(2023-01-29). Xi signs order to promulgate regulations on honors for servicemen. ecns.cn Xi Jinping, chairman of the Central Military Commission, has signed an order to promulgate the regulations on awards and honors for service personnel.
(2023-01-29). "Secret Wars" & vice ADM Ann E. Rondeau now before US Court of Appeals / 7th Circuit. indybay.org Guilty of more than just dishonorable common crimes & false federal statements, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency & National Defense University trivialized, justified and even participated in neo-Nazi crimes, diluted the moral awfulness of clandestine death camps, & engaged in other barbarousness & corruption, incl. the reprehensible promoting of palpable traitors & narcotics traffickers.
(2023-01-29). Xi signs order to promulgate regulations on honors for servicemen. ecns.cn Xi Jinping, chairman of the Central Military Commission, has signed an order to promulgate the regulations on awards and honors for service personnel.
(2023-01-29). "Secret Wars" & vice ADM Ann E. Rondeau now before US Court of Appeals / 7th Circuit. indybay.org Guilty of more than just dishonorable common crimes & false federal statements, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency & National Defense University trivialized, justified and even participated in neo-Nazi crimes, diluted the moral awfulness of clandestine death camps, & engaged in other barbarousness & corruption, incl. the reprehensible promoting of palpable traitors & narcotics traffickers.
(2023-01-29). 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…
(2023-01-29). Consumer Health: Cervical cancer and HPV — what's the connection? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org January is Cervical Health Awareness Month, which makes this a good time to learn about the connection between HPV and cervical cancer. Approximately 13,000 new cases of cervical cancer are diagnosed each year in the U.S., and 4,000 women die of the disease, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Hispanic women have the highest rates of developing cervical cancer, while African American women are at greatest risk of dying from this cancer. Early-stage cervical cancer generally produces…
(2023-01-29). 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…
(2023-01-29). EU assists Georgia to prepare for new Caucasus war, second front. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Georgian Ministry of DefenseJanuary 28, 2023 Issues of cooperation with the European Union were discussed in the Ministry of Defense The representatives of the European Service of External Actions of the European Union visited the Ministry of Defense of Georgia. They were hosted by the first deputy minister, Lela Chikovani, together with the representatives of …
(2023-01-29). Saturday 3/4: The Poetry Center At SF State Presents A Special Reading With Renowned Poet Ed Roberson. indybay.org 3rd Floor Edward McRoskey Loft | 1687 Market Street | SF, CA 94103…
(2023-01-29). 'Just the Next Step' Toward Justice for Tyre Nichols: Memphis Police Shutter SCORPION Unit. commondreams.org 
| The family of Tyre Nichols and others appalled by his death—for which five fired Memphis cops now | The move came a day after the Tennessee city |
(2023-01-29). Alto Comisionado de ONU de DD.HH. presenta balance de su visita a Venezuela. telesurtv.net Volker Türk celebró la decisión del Gobierno de prorrogar la presencia del equipo en Venezuela por otros dos años.
(2023-01-29). Presidente Maduro recibe a reconocidos exfutbolistas europeos. telesurtv.net El encuentro con los exfutbolistas Michel Salgado y David Trezeguet sirve para fortalecer el movimiento deportivo del país suramericano.
