(2022-02-10). Continuing US-led economic blockade provokes North Korean missile tests. wsws.org North Korea's economy has suffered from years of sanctions, now compounded by the global pandemic.
(2022-02-10). Yemen: January Saw Highest Civilian Casualties in Saudi Air War Since 2016. news.antiwar.com A monthly summary from According to the data, 139 civilians were killed by Saudi air raids, and another 287 were wounded. It was the highest number of civilian casualties recorded in a single month since October 2016. | The deadliest air raid of the month hit a migrant detention facility in Sadaa on January 21st, which killed at least 91 civilians and wounded at le…
(2022-02-10). Supreme Court OKs Alabama state government plot against Black voters. liberationnews.org 
With a slew of high-profile cases the Supreme Court is slated to hear this year, it is increasingly clear that the rightwing justices will use every opportunity to take away key rights won by mass movements and move us backwards to greater inequality.
(2022-02-10). Monday 2/14: League of Women Voters 102nd Birthday: Virtual Action Rally for Voting Rights & Democracy. indybay.org Virtual action rally for voting rights and democracy…
(2022-02-10). Selected Articles: Brian Peckford, Signatory of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, on Trudeau and the COVID-19 Mandates. globalresearch.ca 
By Watch Brian Peckford speaking to a crowd in December 2021 on Trudeau's vaccine mandate and the …
(2022-02-10). Saturday 2/26: Noted Indigenous and Prisoner Rights Advocate Lenny Foster. indybay.org Zoom Webinar Registration: us02web.zoom.us/…/reg…/WN_dXFlyEK4TwuAJvywNY1Pqg…
(2022-02-10). Commerce Ministry denounces U.S. sanctions. ecns.cn The United States should remove additional tariffs and sanctions on China as soon as possible, Commerce Ministry spokesperson Gao Feng said at a news briefing on Thursday.
(2022-02-10). US Senate Mulls Sanctions Against Russia for Alleged Cyberattacks on Ukraine, Reports Say. sputniknews.com MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The US Senate Foreign Affairs Committee is contemplating introducing sanctions against Russia for alleged cyberattacks against Ukraine amid a protracted debate on the Defending Ukraine Sovereignty Act of 2022 in the US Congress, Politico reported on Thursday.
(2022-02-09). Human Rights?? U.S. Hypocrisy on Full Display as Beijing Olympics Open. liberationnews.org 
Brian Becker, Esther Iverem, Nicole Roussell and Walter Smolarek discuss how the US corporate media subjected viewers to wall-to-wall war mongering propaganda targeting the government and people of China as the Olympics opened in Beijing…
(2022-02-09). 80 Russian Airstrikes Hit ISIS Hideouts In Central Syria Within 72 Hours: Monitoring Group. southfront.org 
A Russian Su-24 strike aircraft in the sky over the Khmeimim airbase in Syria. Photo: Dmitriy Vinogradov / RIA Novosti | Between February 6 and 8, more than 80 Russian airstrikes hit hideouts of ISIS cells in Syria's central region, according to the London-bases Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. | The latest wave of airstrikes targeted hideouts located in the outskirts of the town of al-Resafa in the southern Raqqa countryside. | The Russian Aerospace Forces (VKS) intensified their combat operati…
(2022-02-09). Alex Saab is being tortured in the U.S., denounces Diplomat's wife Camila (+Oscar López Rivera). mronline.org 
Venezuelan diplomat Alex Saab "is suffering torture and inhumane treatment everyday in the United States," decried his wife Camila Fabri Saab during a solidarity event for the diplomat, hosted last Friday, February 3, by the US-based human rights organization Alliance for Global Justice.
