Monthly Archives: January 2023

2023-01-16: News Headlines

Dave DeCamp (2023-01-16). Turkey Says Unlikely to Approve Sweden, Finland NATO Bids Before June. news.antiwar.com A spokesman for Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Ankara is unlikely to approve Sweden and Finland joining NATO before June. Spokesman Ibrahim Kalin said Sweden needs time before it can codify new counterterrorism measures into law, changes Ankara wants to be made before signing off on Stockholm's NATO membership. "It may take six months …

Dave DeCamp (2023-01-16). Ukraine DM Says It's a 'Fact' That Kyiv Is a 'De Facto' NATO Member. news.antiwar.com Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov told BBC on Friday that Ukraine is a "de facto" NATO member since it's equipped with so many of the alliance's weapons and dismissed the idea that his comments were controversial. Reznikov said he was confident that Ukraine's Western backers would supply Kyiv with warplanes and tanks despite some concerns …

Dave DeCamp (2023-01-16). US to Boost Aid to Micronesia in Exchange for More Military Access. news.antiwar.com The US and the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) are nearing a deal that would give more economic aid to the Pacific nation in exchange for more US military access to the islands, FSM President David Panuelo said on Friday. The deal will be an extension of an agreement the US has with several Pacific …

Fight Back (2023-01-16). New Yorkers say no to NATO. fightbacknews.org New York, NY – Around 300 people braved the first snow of the season on Saturday, January 14 to gather in Times Square outside of the U.S. Army recruiting office and say no to NATO and U.S. militarism. The rally was called by the Act Now to Stop War and End Racism (ANSWER) Coalition and United National Antiwar Coalition (UNAC) as part of a weekend of action in honor of the legacy of Doctor Martin Luther King Jr. | The event featured a series of powerful speakers who demanded money for healthcare, education, housing and the environment instead of U.S. imperialism. | John Parker of the Socialist Unity Party spoke t…

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2023-01-16). The Forgotten Journalists (Part 2): The Quartering of Jamal Khashoggi. transcend.org The Silence of the Nations: The Quartering of Jamal Khashoggi on 2 Oct 2018–May His Soul Rests in Peace – The Middle Eastern Hit Squads are a Commonly Used Mechanism to Terminate Dissidents…

Benjamin Norton (2023-01-16). Nicaragua is world's #1 country where citizens feel at peace, Gallup poll shows. orinocotribune.com By Ben Norton | A poll by mainstream firm Gallup found that Nicaragua is the No. 1 country in the world where citizens feel at peace. Nine of the top 14 countries are in Latin America. But the US constantly attacks the Sandinista government and imposes sanctions on it. | A poll found that Nicaragua is the top country in the world where citizens feel at peace. | The United States and Western media outlets have long demonized Nicaragua's Sandinista government and its President Daniel Ortega, sponsoring violent coup attempts against him and imposing illegal unilateral sanctions aimed at hurting the Central American…

infobrics (2023-01-16). Anti-NATO protests growing in US. infobrics.org Demonstrations and web conferences for peace show American people's discontent with current foreign policy.

M von der Schulenbert, A Lieven, H Neuber (2023-01-16). What are the chances for peace in Ukraine? indybay.org There must be another way to peace. But there can only be if we stop believing that only weapons or the annexation of foreign territories can bring peace; if we accept that the world does not belong only to the West, that there will be no single world power, the USA, and that the expansion of NATO does not contribute to stability in Europe.

Wolfgang Herzberg, Tomasz Konicz (2023-01-16). Negotiated Solution – No Alternative! indybay.org NATO intervention seems unlikely so far, after U.S. President Biden ruled out direct military intervention even in the run-up to the war…Nevertheless, a further escalation of the war cannot be ruled out. At present, the powerless left has only the option of fighting for peace and of educational work: of emphasizing the survival necessity of a post-capitalist system transformation… (TKonicz)…

_____ (2023-01-16). Repression Of Dissent Following The Illegal Removal Of President Castillo. popularresistance.org Following the illegal removal of Pedro Castillo, the now President of Peru, Mrs. Dina Boluarte, has responded to the popular protests that paralyzed the country as of December 7, 2022 with the suspension of constitutional rights. That means the police can now stop anyone without a warrant; enter any residence and prevent any citizen from traveling freely within or outside of Peru. In addition, gatherings of any kind are prohibited. In areas located in 7 regions of Peru, for several weeks, the population has been prohibited from going out into the street and obligated to stay in their homes day and night. The firs…

Adriaan Alsema (2023-01-16). Colombia's government and ELN rebels push ceasefire talks forward. colombiareports.com Colombia's government and the ELN agreed to an "extraordinary meeting" after the guerrilla group rejected a ceasefire that was announced by President Gustavo Petro. Government negotiator Otty Patiño said on…

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2023-01-16). Grandson of Charles de Gaulle, an Old CIA Nemesis, Condemns West's Policy in Ukraine. transcend.org 11 Jan 2023 – Pierre de Gaulle, grandson of former French President Charles de Gaulle, has said the U.S. and NATO triggered the Ukraine conflict and are making Europeans suffer by fueling and waging a pre-planned economic war against Russia.

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2023-01-16). How Western Sanctions Blow Back, Hurting Europe, Deepening Asian Integration. transcend.org 11 Jan 2023 – Western sanctions led Russia to greatly increase trade with Asia, while devastating Europe's economy. The US tech war against China is damaging its own industry.

