(2023-01-24). Poland Says It Will Seek Berlin's Formal Approval to Send Leopard Tanks to Ukraine. news.antiwar.com Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said Monday that Warsaw will formally seek permission from Berlin to send German-made Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine. "We will apply for such permission," Morawiecki said. He added that if Berlin doesn't grant permission, Warsaw would still try to send the tanks as part of a "small coalition" of countries. …
(2023-01-24). Maduro: 'Venezuela Supports and is Prepared' for Common Latin American Currency. orinocotribune.com Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, from a large demonstration at the Miraflores Palace in Caracas, greeted the countries that will meet as of Tuesday, January 24, at the 7th Heads of State and Government Summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC). During his greeting, Maduro reported that "Venezuela supports and is prepared" for the initiative to create "a Latin American and Caribbean currency," announced on Monday, January 23, by Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Alberto Fernández, presidents of Brazil and Argentina, respectively. | "I send a greeting of liberation to the peoples who wi…
(2023-01-23). Nations Push to Break German Stalemate Over Sending Tanks to Ukraine. news.antiwar.com Over the weekend, other NATO members' pressure on Berlin continued to mount while bipartisan American lawmakers have issued demands that Washington lead by example and send its own heavy tanks to Ukraine. The lawmakers highlighted the influence such a move could have in convincing other allies to send heavy tanks to Kiev "in lock step" …
(2023-01-23). Germany: Ukraine Losing Hundreds of Soldiers Every Day. news.antiwar.com The German foreign intelligence service assesses that Kiev is losing a "three-digit number" of soldiers daily, according to a report in Der Spiegel. Berlin informed politicians of the assessment during a secret meeting this week. Germany's Federal Intelligence Service (BND) is "alarmed" by the high number of losses Ukraine is suffering. The report says Berlin …
(2023-01-23). Russia Says Still No Date Set on New START Talks With US. news.antiwar.com Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov said Monday that there are still no dates set for talks between the US and Russia on the last remaining nuclear arms control treaty between the two powers, known as New START. The US and Russia were set to meet on the treaty in November, but Russia postponed the …
(2023-01-23). Lavrov Says the West's 'Hybrid War' on Russia Becoming a 'Real War'. news.antiwar.com In South Africa on Monday, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said the conflict in Ukraine is no longer a "hybrid war" between Russia and the West but is turning into a "real war." At a press conference with his South African counterpart, Lavrov said the Western had been preparing a "war" against Russia for a …
(2023-01-23). Report: House Speaker Kevin McCarthy Plans to Visit Taiwan. news.antiwar.com House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) is planning to visit Taiwan later this year, and the Pentagon is preparing for his trip, Punchbowl News reported on Monday. The report said that the trip would likely take place in the spring, and the Biden administration is looking to be more proactive about McCarthy's visit than it was …
(2023-01-23). Erdogan Says Turkey Won't Support Sweden's NATO Bid Over Protest. news.antiwar.com Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday said that Sweden should not expect support from Ankara on its NATO bid in response to anti-Islam protests that took place in Sweden over the weekend. Demonstrators burned Qurans in front of the Turkish embassy on Saturday, and Erdogan said Stockholm should not have allowed the protests to …
(2023-01-23). US, Israel Launch 'Most Significant' Military Drills in History in Message to Iran. news.antiwar.com On Monday, the US and Israel launched massive military drills, which one Pentagon official speaking to NBC News described as the "most significant exercise between the United States and Israel to date." The drills, dubbed Juniper Oak 23, will last until Friday and will involve about 6,400 US troops, 1,100 Israeli personnel, 142 different types …
(2023-01-23). Colombia's government and ELN rebels overcome "crisis" in peace talks. colombiareports.com 
Colombia's government and guerrilla group ELN said Saturday that they have overcome tensions caused by President Gustavo Petro's false claim that the rebels had agreed to a bilateral ceasefire. The…
(2023-01-23). Nobel Peace Nominations 2023 Deadline 31 January. transcend.org Nobel Peace Prize Watch will encourage all with nomination rights to nominate a candidate within the original intention of Alfred Nobel for peace by global demilitarization and those who have worked to ´reduce or abolish standing armies. ª…
(2023-01-23). Peace at Gregorian Christmas (Part 2): The Evolution of Christmas in the 21st Century. transcend.org The beginnings of traditional Christmas as celebrated by the majority of Christians.