(2022-02-09). Aceptan denuncia de expdte. de Honduras por golpe de Estado. telesurtv.net El canciller resaltó los esfuerzos del Gobierno de Castro por instaurar el Estado de Derecho y devolver el goce pleno de los derechos por la ciudadanía…
(2022-02-09). Remembering When China's Chairman Mao Met With WEB Dubois. moguldom.com It may not be well known, but in 1959, civil rights activist, pan-Africanist and Black socialist W. E. B. Du Bois traveled to China to meet with Chinese leader Mao Tse-tung. A communist revolutionary, Chairman Mao was the founding father of the People's Republic of China (PRC). He ruled as the chairman of the Chinese …
(2022-02-09). How Lobstermen Formed A Union Co-Op To Claw Back Fair Prices. popularresistance.org When you think of workers hamstrung by the "independent contractor" label, you probably don't think of Maine lobstermen. | But it turns out that lobstermen—a title claimed by women as well as men who catch and sell lobster for a living—have something in common with warehouse temps and Uber drivers. As independent contractors they're denied the collective bargaining rights and various other workplace protections and benefits afforded (to some) by U.S. labor law. | And the strategy they used to confront low wages is one that similarly exploited workers might want to try too: they teamed up with a union…
(2022-02-09). The Endless Failure Of The Syrian War. popularresistance.org The recent rush of news reports about Balkan, Middle East and East European states scrambling to reestablish ties with Damascus would appear to signal the effective collapse of the decade-long Western policy of war, sanctions and isolation to end the rule of Bashar al-Assad's Baath regime in Syria. | Syria's southern neighbor Jordan opened its land border to trade in September as a precursor to a gas pipeline project that will run through its territory from Egypt to Lebanon. King Abdullah even took a phone call from Assad, much to the chagrin of the pundits on Syria whose opinions have formed the background music…
(2022-02-09). United States Outruns Regional States in Race for Kabul. towardfreedom.org The U.S. Treasury Department quietly signaled on February 2 that it was "tweaking" sanctions against Afghanistan's Haqqani Network, a Sunni Islamist militant organization. International banks can now transfer money to the Taliban, including its affiliated Haqqani Network, without fear of breaching sanctions, which means the United States may now have a say in the Taliban-run government, writes M.K. Bhadrakumar.
(2022-02-09). Debate: Would U.S. Sanctions Bill on Russia Prevent Military Conflict or Make War More Likely? democracynow.org 
In an effort to discourage Russia's increasing military presence at the border with Ukraine, the U.S. has threatened to impose sanctions if Russian President Vladimir Putin orders an invasion. We host a debate between two foreign policy thinkers on whether sanctions could avert war — or make it more likely. The current sanctions bill proposed by Congress rushes to punish Russia in a way that would be harmful to diplomacy and could have disastrous humanitarian impacts on Russian civilians, warns Marcus Stanley, advocacy director of the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft. Meanwhile, George Lope…
(2022-02-09). Britain is undermining the EU to upset China and please the US. rt.com 
Yesterday, the United Kingdom China has effectively placed a de-facto trade embargo and secondary sanctions reg…
(2022-02-09). China Calls on US to Stop Sanctioning North Korea. sputniknews.com BEIJING (Sputnik) – The United States needs to stop imposing endless sanctions and putting pressure on North Korea if they are sincerely concerned about the well-being of the North Korean people, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said on Wednesday.
(2022-02-09). Headlines for February 9, 2022. democracynow.org Heads of State Hold More Talks as U.S. Threatens Sweeping Sanctions Amid Russia-Ukraine Tensions, NY Drops Indoor Mask Mandate; Pfizer Projects Over $50 Billion in Revenue from COVID Treatments, Canadian Truckers Shut Down Bridge Linking to U.S. as "Freedom Convoy" Grows, Israeli Soldiers Shoot Dead 3 Palestinians in West Bank City of Nablus, Millions in Horn of Africa Face Severe Hunger After Years of Drought, U.S. Approves $100 Million Military Sale to Taiwan, Outrage Mounts over School Hijab Ban in Indian State of Karnataka, Ex-Pope Benedict Asks for Forgiveness for Church's Sexual Abuse But…