Daily Archives: February 15, 2023

2023-02-15: News Headlines

Staff (2023-02-15). Pierde el PSG en su primer partido de octavos de la Champions. cubadebate.cu Milan como local y Bayern Munich como visitante arrancaron ganando por la mínima diferencia los octavos de final de la Champions League. El equipo italiano batió por 1 a 0 en el estadio Giuseppe Meazza a Tottenham Hotspur que tuvo entre sus titulares al zaguero campeón del mundo Cristian Romero. En tanto que en el Parque de los Principes de la capital francesa.

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." …

Peoples Dispatch (2023-02-14). 'For the French working class, this pension reform is a gift to capitalism'. peoplesdispatch.org To understand more about the movement against pension reform in France, we spoke to Ramon Vila, the secretary of the trade union SUD Santé-Sociaux.

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.

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2023-02-15). Shin Bet Agents Brandish Weapons at Palestinian Protesters. orinocotribune.com By Richard Silverstein — Feb 2, 2023 | Armed Agents in Germany and Spain threaten to shoot Palestinian and Israeli protesters | On February 8th, a group of pro-Palestinian students at the Complutense University of Madrid

People's Dispatch. (2023-02-14). Hundreds Of Thousands Rally Across Spain Against Attack On Public Health. popularresistance.org Spain – On Sunday, February 12, massive mobilizations took place in several cities across Spain, organized by health workers, trade unions, and left-wing groups. The protesters demanded an improvement in public health services, which are currently suffering from a lack of resources and understaffing. | Protesters at a major mobilization in Madrid, attended by hundreds of thousands of people, condemned the apathy of the regional government led by the conservative People's Party (PP) towards the needs of the public health sector. They also protested bids to privatize health care. The march in Madrid was organized b…

Staff (2023-02-15). Pierde el PSG en su primer partido de octavos de la Champions. cubadebate.cu Milan como local y Bayern Munich como visitante arrancaron ganando por la mínima diferencia los octavos de final de la Champions League. El equipo italiano batió por 1 a 0 en el estadio Giuseppe Meazza a Tottenham Hotspur que tuvo entre sus titulares al zaguero campeón del mundo Cristian Romero. En tanto que en el Parque de los Principes de la capital francesa.

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." …

Peoples Dispatch (2023-02-14). 'For the French working class, this pension reform is a gift to capitalism'. peoplesdispatch.org To understand more about the movement against pension reform in France, we spoke to Ramon Vila, the secretary of the trade union SUD Santé-Sociaux.

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.

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2023-02-15). Shin Bet Agents Brandish Weapons at Palestinian Protesters. orinocotribune.com By Richard Silverstein — Feb 2, 2023 | Armed Agents in Germany and Spain threaten to shoot Palestinian and Israeli protesters | On February 8th, a group of pro-Palestinian students at the Complutense University of Madrid

People's Dispatch. (2023-02-14). Hundreds Of Thousands Rally Across Spain Against Attack On Public Health. popularresistance.org Spain – On Sunday, February 12, massive mobilizations took place in several cities across Spain, organized by health workers, trade unions, and left-wing groups. The protesters demanded an improvement in public health services, which are currently suffering from a lack of resources and understaffing. | Protesters at a major mobilization in Madrid, attended by hundreds of thousands of people, condemned the apathy of the regional government led by the conservative People's Party (PP) towards the needs of the public health sector. They also protested bids to privatize health care. The march in Madrid was organized b…

Peoples Dispatch (2023-02-14). Daily Round-up | Polisario Front resumes armed struggle & other stories. peoplesdispatch.org In today's episode, we bring you stories of the Polisario resolving to resume armed struggle against Moroccan occupying forces, talks between the Colombian government and the ELN, Palestine's bid for UN membership, and protests by health workers in Spain…

Covid, Race & Democracy (2023-02-15). 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 (2023-02-15). 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…

WorkWeek (2023-02-15). The Earthquake, The Deregulation, Corruption & The Erdogan Government. indybay.org The catastrophic earthquake in Turkey has exposed the massive privatization, deregulation and corruption by the Erdogan government. The WorkWeek show looks at the growing social and economic crisis…

WSWS (2023-02-15). Turkey-Syria earthquake death toll tops 41,000: A colossal social crime. wsws.org As the death toll in the Turkey-Syria earthquake passes 41,000, the Erdoğan government has announced a few token measures to calm public anger.