(2023-01-28). Saint Paul holds vigil in solidarity with victims of Jenin massacre. fightbacknews.org Saint Paul, MN – The anti-war organization Women Against Military Madness organized a vigil on Friday, January 27, in response to the recent massacre of Palestinians in the Jenin refugee camp in occupied Palestine. Attendees held signs with the slogans "End U.S. aid to Israel" and "End Israeli apartheid," and chanted "From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free!" The vigil was met with a positive reaction from the community. | Israeli Occupation Force soldiers entered the Jenin camp and opened fire, killing nine Palestinians, including one elderly woman, and wounding at least 20 others. The IOF soldiers the…
(2023-01-28). Interview on NATO and war in Ukraine. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Global ResearchJanuary 28, 2023 In our first half hour, the anti-war and anti-NATO critic Rick Rozoff returns to give us his appraisal of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, its plans for the future, and how it's more than just a 'paper tiger' threatening Russia. He's followed by lawyer, activist and fellow journalist Dimitri Lascaris who …
(2023-01-28). Israel's Dangerous Challenge To Al-Aqsa Threatens World Peace. popularresistance.org The Jordanian Ambassador to the State of Israel was recently denied entry to Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem — the third-holiest site in Islam. This is an incident that is so severe and so dangerous that not only the Jordanian government but the entire Arab and Muslim world — as well as the West — should have reprimanded Israel severely. The governments of Israel and Jordan decided to downplay this incident, but there must be no mistake; it marks a dangerous new development for the Holy Sanctuary, or Haram Al-Sharif, where the mosque sits. With this "incident," Israel — and particularly the ne…
(2023-01-28). US Can Turn Back Doomsday Clock. popularresistance.org The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists has just issued its 2023 Doomsday Clock statement, calling this "a time of unprecedented danger." | It has advanced the hands of the clock to 90 seconds to midnight, meaning that the world is closer to global catastrophe than ever before, mainly because the conflict in Ukraine has gravely increased the risk of nuclear war. | This scientific assessment should wake up the world's leaders to the urgent necessity of bringing the parties involved in the Ukraine war to the peace table. | So far, the debate about peace talks to resolve the conflict has revolved mostly around what Uk…
(2023-01-28). What the US Fears Most in the Horn of Africa: A New Era of Peace. thealtworld.com On November 2, 2022, after two years of horrific war, the US-backed Tigrayan People's Liberation Front (TPLF) was forced to agree to a "cessation of hostilities" with the Ethiopian government. Since the peace agreement was made, the US continues to try to sow division within the African Horn. | Elias Amare, Contributing editor and host of Horn of Africa TV, explains the aftermath of the war and why peace in the region represents a threat to the unipolar hegemony of the US.
(2023-01-28). NATO launches new program to consolidate presence in Asia-Pacific region. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com NATOJanuary 25, 2023 NATO launches new cooperation initiative with experts from partners in the Indo-Pacific region On 25 January 2023, NATO launched an initiative named "Futures in the Indo-Pacific". This endeavour has been developed through the NATO Science for Peace and Security (SPS) Programme, and will consist of a series of discussions amongst experts from …
(2023-01-28). Don't Mention the War: Interview with Joan Roelofs. dissidentvoice.org 
Clarity Press recently published Joan Roelofs' latest contribution to the movements for peace in the United States, The Trillion Dollar Silencer (TDS). She has been a peace activist all her life and a scholar who always worked to bridge the gap between activism and academia that despite that effort seems to have widened rather than …
(2023-01-28). Peace not War! Canada: A Voice for Peace Outside of NATO. globalresearch.ca
(2023-01-28). Workers in France strike over attempt to raise retirement age. themilitant.com PARIS — Striking workers led over a million people at some 220 demonstrations across the country Jan. 19 to protest President Emmanuel Macron's attempt to raise the retirement age. Protests were accompanied by strikes of gas, electrical and rail workers, other public transportation workers and teachers. | "Most of us never go out on strike but we are today," Frederic Duten told the Militant at the demonstration here. Duten is a shop steward for the CGT union at a company that is part of the Airbus aeronautic construction group. Unions at Airbus in Toulouse reserved 42 buses to go to the action. | Workers ar…
