Daily Archives: February 14, 2023

2023-02-14: News Headlines

Anand Naidoo (2023-02-14). The Heat: Strikes and Protests in Europe. america.cgtn.com Hundreds of thousands take to the streets in Europe, protesting the rising cost of living, wage cuts and proposed changes to pension plans. What is the likely political impact? In the U.K., outraged workers stage mass walkouts. British newspapers call it a "Winter of Discontent." …

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2023-02-13). Some Similarities in Languages. transcend.org India and France do not now have any commonalities in politics, cuisine or social behaviour, but in language one occasionally finds strange relationships.

ecns.cn (2023-02-13). Senior Chinese diplomat to visit France, Italy, Hungary, Russia, attend 59th Munich Security Conference in Germany. ecns.cn Wang Yi will visit France, Italy, Hungary and Russia from Feb. 14 to 22 at the invitation of the governments of the four countries, Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Wang Wenbin announced on Monday.

John Mullen (2023-02-13). France: In the movement to defend pensions, will Macron be beaten? greenleft.org.au Demonstrations in more than 260 towns took place across France on February 11, the fourth day of action to defend pensions, as the Pensions Bill began its four-week debate in the National Assembly, reports John Mullen.

T. Kelly (2023-02-13). French national strikes against pension reforms continue despite police repression. therealnews.com On January 31st, France saw widespread strikes as workers across the country took to the streets to protest against the government's proposed pension reforms. In Paris, the strike brought the city to a standstill as public transportation was severely disrupted, with only minimal services operating. Trade unions and left-wing political parties are at the forefront of the strikes, which are part of a larger movement against the government's proposed reforms to the country's pension system that would raise the retirement age from 62 to 64. The government has pledged to press ahead with the reforms, but it rema…

teleSUR, JCM (2023-02-14). Revelan décadas de abuso en la Iglesia católica en Portugal. telesurtv.net Una comisión independiente en Portugal estima que hay más de 4.800 niños víctimas de abuso por la Iglesia.




Peoples Dispatch (2023-02-13). Hundreds of thousands rally across Spain against attack on public health services. peoplesdispatch.org Health workers and progressive political groups in Spain have condemned the conservative regional administrations in Madrid, Galicia, and Castilla y Leon over the plight of public health services…

Staff (2023-02-13). Zionists out of the University! Demonstrators in Madrid confront Israeli ambassador, armed security, official complicity and police repression. samidoun.net On Wednesday, 8 February, students and activists for justice in Palestine gathered at the Complutense University of Madrid to protest the appearance of the Israeli ambassador to Spain, Rodica Radian-Gordon, at an event organized to "commemorate" the notorious Oslo Accords aiming toward the liquidation of the Palestinian cause. Student organizations and activists for justice in …

WSWS (2023-02-14). As death toll in Turkey-Syria earthquake rises, Erdoğan government seeks to cover up responsibility. wsws.org The Erdoğan government is trying to cover up this historic crime by scapegoating a few contractors in the midst of the myriad of data revealing its criminality in the earthquake disaster.

Covid, Race & Democracy (2023-02-14). Earthquake Response Turkey; Husseini on Pandemic Origins & US Biowarfare; ILWU10 For Mumia. indybay.org Pacifica's CRD: Earthquake Response in Turkey; Sam Husseini on Pandemic Origins and US Biowarfare; Union Fights for Freedom for Mumia; Death Penalty Abolitionists in Texas Speak Out…

Staff (2023-02-13). "Crisis on Top of a Crisis": Syrians Displaced by War Now Dealing with Earthquake Devastation. democracynow.org We get an update from Damascus, Syria, on last week's devastating earthquakes, as the United Nations warns the death toll in Turkey and northwest Syria will top at least 50,000. The U.N. also says the earthquake rescue phase is "coming to a close" and that efforts are expected to turn to providing shelter, food and care to survivors. Millions have been left homeless by the deadly quakes that struck the region, which includes the Syrian city of Aleppo, last week. Syrian refugees who were displaced by the war in Syria that began 12 years ago now face a compounded humanitarian crisis. The situation…

