(2023-01-09). Ukraine Sanctions Dozens of Russian Artists for Allegedly Supporting the War. news.antiwar.com Ukraine on Saturday placed over 100 Russian artists and public figures on a sanctions list for their alleged support for the Russian invasion. The list includes TV presenters, singers, and musicians who Mykhailo Podolyak, an adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, called "propagandists of death." Anna Netrebko, a Vienna-based opera singer, is one of the …
(2023-01-09). Russia Offering 'Korea-style' Peace Deal — Kiev. transcend.org 8 Jan 2023 – Moscow wants to formalize the status quo on the ground, Ukraine's top security official said.
(2023-01-09). Colombia suspends arrest warrants for dissident FARC guerrillas. colombiareports.com Colombia's Prosecutor General's Office suspended the arrest warrants for three dissident FARC guerrillas who have been appointed to negotiate peace with the government. The three guerrilla are leaders of the…
(2023-01-09). (Norsk-Norwegian) Fredspioneren Johan Galtung 92 à•r! transcend.org 'Fader of Peace Studies' feirer sin 92-à•rsdag. Som 24-à•ring ble han fengslet i 6 mà•neder som milità¶rnekter i Norge. I fengsel skrev han, sammen med Arne Nà¶ss, sin fà∏rste bok: Gandhi's Political Ethics. I dag har han bidratt med mer enn 170 bà∏ker; over 1 0 artikler, artikler og bokkapitler; og over 0 redaksjoner for TRANSCEND Media Service om freds- og konfliktstudier, mekling og relaterte spà∏rsmà•l. GRATULERER med dagen, JOHAN!
(2023-01-09). Peace Disruption: Incursion, Insurrection, Intifada. transcend.org "The 131/2-minute incursion that will change the Middle East forever."
(2023-01-09). When Bankers Choose War Over Peace: Learning From History, Lest We Are Doomed to Repeat It. globalresearch.ca
(2023-01-09). No tank deliveries to Ukraine! Stop the threat of a third world war! wsws.org Eighty-two years after the beginning of the German war of extermination against the Soviet Union, German tanks are again rolling against Russia. The German government is thereby risking a nuclear world war.
(2023-01-09). Uranium Water Contamination In US Far More Prevalent Than Believed. popularresistance.org Maybe it's the good kind of uranium that turns you into Spider-Man or the Incredible Hulk and not the bad kind of uranium that turns you into Thyroid Cancer Man — one of the lesser-known Marvel superheroes. | ProPublica has come out with an investigation entitled "The Cold War Legacy Lurking in U.S. Groundwater." After World War II, the Cold War started between the U.S.S.R. and the U.S. because the rich needed to stop the damn Communists from pushing their furry hats on everyone! There was a feverish need to build loads of nuclear weapons. To do that, the U.S. needed uranium, and its ruling class didn't car…
(2023-01-09). Can NATO and the Pentagon Find a Diplomatic Off-Ramp from the Ukraine War? transcend.org 3 Jan 2023 – The precarious fine line the US and NATO are walking in Ukraine, caught between their commitment to an open-ended, ever-escalating war and the existential danger of nuclear war. The dichotomy between the sober assessments of senior military officials and the policy choices of their political bosses.
(2023-01-09). Nowhere to Hide: How a Nuclear War Would Kill You — And Almost Everyone Else. globalresearch.ca
(2023-01-09). Russia-India Trade to Break Record in 2022. infobrics.org Russian and Indian relations are developing as the world tries to isolate Moscow in light of the Ukraine war…
(2023-01-09). Massive German arms exports in 2022. wsws.org Between January 1 and December 22, 2022, the German ruling coalition approved arms exports totaling upwards of 8.35 billion euros. Ukraine received the highest total of arms of any country.
(2023-01-09). After McCarthy election, Republicans, Democrats outline right-wing budget agendas. wsws.org The Republicans said they would seek major cuts in domestic social spending, while the Democrats emphasized protecting Wall Street and funding the war in Ukraine.
(2023-01-09). "I Speak For The Georgian Legion — We Don't Take Russian Soldiers Prisoner!" journal-neo.org 
Reports of Georgian soldiers dying in the fight for Ukraine's independence are at first impression heartwarming, at least for the naàØve. BUT when you dig deeper into this story, you soon realise that their plight is of their own choice, and motivated by financial considerations, not solidarity or standing up for a fledgling democracy. As …
(2023-01-09). NATO recklessly escalates war against Russia. wsws.org At a certain point, the escalation of the US-NATO war against Russia begets escalation, creating a chain reaction that cannot be contained.