(2023-01-23). The Occident Is Now Militarising Itself to Death for a Second Time. transcend.org May Others Learn to Avoid That Fate – If we survive the demise of the global US Empire and concomitantly of NATO, a new much more balanced, multipolar, cooperative and peaceful world becomes thinkable, desirable and possible.
(2023-01-23). FM expresses appreciation to diplomats. ecns.cn China will deepen friendship and cooperation with all countries to jointly make new and greater contributions to world peace and prosperity, Foreign Minister Qin Gang said on Friday in a festive greeting message to diplomatic corps in China.
(2023-01-23). Ethiopia: Wars by Contagion. libya360.wordpress.com Guadi Calvo Oromia is the largest region of the country, with the majority ethnicity of the 110 million Ethiopians and whose language, Oromo, is the fourth most spoken on the continent. | Oromo Liberation Army | Twitter The war situation in Ethiopia was thought to be resolved after the laborious peace agreements signed in Pretoria…
(2023-01-23). EU adds another half billion in military aid for Ukraine war. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com UkrinformJanuary 23, 2023 EU approves EUR 0M in military aid to Ukraine The EU Foreign Affairs Council has reached a political agreement on another tranche of military aid to Ukraine worth EUR 0 million under the European Peace Facility. The EU foreign ministers also approved EUR 45 million for the EU's military training mission for …
(2023-01-23). Russia's war against Ukraine and What are the war aims? indybay.org Erich Vad is an ex-brigade general. From 2006 to 2013, he was the military policy advisor to German Chancellor Angela Merkel. He is one of the rare voices who spoke out publicly against arms deliveries to Ukraine early on, without political strategy or diplomatic efforts. Even now he speaks an uncomfortable truth. | This is a military escalation. We are going down a slippery slope.
(2023-01-23). Concerns of Growth, Pandemic, War and Inflation Top World Economic Forum Agenda. indybay.org World Bank Cuts Global Growth Forecast as Developing Countries Struggle with Debt…
(2023-01-23). Syria and US War Crimes: The Reckoning Is Coming. journal-neo.org 
In an article published here in November 2018, I referred to the statement of the UK representative of a UN organisation named the International, Impartial, Independent Mechanism to Assist in the Investigation and Prosecution of Persons Responsible for the Most Serious Crimes under International Law Committed in the Syrian Arab Republic since March 2011. I …
(2023-01-23). Can Serbia Survive EU's Economic Ultimatum? strategic-culture.org By Branko MILANOVIC | (I am writing this article in English although my main audience is in Serbia. But I am doing it also because very few people in the world, preoccupied by other world crises, such as the war in Ukraine, US-China issues, covid and the like, know what is happening in the Balkans and what is the nature of the EU game there.) | The current EU ultimatum, delivered three days ago, to Serbia and Kosovo, whose exact content is unpublished (at the request of the EU delegation) is the result of more than 20 years of frustrations in the relations between EU and Serbia (and also between EU and Kosovo). T…
(2023-01-23). Google's Stock Climbed After It Fired 12,000 Employees, but What Did They Get Out of It? strategic-culture.org Alphabet, the parent company of Google, has announced it will lay off about 6 percent of its global workforce. Google CEO Sundar Pichai sent his employees a letter warning of imminent layoffs and saying how "deeply sorry" he was. He offered for workers to "feel free to work from home" for the day in order to process the tough news that about 12,000 of them would soon lose their jobs.
(2023-01-23). Scott Ritter: NATO Is a Suicide Pill for the World… Pray That Russia Wins. strategic-culture.org Former Marine Corps officer Scott Ritter says the U.S.-led NATO military alliance is driving the war in Ukraine with the ultimate objective of defeating Russia. | The conflict is not about defending Ukraine as the Western media would tell us, it is and always has been about defeating Russia. | NATO is already now in a direct war with Russia and Russia has every right to strike targets in NATO countries like Germany and Poland that are acting as logistical centers in the supply of munitions to Ukraine. | Washington and its NATO allies are recklessly raising the stakes of military victory or defeat, rather than…
(2023-01-23). Proxy War: US Announces Massive $2.5 Billion Weapons Package for Ukraine. transcend.org 19 Jan 2023 – The package will include more Bradley armored vehicles and for the first time, Stryker armored vehicles.
