(2022-02-25). It's Settled That Israel Is Committing the Crime of Apartheid—Now What Should We Do About It? juancole.com ( Commondreams.org ) — When Amnesty International released its report "Israel's Apartheid Against Palestinians: Cruel System of Domination and Crime Against Humanity" earlier the month, it was clearly part of a rapidly expanding trend. Palestinian human rights defenders, members of Congress and faith leaders in the United States, academics, and activists of the Palestinian rights …
(2022-02-25). New Cold War Conflict over Ukraine. dissidentvoice.org 
There is an adage that the first casualty in a war is the truth. The US and NATO allege that Putin's Russia is a malevolent aggressor against neighboring Ukraine. They assert that the US and NATO are simply defending the rights of an oppressed nation. Meanwhile, what the sycophantic legacy news media convey to the public is …
(2022-02-25). NO WAR! NO SANCTIONS! NO NATO! iacenter.org February 24, 2022 The International Action Center joins with the many antiwar and anti-imperialist organizations, here and around the world, in raising the unifying slogans: "NO WAR! NO SANCTIONS! NO NATO!" We call for international emergency mobilizations for actions March 1-7 around this program. U.S. Out of Russia demonstration, Portland, Oregon, Feb. 5. Photo: Lyn Neeley The corporate media have spoken with one voice in the period leading up to today's blaring headlines accusing Russia of "invading" Ukraine. For months, the bipartisan message from Capitol Hill and the White House has been to demonize Russian…
(2022-02-25). Katrina vanden Heuvel on Putin's "Indefensible" Invasion & Why NATO Is at the Root of Ukraine Crisis. democracynow.org 
The Nation's Katrina vanden Heuvel, who has reported on Russia for decades, says many observers were "shocked" that Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered an invasion of Ukraine, calling it an "indefensible" decision. President Biden ordered strong sanctions on Russia in response, but he has also heeded critics' warnings not to send troops to Ukraine in order to avoid a world war. Vanden Heuvel says that it's vital that instead of further military escalation, there be a "diplomatic escalation" to resolve the crisis and end the war.
(2022-02-25). EU imposes sanctions on Russia as NATO escalates troop deployments. wsws.org The NATO powers are intensifying economic and military pressure on Russia, risking escalation of the conflict into a global war between the major nuclear powers.
(2022-02-25). Three former Minneapolis, Minnesota police officers convicted of violating George Floyd's civil rights. wsws.org The officers who failed to intervene and stop Derek Chauvin from murdering George Floyd by kneeling on his neck for more than nine minutes, were found guilty by a jury of violating federal civil rights laws.
(2022-02-25). Leaked Documents Expose High-Profile Leaders and Spies Holding Billions in Switzerland: Here Are the Names. moguldom.com Leaked documents from one of the world's biggest private banks, Credit Suisse, show that the Swiss bank held billions of dollars for heads of state, intelligence officials and human rights abusers. A self-proclaimed whistle-blower leaked data to German newspaper Suddeutsche Zeitung showing more than 18,000 bank accounts with a total of $100 billion plus. The …
(2022-02-25). Police in Novosibirsk Detain 20 Participants of Unauthorised Protest Against Military Operation. sputniknews.com NOVOSIBIRSK, Russia (Sputnik) – Law enforcement troops in the southern Russian city of Novosibirsk detained 20 participants of an unauthorised protest against Russia's military operation in Ukraine, the regional government said on Friday.
(2022-02-25). Docudrama 'Detained' exposes true stories of mass immigrant deportation. peoplesworld.org 
LOS ANGELES — Yesterday, today, and tomorrow. Immigrants across America who might years ago have had some minor brush with the law are being rounded up, torn from their families, concentrated in brutal detention centers often halfway across the continent, kept waiting for months, even years for their case to come up, then denied a …
(2022-02-25). Leverage: Putin And Russia Expected To Respond To Sanctions By Choking Europe's Access To Natural Gas Supplies. moguldom.com Russian President Vladimir Putin is expected to respond to Western sanctions by choking Europe's access to natural gas supplies. A major supplier of oil and gas, Russia is linked to European energy markets through a series of critical pipelines. The biggest one flows through Ukraine and it became a stumbling block for both sides in …
(2022-02-25). Headlines for February 25, 2022. democracynow.org Russian Forces Close In on Kyiv in Apparent Bid to Topple Ukraine's Government, U.N. Says Over 100,000 Ukrainians Have Already Been Displaced by Russia's Invasion, Some 1,800 Russians Arrested at Protests Against Invasion of Ukraine, "America Stands Up to Bullies": Biden Announces New Sanctions on Russia, Pentagon Says It Attacked al-Shabab in First U.S. Airstrike on Somalia Since August, Missiles Hit Near Damascus in 4th Israeli Airstrike on Syria This Month, Biden Nominates Ketanji Brown Jackson as First Black Woman SCOTUS Justice , CDC to Relax Indoor Mask Guidance, 3 Ex-Minneapolis Cop…
(2022-02-25). NASA comments on US-Russia space cooperation in the wake of Ukraine crisis. rt.com 
New US sanctions on Moscow will have no impact on civil space cooperation | NASA will continue working with the Russian space agency Roscosmos on the operation of the International Space Station (ISS), despite fresh sanctions and export controls imposed on Moscow over its military attack on Ukraine. | In a media statement on Friday, a NASA representative said the agency "continues working with all our international partners, including the State Space Corporation Roscosmos, for the ongoing safe operations of the International Space Station." | "The new export control measures will continue to allow US-Russia ci…
(2022-02-25). China's SWIFT alternative may undercut US sanctions. asiatimes.com 
Washington's new sanctions against Russia were no match for President Biden's rhetoric, leaving out the most obvious measure that the United States might take to hurt Moscow, namely exclusion from the SWIFT international payments system. Banks conduct virtually all hard-currency transactions via SWIFT, or the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication. But a new Chinese …
(2022-02-25). EU Should Urge US to Change Its Course Aimed at Containing Russia, Chinese Media Says. sputniknews.com On Thursday, the US imposed a string of new "severe" sanctions on the Russian economy after Moscow began a special military operation to demilitarise Ukraine following the Donbass republics' request for Russia's assistance in repelling growing attacks by Ukrainian forces.
