(2022-02-19). Hedges: Democrats, the More Effective Evil. orinocotribune.com By Chris Hedges — Feb 14, 2022 | The US is a de facto one-party state where the ideology of national security is sacrosanct, unsustainable debt props up the empire and the primary business is war. | When all else fails, when you are clueless about how to halt a 7.5% inflation rate, when your Build Back Better bill is gutted, when you renege on your promise to raise the minimum wage or forgive student debt, when you can't halt the Republican suppression of voting rights, when you have no idea how to handle the pandemic which has claimed 900,000 lives — 16% of the world's total deaths although we are les…
(2022-02-19). Stanford Stands for Choice on Valentine's Day. indybay.org Activists in Palo Alto shut down a major downtown intersection during rush hour to call attention to an impending crisis. The US Supreme Court is poised to dismantle Roe v. Wade if immediate and mass action doesn't stop it.
(2022-02-19). Oakland ILWU. OEA, Students & Community Rally To Stop Privatization & Union Busting. indybay.org Hundreds of ILWU Longshoreman, OEA teachers, students, labor and community activists rallied against the privatization of the Port Of Oakland Howard Terminal to the GAP A's billionaire owner John Fisher for a stadium and 3,000 condos and also against the closure of public schools in Oakland.
(2022-02-19). [Comment] Offline: A lie at the heart of public health. thelancet.com The John Snow Society describes their illustrious namesake as "the pioneer of epidemiological method". His identification of the source of cholera in Soho, London, and the removal of the handle of a water pump in Broad Street in 1854 is celebrated annually with the Pumphandle Lecture. The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine named a lecture theatre after Snow. Indeed, the epidemiology community has deified Snow as a founding father of public health. But, as Jim Downs argues in his searching reappraisal of the origins of epidemiology, Maladies of Empire, western epidemiologists have invented a comforting…
(2022-02-19). Edumedia, una posibilidad de crecer. cubadebate.cu Hoy estas mipymes están en proceso de creación, pero en el caso de Cinesoft Digital y Edumedia ya cuentan con registro mercantil, lo que les permite actuar como empre ≠sas, al margen de que aún es ≠peran por trámites relaciona ≠dos con la ONAT y las cuentas bancarias. "Ojalá podamos llevar a cabo lo que estamos proyectan ≠do".
(2022-02-19). Eco-Justice, People Power, Documentary Premiere- "We Still Here" indybay.org CubaCaribe announces a special community screening of We Still Here / Nos Tenemos, the latest documentary by award winning filmmaker by Eli Jacobs-Fatauzzi in collaboration with Defend Puerto Rico, FistUpTV and Clenched Fist Productions. The screening will be followed by a Q&A with Bay Area filmmakers Eli and Kahlil Jacobs-Fantauzzi along with a dynamic live music and dance performance by Aguacero.
(2022-02-19). Colombia Wants Only 'Wealthy and Educated' Venezuelan Migrants. orinocotribune.com The Vice President of Colombia, Marta Lucía Ramírez, has complained about the "less wealthy and unskilled" Venezuelans who stay in Colombia as migrants. That group of vulnerable Venezuelans is at the center of the smear campaign and hybrid war against Venezuela, led by the US with its regional allied governments. | The Colombian vice president made the classist comment against migrants who are in a vulnerable economic situation or who do not have a considerably "high" academic level, during the regular session of the Permanent Council of the Organization of States Americans (OAS) this week. | "Colombia has not be…
(2022-02-19). Military Deserter and Partner of 'El Conejo' Admit to Receiving Training in Colombia. orinocotribune.com Two detainees Starlin Páez Mujica, a Venezuelan military deserter, and María Inés Reyes Silva, partner of the criminal Carlos Rodríguez aka El Conejo, have confessed that members of criminal organizations based in Las Tejerías, Aragua (Venezuela), were trained in Colombia. | This Thursday, February 17, two videos with testimonies of Páez and Reyes were released by Jorge Rodríguez, president of the Venezuelan Assembly (AN), Deputy Jorge Rodríguez. The two were recently captured during the Cacique Guaicaipuro II operation carried out by Venezuelan security agencies in Santos Michelena municipality near Las Tejerias…
(2022-02-18). Venezuela Expresses Total Support for Russia on Ukraine Tensions. orinocotribune.com "Russia has the full support of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, in the fight it is putting up to dispel the threats from NATO and the Western world," said the President of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, this Wednesday, February 16, during his meeting with the Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation, Yuri Borisov. | During the meeting of the High-Level Intergovernmental Commission (CIAN), where strategic agreements were signed between both nations at Miraflores Palace in Caracas, the Venezuelan head of state stated his position, expressing his belief that Russia will continue to be a peaceful nation. | "
(2022-02-18). Iran ready to help resolve crisis in Ukraine peacefully. en.mehrnews.com Referring to the crisis in the relations between Ukraine and Russia, the Iranian Foreign Minister said that Iran is ready to provide any necessary assistance and take any necessary action to resolve the crisis peacefully.