(2023-01-28). Atlanta cop attack, antifa riot lead to 'terrorism' charges. themilitant.com ATLANTA — Georgia State Patrol cops shot and killed Manuel Teran as they cleared out an encampment in Intrenchment Creek Park in Dekalb County Jan. 18. | Teran was part of a group of middle-class radicals and anarchists attempting to block the building of a training center for police and firefighters. Cops say they shot Teran after he opened fire on them without warning. Participants in the occupation dispute this. A state trooper was shot during the incident and is in a hospital. | The cop killing follows a Dec. 13 raid by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, Atlanta Police Department, FBI and other cop ag…
(2023-01-28). 2022 Was A Big Year For Climate Action In The Courts. popularresistance.org A pair of climate cases from opposite sides of the country appear to be the closest yet to holding fossil fuel companies accountable in court. Lawsuits filed by Honolulu, Hawaii, and by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts have both overcome initial procedural hurdles and are advancing in state courts, despite dogged attempts by lawyers for the fossil fuel firms to punt the cases into federal courts where they hoped to find an easier path to dismissal. And the two cases have each taken a big leap forward in state courts with judges denying fossil fuel defendants' requests to dismiss the litigation. | Earlier this ye…
(2023-01-28). It Was The Workers Who Brought Us Democracy. popularresistance.org Democracy has a dream-like character. It sweeps into the world, carried forward by an immense desire by humans to overcome the barriers of indignity and social suffering. When confronted by hunger or the death of their children, earlier communities might have reflexively blamed nature or divinity, and indeed those explanations remain with us today. But the ability of human beings to generate massive surpluses through social production, alongside the cruelty of the capitalist class to deny the vast majority of humankind access to that surplus, generates new kinds of ideas and new frustrations. This frustration, sp…
(2023-01-28). Mission Creep? How The US Role In Ukraine Has Slowly Escalated. popularresistance.org When the United States involves itself militarily in a conflict, it often finds it hard to get itself out, let alone avoid deep entanglements that blow well past lines it had drawn at the start of the intervention. | It happened in Vietnam, when U.S. military advisers helping the South Vietnamese fight Viet Cong eventually became U.S. soldiers fighting an American war. It happened in Afghanistan, when an initial invasion to capture al-Qaida and overthrow the Taliban morphed into a nearly two-decade-long nation-building project. And it could be happening right now in Ukraine. | Little by little, NATO and the Unite…
(2023-01-28). What Nurses And Teachers Won By Withholding Their 'Feminized Labor'. popularresistance.org At the intensive care unit at Abbott Northwestern Hospital in Minneapolis, nurse Kelley Anaas has cared for a lot of people who have gotten sick with Covid-19 during the pandemic. | "I took care of plenty of people who got sick at their work," said Anaas, who has been a nurse for 14 years and is a steward with the Minnesota Nurses Association (MNA). "I remember taking care of a woman five years older than me, who didn't make it, who got her job working in a liquor store. Her family's not gonna get a dime for the sacrifice she made and the choice she didn't have. I saw the ramifications of that in a much more real…
(2023-01-28). Going for the Kill in Kosovo. strategic-culture.org The same recklessness that over the past year had been on display in the Ukraine is now in evidence increasingly in the Balkans. | The collective West's unsuccessful war against Russia using Ukraine as the stage and Ukrainians as cannon fodder has induced the Transatlantic alliance to desperately seek some semblance of victory, anywhere, in order to disguise the scope and lessen the political repercussions of its failure in the Ukraine. | The solution it has come up with to repair its tarnished hegemonic image is the aggressive campaign to wrap up "unfinished business" in the Balkans. Coming from such quarters, a…
(2023-01-28). Colombia's war crimes tribunal hears notorious former war lord. colombiareports.com 
One of Colombia's most notorious war lords has begun testifying before the war crimes tribunal about the now-defunct paramilitary organization AUC. War crimes tribunal JEP heard Rodrigo Tovar in order…
(2023-01-28). Colombia's war crimes tribunal hears notorious former warlord. colombiareports.com One of Colombia's most notorious war lords has begun testifying before the war crimes tribunal about the now-defunct paramilitary organization AUC. War crimes tribunal JEP heard Rodrigo Tovar in order…
(2023-01-28). Keeping America Out of War with Russia. americanthinker.com The preeminent threat to the U.S. lies along its' southern border, not in Ukraine.
