(2021-04-09). The Origins of Nazi Violence. counterpunch.org 
In recent years, right-wing terrorism has been on the increase in Germany. The worst case of right-wing terrorism was perpetrated by the National-Socialist Underground or NSU. The NSU murdered ten people, including a police officer, while also committing forty-three attempted murders, three bombings and several robberies between 2000 and 2007. Today Germany's radical right has
(2021-04-09). NASA Astronaut Mark Vande Hei, Crewmates Arrive Safely At Space Station. eurasiareview.com 
NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei and two Russian cosmonauts arrived at the International Space Station Friday, bringing its number of residents to 10 for the coming week. | The Soyuz MS-18 spacecraft carrying Vande Hei and cosmonauts Oleg Novitskiy and Pyotr Dubrov of the Russian space agency Roscosmos docked to the station's Rassvet module at 7: 05 a.m. EDT. Docking occurred two orbits and about three hours after a 3: 42 a.m. launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. | Vande Hei, Novitskiy, and Dubrov will join the Expedition 64 crew when hatches open about 9 a.m. Expedition 65, with NASA astronaut Shanno…
(2021-04-09). Turkey condemns Italian PM's remarks branding Erdogan 'a dictator'. middleeasteye.net 
Turkey condemns Italian PM's remarks branding Erdogan 'a dictator' | Mario Draghi said European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen had been humiliated during 'sofa gate' affair | Fri, 04/09/2021 – 08: 12 | European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen sits on a side sofa as her male counterparts sit at the front of the room during a high-level meeting in Ankara on 6 April 2021…
(2021-04-09). Iraq: Activists hopeful in French legal case against former PM Abdul Mahdi. middleeasteye.net 
Iraq: Activists hopeful in French legal case against former PM Abdul Mahdi | Families of those killed and wounded in anti-government protests tell MEE they believe the judicial system in France can bring them justice missing at home | Fri, 04/09/2021 – 09: 19 | Iraqi mourners walk in the funeral of a prominent civil society activist who was shot dead while returning home from anti-government pro…
(2021-04-09). Norway wealth fund should not include Saudi stocks in reference index, says finance ministry. middleeasteye.net 
Norway wealth fund should not include Saudi stocks in reference index, says finance ministry | The stocks should be excluded due to environmental, social and corporate governance risk, parliament is advised | Fri, 04/09/2021 – 12: 21 | Norway's minority government must win the support of other parties in parliament to pass its proposals (AFP) | Norway's $1.3tn sovereign wealth fund, the wo…
(2021-04-09). Web head: U.S. Army unleashes 'Defender-Europe 21'. workers.org 
By Manlio Dinucci, Published in Il Manifesto March 30. Translation: John Catalinotto. Not everything in Europe is paralyzed by the anti-COVID lockdown: In fact, the mammoth annual exercise of the U.S. Army, Defender-Europe, which until June mobilized on European territory, and beyond this, tens of thousands of soldiers with thousands . . . |
(2021-04-09). U.S. Army unleashes 'Defender-Europe 21'. workers.org By Manlio Dinucci Published in Il Manifesto March 30. Translation: John Catalinotto. Not everything in Europe is paralyzed by the anti-COVID lockdown: In fact, the mammoth annual exercise of the U.S. Army, Defender-Europe, which until June mobilized on European territory, and beyond this, tens of thousands of soldiers with thousands . . . |
(2021-04-09). HTS Terrorist Attack On School Thwarted In Crimea (Video). southfront.org 
ROSTOV-ON-DON REGION, RUSSIA — JULY 15, 2019: Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) officers detain two members of a cell of the Islamic State terrorist organization (banned in Russia). Video screen grab/ Russian Federal Security Service/TASS | On April 9, the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) thwarted a terrorist attack in the city of Simferopol, the capital of Crimea. | In a statement, the FSB's Public Relations Center announced that two supporters of the Syria-based terrorist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) [m…
(2021-04-09). Russian-Syrian Gas Contract Hints At Syria's Recovery. southfront.org 