(2023-01-23). U.S. Mercenaries in Ukraine Are Fighting Each Other in Court. transcend.org 20 Jan 2023 – Amid accusations of fraud and sexual misconduct, the U.S. military vets founders of the high-profile Mozart Group are waging a personal war back home.
(2023-01-23). US Installs New Nukes in Europe: As Destructive as 83 Hiroshima Bombs. transcend.org 20 Jan 2023 – As if the 100 billion dollars that the United States has so far provided to Ukraine in both weapons and aid were not enough, the US has now started to install in Europe its brand new, more destructive nuclear warheads.
(2023-01-23). "Our Species is Being Genetically Modified": Humanity's March Toward Extinction? Analysis of the Microbiome and Virome. globalresearch.ca This year marks a turning point in human history. For the first time since human civilization began, our species is being genetically modified. Vaccine manufacturers have now made it possible for the human genome to be permanently altered —and humanity's relationship with nature forever changed.
(2023-01-23). CCTV Spting Festival Gala captures audiences. ecns.cn The annual CCTV Spring Festival Gala offered people a unique and warm cultural feast on Saturday.For example, Japanese video platform Niconico has reported on the gala for the eighth time consecutively, attracting 124,000 people, and 93 percent of them praised the show.
(2023-01-23). U.S. Now Considering to Invade Russia: NYT. dissidentvoice.org An obliquely-written news-report in the New York Times on January 18th headlined "U.S. Warms to Helping Ukraine Target Crimea" and subheaded "The Biden administration is considering the argument that Kyiv needs the power to strike at the Ukrainian peninsula annexed by Russia in 2014." It reported that, "the Biden administration is finally starting to concede …
(2023-01-23). West hopes to drag Belarus into war with Ukraine. infobrics.org Ukraine is unlikely to instigate direct Western intervention by provoking Belarus into conflict.
(2023-01-23). Russia preparing new plan to end war while Pentagon wants it 'well into 2024'. infobrics.org Despite its refusal to commit more advanced heavy armor and repeated insistence that its European allies and vassals do this, the US wants the hostilities to last for as long as possible.
(2023-01-23). Consumer Health: What happens if your thyroid is too active or not active enough? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org January is Thyroid Awareness Month, which makes this a good time to learn more how important it is that your thyroid functions properly. The thyroid is a butterfly-shaped gland at the base of your neck. It produces hormones that regulate your heart rate, blood pressure, body temperature and weight. When your thyroid isn't functioning properly, whether it's too active or not active enough, all these functions are affected. Hyperthyroidism Hyperthyroidism, or overactive thyroid, occurs when your…
(2023-01-23). Mayo Clinic Minute: Screening for cervical cancer. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org January is Cervical Cancer Awareness Month in the U.S. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention notes that more than 12,500 cases of cervical cancer were diagnosed, and more than 4,000 women died from the disease in 2019, the latest year of available data. Dr. Olivia Cardenas-Trowers, a Mayo Clinic urogynecologist, explains the importance of screening for cervical cancer. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute youtu.be/qBJBz_D88sg Journalists: Broadcast-quality video (1: 00) is in the downloads at the end of…
(2023-01-23). Mayo Clinic Minute: Role for opioids. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Drug overdoses from opioids have been linked to a decreased life span, according to recent data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The ongoing opioid crisis has been a complicated one for more than a decade. Death rates continue to rise, despite national medical guidelines for prescribing the pain medication. Dr. Holly Geyer leads the opioid stewardship program at Mayo Clinic in Arizona. She says there is an important role for opioids in patient…
(2023-01-23). "Economic Warfare" Directed against China? The Shanghai "Covid Zero Tolerance Mandate" globalresearch.ca "Covid Tolerance Zero" has contributed to destabilizing Shanghai's financial sector as well as China's buoyant export economy. It has created social havoc for millions of people. The Chinese Government has now acknowledged that is was based on fake science.