(2023-01-28). Billionaire's Lawsuit Against O'Rourke May Stifle Criticism of Money in Politics. truthout.org A recent Texas lawsuit has opened a new front in the ongoing battle over the reign of money in politics, making it a prime example of how wealthy individuals and mighty corporations seek to wield political influence while avoiding public accountability. As Jordan Uhl reported in a January 2023 article for The Lever, Kelcy Warren, a Texas billionaire whose fortune derives from gas and propane… |
(2023-01-28). Unspoken Divisions within NATO. "Sleeping with the Enemy" Part II. southfront.org 
Illustrative Image | Written by It should be obvious to the White House, the Pentagon not to mention NATO headquarters in Brussels that: | You cannot win a war against Russia when the second largest military power member state of the North Atlantic Treaty O…
(2023-01-28). "Why Don't You Ever Criticize RUSSIA'S Warmongering??" thealtworld.com
(2023-01-28). Far Right Supreme Court Ready to Gut Unions (Again) as Workers Die on the Job. scheerpost.com 
By Eve Ottenberg / CounterPunch One of the first dead giveaways for fascism is animosity toward trade unions. That's not to say all anti-union businesspeople are fascist, but simply that that hatred is a first step on the primrose path to a polity of utterly oppressed wage slaves and strictly limited civil rights, a step …
(2023-01-28). War With China Could Come as Soon as 2025, Predicts 'Untethered' US General. scheerpost.com 
Air Force Gen. Mike Minihan struck a Dr. Strangelove pose in urging the troops under his command to be ready to fight China in two years.
(2023-01-28). Pepe Escobar: Ukraine War is Desperate Bid by US to Preserve Hegemony and Prevent Multipolar World. thealtworld.com The war in Ukraine is not just about Ukraine and Russia with the US and NATO acting as seemingly benevolent supporters of Ukraine, as the Western media portray. | The United States and its NATO allies are deeply involved in the conflict. The military withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021 — after 20 years of futile occupation — was a calculated "reorganization of firepower" against Russia, says Pepe Escobar. | Ukraine is merely a proxy and ultimately cannon fodder for American imperial planners. | This war is part of a bigger geopolitical confrontation between the US and Russia, China and other nations t…
(2023-01-28). 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…
(2023-01-28). U.S. benefits from continuation of war in Ukraine. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Tehran TimesJanuary 27, 2023 U.S. benefits from continuation of war in Ukraine FULL ARTICLE Weakening Russia is only one of its motivations to prolong the war in Ukraine to maintain its control over the politics, economy, and security of Europe. This is why the U.S. wants a war in Ukraine to the detriment of this …
(2023-01-28). "That's called World War III": NATO to send first 24 fighter jets in "new chapter in the supply of weapons": envoy. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com President Joe Biden in March 2022: "The idea that we're going to send in offensive equipment and have planes and tanks and trains going in with American pilots and American crews — just understand, don't kid yourself, no matter what y'all say, that's called World War III." [Thanks to Glenn Beck for the reminder.] Interfax-UkraineJanuary 28, …
(2023-01-28). Ending The Ukraine War Could Mean Halting The New Cold War. progressivehub.net MEDEA BENJAMIN AND NICOLAS DAVIES | LA PROGRESSIVE…
(2023-01-28). German lawmaker condemns 'US-led proxy war against Russia' and EU's 'servile vassals'. geopoliticaleconomy.com 
Sevim Daƒüdelen has been a member of Germany's parliament, the Bundestag, since 2005. She is the spokeswoman for the Die Linke (Left Party) parliamentary group on the Bundestag's Committee on Foreign Affairs, a deputy member of the Defense Committee, and spokeswoman for international policy and disarmament. This is the speech she delivered at the International …
(2023-01-28). History of the Vietnam War Holds Lessons for Ukraine Today. truthout.org The U.S. war against Vietnam provides a rather close analogy to the Russian war against Ukraine. An analogy, of course, is not an equivalence. There are many differences between the two cases. But there are enough similarities that some useful conclusions can be drawn. Both Vietnam and Ukraine had been colonies, and both the United States and Russia are superpowers. In each case… |
(2023-01-28). Wednesday 3/1: Forced Labor and Immigrant Dreams in America – author Saket Soni with Rebecca Solnit. indybay.org 3rd Floor Edward McRoskey Loft | 1687 Market Street | San Francisco, CA 94103…
(2023-01-28). Surging inflation intensifies cost-of-living crisis in Australia. wsws.org Working-class households are experiencing enormous hardship, and the greatest cut to living standards since World War II, as the central bank and the Labor government, assisted by the trade union bureaucrats, insist that real wages must continue to fall.
