(2023-02-15). Headlines for February 15, 2023. democracynow.org U.N. Aid Trucks Enter Earthquake-Stricken NW Syria as Combined Death Toll with Turkey Tops 41,000, U.N. Seeks $5.6 Billion for Ukraine War Relief as NATO Says Russia's Latest Offensive Is Underway, Israeli Soldier Attacks Palestinian Activist Issa Amro During Intv with Reporter Lawrence Wright, Biden Admin Withdraws Nomination of Human Rights Attorney for Condemning Israeli Apartheid, India Orders Search of BBC Offices After Release of Documentary Critical of Narendra Modi, Papuan Independence Fighters Hold New Zealand Pilot Hostage, Demand Freedom from Indonesia, New Zealand Minister Slams Inaction on Clim…
(2023-02-16). Golden Globe award winner Argentina, 1985 examines trial of military junta leaders. wsws.org The movie is based on the 1985 criminal trial of the leaders of the military junta responsible for the abduction, kidnapping, rape, torture and murder of hundreds of thousands of people.
(2023-02-15). Media Ignore Seymour Hersh's Bombshell Report On Nordstream II. popularresistance.org It has now been one week since Seymour Hersh published an in-depth report claiming that the Biden administration deliberately blew up the Nord Stream II gas pipeline without Germany's consent or even knowledge — an operation which began planning long before the Russian invasion of Ukraine. | Based on interviews with national security insiders, Hersh — the journalist who broke the stories of the My Lai Massacre, the CIA spying program and the Abu Ghraib torture scandal — claims that in June, U.S. Navy divers traveled to the Baltic Sea and attached C4 explosive charges to the pipeline.
(2023-02-15). Headlines for February 15, 2023. democracynow.org U.N. Aid Trucks Enter Earthquake-Stricken NW Syria as Combined Death Toll with Turkey Tops 41,000, U.N. Seeks $5.6 Billion for Ukraine War Relief as NATO Says Russia's Latest Offensive Is Underway, Israeli Soldier Attacks Palestinian Activist Issa Amro During Intv with Reporter Lawrence Wright, Biden Admin Withdraws Nomination of Human Rights Attorney for Condemning Israeli Apartheid, India Orders Search of BBC Offices After Release of Documentary Critical of Narendra Modi, Papuan Independence Fighters Hold New Zealand Pilot Hostage, Demand Freedom from Indonesia, New Zealand Minister Slams Inaction on Clim…
(2023-02-16). Golden Globe award winner Argentina, 1985 examines trial of military junta leaders. wsws.org The movie is based on the 1985 criminal trial of the leaders of the military junta responsible for the abduction, kidnapping, rape, torture and murder of hundreds of thousands of people.
(2023-02-15). Media Ignore Seymour Hersh's Bombshell Report On Nordstream II. popularresistance.org It has now been one week since Seymour Hersh published an in-depth report claiming that the Biden administration deliberately blew up the Nord Stream II gas pipeline without Germany's consent or even knowledge — an operation which began planning long before the Russian invasion of Ukraine. | Based on interviews with national security insiders, Hersh — the journalist who broke the stories of the My Lai Massacre, the CIA spying program and the Abu Ghraib torture scandal — claims that in June, U.S. Navy divers traveled to the Baltic Sea and attached C4 explosive charges to the pipeline.
(2023-02-15). Webinar on Alex Saab case, Feb. 16. iacenter.org February 14, 2023 By National Lawyers Guild International Committee Caracas, Venezuela. 'Free Alex Saab.' Join the National Lawyers Guild International Committee Thursday, Feb. 16, at 7 p.m. EST (4 p.m. PST) for a webinar on the case of Alex Saab, the Venezuelan diplomat currently imprisoned in a U.S. federal detention center. Saab faces charges that are directly related to defiance of the U.S. attempt to impose regime change on Venezuela through the use of illegitimate, unilateral, coercive measures (sanctions). Recently, a delegation of two NLG and International Association of Democratic Lawyers members visited…
(2023-02-16). US College Board capitulates before Florida governor's attack on AP African American Studies curriculum. wsws.org The censorship of the AP African American Studies course in the state is part of a much broader attack by the far right on public education and democratic rights.
(2023-02-15). California Tribes, E.J. group file comments on voluntary water agreements with the State Water Board. indybay.org "As long as the state upholds historic water rights, that we all know to be racist and unfair, we will continue to have first- and second-class California communities," said Dillon Delvo, Executive Director, Little Manila.
(2023-02-15). Police Accountability Is a 'Non-Starter' Without Discarding the Qualified Immunity Doctrine. scheerpost.com 
By Ben Rosenfeld / CounterPunch Some reps in Congress assert that dismantling qualified immunity ("QI")—a police officer's so-called good faith defense to a civil rights lawsuit—is a "non-starter" in negotiations to pass the George Floyd Civil Rights Act. In reality, meaningful police accountability is a non-starter without discarding QI. QI is a regressive framework which …
(2023-02-15). Christian Democrats gain in repeat elections to Berlin State parliament. peoplesdispatch.org The conservative Christian Democratic Union emerged as the single largest party in Berlin even as the incumbent Social Democrats-Greens-Die Linke coalition retained its majority. Housing rights groups have urged the new State parliament in Berlin ensure the socialization of large housing stocks which was approved in a referendum in 2021…
(2023-02-15). US Says There're 'No Discussions' on Reviving Iran Nuclear Deal. news.antiwar.com The State Department said Monday that the US has not engaged in any discussions on reviving the Iran nuclear deal, known as the JCPOA, in the latest sign that the crippling economic sanctions on Iran aren't going anywhere. "There has been no discussion of resuscitating the JCPOA. That is not on the agenda. It hasn't …
(2023-02-15). Calls To Withdraw Sanctions On Earthquake-Hit Syria Grow Louder. popularresistance.org On Monday, February 13, Syrian Permanent Representative to the United Nations (UN) Bassam Sabbagh stated before the UN Security Council (UNSC) that all countries should provide humanitarian assistance to all those affected by the earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria on February 6 and avoid all kinds of politicization. He also reiterated Syria's position that "Western imposed illegal coercive measures" have caused delays in support for earthquake relief in the country. | Sabbagh was speaking during the special meeting called by the UNSC to discuss the impact of the earthquake on Syria.