Amy Goodman (2023-02-13). UN Warns Earthquake Deaths Could Top 50,000 Amid Urgent Calls for Aid. truthout.org We get an update from Damascus, Syria, on last week's devastating earthquakes, as the United Nations warns the death toll in Turkey and northwest Syria will top at least 50,000. The U.N. also says the earthquake rescue phase is "coming to a close" and that efforts are expected to turn to providing shelter, food and care to survivors. Millions have been left homeless by the deadly quakes that… |




Anonymous103 (2023-02-13). Enough Is Enough: German, Austrian Rescuers Stopped Operations In Turkey. southfront.org Illustrative Image | While the death toll as a result of the earthquake in Turkey has already exceeded 31 thousand, and the work on the rescue of people who miraculously survived under rubble is still ongoing, rescue crews from Austria and Germany decided to suspend search and rescue operations for safety reasons. | Cases of looting, as well as clashes of criminal groups have become more frequent in the regions heavily damaged by the disaster, which were also not the most prosperous before the earthquake. There are prob…

Anonymous103 (2023-02-13). Military Situation In Syria On February 13, 2023 (Map Update). southfront.org Click to see full-size image | On February 13, the Russian Ministry of Defense recorded no cases of hostilities and ceasefire violations in the Latakia region in the past 24 hours; | More than 4,600 people were killed as a result of the earthquake in northwestern Syria, according to Syrian officials; | More than 31,500 people were killed as a result of the earthquake in southern Turkey, according to Turkish officials; | On February 13, the Russian Military Police and Turkish forces conducted a join…

Juan Cole (2023-02-13). Is Turkey's Prosecution of Shady Builders after 12,141 Structures Collapse in Earthquake a Model for going after Big Oil for Climate Disasters? juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) The Turkish government has issued 100 arrest warrants for building contractors suspected of erecting structures that did not meet building code standards in the 10 provinces most affected by last week's massive 7.8 magnitude earthquake, which has left at least 32,000 dead and perhaps twice that. Some of the contractors …

Stuart Rees (2023-02-13). Lessons in solidarity from the Turkey and Syria earthquake disasters. greenleft.org.au The terrible earthquake disaster in Turkey and Syria should make us ponder the meaning of community and nation as well as security and sovereignty, writes Stuart Rees.

W. T. Whitney Jr. (2023-02-13). U.S. economic sanctions aggravate earthquake response in Syria. peoplesworld.org Suffering in Syria and Turkey caused by a strong earthquake on Feb. 6 has elicited an immense worldwide humanitarian response. The toll as of press time for this article was 36,000 people dead, with the number of recorded deaths steadily rising as rubble from collapsed buildings is removed. Unusually cold weather and snow add to …

WSWS (2023-02-13). On-the-spot report from earthquake-hit region in Turkey. wsws.org Many people living in the affected area blame not the "natural disaster" for the deaths and destruction, but the capitalists who, in their greed for profit, build buildings that do not comply with earthquake regulations and the authorities who turn a blind eye to this.




WSWS (2023-02-13). Hold those responsible for the earthquake disaster to account! Oppose the anti-Syrian campaign and police crackdown in Turkey! wsws.org As the earthquake disaster, whose devastating consequences could have been prevented, causes tens of thousands of deaths, a campaign is unfolding in Turkey to hide the real culprits and deflect growing public anger.

WSWS (2023-02-13). As death toll rises past 35,000, earthquake in Turkey and Syria now one of the greatest disasters in the 21st century. wsws.org The catastrophe in Turkey and Syria implicates the regional governments but, above all, the US and other imperialist powers, which have devastated the entire region in pursuit of global domination.

Rania Khalek (2023-02-13). Death Toll Rises as US Sanctions Block Aid to Earthquake-Devastated Syria. thealtworld.com With tens of thousands dead from the 7.8 magnitude earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria, U.S. sanctions are blocking aid and rescue work to Syria. | Rania and Eugene discuss how, in addition to hampering relief, sanctions on Syria have ruined its medical sector & capacity to respond to this disaster.

