporation to protect command posts, groupings of troops, air defens…
(2022-04-15). NATO, EU role in Ukraine war. workers.org 
By John P. Neelsen This text appeared, dated March 19, on the web portal www.hintergrund.de. The German daily newspaper Junge Welt published a version March 30 that was shortened by removing Neelsen's extensive footnotes. The article exposes U.S. imperialism's efforts to push the European Union to follow the U.S. into . . . |
(2022-04-15). U.S. vs. peace: Biden floods Ukraine with more weapons, eyes NATO expansion. liberationnews.org 
In his latest effort to prolong the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, President Biden announced on Wednesday that the United States will be providing an additional $800 million in military assistance to Ukraine…
(2022-04-15). Putin's Scuttled Peace Initiative: No Good Deed Goes Unpunished. popularresistance.org On his first foreign visit to Belarus on Tuesday since Russia's invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24, Russian President Vladimir Putin explained during a joint press conference with his Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko that the time frame of the military offensive in Ukraine was determined by the intensity of hostilities and Russia would act according to its plan. | "I often get these questions, can't we hurry it up?' We can. But it depends on the intensity of hostilities and, any way you put it, the intensity of hostilities is directly related to casualties," said the Russian president. "Our task is to achi…
(2022-04-15). Apply for the Claudia Jones Editorial Internship! towardfreedom.org Are you or someone you know looking for a paid summer internship at a news outlet that digs deep to illuminate the struggles of oppressed peoples? Check out Toward Freedom's summer internship program, the Claudia Jones Editorial Internship. Deadline for applications: 11: 59 p.m. ET, May 22, 2022…
(2022-04-15). We Do Not Want A Divided Planet; We Want A World Without Walls. popularresistance.org The surface of our skin beats with the fear that a new iron curtain will descend, that there is pressure to box in China and Russia, to divide the world into camps. But that is impossible, because — as noted in last week's newsletter — we live in a knot of contradictions and not in a clean cut world of certainties. Even close allies of the US, such as Australia, Germany, Japan, and India, cannot break their economic and political ties with Russia and China. Doing so would plunge them into a recession, bringing the kind of economic chaos that war and sanctions have already brought to Honduras, Pakistan…
(2022-04-15). Europe: the return to the periphery of the world. canadiandimension.com 
"The Congress of Vienna," watercolour etching by August Friedrich Andreas Campe (1777-1846), in the collection of the State Borodino War and History Museum, Moscow. | One hundred years after the First World War, Europe's leaders are sleepwalking toward a new, all-out war. As in 1914, they believe that the war in Ukraine will be limited and short-lived. In 1914, the word in Europe's chancelleries was that the war would last three weeks. It lasted four years and resulted in more than 20 million deaths. As was the case in 1918, the dominant view today holds that it is necessary to inflict exemplary punishment…
(2022-04-15). Hainan province grows its trade port in value. ecns.cn South China's Hainan province plans to build up the free trade port since its establishment four years ago, with a focus on four leading industries to push forward the port's high-quality development, Shanghai Securities Daily reported.
(2022-04-15). Ukraine and Yemen Wars Highlight US's Role as Biggest Arms Dealer in the World. truthout.org Analysts say the defense industry has spent billions of dollars lobbying Congress while quietly making much more in profit by manufacturing weapons that fuel deadly conflicts in Ukraine, Yemen and across the world under federal arms sales agreements that have little effective congressional oversight. | There is a dangerous "feedback loop" between major weapons manufacturers in the United States that make
(2022-04-15). Genocide and war propaganda. wsws.org Biden's charge of "genocide" in Ukraine is a political provocation consciously aimed at whipping up a public hysteria to legitimize a massive escalation of the war, including the full-scale, open participation by the United States.
(2022-04-15). Operation Gladio: How NATO Conducted a Secret War Against European Citizens and Their Democratically Elected Governments. libya360.wordpress.com Cynthia Chung Everyone is aware of the Iron Curtain speech delivered by Winston Churchill. However, it is not Churchill who is the originator of the phrase. "You had to attack civilians, the people, women, children, unknown people far from any political game. The reason was quite simple — to force the people to turn to…
(2022-04-15). US-led Coalition Says Recent Attack On Northeastern Syria Base Was Result Of Sabotage. southfront.org 
Green Berets conduct a medical evacuation exercise during a patrol within the 55km deconfliction zone in Syria, May 27, 2020. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. William Howard) | The
(2022-04-15). "Workers aren't getting bailed out like the billionaires": Detroit workers livid over surging gas prices. wsws.org Workers filling their tanks in the Detroit suburb of Warren, Michigan explained the impact of rising prices on their family budgets.
