(2023-02-15). El capitalismo de la impunidad. globalizacion.ca El reciente informe de Oxfam, ´La supervivencia de los más ricos ª, distribuido el mismo día que comenzaba el Foro de Davos, revela que el 1% más rico del planeta se apoderó de casi dos tercios de la nueva riqueza creada…
(2023-02-15). 'Socialism is the best prophylaxis': The German Democratic Republic's Health Care System. mronline.org 
The German Democratic Republic (DDR) was a socialist state founded in East Germany in 1949 as a democratic, antifascist reaction to the Second World War and the subsequent restoration of monopoly capitalism in West Germany.
(2023-02-15). Super Bowl LVII: Money, militarism, spectacle … and football. wsws.org The sponsors and organizers of the Super Bowl at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona were at pains to keep anything about the multiple crises of world capitalism from finding its way into the festivities.
(2023-02-15). El capitalismo de la impunidad. globalizacion.ca El reciente informe de Oxfam, ´La supervivencia de los más ricos ª, distribuido el mismo día que comenzaba el Foro de Davos, revela que el 1% más rico del planeta se apoderó de casi dos tercios de la nueva riqueza creada…
(2023-02-15). 'Socialism is the best prophylaxis': The German Democratic Republic's Health Care System. mronline.org The German Democratic Republic (DDR) was a socialist state founded in East Germany in 1949 as a democratic, antifascist reaction to the Second World War and the subsequent restoration of monopoly capitalism in West Germany.
(2023-02-15). Super Bowl LVII: Money, militarism, spectacle … and football. wsws.org The sponsors and organizers of the Super Bowl at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona were at pains to keep anything about the multiple crises of world capitalism from finding its way into the festivities.
(2023-02-15). Report of higher than expected price rises in January points to continued rate hikes. wsws.org The report of higher than expected inflation in January caused a drop on Wall Street, as investors anticipated that the US Federal Reserve will press on with its program of interest rate increases aimed at triggering a recession to undermine workers' wage demands.
(2023-02-15). 'Kneel Down And Ask Forgiveness': Angry Ukrainians Appeal To Zelensky. southfront.org
(2023-02-15). Chemical Desolation In Appalachia. popularresistance.org East Palestine, Ohio – In the village of East Palestine, on a late Friday evening, a Norfolk Southern freight train derailed on the Ohio side of the Pennsylvania border, causing tanker cars to rupture and catch fire, releasing thousands of tons of hazardous chemical compounds into the surrounding land and atmosphere. At the time of the crash, the known chemicals aboard included the highly toxic vinyl chloride and hydrogen chloride. An EPA document dump on February 12 revealed additional carcinogenic chemicals were aboard too, as well as some highly flammable solvents and gases.
(2023-02-15). Merger Mania in the Military-Industrial Complex. scheerpost.com 
(2023-02-15). Merger Mania in the Military-Industrial Complex: Tackling Pentagon Waste Means Battling the Big Weapons Makers and Asking More of Congress. juancole.com 
By Julia Gledhill and William D. Hartung | — ( Tomdispatch.com ) — It's early in the new Congress, but lawmakers are already hotly debating spending and debt levels. As they do so, they risk losing track of an important issue hiding in plain sight: massive Pentagon waste. At least in theory, combating such excess …
(2023-02-16). New Bank of Japan governor has to tread a fine line. wsws.org The key task facing the new governor will be the reorientation of the central bank's policy away from yield curve control (YCC), instituted in 2016, under which the BOJ outlaid the equivalent of trillions of dollars to purchase government bonds and keep interest rates at near zero levels.
(2023-02-15). White House: The GOP's Current Agenda Would Add $3 Trillion to National Debt. truthout.org The White House is going after congressional Republicans for their current agenda, which the Biden administration says would add trillions of dollars to the national debt while making life materially worse for the American public. In a fact sheet released on Wednesday, the White House highlighted four different recently proposed Republican policies that, if passed, would collectively add over $3… |
(2023-02-15). U.S. Wants To Transfer Seized Iranian Weapons To Ukraine — Report. southfront.org 
(2023-02-15). UK MoD Says It Found Evidence Of Iran's Support For Yemen's Houthis On Seized Drone. southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image. Source: the UK Ministry of Defence. | On February 13, the United Kingdom Ministry of Defence said that it had presented the United Nations with evidence linking Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) to the smuggling of weapons to Yemen. | The evidence consisted of weapons which were seized by HMS Montrose of the Royal Navy from boats operated by smugglers in international waters south of Iran in early 2022. The weapons included Iranian 358 surface-to-air-miss…
(2023-02-15). West's Ability to Arm Ukraine Continues to Wane. thealtworld.com Update for Russian military operations in Ukraine for February 15, 2023: | — Ukrainian forces continue to lose ground along the line of contact; | — Bakhmut faces encirclement by Russian forces which Ukraine admits is using heavy artillery shelling, not "human waves" to destroy Ukrainian positions; | — NATO begins to admit to limits of what it can send Ukraine in terms of weapons and ammunition; | — Efforts by Western nations to increase production will still fall far short even after several years of expanding production lines; | — US announces plan to train Ukrainian forces to fight on…
(2023-02-15). "Palestinians are being attacked by Israeli settlers, and weapons are replacing stones." Interview with Dr. Stephen Sizer. globalresearch.ca
(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
(2023-02-15). Guns Leading Killer of Kids: With MSU Massacre, U.S. Averages More Than One Mass Shooting a Day. democracynow.org 
The Michigan State University community is in mourning after a mass shooting on campus Monday in which a gunman killed three students and severely wounded five more. In response to Monday's killings, both Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer and President Joe Biden have called for tighter gun laws to restrict the purchase of weapons. Monday's bloodshed came just a day before the fifth anniversary of the 2018 mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, highlighting the ever-present risk of gun violence in the lives of young people in the United States. "Young people…