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2023-01-16). Israeli Settler Colonialism and Apartheid: Poised for Victory or Defeat? transcend.org 13 Jan 2023 – Anyone with but half eye open during the last several decades should by now be aware of the existence of an undisclosed Zionist Long Game that preceded the establishment of Israel in 1948, and remains currently very much alive. It aims at extending Israeli sovereignty over the whole of Occupied Palestine.

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2023-01-16). MLK: Beyond Vietnam… to Ukraine. transcend.org 16 Apr 2023 – In April 1967, Martin Luther King Jr. delivered an eloquent and stirring denunciation of the Vietnam War and US militarism in his "Beyond Vietnam" speech, which is relevant to today's war in Ukraine. Exactly one year after delivering the speech at Riverside Church, Luther King was assassinated.

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2023-01-16). 'The Government Killed Him': A Tribute to Activist and Programmer Aaron Swartz 10 Years after His Death. transcend.org 13 Jan 2023 – As a computer programmer, Swartz changed the internet forever and fiercely fought against the privatization of knowledge. The federal government persecuted him for it until his death by suicide in 2013.

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2023-01-16). Top 20 Most Cringeworthy Zelensky PR Moments. transcend.org 14 Jan 2023 – One of the most cringeworthy and degrading aspects of the globe-spanning narrative control campaign surrounding the US empire's proxy war in Ukraine has been the way the nation's president Volodymyr Zelensky has been turned into an ever-present corporate mascot for the most aggressive ad campaign ever devised.

Dr. Rudolf Hà§nsel (2023-01-16). "Lay Down Your Arms!" Man Awake! "War is the glorification of violence" globalresearch.ca

Edward Curtin (2023-01-16). Lucid Summations When Tomorrow Is Today and MLK Day. dissidentvoice.org What they [regular people] need, and what they feel they need, is a quality of mind that will help them use information and to develop reason in order to achieve lucid summations of what is going on in the world and what may be happening within themselves… what may be called the sociological imagination. — …

Jonathan Cook (2023-01-16). Russia-Ukraine War: How the US Paved the Way to Moscow's Invasion. Jonathan Cook. globalresearch.ca

Khubaka, Michael Harris (2023-01-16). California, 4th largest economy on earth, poised to engage with the Pan African Diaspora. indybay.org The Great State of California is poised to align bipartisan support with the new U.S. Strategy Toward Sub-Saharan Africa, which outlines foreign policy objectives to bolster relations with African nations, listening to diverse local voices, and widen the circle of engagement to advance strategic objectives for the benefit of both Africans and Americans.

Kit Klarenberg (2023-01-16). Declassified Intelligence Files Expose Inconvenient Truths of Bosnian War. globalresearch.ca

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-16). 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…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-16). 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…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-16). 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….

Rick Rozoff (2023-01-16). Maternal solicitude: Condoleezza Rice demands morganatic offspring Saakashvili be released. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Rice was National Security Adviser at the time of Saakashvili's 2003 "Rose Revolution" in Georgia and Secretary of State shortly afterward. In the latter capacity she visited Georgia shortly before and immediately after the Saakashvili regime invaded South Ossetia on August 8, 2008, triggering a five-day war with Russia. On the day of the second …

Rick Rozoff (2023-01-16). Songbird on the war front: fiddling as glow of nuclear embers looms. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com U.S. Army Europe and AfricaDecember 29, 2022 A Master of Her Profession BOLESLAWIEC, Poland U.S. Soldiers assigned to the 1st Infantry Division (1 ID) gathered to honor Sgt. 1st Class Jennifer Champagne, an Army musician and vocalist assigned to the 1 ID band as she was promoted to the rank of master sergeant on …

Rick Rozoff (2023-01-16). U.S., NATO wage proxy war with Russia in Ukraine: Croatian president. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Rustavi2January 16, 2023 US, NATO in proxy war against Russia in Ukraine Croatian President Croatian President said the United States and NATO are engaged in proxy warfare against Russia on the territory of Ukraine, writes english.almayadeen.net. "Washington and NATO are waging a proxy war against Russia with the help of Ukraine. The plan should …

Staff (2023-01-16). MLK Day Special: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in His Own Words. democracynow.org Today is the federal holiday that honors Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. He was born January 15, 1929. He was assassinated April 4, 1968, at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee. He was just 39 years old. While Dr. King is primarily remembered as a civil rights leader, he also championed the cause of the poor and organized the Poor People's Campaign to address issues of economic justice. Dr. King was also a fierce critic of U.S. foreign policy and the Vietnam War. We play his "Beyond Vietnam" speech, which he delivered at New York City's Riverside Church on April 4, 1967, as well as his las…

William J. Astore (2023-01-16). Why does the Pentagon Budget Really Keep Growing? When Democracies Pursue Imperial Dominance it doesn't End Well. juancole.com ( Tomdispatch.com) Imagine this scenario for a moment: a "great power" watches another major power fight a war in a nearby nation for 10 years before its army limps home defeated and, not so very long after, that country implodes. A little over a decade later, by then unofficially the "last superpower" on planet …

WSWS (2023-01-16). Video: SGP chairman pays tribute to Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg. wsws.org Against the pro-war SPD, Liebknecht declared that, "The main enemy of the German people is in Germany: German imperialism, the German parties of war and German secret diplomacy."