Meghan Bodette (2023-02-13). The Earthquake in Turkey and Syria is Not Just a Natural Disaster. socialistproject.ca The earthquake that devastated southern Turkey and northern Syria in early February was a natural disaster — but the decades of war, sanctions and exploitation that made it so deadly were man-made. If the earthquake recovery can become a recovery from endless war and corrupt, far-right nationalist rule, the people of the region will be better protected from all future disasters — natural or otherwise. | After four decades of war against its own Kurdish population and ten years of intervention in Syria's conflict, the Turkish national security state is omnipresent in southeastern Turkey and northern…

americanthinker (2023-02-14). Since When did Ukrainians Become Entitled to a Giant State? americanthinker.com The history of the transformation of a tiny area occupied by Zaporozhian Cossacks into the largest country in Europe after Russia. How did Ukraine pull off an expansion of this magnitude without a single conquest?

Fight Back (2023-02-14). Against Trotskyism: Revolution in two stages. fightbacknews.org The disagreement between Trotsky's "absurdly Left" (according to Lenin) theory of "Permanent Revolution" and the Leninist theory of revolution in two stages boils down to the question of how to deal with the question of the peasantry. | Trotsky argued for a socialist revolution that would be antagonistic to the tsar, the imperialist bourgeoisie and the broad mass of the peasantry, and that therefore depended on support from socialist revolutions in Western Europe, without which it would be crushed by counter-revolution. | Lenin, on the other hand, advocated a revolution in two stages. The first stage would be a…

WSWS (2023-02-13). Hold those responsible for the earthquake disaster to account! Oppose the anti-Syrian campaign and police crackdown in Turkey! wsws.org As the earthquake disaster, whose devastating consequences could have been prevented, causes tens of thousands of deaths, a campaign is unfolding in Turkey to hide the real culprits and deflect growing public anger.

WSWS (2023-02-13). As death toll rises past 35,000, earthquake in Turkey and Syria now one of the greatest disasters in the 21st century. wsws.org The catastrophe in Turkey and Syria implicates the regional governments but, above all, the US and other imperialist powers, which have devastated the entire region in pursuit of global domination.

Rania Khalek (2023-02-13). Death Toll Rises as US Sanctions Block Aid to Earthquake-Devastated Syria. thealtworld.com With tens of thousands dead from the 7.8 magnitude earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria, U.S. sanctions are blocking aid and rescue work to Syria. | Rania and Eugene discuss how, in addition to hampering relief, sanctions on Syria have ruined its medical sector & capacity to respond to this disaster.

Meghan Bodette (2023-02-13). The Earthquake in Turkey and Syria is Not Just a Natural Disaster. socialistproject.ca The earthquake that devastated southern Turkey and northern Syria in early February was a natural disaster — but the decades of war, sanctions and exploitation that made it so deadly were man-made. If the earthquake recovery can become a recovery from endless war and corrupt, far-right nationalist rule, the people of the region will be better protected from all future disasters — natural or otherwise. | After four decades of war against its own Kurdish population and ten years of intervention in Syria's conflict, the Turkish national security state is omnipresent in southeastern Turkey and northern…

americanthinker (2023-02-14). Since When did Ukrainians Become Entitled to a Giant State? americanthinker.com The history of the transformation of a tiny area occupied by Zaporozhian Cossacks into the largest country in Europe after Russia. How did Ukraine pull off an expansion of this magnitude without a single conquest?

Fight Back (2023-02-14). Against Trotskyism: Revolution in two stages. fightbacknews.org The disagreement between Trotsky's "absurdly Left" (according to Lenin) theory of "Permanent Revolution" and the Leninist theory of revolution in two stages boils down to the question of how to deal with the question of the peasantry. | Trotsky argued for a socialist revolution that would be antagonistic to the tsar, the imperialist bourgeoisie and the broad mass of the peasantry, and that therefore depended on support from socialist revolutions in Western Europe, without which it would be crushed by counter-revolution. | Lenin, on the other hand, advocated a revolution in two stages. The first stage would be a…

Anonymous103 (2023-02-13). First Batch Of US Bradley Fighting Vehicles For Ukrainian Military Came To Germany. southfront.org Loading of the US Bradley infantry fighting vehicles intended for transfer to Ukraine on the US ARC Integrity in North Charleston, 01/25/2023 Oz Suguitan / US Army Transport Command | At night, the first batch of US-made Bradley infantry fighting vehicles destined for Ukraine arrived in Europe. The cargo ship ARC Integrity on board moored in the port of the German city of Bremerhaven on the North Sea coast. | In total, more than 60 Bradley infantry fighting vehicles, an unnamed number of AN / TWQ-1 Avenger mobile air d…