Noam Chomsky, Vijay Prashad (2023-02-14). Cuba is not a state sponsor of terrorism. canadiandimension.com Days after the devastating earthquake in Turkey and Syria, Cuba sent a 30 person health brigade to assist in medical care to victims. Photo by Ismael Francisco. | Cuba, a country of eleven million people, has been under an illegal embargo by the United States government for over six decades. | Despite this embargo, Cuba's people have been able to transcend the indignities of hunger, ill-health, and illiteracy, all three being social plagues that continue to trouble much of the world. | Due to its innovations in health care delivery, for instance, Cuba has been able to send its medical workers to other coun…

_____ (2023-02-14). Sanctioning Syrians Under the Rubble. strategic-culture.org By some estimates, there are many more thousands of bodies still under the rubble as the death toll from last week's catastrophic earthquake in Turkey and Syria soars past 34,000. The quake and tremors that followed resulted in an additional 80,000 injured being treated in hospitals and well over a million left homeless across an impact zone twelve times the size of Belgium.

Anonymous103 (2023-02-14). Military Situation In Syria On February 14, 2023 (Map Update). southfront.org click to see full-size image | On February 14, the Russian Ministry of Defense recorded 2 cases of hostilities and ceasefire violations in the Latakia region in the past 24 hours; | More than 5,800 people were killed as a result of the earthquake in northwestern Syria, according to Syrian officials; | More than 31,900 people were killed as a result of the earthquake in southern Turkey, according to Turkish officials; | An SAA serviceman was killed by IED explosion in Tadmur desert. | MORE ON TH…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-02-14). Lavrov, Zelensky: Two Official Tours, Multipolarity vs. Unipolarity. libya360.wordpress.com Yoselina Guevara L. In addition to the earthquake of devastating dimensions that shook Turkey and Syria this February 8, at the geopolitical level two official trips monopolized the media attention during the week of February 8-12; on the one hand, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov made his second visit to Africa and the current President of…

Jeremy Kuzmarov (2023-02-14). Biden to Syrian earthquake victims: DROP DEAD. mronline.org Brutally politicizing humanitarian aid, Biden assists Turkey but refuses to mobilize aid and rescue workers to save thousands in northern Syria because of U.S. vendetta against Bashar al-Assad government.

José Luis Granados Ceja (2023-02-14). Venezuela Voices Solidarity with Syria & Turkey as Earthquake Rescue Missions Continue. venezuelanalysis.com Syrian President Bashar al-Assad expressed his gratitude for the aid from the Venezuelan people despite also suffering from US sanctions.

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.

Lucas Leiroz de Almeida (2023-02-15). Western Countries Urge Citizens to Leave Russia and Belarus. globalresearch.ca

Editor (2023-02-15). Bellicosity, bravado and blather. workers.org President Joe Biden's Feb. 7 State of the Union address offered no real surprises. Like any loyal imperialist politician, Biden included the obligatory pro-war rhetoric. He blamed Russian President Vladimir Putin for the Ukraine war, calling it "a murderous assault, evoking images of the death and destruction Europe suffered in . . . |

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2023-02-15). Video: America is at War with Europe. globalresearch.ca The evidence amply confirms that The Nord Stream was the object of an act of sabotage ordered by President Joe Biden. | Nord Stream —which originates in Russia— transits through the (maritime) territorial jurisdiction of 4 member states of the EU. From a legal standpoint (International Law: UN Charter, Law of the Sea) this was a U.S. Act of War against the EU.