(2022-02-18). Ukraine crisis: who fabricates a war, and how? iacenter.org By Sergio Rodriguez Gelfenstein The author is a Venezuelan international relations expert, who was previously Director of the International Relations of the Presidency of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, his country's ambassador to Nicaragua and an advisor for international politics for TELESUR. Translation: United World International, edited by John Catalinotto. Feb. 2 — It is almost natural that countries (especially the powers that have more capability of doing so) would like to resolve their internal problems by unleashing conflicts abroad. For that, they invent attacks on their national security,…
(2022-02-18). Not Another U.S. War! Demo TOMORROW @3PM: Grand Central Terminal, NYC. iacenter.org DANGER! Not Another U.S. War! SATURDAY, February 19, 2022, at 3 PM Inside GRAND CENTRAL TERMINAL, At the Clock, Park Avenue & East 42nd Street, NYC Stop the war with Russia Every U.S. war in our life time is based on lies, provocations and false flag operations. We need healthcare and education, not endless US wars. Stop the NATO expansion! Stop sending U.S. weapons to Ukraine, Poland, Romania and throughout the European Union. Fight Racism! Not Russia With participation from: Antiwar, social justice, anti-racist, environmental, human rights and veterans groups. An Emergency Action with activists from groups incl…
(2022-02-18). With Its Doomsday Clock at 100 Seconds to Midnight, The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists calls for escalating U.S. aggression against Russia. mronline.org 
The Bulletin emerged after World War II as a voice for peace, but has since drifted into being an echo chamber for the U.S. imperial project.
(2022-02-18). Chicago activists continue to call for killer cop to be fired, charged in death of Anthony Alvarez. liberationnews.org 
On what would have been Anthony Alvarez's 23rd birthday, dozens of activists gathered outside the 16th District police station in Chicago on Feb. 14 to celebrate Alvarez's life and to demand justice for him. The event was organized by members of Alvarez's family in coordination with the Party for Socialism and Liberation.
(2022-02-18). 10 Famous Quotes From Black Panther Party Legend Huey Newton. moguldom.com Huey Newton, the co-founder of the revolutionary Black power group the Black Panther Party, would have been 80 years old on Feb. 17. With co-founder Bobby Seale and other activists in Oakland, he led one of the most powerful Black nationalist groups of the 1960s. Newton was born in 1942 and died on Aug. 22, …
(2022-02-18). Activists arrested at FL state capitol for opposing abortion ban law. fightbacknews.org Tallahassee, FL- On February 17, around 12 a.m., members of Students for a Democratic
| Society and Tallahassee's chapter of Planned Parenthood were given trespassing warnings for speaking up against HB 5, an abortion ban bill that limits abortions to the first 15 weeks of pregnancy. After HB5 was passed despite significant public opposition, organizers and students joined a chant denouncing the bill and were subsequently removed from the capitol. | Capitol Police threatened to arrest organizers if they did not sign a trespassing warning that indefinitely banned them from entering the Florida Capitol Building…
(2022-02-18). Miami demands 'Free Alex Saab'. fightbacknews.org Miami, FL – 20 activists gathered at the Federal Courthouse here, to demand the release of Venezuelan diplomat Alex Saab, who has been detained in Miami since October when the United States government kidnapped him from Cape Verde. Saab's supporters brought banners and signs with messages of solidarity, chanted "Free Alex Saab" and answered questions from reporters who converged on the courthouse. | Eminent Puerto Rican freedom fighter and longtime political prisoner Oscar Lopez Rivera delivered a powerful speech to the crowd. He explained ,"The Venezuelan people as well as the Puerto Rican people are fighting f…
(2022-02-18). Zuckerberg's Facebook empire collapsing. rt.com 
Meta has lost nearly half its value in the last six months | Once the world's sixth largest firm with a valuation of over $1 trillion, Facebook's parent company Meta finished Thursday's trading with a value of $565 billion. According to data compiled by Bloomberg, the social media giant has tumbled out of the world's 10 largest companies by market value, hammered by its worst monthly stock decline ever. | The stock rout has placed Mark Zuckerberg's company in 11th place behind Chinese Tencent Holdings. Chip giant Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) holds the ninth spot. The list of the world's mo…
(2022-02-18). 8 million Yemenis at risk of starvation due to funding shortage, escalation in violence, say UN officials. peoplesdispatch.org UN special envoy Hans Grundberg and UN humanitarian chief Martin Griffiths also highlighted the drastic rise in civilian casualties over the last few months…
(2022-02-18). Iran rejects report on deal in Vienna talks. en.mehrnews.com Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh rejected fake news carried by certain western media about the ongoing JCPOA negotiations in Vienna.