Anonymous103 (2023-02-13). German Citizens Dissatisfied With Their Government's Irresponsible Stance. southfront.org Illustrative ImageMore than 250,000 people sign a petition asking Berlin to stop sending weapons to Ukraine. | Written by European citizens express their dissatisfaction with the irresponsible policy of supporting Kiev. In a recent online petition, a quarter of a million people called for an end to the aid to Ukraine. Indeed, the desire for…

Anonymous103 (2023-02-13). Zelensky Left Europe Without Any Fighter Jets Or Further Guarantees. southfront.org Illustrative ImageMacron's peace conference proposal is a sham. | Written by Ahmed Adel, Cairo-based geopolitics and political economy researcher | Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelens ≠ky was treated like a hero when visiting Brussels on February 9. Although he received endless adulation, his lobbying to EU leaders for further military support mostly fell on deaf ears despite making an impassioned, but disingenuous plea that Ukraine is defending Europe's eastern borders. | Zelensky visited London and Paris on hi…

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2023-02-13). Lift Sanctions against Syria to Lessen Sufferings from the Earthquake. transcend.org The International Movement for a Just World urges the North American, British, Australian, Canadian, Swiss and some European Union and Arab League governments to lift the unjust, immoral sanctions against Syria in order to lessen the immense sufferings of the people caused by the massive earthquake of 6 Feb 2023.

Joe Lo, Climate Home News. (2023-02-13). Europe proposes mass exit from energy treaty. popularresistance.org After big European nations said they would leave the Energy Charter Treaty, the European Commission now says a joint EU exit is the best option…

WSWS (2023-02-13). European powers prepare delivery of fighter jets to Kiev. wsws.org The European powers used the EU summit in Brussels at the end of last week for a massive escalation of the war offensive against Russia.

thecommunists (2023-02-13). Anticommunism in the USA: the spectre remains. thecommunists.org The following article is reproduced from the Marx Engels Institute, with thanks. ***** "A spectre is haunting Europe — the spectre of communism. All the powers of old Europe have entered into a holy alliance to exorcise this spectre: Pope and tsar, Metternich and Guizot, French radicals and German police-spies. "Where is the party in …

WSWS (2023-02-14). The Berlin state election results: A vote against all parties. wsws.org It would be hard to find a previous election in Germany in which the gulf between the interests of the population and the politics of the established parties was as obvious as in the re-run of the Berlin state election last Sunday.

_____ (2023-02-13). The Leopard's Tale: U.S. Weapons Makers on a Marketing Spree. strategic-culture.org At the height of the media frenzy, January 19-24, over Germany not serving empire by hustling its Leopard tanks off to Ukraine and permitting the 15 countries that have them to do so also, commander Richardson acknowledged that Washington had requested nine Latin American countries to donate their Soviet-era Russian weapons to Kiev, so Telesur reported, January 20.

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2023-02-13). The Moral and Intellectual Disconnect between the Memories of Shoah and Today's Jewish State. transcend.org 6 Feb 2023 – Every time I hear about the Shoah or the Nazi genocide of the Jews, I can't help but make a sad and rage-filled link between it and the present day Israel — the officially Jewish State with echoes of the ideology that served as the foundation of Nazi Germany.

Global Research News (2023-02-13). Selected Articles: Germany Prepares for Conscription and the Final War. globalresearch.ca By Germany's parliamentary commissioner,

Kurt Nimmo (2023-02-13). Germany Prepares for Conscription and the Final War. globalresearch.ca

WSWS (2023-02-13). Wage negotiations break down at Deutsche Post. wsws.org Following the collapse of contract bargaining, 160,000 postal workers in Germany are being balloted for strike action.