Click to see full-size. | Submitted by The Syrian government signed a The disputed mari…
(2021-04-09). U.S. Mulls Sending Warships To Black Sea In Support Of Ukraine: CNN Report. southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | The US is considering sending warships to the Black Sea in support for Ukraine, An unnamed official from the Department of Defense
(2021-04-09). Death Or Ukraine: US Delegation Came On Donbass Frontlines Under Nazi Flags. southfront.org 
The Ukrainian Armed Forces hung up the German War Ensign of the Third Reich. According to the official representative of the People's Militia of the Republic it was linked with the The video of DPR National Militia, showing the flag waving over Ukrainian positions in the village of Maryinka that is under the contro…
(2021-04-09). Ukraine Or Death: US Delegation Came On Donbass Frontlines Under Nazi Flags. southfront.org The Ukrainian Armed Forces hung up the German War Ensign of the Third Reich. According to the official representative of the People's Militia of the Republic it was linked with the The video of DPR National Militia, showing the flag waving over Ukrainian positions in the village of Maryinka that is under the contro…
(2021-04-09). Venezuela to Start Production of Cuba's Abdala COVID-19 Vaccine. orinocotribune.com 
The Vice President of Venezuela, Delcy Rodríguez, confirmed that the South American nation is fine-tuning details, and will soon start production of a COVID-19 vaccine. This was reported by the top official during a tour of the Espromed Bio plant, located in the city of Guarenas, Miranda state. | In her statements, she recalled that an agreement was recently signed for the production of insulin in that particular plant, with a Russian manufacturer. Now, preparations are directed towards the manufacture of the drug to fight the coronavirus, to move Venezuela forward towards mass immunization. | "We have been accom…
(2021-04-09). Why Ukraine's borders are back at the center of geopolitics. mronline.org 
As tensions heat up on the Ukraine-Russia border, Vijay Prashad takes a look at the factors and interests behind what is happening. | April 8, 2021 | Commentary…
(2021-04-09). Venezuelan Senior Citizens Begin to Receive COVID-19 Vaccinations (Sputnik V). orinocotribune.com 
In the early hours of the morning of this Thursday, Venezuelans older than 60 years of age, selected through the Patria System, began to arrive for the start of the COVID-19 mass vaccination campaign, carried out at Ana Francisca Pérez de León II and Domingo Luciani hospitals, both located in the Sucre municipality of Miranda state (Caracas). | Dr. Zayra Medina, director of Pérez de León II hospital, was in charge of welcoming the patients who would receive the first dose of the Russian Sputnik V vaccine, shown to be 92% effective in studies, without presenting major side effects. | In strict compliance with all…
(2021-04-09). US Defense Secretary Austin Travels To Israel, Germany, NATO HQ And United Kingdom. eurasiareview.com 
US Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III will embark on an overseas trip Saturday, April 10, to meet with government and military leaders in Israel, Germany, NATO Headquarters in Belgium, and the United Kingdom. | Secretary Austin will meet with his counterparts and other senior officials to discuss the importance of international defense relationships, and reinforce the United States' commitment to deterrence and defense, burden sharing, and enduring trans-Atlantic security. | In Israel, Secretary Austin will meet with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Benjamin Gantz, to continue close…
(2021-04-09). JCPOA Participants To Continue Talks Next Week. eurasiareview.com 
The Joint Commission of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) resumed its work in Vienna in a physical format on Friday. The Joint Commission is responsible for overseeing the implementation of the JCPOA. | The Joint Commission was chaired, on behalf of EU High Representative Josep Borrell, by the EEAS Political Director Enrique Mora and was attended by representatives of China, France, Germany, Russia, the United Kingdom and Iran. | The Joint Commission tasked expert groups to continue their work and agreed to reconvene in Vienna in the course of next week. | In the meetings held on Thursday and Frid…