(2022-02-25). Georgia won't join West in sanctioning Russia over Ukraine. rt.com 
Tbilisi said it would continue to de-escalate its tense relations with Russia despite the attack on Ukraine | Georgia will not participate in economic and financial sanctions on Russia following Moscow's full-scale assault against Ukraine, Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili told the country's media on Friday, citing national interests. | "During these years, among other issues, we have managed to de-escalate our tense relations with Russia, which was in line with Georgia's national interests, and I will not make any decisions against them," the PM said. | In a statement on Friday, the National Bank of Georgia…
(2022-02-25). EU Sanctions Against Russia Should Be Cancelled, Head of German Party AfD Says. sputniknews.com MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Tino Chrupalla, the co-chairman of the German right-wing party AfD, has called for the lifting of all European economic sanctions against Russia, stressing that they have not had the desired effect in the past.
(2022-02-25). Matvienko: Russia Preparing Retaliatory Sanctions Against Western States. sputniknews.com The Russian Foreign Ministry previously pledged that Moscow's "strong response" to US sanctions will not be "necessarily symmetric, but well-calculated and painful for the American side".
(2022-02-25). Moscow Bans UK Aircraft From Using Russian Airspace in Retaliation for Aeroflot Sanctions. sputniknews.com Britain slapped sanctions on Russia on Thursday over Moscow's special operation to protect the people of Donbass and clear Ukraine of neo-Nazis. The restrictions target over 100 Russian individuals and Russian national air carrier, Aeroflot.
(2022-02-25). West's Resolve to Sanction Any State With Its Own Position Endangers World Order – Russian Envoy. sputniknews.com On Thursday, US President Joe Biden announced a number of new sanctions that he said would "impose severe costs on the Russian economy, both immediately and over time".
(2022-02-24). "Truly Appalling": Russia Attacks Ukraine as Putin Ignores Diplomatic Pleas and Launches Invasion. democracynow.org 
Russia has launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, prompting condemnation and the threat of new sanctions from the U.S. and allies. Russian President Vladimir Putin referred to the move early Thursday morning in Moscow as a "special military operation," coming just days after Putin recognized two breakaway regions of eastern Ukraine as independent states. The sound of explosions was reported across the country, and authorities have reported scores of deaths in the early hours of the attack. As Russian forces appear to have invaded from the north and headed for Kyiv, Putin may try to take over all o…
(2022-02-24). Yanis Varoufakis: Europe Must Stand with Ukraine, Condemn Putin & Roll Back NATO to Restore Peace. democracynow.org 
What does the Russian invasion of Ukraine mean for the rest of Europe? We speak with Yanis Varoufakis, former Greek finance minister, about the failure of international bodies like the European Union and United Nations in preventing war. U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres implored Russia to withdraw all troops in a speech immediately following Thursday's attack, and the U.S. and allies are moving swiftly to impose sanctions as retaliation against the aggression. Varoufakis warns these threats are "like a pea shooter trying to stop a tank." The only hope for a peaceful resolution is for NATO…
(2022-02-24). Those Who Violated the Geneva Conventions at Guantánamo Are Free, While the Man who Helped Expose Their Crimes Languishes in Prison. dissidentvoice.org 
Ahmed Rabbani (Pakistan), Untitled (Grape Arbor), 2016. Rabbani endured 545 days of torture at the hands of the CIA before he was transferred to Guantánamo in 2004. He has been in the prison without charge since then. Twenty years ago, on 11 January 2002, the United States government brought its first 'detainees' abducted during the …
(2022-02-24). Don't Let Your News be Silenced. Support Global Research. globalresearch.ca Global Research has been reporting on pressing issues on a daily basis — from the COVID-19 crisis, democratic erosion, human rights abuses, climate change, oil and gas crisis, to the Ukrainian conflict. | However, we have been particularly affected by the …
(2022-02-24). Salutes of freedom to Hisham Abu Hawash and Miqdad Qawasmeh. samidoun.net 
Salutes of freedom and welcome to Hisham Abu Hawash and Miqdad Qawasmeh, both released from Israeli occupation prisons today. Hisham Abu Hawash's 141-day hunger strike to win his freedom from administrative detention without charge or trial captivated the world. Miqdad Qawasmeh, a Palestinian university student, stood up for his fellow imprisoned students with his 114-day …
