SouthFront5(2022-04-26). AFU Officer Committed Murder And Sexual Violence Against Civilians Detained.southfront.orgThe military investigative bodies of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation instigated criminal proceedings against Lieutenant Sergei Batynsky, deputy commander of the firing support company for educational work of Unit A-2777 of the 36th Marine Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, on suspicion of a crime under Part 1 of Article 356 of the Russian Criminal Code (ill-treatment of civilians). | It was preliminarily established that in early April of this year, in the city of Mariupol, Ukrainian servicemen from the above-mentioned Marine Brigade detained two civilians riding their bikes past a r…
Amiad Horowitz(2022-04-26). Corporate media steps up false claims about human rights in Vietnam.peoplesworld.org On April 23rd, the European Union passed the Digital Services Act. This new law, designed to protect European Union citizens from illegal content online, requires the giant internet monopolies such as Meta (Facebook), Google, and Twitter to take appropriate actions to tackle illegal online content. Should the tech giants fail to live up to the …
Internationalist 360 ∞(2022-04-25). CIA Behind Secret Plots to Kidnap, Torture and Assassinate Ukrainian Dissidents.libya360.wordpress.comJeremy Kuzmarov The torture of left-wing activist Alexander Matjuschenko on March 3 in Dnipro, recorded by Azov members. Below: President Volodymyr Zelensky poses during a media engagement.| Grayzone Techniques of Torture and Assassination Deployed by the SBU (Ukraine's CIA) Recall the U.S.'s Brutal "Operation Phoenix" in Vietnam Vasily Prozorov, a former officer with the Security…
_____(2022-04-25). Alice Walker And The Price Of Conscience.popularresistance.orgThere is a steep price to pay for having a conscience and more importantly the courage to act on it. The hounds of hell pin you to the cross, hammering nails into your hands and feet as they grin like the Cheshire cat and mouth bromides about respect for human rights, freedom of expression and diversity. I have watched this happen for some time to Alice Walker, one of the most gifted and courageous writers in America. Walker, who was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for fiction for her novel The Color Purple, has felt the bitter sting of racism. She refuses to be silent about the plight of the oppressed, including the…
Editor(2022-04-25). Hedges: Alice Walker and the Price of Conscience.scheerpost.com "Price of Conscience." [Original illustration by Mr. Fish] | By Chris Hedges | There is a steep price to pay for having a conscience and more importantly the courage to act on it. The hounds of hell pin you to the cross, hammering nails into your hands and feet as they grin like the Cheshire cat and mouth bromides about respect for human rights, freedom of expression and diversity. I have watched this happen for some time to Alice Walker, one of the most gifted and courageous writers in America. Walker, who was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for fiction for…
Staff(2022-04-25). Conflictos frenan derechos de la mujer en mundo árabe.cubadebate.cuLos conflictos y las guerras frenan el acceso y el desarrollo de la mujer en el mundo árabe, afirma Aida Nasrallah, presidenta de la Liga para los Derechos de las Mujeres Libanesas, quien participará en el Congreso de la Federación Democrática Internacional de Mujeres (FDIM), que comenzará en Caracas, Venezuela.
Antonio C.S. Rosa(2022-04-25). Al-Aqsa Violence during Ramadan.transcend.org21 Apr 2022 – Once more Israel strikes hard against Palestinian rights when the world has its attention fixed elsewhere, with a mainstream media posture of indifference and inattention compounding the problem . The pro-Palestinian solidarity movement is being seriously challenged not to let this happen.
Art, Interviews for Abortion Rights(2022-04-25). Remembering Wire Coat Hangers Before Roe v. Wade.indybay.orgOn a national day of action on April 21, abortion rights activists in Berkeley, California cried out that the constitutional right to abortion is under threat. Interview with woman who says she does not regret two abortions is .mp4 27 seconds long.
Morteza Ahmadi Al Hashem(2022-04-25). Lawmaker urges Western countries to give up excessive demands.en.mehrnews.comTEHRAN, Apr. 25 (MNA) — Stating that negotiations on the removal of sanctions imposed against Iran should produce positive results, a member of Parliament urged Western countries in Vienna talks to give up excessive demands on the way of talks.