WSWS (2023-01-16). US treasury secretary issues warning on debt ceiling. wsws.org In a letter to Congress Janet Yellen said Treasury would have to undertake "extraordinary measures" to prevent the US defaulting on its debt obligations.

WSWS (2023-01-16). Australia: Vote "no" to union-enforced real wage cuts at Pampas! Form a rank-and-file committee to fight for jobs and pay! wsws.org A "no" vote is a critical first step, but to take their struggle forward, Pampas workers will need to take up a fight against the United Workers' Union bureaucracy, which is working to impose a sell-out.

WSWS (2023-01-16). The war frenzy of Germany's Greens. wsws.org To counteract the growing opposition to war and militarism, the German government is resting on the war hysteria of representatives of well-off middle-class layers.

_____ (2023-01-16). March Delegation to Venezuela: Ten Years Commemorating Chávez's Legacy. popularresistance.org The Alliance for Global Justice is organizing a new delegation to Venezuela for March 2023. | This is a unique opportunity to get to know Venezuela's reality first-hand and witness the heroic achievements of the Venezuelan people, who have been able to resist the US and European aggressions and blockade. | You will get the chance to participate in the commemoration activities organized by Chavistas for the 10th anniversary of the departure of Comandante Chávez. Among our activities, we will visit the communities of Ciudad Caribia, Petare, and El Hatillo and meet with the community councils, street leaders, CLAP,…

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2023-01-16). Venezuela: Guaidó Is Gone, but Media Dishonesty Is Here to Stay. transcend.org 11 Jan 2023 – The latest iteration of Washington's regime-change efforts against the democratically elected Venezuelan government came to an end. On 30 Dec an opposition-controlled parliament voted to end the US-backed "interim government" headed by Juan Guaidó.

Staff (2023-01-16). Vuelta a la Patria Program: More Than 2 Venezuelans Return From Peru. orinocotribune.com This Friday, January 13, 251 Venezuelans arrived at the Simón Bolívar de Maiquetía International Airport in La Guaira, on a flight from Peru via the state airline Conviasa, thanks to the Vuelta a la Patria program that brings vulnerable migrants back to their homeland, free of charge. | Accordingly, the Foreign Affairs Vice-minister for Latin America and the Caribbean Rander Peña, who received the returnees at the airport, stressed that President Nicolás Maduro, in his annual message to the nation before the National Assembly (AN), spoke of six lines of work for the current year. In the second line, about the exp…

Dave DeCamp (2023-01-15). British PM Sunak Confirms the UK Will Provide Ukraine With Tanks. news.antiwar.com British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Saturday pledged in a call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky that London will provide Kyiv with its main battle tank, the Challenger 2. "The Prime Minister outlined the UK's ambition to intensify our support to Ukraine, including through the provision of Challenger 2 tanks and additional artillery systems," Sunak's …

Dave DeCamp (2023-01-15). Iraqi Prime Minister Supports Open-Ended US Troop Presence. news.antiwar.com Iraq's new prime minister told The Wall Street Journal in an interview published on Sunday that he supports a continued US troop presence in Iraq, breaking the silence on the issue since he came into office in October 2022. "We think that we need the foreign forces," Prime Minister Mohammed al-Sudani said. The US currently …

Dave DeCamp (2023-01-15). Israel's Outgoing Army Chief Says Israel Has Three Plans to Attack Iran. news.antiwar.com Aviv Kohavi, the outgoing head of the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF), warned Friday that Israel has three operational plans drawn up to attack Iran. In an interview on Friday, Kohavi said that Israel drew up these plans to prevent Iran from acquiring a nuclear bomb, although the Pentagon recently admitted that Iran is not building …

Dave DeCamp (2023-01-15). Russia Launches New Round of Missile Strikes Across Ukraine. news.antiwar.com Russia on Saturday launched missile strikes across Ukraine that targeted energy infrastructure after a two-week lull in such attacks. The strikes hit energy facilities in the capital Kyiv and in the regions of Ivano-Frankivsk, Vinnytsia, Lviv, and Kharkiv. A Russian missile also hit an apartment building in the central city of Dnipro, and dozens of …

Dave DeCamp (2023-01-15). Sen. Menendez Says He Won't Approve F-16 Sale to Turkey. news.antiwar.com Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ), the head of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, has come out against a potential F-16 sale to Turkey that was reported by The Wall Street Journal on Friday. The report said that the Biden administration is preparing to notify Congress of major arms deals for Turkey and Greece, two NATO allies …

americanthinker (2023-01-15). Why basic morality or ethical principles are vital for group survival. americanthinker.com In order for an individual or group of individuals to peacefully survive and interact in society, basic morality or ethical principles are critical.

americanthinker (2023-01-15). Democrat insider weathervane David Gergen warns Biden he is going to get 'creamed'. americanthinker.com It's starting to get lonely in the White House family quarters, as the usual gaggle of political class hangers-on are signaling that they are no longer on Team Biden.

americanthinker (2023-01-15). Mueller's pit bull Andrew Weissmann is greasing the skids under Biden. americanthinker.com Joe Biden has lost his protection and is now a liability to the cabal that runs the deep state. They are sending metaphorical shots across his bow, warning him that he and Jill will not be campaigning for re-election, and will be lucky to serve out his one and only term as president.