Staff (2023-02-15). Russia to Divert European Union Oil to Russian Allies. orinocotribune.com Russia is seeking ways to shift exports of its oil and oil derivatives to friendly countries this year by increasing its share of total supplies sent abroad to 75-80%, according to Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak. | "As for supplies to countries that maintain illegitimate price restrictions, our position here is widely known and remains unchanged: those countries will not receive Russian oil," Novak wrote in an article for Energy Policy magazine on Monday, February 12, reported The Russian offic…

WSWS (2023-02-15). European Union decides on massive intensification of assault on refugees. wsws.org The special European Council summit agreed to massively tighten up its common asylum and immigration policies, including collaborating closely with authoritarian regimes.

Alastair Crooke, Strategic Culture Foundation. (2023-02-14). In Consequence To Collapsing US Empire, Russia's Strategic Aims. popularresistance.org Things are getting psychotic. As you listen to EU leaders, all parroting identical 'good news' speaking points, they nonetheless radiate basal disquietude — presumably a reflection of the psychic stress from, on the one hand, repeating 'Ukraine is winning: Russia's defeat is coming', when, on the other, they know the exact opposite to be true: That 'no way' can Europe defeat a large Russian army on the landmass of Eurasia. | Even the colossus of Washington confines the use of American military power to conflicts that Americans could afford to lose — wars lost to weak opponents that no one could gainsa…

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?

americanthinker (2023-02-14). Since When did Ukrainians Become Entitled to the State they Got? 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…

imperial.ac.uk (2023-02-14). Chemical engineer wins European grant for next generation battery research. imperial.ac.uk

Rodney Atkinson (2023-02-14). The USA Nord Stream "Act of War" and "Profitable" Attack on Europe. globalresearch.ca

Staff (2023-02-14). La Eurocámara avala prohibir venta de coches contaminantes en 2035. cubadebate.cu El Parlamento Europeo votó a favor de prohibir la venta de vehículos de gasolina y diésel en el año 2035. Además, ha avalado el objetivo de reducir a la mitad las emisiones de dióxido de carbono (CO2) para turismos y furgonetas en el año 2030. La nueva norma aprobada fija la meta de rebajar en 2030 las emisiones de los turismos de venta nueva en un 55% en base a los niveles registrados en 2021.

Anonymous103 (2023-02-14). Overburdened Washington Might Bet On Sweden And Finland NATO Membership To Pivot To The Pacific. southfront.org

Dave DeCamp (2023-02-14). Stoltenberg Hints Finland, Sweden Could Join NATO Separately. news.antiwar.com NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg hinted on Tuesday that Sweden and Finland could join the alliance separately even though the Nordic countries have said they would only become members together. "So the main question is not whether Finland and Sweden are ratified together. The main question is that they are both ratified as full members as …

Staff (2023-02-15). Reporter Seymour Hersh on "How America Took Out the Nord Stream Pipeline": Exclusive TV Interview. democracynow.org When the Nord Stream pipelines carrying natural gas from Russia to Germany were damaged last September, U.S. officials were quick to suggest Russia had bombed its own pipelines. But according to a new report by the legendary investigative journalist Seymour Hersh, it was the U.S. Navy that carried out the sabotage, with help from Norway. Citing a source "with direct knowledge of the operational planning," Hersh writes on his Substack blog that planning for the mission began in December of 2021. The White House and the Norwegian government have since denied the claims. Hersh joins us for an in-depth in…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-02-14). Ghana: Waiting for the Mujahideen. libya360.wordpress.com Guadi Calvo Ghana's President Akufo-Addo welcoming and Germany's Finance Minister Christian Lindner While Ghana's President Nana Akufo-Addo is looking forward to the likely $3 billion loan to be granted by the IMF and expected in mid-March as part of the debt swap restructuring, he should address the domestic debt situation, which has increased after 2022…

jamanetwork (2023-02-14). SARS-CoV-2 Infection and Presymptomatic Type 1 Diabetes Autoimmunity in Children and Adolescents. jamanetwork.com To the Editor I have several concerns about the recent study that found no significant association of SARS-CoV-2 infection with autoimmunity related to type 1 diabetes in groups of children and adolescents from Colorado and from Bavaria, Germany.

