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2023-02-25: News Headlines

Colin Todhunter (2023-02-25). What Was Covid Really About? Triggering A Multi-Trillion Dollar Global Debt Crisis. "Ramping up an Imperialist Strategy"? globalresearch.ca If it was indeed about public health, why close down the bulk of health services and the global economy knowing full well what the implications would be? And why mount a military-style propaganda campaign to censor world-renowned scientists and terrorise entire populations…

Abayomi Azikiwe, Black Agenda Report. (2023-02-24). African American Resistance In The Rural South. popularresistance.org As Wall Street collapsed the United States was faced with the threat of yet another social and political crisis which could have prompted a national uprising against capitalism. | During October 1929, the United States economic system was plunged into an unprecedented depression where tens of millions were thrown out of work and their homes. | In the South, the African American people living in major cities, small towns and rural areas were impacted more than any other demographic inside the country. | The Great Depression began under the leadership of Republican President Herbert Hoover who refused to initiate a…

Emanuel Pastreich (2023-02-24). Does "Capitalism" Fully Explain the Ruthless Extraction and Consumption We Witness? globalresearch.ca

In Defense of Liberation! (2023-02-24). African Liberation NOT simply "Black History" anchor.fm In this episode we discuss how February and "Black History Month" distracts from the ongoing African liberation struggles, their revolutionary character, action, and ideology, and enforces individualism, wealth accumulation, private property, capitalism and imperialism.

Colin Todhunter (2023-02-25). What Was Covid Really About? Triggering A Multi-Trillion Dollar Global Debt Crisis. "Ramping up an Imperialist Strategy"? globalresearch.ca If it was indeed about public health, why close down the bulk of health services and the global economy knowing full well what the implications would be? And why mount a military-style propaganda campaign to censor world-renowned scientists and terrorise entire populations…

Abayomi Azikiwe, Black Agenda Report. (2023-02-24). African American Resistance In The Rural South. popularresistance.org As Wall Street collapsed the United States was faced with the threat of yet another social and political crisis which could have prompted a national uprising against capitalism. | During October 1929, the United States economic system was plunged into an unprecedented depression where tens of millions were thrown out of work and their homes. | In the South, the African American people living in major cities, small towns and rural areas were impacted more than any other demographic inside the country. | The Great Depression began under the leadership of Republican President Herbert Hoover who refused to initiate a…

Emanuel Pastreich (2023-02-24). Does "Capitalism" Fully Explain the Ruthless Extraction and Consumption We Witness? globalresearch.ca

In Defense of Liberation! (2023-02-24). African Liberation NOT simply "Black History" anchor.fm In this episode we discuss how February and "Black History Month" distracts from the ongoing African liberation struggles, their revolutionary character, action, and ideology, and enforces individualism, wealth accumulation, private property, capitalism and imperialism.

Suds, Snacks,, Socialism Forum Committee (2023-02-25). Saturday 3/4: The Global Struggle for Women's Rights. indybay.org The Starry Plough Pub | 3101 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94705…

Helen Yaffe (2023-02-24). What's Driving 'Irregular' Cuban Emigration to the United States? orinocotribune.com By Helen Yaffe — Feb 2, 2023 | In 2022, an unprecedented number of Cubans arrived in the United States through irregular, or 'illegal' channels. Historically the United States has encouraged and weaponised Cuban emigration. Cuban migrants fuel US propaganda about the failure of socialism and about political persecution and the lack of freedom and human rights on the island. However, it is an issue which can spiral out of control, forcing US administrations into dialogue with the Cuban government in the past. The current surge is creating political problems for President Biden as his opponents exploit the iss…

Vijay Prashad (2023-02-24). The true test of a civilisation is the absence of anxiety about health: The Eighth Newsletter (2023). mronline.org I was reminded of the Carlos Marx Hospital by the newest edition in our series Studies on the DDR, jointly produced by Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research and the Internationale Forschungsstelle DDR (IFDDR) and entitled 'Socialism Is the Best Prophylaxis': The German Democratic Republic's Health Care System.

WSWS (2023-02-25). Scores of immigrants die in bus crashes trying to reach locked-down US border. wsws.org The tragedies in Panama and Mexico are not mere "traffic accidents" but part and parcel of monstrous social crimes committed by US imperialism.