Anna Moody (2023-02-13). Open justice, Northern Ireland Protocol and protest rights: The Weekly Round Up. ukhumanrightsblog.com In the news | The Public Order Bill has concluded its Report Stage in the House of Lords and is now due to return to the House of Commons. The Peers

Dean Baker (2023-02-13). Aging Populations and Great Power Politics: The Problem is for the Elites, not the Masses. cepr.net We recently got new data showing that China's population shrunk last year. It is now projected to see its population continue to decline through the rest of this century. This is being portrayed as a disaster for China. A similar disaster has already hit Japan, South Korea, Italy and many other wealthy countries. People in …

Dave DeCamp (2023-02-14). Ukrainian Troops Training on Leopard Tanks in Poland. news.antiwar.com Ukrainian troops are training on German-made Leopard tanks in Poland and put on a demonstration Monday for Polish President Andrzej Duda that was attended by reporters. The training for Leopard tanks typically takes a few months, but the program in Poland is being expedited and is expected to be completed in one month. Currently, 105 …

Rick Rozoff (2023-02-14). Polish president, DM meet with Ukrainian tank crews training on German tanks. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com UkrinformFebruary 13, 2023 Duda, B≈Çaszczak meet with Ukrainian tank crew members undergoing training in President of Poland Andrzej Duda and Minister of National Defence of Poland Mariusz B≈Çaszczak have visited a tank training ground in ≈öwiƒôtoszów and met with the Ukrainian tank crew members, who are undergoing training on Leopard 2 tanks there, and their …

ecns.cn (2023-02-13). Chinese gamer claims title of IEM Katowice 2023 Grand Final. ecns.cn Chinese gamer Li Peinan (Oliveira) won the championship at StarCraft II of the IEM (Intel Extreme Masters) Katowice 2023 in Poland on Monday.

Kyle Anzalone (2023-02-13). US, French Troops Lead NATO Live-Fire War Games in Romania. globalresearch.ca

infobrics (2023-02-15). India Says Its Proposed Biofuels Alliance Draws Interest of Russia, Brazil Among Others. infobrics.org India's proposal for a biofuels alliance to promote cleaner fuel has attracted interest from a number of countries, including Russia and Brazil, Oil Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said…

Andrew Korybko (2023-02-14). Debunking the #Lulaliberals' Lies for Covering Up His Condemnation of Russia. orinocotribune.com

Dave DeCamp (2023-02-14). Russia Says NATO Should Hold Emergency Summit Over Nord Stream Sabotage. news.antiwar.com Russia's Foreign Ministry spokeswoman said over the weekend that NATO countries should hold an emergency summit over the sabotage of the Nord Stream natural gas pipelines after a report from journalist Seymour Hersh said US Navy divers planted explosives on the pipelines. "There have been plenty of facts: pipeline explosions, motives and indirect evidence obtained …

ecns.cn (2023-02-14). U.S. warns Americans not to go to Russia. ecns.cn The U.S. State Department has warned Americans not to travel to Russia due to the "unpredictable consequences" of the military conflict in Ukraine, and those who are there should leave right away.

infobrics (2023-02-14). China Gives Russian Studies High Grades in New Overseas Scholarship Drive. infobrics.org Science, business, language are priority Russian subjects in government-led talent push…

infobrics (2023-02-14). Russian Companies Target the Chinese Market. infobrics.org Currently, Moscow prioritizes the strengthening of relations with Beijing, which is reflected not only in political relations but also in the economy, especially in energy cooperation…

infobrics (2023-02-14). Milestone for Russia's Zarubino Port as Ship with 10,000 Tons of Corn Leaves for China. infobrics.org The first ship loaded with 10,000 tons of Russian corn left Russia's Zarubino Port and will arrive in the Port of Qingdao in East China's Shandong Province within days, the Global Times learned…

Kim Petersen (2023-02-14). Russia Is Taking on All of NATO Plus Ukraine. globalresearch.ca

_____ (2023-02-13). Seoul is being sucked into the American vortex. journal-neo.org Given that the story about "arms supplies to Russia from the DPRK" has been gaining ground, the author has repeatedly stated that Seoul is the main target of this hysteria that serves as another justification for the ROK's increased involvement in the plans of the US and its allies against Russia's national interests. This strategy …

americanthinker (2023-02-13). The Debate over the Origins of the War in Ukraine. americanthinker.com Who started this one? The Russians, or everyone else?>

Andrew Korybko (2023-02-13). Lula's Condemnation of Russia in His Joint Statement with Biden Disqualifies Him as a Mediator. globalresearch.ca