WSWS (2023-02-14). The Berlin state election results: A vote against all parties in government. 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.

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.

Peoples Dispatch (2023-02-14). Calls to withdraw sanctions on earthquake-hit Syria grow louder. peoplesdispatch.org Despite the US announcing temporary exemption from its sanctions on Syria, no Western country except Italy has come forward to provide any kind of assistance to Syria's earthquake relief efforts…

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 …

Sen. Diana Iovanovici Sosoaca (2023-02-14). Video: Romanian Senator Diana Iovanovici Sosoaca: "We have lived to witness the production of earthquakes on command." globalresearch.ca

_____ (2023-02-15). Russian Diplomacy in Africa and Western Dictate. journal-neo.org Sergey Lavrov, Russia's Foreign Minister, has already visited Africa twice in the last three weeks. The first tour, which began on January 23, included stops in diverse countries such as South Africa, Eswatini, Angola, and Eritrea. The second, from February 6 to 9, covered Mauritania, Mali, Sudan, and one Middle Eastern country, Iraq. Moreover, the …

Dave DeCamp (2023-02-15). US Wants to Help Ukraine Retake More Territory Before Negotiating With Putin. news.antiwar.com The Washington Post reported on Monday that Biden administration officials say they want to help Ukraine retake as much territory as it can from Russia over the next few months before they sit down at the negotiation table with Russian President Vladimir Putin. The report, which cited unnamed Biden administration officials, said that some "optimists" …

Dave DeCamp (2023-02-15). EU Wants to Use Frozen Russian Funds to Pay for Ukraine's Reconstruction. globalresearch.ca

infobrics (2023-02-15). 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 (2023-02-15). 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…

John V. Walsh (2023-02-15). First National Rally Against War in Ukraine. dissidentvoice.org We in the United States are on the brink of war with a major nuclear power, Russia. If that is not a dire emergency, an acute existential threat, what is? This situation has persisted for a year now without a national protest to stop the slide to Armageddon. Given the proximity of nuclear Armageddon, the …

WSWS (2023-02-15). NATO pledges to "ramp up" defense production for "grinding war of attrition" wsws.org NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said Tuesday that NATO is in a "race of logistics" against Russia as the war in Ukraine becomes a "grinding war of attrition."

_____ (2023-02-14). Iranian-Israeli tensions are doomed to escalate in the absence of Russia. journal-neo.org After the collapse of the USSR and the weakening of Russia, Israel started to believe in its own exclusivity as the US's main ally in the Middle East. In the interests of national security and unity in the face of an external enemy, the Israeli leadership (particularly under the right-wing Likud party led by Benjamin Netanyahu) …

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

Anonymous103 (2023-02-14). Battle For Bakhmut: Ukrainian Garrison In Paraskovievka Is Doomed. southfront.org Click to see full-size image | On February 13, the Russian Ministry of Defense confirmed that Russian forces took control of the village of Krasnaya Gora located on the north-western outskirts of Bakhmut. Head of the Wagner PMC Evgeny Prigozhin, whose fighters are operating in the region, declared their control of Krasnaya Gora on February 12. | Prigozhin stressed that the battles for the village were conducted exclusively by fighters of the private military company. He claimed that there are only Wagner fighter…

Anonymous103 (2023-02-14). In Video: Russian Hackers Revealed Another Ukrainian Fake. southfront.org Click to see full-size image | The Kiev regime does not stop making fake news aimed at convincing its own population and the world community of the allegedly deplorable state of the Russian Army. This is not a difficult task, since many Ukrainians speak Russian and can play the role of fake Russian soldiers. | However, Ukrainian actors are not so professional and cannot play the role on the first take. Recently, Russian hackers leaked a video of an unsuccessful attempt by Ukrainians to play angry Russian soldiers. | The…