(2023-01-09). China's normalization overtures rejected as US opts for another Taiwan escalation. infobrics.org Only three days after the new Chinese Foreign Minister's positive overtures, Washington DC insulted Beijing by ordering its warship to pass through the Taiwan Strait.
(2023-01-09). Brazil Has a New President, and a Renewed Chance to Save the Amazon. transcend.org 5 Jan 2023 – The victory in Brazil's presidential race by Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva may be one of the most momentous events in modern world history. Lula returned for a third term and has pledged to protect the Amazon and the indigenous communities that have long stewarded the forest.
(2023-01-09). The Old Use the Young to Wage War: "Thank You Sir, May I Have Another?" transcend.org "With age comes wisdom, but sometimes age comes alone." Oscar Wilde's wry observation highlights an obvious truth: age alone does not confer wisdom or any other desirable trait. The powerful and elderly decision-makers of the world demonstrate the disconnect between age and wisdom with every war.
(2023-01-09). Friday 1/13: Media: Stop Cheerleading for War! indybay.org San Francisco Chronicle Bldg., 901 Mission St @ 5th, San Francisco…
(2023-01-09). Is a Happy New Year Possible? Sisyphus and the Feeling of the Absurd are Entwined. globalresearch.ca
(2023-01-09). Republican Warmonger Wins Contest to Become House Speaker. globalresearch.ca
(2023-01-09). COVID-19 Pandemic Psychological Warfare. globalresearch.ca
(2023-01-09). 'Roald Dahl's Matilda the Musical': Thoroughly modern Matilda. peoplesworld.org 
You simply cannot escape the zeitgeist of Matilda. Against all odds, Matilda Wormwood in the new Roald Dahl's Matilda the Musical is an unqualified triumph. Director Matthew Warchus and writers Dennis Kelly and Tim Minchin's revival of Roald Dahl's semi-classical book Matilda is a spirited morality play, another milestone in the never-ending struggle of democracy …
(2023-01-09). OPEC's Second-Largest Oil Producer Issues Arrest Warrant for Donald Trump. globalresearch.ca
(2023-01-09). Washington's 'Democracy Promotion' Spectacularly Fails In Venezuela. popularresistance.org The Los Angeles Times reports that "the audacious gamble by the U.S. government to…restore democracy" suffered a "spectacular failure" in Venezuela. What this State Department stenographer masquerading as a newspaper considers a "democratic" setback consisted of failing to impose unknown US security asset Juan Guaidó as Venezuela's president. | This man just got the boot from his own fractious opposition group, which voted 72-29 to disband his "interim government." The Hill reports that the pretend president still claims…
(2023-01-08). Putin's Christmas Ceasefire Doesn't Hold. news.antiwar.com The ceasefire ordered by Russian President Vladimir Putin for Orthodox Christmas did not hold, as heavy shelling was reported in eastern Ukraine on Friday and Saturday. The ceasefire was to be held from noon on Friday through midnight on Saturday. The Russian military insisted that it observed the ceasefire but said it did respond to …
(2023-01-08). Russia Claims 600 Ukrainian Troops Dead in Strikes, Kyiv Denies Anyone Was Killed. news.antiwar.com Russia on Sunday claimed its forces killed over 600 Ukrainian troops in missile strikes, while Kyiv denies that there were any casualties at all. The Russian Defense Ministry said that missile strikes hit two facilities in Kramatorsk, Donetsk, that were housing 1,300 Ukrainian troops as retaliation for Ukrainian strikes that used US-provided HIMARS rocket systems …
(2023-01-08). Sweden Says It Can't Meet Some of Turkey's Demands to Join NATO. news.antiwar.com Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson said Sunday that Turkey has made demands for Sweden that it cannot fulfill as part of Ankara's conditions for the Nordic nation to join NATO. "Turkey confirms that we have done what we said we would do. But they also say that they want things that we can't and won't give …
(2023-01-08). US Airstrikes in Somalia Increased By 30% in 2022. news.antiwar.com US airstrikes in Somalia rose by 30% in 2022 as the Biden administration has escalated its involvement in the war against al-Shabaab, Military Times reported on Sunday. According to data compiled by the Long War Journal, a project of the hawkish Foundation for the Defense of Democracies think tank, US Africa Command launched at least …
(2023-01-08). Zelensky Thanks US for Over $3 Billion Arms Package, Calls It an 'Awesome Christmas Present'. news.antiwar.com The US on Friday pledged a new $3.075 billion weapons package for Ukraine that includes Bradley Fighting Vehicles for the first time, which Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called an "awesome Christmas present" as it was announced on the eve of Orthodox Christmas. The aid marks the single largest arms package the US has pledged to …