Anonymous103 (2023-02-13). Military Situation In Donbass On February 13, 2023 (Map Update). southfront.org Click to see full-size image | Russian-led forces advanced west of Blahodatne and cut off the Bakhmut northern road; | Clashes between the Russian Army and the AFU continue in Paraskoviivka; | Clashes between the Russian Army and the AFU continue in Bakhmut and its outskirts; | Clashes between the Russian Army and the AFU continue in Mariinka; | Clashes between the Russian Army and the AFU continue near Debrova; | Artillery duels between the Russian Army and the AFU contin…

Anonymous103 (2023-02-13). U.S. Recruited Dozens Of Jihadist To Commit Terrorist Attacks In Russia, CIS. southfront.org Illustrative Image | On February 13, the press bureau of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) revealed that the United States is recruiting jihadist mercenaries to commit terrorist attacks on the territory of Russia and in the CIS countries. | The militants are recruited from among terrorist groups. At least 60 experienced terrorists are already training at the At-Tanf base in Syria. At this base, as well as in the border areas of Jordan, the CIA has been training militants for more t…

Anonymous765 (2023-02-13). Kiev Loses On Donbass Battlefield, US Prepares Terrorist Attacks In Russia. southfront.org |

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2023-02-13). The New York Times Is Orwell's Ministry of Truth. transcend.org It doesn't take a genius to realize that if all were reversed and Russia had put troops and weapons in Mexico and Canada that the United States would respond forcefully.

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2023-02-13). WATCH: Roger Waters at UN Security Council on Ukraine (Full Text). transcend.org 8 Feb 2023 – The British rock star was invited by Russia to address the Council. The Pink Floyd co-founder has been an outspoken critic of U.S. policy in Ukraine and has called for an end of arms shipments to Kiev.

Chris Hedges, Scheer Post. (2023-02-13). The Chris Hedges Report: Matt Taibbi On Russiagate And Censorship. popularresistance.org Shortly after the election of Donald Trump, revelations that a Russian disinformation campaign had helped sweep the 45th president to power shook the media and the wider culture. The unfolding drama of the Mueller Report and a Senate investigative panel gripped the nation for the next four years. But now, journalist Matt Taibbi has revealed that the source of many of the claims of ongoing Russian disinformation during the Trump presidency, Hamilton 68, was itself a disinformation operation concocted by former US intelligence officials. Matt Taibbi joins The Chris Hedges Report to discuss his findings and dissect…

Dennis Broe (2023-02-13). Where have all the comedians gone? Just asking… peoplesworld.org The U.S./NATO proxy war against Russia in Ukraine has prompted a default line in many places in Western societies but none more prominent perhaps than in comedy, where comic heroes and satirists of the past have now become fawning foils and apologists for the war and for U.S. global aggression. Three of the most prominent …

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-02-13). Remembering Vladimir Putin's Speech at the Munich Security Conference. libya360.wordpress.com Alfred de Zayas Sixteen years ago, on 10 February 2007, Russian President Putin delivered a landmark speech at the Munich Security Conference, a clear statement of post- Cold War Russian foreign policy, focusing on the need for multilateralism and international solidarity. The mainstream media did not give much visibility to Putin's security analysis in 2007,…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-02-13). Why Does Zelensky Need a Long Conflict With Russia? libya360.wordpress.com Andrey Sushentsov It is unlikely that Zelensky is counting on a military victory for his country. For this, Ukraine does not have its own military-economic resources, and the funds provided by the West will never be sufficient to inflict a final defeat on Russia. Probably, the calculation of the president of Ukraine is based on…

Rania Khalek (2023-02-13). US Eyes Resources In Latin America, Escalates Against China, w/ Ben Norton. thealtworld.com With the United States hyper focused on Russia and China, it's easy to forget that the empire is still up to its old tricks in the rest of the Global South. What does the insatiable U.S. imperialist appetite mean for the resource-rich countries of Latin America? | After all, that copper, gold, zinc, silver, lead, iron, and natural gas in Peru, the lithium in Bolivia, Chile and Argentina, and the oil in Venezuela isn't gonna steal itself. How is the Cold War with Russia and China playing out throughout the region as the United States dusts off the so-called Monroe Doctrine? And how can this new multipolar era bene…

americanthinker (2023-02-13). At Burisma, Hunter Biden traded on the family name to help a Serbian who wanted to run the United Nations. americanthinker.com Hunter Biden turned to Biden's former 'national security advisor' Colin Kahl for help in getting a Serbian associate he knew from his Burisma days a crucial meeting to advance his bid for the United Nations secretary-generalship.