(2023-01-23). Canada contributes to NATO's war effort in Europe. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com CBCJanuary 22, 2023 HMCS Fredericton leaves Halifax on 6-month NATO mission HMCS Fredericton left Halifax harbour on Sunday for a six-month deployment in Europe in support of NATO operations. The ship, with 256 sailors on board, left at 2 p.m. AT to participate in Operation Reassurance. *** Operation Reassurance began nine years ago and has …
(2023-01-23). NATO activating space war center in France. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com NATOAllied Command TransformationJanuary 20, 2023 One More Step for NATO's Space Centre of Excellence The signing ceremony for Operational Memorandum of Understanding of the NATO-accredited Space Centre of Excellence recently took place at the French Ministry of Defence in Paris, France. This event is both the commencement of the NATO Space Centre of Excellence's journey …
(2023-01-23). Operation "Gladio" as a New Form of Confrontation Between F. Gàºlen and R. Erdogan. orinocotribune.com By Alexandr Svaranc, Jan 1, 2022 | Over the past 20 years of the new century, for various reasons, relations within the NATO alliance have undergone certain transformations. It should be acknowledged that after the collapse of the Warsaw Pact and the USSR, for some time the threat of nuclear confrontation between the leading powers was lessened. However, this state of global détente did not bring stability to the world, and this was due not only to persistent local conflicts but also to the involvement of major world players. First and foremost, it was owing to the US policy of expanding the NATO military bloc in…
(2023-01-23). Outrage Mounts After Korean Confederation of Trade Unions Is Raided by Intelligence and Police. orinocotribune.com In a major escalation of the ongoing anti-trade union persecution in South Korea, the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU) was raided by the National Intelligence Service on charges of violating a Cold War-era national security law | On Wednesday, January 18, the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU), one of the largest workers' organizations in South Korea, was raided by the intelligence and the police as the government escalated its persecution of trade unions and progressive groups in the country. Multiple raids were conducted at the offices of the KCTU and its affiliates by the National Intellig…
(2023-01-23). New warning strikes at Deutsche Post. wsws.org A nationwide strike at Deutsche Post was extended through Saturday evening.
(2023-01-23). Top Russian Defense Minister: If We Lose in Ukraine, Could Provoke Nukes, World War 3. moguldom.com Dmitry Medvedev, Russia's former president and prime minister, said the federal republic could use nuclear weapons if it loses the war to Ukraine. "The loss of a nuclear power in a conventional war can provoke the outbreak of a nuclear war," Medvedev wrote in a Telegram, according to a translation by CNN. "Nuclear powers do not lose …
(2023-01-23). Russian Gains, US Gears Up for Crimea Escalation, US Proxies Strike China/Pakistan in Train Bombing. libya360.wordpress.com Update on Russian-Ukrainian conflict for January 23, 2023 + Pakistan train bombing as part of US proxy war on China. Russian forces are reportedly advancing in Zaporozhye while Ukraine continues losing ground around Bakhmut; Russian pushes in Zaporozhye could be (1) recon in force, (2) extending existing security zone ahead of actual Russian…
(2023-01-23). An Ancient Recipe for Social Success. independentmediainstitute.org The following is an excerpt. Read the full article at Naked Capitalism. By Linda M. Nicholas and Gary M. Feinman New evidence and understandings about the structure of successful early societies across Asia, Africa, and the Western Hemisphere are sweeping away the popular assumption that early societies tended toward autocracy and despotism. Archaeology has a …
(2023-01-23). CDC Aware of Hundreds of Safety Signals for COVID Jab. "CDC Has Ignored Clear 'Death' Signal" globalresearch.ca
(2023-01-23). The War in Ukraine Will End with a Bang. Soon. globalresearch.ca
(2023-01-23). The New York Times Is Orwell's Ministry of Truth. "Newspeak, Double-Speak" globalresearch.ca
(2023-01-23). Rise of Nazism in Interwar Germany: Hitler's Political Rivalry with Ludendorff. globalresearch.ca
(2023-01-23). Putin threatens use of nukes if weapons continue to be delivered to Ukraine. americanthinker.com World War III looms larger as a real possibility today…
(2023-01-23). The New York Times is Orwell's Ministry of Truth. dissidentvoice.org Ingsoc. The sacred principles of ingsoc. Newspeak, double-speak, the mutability of the past. — George Orwell, 1984 As today dawned, I was looking out the window into the cold grayness with small patches of snow littering the frozen ground. As light snow began to fall, I felt a deep mourning in my soul as a …
(2023-01-23). Free Julian Assange: Noam Chomsky, Dan Ellsberg & Jeremy Corbyn Lead Call at Belmarsh Tribunal. democracynow.org 
Former British Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, Pentagon Papers whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg, famed linguist and dissident Noam Chomsky and others gave testimony Friday at the Belmarsh Tribunal in Washington, D.C., calling on President Biden to drop charges against Julian Assange. The WikiLeaks founder has been languishing for close to four years in the harsh Belmarsh prison in London while appealing extradition to the United States. If convicted in the United States, Julian Assange could face up to 175 years in jail for violating the U.S. Espionage Act for publishing documents that exposed U.S. war crimes in Iraq a…
(2023-01-23). Embestidas y fracasos de la derecha en América Latina. cubadebate.cu Tres importantes reveses afrontaron últimamente los derechistas de la región. El fracasado golpe en Brasil fue antecedido por una fallida asonada en Bolivia y por el naufragio de las conspiraciones en Venezuela. Estas derrotas no anulan la continuada embestida de las formaciones reaccionarias. Han logrado instalarse en Argentina, replantean su acción en Colombia, retoman el legado pinochetista en Chile, despuntan en México y participan de la feroz represión desatada en Perú. En análisis de cada caso ilustra el perfil de esta corriente en América Latina.