(2023-01-08). Activist Silenced for Questioning German Support for Ukrainian Neo-Nazis (Coop Anti-War Cafe Berlin Statement). orinocotribune.com Caracas, January 8, 2023 ( Among those organizations is the Coop Anti-War Café Berlin. One of its organizers, Heinrich Buecker, now faces criminal charges that could result in a punishment of up to three years in prison or fines.This is…
(2023-01-08). Peace Activists Take On The Pentagon's Corporate 'Merchants Of Death'. popularresistance.org Days after a U.S. warplane bombed a Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan, killing forty-two people, twenty-four of them patients, the international president of MSF, Dr. Joanne Liu walked through the wreckage and prepared to deliver condolences to family members of those who had been killed. A brief video, taped in October, 2015, captures her nearly unutterable sadness as she speaks about a family who, the day before the bombing, had been prepared to bring their daughter home. Doctors had helped the young girl recover, but because war was raging outside the hospit…
(2023-01-08). CNN Recruits Washington's Worst Warmonger the Instant He Leaves Congress. strategic-culture.org By Caitlin JOHNSTONE | Kinzinger, who prior to being Nobody in congress lobbied as aggressively to start World War Three as Kinzinger…
(2023-01-08). Blows Against the Empire—2022 In Memoriam. orinocotribune.com 
By Steve Lalla Jan 6, 2023 | Throughout 2022, monopoly capitalism, with the US at its core, continued to erode from within and buckle under pressure exerted by sovereign states and peoples' movements alike. Relentless blows reigned down on the empire. These were some of the most memorable: | January 30: Prior to the Winter Olympics in Beijing, the leaders of China and Russia meet, the first visit between Xi Jinping and any world leader in over two years. A Russia—China joint statement heralded the dawning of a "new era," warned against "the negative impact of the United States' Indo-Pacific strategy o…
(2023-01-08). EU urged to view response fairly. ecns.cn The Foreign Ministry urged the European Union on Friday to view China's pandemic response in an objective and fair manner, saying that it will take corresponding measures based on the principle of reciprocity in response to unreasonable measures taken by some countries toward travelers from China.
(2023-01-08). San Francisco's leading neo-con Alice Cooper impersonator, the former Steve Schwartz! indybay.org This cheerleader for United States foreign policy crimes on three continents changes personas more frequently than most yuppies change their socks!
(2023-01-08). Consumer Health: Do you know the symptoms of glaucoma? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org January is National Glaucoma Awareness Month, which makes this a good time to learn more about treating this group of eye conditions. About 3 million people in the U.S. have glaucoma, and it's the second-leading cause of blindness worldwide, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Glaucoma is a group of eye conditions that damage the optic nerve, often due to abnormally high pressure in your eye. Elevated eye pressure is due to a buildup of…
(2023-01-08). Science Saturday: Aspiring to deliver new cures for complex conditions. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Mayo Clinic is building toward a future when biologics can cure cancer, kidney disease and diabetes. Mayo marks 2022 as a year of significant strides in accelerating science to make and deliver regenerative biotherapeutics. The goal is to offer new options, based on rigorous research in cell and gene therapies, for disorders with few available treatments. The Mayo Clinic Center for Regenerative Biotherapeutics has a new strategy of advancing regenerative discoveries toward early-stage clinical trials and industry…
(2023-01-08). What is cardiac arrest? A Mayo Clinic heart expert explains. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Cardiac arrest, or sudden cardiac arrest as it is more formally known, is a medical emergency. It happens when an event, usually an electrical disturbance, quickly and unexpectedly causes your heart to stop working. It's not the same as a heart attack and is called sudden because it seems to happen without warning. Dr. Christopher DeSimone, a Mayo cardiac electrophysiologist specializing in abnormal cardiac rhythm, answers questions about cardiac arrest, the differences between cardiac arrest…
(2023-01-08). Healthy Weight Awareness Month. Mayo Clinic innovations can help you lose weight, keep it off. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org MEDIA ADVISORY: Mayo Clinic experts available to talk about obesity epidemic in America and innovations in weight loss procedures January is Healthy Weight Awareness Month — and a time when many consider a fresh start with healthier eating and exercise habits. Consider these stats on obesity in America, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Forty-one percent of Americans are considered obese. And by 2030, an estimated 50% of Americans will be obese….