Andy Kroll (2023-01-15). Imperial Dominance Disguised as Democratic Deterrence. tomdispatch.com More than two millennia ago, in the History of the Peloponnesian War, Thucydides recounted a disastrous conflict Athens waged against Sparta. A masterwork on strategy and war, the book is still taught at the U.S. Army War College and many other military institutions across the world. A passage from it describing an ultimatum Athens gave a weaker power has stayed with me all these years. And here it is, loosely translated from the Greek: "The strong do what they will and the weak suffer as they must." Recently, I read the latest National Defense Strategy, or NDS, issued in October 2022 by the Pentagon, and Thucydi…

Anonymous103 (2023-01-15). Military Situation In Iraq On January 15, 2023 (Map Update). southfront.org Click to see full-size image | Another 6000 police officers were deployed at border bases to increase the control of the Iraqi borders with Iran and Turkey, according to the Iraqi Interior Minister, Abdul Amir al-Shammari; | On January 14, ISIS claimed responsibility for the attack on the convoy of the Iraqi army in the Taramiya area; | On January 14, Abdul Amir Rashid Yarallah, Chief of the General Staff of the Army and Qais Al-Mohammadavi, Deputy Head of the Iraqi Joint Operations Headquarters, arr…

Anonymous103 (2023-01-15). Military Situation In Syria On January 15, 2023 (Map Update). southfront.org Click to see full-size image | On January 15, the Russian Ministry of Defense recorded no hostilities and ceasefire violations in the Idlib region in the past 24 hours; | On January 15, Turkish drones attacked an SDF vehicle on the M4 highway; | On January 15, the SDF carried out a security operation in the town of Busayra; | On January 15, several trucks belonging to the US-led coalition entered Syria from the border of Iraqi Kurdistan through the illegal al-Walid crossing. | MORE ON THE TOPIC:…

Anonymous669 (2023-01-15). Canadian 'LAV 6' Armoured Vehicles Spotted In Ukraine (Video). southfront.org File image. | Canadian-made LAV 6 Armoured Combat Support Vehicles (ACSVs) have been finally spotted in the Russian special military operation zone in Ukraine. | On December 31, a video showing a ACSV moving near an unspecified front in Ukraine surfaced online. The vehicle was of the unarmed Troops/Cargo Vehicle (TCV) version. | The ACSV, which was developed by the Canadian branch of General Dynamics Land Systems, is powered by a Caterpillar C9 Turbo-charged six-cylinder Diesel with 4 hp. The vehicle has a maximum op…

Anonymous669 (2023-01-15). DPR Officer Warns Of Ukrainian Plan To Integrate American Missiles On Soviet Air Defense Systems. southfront.org Aboard USS John C. Stennins (CVN-74) the aircraft carrier launches a RIM-7 NATO Sea Sparrow System (NSSM) missile during a missile exercise. Sea Sparrow is also used for the Basic Point Missile Defense System (BPDMS) for anti-ship missile defense. August 27, 1997. (U.S. Army photo) | An officer of the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) has warned from a Ukrainian plan to integrate American-made RIM-7 Sea Sparrow anti-aircraft missiles on Buk-M1 air defense system left from the Soviet era. | The unnamed off…

Davonta Herring (2023-01-15). 2023 NAACP Image Awards: 'Abbott Elementary,' 'Wakanda Forever' Lead All Nominees. newsone.com The NAACP unveiled the full list of the 54th NAACP Image Awards nominees with ABC and Netflix leading the pack with nominations, including "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever" and "Abbott Elementary."

Fight Back (2023-01-15). NYC remembers Dr. King's Legacy. fightbacknews.org New York, NY — Around 60 people gathered in the historic Saint Mary's Episcopal Church in Harlem to honor the legacy of Doctor Martin Luther King Jr. on what would have been his birthday weekend. Organized by Struggle-La Lucha, a panel of 11 speakers took part in the event that demanded: No war and sanctions, strop funding white supremacy in the Ukraine, shut down NATO, and stop racism, transphobia, union busting, and the attacks on women's rights, LGBTQ+ and immigrants. | The speakers included Margaret Kimberly of Black Agenda Report, Melinda Butterfield of Struggle-La Lucha and Omowale Cla, December…

Jason Tschantre (2023-01-15). The world is warming and big oil predicted it. liberationnews.org The years 2014 through 2022 were officially the hottest eight years ever recorded, according to studies by NASA, the European Copernicus Climate Change Service and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

Juan Cole (2023-01-15). Israeli Opposition Warns of "Civil War," "End of Democracy" as 80,000 Rally against Netanyahu. juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) The Palestinian newspaper Amad reports that tens of thousands of Israelis took part on Saturday evening in demonstrations in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and Haifa protesting the new Israeli government, headed by Binyamin Netanyahu. The Hebrew press reported a massive police presence at these sites. The Israeli center-right is finding out …

Larry Johnson (2023-01-15). Emerging Regret About Ukraine War in the U.S. and My Interview with Emerald Robinson on Biden's Classified Document Leaks. sonar21.com America's infatuation with Ukraine and Zelensky (the Cocaine Comedian) is starting to wane, but most politicians and the public continue to believe the lie that Ukraine is an innocent country…