(2023-01-23). Venezolanos exigen fin de las medidas coercitivas de EE.UU. telesurtv.net El mandatario venezolano explicó que el pueblo mantiene vivo el espíritu rebelde del 23 de enero que salió a las calles para lograr la democracia.
(2023-01-23). Venezuela envía a su canciller a la VII Cumbre de la Celac. telesurtv.net El Gobierno denunció un plan elaborado por la derecha neofascista para llevar a cabo una serie de agresiones en contra de la delegación encabezada por el presidente Maduro.
(2023-01-23). Venezuela apoya iniciativa de Brasil y Argentina sobre moneda común para la región. telesurtv.net El jefe de Estado celebró la iniciativa y manifestó "independencia, unión y liberación de América Latina y el Caribe".
(2023-01-22). Multiple Drone Attack Hits US Base in Southern Syria. news.antiwar.com A US military base in southern Syria was targeted in a drone attack on Friday that wounded two members of a US-backed militia. US Central Command said the base at Al-Tanf was attacked by three "one-way attack drones." CENTCOM said two of the drones were shot down, but one hit the compound, injuring two members …
(2023-01-22). Russia's State Duma Leader Warns Western Support for Ukraine Could Bring 'Global Catastrophe'. news.antiwar.com The head of Russia's lower house of parliament, the State Duma, said on Sunday that Western military support for Ukraine could bring about a "global catastrophe" and warned of potential retaliation for arms supplies. "Deliveries of offensive weapons to the Kyiv regime will lead to a global catastrophe," State Duma Chairman Vyacheslav Volodin wrote on …
(2023-01-22). US Extends 101st Airborne Deployment in Southeastern Romania. news.antiwar.com The Pentagon has decided to extend a troop deployment in southeast Romania, which is part of the US military buildup in Eastern Europe that was ordered around the time Russia invaded Ukraine. The US currently has about 4,000 members of the US Army's 101st Airborne Division based out of the Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base near …
(2023-01-22). US Military Says 30 Al-Shabaab Killed in Somalia Airstrike. news.antiwar.com US Africom Command said it launched an airstrike in Somalia on Friday against al-Shabaab in support of the US-backed Mogadishu-based government. The strike took place near the central town of Galcad, about 162 miles northeast of Mogadishu, where al-Shabaab and the government were fighting on the ground. AFRICOM said the airstrike destroyed three vehicles and …
(2023-01-22). Military Situation In Syria On January 22, 2023 (Map Update). southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | On January 22, the Russian Ministry of Defense recorded 2 cases of hostilities and ceasefire violations in the Idlib region in the past 24 hours; | 6 SDF members were killed by the Turkish Army in the Euphrates Shield and Peace Spring areas in the northern Syria, according to the Turkish MOD; | On January 22, SAA forces attacked a vehicle with an ATGM in the Darat Izza area; | On January 22, SAA artillery shelled positions of Turkish-backed forces in Kafr Nuran; | On J…
(2023-01-22). Syria's Power Dynamic is Shifting. orinocotribune.com By M.K. Bhadrakumar Jan 17, 2023 | The process toward a Turkish-Syrian rapprochement may lose momentum as a top aide to Turkish President Recep Erdoƒüan threatened to derail it. On Saturday, January 14, Ibrahim Kalin, presidential advisor on foreign policy, stated during a media briefing in Ankara that the Russian push for peace did not mean that Ankara was abandoning the option of launching a new campaign in Syria. | To quote Kalin, "A ground operation is possible any time, depending on the level of threats we receive." But he also added, "Turkey never targets the Syrian state or Syrian civilians…
(2023-01-22). 'Rest in peace queen': One week into 2023, Black trans woman killed in Washington, D.C. liberationnews.org 
Violence, especially deadly violence, against transgender people has spiked sharply in recent years alongside an all-out assault by the far right on the rights of transgender people and the core democratic rights of numerous other oppressed groups.