Anonymous103 (2023-02-14). Jihadists are recruited by Washington as Russia prepares for new offensive. southfront.org Illustrative ImageNATO warns that Ukraine is running out of ammunition. | Written by Ahmed Adel, Cairo-based geopolitics and political economy researcher | The US is actively recruiting Islamists for terrorist attacks against Russia according to the Foreign Intelligence Service of the Russian Federation (SVR). Undoubtedly, this is another demonstration of Washington's consistent and persistent strategy of pressuring and provoking Russia."According to credible reports, special attention is being paid to attracting pe…

Anonymous103 (2023-02-14). Military Situation In Bakhmut Region On February 14, 2023 (Map Update). southfront.org Click to see full-size image | Clashes between the Russian Army and the AFU continue near Ivanivske; | Russian forces cut the Bakhmut-Slavyansk road; | Clashes between the Russian Army and the AFU continue in Paraskoviivka; | Clashes between the Russian Army and the AFU continue near Debrova; | Up to 100 Ukrainian servicemen, 3 armored vehicles and 2 vehicles were destroyed by Russian artillery shelling on Krasniy-Liman front, according to the Russian MOD. | MORE ON T…

Anonymous103 (2023-02-14). Military Situation In Donbass On February 14, 2023 (Map Update). southfront.org Click to see full-size image | 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 Novobakhmutivka; | 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 continue near Ugle…

Anonymous103 (2023-02-14). NATO Countries Militarily Weakened Due To Their Aid To Kiev. southfront.org Illustrative ImageThe alliance would be about to request that its members increase their ammunition stocks, since shipments to Kiev would be leaving them in a critical reserve situation. | Written by Apparently, the western military alliance is already preparing for the hypothesis of an open and direct conflict against Russia. According to reports recen…

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). 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…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-02-14). What Africa Expects from Russia. libya360.wordpress.com Nourhan ElSheikh Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov met with Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the Republic of Mali Abdoulaye Diop, Bamako, February 7, 2023 The Russian-African partnership is the core for a new multipolar world order that would be more fair and just for all. Africa expects a lot from Russia. Historical cooperation between the two and…

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

Lee Camp, Mintpress News. (2023-02-14). Ten Ways The US Is Out Of Line With The Entire World. popularresistance.org Out of the nearly 200 countries in the world, there is one country that does not behave like the others, even remotely. There is one country that is outside the norm in almost every regard. It's a rogue nation — and it's about time we called it to account! | The agents of the United States used to refer to any country that wasn't acting in the interests of the empire as a "rogue state." Countries like Iran, Iraq, Cuba, Syria, Libya, Venezuela, Russia, and Nauru were all labelled as such at various times. Nowadays, the U.S. government has a new expression that seems to mean the same thing. U.S. officials say…

Misión Verdad (2023-02-14). US Army Training ISIS, Al-Qaeda Fighters in Syria to Deploy to Russia: Report. orinocotribune.com US occupation forces in Syria have been training at least 60 militants affiliated with ISIS and Al-Qaeda at Al-Tanf base to carry out attacks inside former Soviet states, according to Russia's Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR). | "According to credible data received by the Foreign Intelligence Service of Russia, the US military is actively recruiting militants from jihadist groups affiliated with [ISIS] and Al-Qaeda to carry out terrorist attacks in Russia and the CIS countries," an SVR The militants are reportedly undergoi…

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2023-02-14). Russia To Install Iranian-Made Turbines in Hydroelectric Plants: Report. orinocotribune.com Moscow will reportedly replace German-made turbines as western sanctions prevent these from receiving maintenance | Russia will replace German-made turbines in its hydroelectric plants with Iranian-made ones after Berlin-based multinational Siemens pulled its operations out of the country due to western sanctions. | According to a report by state-owned RT News, Moscow has already started to produce the parts designed in Iran to replace Sanctions imposed…

Rep. Ron Paul (2023-02-14). How We Can Stop the Coming War with Russia. globalresearch.ca

Scott Ritter (2023-02-14). Scott Ritter LIVE on Ukraine's Future and Rage Against the War Machine Controversy. thealtworld.com Former UN Weapons Inspected and geopolitical analyst Scott Ritter joins the program for a discussion about Ukraine's future one year into Russia's special military operation.