Logan Jaffe (2023-01-15). America's Biggest Museums Have Failed to Return Native American Human Remains. truthout.org As the United States pushed Native Americans from their lands to make way for westward expansion throughout the 1800s, museums and the federal government encouraged the looting of Indigenous remains, funerary objects and cultural items. Many of the institutions continue to hold these today — and in some cases resist their return despite the 1990 passage of the Native American Graves Protection and… |

Michael G. Roskin (2023-01-15). Will Birtherism come back to bite Republicans in the Behind? On top of all his other Lies, is George Santos even a US Citizen? juancole.com Nashville (Special to Informed Comment) Suspicions grow that not only did new Congressman George Santos (R-NY) fabricate his educational and employment record but that he fabricated a marriage in order to get a permanent residency permit ("green card"). Let us, as the intel people say, "walk the cat backwards" — ask a series of …

Ray Levy-Uyeda (2023-01-15). Resident-Owned Communities Are a Step Toward Housing and Climate Justice. truthout.org This story was originally published by Prism. Natividad Seefeld has tried to quit her role as co-op board president many times. As she heads into her 12th year in the volunteer position, the problem is that she's too good at the job: managing the everyday and long-term infrastructure, community, and logistical needs of the Park Plaza Cooperative, a resident-owned manufactured housing community in… |

Rick Rozoff (2023-01-15). Poland Seeks to Become "True Land Superpower in Europe" Adds New Army Division. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Poland Seeks to Become "True Land Superpower in Europe" Adds New Army Division Andy Corbley www.worldatlarge.news/coffee-break-reads/2023/1/11/poland-seeks-to-become-true-land-superpower-in-europe-adds-new-army-division?fbclid=IwAR1-tPap3-pNZd2MT7EHjuhM7Mve3v_NYfUU4WNFk BFzgEaDDGrsKCitE The Polish Defense Minister Mariusz B≈Çaszczak announced recently that the Polish Army would add a new army division in order to raise the uniformed soldiery of the country to 300,000 in a bid to become a "true land …

Rick Rozoff (2023-01-15). Georgia won't succumb to domestic, foreign pressure to go to war: vice-PM. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Agenda.geJanuary 15, 2023 Vice PM: Gov't won't allow Georgia to be involved in military conflict Georgia's Vice Prime Minister Thea Tsulukiani on Saturday told the media the Georgian Government would not allow the country to be involved in the military confrontation. It is "regrettable" that the attempts, in "various forms", to involve Georgia in military …

Vijay Prashad (2023-01-15). The Winds of the New Cold War are Howling in the Arctic Circle. orinocotribune.com

WSWS (2023-01-15). RMT union directly colluding with UK rail companies to sell-out strikes. wsws.org The RMT and train operating companies issued a joint tight-lipped two-line statement reading, "We have had detailed discussions and we are working jointly towards a revised offer."

scorinoco (2023-01-15). Venezuela Denounces British Government Interference (+ Statement). orinocotribune.com On Thursday, January 12, the government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela issued a statement through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs categorically condemning the British government's announcement of its continued—and illegal—recognition of the National Assembly of 2015, whose term had actually expired on January 4, 2021. | Venezuelan Foreign Affairs Minister Yvan Gil posted the statement on his Twitter account. | The Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, led by the Constitutional President

teleSUR, JCM (2023-01-15). Gobierno colombiano y ELN se reunirán en Caracas,Venezuela. telesurtv.net Las partes, entre otros temas, conversarán sobre el cese al fuego propuesto por el Gobierno colombiano y evaluado por el ELN.

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2023-01-15: News Headlines

M von der Schulenbert, A Lieven, H Neuber (2023-01-15). What are the chances for peace in Ukraine? indybay.org There must be another way to peace. But there can only be if we stop believing that only weapons or the annexation of foreign territories can bring peace; if we accept that the world does not belong only to the West, that there will be no single world power, the USA, and that the expansion of NATO does not contribute to stability in Europe.

Fight Back (2023-01-15). NYC remembers Dr. King's Legacy. fightbacknews.org New York, NY — Around 60 people gathered in the historic Saint Mary's Episcopal Church in Harlem to honor the legacy of Doctor Martin Luther King Jr. on what would have been his birthday weekend. Organized by Struggle-La Lucha, a panel of 11 speakers took part in the event that demanded: No war and sanctions, strop funding white supremacy in the Ukraine, shut down NATO, and stop racism, transphobia, union busting, and the attacks on women's rights, LGBTQ+ and immigrants. | The speakers included Margaret Kimberly of Black Agenda Report, Melinda Butterfield of Struggle-La Lucha and Omowale Cla, December…

Larry Johnson (2023-01-15). Emerging Regret About Ukraine War in the U.S. and My Interview with Emerald Robinson on Biden's Classified Document Leaks. sonar21.com America's infatuation with Ukraine and Zelensky (the Cocaine Comedian) is starting to wane, but most politicians and the public continue to believe the lie that Ukraine is an innocent country…

Rick Rozoff (2023-01-15). Poland Seeks to Become "True Land Superpower in Europe" Adds New Army Division. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Poland Seeks to Become "True Land Superpower in Europe" Adds New Army Division Andy Corbley www.worldatlarge.news/coffee-break-reads/2023/1/11/poland-seeks-to-become-true-land-superpower-in-europe-adds-new-army-division?fbclid=IwAR1-tPap3-pNZd2MT7EHjuhM7Mve3v_NYfUU4WNFk BFzgEaDDGrsKCitE The Polish Defense Minister Mariusz B≈Çaszczak announced recently that the Polish Army would add a new army division in order to raise the uniformed soldiery of the country to 300,000 in a bid to become a "true land …

