(2022-01-24). Israeli-Linked Elbit Systems UK Sells off Part of Manchester Business Targeted by pro-Palestine Activists. orinocotribune.com Elbit Systems UK, an international technology company linked to Israel, has sold off part of one of its subsidiary businesses operating in Oldham, UK a move pro-Palestine groups are claiming is a 'victory'. | Elbit Systems UK, a subsidiary of the Israeli weapons maker, has sold off part of its daughter company operating at a factory in Oldham, Greater Manchester, which Elbit announced Monday it was selling the Power and Control Business of its subsidiary Fer…
(2022-01-24). Fannie Lou Hamer Institute To Host Reparations Conference: Economist Julianne Malveaux, Kamm Howard, Ron Daniels And More Set As Speakers. moguldom.com The Fannie Lou Hamer Institute is hosting a virtual community meeting and townhall about reparations. Entitled "Reparations Beyond Equity," the town hall will be held on Saturday, Jan. 29 at 11 a.m. Some of the top economists, scholars, activists and reparations advocates are among the speakers and moderators. They include Dr. Tabatha L. Jones Jolivet, …
(2022-01-24). Activists in Canada Build Construction Site on Pipeline Executives' Front Lawns. dissidentvoice.org World Beyond War Toronto, Ontario, Canada — This morning, Toronto supporters of the Wet'suwet'en land defense struggle against the Coastal Gaslink pipeline set up construction sites at the Toronto homes of TC Energy Board Chair Siim Vanaselja and Royal Bank of Canada Executive Doug Guzman. The supporters also flyered the neighborhood with photos of the …
(2022-01-24). Walk For "Life" Disrupted by Women's Rights Protest. indybay.org Justice R.B. Ginsberg, on leave from Heaven, joins activists…
(2022-01-24). Chicago activists denounce crisis pregnancy centers, demand abortion rights. zcomm.org Please Help ZNet Source: Liberation Photo by Sheila Fitzgerald/Shutterstock In commemoration of the 49th anniversary of the landmark decision in Roe v. Wade, activists and community members came out into the streets of Chicago to protest crisis pregnancy centers and demand the federal legalization of abortion. Organized by the
(2022-01-24). Munich anti-BDS policy is illegal, German federal court rules. electronicintifada.net Meanwhile, Palestine solidarity supporters face lawsuit in Austria.
(2022-01-24). Blows Against the Empire‚Ää—‚Ää2021 In Memoriam. orinocotribune.com By Steve Lalla for Orinoco Tribune — Jan 22, 2022 | 2021 was marked, from start to finish, as a year dominated by the pandemic and its attendant dramas, including vaccination, variants, and lockdowns. When the prior year had come to a close, journalists and writers had described 2020 as the "plague year" or the "lost year." Although 2020 was defined by the onset of the pandemic and over two million deaths attributed to COVID-19, this was nothing compared to the all-encompassing, inescapable pall that COVID cast over the year 2021. | The pandemic has dealt a particularly heavy blow to residents of the world's…
(2022-01-24). If the Russians were in Scotland… mronline.org George: "The war started because of the vile Hun and his villainous empire-building."
(2022-01-24). UAE Can't Hide its War on Yemen behind Finehearted Conversations. journal-neo.org Ever since the opening of Dubai Expo 2020 in Dubai, the UAE appears to have become the centre of tourism in the region, adding to its overall standing as a modern, peaceful state. The UAE's image-politics also involves its legal reforms — in particular, those targeted at attracting foreign (non-Muslim) investors and residents. Abu Dhabi's …
(2022-01-24). Scores killed in Saudi-led airstrikes, highlighting US-Saudi war crimes. wsws.org On Friday, a Saudi airstrike on a detention center in Saada, northern Yemen, housing African migrant workers transiting through Yemen to Saudi Arabia, killed at least 82 people and wounded 266 more.
(2022-01-24). Yemenis attack targets deep inside S. Arabia, UAE (+VIDEOS). en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jan. 24 (MNA) — According to media reports, the Yemeni army and popular committees targeted the deep inside Saudi Arabia and the UAE, and the armed forces will issue an important statement in the coming hours.
(2022-01-24). Watch UAE forces intercept incoming missiles over Abu Dhabi. rt.com The nighttime engagement was filmed by multiple witnesses on the ground | The United Arab Emirates (UAE) have reported successfully intercepting two ballistic missiles launched by the Yemeni Houthi fighters. The projectiles were destroyed by air defense forces, with debris falling in various parts of the capital Abu Dhabi, the defense ministry reported, as The moment of the early Monday-morning incident was filmed from the ground by multiple witnesses, according to purported footage of the incid…
(2022-01-24). Iran roads min. due in Baku for bilateral talks. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jan. 24 (MNA) — Iranian Minister of Roads and Urban Development will depart for Baku on Monday to visit senior officials of the Republic of Azerbaijan to discuss transport capacities between the two countries.