(2021-04-09). Zambia Is the Tip of the Tail of the Global Dog. dissidentvoice.org 
From left to right: Vijay Prashad, Fred M'membe, Diego Sequera, and Erika Farías in Caracas, 2019. Photograph taken by Yeimi Salinas. On 12 August 2021, the people of Zambia will vote to elect a new president, who will be the seventh person elected to the office since Zambia won its independence from the United Kingdom …
(2021-04-09). Zambia is the tip of the tail of the Global dog. mronline.org 
On 12 August 2021, the people of Zambia will vote to elect a new president, who will be the seventh person elected to the office since Zambia won its independence from the United Kingdom in 1964 if the incumbent loses. | April 9, 2021 | Newswire…
(2021-04-08). Azerbaijan, Turkey Hold Two Days Of Joint Military Exercises. eurasiareview.com 
( The exercises, announced on April 8, came almost five months after Azerbaijan fought a brief, but successful, war with Armenian forces over the breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh region. | The mountainous enclave is internationally recognized as part of Azerbaijan but had been controlled by ethnic Armenians since the early 1990s. | Th…
(2021-04-09). Are EU Governments "Dumping" AstraZeneca in Favor of Pfizer and Moderna Inc. globalresearch.ca …
(2021-04-09). Are EU Governments "Dumping" the AstraZeneca Vaccine in Favor of Pfizer and Moderna Inc? globalresearch.ca …
(2021-04-09). Mandatory COVID-19 Vaccination and the SPARS 2025-2028 Simulation? A Plan to Launch a New Pandemic? globalresearch.ca Compulsory Vaccination in Europe | Today the European Court of Human Rights …
(2021-04-09). Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa. wsws.org UK bus drivers 24-hour strike at London United while French drivers at same company walk out over pay and privatisation; strikes in Belgium by childcare workers over Covid safety, prison officers and social workers over workload; resident doctors across Nigeria strike since April 8 over salary arrears…
(2021-04-09). Limitations of JCPOA Negotiation. dissidentvoice.org On April 1 — appropriate date, perhaps, for a saga of unending western foolishness and villainy — the EU announced that officials from Iran, Russia, China, the UK, France, and Germany would be meeting virtually to discuss a possible return of the USA to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). Later announcements indicated that …
(2021-04-09). Turkey confirms U.S. warships to enter Black Sea. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com TASSApril 9, 2021 Turkey notifies Russia of US warships' transit to Black SeaA source in Turkey's Foreign Ministry told TASS earlier on Friday that two US warships would enter the Black Sea through the Bosporus Strait on April 14 and 15 and stay there until May 4-5 U.S. mulls sending more warships to Black Sea …
(2021-04-09). The Raging Twenties Review: Pipelinistan, Sino-Russia and more. globalresearch.ca "Not only they were presented the next 5-year plan 2021 to 2025 we were presenting three subsequent plans all the way to 2035. They're already thinking about the technical commercial configuration of China in 2035 so that's the… I …
(2021-04-09). Russia alarmed over NATO nations' militarization of the Arctic. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Russia alarmed over NATO nations' militarization of the ArcticRick Rozoff The Russian TASS news site today cited Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova sounding the alarm over the U.S. and the global military bloc it leads, NATO, moving against Russia on its final frontier: the Arctic. Zakharova seems to have arrived at the realization that NATO, …
(2021-04-09). Arsonist US Plays With Fire. dissidentvoice.org You would think riling up one nuclear power is bad enough, but the United States seems intent on doubling the risk of starting a world war by gratuitously aggressing Russia and China simultaneously. Throwing around personal insults against the leaders of those two countries is one thing. But actually winding up military tensions is quite …
(2021-04-09). US-NATO Provocation in Ukraine to Stop Russian Pipeline. globalresearch.ca