Vijay Prashad (2023-01-15). The Winds of the New Cold War are Howling in the Arctic Circle. orinocotribune.com

Anonymous669 (2023-01-15). Canadian 'LAV 6' Armoured Vehicles Spotted In Ukraine (Video). southfront.org File image. | Canadian-made LAV 6 Armoured Combat Support Vehicles (ACSVs) have been finally spotted in the Russian special military operation zone in Ukraine. | On December 31, a video showing a ACSV moving near an unspecified front in Ukraine surfaced online. The vehicle was of the unarmed Troops/Cargo Vehicle (TCV) version. | The ACSV, which was developed by the Canadian branch of General Dynamics Land Systems, is powered by a Caterpillar C9 Turbo-charged six-cylinder Diesel with 4 hp. The vehicle has a maximum op…

WSWS (2023-01-15). RMT union directly colluding with UK rail companies to sell-out strikes. wsws.org The RMT and train operating companies issued a joint tight-lipped two-line statement reading, "We have had detailed discussions and we are working jointly towards a revised offer."

teleSUR, JCM (2023-01-15). Gobierno colombiano y ELN se reunirán en Caracas,Venezuela. telesurtv.net Las partes, entre otros temas, conversarán sobre el cese al fuego propuesto por el Gobierno colombiano y evaluado por el ELN.

Adriaan Alsema (2023-01-14). Colombia's prosecution blocks talks to dismantle paramilitary groups. colombiareports.com Colombia's prosecutor general's office on Friday refused to lift arrest warrants of paramilitary leaders, effectively blocking the government's peace process. Deputy Prosecutor General Martha Marcera wrote Peace Commissioner Danilo Rueda…

Wolfgang Herzberg, Tomasz Konicz (2023-01-14). Negotiated Solution – No Alternative! indybay.org NATO intervention seems unlikely so far, after U.S. President Biden ruled out direct military intervention even in the run-up to the war…Nevertheless, a further escalation of the war cannot be ruled out. At present, the powerless left has only the option of fighting for peace and of educational work: of emphasizing the survival necessity of a post-capitalist system transformation… (TKonicz)…

James Patrick Jordan (2023-01-14). Peace! Peace! But in Colombia, There is no Peace. orinocotribune.com By James Patrick Jordan Jan 11, 2023 | Advocates for peace and justice around the world were thrilled to hear the proposal by Colombian president Gustavo Petro for a Total Peace Plan, an effort that was promptly approved by the congress. The plan is ambitious and deserves our support. Colombia's entire history from the Spanish colonization right up till today has been a story of violence, displacement, and repression. The country has been in the grips of armed conflict and civil war on several fronts for more than years. The 2016 Peace Accord between the former Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia[mdash…

WSWS (2023-01-14). US and Japan accelerate war drive against China. wsws.org The joint statement and comments by Biden and Japanese PM Kishida are premised on a lie: that the US and its allies are simply responding to Russian and Chinese provocations and aggression.

ecns.cn (2023-01-14). Xinjiang going forward in right direction: World Muslim Communities Council leader. ecns.cn The rapid development of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region proves that the region is moving in the right direction, said Ali Rashid Al Nuaimi, chairman of the World Muslim Communities Council, during a recent visit to Xinjiang.

ecns.cn (2023-01-14). China urges U.S., Japan not to become disrupters of a stable Asia-Pacific: FM spokesperson. ecns.cn China urges the United States and Japan to abandon the Cold War mentality and ideological bias, stop creating imaginary enemies and stop trying to sow the seeds of a new Cold War in the Asia-Pacific, and not to become disruptors of a stable Asia-Pacific, a Foreign Ministry spokesperson said on Friday.

WSWS (2023-01-14). US and NATO send tanks to fight Russia. wsws.org The sending of main battle tanks to Ukraine is, without a doubt, the most reckless and escalatory measure taken by the US and NATO in the war to date.

Anand Naidoo (2023-01-14). The Heat: Biden Classified Documents. america.cgtn.com President Biden faces mounting questions, after classified documents are discovered at his Delaware home and a private office. Could this discovery tarnish his presidency and sideline his agenda? This week, U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland named a special counsel to lead the investigation into how …

ecns.cn (2023-01-14). Comicomment: A 'new' Cold War toolkit. ecns.cn

Judy Greenspan (2023-01-14). Sunday 1/22: Stop US Wars! Disband NATO! Money for Jobs and Education Not for the Pentagon! indybay.org Gather at the Lake Merritt Columns, Oakland at 1 p.m. March to the Lake Merritt Amphitheater, Oakland…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-14). 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…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-14). 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…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-14). 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….

WSWS (2023-01-14). "The weapons help no one, it's just about economic interests"—SGP continues campaign for Berlin state election. wsws.org In its election campaign for the Berlin House of Representatives, the SGP is fighting for the construction of an international movement of workers and youth in opposition to the war policy of the ruling class.