Dave DeCamp (2023-02-15). Zelensky Signs Agreement with JP Morgan on Ukraine's Reconstruction. globalresearch.ca

_____ (2023-02-14). Tanks for Nothing: Is Civilization Really at Stake in Ukraine? strategic-culture.org

Dave DeCamp (2023-02-14). Report: US Tells Ukraine It Doesn't Have Enough Long-Range Missiles to Send. news.antiwar.com While the US has been steadily escalating its military support for Ukraine, the Biden administration has held off sending the Army Tactical Missile Systems (ATACMs), munitions that have a range of up to 190 miles and can be fired from the HIMARS rocket systems. One reason for not sending the ATACMs is that they could …

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 …

infobrics (2023-02-14). Stoltenberg admits Kiev regime is losing. infobrics.org "The war in Ukraine is consuming an enormous amount of munitions and depleting allied stockpiles. The current rate of Ukraine's ammunition expenditure is many times higher than our current rate of production. This puts our defense industries under strain," Stoltenberg said.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-02-14). United States is Planning to Interfere in 2023 Parliamentary Elections in Ukraine. libya360.wordpress.com Valeriy Krylko In October 2023, Ukraine will hold elections for the Verkhovna Rada, the unicameral parliament of Ukraine. In the previous elections Vladimir Zelensky's party "Servant of the People" received 43.16% of the vote. Since then the popularity of the party and Zelensky himself has been gradually declining, but in 2022 it rose again. However,…

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

Jill Clark-Gollub, Popular Resistance. (2023-02-14). Ukraine: It's All About Fossil Fuels. popularresistance.org Seymour Hersh, considered one of the United States' most accomplished investigative journalists, has just published a story giving forensic details about how the U.S. government blew up the Nordstream 1 and 2 pipelines. It is an indictment of the Biden administration at the highest level and confirms growing suspicions that the tens of billions of dollars our government has been sending to prolong the conflict in Ukraine has been about bolstering the American fracked gas industry all along. The American public must condemn this act of terrorism that caused a "reckless release" of methane and other greenhouse gase…

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…

Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J. S. Davies (2023-02-14). How Spin and Lies Fuel a Bloody War of Attrition in Ukraine. dissidentvoice.org Fresh graves at a cemetery near Bakhmut, December 2022. — Photo credit: Reuters In a recent column, military analyst William Astore wrote, "[Congressman] George Santos is a symptom of a much larger disease: a lack of honor, a lack of shame, in America. Honor, truth, integrity, simply don't seem to matter, or matter much, in …

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 …

Valeriy Krylko (2023-02-14). Evidence Emerges: United States is Planning to Interfere in 2023 Parliamentary Elections in Ukraine. covertactionmagazine.com In October 2023, Ukraine will hold elections for the Verkhovna Rada, the unicameral parliament of Ukraine. In the previous elections Vladimir Zelensky's party "Servant of the People" received 43.16% of the vote. Since then the popularity of the party and Zelensky himself has been gradually declining, but in 2022 it rose again. However, the U.S. …

WSWS (2023-02-14). On the origins of the war in Ukraine: A reply to Gideon Rachman of the Financial Times. wsws.org War is an event that arises from the complex interaction of social, economic and geopolitical processes and interests, operating on a global scale. The real cause of a war is rarely answered by determining who fired "the first shot."

Igor Chudov (2023-02-14). United Kingdom: Covid Vaccines Increase Risk of Hospitalization, Surge in Hospitalization Rates per 100,000. globalresearch.ca

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