Amy Goodman (2023-02-24). Calls Grow for Rail Safety Laws as Officials Deem Ohio Derailment Preventable. truthout.org Residents of East Palestine, Ohio, continue to demand answers about how a Norfolk Southern train carrying toxic chemicals derailed February 3, releasing hazardous materials into the air, water and soil. The National Transportation Safety Board has released a preliminary report on the accident, blaming a wheel bearing failure for the crash and saying the derailment was "100% preventable."… |

Staff (2023-02-24). Bomb Train: Calls Grow for New Laws on Rail Safety After Toxic Disaster in East Palestine, Ohio. democracynow.org Residents of East Palestine, Ohio, continue to demand answers about how a Norfolk Southern train carrying toxic chemicals derailed February 3, releasing hazardous materials into the air, water and soil. The National Transportation Safety Board has released a preliminary report on the accident, blaming a wheel bearing failure for the crash and saying the derailment was "100% preventable." Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, who has faced widespread criticism over his response to the disaster, visited the village on Thursday for the first time since the derailment, a day after former President Trum…

Anonymous669 (2023-02-24). U.S. To Supply Altius-600, Jump 20 Drones To Ukraine In New Military Aid Package. southfront.org An Area-I Air-Launched, Tube-Integrated, Unmanned System, or ALTIUS, sails through the skies at Yuma Proving Ground, Ariz., March 4. (Jose Mejia-Betancourth/CCDC AvMC Technology Development Directorate) | The United States Department of Defense announced on February 24, the one-year anniversary of the Russian special military operation in Ukraine, that it will be supplying more drones to Kiev forces as part of a new $2 billion military aid package. | The new weapons will be provided under the Ukra…

Rick Rozoff (2023-02-24). U.S. floods Ukraine with $2 billion more in arms, ammunition for second year of war. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Defense NewsFebruary 24, 2023 US vows to send more drones, aid to Ukraine on war's anniversary The Pentagon announced Friday morning it would send more drones to Ukraine as part of a new $2 billion package… The new $2 billion in aid includes more ammunition for High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems, more ammunition for 155mm …

Shujie Huang, Zhen Gao, Sichao Wang (2023-02-25). [Correspondence] China's COVID-19 reopening measures—warriors and weapons. thelancet.com On Dec 7, 2022, the Chinese Government issued the New 10 epidemic prevention policy1 and announced that China's dynamic zero-COVID policy, which had been adhered to for nearly 3 years, has officially moved towards reopening. However, in the face of the omicron variant with an average basic reproduction number of 9 ∑5,2 a new COVID-19 pandemic in China was inevitable. In Henan province, with a population approaching 100 million people, the provincial government announced on Jan 9, 2023, that 89% of the province population was infected.

Dave DeCamp (2023-02-24). China Says Sending Weapons Into Ukraine War Won't Bring Peace. news.antiwar.com China's representative to the UN on Thursday said that sending weapons to be used in the Ukraine war will not bring peace as the US is claiming Beijing is considering providing Moscow with military aid for the conflict. "One year into the Ukraine crisis, brutal facts have offered ample proof that sending weapons will not …

ecns.cn (2023-02-24). Despite bogus reports, nation will not engage in arms race. ecns.cn China has always pursued the policy of no-first-use of nuclear weapons and will not use or threaten to use nuclear weapons against non-nuclear-weapon states or nuclear-weapon-free zones, said Ministry of National Defense on Thursday.

Jessica Priest, Perla Trevizo (2023-02-24). Texas governor says most gun crimes involve illegally owned weapons. That's not true for mass shootings. nationofchange.org According to an investigation by ProPublica and The Texas Tribune, the majority of the state's 19 mass shootings over the past six decades were carried out by men who legally possessed firearms.

Owen Fairclough (2023-02-24). Western weapons and Ukraine, one year into crisis. america.cgtn.com When Russia sent its troops into Ukraine a year ago, authorities in Kyiv were so desperate they were urging civilians to defend themselves with homemade explosives. Twelve months on, Ukraine's army is receiving some of the world's most sophisticated weapons, courtesy of NATO allies who …

Staff (2023-02-24). Headlines for February 24, 2023. democracynow.org U.N. Votes Overwhelmingly to Condemn Russia's Invasion of Ukraine Ahead of Anniversary, Putin Vows to Strengthen Russia's Nuclear Arsenal, U.S., South Korea and Japan Hold Nuclear War Drill as North Korea Test-Fires Missiles, U.S. to Quadruple Troop Presence in Taiwan, Iran Acknowledges Enriching Uranium to Near Weapons-Grade Purity, Iranian Court Sentences German-Iranian Journalist to Death, U.S. Frees Two Guantánamo Prisoners Who Faced Torture and 20 Years of Arbitrary Detention, U.N. Resumes Talks on Treaty to Protect Ocean Biodiversity, Winter Storms Blanket Midwest and SoCal with Snow as Southern…

