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2023-02-25: News Headlines

DJ Mouse (2023-02-25). Ray McGovern on pipeline story…from Sunday's SF antiwar rally. indybay.org Undersea pipeline vanishes as UFO news balloon eclipses NATO attack!

Kyle Anzalone (2023-02-25). White House Believed 'Economic Nuclear Weapon' Would End Russian War in Ukraine. news.antiwar.com In the days after the invasion of Ukraine, the White House assessed President Vladimir Putin would end the attack if the US froze over $300 billion owned by the Russian central bank. However, the Washington-led economic war on Moscow has failed to have a major impact on the Russian economy. According to Bloomberg, in the …

Dave DeCamp (2023-02-24). China Says Sending Weapons Into Ukraine War Won't Bring Peace. news.antiwar.com China's representative to the UN on Thursday said that sending weapons to be used in the Ukraine war will not bring peace as the US is claiming Beijing is considering providing Moscow with military aid for the conflict. "One year into the Ukraine crisis, brutal facts have offered ample proof that sending weapons will not …

Dave DeCamp (2023-02-24). Hungary to Send Delegation to Sweden, Finland Over NATO Bids. news.antiwar.com The head of Hungary's ruling party in parliament said Thursday that Budapest is sending a delegation to Sweden and Finland to discuss their NATO bids. Hungary and Turkey are the only two NATO countries that have yet to approve of the two Nordic nations joining. Prime Minister Viktor Orban previously said his country supports Sweden …




Dave DeCamp (2023-02-24). Rep. Gaetz Introduces War Powers Resolution to Pull US Troops Out of Syria. news.antiwar.com Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) has introduced a War Powers Resolution that would order President Biden to pull all US troops out of Syria, a move that came after four US troops were reported injured in a raid against ISIS in the country. "Congress has never authorized the use of military force in Syria. The United …

Leon Kunstenaar (2023-02-24). Rage Against the War Machine in San Francisco. indybay.org Anti-War Rally in Justin Herman Plaza and Street Theater in Front of Lockheed Offices.

Pip Hinman (2023-02-24). Protesters say 'no' to AUKUS, nuclear-powered submarines. greenleft.org.au Anti-war protests outside MPs' offices demanded that AUKUS be scrapped and the $170 billion allocated to nuclear-powered submarines be instead spent on human need, reports Pip Hinman.

Anand Naidoo (2023-02-25). The Heat: Russia-Ukraine Conflict: One Year On. america.cgtn.com A somber ceremony in Kyiv marks the one-year anniversary of the Russia-Ukraine conflict. With no end in sight, China issues a 12-point peace plan. Commemorations were held around the world to mark the one-year anniversary of the Russian-Ukraine conflict. The human toll is staggering. Tens of …




Dr. Paul Craig Roberts (2023-02-25). America's Proxy War against Russia Started Nine Years Ago: The Minsk Peace Deal: Farce Or Sellout? globalresearch.ca With foresight, Dr. Paul Craig Roberts predicted in February 2015 that the Minsk Peace Agreement would lead us no where, with both Francois Hollande and Angela Merkel under the control of Washington. | First published on February 13, 2015 | *** | Judging …

Peoples Dispatch (2023-02-25). Daily Round-up | China lays out plan for peaceful end to Ukraine conflict & other stories. peoplesdispatch.org In this episode, we bring you stories of a Chinese peace plan for the Ukraine war, Israel approving over 7,000 settlements, two Yemeni men suing energy company Total over their detention and torture, and former Ecuadorian President Lenin Moreno facing prosecution…

_____ (2023-02-24). Historic Year… Ukraine War Exposes U.S. Imperialism as Foremost Global Threat. strategic-culture.org Most people realize that the United States and its capitalist impoverishing-war-system must be defeated if the world is to ever live in peace. | The war in Ukraine is now entering its second year, having reached its first anniversary this week. On February 24 last year, Russian forces entered Ukrainian territory. The conflict has taken many twists and turns over the past 12 months. But there seems to be one inescapable, paramount development. The contours of hostility have emerged to identify the primary global threat — the United States and its zero-sum obsession with imperialist hegemony. | Strictly speak…

Anonymous765 (2023-02-24). Year Of Russian Special Military Operation: China Proposes Peace, West Imposes War. southfront.org |

Dr. Paul Craig Roberts (2023-02-25). America's Proxy War against Russia Started Nine Years Ago: The Minsk Peace Deal: Farce Or Sellout? globalresearch.ca With foresight, Dr. Paul Craig Roberts predicted in February 2015 that the Minsk Peace Agreement would lead us no where, with both Francois Hollande and Angela Merkel under the control of Washington. | First published on February 13, 2015 | *** | Judging …