(2022-01-24). Iran's UN Rights Restored After Paying Off Membership Arrears. telesurenglish.net Iran's ambassador to the United Nations Majid Takht-Ravanchi announced that his country regained its right to vote at the UN General Assembly after its membership dues to the organization were paid by South Korea with frozen Iranian funds. | RELATED: | He said that as soon as Iran's arrears are received in New York, the country's voting rights should naturally be restored. South Korea confirmed on Sunday that it has paid Tehran's m…
(2022-01-24). Washington sets precondition for returning to JCPOA. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jan. 24 (MNA) — US Special Envoy for Iran's Affairs Robert Malley has set a precondition for Washington to return to the JCPOA despite the fact that the US violated the deal by withdrawing from it in 2018.
(2022-01-24). Front pages of Iran's English dailies on January 24. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jan. 24 (MNA) — Here are the front pages of Iran's English language dailies on Monday, January 24.
(2022-01-24). Kurds rally against escalating attacks in Turkey, Iraq, Iran and Syria. greenleft.org.au Members of Sydney's Kurdish community rallied at Sydney Town Hall to protest escalating attacks on Kurds in Turkey, Iraq, Iran and Syria. Peter Boyle reports.
(2022-01-24). Briefing on Iran's daily developments. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jan. 24 (MNA) — The following are the Islamic Republic of Iran's latest developments in the last 24 hours.
(2022-01-24). Strengthening Ties between Iran and Russia Help Improve the Global Situation. journal-neo.org On January 20, President of the Islamic Republic of Iran Sayyid Ebrahim Raisi completed a two-day official visit to Moscow. The Iranian leader arrived in Moscow for the first time since taking office. His visit included talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin, a visit and address to members of the Russian State Duma, and personal meetings …
(2022-01-24). Tamil National Alliance in Sri Lanka ramps up support for anti-China campaign. wsws.org TNA parliamentarian Sumanthiran's denunciations of the Chinese ambassador's visit to Sri Lanka's North and East are in line with Washington's political campaign against Beijing.
(2022-01-24). Cubadebate y Cadeca desmienten noticia falsa sobre la venta de divisas. cubadebate.cu Empleando la plantilla de nuestro sitio web, circula una nueva fake news en las redes sociales sobre la venta de divisas en Cuba. No comparta informaciones dudosas o falsas. A la vez, Cadeca alertó en su cuenta de twitter que circula en las redes una noticia sobre próxima venta de Moneda Libremente Convertible (MLC) a quienes viajen al exterior.
(2022-01-24). "Forced motherhood is female enslavement. When women are not free, no one is free" indybay.org "We're really in a state of emergency as to whether women are going to be treated as both human beings or incubators," Sunsara Taylor, an initiator with a new movement called Rise Up 4 Abortion Rights, told Newsweek.
(2022-01-24). Transporte en la capital: Como la marea. cubadebate.cu La historia del transporte en La Habana, la mayor urbe y de más grande población en Cuba, podría resumirse en dos palabras: una marea. Y es que, en los últimos 15 años, la disponibilidad de medios ha subido y bajado, ha tenido picos rebosantes cual olas cristalinas, y como en un tsunami, el mar, o, mejor dicho, las guaguas, se han retirado (para siempre) y no precisamente para volver con mayor ímpetu.
(2022-01-24). Jueces deciden hoy si Assange puede apelar ante Corte Suprema británica. cubadebate.cu El fundador de WikiLeaks, Julian Assange, sabrá hoy lunes si podrá apelar ante la Corte Suprema del Reino Unido un veredicto anterior que lo tiene a las puertas de ser extraditado a Estados Unidos. | La decisión será anunciada por los mismos jueces que en diciembre pasado aceptaron un recurso presentado por los fiscales estadounidenses contra la negativa de una magistrada de primera instancia a extraditar al periodista australiano.