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2023-02-21: News Headlines

Newsclick (2023-02-20). Decoding India's Economy | With Prof. Prabhat Patnaik. peoplesdispatch.org Senior journalist Aunindyo Chakravarty and noted economist Prabhat Patnaik discuss the economic structure of India, the support base of the current dispensation, questions around capitalism and socialism, and what gives us hope in these difficult times…

Otis Grotewohl (2023-02-20). Tech layoffs expose capitalism. workers.org High-tech companies are laying off workers at record levels. More than 93,000 tech positions have been eliminated this year, and it is only the second month. These cuts include 6,650 job losses announced by Dell and the layoff of 1,300 Zoom employees in early February. (crunchbase.com, Feb. 15, 2023) The . . . |

WSWS (2023-02-21). Australia: Queensland Police exploit right-wing terror attack to target socialism and Marxism. wsws.org After denying that a shoot-out between police and right-wing individuals last December was a "terror event," the Queensland Police have done an abrupt about-face and issued sweeping directives against "extremists," especially socialists.

Fight Back (2023-02-20). Against Trotskyism: Socialism in one country. fightbacknews.org One of the main pillars of Trotskyism is the denial of the possibility of building socialism in a single country. This is an outgrowth of Trotsky's permanent revolution theory, which argued that the revolution in Russia depended on the immediate success of revolution in western Europe to avoid defeat. Nevertheless, the Soviet Union did indeed build socialism in one country, so we should look at the disagreements between Marxism-Leninism and Trotskyism on this point and try to understand where they come from. | Trotsky's permanent revolution theory was, from the beginning, opposed to the idea that socialism could…

Newsclick (2023-02-20). Decoding India's Economy | With Prof. Prabhat Patnaik. peoplesdispatch.org Senior journalist Aunindyo Chakravarty and noted economist Prabhat Patnaik discuss the economic structure of India, the support base of the current dispensation, questions around capitalism and socialism, and what gives us hope in these difficult times…

Otis Grotewohl (2023-02-20). Tech layoffs expose capitalism. workers.org High-tech companies are laying off workers at record levels. More than 93,000 tech positions have been eliminated this year, and it is only the second month. These cuts include 6,650 job losses announced by Dell and the layoff of 1,300 Zoom employees in early February. (crunchbase.com, Feb. 15, 2023) The . . . |

WSWS (2023-02-21). Australia: Queensland Police exploit right-wing terror attack to target socialism and Marxism. wsws.org After denying that a shoot-out between police and right-wing individuals last December was a "terror event," the Queensland Police have done an abrupt about-face and issued sweeping directives against "extremists," especially socialists.

Fight Back (2023-02-20). Against Trotskyism: Socialism in one country. fightbacknews.org One of the main pillars of Trotskyism is the denial of the possibility of building socialism in a single country. This is an outgrowth of Trotsky's permanent revolution theory, which argued that the revolution in Russia depended on the immediate success of revolution in western Europe to avoid defeat. Nevertheless, the Soviet Union did indeed build socialism in one country, so we should look at the disagreements between Marxism-Leninism and Trotskyism on this point and try to understand where they come from. | Trotsky's permanent revolution theory was, from the beginning, opposed to the idea that socialism could…

Abayomi Azikiwe (2023-02-20). African American Resistance in the Rural South from the Great Depression to World War II. globalresearch.ca

ecns.cn (2023-02-20). China's first domestically produced antidepressant approved for market sale. ecns.cn China's first domestically produced antidepressant recently received approval for market sale, making a major innovative breakthrough for domestic drugs in treating depression.

Staff (2023-02-20). "Log Off": 1 in 3 U.S. Girls Weighs Suicide. Will Congress Restrict Big Tech? democracynow.org As the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warns teen girls face record levels of depression and hopelessness, we host a roundtable on the role of social media and a bipartisan push against Big Tech in Congress. Several child safety-focused bills to curtail children's exposure to harmful online interactions are being proposed this session. Critics say the measures may not actually help children while limiting speech and privacy rights. We are joined by three people who testified last week before the Senate Judiciary Committee: Emma Lembke, a college student and founder of the LOG OFF movement, which…

Kyle K. Moore, Economic Policy Institute. (2023-02-20). Five Principles For Making State And Local Reparations Plans Reparative. popularresistance.org We are still living in the aftermath of 2020's overlapping crises of racial injustice, our nation's polycrisis. Between the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic, the ensuing economic recession, and the public police murder of George Floyd, we saw a harsh truth about the structure of American political economy: White supremacy has shaped our institutions such that their outcome is consistent Black precarity and premature death. | This confluence of tragedies brought awareness of the Black American condition to a new generation. It also reinvigorated interest among academics and policymakers to finally do something a…

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2023-02-20). What We Know about the US Air Force's Balloon Party So Far. transcend.org 18 Feb 2023 – The US military only kill foreigners for resource and profits for the military-industrial complex. Turns out it is also used for shooting down party balloons.

