Daily Archives: January 21, 2022

2022-01-21: News Headlines

Rick Rozoff (2022-01-21). Czech Republic to provide Ukraine with weapons, ammunition. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Czech Republic ready to supply Ukraine with weapons, ammunition Defense Minister of the Czech Republic Jana ƒåernochová reaffirmed the government's readiness to supply Ukraine with military material…. *** At the same time, the minister noted that the supply of arms or ammunition to Ukraine should be coordinated with other countries, including Visegrad countries [the Czech …

sputniknews (2022-01-21). UK Dispatches 30 Elite Troops to Ukraine Amid Escalation Fears, Reports Suggest. sputniknews.com MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The United Kingdom has sent a group of around 30 elite troops to Ukraine to train the country's armed forces on anti-tank weapons transferred to Kiev by London amid concerns about the escalation of the Ukrainian crisis, Sky News reported.

Staff (2022-01-21). Afghanistan Faces "Tsunami of Hunger" as U.S. Sanctions Crash Country's Economy. democracynow.org The World Food Program has warned Afghanistan faces a "tsunami of hunger" as the economy continues to collapse, due in part to U.S. sanctions and the freezing of Afghan assets following the Taliban takeover of Kabul. Meanwhile, President Biden once again defended his decision to withdraw U.S. troops from Afghanistan on Wednesday without acknowledging the humanitarian crisis that followed his exit. We speak with journalist Jane Ferguson, who recently traveled to Afghanistan to report on the collapse of basic government services and the various factors that led to the collapse of the economy, which she says was "co…

Jenny Farrell (2022-01-21). On 'The Tragedy of Macbeth,' prompted by film director Joel Coen's latest iteration. peoplesworld.org Of all Shakespeare's tragedies, Macbeth is perhaps the most strikingly modern. When one considers what Hamlet, King Lear, Othello, and Macbeth, written between 1600 and 1606, have in common as an overarching theme, it is this: they all center on the crucial conflict of early capitalism between the Renaissance humanist ideal on the one hand …

Workers World Party (2022-01-21). The struggle for reproductive justice is a struggle against capitalism: A 10-point fightback program. workers.org The Women and Oppressed Gender Caucus of Workers World Party issued the following statement and program on the 49th anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision. Email the caucus at women-gender-wwp@workers.org As a result of a hard-fought mass movement, the U.S. Supreme Court issued the landmark ruling in Roe v. . . . |

Bree Newsome Bass (2022-01-21). Capitalism Has to Collapse. zcomm.org We can't mobilize masses of people in a direction without having a clear sense of what we are mobilizing around…

teleSUR, AC, JGN (2022-01-21). 5 frases para recordar a Lenin a 98 años de su muerte. telesurtv.net "No hay teoría revolucionaria sin práctica revolucionaria y viceversa", llegó a subrayar el fundador de la URSS, quien falleció el 21 de enero de 1924.

Staff (2022-01-21). Nuestro socialismo se construye desde la comunidad. cubadebate.cu El Primer Secretario del Comité Central del Partido Comunista, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, recorrió este jueves el barrio Agramonte, como parte de la visita integral del Secretariado a la provincia de Sancti Spíritus. Esta es una de las 43 comunidades vulnerables de ese territorio en las que se realizan transformaciones.

Party for Socialism & Liberation (2022-01-21). Friday 1/21: Virtual Forum: The Crisis in SF Public Education. indybay.org Virtual event. Register here…

Barry Summers (2022-01-21). Military Spy Drones: How Domestic U.S. Drone Integration is Propelling Next Wave of Killer Drone Proliferation. covertactionmagazine.com Drones, or Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS), were developed for war. The idea was first conceived in World War I and …

Editor (2022-01-21). Lee Camp: Pentagon Fails Audit AGAIN! scheerpost.com The Pentagon has a long history of budgetary waste and fraud. They've failed every financial audit they've ever had by mind-blowingly large margins. Fortunately for the war hawks the corporate media has helped the Pentagon cover up their actions. Lee Camp hates to repeat himself but this story requires it because the Pentagon keeps on pouring trillions into military violence so he shines his spotlight back onto the military industrial complex to open this episode. | Lee CampLee Camp is the host of the hit comedy news show "

sputniknews (2022-01-20). Iran's Raisi Reiterates Opposition to Nukes, Predicts NATO's Collapse. sputniknews.com The Iranian president arrived in Moscow on a two-day state visit on Wednesday at the invitation of his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin. During their talks, the two leaders discussed bilateral ties, US sanctions, the Iran nuclear deal, joint anti-terrorism cooperation in Syria, and measures to create "synergy in cooperation" against the West.

Rick Rozoff (2022-01-20). More on Brzezinski family role in reprising Afghan war in Ukraine. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com "It's not just nuts. It's dangerous. We're sleepwalking toward a conflict with a country that has more than 4,000 nuclear weapons….It's just shocking that people are not more upset by this."

Rick Rozoff (2022-01-20). Ready for war with Russia: Ukraine's DM says more weapons or "several million" refugees on Polish, German borders. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Two million Ukrainian refugees to rush to borders of Poland, Germany if Russia attacks The Defense Minister is sure that the invasion of Russian troops will be a disaster for Europe, but it can be prevented by military support to Ukraine Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov warned Germany and Poland about streams of Ukrainian refugees …

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-01-20). "Behind the Extractivist Criticism of Progressive Governments Lies the Shadow of Conservative Restoration" libya360.wordpress.com Alvaro García Linera In the face of the naive leftism that thinks that a society can escape world domination by itself, Lenin and Marx remind us that capitalism is planetary, and that the only way to overcome it is also planetary. Therefore the struggles and efforts for the socialization of production in a single country…

Party for Socialism & Liberation (2022-01-20). Friday 1/21: Virtual Forum: The Crisis in SF Public Education. indybay.org Virtual event. Register here…

sputniknews (2022-01-20). Biden Has 'No Idea' Why Americans Would Question His Mental Fitness, Says He Didn't 'Overpromise'. sputniknews.com On Wednesday, Biden held what was only his second in-depth press conference in the year since he was inaugurated as president. Biden spoke about a wide range of issues, such as the pandemic, his legislative agenda, economics, unemployment and international relations.

Staff (2022-01-20). Audio: Roots Action Creates Foreign Policy Primer for Congressional Candidates. davidswanson.org By Hudson Mohawk Radio Network, January 19, 2022 Roots Action has compiled a primer for U.S. Congressional candidates on Foreign Policy. David Swanson of Roots Action and World Beyond War notes that many Congressional candidates don't have a foreign policy agenda, and if they do, they often follow the lead of the military-industrial complex which …

David Swanson (2022-01-20). Audio: Roots Action Creates Foreign Policy Primer for Congressional Candidates. warisacrime.org By Hudson Mohawk Radio Network, January 19, 2022 Roots Action has compiled a primer for U.S. Congressional candidates on Foreign Policy. David Swanson of Roots Action and World Beyond War notes that many Congressional candidates don't have a foreign policy agenda, and if they do, they often follow the lead of the military-industrial complex which …

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