(2022-01-24). Ready for Another Game of Russian Roulette? orinocotribune.com By H. Bruce Franklin — Jan 19, 2022 | As the U.S. moves nuclear forces closer and closer to the border of Russia, and as our corporate media bang their war drums louder and louder, does anyone remember the Cuban missile crisis? | In June of 1961, just three months after the Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba was defeated, the United States began the deployment of fifteen Jupiter nuclear missiles to Turkey, which shared a border with the Soviet Union. Each missile, armed with a W49 1.4 megaton thermonuclear warhead, was equivalent to 175 Hiroshima bombs. With their fifteen-hundred-mile range, the missiles were capa…
(2022-01-24). La mentira infantil de Washington y su embajada. cubadebate.cu El imperio siempre se mira al espejo para buscar faltas que atribuir a otros. Desde hace meses, funcionarios del gobierno de Washington y su Embajada en La Habana se han desgañitado acusando a Cuba de procesar a menores de edad tras los hechos violentos del 11 y 12 de julio de 2020.
(2022-01-24). Tancol in Arauca-Apure: NATO's Projection into Latin America? libya360.wordpress.com Misión Verdad The border between Venezuela and Colombia at the Arauca River has been heating up again since the beginning of 2022 (Photo: Archive). The violence that has recently occurred on the border between Venezuela and Colombia, specifically in the municipality of Paez in the state of Apure, should be regarded as a symptom of…
(2022-01-24). Three Years Later, Guaidó Represents No One, Says Russian Ambassador to Caracas. libya360.wordpress.com Three years after proclaiming himself interim president of Venezuela, opposition figure Juan Guaidó does not represent anyone, Russian Ambassador to Caracas Sergey Melik-Bagdasárov told Sputnik News. "Today, he is a nobody and does not represent anyone. This figure exists only in virtual space and in the feverish minds of his American supporters," Melik-Bagdasarov said. In…
(2022-01-23). After a Year of Biden, Why Do We Still Have Trump's Foreign Policy? dissidentvoice.org Getty Images President Biden and the Democrats were highly critical of President Trump's foreign policy, so it was reasonable to expect that Biden would quickly remedy its worst impacts. As a senior member of the Obama administration, Biden surely needed no schooling on Obama's diplomatic agreements with Cuba and Iran, both of which began to …
(2022-01-23). After a Year of Biden, Why Do We Still Have Trump's Foreign Policy? dissidentvoice.org Getty Images President Biden and the Democrats were highly critical of President Trump's foreign policy, so it was reasonable to expect that Biden would quickly remedy its worst impacts. As a senior member of the Obama administration, Biden surely needed no schooling on Obama's diplomatic agreements with Cuba and Iran, both of which began to …
(2022-01-23). What Students Walking Out Over Covid Can Learn From Student Movements. popularresistance.org Fed up with mandatory in-person school attendance policies that fail to keep them safe, students are marching out of classrooms and into the streets. | Last week, hundreds of students from over 30 public high schools in New York City walked out of class to protest the unsafe conditions in city schools. Despite the latest Covid-19 wave, during which over 38,000 students and teachers tested positive COVID, school officials have insisted on in-person classes. That same week, students from a group called the Chicago Public Schools Radical Youth Alliance (Chi-Rads), formed days prior, led a walkout followed by a prote…
(2022-01-23). Vancouver rally calls for freedom for Ahmad Sa'adat, liberation for Palestine. samidoun.net Crowds of activists gathered outside the Commercial-Broadway Skytrain station in Vancouver on a sunny Saturday afternoon to call for freedom for Ahmad Sa'adat and all Palestinian prisoners. The rally expressed support for Palestinians struggling for return and liberation in al-Naqab, Jerusalem, and throughout occupied Palestine as well as in exile and diaspora. The protest was …
(2022-01-23). With action in Belgium for Ahmad Sa'adat, Samidoun welcomes the Plate-forme Charleroi-Palestine to the network. samidoun.net On Saturday, 22 January, Plate-forme Charleroi-Palestine in Charleroi, Belgium, visited the Chatelineau open-air market as part of the campaign to free Ahmad Sa'adat, a leader of the Palestinian prisoners' movement and the national liberation movement as a whole. A team of activists carried a large sign and distributed materials and information as part of the …
(2022-01-23). Blows Against the Empire — 2021 In Memoriam. libya360.wordpress.com Steve Lalla 2021 was marked, from start to finish, as a year dominated by the pandemic and its attendant dramas, including vaccination, variants, and lockdowns. When the prior year had come to a close, journalists and writers had described 2020 as the "plague year" or the "lost year." Although 2020 was defined by the onset…
(2022-01-23). Another Saudi Coalition Massacre In Yemen. popularresistance.org A Saudi coalition airstrike on a prison killed at least 60 people and wounded at least 100 more in northern Yemen as part of the coalition's reprisal attacks after the Houthis claimed drone and missile attacks that hit targets in Abu Dhabi earlier this week: | At least three children are among the dozens of people killed Friday, the humanitarian organization Save the Children said in a statement on Twitter. It noted that "the true number is feared to be higher." | This follows coalition airstrikes in Sanaa that killed at least 20 civilians. The coalition response to the Abu Dhabi attacks has been consistent with…
(2022-01-23). Palestinians hold rally in support of Yemen. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jan. 23 (MNA) — Palestinian people on Saturday evening staged a rally in support of the Yemeni people and the Ansarullah movement.