Zero Hedge (2023-02-20). China Hits Lockheed Martin, Raytheon with Retaliatory Sanctions Amid Balloon Saga. globalresearch.ca

Editor (2023-02-20). Our Freedoms Shrink as Our Military Expands. scheerpost.com By Brad Wolf / CounterPunch The Merchants of Death even own our sidewalks. That's what we were told when we arrived at Raytheon Technologies in Arlington, Virginia, on Valentine's Day, February 14th, to issue a "Contempt Citation" for Raytheon's failure to comply with a subpoena issued last November by the Merchants of Death War Crimes Tribunal, a People's Tribunal scheduled …

A Guest Author (2023-02-21). On the 20th anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq: National March on Washington Saturday, March 18. workers.org The United National AntiWar Coalition emailed the message below to its supporters. No War in Ukraine! No to NATO! No Weapons, No Money for the Ukraine War! Protest in Times Square, New York City, Jan. 14, 2023, part of international week of actions during MLK birthday week. WW Photo: Brenda . . . |

Dave DeCamp (2023-02-21). China Rejects US Claim That It's Considering Arming Russia. news.antiwar.com China on Monday rejected a claim from US Secretary of State Antony Blinken that Beijing was considering providing Russia with weapons to use in its war in Ukraine. "It is the US, not China, that has been pouring weapons into the battlefield. The US is in no position to tell China what to do. We …

Jason Ditz (2023-02-21). IAEA, Iran in Talks Over Highly-Enriched Uranium Finding. news.antiwar.com The IAEA is turning up its latest concerns about Iran's civilian nuclear program with media reports of a discovery of Iran is known to be producing uranium of up to 60% purity, and it should be noted that weapons grade is in excess of 90%. Thus, neither the 60% stockpile, nor these 84% particles, are actually a proliferation risk for atomic weapons. | The expected spin is that this newer top-line enrich…

Rick Rozoff (2023-02-21). Numbers on NATO's provision of lethal aid to Ukraine. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Prensa LatinaFebruary 20, 2023 NATO delivers weapons to Ukraine since 2021 Russia's Foreign Intelligence Service reported on Monday that since December 2021, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) member countries have delivered weapons to Ukraine. According to the organization, NATO transferred 1,170 anti-aircraft defense systems, 440 tanks, 1,150 infantry vehicles, and 655 artillery pieces to …

Anonymous103 (2023-02-20). Expired Foreign Weapons In Service With Ukrainian Forces Not A Problem For Corrupt Kiev Regime. southfront.org Click to see full-size image | Russian military sources revealed that the Ukrainian military was supplied with expired ammunition from the United States. Newly shared photo of a servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) showed a US-made 120-mm shell. Its marking confirmed that it was already decommissioned by the US military. | Russian sources revealed that according to the marking of the ammunition, Washington supplied decommissioned weapons for the AFU. | Moreover, according to the Pentagon sources, these munition…

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2023-02-20). Israeli Security Forces Carry Out Massacre in Jenin, Palestine. transcend.org 13 Feb 2023 – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir have vowed to make it easier for Israelis to carry guns. Ben-Gvir: "I want weapons on the streets, I want Israeli citizens to be able to protect themselves." It follows the Zionist narrative of demonizing the victim and sanctifying the aggressor [remember Hitler & Nazism?>.

Staff (2023-02-20). Headlines for February 20, 2023. democracynow.org Biden Visits Ukraine, Pledges More Weapons Ahead of First Anniversary of Russian Invasion, Europe to Increase Flow of Weapons to Ukraine as Peace Protesters Call for Diplomacy Over War, Kamala Harris Accuses Russia of Crimes Against Humanity, Warns Beijing Against Supporting Russia, Japan, U.S., South Korea Threaten More Sanctions After N. Korea Ballistic Missile Drills, Turkey Winding Down Earthquake Rescue Operations as Anger Grows over Scale of Deaths & Destruction, Thousands Protest as Extreme-Right Israeli Gov't Presses Ahead with Attack on Judiciary, Israeli Airstrikes Kill 15 in Damascus; U.S. Says I…

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