(2021-04-09). U.S. Warships to Enter Black Sea in "Significant Signal" To Russia Over Ukraine. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com U.S. Warships to Enter Black Sea in "Significant Signal" To Russia Over UkraineRick Rozoff Turkey has confirmed an earlier CNN report that the U.S. will send warships to the Black Sea in what a Pentagon official cited by CNN said was a demonstration of support to the government of Ukraine in response to claims of …
(2021-04-09). U.S. mulls sending more warships to Black Sea to "send message" to Russia. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com U.S. mulls sending more warships to Black Sea to "send message" to RussiaRick Rozoff CNN reports that a U.S. defense official informed them Washington is considering deploying warships to the Black Sea as a demonstration of support to the government of Ukraine in response to what was described as increased Russian military presence on Ukraine's …
(2021-04-09). Ukraine's top commander invokes NATO's Article 5 military assistance clause as West continues to oversee Ukraine's war in the Donbass. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Ukraine's top commander invokes NATO's Article 5 military assistance clause as West continues to oversee Ukraine's war in the DonbassRick Rozoff Colonel-General Ruslan Khomchak, the commander-in-chief of Ukraine's armed forces, is quoted today as boasting that his nation's military is capable of responding to what he deemed the "aggravation of the situation" in the Donbass, …
(2021-04-09). A Hard Life For Turkey And Its Proxies In Northern Syria. southfront.org | | | southfront@internet.ru : donationalerts.com/r/southfront : gumroad.com/southfront http: //southfront.org/donate/ or via: www.patreon.com/southfront, 3Gbs4rjcVUtQd8p3CiFUCxPLZwRqurezRZ, qpf2cphc5dkuclkqur7lhj2yuqq9pk3hmukle77vhq, 0x9f4cda013e354b8fc285bf4b9a60460cee7f…
(2021-04-09). The Origins of Nazi Violence. zcomm.org Unwillingly or unwittingly, Germany's institutions to fight right-wing terrorism set up during the 1920s has established a dangerous precedent…
(2021-04-09). US Mulls Sending More Warships to Black Sea To 'Send Message' to Russia. news.antiwar.com CNN reports that a U.S. defense official informed them Washington is considering deploying warships to the Black Sea as a demonstration of support to the government of Ukraine in response to what was described as increased Russian military presence on Ukraine's eastern border. The Black Sea is nowhere near the current conflict zone in the …
(2021-04-09). Russia Alarmed Over NATO Nations' Militarization of the Arctic. news.antiwar.com The Russian TASS news site today cited Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova sounding the alarm over the U.S. and the global military bloc it leads, NATO, moving against Russia on its final frontier: the Arctic. Zakharova seems to have arrived at the realization that NATO, which already has Russia blockaded from the Norwegian to the …
(2021-04-09). US Warships to Enter Black Sea in 'Significant Signal' to Russia. news.antiwar.com Turkey has confirmed an earlier CNN report that the U.S. will send warships to the Black Sea in what a Pentagon official cited by CNN said was a demonstration of support to the government of Ukraine in response to claims of increased Russian military presence on Ukraine's eastern border. The Black Sea is nowhere near …
(2021-04-09). AstraZeneca Woes: France to Give Pfizer or Moderna Vaccines as Second Dose, Says Report. globalresearch.ca Amid uncertainty over the use of AstraZeneca vaccine in many regions …
(2021-04-09). Russia Fears Resumption of Large-Scale Fighting In Donbas. telesurenglish.net Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov on Friday said the situation in eastern Ukraine is extremely unstable and could lead to the resumption of large-scale fighting. | RELATED: | "The dynamics of the development of the situation and the actions of the Ukrainian side raise fears of a resumption of large-scale fighting," he said and reaffirmed that his country will take measures to prevent a repetition of a tragedy like the one…
(2021-04-08). What Can We Learn From Vanishing Wildlife Species: The Case Of The Pyrenean Ibex. eurasiareview.com 