Internationalist 360 ∞(2022-04-25). CIA Behind Secret Plots to Kidnap, Torture and Assassinate Ukrainian Dissidents.libya360.wordpress.comJeremy Kuzmarov The torture of left-wing activist Alexander Matjuschenko on March 3 in Dnipro, recorded by Azov members. Below: President Volodymyr Zelensky poses during a media engagement.| Grayzone Techniques of Torture and Assassination Deployed by the SBU (Ukraine's CIA) Recall the U.S.'s Brutal "Operation Phoenix" in Vietnam Vasily Prozorov, a former officer with the Security…
Rick Rozoff(2022-04-25). NATO chieftain to attend 20/40-nation meeting on Ukraine in Germany.antibellum679354512.wordpress.comNATOApril 25, 2022 The NATO Secretary General attends US-hosted meeting on Ukraine NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg will attend a meeting of the Ukraine Security Consultative Group at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, on 26 April 2022. The meeting is hosted by the U.S. Secretary of Defense, Lloyd J. Austin III, and will focus on the …
Rick Rozoff(2022-04-25). Constitution's pledge of NATO membership won't change: Ukrainian parliament chief.antibellum679354512.wordpress.comUkrainian News AgencyApril 25, 2022 Stefanchuk Assures Constitution Will Not Be Amended Regarding Ukraine's NATO Membership Verkhovna Rada Chairman Ruslan Stefanchuk is confident that parliament will not amend the Constitution regarding the course towards full membership in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). *** According to Stefanchuk, the relevant security guarantees of Ukraine should fundamentally …
Rick Rozoff(2022-04-25). Pentagon: U.S. to provide more Stingers, Javelins, other arms to Ukraine.antibellum679354512.wordpress.comInterfax-UkraineApril 25, 2022 USA preparing to send Stinger, Javelin, other equipment to Ukraine — US Department of Defense The United States is preparing to send Stinger anti-aircraft systems, Javelin anti-tank missile systems and other equipment to Ukraine in April, the U.S. Department of Defense has said. "Our US Air Force Airmen prepare supply crates containing …
Rick Rozoff(2022-04-25). No stranger to NATO wars: CV on new U.S. ambassador to Ukraine.antibellum679354512.wordpress.comOn Brink's work in Georgia a decade ago see this. Interfax-UkraineApril 25, 2022 Biden intends to nominate Brink as US ambassador to Ukraine — White House Biden intends to nominate Brink as US ambassador to Ukraine — White HouseU.S. President Joseph Biden intends to nominate Bridget Brink as U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine. *** Bridget A. …
Rick Rozoff(2022-04-25). U.S. governors ready National Guard armored vehicles for Ukraine war.antibellum679354512.wordpress.comThe HillApril 24, 2022 State National Guards to send armored vehicles to Ukraine Multiple governors announced this week that their state National Guards would be sending armored vehicles to Ukraine in response to a request from the Pentagon. Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine (R) and West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice (R) announced this week that their …
Rick Rozoff(2022-04-25). Ukraine: We had no intention of offending the friendly people of Japan.antibellum679354512.wordpress.comKyodo NewsApril 25, 2022 Ukraine apologizes for juxtaposing Japan emperor to Hitler in video The Ukrainian government has apologized over a video shared on Twitter that juxtaposed a picture of the late Japanese Emperor Hirohito to those of Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini in describing Nazism and fascism. "We had no intention to offend the …
Staff(2022-04-25). Conflictos frenan derechos de la mujer en mundo árabe.cubadebate.cuLos conflictos y las guerras frenan el acceso y el desarrollo de la mujer en el mundo árabe, afirma Aida Nasrallah, presidenta de la Liga para los Derechos de las Mujeres Libanesas, quien participará en el Congreso de la Federación Democrática Internacional de Mujeres (FDIM), que comenzará en Caracas, Venezuela.
Antonio C.S. Rosa(2022-04-25). Al-Aqsa Violence during Ramadan.transcend.org21 Apr 2022 – Once more Israel strikes hard against Palestinian rights when the world has its attention fixed elsewhere, with a mainstream media posture of indifference and inattention compounding the problem . The pro-Palestinian solidarity movement is being seriously challenged not to let this happen.
Art, Interviews for Abortion Rights(2022-04-25). Remembering Wire Coat Hangers Before Roe v. Wade.indybay.orgOn a national day of action on April 21, abortion rights activists in Berkeley, California cried out that the constitutional right to abortion is under threat. Interview with woman who says she does not regret two abortions is .mp4 27 seconds long.
Morteza Ahmadi Al Hashem(2022-04-25). Lawmaker urges Western countries to give up excessive demands.en.mehrnews.comTEHRAN, Apr. 25 (MNA) — Stating that negotiations on the removal of sanctions imposed against Iran should produce positive results, a member of Parliament urged Western countries in Vienna talks to give up excessive demands on the way of talks.