WSWS (2023-01-14). US political warfare escalates: House committees launch probes of Biden's mishandling of classified documents. wsws.org On Friday, one day after Attorney General Merrick Garland announced the appointment of a special counsel to investigate President Joe Biden's mishandling of classified documents, Republican-led House committees launched their own investigations.

_____ (2023-01-14). Chris Hedges Report: America Made Me A Black Man. popularresistance.org Boyah J. Farah fled the war in Somalia arriving in the United States as a refugee with his mother and siblings when he was fifteen. His romantic dreams of America quickly ran into the dark undercurrents of American racism. Living in a housing project in Bedford, Massachusetts he was forced to discover the curse of being Black in America, the daily humiliations and small, but insidious ways he was made to constantly feel an outsider by whites. He watched as other Somali families succumbed to the poison of American racism, writing that although they had survived the war in Africa, American broke them and carried th…

_____ (2023-01-14). The Higher Education Labor Movement Runs Full Speed Ahead Into 2023. popularresistance.org At the end of 2022, workers in higher education had their eyes turned toward the weeks-long strikes at the University of California (UC) and The New School. These strikes were among the largest and longest that higher education in the U.S. has ever seen. In California, the striking unions represented about 48,000 workers. While the total number of striking faculty at The New School in New York was much smaller, they represented 87 percent of all teaching faculty at the university, showing the power of what a near-total shutdown of classes can do. | These strikes are part of a much bigger trend in the higher educa…

_____ (2023-01-14). The Poor Are Bearing The Brunt Of California's Storms. popularresistance.org Since late December, the West Coast of the United States has been battered by torrential rain of up to eight inches, strong winds reaching 70 mph that have knocked down power lines and ripped trees from the soil, and forced tens of thousands of people to evacuate. US President Joe Biden has declared a state of emergency in California. The "parade of cyclones," as read the National Weather Service warning, is predicted to cost USD$1 billion in damages. Thus far, 18 people are dead as a result of these storms. | As these storms, heightened in frequency by climate change, wreak havoc in California, many wonder, what…

Ann Brown (2023-01-14). More Classified Documents Found In Biden's Delaware Home: Did He Break The Law? moguldom.com The White House has confirmed that a second set of classified government documents was found, this time in President Joe Biden's garage at his home in Delaware. This revelation comes after other classified documents were found in November at the Penn Biden Center, a think tank office in Washington, D.C., that Biden used for about …

Anonymous103 (2023-01-14). Military Situation In Syria On January 14, 2023 (Map Update). southfront.org Click to see full-size image | On January 14, Russia reported that Idlib militants violated the ceasefire regime in Greater Idlib 3 times: 2 in Idlib province, 1 in Latakia province; | On January 14, Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian met with Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad in Damascus; | On January 14, Turkish-backed forces attacked SAA positions in the Nahshaba area; | On January 14, Turkish artillery shelled YPG positions near Tal Rafaat; | 11 PKK/YPG militants were k…

Ben Norton (2023-01-14). 'World War 3 has already started' between US and Russia/China, argues French scholar. geopoliticaleconomy.com Prominent French intellectual Emmanuel Todd argues the Ukraine proxy war is the start of WWIII, and is "existential" for both Russia and the US "imperial system", which has restricted the sovereignty of Europe, making Brussels into Washington's "protectorate".

Editor (2023-01-14). The World Split Apart 2.0: Introduction and Part 1. mronline.org Nearly a decade ago I began warning that NATO expansion and the West's failure to understand that Russian national security interests not a Russian desire to 'recreate the USSR' or 'former Russian empire' would lead to a world split apart between the West and 'the rest' (Sino-Russian 'strategic partnership and those states oriented towards it).

Editor (2023-01-14). Weapons Contractors Destroy Lives While Reading Fairy Tales To Children. scheerpost.com By Lee Camp / MintPress News A UN report recently revealed that at least 11,000 children have been killed or maimed in the US-backed War in Yemen. At the same time, the weapons contractors that helped create this massacre are reading fairy tales to British children! You probably already know that, as reported by Alex Kane for In These …

Jie Qiao, Yuanyuan Wang, Fei Kong, Yu Fu (2023-01-14). [Correspondence] Medical education reforms in China. thelancet.com Julio Frenk and colleagues1 put forward education for life as a guiding principle for health-professional education after the COVID-19 pandemic. We concur with the need for a radical rethink of medical education systems worldwide, and would like to share responses and reflections from China at a time that coincides with the 110th anniversary of the Peking University Health Science Center (PUHSC; figure).

Michael Welch (2023-01-14). January 6 Riot LIVE! Helping to Propel the War on Domestic Terrorism and More! file:/Users/rain/Dropbox/_data/_rss/globalresearch.ca.xml

Michael Welch (2023-01-14). January 6 Riot LIVE! Helping to Propel the War on Domestic Terrorism and More. globalresearch.ca

Rick Rozoff (2023-01-14). Pentagon backs Poland's plans for German, other tanks for Ukraine. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Polish Press AgencyJanuary 14, 2023 Polish PM to meet with Germany's Scholz over tanks for Ukraine The Leopard 2 tanks that Warsaw wants to donate to Kyiv as part of a broader international coalition were purchased from Germany and require the German government's consent to be given to a non-Nato country. Mateusz Morawiecki, the Polish …

