_____ (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). Ex-General Pushing For NATO Troops In Ukraine Has Weapons Industry Ties. popularresistance.org Weapons companies and military contractors stand to book new orders and enjoy heightened demand for new weapons systems, as the United States and NATO countries scale up spending in response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine. | Coincidentally or not, one of the most high-profile advocates for dramatically escalating NATO's involvement in the war — literally calling for putting troops and arms inside Ukraine — quietly moonlights as a consultant for weapons firms and defense contractors, interests that presumably stand to benefit from a direct conflict between NATO and Russia. | More importantly, that con…

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-27). Austin: 43-nation defense/military council meeting on Ukraine to be monthly event. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Polish RadioApril 27, 2022 Ukraine needs heavy arms, Polish defence minister tells conference Poland's defence minister said that Ukraine needed heavy weapons as he attended an international conference on Tuesday to discuss military support for the country invaded by Mariusz B≈Çaszczak was among top military officials from more than 40 nations who convened at Ramstein …

Abdul Rahman (2022-04-27). As Russian offensive in Ukraine enters third month, talks stalled. peoplesdispatch.org Russia alleges that the US and NATO are pushing for the continuation of the war by supplying heavy weapons to Ukraine and pressuring its president to backtrack from the promises made during the talks earlier…

Jake Kallio (2022-04-27). While fueling Ukraine proxy war, NATO and EU are militarizing the Balkans. multipolarista.com The proxy war in Ukraine threatens to drag the Balkans into a larger regional conflict, as the US, EU, and NATO militarize Bosnia and increase pressure on Serbia, and Ukrainian drones crash in Croatia.

JANET (2022-04-27). With high-tech weapons to Ukraine, U.S. escalates war. iacenter.org By John Catalinotto April 26, 2022 April 25 — Twice in the last week, the Biden administration promised to deliver $800 million in heavy and technologically advanced weapons to Ukraine, for a total of $1.6 billion, added to nearly $3 billion earlier. The U.S. has coordinated deliveries from Canada, Britain and other NATO powers. These deliveries are just a beginning. Communist Party of Greece (KKE) and the Communist Youth (CNU) members block a train carrying military equipment and U.S.-NATO combat vehicles exiting port of Alexandroupoli April 10. Greek railway workers have blocked transport of U.S. military…

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-27). EU subsidizes shipment of more weapons from Slovakia to Ukraine. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Slovak SpectatorApril 27, 2022 Slovakia donates additional ‚Ǩ2 million worth of military equipment to UkraineThe EU promises to fund Slovakia's expenses The Defense Ministry prepared another support package for Ukraine, reported the TASR newswire. Possibly due to geographical proximity and shared similarities, Slovakia has become one of the top Ukrainian supporters amongst other European countries, …

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-27). After 43-nation war council, Australia to send howitzers, ammunition to Ukraine. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com UkrinformApril 27, 2022 Australia to send Ukraine howitzers, ammo Australia will give Ukraine more heavy artillery weapons and ammunition. *** The $26.7 million package of military assistance will see Ukraine provided with six M777 lightweight towed howitzers along with ammunition…. It takes Australia's military assistance contribution to Ukraine to $225 million, with a further $65 …

Isaac Enríquez Pérez (2022-04-27). Las causas y consecuencias del retorno de la inflación global. globalizacion.ca Que la economía mundial experimente comportamientos de la inflación como no se observaba desde hace cuatro décadas es el signo de la perpetuación de la crisis estructural del capitalismo, de su modelo rentista y parasitario, y del fracaso de las…

imperial.ac.uk (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.

Ann Brown (2022-04-27). American Trucking Demand Has Fallen Off Cliff, Signaling Potential Recession. moguldom.com The U.S. trucking industry is slowing down and it's not a good sign for the economy, experts say. In fact, trucking demand is at its lowest point since June 2020 when the U.S. was in lockdown, and the spot market is faring even worse. Since the beginning of March 2022, there has been an unexpectedly sharp …

_____ (2022-04-27). Reject Raytheon Asheville Shuts Down Pratt & Whitney Plant. popularresistance.org It was an Earth Day to remember. On a beautiful sunny spring day, our local citizen coalition Reject Raytheon in Asheville, North Carolina pulled off a three-part demonstration for the protection of the earth and earthlings and against the U.S. military-industrial complex. We rallied, we paraded, and we took direct action. | The event on Friday, April 22, began at 10 a.m. in the Bent Creek River Park, on the banks of the French Broad River. The park sits exactly next to the new bridge being built for the 1.2 million square foot Pratt & Whitney plant and in the shadow of the Blue Ridge Parkway bridge over the…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-04-27). Putin Promises 'Lightning' Response to Strategic Threats to Russia. libya360.wordpress.com President warns that Russia won't hesitate to use 'weapons that no other country' possesses to defend itself Russian president Vladimir Putin has warned outside forces against interfering in the Ukrainian conflict, promising a "lightning-speed" response to such actions, with the use of Moscow's most advanced weaponry. "If someone decides to intervene in the ongoing events…

_____ (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 …

Tim Wheeler (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 …

imperial.ac.uk (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.

Staff (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.

Staff (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.

editors of Sozialismus.de, R. Lapuente (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.

Aaron Maté (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" …

Anonymous103 (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…

Jeremy Kuzmarov (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 …

Dave DeCamp (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

Dave DeCamp (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…

Han B, Volkow ND, Blanco C, et al. (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.

Peoples Dispatch (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.