Rick Rozoff(2022-04-25). Turkey conducts simultaneous anti-Kurdish attacks in Syria, Iraq.antibellum679354512.wordpress.comAhval NewsApril 24, 2022 Turkey escalates attacks on Syria's Kurds amid Iraq operation Turkey's military has launched a new series of air strikes on Kurdish-run parts of northeast Syria over the past week amid an ongoing ground and air campaign in northern Iraq, targeting the armed rebels of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), the Hasakah-based …
Rick Rozoff(2022-04-25). WSJ: Expand NATO Article 5 to Southern Hemisphere, include colonies, territories.antibellum679354512.wordpress.comWall Street JournalApril 24, 2022 Expand NATO to HawaiiBy Arshan Barzani* Americans understand that an attack on one ally in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization is an attack on all. If Russia bombed Warsaw, Washington would be obligated to come to its aid. But if Pearl Harbor were attacked again, this rule wouldn't compel U.S. …
Danny Haiphong(2022-04-24). The Battle Against COVID-19 in Shanghai: A Human Rights Disaster?orinocotribune.com By Danny Haiphong — Apr 18, 2022 | To the West, the latest outbreak of COVID-19 in China is another opportunity to fuel its New Cold War. | The city of Shanghai is currently battling an outbreak of COVID-19's Omicron variant, tallying upwards of 350,000 new cases in a matter of weeks. Much of the city has been placed under some form of lockdown to contain the spread of the virus. Case numbers continue to rise. In predictable fashion, Western media has used the occasion to condemn China's dynamic zero-COVID strategy. Videos of frustrated residents went viral across the West as an example of the "evils" of Chi…
_____(2022-04-24). Liberated Donbass Cities Coming Back To Life.popularresistance.orgSonja van den Ende, an independent journalist from Rotterdam, Netherlands, returned to Donbass last week to chronicle the situation on the ground. She has been to Volnovakha, Mariupol and other cities and villages of the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics. | "My assessment of Volnovakha is that the city has come to life again, I was there two weeks ago and everywhere in the city, I saw the results of heavy fighting, ammunition and rubble on the streets, even mines, no people on the streets, a ghost town. The hospital was hit severely," Sonja van den Ende says. "The second time I came, last week, I was really…
rqorinoco(2022-04-24). US Media Are Lying About Russian Atrocities in Mariupol, Says Embedded Reporter at Ground Zero.orinocotribune.com Sonja Van den Ende — | Where shall I begin? | Can a man endure so much suffering? Can you write about so much suffering without getting emotional? | Probably not. | Mariupol has been wiped out, buildings have collapsed mostly due to rocket attacks and, of course, there have been bombings as well. | Devastation in Mariupol. [Source: rferl.org] | The Western media, of course, blame the Russians for these bombings, but Ukraine also has planes that drop bombs, so how on earth can you say a few thousand kilometers away that it is the Russians?
_____(2022-04-24). US Imposes Flawed Food System On The World.popularresistance.orgEven before the war in Ukraine, the sanctions on Russia, and the shipping blockade of the Black Sea, farmers across the U.S. were getting ready for higher prices on seed, fertilizer, and crop chemicals. | All winter, major farm media was warning farmers to book supplies early as prices would be high and supplies would be short. The war in Ukraine has only amped up the concern among farmers, input suppliers, and those who erroneously proclaim that we, the U.S., must feed the world. | The farm media offers suggestions as to how farmers, despite relatively higher crop prices, might deal with the even steeper increas…
Rick Rozoff(2022-04-24). CNN: Austin, Blinken en route to Ukraine, Biden may follow.antibellum679354512.wordpress.comCNNApril 24, 2022 Zelensky says Blinken and Austin will visit Ukraine on Sunday Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has announced that US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin will visit Kyiv on Sunday. "I don't think this is a secret that people from the US are coming to us tomorrow, State …
_____(2022-04-24). I Visited Biden's MPP Tent Courts.popularresistance.orgMore than two years after visiting the Trump administration's "Migrant Protection Protocols" (MPP) tent courts in Laredo, Texas, I returned to see how they had changed under the Biden administration. While some changes have been made, they haven't resolved the program's biggest flaws, such as the danger asylum seekers face in Mexico, low rates of legal representation, and barriers to adequately preparing a case. There is no way to reform MPP—the only way to end these violations of due process and human rights is to end the program. | Under MPP, asylum seekers are returned to Mexico during their immigration…
Cindy Forster(2022-04-24). The long road for justice for coup victims in Bolivia.peoplesdispatch.org"Acts of torture were committed against them—the victims tell us that police as well as soldiers and even foreigners committed these acts." | Yomar Sánchez, Quechua journalist from Potosí. | From "Memoria y Justicia" program of Bolivia TV, February 25, 2022, 16: 12 | Justice postponed: | Jeanine àÅñez was scheduled to face her first day of trial in February, on accusations of staging a coup d'etat in Bolivia in 2019 that plunged the country into an inferno. Traditional elites at the top of the justice system were among those who engineered the coup. Her trial was postponed. | The grounds for…
Prof Michel Chossudovsky(2022-04-24). "Bastille 2022": Building a Worldwide Movement Against "Corona Tyranny"globalresearch.caBastille 2022 pertains to the restoration of fundamental rights. It seeks to reverse the criminal COVID-19 agenda which in the course of the last two years has triggered economic, social and political chaos Worldwide, coupled with bankruptcies, unemployment, mass poverty and despair.