(2023-01-22). Special Meeting of Colombia Government and ELN in Caracas Ends, Peace Talks to Continue in Mexico. orinocotribune.com 
On Saturday, January 21, the special meeting held between the government of Colombian President Gustavo Petro and the Colombian insurgent group National Liberation Army (ELN) at the Aquiles Nazoa Cultural House in Caracas, Venezuela, came to an end. The two delegations announced that the second round of the peace talks will begin on February 13, in Mexico. | The meeting was held during January 17-21 in the Venezuelan capital. During the meeting, the two sides welcomed the formation of the Colombian Humanitarian Caravan, a body comprising representatives of the Petro government and the ELN, that listened to the ne…
(2023-01-22). US Veterans Sail Historic Peace Boat to Cuba, Demand End of US Blockade. commondreams.org 
The Golden Rule anti-nuclear sailboat, crewed by US veterans and friends, has successfully completed an historic voyage to Cuba. The 34-foot wooden ketch, which in 1958 was sailed toward the Marshall Islands to interfere with US nuclear testing, is owned by Veterans For Peace, and carries out an important part of its mission, "to end …
(2023-01-22). Wednesday 2/8: Establishing Ministries / Departments for Peace – GAMIP India Chapter. indybay.org Online event – 8 February 2023, 14: 30 – 17: 00 (UK Time) | Zoom link: us02web.zoom.us/j/3482765417?pwd=dXI1WXJRUS9TbHowWVhVNDVMRlR5QT09…
(2023-01-22). Julian Assange And The US Government's War On Whistleblowers. popularresistance.org The long persecution of Julian Assange, the publisher of WikiLeaks, is set to culminate in its final act: a trial in the United States, probably this year. Kevin Gosztola has spent the last decade reporting on Assange, WikiLeaks, and the wider war on whistleblowers. His new book, Guilty of Journalism: The Political Case against Julian Assange, methodically lays out the complex issues surrounding the case, the gross distortions to the legal system used to facilitate the extradition of Julian, now in a high security prison in London, the abuses of power by the FBI and the CIA, including spying on Julian's meetings…
(2023-01-22). Ukrainian Solidarity Network: Highest Stage Of Western Social Imperialism. popularresistance.org The clear implication from this statement issued by the newly formed Ukrainian Solidarity Network is that military victory is the only solution for resolving the conflict in Ukraine. The fact that many of the individuals supporting this network self-identify as leftists, represents a new, perhaps higher form of collaboration with Western and U.S. imperialism that may have ever developed since the end of the second imperialist war in 1945. I issued an excerpt of my statement in response to the emergence of this network that caused a stir. Here is my statement in full. | One of the most positive things to emerge fr…
(2023-01-22). Zelensky's Wunderwaffe Weapons. strategic-culture.org The Ukrainian war is in its end game. Checkmate is at hand, Declan Hayes writes. | March 20, 1945. With Berlin in critical danger, the Fàºhrer chooses
(2023-01-22). Is this Western war on Russia simply stupidity? thealtworld.com Not only is there no threat from Russia that is independent of American policy, but it is also the expansion of NATO to 'meet the threat from Russia' that creates the very threat that expansion was supposed to meet. | The US proxy war on Russia is stupid. Professor of Law at the LSE, Peter Ramsay, in a review of Benjamin Abelow's book, How the West Brought War to Ukraine, outlines how the latter eschews the simplistic 'Putin invaded Ukraine' narrative — attributing primary responsibility for the war to less proximate causes: 'American governmental stupidity and blindness' and 'the deference and cowardice' o…
(2023-01-22). Progress Toward Terminal Dumbness. americanthinker.com Young people are being discouraged from thinking in this day.