(2022-01-23). Death Toll From Airstrike in Yemen's Saada Rises to 82 – Doctors Without Borders. sputniknews.com UNITED NATIONS (Sputnik) – The death toll from the airstrike that hit a prison in Yemen's Saada province has surpassed 80, the Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF, or Doctors Without Borders) aid group said.
(2022-01-23). Saudi-led coalition launches extensive attack on Yemen Sanaa. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jan. 23 (MNA) — Media sources on Sunday announced that an explosion took place in Yemeni capital Sanaa following the widespread attacks launched by Saudi-led coalition's fighter jets.
(2022-01-23). Magnitude 4.4 earthquake jolts near Tabriz in NW Iran. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jan. 23 (MNA) — A 4.4 magnitude earthquake at a depth of 15 km struck East Azarbaijan province in northwest Iran on Sunday morning with no immediate reports of casualties.
(2022-01-23). This Socialist Island Has Saved the Lives of 97% of Covid-19 Patients. libya360.wordpress.com Kawsachun News Minister of Public Health José Angel Portal Miranda and Prime Minister Manuel Marrero Cruz visit the Celia Sánchez Manduley Provincial Hospital in Granma where they held a meeting with health workers. January 13, 2022. Photo: MINSAP 97.4% of Cubans confirmed with Covid-19 have been saved over the last two years despite the extreme…
(2022-01-23). US navy claims stopped ship from Iran carrying fertilizer. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jan. 23 (MNA) — The US navy claimed on Sunday it had stopped a ship carrying 40 tons of fertilizer that had traveled from Iran in the Sea of Oman.
(2022-01-23). Iran-Russia Hit Maximum Strategy. strategic-culture.org Three ain't a crowd: The Iran-Russia summit this week, concurrent with RIC military drills in the Sea of Oman, in advance of a Xi-Putin meeting in two weeks, suggests a rapidly-advancing strategic vision for the three Eurasian powers. | By Pepe ESCOBAR | The official visit to Russia by Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, at the invitation of Vladimir Putin, generated one of the most stunning geopolitical pics of the 21st century: Raisi performing his afternoon prayers at the Kremlin. | Arguably, more than the hours of solid discussions on geopolitical, geoeconomic, energy, trade, agriculture, transportation and aero…
(2022-01-23). Iranian women awarded in Japan Paralym Art World Cup 2021. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jan. 23 (MNA) — Two Iranian mentally or physically handicapped women have received awards at the 2021 World Paralymart Festival of Japan.
(2022-01-23). National Women's Day celebration. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jan. 23 (MNA) — A ceremony was held to celebrate the national women's day, which marks the birth anniversary of Hazrat Zahra (SA) at Tehran's Islamic Summit Conference Hall with the participation of President Ebrahim Raeisi on Sunday.
(2022-01-23). Kashmir marks birthday anniv. of Hazrat Fatima (SA). en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jan. 23 (MNA) — The Kashmiris despite celebrate Hazrat Fatemeh Zahra's birthday anniversary despite the cold weather.
(2022-01-23). Front pages of Iran's English dailies on January 23. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jan. 23 (MNA) — Here are the front pages of Iran's English language dailies on Sunday, January 23.
(2022-01-23). Iran marks birth anniversary of Hazrat Fatima, Mother's Day. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jan. 23 (MNA) — Every year, Iranians commemorate Mother's Day on the 20th day of the lunar Islamic month of Jamadi al-Thani, which marks the birthday anniversary of Hazrat Fatima, the daughter of the Prophet of Islam (PBUH).
(2022-01-23). Iran moves up one place in world futsal ranking. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jan. 23 (MNA) — Futsal World Ranking has released its latest rankings of the national futsal teams in the world, according to which the national men's futsal team of Iran has improved its position.
(2022-01-23). Envoy announces return of Iran's voting right at UN. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jan. 23 (MNA) — Iran's Permanent Ambassador to the United Nations Majid Takht-Ravanchi announced the return of Iran's voting right at this international organization.
(2022-01-23). Iran's exchanges with neighboring countries tripled: MP. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jan. 23 (MNA) —The spokesman for the Parliament's National Security and Foreign Policy Commission Mahmoud Abbaszadeh Meshkini said Sun. that the country's transactions with neighboring countries have tripled under the new adminstration.