WSWS(2022-04-24). A response to the Teamsters' denunciation of the Canadian Pacific Rail Workers Rank-and-File Committee.wsws.orgThe Committee's determined struggle against the Teamsters' connivance with CP management and the Liberal government in robbing workers of their rights to strike and bargain collectively and in overseeing dangerous working conditions that produce tragedies like the Field derailment has evidently raised the hackles of the union bureaucracy…
Internationalist 360 ∞(2022-04-24). ICJ Rules in Favor of Nicaragua in Maritime Case against Colombia.libya360.wordpress.comTanya Wadhwa The International Court of Justice (ICJ), on April 21, ruled that Colombia violated Nicaragua's sovereign rights by interfering in parts of the Caribbean sea that are within Nicaragua's exclusive economic zone. Photo: ICJ/Twitter The ICJ ruled that Colombia violated Nicaragua's sovereign rights and ordered it to immediately cease its activities in Nicaraguan waters…
Rick Rozoff(2022-04-24). Japan plans largest-ever drill with U.S. Marines, aimed at Russia, China.antibellum679354512.wordpress.comNikkei NewsApril 24, 2022 Japan weighs hosting largest-ever joint drills with U.S. MarinesBilateral military exercise in fall planned with eye on Russia and China Japan and the U.S. will hold joint military drills in Hokkaido this fall, with the two-week exercises expected to involve more than 4,000 personnel, Nikkei has learned. The Resolute Dragon exercises …
Rick Rozoff(2022-04-24). Former foreign minister: Finnish media fueling war psychosis.antibellum679354512.wordpress.comYle NewsApril 24, 2022 Veteran MP: "Finnish media in war psychosis" Many people have taken to Finnish Twitter this weekend in reaction to MP Erkki Tuomioja's (SDP) Nato comments in a National Public Radio interview. The veteran Finnish politician told the US broadcaster that there was a "huge degree of emotions involved" in the public's …
Rick Rozoff(2022-04-24). Turkey uses murderous assault in Iraq to inaugurate new combat drone.antibellum679354512.wordpress.comDaily SabahApril 24, 2022 Anti-PKK op in Iraq marks first engagement for Turkish combat Akƒ±ncƒ± drone The landmark combat drone Akƒ±ncƒ± has joined its first major operation ever as Turkey launched a military offensive against [Kurdish] targets in northern Iraq, the company said. Named "Operation Claw-Lock," the counterterrorism operation was launched last week from ground …
Rick Rozoff(2022-04-24). After barring ships, Turkey bans Russian flights to Syria.antibellum679354512.wordpress.comDaily SabahApril 23, 2022 Turkey closes airspace to Russian military aircraft to Syria: FM àáavu≈üoƒülu Turkey has closed its airspace to Russian military and civilian flights to Syria after notifying Moscow, Foreign Minister Mevlàºt àáavu≈üoƒülu said Saturday. "We were giving permissions in three-month intervals. The latest one was until April," the minister said in an …
On April 23rd, the European Union passed the Digital Services Act. This new law, designed to protect European Union citizens from illegal content online, requires the giant internet monopolies such as Meta (Facebook), Google, and Twitter to take appropriate actions to tackle illegal online content. Should the tech giants fail to live up to the …
"Price of Conscience." [Original illustration by Mr. Fish] | By Chris Hedges | There is a steep price to pay for having a conscience and more importantly the courage to act on it. The hounds of hell pin you to the cross, hammering nails into your hands and feet as they grin like the Cheshire cat and mouth bromides about respect for human rights, freedom of expression and diversity. I have watched this happen for some time to Alice Walker, one of the most gifted and courageous writers in America. Walker, who was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for fiction for…
A scheme proposed by the European Commission will allow EU companies to pay for Russian gas in rubles without violating EU sanctions.