(2023-01-22). More classified material found in Biden's Delaware home from his tenure as vice president and senator. americanthinker.com and the questions surrounding this new discovery multiply.
(2023-01-22). Military Situation In Iraq On January 22, 2023 (Map Update). southfront.org 
(2023-01-22). Iraqi F-16, AC-208 Warplanes Hunt Down ISIS Terrorists In Diyala (Videos). southfront.org 
This file photo shows an Iraqi Air Force AC-208 Cessna Caravan aircrew launch a Hellfire missile during a previous test at a target on the Aziziyah Training Range, south of Baghdad, Nov. 8, 2010. US Army photo by SGT Brandon Bolick. | The Iraqi Air Force (IQAF) has carried out a new series of airstrikes on ISIS terrorists in the eastern Iraqi province of Diyala. | On January 20, Iraqi F-16 fighter jets carried out airstrikes on four hideouts of the terrorist group in an area of Diyala located to the nort…
(2023-01-22). Russian Aerospace Forces Conduct First Airstrikes On ISIS Cells In Central Syria This year. southfront.org 
Su-25 aircrafts in Syria. FILE IMAGE: Vadim Grishankin/Russian Defense Ministry Press and Information Office/TASS | On January 22, warplanes of the Russian Aerospace Forces (VKS) carried out a series of airstrikes on ISIS's areas of influence in Syria's central region. | The Russian airstrikes, which were the first to hit ISIS this year, targeted hideouts of the terrorist group's cells near the town of al-Resafa in the southern countryside of Raqqa. Last year, the terrorists established a strong presence around the to…
(2023-01-22). When Good Refugees Turn Bad. dissidentvoice.org When the first Russian forces began entering Ukrainian territory in February 2022, the instant reaction from Europe, the UK, Canada and Australia, was one of open commitment to Ukraine's refugees. The relentless human trains heading westwards were initially embraced by Poles, whose history with Ukraine is, at best, tense and sketchy. Across Europe, walls came …
(2023-01-22). Equity firm will loot Albertsons grocery chain in merger with Kroger despite impact on workers, communities. liberationnews.org 
The merger between Albertsons and Kroger illustrates capitalism's natural tendency toward monopoly.
(2023-01-22). Ukraine War: When Good Refugees Turn Bad. globalresearch.ca
(2023-01-22). Hundreds take to the streets in Detroit for 20th annual MLK day rally and march. fightbacknews.org Detroit, Michigan – On January 16, Martin Luther King Jr Day, the Detroit MLK Day Committee organized a large gathering, which took place at Historic Saint Matthew's-Saint Joseph's Episcopal Church with the theme of "Six Decades of Mass Movements, The Struggle Continues." Issues addressed included winning full funding for the Right to Counsel Ordinance and ensuring that all Detroit residents have access to quality housing, water services, good schools, environmentally sound communities, and healthy food. Marchers also demanded an end to police crimes, no more funds to NATO and ending the proxy war in Uk…
(2023-01-22). Palestine solidarity week of action across SE Michigan. fightbacknews.org Dearborn, MI – The Palestinian Youth Movement-Detroit and Students Allied for Freedom and Equality, with support from Freedom Road Socialist Organization members, kicked off the week of solidarity work on January 12 supporting a demonstration by Students Allied for Freedom and Equality (SAFE). When U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris visited the University of Michigan for a speaking event on the environment, SAFE took the opportunity to let passersby on campus know that VP Harris is a stalwart supporter of genocide in Palestine. | Harris, a beneficiary of the hundreds of millions in AIPAC (American Israel Public Af…
(2023-01-22). Europe: Enemies Within, Enemies Without. libya360.wordpress.com M. K. BHADRAKUMAR France's President Emmanuel Macron (R) with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz as they arrive to attend a ceremony marking the 60th anniversary of the Elysee Treaty, Sorbonne university's Grand Amphitheatre, Paris, Jan. 22, 2023 The internal balances of the European Union are significantly transforming as a consequence of the US' proxy war with…