Rick Rozoff (2023-01-14). Ukraine as a country and its armed forces have become members of NATO: defense minister. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com NoviniteJanuary 13, 2023 Ukraine declared itself a "De Facto Member of NATO" and Warned of a New Russian Offensive "Ukraine has de facto become a member of NATO, and this reality may soon be shaped legally." Such confidence was expressed by the Minister of Defense of Ukraine, Oleksii Reznikov, in an interview with the Russian …

Sasha Abramsky (2023-01-14). McCarthy's Concessions to MAGA Diehards Have Paved the Way to Brutal Austerity. truthout.org At the start of January, Kevin McCarthy's difficulties in cobbling together a House majority to support his bid to become speaker produced endless comedy fodder for the late-night shows. Fourteen times, McCarthy went up for election. Fourteen times he lost. With each loss, each humiliating reminder that one had to look back to the pre-Civil War days to find a speaker's election this drawn-out… |

SP Editor (2023-01-14). What It Means for Hunger to Burn Through the Pentagon's Ranks. scheerpost.com Co-creator of the Costs of War Project and military spouse Andrea Mazzarino describes in all-too-devastating detail that a staggeringly over-funded military-industrial complex is, to use Eisenhower's phrasing, indeed stealing from "those who hunger and are not fed."

Staff (2023-01-14). President Maduro Announces 6 Lines of Work for 2023 in Annual Address to the Nation. orinocotribune.com On Thursday, January 12, the president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, in his Annual Address to the Nation, announced the six lines of work his government will implement in 2023. | The lines are: | 1- Consolidate economic growth, diversification of the economy and generation of wealth with equality. | The president stated that progress must be made in "healing the wounds" and "the inequalities that have been created as a result of the economic war and illegal sanctions." | 2- Expand protection and social security to all the Venezuelan people, especially the victims of the economic blockade. | Misiones and Grandes M…

Tina Landis (2023-01-14). Atmospheric rivers, weather whiplash and the class struggle. liberationnews.org Despite scientists' warnings for decades, capitalist governments have failed to act in any meaningful way to avert climate catastrophe despite the many tools available to humanity.

| Reuters | (2023-01-14). Indonesia sends warship to monitor Chinese coast guard vessel. tribune.com.pk Indonesia has deployed a warship to its North Natuna Sea to monitor a Chinese coast guard vessel that has been active in a resource-rich maritime area, the country's naval chief said on Saturday of an area that both countries claim as their own. | Ship tracking data shows the vessel, CCG 5901, has been sailing in the Natuna Sea, particularly near the Tuna Bloc gas field and the Vietnamese Chim Sao oil and gas field since Dec. 30, the Indonesian Ocean Justice Initiative told Reuters. | A warship, maritime patrol plane and drone had been deployed to monitor the vessel, Laksamana Muhammad Ali, the chief of the In…

| Reuters | (2023-01-14). Time running out to ratify Sweden, Finland NATO bids: Turkiye. tribune.com.pk Turkiye is running out of time to ratify NATO membership bids by Sweden and Finland before it holds elections expected in May, a Turkish presidential spokesperson said on Saturday. | President Tayyip Erdogan's spokesperson, Ibrahim Kalin, said Turkish ratification of the countries' bids depended on how quickly Stockholm fulfils counter-terrorism promises made as part of a deal with Ankara, warning that could take months. | "Stockholm is fully committed to implementing the agreement that was signed last year in Madrid, but the country needs six more months to write new laws that would allow the judicial system…

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2023-01-14). How Sanctions Contributed to Venezuela's Economic Collapse. orinocotribune.com

Janna Corredor (2023-01-14). US Treasury's OFAC Imposes New Sanctions Against Venezuela. orinocotribune.com On Monday, January 9, the United States Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) imposed a new unilateral coercive measure against Venezuela by extending License number 31, now named

Ricardo Vaz (2023-01-14). Venezuela: Metalworkers Block Highway, Protest for Better Pay. venezuelanalysis.com Sidor workers are asking for improved salaries as well as the reinstatement of health insurance and collective bargaining rights.

Victor Castellanos (2023-01-14). ConocoPhillips Wants to Sell Venezuelan Oil in The US (+ Chevron). orinocotribune.com US oil company ConocoPhillips, headquartered in Houston, Texas, is supposedly in talks with the government of Venezuela to sell Venezuelan oil in the United States, according to a report by The Wall Street Journal. | "ConocoPhillips, which left Venezuela after its assets were nationalized in 2007, is now open to a deal to sell the country's oil in the US," the report stated, citing "people familiar with the discussions between the company and Venezuelan representatives." | Breaking: ConocoPhillips is in talks with Venezuela to sell the country's oil in the U.S. after Caracas seized its assets in 2007, people fami…

Victoria Torres (2023-01-14). Venezuela's Banking System Reports Growth in 2022. orinocotribune.com On Tuesday, January 10, during the yearly closing of banks, the president of the Bank of Venezuela (BDV) and deputy minister of Digital Economy, Banking, Insurance, and Securities, Román Maniglia, reported positive indicators for the Venezuelan national banking system. The minister highlighted a growth of 366% for deposits with the national financial system during 2022. | The total deposits of the banking system grew to 46.539 billion bolívars, with an increase of 28.06% during the last month of 2022. | La banca creció en depósitos, créditos y bajó su morosidad. La banca pública en los primeros lugares de estos i…

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