Peoples Dispatch (2023-02-25). Daily Round-up | China lays out plan for peaceful end to Ukraine conflict & other stories. peoplesdispatch.org In this episode, we bring you stories of a Chinese peace plan for the Ukraine war, Israel approving over 7,000 settlements, two Yemeni men suing energy company Total over their detention and torture, and former Ecuadorian President Lenin Moreno facing prosecution…

_____ (2023-02-24). Historic Year… Ukraine War Exposes U.S. Imperialism as Foremost Global Threat. strategic-culture.org Most people realize that the United States and its capitalist impoverishing-war-system must be defeated if the world is to ever live in peace. | The war in Ukraine is now entering its second year, having reached its first anniversary this week. On February 24 last year, Russian forces entered Ukrainian territory. The conflict has taken many twists and turns over the past 12 months. But there seems to be one inescapable, paramount development. The contours of hostility have emerged to identify the primary global threat — the United States and its zero-sum obsession with imperialist hegemony. | Strictly speak…

Anonymous765 (2023-02-24). Year Of Russian Special Military Operation: China Proposes Peace, West Imposes War. southfront.org |

ecns.cn (2023-02-24). China calls for resuming peace talks to resolve Ukraine crisis. ecns.cn China has called for international efforts to create conditions for the resumption of peace talks to resolve the Ukraine crisis.

February 24 for Peace (2023-02-24). Friday 2/24: Take Action for Peace In Ukraine. indybay.org 1 Post St, San Francisco, (Senator Feinstein's Office) | Post and Market; Montgomery Street BART…

H. Scott Prosterman (2023-02-24). Jimmy Carter was Pilloried for Worrying about Israeli Apartheid, but he has Been Amply Vindicated by History. juancole.com Oakland, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment) — As President Jimmy Carter nears the end in hospice care, we are prompted to revisit his accomplishments and contributions. Carter's prescient 2006 book Palestine: Peace, Not Apartheid elicited a storm of criticism from many Jewish organizations and leaders. It prompted condemnation from the powerful lobby, the American Israel …

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-02-24). Ukraine: China's 12 Point Peace Plan. libya360.wordpress.com China's Position on the Political Settlement of the Ukraine Crisis 1. Respecting the sovereignty of all countries. Universally recognized international law, including the purposes and principles of the United Nations Charter, must be strictly observed. The sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity of all countries must be effectively upheld. All countries, big or small, strong or weak,…

Lee Camp, Mintpress News. (2023-02-24). Two Peace Advocates Work To End Israel's Occupation Of Palestine. popularresistance.org Lee Camp, the host of "Behind the Headlines," interviews two prominent — and very different — peace activists working to end Israel's occupation of Palestine. Adam Bloomberg and Issa Amro could not have grown up more differently. Amro in the embattled occupied Palestinian city of Hebron and Bloomberg in a prominent Jewish family during the troubled years of South Africa's apartheid regime. So how did they both find themselves working so vociferously towards the same goal? Host Lee Camp finds out in this thought-provoking and wide-ranging interview with the two activists.

Miko Peled (2023-02-24). Miko Peled: Netanyahu and Ben-Gvir Have All but Guaranteed a New Intifada Will Soon Erupt. mintpressnews.com Renowned Israeli peace advocate and author Miko Peled cautions that recent actions of Israel's besieged leaders may spark an unprecedented wave of turmoil in the Holy Land.

Sibylle Kaczorek (2023-02-24). Germany: Critical left support for 'Peace Manifesto'. greenleft.org.au Two controversial German figures, Sarah Wagenknecht and Alice Schwarzer, released a Peace Manifesto on change.org on February 10, which gathered close to half a million of signatures in less than a week, reports Sibylle Kaczorek.

The Global Research Team (2023-02-24). Global Research February Fundraising Drive: Endorse Peace Negotiations. globalresearch.ca Global Research would like to extend our thanks to everyone who supported our January donation drive. | We will persist in our efforts to exposing COVID-related crimes and the dangers of the experimental vaccines. We need to understand that the booster …

WSWS (2023-02-24). Retired German General Erich Vad and the militarist agenda behind the "Revolt for Peace" of the Left Party's Sahra Wagenknecht. wsws.org The extreme right-wing agenda of the leading political figures behind the "peace petition" in Germany is a warning: A movement for peace cannot be built with militarists, nationalists and right-wing extremists.