(2022-04-15). As Republicans Push Far Right Agenda, Stakes for Midterms Couldn't Be Higher. truthout.org I approach the upcoming 2022 midterm election burdened by an almost cosmic sense of dread. The stakes involved this time around are altogether daunting: The manner in which we as a nation deal with a hot war and its global impact, a global pandemic that is not finished with us yet, the global climate crisis, and so much else, will be determined to no insignificant degree by who emerges victorious from these upcoming contests. It ain't about getting the potholes filled this time. | Riding sidecar with dread is my usual kid-at-Christmas anticipation for what lies immediately ahead. I am of the opinion that primary…
(2022-04-15). Mass protests demanding Sri Lankan President Rajapakse resign continue in Colombo. wsws.org Referring to the Prime Minister's address to the nation on Monday in which he pointed to the Sri Lankan state's 1988-89 massacre of 60,000 youths in the island's south, a protester said, "He was just warning, 'We can open fire on you.'"
(2022-04-15). NATO warships enter Baltic Sea. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Ukrainian News AgencyApril 15, 2022 NATO Warships Enter Baltic Sea Ships of the Standing NATO Maritime Group 1 (SNMG1) have entered the Baltic Sea to take part in exercises with neighboring Allies. This was reported by Yevropeiska Pravda online media with reference to the Estonian portal ERR. It is reported that this group consists of …
(2022-04-15). German EU official uses racist rhetoric claiming Russians don't value life. multipolarista.com 
A German EU official claimed Russians don't value human life and thus aren't Europeans. The ex NATO researcher was echoing a centuries-old colonialist trope used to justify genocide of Indigenous peoples, US war on Vietnam, and Israeli occupation of Palestine.
(2022-04-15). "Chinese Exclusion Act 2.0" mronline.org 
The new Cold War and the spread of anti-Asian racism.
(2022-04-15). VIDEIO: Biden shakes hands with thin air after his speech. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 15 (MNA) — US President Joe Biden finished his speech at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University in Greensboro when he turned towards stage right with his paw outstretched in a handshake position.
(2022-04-15). Israeli jets violate Syrian airspace, bomb areas west of capital Damascus. peoplesdispatch.org Israel has carried out thousands of unprovoked attacks inside Syria since the war in the country began in 2011. Thursday's attack was the second such strike in less than a week and eighth since the beginning of 2022…
(2022-04-15). The Real Xinjiang: a vibrant picture in April. ecns.cn As the weather turns warm, migratory birds return to Bosten Lake in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, creating a vivid ecological image.
(2022-04-15). Ruling party "Russian army's allies": pro-West Georgian forces push war, regime change. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Agenda.geApril 15, 2022 State Security Service launches investigation into possible attacks on officials after comments by Parliament Vice Speaker The opposition United National Movement party is "mobilised to plan certain provocations" during the visit of the Georgian Parliamentary delegation to Ukraine that is set to begin today, Vice Speaker of the Georgian Parliament Gia Volski …
(2022-04-15). New Zealand escalates involvement in NATO war against Russia over Ukraine. wsws.org With the decision to send an air force transport plane and dozens of troops to Europe, a senior commander in New Zealand's military said the country was no longer neutral in the US-NATO war against Russia over Ukraine.
(2022-04-15). Amazon Lashes Back in Staten Island Warehouses. truthout.org The company has billed itself as the everything store. Now Amazon is the throw-everything-at-them union-buster — trying every trick in the playbook to throttle worker organizing at its Staten Island warehouses in New York City. | The union vote at a second warehouse, a neighboring sorting center known as LDJ5, is set to start April 25, so the company has turned its focus there. | "All those union-busters that were there to union-bust 8,000 workers at JFK8 have walked across the street and are in our little building of 1,600 people," a visibly shaken Madeline Wesley, who works at LDJ5, told reporters at a pr…
(2022-04-15). De-Escalation: SDF Withdraws From Government Buildings In Syria's Al-Qamishli (Photos). southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image. Source: the Hawar News Agency. | On April 14 afternoon, the security body of the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), known as Asayish, withdrew from a number of government buildings in the northeastern town of al-Qamishli that it had occupied in the morning. | Asayish personnel occupied the buildings in a bid to pressure Damascus into ending a siege imposed by the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) on the SDF-held district of Sheikh Maqsoud in Aleppo city. The siege…
(2022-04-15). Warning to Pelosi: China holds large-scale military drills near Taiwan targeting Congressional visit. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Global TimesApril 15, 2022 PLA drills around Taiwan targeted at US lawmakers' visit, rehearse 'real action' once necessary After the military conflict between Russia and Ukraine started, the US has intensified provocations over the Taiwan question as it wants to instigate a similar crisis on the island of Taiwan. The Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) …
(2022-04-15). Report: Belarus shot down drone on Lithuanian border. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com B92April 15, 2022 Belarusian border guards shot down a drone on the border with Lithuania, which was flying towards the territory of Belarus. This was announced on Thursday by the State Border Committee of Belarus, as TASS reported. "In order to prevent the violation of the airspace and suppress illegal activities, the border guards opened …