Douglas Macgregor (2023-02-14). Video: Putin's "Minimization of Destruction in Ukraine". Douglas Macgregor. globalresearch.ca

Global Research News (2023-02-14). Selected Articles: Ukraine: The Performance and the Reality. Manlio Dinucci. globalresearch.ca By The San Remo Festival will be remembered as the "Festival of the two Presidents": the President of the Italian Republic Mattarella at the opening and …

Irwin Jerome (2023-02-14). Biden's Role in Ukraine War Under Scrutiny After Nord Stream Sabotage Claim. globalresearch.ca

Larry Johnson (2023-02-14). Sy Hersh Speaks and NATO Warns of Escalation in the War in Ukraine? sonar21.com Let me start with the good news and then I will turn to the darker stuff. Sy decided to give an interview to the War Nerd podcast. War Nerd is…

Rick Rozoff (2023-02-14). Stoltenberg: NATO allies prepared to provide combat aircraft for Ukraine war. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com UkrinformFebruary 13, 2023 Stoltenberg: NATO allies may send warplanes to Ukraine so that country can defend itself NATO…may send warplanes to Ukraine so that the country can defend itself. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said this at a press conference ahead of the two-day meeting of NATO Defense Ministers…. "So first, I think we need …

_____ (2023-02-13). Endgame for Ukraine: America vs America. strategic-culture.org Bill Burns travelled (in secret) in mid-January to meet Zelensky. Was it to prepare Zelensky for a shift in the American stance? | Hysterics at the Chinese balloon overflying the U.S. — taken to volume 11 — through scrambling a hush-hush Raptor jet (F-22) to 'pop' it, and then bally-hooing the 'pop' as Raptor's first ever 'air-to-air kill', may be a source for quiet derision around the world, yet paradoxically this seemingly trivial event may cast a long shadow over the U.S. war-timetable for Ukraine. | For it is the U.S. political calendar that may yet determine what happens next in Ukraine — f…

Anonymous103 (2023-02-13). In Video: Ukrainian Crews Began Training On US Abrams Tanks. southfront.org

Anonymous103 (2023-02-13). Military Situation In Southern Ukraine On February 13, 2023 (Map Update). southfront.org

Dave DeCamp (2023-02-13). Stoltenberg Says Ukraine Using Way More Munitions Than NATO Can Produce. news.antiwar.com NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said Monday that Ukrainian forces are using significantly more ammunition than the alliance's members can produce, putting a strain on Western stockpiles. "The war in Ukraine is consuming an enormous amount of munitions, and depleting allied stockpiles," Stoltenberg told reporters ahead of a NATO defense ministers meeting in Brussels. "The current …

Jan Oberg (2023-02-13). The West's Last Or Penultimate War? globalresearch.ca

Karsten Riise (2023-02-13). "Purges" in Ukraine: Defense and Interior Ministers Die in Helicopter Crash. Who's Next? globalresearch.ca

Karsten Riise (2023-02-13). "Purges" in Ukraine: Defense Minster Forced to Resign, Team of Interior Ministry Die in Helicopter Crash. Who's Next? globalresearch.ca

Lucas Leiroz de Almeida (2023-02-13). More Than 250,000 People Sign Petition Asking Berlin to Stop Sending Weapons to Ukraine. globalresearch.ca

M. K. Bhadrakumar (2023-02-13). Waiting for Biden's Definition of Victory in Ukraine. globalresearch.ca

Manlio Dinucci (2023-02-13). Ukraine: The Performance and the Reality. Manlio Dinucci. globalresearch.ca

WSWS (2023-02-13). Letter from a Maximus call center worker: "Maximus should be under criminal investigation" wsws.org "I think there is a connection between the exploitation that all of us at Maximus are suffering and the failure of entire social services system in the US, which has been purposefully underfunded for years, yet there is always money for illegal wars in place like Ukraine, Syria, and Iraq."

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