(2023-01-22). Lies Liberals Tell to Obscure Operation Z's Anti-Fascist Nature, & Discourage Anti-Imperialist Struggle. libya360.wordpress.com Rainer Shea When almost two-thirds of Americans are living paycheck to paycheck because of the inflation that the Ukraine war has accelerated, the U.S. empire can only continue its proxy war by carrying out an unprecedented amount of psyops. The war machine's narrative managers have had to innovate, or else the social base for their Eurasian destabilization…
(2023-01-22). Top Reparations Scholar Dr. Sandy Darity Appears In New Hulu Docuseries 'The 1619 Project'. moguldom.com Renowned reparations scholar Dr. William' Sandy' Darity Jr. will be featured in Hulu's upcoming film adaptation of Nikole Hannah-Jones' award-winning journalistic work, "The 1619 Project." A trailer for the namesake six-part docuseries shows Hannah-Jones interviewing Darity about reparations and the amount of the debt owed to Black Americans. "You are calling for reparations. What is …
(2023-01-22). Economic Growth is killing the Planet. How do we Engineer an Alternative? juancole.com ( Foreign Policy in Focus) In 1972, the Club of Rome released a report called The Limits to Growth that laid out the damage to the planet and to human beings of unrestrained increases in economic production and population. It was a straightforward extrapolation from then-current trends that took into account limited resources like …
(2023-01-22). Right & Left to Join in DC Protest: "Not one more penny for war in Ukraine." dissidentvoice.org On February 19, Washington, DC, will witness a protest against the war in Ukraine that marks a sharp departure from past demonstrations. The lead demand is simple and direct, "Not One More Penny for war in Ukraine." It is a demand that emphasizes what we in the US can do to end the war, not …
(2023-01-22). War To Last Ukrainian As It Is. Violent Handout Of Draft Notices, January 2023 (Videos). southfront.org 
The people of Ukraine have become hostages of the non-Ukrainian ruling regime. | Oleksiy Arestovich, who resigned from his position as advisor to the Office of the President of Ukraine a few days ago, correctly noted that the Kiev regime is completely under external control. | Even sadder is that this regime is made up of sectarians who hate the vast majority of the people of Ukraine fiercely. The nominal leader of the sect, President Zelensky, might have been a good guy, or thought he was. | Now he is a drug addi…
(2023-01-22). 'Global Catastrophe' Coming If West Keeps Arming Ukraine, Top Russia Official Says. commondreams.org 
Should the West continue to ship arms to Ukraine, Moscow will retaliate with "more powerful weapons," a top Russian government official and close ally of President Vladimir Putin said Sunday, referring to the use of nuclear missiles. "Deliveries of offensive weapons to the Kyiv regime will lead to a global catastrophe," Vyacheslav Volodin, chairman of …
(2023-01-22). Food bank crisis in Europe. thecommunists.org To anyone who has been following the conflict in Ukraine from the 2014 coup through to the callous and wanton butchery of Donbass citizens of all ages, to Russia's special military operation aimed at saving the remaining lives of the Donbass peoples, it has been clear that every move of Volodymyr Zelensky and the other …
(2023-01-22). UK: Starmer pledges Labour's support for NHS privatisation. wsws.org The few remaining labour "lefts" grouped around former party leader Jeremy Corbyn strike an outraged pose at Starmer's pro-privatisation comments, but remain loyal advocates of his party of austerity, militarism and war.
(2023-01-22). Venezuela and Colombia Build Comprehensive Cooperation Framework (+Investments Protection). orinocotribune.com On Friday, January 20, Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodríguez met with the minister of Commerce, Industry and Tourism of Colombia, Germán Umaña Mendoza, for advancing in the construction of a comprehensive cooperation framework, as well as in the reestablishment of full diplomatic, political and commercial relations. | Venezuela's Minister for Productive Agriculture and Land Wilmar Castro Soteldo; Deputy Minister for Foreign Trade and Investment Promotion Johan àÅlvarez; and the superintendent of the National Integrated Customs and Tax Administration Service (SENIAT), José David Cabello were present at t…
(2023-01-22). Gobierno colombiano y ELN retomarán diálogo en México. telesurtv.net Ambas partes esperan comenzar un segundo ciclo de conversaciones en 13 de febrero en México.