Likely the first extinction event of the 2000s in Europe, the sad history of the Pyrenean Ibex (Capra pyrenaica pyrenaica) is a powerful example of the ever-increasing species loss worldwide due to causes related to human activity. It can, however, give us valuable information on what should be done (or avoided) to halt this extinction vortex. | The distribution of this subspecies of Iberian Ibex was limited to the French and Spanish Pyrenees. Its first mention in an official written document, dating back to 1767, already refers to it as extremely rare. Like many other mountain goats, it was almost hunted to e…
(2021-04-08). Monetary Policy In America Is A Mess: Things Are Even Worse In Europe — OpEd. eurasiareview.com 
By Brendan Brown* | High inflation takes off where political forces are too strong to permit the implementation of harsh remedial measures with respect to taxation and monetary policy such as to prevent an implosion of the national currency. In the contemporary global financial marketplace, there has been fluctuating concern about the US heading toward this point, albeit at a highly uncertain date, as evidenced by waves of attack last spring, summer, and autumn on the US dollar. In reality, though, the long-run inflation threat level is higher in Europe than the US. | Any substantial European remedial action s…
(2021-04-08). Islamic Judaism? (Video). juancole.com 
John Tolan | Emir-Stein Center "In the 19th century, some Jewish scholars in Central Europe looked to early Islam and in particular to the Prophet Muhammad for inspiration and consolation. For these scholars, the Muslim prophet could serve as a heuristic model for reforming Judaism. John Tolan, Professor of History at the University of Nantes, …
(2021-04-08). India-EU Partnership: Can The Unfulfilled Potential Be Realized? — Analysis. eurasiareview.com 
By Ashok Sajjanhar* | The 16th India-European Union (EU) Summit meeting will take place in Porto, Portugal on May 8, 2021. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will get an opportunity to interact with leaders of all 27 EU Member States and also confer with Charles Michel, President of the European Council, as well as Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission. | Both India and the EU have been keen to maintain the momentum in their bilateral interactions, despite the challenges posed by the pandemic. The two sides, for instance, met in a virtual format in July 2020. India-EU interactions have taken pla…
(2021-04-08). Intensive fishing and the birth of capitalism, Part 3. mronline.org 
How England's government-licensed pirates stole the Newfoundland fishery from Europe's largest feudal empire. | April 8, 2021 | Newswire…
(2021-04-08). Energy Partnership Bolsters China—Russia Relations — Analysis. eurasiareview.com 
By Francesco Sassi* | Russia's Novatek and China's Shenergy Gas will be sourced from Novatek's gargantuan Arctic LNG-2 project on the Yamal peninsula, in which the Chinese state-ow…
(2021-04-08). 'Go With The Devil You Don't Know'? Latvians Still Believe In Economic Cooperation With China — Analysis. eurasiareview.com 
By Una Aleksandra Bērziņa-Čerenkova* | (
(2021-04-08). Ukraine, U.S. drum up war threats against Donbass and Russia. mronline.org 
The USA has the unique condition of being a flagrant violator of human rights within its own borders and in practically every region of the world. No other nation has such a systematic record. Its massive control of media and communications hides this truth from its own people. | April 8, 2021 | Newswire…
(2021-04-08). Slovakia's Remade Government: Old Wine In A New Bottle — Analysis. eurasiareview.com 
Eduard Heger's more consensual style of governing may have diminished the prospect of early elections in Slovakia, though the new premier will have his hands full dealing with his predecessor as finance minister and other unresolved coalition issues. | By Edward Szekeres | In many respects, Slovakia's new prime minister, Eduard Heger, appears to be the polar opposite of the person he swapped jobs with — his party leader and now finance minister, Igor Matovic. | Given his predecessor presided over one of the least trusted governments in the country's history, this can only help Heger in his task of keepin…
(2021-04-08). Why Does Ukraine Want War? globalresearch.ca Ukraine wants war with Russia due to a combination of domestic …