(2023-01-28). Don't Mention the War. "The Trillion Dollar Silencer". An Interview with Joan Roelofs. globalresearch.ca
(2023-01-28). Transcending the Climate Change Deception — Toward Real Sustainability. globalresearch.ca
(2023-01-28). 51 Years of Crimes against Humanity: From Bloody Sunday in Derry, Northern Ireland to Croatia, Kosovo and Iraq. globalresearch.ca Almost forty years later: The 00 page Saville Commission Report into the 1972 Bloody Sunday massacre in Derry, Northern Ireland, fails to identify who were the perpetrators, both within H.M government and the British Army.
(2023-01-28). Video: End the World War 5G. globalresearch.ca
(2023-01-28). Belmarsh Tribunal Makes the Case for Julian Assange's Immediate Release. commondreams.org 
"The first casualty when war comes is truth," U.S. Senator Hiram W. Johnson of California said in 1929, debating ratification of the Kellogg-Briand Pact, a noble but ultimately failed attempt to ban war. Reflecting on World War I, which ended a decade earlier, he continued, "it begins what we were so familiar with only a brief period ago, this mode of propaganda whereby…people become war hungry in their patriotism and are lied into a desire to fight. We have seen it in the past; it will happen again in the future."Time and again, Hiram Johnson has been proven right. Our government's impulse to control…
(2023-01-28). Venezuela: National Assembly Moves to Regulate NGO Activities. venezuelanalysis.com Chavista deputies cited a need for transparency and accountability from organizations with foreign funding sources.
(2023-01-28). AN investigará planes contra Venezuela revelados por Mike Pompeo. telesurtv.net Resaltaron que Pompeo confesó que en el Gobierno de Trump tomaron acciones para involucrarse en asuntos internos de Venezuela.
(2023-01-28). Presidente Maduro se reúne con Alto Comisionado de ONU de DDHH. telesurtv.net La visita oficial del alto comisionado, del 26 al 28 de enero, es en atención a la invitación realizada por el jefe de Estado venezolano.
(2023-01-28). Opposition Lawyer Sujú Falsely Accuses Maduro of 'Abandoning Indigenous Venezuelans'. orinocotribune.com On Thursday, January 26, human rights lawyer Tamara Sujú published a tweet launching a new disinformation campaign rife with photos and other embellishments depicting the malnutrition and alleged abandonment of indigenous groups in Venezuela. | Tamara Sujú, who served as "ambassador" to the Czech Republic on the payroll of Juan Guaidó and his "interim government" is now attempting to hold the legitimate government of Nicolás Maduro responsible for the crisis of the Yanomami ethnic group. | Sujú accused President Maduro on social media of exploiting indigenous territory for profit and claimed that he purposely des…
(2023-01-28). Estados Unidos versus Venezuela, la tensión no cede. globalizacion.ca Las medidas coercitivas de EE.UU. contra Venezuela comenzaron con Barack Obama, continuaron con Donald Trump y se mantienen con Joe Biden. | Después del anuncio hace algunas semanas de la reanudación de operaciones de la petrolera estadounidense Chevrón en Venezuela, que…