Staff (2023-02-25). 3rd Afro-Venezuelan National Congress Begins in Caracas. orinocotribune.com The 3rd Afro-Venezuelan National Congress began in Caracas on Friday, February 24, and will end on Sunday, February 26. The event, held in the Venezuelan School of Planning, will also be a tribute to the Cimarrón Mayor, the late Chavista leader Aristóbulo Istúriz. The main objective of the meeting is to consolidate a united Afro-Venezuelan platform, which, with the spirit of the Bolivarian Revolution, will work towards dismantling 530 years of colonialism, slavery, racism and discrimination. | The programe started on Friday with the accreditation of the 17 participating delegations from different regions of the c…

teleSUR, JGN (2023-02-25). Embajador de Venezuela ante Brasil entrega copias de estilo. telesurtv.net "Celebro la nueva etapa de hermandad y cooperación entre dos pueblos hermanos", externó el jefe de Estado venezolano.

Mary Triny Mena (2023-02-24). Venezuela's teacher shortage risks leaving the next generation adrift. america.cgtn.com It's become increasingly difficult to retain, attract, and keep teachers in Venezuela, as fewer students are choosing teaching as a profession amid low salaries and a lack of incentives. This has put the country's education system at risk, and is also is leaving the next …

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2023-02-24). Undefeated Revolutions and the Peculiar Character of Gabriel Boric. orinocotribune.com On Latin America Review, Kawsachun News spoke to Francisco Dominguez, a researcher at the Middlesex University and the secretary of the Venezuelan Solidarity Campaign, who has long been a pillar of the movements in solidarity of Latin America, in the UK. Francisco, who is Chilean, spoke to Ollie about how Venezuela has managed to survive through the last period of intense attacks and regime sanctions and grades Chilean president Gabriel Boric. Below is a transcript of Fancisco's analysis. The interview can be Nicaragua, Ven…

Ricardo Vaz (2023-02-24). Venezuela: Sugar Cane Producers Demonstrate, Demand Fuel Access. venezuelanalysis.com Rural collectives have voiced concern over high production costs and an influx of imports.

Staff (2023-02-24). Chavismo Commemorates 4th Anniversary of Anti-Imperial Victory at Battle of the Bridges. orinocotribune.com This Thursday, February 23, the president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, announced that it had been four years since the civic-military union defeated the invasion plans of the US and allied countries on the border of Venezuela and Colombia, commemorating the victory of the so-called "Battle of the Bridges." | "We commemorate four years of the revolutionary action of the people in the Battle of the Bridges," wrote Maduro via social media, "where the imperial invasion plans and the powerful global media campaign were defeated. An exemplary victory that showcases the strength of the civic-military-police union." | C…

teleSUR, MER (2023-02-24). Destacan importancia de la unión en Batalla de los Puentes en Venezuela. telesurtv.net El jefe de Estado recordó que el 23 de febrero de 2019 se pretendió invadir a Venezuela con una supuesta ayuda humanitaria.

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2023-02-22: News Headlines

Dave DeCamp (2023-02-22). Ukraine Worries the Biden Administration Might Use Congress as an Excuse to Wind Down Aid. news.antiwar.com An advisor to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told POLITICO on Tuesday that Kyiv is worried that some members of the Biden administration might use Congress as an excuse to start winding down military aid and push for Ukraine to pursue more realistic war goals. "I think both on Capitol Hill and in the administration, there …

Dave DeCamp (2023-02-22). US Judge Says Families of 9/11 Victims Not Entitled to Afghan Central Bank Funds. news.antiwar.com A US judge has determined that families of the victims of the September 11, 2001, attacks are not entitled to Afghan central bank funds that the Biden administration has seized. During the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan and the US withdrawal in 2021, the Biden administration froze $7 billion in Afghan central bank reserves that are …

Dave DeCamp, Antiwar. (2023-02-21). Biden Makes Surprise Visit To Ukraine. popularresistance.org President Biden on Monday made a surprise visit to Ukraine, marking his first visit to the country since Russia invaded last year, a highly symbolic move that demonstrates Washington's deep involvement in the war. | The visit came just days ahead of February 24, which will mark the one-year anniversary of the current conflict in Ukraine. In a statement, Biden said the purpose of his trip to the war zone was to "reaffirm our unwavering and unflagging commitment" to Ukraine. | While in Kyiv and meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, President Biden announced a new weapons package for Kyiv worth nearly…




A Guest Author (2023-02-21). On the 20th anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq: National March on Washington Saturday, March 18. workers.org The United National AntiWar Coalition emailed the message below to its supporters. No War in Ukraine! No to NATO! No Weapons, No Money for the Ukraine War! Protest in Times Square, New York City, Jan. 14, 2023, part of international week of actions during MLK birthday week. WW Photo: Brenda . . . |

