(2022-04-27). The White House is Turning the War in Ukraine into a New Gold Rush. journal-neo.org 
The Americans have a saying that every new president needs his own "splendid little war." They understand perfectly that a war of that kind will enrich the incoming political and military establishment and also solve many social and financial problem in the country, not least unemployment, and help reduce foreign debt. The political establishment has …
(2022-04-27). Angy Lebowitz—fighter for equality, peace, socialism—dies at 101. peoplesworld.org 
Angy Lebowitz, a tiny, energetic fighter for peace, racial equality, universal health care, and socialism, died Feb. 18, 2022, at the New Jersey Veterans Home in Paramus, N.J. She was 101 years old. I served as editor of People's Weekly World for 11 years and got to know and love Angy for her unswerving devotion …
(2022-04-27). Podcast: Making malaria history, psychedelics for depression and a new diet. imperial.ac.uk In this edition: We discover what it will take to eradicate malaria, how psychedelics affect the depressed brain, and how a new diet can keep us full.
(2022-04-27). Plane crashes in Occupied Lands (+VIDEO). en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 27 (MNA) — A light aircraft crashed in the south of the occupied territories and its pilot was injured, news sources reported.
(2022-04-27). Saudi coalition violates Yemeni ceasefire 164 times. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 27 (MNA) — News sources reported that Saudis have violated the ceasefire in Yemen 164 times in one day.
(2022-04-27). Was the policy of detente a political mistake? indybay.org Under attack is a policy for which today, as in past decades, the top priority is to contain the European war before the threshold for the use of nuclear weapons is crossed… | In the age of nuclear weapons, war can no longer be a means of politics.
(2022-04-26). US weapons, European supplicants block peace in Ukraine. thegrayzone.com Richard Sakwa, scholar and author of "Frontline Ukraine", on the obstacles to peace in Ukraine. As the Russia-Ukraine war opens a new phase in the Donbas, scholar Richard Sakwa on the absence of diplomacy; the Western media's veneration of Zelensky; the European Union's self-implosion over the war; and the crackdown on dissent in both Ukraine and Russia. Guest: Richard Sakwa. Professor of Russian and European politics at the University of Kent. His books include "Frontline Ukraine: Crisis in the Borderlands" …
(2022-04-26). Strikes On Ukrainian Railways Threaten Military Supplies To Armed Forces. southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | On April 26th, the Russian cruise missile hit a railway bridge over the Dniester River in the village of Zatoka in the Odessa region. | As a result of the strike, the railway track was damaged. | This is the only bridge that connects Odessa with the western part of the region and Romania. The destruction of the bridge will significantly complicate any transfer of weapons from Europe to Ukraine, as well as a possible advance of foreign troops in the region. | On April 25, 5 Ukrainian rai…
(2022-04-26). Biden's New Arms Czar For Ukraine Has A Lot Of Blood On His Hands. popularresistance.org President Joe Biden's new appointee as arms czar for Ukraine, Terry Wolff, has a lot of blood on his hands. | The three-star general's new job is to coordinate arms shipments to Ukraine that are designed to bog down the Russians, including a new $800 million weapons package that President Biden authorized last Thursday. | A native of Elk Grove, California, who graduated from West Point in 1979, Wolff previously trained Iraqi forces for a deadly siege of Mosul in 2016, and helped plan operations in the illegal war on Afghanistan as a National Security Council senior director for the country. | Between November 201…
(2022-04-26). Biden's New Arms Czar for Ukraine Has a Lot of Blood on His Hands—They Are Likely to Get Even Bloodier. covertactionmagazine.com Terry Wolff oversaw training of Iraqi forces for deadly siege of Mosul and coalition fighting dirty war in Syria President …
(2022-04-26). Germany Says It Will Send Ukraine Anti-Aircraft Tanks in First Pledge of Heavy Weapons. news.antiwar.com On Tuesday, German Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht said Berlin will German Chancellor Olaf Scholz had been coming under
(2022-04-26). UK Minister Backs Ukraine Using British Weapons to Carry Out Attacks Inside Russia. news.antiwar.com The UK's armed forces minister said Tuesday British MP James Heappey said that it was "completely legitimate" for Ukraine to be hitting targets inside Russia to disrupt logistics, adding that it was "not necessarily a problem" if the Ukrainians carried out such attacks using weapons London provided to Kyiv. | The Russian Defense Ministry respond…
(2022-04-26). Trends in Cigarette Smoking Among US Adults With Major Depression or Substance Use Disorders. jamanetwork.com This exploratory study was conducted to examine trends in cigarette smoking among adults with and without a major depressive episode, substance use disorder, or both and by age, sex, and race and ethnicity.
(2022-04-26). Palestine Action's direct action temporarily shuts down Elbit's London headquarters. peoplesdispatch.org The London headquarters of Elbit Systems, an Israeli arms manufacturer was temporarily shut down on April 20, by activists belonging to Palestine Action and Extinction Rebellion Youth. Palestine Action noted that the Israeli military sources 85% of its drones from Elbit, making it Israel's biggest arms manufacturer.