(2022-02-24). Colombia Legalizes Abortion Until 24 Weeks of Gestation. orinocotribune.com "We welcome this decision, which is the result of many years of struggle," women's rights defenders stated. | By five votes in favor and four votes against, Colombia's Constitutional Court on Monday approved the voluntary termination of pregnancy until 24 weeks of gestation. | "We welcome this decision, which is the result of many years of struggle," the Causa Justa members stated. In recent months, the Constitutional Court judges analyzed two requests that questioned the section of the Colombian penal code that criminalized abortion. | In the first requirement, lawyer Andres Sanchez argued that such articles vio…
(2022-02-24). Outrageous new French state assault on Palestine and free expression: Interior Minister claims he will dissolve Collectif Palestine Vaincra. samidoun.net 
In the latest assault on Palestinian rights and freedom of expression, French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin tweeted that he is asking for the dissolution of the Collectif Palestine Vaincra ("Palestine Will Win"), the French Palestine solidarity organization and a member of the Samidoun Network, "at the request" of French president Emmanuel Macron. This blatant assault …
(2022-02-24). Fighting for voting rights and workers' rights. iacenter.org By Minnie Bruce Pratt February 23, 2022 Ella Baker, a leader of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, led a challenge to white segregationist Mississippi Democrats at the 1964 National Democratic Convention. In an act of blatant racism, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a 5-4 ruling Feb. 7 that halted a lower court's order to make Alabama redraw its gerrymandered Congressional districts and set up fair representation for the state's Black voters. A federal appeals panel — made up of one Clinton-appointed judge and two Trump appointees — had upheld the lower court decision. The SCOTUS decision paused t…
(2022-02-24). Jury deliberations begin in the federal trial of three officers who assisted the murder of George Floyd. wsws.org The twelve-person jury in the federal civil rights trial of three former Minneapolis police officers began deliberations on Wednesday.
(2022-02-24). UEFA calls emergency meeting amid claims Russia to lose Champions League final. rt.com 
UEFA will meet on Friday, when it is expected to discuss St. Petersburg's hosting of the 2022 Champions League Final | UEFA will hold an emergency meeting on Friday morning where it will discuss the status of St. Petersburg's hosting rights for the 2022 Champions League Final. | Speculation has circulated that European football's governing body will move to withdraw the showpiece fixture from Russia, amid the launch of a special military operation by Russian President Vladimir Putin. | "Following the evolution of the situation between Russia and Ukraine, the UEFA president has called an extraordinary meeting o…
(2022-02-24). Death of Elderly Wisconsin Man in Israeli Army Custody Could Trigger Leahy Law and US Sanctions. mintpressnews.com 
Experts have noted that if US laws were violated in the death of Palestanian-American Omar As'ad, then it may lead to sanctions under the Leahy Law — meaning U.S. military aid, Israel's greatest source of foreign assistance, could be cut off.
(2022-02-24). Biden Threatens G7, Other US Allies Will Slap 'Severe Sanctions' on Russia. sputniknews.com On Wednesday, the Russian Foreign Ministry pledged a strong response to US sanctions against Russia, something that the ministry said would be "painful" for Washington.
(2022-02-24). EU vows 'strongest, harshest' sanctions against Russia. rt.com 
The decision comes during an emergency summit in response to Russian military operation in Ukraine | The European Union has announced it is planning the harshest sanctions it has ever implemented against Russia. The decision came during an emergency summit on Thursday over the Russian military operation in Ukraine. | EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell called the events "among the darkest hours of Europe since the Second World War," and
(2022-02-24). EU and UN Are Also Responsible for Failure to Prevent War in Ukraine. truthout.org 
What does the Russian invasion of Ukraine mean for the rest of Europe? We speak with Yanis Varoufakis, former Greek finance minister, about the failure of international bodies like the European Union and United Nations in preventing war. U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres implored Russia to withdraw all troops in a speech immediately following Thursday's attack, and the U.S. and allies are moving swiftly to impose sanctions as retaliation against the aggression. Varoufakis warns these threats are "
(2022-02-24). Bernie Sanders backs imperialist provocations against Russia. wsws.org Voicing his support for sanctions that only escalate the danger of war between nuclear-armed powers, Sanders justified the measures as politically progressive and even environmentally friendly.