Dave DeCamp (2023-02-21). China Rejects US Claim That It's Considering Arming Russia. news.antiwar.com China on Monday rejected a claim from US Secretary of State Antony Blinken that Beijing was considering providing Russia with weapons to use in its war in Ukraine. "It is the US, not China, that has been pouring weapons into the battlefield. The US is in no position to tell China what to do. We …

Dave DeCamp (2023-02-21). Victoria Nuland Says US Supports Ukrainian Attacks on Crimea. news.antiwar.com Victoria Nuland, the undersecretary of state for political affairs, said last week that the US is "supporting" Ukrainian attacks on Crimea and called Russian military installations on the peninsula "legitimate targets." Nuland made the comments when asked about a report from The New York Times that was published in January and said the Biden administration …

A Guest Author (2023-02-21). On the 20th anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq: National March on Washington Saturday, March 18. workers.org The United National AntiWar Coalition emailed the message below to its supporters. No War in Ukraine! No to NATO! No Weapons, No Money for the Ukraine War! Protest in Times Square, New York City, Jan. 14, 2023, part of international week of actions during MLK birthday week. WW Photo: Brenda . . . |

Dave DeCamp (2023-02-21). China Rejects US Claim That It's Considering Arming Russia. news.antiwar.com China on Monday rejected a claim from US Secretary of State Antony Blinken that Beijing was considering providing Russia with weapons to use in its war in Ukraine. "It is the US, not China, that has been pouring weapons into the battlefield. The US is in no position to tell China what to do. We …

Dave DeCamp (2023-02-21). Victoria Nuland Says US Supports Ukrainian Attacks on Crimea. news.antiwar.com Victoria Nuland, the undersecretary of state for political affairs, said last week that the US is "supporting" Ukrainian attacks on Crimea and called Russian military installations on the peninsula "legitimate targets." Nuland made the comments when asked about a report from The New York Times that was published in January and said the Biden administration …

Dave DeCamp (2023-02-21). Zelensky Says Ukraine Will Defend Bakhmut But 'Not at Any Price'. news.antiwar.com Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said that Ukraine would continue to defend the eastern Donetsk city of Bakmut but "not at any price," signaling that Ukrainian forces might be considering a withdrawal. "Yes, it is not a particularly big town. In fact, like many others in Donbas, (it's been) devastated by the Russians. It is …

Dave DeCamp (2023-02-21). In Kyiv, Rep. McCaul Says Ukraine More Likely to Get ATACMS, F-16s. news.antiwar.com Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX), the head of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, visited Ukraine on Tuesday and said he sensed a shift in Washington that could lead to arming Kyiv with F-16 fighter jets and longer-range missiles. According to Reuters, McCaul said the Biden administration was still split on "how fast and what weapons" to …

Dave DeCamp (2023-02-21). Israel, Saudi Arabia Hold Talks on Increasing Military Ties. news.antiwar.com Israel's new government under Benjamin Netanyahu has stepped up US-backed talks with Saudi Arabia on forging stronger military and intelligence ties, Bloomberg reported on Friday. The talks are part of an effort to forge a NATO-style anti-Iran alliance in the region between Israel and Washington's Gulf Arab allies. While Saudi Arabia has not normalized with …

Dave DeCamp (2023-02-21). Putin Announces Suspension of the New START Treaty. news.antiwar.com Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday announced that Moscow is suspending its participation in New START, the last remaining nuclear arms control treaty between the US and Russia. "In this regard, I am forced to announce today that Russia is suspending its participation in the strategic offensive arms treaty," Putin said in a state of …

Dave DeCamp (2023-02-21). Tsai Ing-wen Tells Rep. Ro Khanna Taiwan Is Increasing Military Exchanges With US. news.antiwar.com Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen on Tuesday met with a US bipartisan congressional delegation in Taipei led by Rep. Ro Khanna (R-CA) and told the American lawmakers that Taiwan is boosting military exchanges with the US. "Taiwan and the United States continue to bolster military exchanges, and going forward Taiwan will cooperate even more actively with …

Global Research News (2023-02-21). Selected Articles: The Antiwar Movement. Demonstrate Together. globalresearch.ca By If the Feb. 19 rally to end the war in Ukraine fails it will not be a success for other antiwar organizations that disagree with the Libertarian Party. …

