Daily Archives: January 30, 2022

2022-01-30: News Headlines

Paul Haeder (2022-01-30). Requiem for a People-Centered World Dream. dissidentvoice.org My dream is to invite a reader into a room and pour a nice cup of tea . . . and then nail the door shut. — author Charles Bowden, 2010 NPR interview There is so much daily that expresses so much about the slippery slopes we are in globally because of predatory-penury-parasitic-pugilistic capitalism. In the …

Heiner Flassbeck (2022-01-30). Can economy and ecology be reconciled? indybay.org The Corona-related shutdown, imposed by the state and whose effects are to be dampened by the state with enormous sums of money, will go down in history as the classic example of how states create unhappiness and unemployment with unilateral interventions in the economy.

_____ (2022-01-29). Media Beats War Drums With Russia While US/Saudis Kill Hundreds In Yemen. popularresistance.org Journalists Benjamin Norton and Alan MacLeod join Mnar Adley to discuss how the mainstream media spent the last week beating drums of war with Russia over Ukraine with headlines and talking heads funded and sponsored by Lockheed Martin and NATO. | Meanwhile, there wasn't a single article covering how the US-Saudi-UAE coalition cut off the internet to Yemen for several days while dropping hundreds of bombs on civilians resulting in hundreds dead and over a thousand injured. Guess which story CNN covered? Both conflicts were brought to you by weapons manufacturers.

_____ (2022-01-29). Call To Action: No War With Russia Over Ukraine. popularresistance.org Once again, our world is facing an imminent threat of war between two major nuclear powers. As in the past, the United States is using the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) as the vehicle to wage war in clear violation of international law and the Charter of United Nations. | The Biden administration is currently flying $200 million worth of weapons and other "lethal aid" to Ukraine and has 8,500 US troops on standby to enter that country. 'Nonessential' US diplomatic personnel and their families are being withdrawn from the country. The corporate media is lockstep in its portrayal of Russia as the enemy…

Rick Rozoff (2022-01-29). Russia calls on U.S. to withdraw nuclear weapons from Europe, cease joint nuclear drills with non-nuclear allies. globalresearch.ca This is a serious issue, perhaps the most serious of issues in Europe, but coming as it does immediately on the heels of Russia's prior list of demands being resolutely rejected by the U.S. and NATO yesterday, the prospects of …

_____ (2022-01-29). Endless War Is The Empire's Last Dance. popularresistance.org This moment of history will be remembered for the massive shift in global relations currently underway. On one side stands the forces of peace and multipolarity led by China, Russia, and their allies in the Global South. On the other is the forces of empire and conquest spearheaded by the U.S. and its allies. The conflict between these two "camps" is about much more than competing visions for planetary development. World politics have transitioned from a war between socialism and capitalism to a protracted struggle for the survival of humanity itself. | The forces of Empire have reached the following conclusion:…

TASS (2022-01-29). US pumps Kiev regime with weapons, incites it to military adventures, says Russian embassy. tass.com The diplomatic mission called once again on Washington to force its wards to comply with the Minsk agreements, and not to indulge their belligerency and attempts to forcibly assimilate the Russian-speaking population…

Staff (2022-01-29). Failure of American 'disinformation' revealed. rt.com Why is the US government pretending that RT is the only news outlet that makes mistakes? | A new US government report has accused RT of spreading false narratives. However, in the process, Washington officials have exposed some untruths of their own. Far from being an isolated case, it's typical of the West's burgeoning disinformation industry. | Whenever a new 'threat' appears, be it ethnic conflict, weapons of mass destruction, terrorism or anything else, the coffers of government open up, and funds pour into state organizations, think tanks and private 'experts' in an effort to dissect the problem in questi…

Anonymous103 (2022-01-29). Navy Confirms Newly Emerged Video Shows F-35 Crash In South China Sea. southfront.org F-35C Lightning II carrier variant joint strike fighter Source: U.S. Navy | Originally published on The US Navy has confirmed that an image and video that emerged in social media this week showing the crash landing of an advanced F-35C stealth fighter is authentic. It crashed and apparently rolled off the USS Vinson aircraft carrier and landed in the South China Sea on Monday. | The US Navy is re…

Kamal Iranidoost (2022-01-29). US-China race to discover debris after F-35 crashes (+VIDEO). en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jan. 29 (MNA) — After F-35 crashed into the South China Sea, the US and China have begun a race to find the wreckage.

WSWS (2022-01-29). With 900,000 dead from COVID-19, US capitalism doubles down on mass infection. wsws.org Even as thousands die each day, the Biden administration and US media are demanding the end of any remaining restrictions on the spread of COVID-19.

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2022-01-29). To the People of Cuba: Is Washington Preparing a "Soft Coup"? The Co-optation of Cuban Intellectuals. globalresearch.ca The Cuban Revolution constitutes a fundamental landmark in the history of humanity, which challenges the legitimacy of global capitalism. In all major regions of the World, the Cuban revolution has been a source of inspiration and struggle…

Editor (2022-01-29). Brazil Elections 2022: Greenwald debates Mier. mronline.org On January 24, Brasil Wire editor Brian Mier appeared on Eoin Higgins podcast, Flashpoint, to present his analysis of Brazilian Congressman David Miranda and his husband Glenn Greenwald's abandonment of the PSOL (Socialism and Liberty Party) for the moderate PDT.

Dean Baker (2022-01-29). More Thoughts on the Great Inflation Debate. cepr.net We don't want to see anything like the surge in unemployment from the 1981—82 recession, especially if it's intended to combat an inflation problem that does not exist.

Andrew Emett (2022-01-29). Police sergeant arrested for DUI after crashing car. nationofchange.org Dunwoody Police Sergeant Robert Parsons had been suspended from the department for five days, placed on probation for two years and required an alcohol assessment.

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