(2023-01-08). Is a Happy New Year Possible? dissidentvoice.org 
Albert Camus and Edward Curtin, Sr. The struggle itself toward the heights is enough to fill a man's heart. One must imagine Sisyphus happy. — Albert Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus Really? Or was he joking? Whenever January rolls around and a new year begins with its implied ending, I think of my father and Albert …
(2023-01-08). American Exceptionalism on Full Display. tomdispatch.com Let me start with a confession: I no longer read all the way through newspaper stories about the war in Ukraine. After years of writing about war and torture, I've reached my limit. These days, I just can't pore through the details of the ongoing nightmare there. It's shameful, but I don't want to know the names of the dead or examine images caught by brave photographers of half-exploded buildings, exposing details — a shoe, a chair, a doll, some half-destroyed possessions — of lives lost, while I remain safe and warm in San Francisco. Increasingly, I find that I just can't bear it. And so I scan the…
(2023-01-08). BREAKING: Russian Military Warns Of Upcoming Provocations In Ukraine. southfront.org 
Illustrative Image | The Russian Ministry of Defence released an urgent statement of the Interdepartmental Coordination Headquarters of the Russian Federation for Humanitarian Response in Ukraine, warning of the upcoming provocations prepared by the Kiev regime. | According to the Russian military, special services of Ukraine have prepared a new large-scale anti-Russian provocation aimed at discrediting the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and accusing Russian servicemen of allegedly committing war crimes. | On t…
(2023-01-08). First Prisoners Exchanged In 2023. southfront.org 
Russian servicemen | On January 8, Russia and Ukraine held another prisoner exchange which became the first one in 2023. This time, the exchange was equal, both of the warring sides got servicemen back from enemy prisons. | The Russian Ministry of Defence confirmed that Russian servicemen came back home as a result of the exchange. The Russian side traditionally did not reveal the military ranks of the released prisoners of war (POWs). All of them will be taken to Moscow for treatment and rehabilitation. |
(2023-01-08). Military Situation In Iraq On January 8, 2023 (Map Update). southfront.org 
(2023-01-08). Venezuela economy surges, U.S. sanction policy crumbling. fightbacknews.org Chicago, IL- 2022 was a banner year for the Venezuelan economy. The Venezuelan Central Bank recorded a 19% growth rate, while the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America put it at 12%. While inflation of food and gas prices ate at workers' income in the U.S. and much of the world this past year, Venezuela inflation was low compared with previous years. This is due to booms in both food and oil sectors in Venezuela owing to the ability of the Bolivarian Revolution to overcome U.S. sanctions. | Oil industry recovery | PDVSA oil started flowing to the U.S. and EU again after March, when the Biden…
(2023-01-08). Colombia's President Petro Meets President Maduro for Second Time in Miraflores (+ELN). orinocotribune.com On Saturday, January 7, the president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, received Colombian President Gustavo Petro at Miraflores Palace, where the two presidents held a meeting. After it ended, President Maduro announced that there is a clear path for joint work and cooperation between the two nations on different issues that will continue to yield positive results for both countries. | President Maduro wrote on his social media accounts that the meeting he had with his Colombian counterpart was exhaustive and very fruitful. | "With the President of the Republic of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, we had a broad and very fru…
(2023-01-08). Presidentes de Venezuela y Colombia se reúnen en Caracas. telesurtv.net Revisan exhaustivamente temas de la relación bilateral. Adoptan acuerdos para fomentar el desarrollo y la complementariedad entre ambas naciones.
(2023-01-08). Guaidó is Gone, but We Shouldn't Forget Canada's Interference in Venezuela. libya360.wordpress.com Owen Schalk Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó. Photo by Miguel Gutierrez. Ottawa's support for Guaidó was vocal, unwavering, and rooted in a decades-long alliance with right-wing forces in Venezuela The Juan Guaidó farce has, finally, come to an end. The hardline Venezuelan opposition, which has long sought the overthrow of the Bolivarian Revolution even during…
(2023-01-08). Colombia's President Petro Meets President Maduro for 2nd Time in Miraflores (+ELN). orinocotribune.com On Saturday, January 7, the president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, received Colombian President Gustavo Petro at Miraflores Palace, where the two presidents held a meeting. After it ended, President Maduro announced that there is a clear path for joint work and cooperation between the two nations on different issues that will continue to yield positive results for both countries. | President Maduro wrote on his social media accounts that the meeting he had with his Colombian counterpart was exhaustive and very fruitful. | "With the President of the Republic of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, we had a broad and very fru…