(2022-04-15). Mayo Clinic Minute: What's the best tool for preventing cancer? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org April is recognized as National Cancer Control Month, dedicated to raising awareness for cancer prevention and treatment. One of the best tools to prevent cancer is regular screening. Dr. Christine Klassen, director of the Mayo Clinic Breast Clinic, says mammograms are a good example. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute youtu.be/GInF2qiNVdk Journalists: Broadcast-quality video (0: 56) is in the downloads at the end of this post. Please "Courtesy: Mayo Clinic News Network." Read the script. "Early diagnosis is…
(2022-04-15). The Dollar Devours the Euro. orinocotribune.com By Michael Hudson — Apr 7, 2022 | It is now clear that today's escalation of the New Cold War was planned over a year ago. America's plan to block Nord Stream 2 was really part of its strategy to block Western Europe ("NATO") from seeking prosperity by mutual trade and investment with China and Russia. | As President Biden and U.S. national-security reports announced, China was seen as the major enemy. This despite China's helpful role in enabling corporate America to drive down labor's wage rates by de-industrializing the U.S. economy in favor of Chinese industrialization, China's growth was recognized as p…
(2022-04-15). Scott Ritter: Twitter Wars—My Personal Experience in Twitter's Ongoing Assault on Free Speech. scheerpost.com 
(Cathy Vogan/Consortium News) | By Scott Ritter / Monday, April 4, 2022: It was, from my point of view, just another day in the life of @RealScottRitter—my Twitter "handle." I had a phone call scheduled with the editor of a publication I write for where we would discuss topics for a weekly column I was responsible for. I was also under deadline for another article I was writing for a second outlet that published my work, and was preparing a pit…
(2022-04-15). Satellite Images Reveal Military Position Hit In Recent Israeli Airstrikes On Syria. southfront.org 
FILE PHOTO An Israeli F-16 fighter jet © Amir Cohen / Reuters | New satellite images have revealed one of the targets of the The target was a position of the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) located near the town of Kafr Qouq to the north of the district of Qatana. A large warehouse in the position was apparently wiped out as a result of the Israeli airstri…
(2022-04-15). The Venezuela Coup, 20 Years Later. popularresistance.org On April 11, 2002, Venezuela's democratically elected government, headed by Hugo Chávez Frías, was ousted in a military coup d'etat. Then, dramatically, two days later, the coup was overturned by a mass mobilization of Venezuelans. They demanded the restoration of democracy and the return of a government that appeared to be making good on its commitment to redistribute Venezuela's oil wealth to benefit the country's most marginalized sectors. These events led to lasting ramifications not just for Venezuela, but for Latin America and the Caribbean as a whole, paving the way for a "pink tide" of progressive movemen…
(2022-04-15). Venezuelan Authorities Predict Rebound in Tourism during Holy Week. orinocotribune.com The vice president of Venezuela's superior council of tourism (Conseturismo), Reinaldo Pulido, has announced that a significant rebound in the influx of foreign and domestic tourists is expected during Holy Week. | Pulido noted that as this important holiday begins, several tourist destinations in Venezuela have already register a high rate of visitors, which has not been reported since before the onset of the pandemic. | Regarding Los Roques, the paradise island in the Caribbean, he stated that it is 100% booked, in Margarita Island there is a good flow of people and in Mérida there is a 40% occupancy rate. | "T…
(2022-04-15). Argentina Reports Highest Inflation in 20 Years. orinocotribune.com This Wednesday, April 13, it was reported that Argentina registered its highest inflation in the last 20 years during the month of March, reaching a figure of 6.7% for that single month, while the interannual rate stood at 55.1%. | This information was released by the National Institute of Statistics and Censuses (INDEC) via Twitter. Venezuela and Argentina have been the countries in the region most afflicted by inflation in recent years. Especially Venezuela, which was hit hard by a hyperinflation spiral that affected millions of Venezuelans from 2018 until 2021. Last March, the Central Bank of Venezuela reporte…
(2022-04-15). Venezuelan Anti-Chavistas Ask Washington to Ease Sanctions. orinocotribune.com Expressing criticism of the pressure exerted by US political sectors against the Biden administration's rapprochement with Nicolás Maduro's government in Venezuela, a group of anti-Chavistas presented a letter in which they described the failure of illegal US sanctions. | Joshua Goodman of Associated Press shared the letter through his Twitter account, and noted that the signatories advocated the return of oil companies to Venezuelan soil. | "The economic sanctions and the policy of maximum pressure did not achieve their objectives," reads the document. "While the sanctions are not at the root of the humanitarian…
(2022-04-15). Venezuela rechaza informe del Gobierno de EE.UU. sobre derechos humanos. telesurtv.net La Cancillería venezolana instó a la Casa Blanca a resolver los graves problemas internos de ese país en materia de DD.HH.
(2022-04-15). The Venezuelan Coup, 20 Years Later. scheerpost.com 
Citizens took to the streets to defend President Hugo Chavez, Caracas, Venezuela, April 2002. | By Dan Beeton / On April 11, 2002, Venezuela's democratically elected government, headed by Hugo Chávez Frías, was ousted in a military coup d'etat. Then, dramatically, two days later,