Jason Ditz (2023-02-21). IAEA, Iran in Talks Over Highly-Enriched Uranium Finding. news.antiwar.com The IAEA is turning up its latest concerns about Iran's civilian nuclear program with media reports of a discovery of Iran is known to be producing uranium of up to 60% purity, and it should be noted that weapons grade is in excess of 90%. Thus, neither the 60% stockpile, nor these 84% particles, are actually a proliferation risk for atomic weapons. | The expected spin is that this newer top-line enrich…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-02-21). Facts are Subversive: How Canada's Mainstream Media Spreads Disinformation about the Conflict in Ukraine. libya360.wordpress.com Peter Biesterfeld This is part one of Biesterfeld's TCF series: A Case for anti-war and anti-imperialist journalism. Read before you write Once asked to explain his role as reporter preeminent investigative journalist I.F. Stone (1907-1989) answered: "To write the truth as I see it; to defend the weak against the strong; to fight for justice;…

Phil Wilayto, Virginia Defenders for Freedom, Justice, Equality. (2023-02-21). Report On The Rage Against The War Machine Rally. popularresistance.org The crowd was about 95% white, with the largest demographic being white men between the ages of 25 and 50, many of whom wore clothing with libertarian slogans. A lot of the older people in the crowd wore peace signs. Most people seemed to have come as individuals, not in groups. There were a few African-Americans, some Middle-Easterners and a few women wearing scarves in the hijab custom. Interestingly for a "coalition," there were very few signs or banners from organizations other than the Libertarian Party and the Schiller Institute, a project of the right-wing LaRouche cult, which had a speaker, Diane Sare.

Ben Norton, Geopolitical Economy. (2023-02-21). West Tells Global South 'You Can't Be Neutral' In Ukraine War. popularresistance.org In doing so, these Western officials are implicitly criticizing the vast majority of the countries on Earth, which are in the Global South, and which have maintained strict neutrality over the war. | In a joint event at the Munich Security Conference on February 18, Germany's Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock declared, "Neutrality is not an option, because then you are standing on the side of the aggressor". | Baerbock emphasized that "this is a plea we are also giving next week to the world again: Please take a side, a side for peace, a side for Ukraine, a side for the humanitarian international law, and these…

February 24 for Peace (2023-02-21). Friday 2/24: Take Action for Peace In Ukraine. indybay.org 1 Post St, San Francisco, (Senator Feinstein's Office) | Post and Market; Montgomery Street BART…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-02-21). Statement by Permanent Representative Vassily Nebenzia at the UNSC Meeting on the Destruction of Nord Stream. libya360.wordpress.com Statement by Permanent Representative Vassily Nebenzia at UNSC briefing on threats to international peace and security (sabotage of Nord Stream gas pipeline) Mme.President, Today we have gathered here for a very remarkable meeting. It is somewhat assonant with the previous meeting regarding the act of sabotage against the Nord Stream pipe that we called on…

San José Peace & Justice Center (2023-02-21). Friday 2/24: War in Ukraine: One Year On. indybay.org San José Peace & Justice Center | 48 South 7th Street | San José, CA 95112…

Staff (2023-02-21). Talk World Radio: Chas Freeman on Making Peace with China. davidswanson.org

Staff (2023-02-22). Luis Britto García: La realidad, Venezuela y sus mundos imaginarios. cubadebate.cu Luis Britto García entró por la puerta grande de la creación. En la década de 1970 lanzó "Rajatabla", una serie de 73 relatos breves, satíricos, burlones, centrados en la situación política venezolana. El valor de ese título lo hizo merecer el Premio de Cuento Casa de las Américas. Después ha venido otras veces a Cuba como miembro del jurado del certamen que convoca la institución cultural.

Staff (2023-02-21). Venezuela Mobilizes Over 1,000 Buses for Carnival. orinocotribune.com Venezuelan Minister for Transport Ramón Velásquez Araguayán announced that more than 1,000 buses will be deployed throughout Venezuela during the Happy Carnivals 2023. The buses will guarantee Venezuelans transportation and enjoyment during these holidays. Like many other countries in the region, Venezuela celebrates Carnival on Monday, February 20, and Tuesday, February 21. | On Friday, February 17, Velásquez Araguayán explained via social media that this deployment will cover road safety and beach routes. | "From the Eastern Bus Terminal [Caracas], we begin the deployment of Happy Carnivals 2023 with more than…

teleSUR, odr, JGN (2023-02-21). Brigadistas retornan a Venezuela tras prestar ayuda en Siria. telesurtv.net Los brigadistas pertenecientes a la Fuerza de Tarea Humanitaria Simón Bolívar participaron en acciones de rescate y salvamento al pueblo de la nación árabe.

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