(2022-02-18). Over 160 House Republicans Threaten to Sabotage Iran Deal. news.antiwar.com Over 160 House Republicans sent a letter to President Biden threatening to do everything they can to sabotage an agreement with Iran if it is not approved by Congress. Iran is seeking guarantees that the next president won't withdraw from the nuclear deal, known as the JCPOA. But since the JCPOA is not a treaty, …
(2022-02-18). Report: Draft Iran Nuclear Deal Outlines Mutual Steps for Return. news.antiwar.com On Thursday, Citing unnamed diplomats, the report said the first phase of the draft deal includes the release of Western prisoners in Iran.
(2022-02-18). Foes of a new Nuclear Agreement Demonize Tehran, but what is Iranian Society really Like Today? juancole.com Eau Claire, Wi. (Special to Informed Comment) — The nature and the parameters of power relations in the state-society relations in Iran since the 1978-79 revolution have radically changed. The revolution ended the twenty-five-hundred-year-old monarchical rule in Iran and gave rise to a Shi'a 'ulema-dominated rule. The demise of the old Pahlavi regime saw the …
(2022-02-18). Khamenei: Iran Wants Nuclear Energy, Not Nuclear Arms. news.antiwar.com Its far from the first time he's said so, but Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran's Supreme Leader, said Thursday that Iranian leadership has been saying this for years, but factions hostile to Iran in the region, notably Israel, continue to push the myth of Iran seeking nuclear arms, and have been doing it so much that the reality of Iran's intentions…
(2022-02-18). Inundaciones en Río de Janeiro dejan 117 muertos. cubadebate.cu Las autoridades de la ciudad brasileña de Petrópolis accionaron este jueves las sirenas de alerta para evacuar varias zonas de riesgo ante nuevas lluvias intensas, dos días después de que un temporal histórico provocara deslizamientos e inundaciones que ya dejaron al menos 117 muertos.
(2022-02-18). Cael: Un emprendedor diferente. cubadebate.cu Esta podría ser la historia de cualquier joven soñador. De un chico que a los 19 años rapeaba para una bandita de la universidad, que se hizo solista años más tarde. Un chico que les dijo a sus padres "Tengo el título, pero no mi sueño", quién decidió perseguir sus sueños a pesar de los obstáculos. Podría ser la historia de cualquier joven soñador.
(2022-02-18). Visita Díaz-Canel un barrio en transformación en la ciudad de Holguín y un polo productivo en el municipio Rafael Freyre. cubadebate.cu Hasta el Consejo Popular Alex Urquiola, al sur de esta populosa urbe donde viven más de 300 mil habitantes, llegó el Presidente cubano casi al mediodía de este jueves, acompañado por el miembro del Buró Político y secretario de Organización, Roberto Morales Ojeda, para dialogar con los protagonistas de un cambio que emociona y motiva. Este barrio es uno de los 93 en la provincia que desde hace algunos meses transforma su entorno con la apoyo de entidades estatales y privadas, organizaciones y los vecinos.
(2022-02-18). Incendio en Casa de Cultura de Sandino, Pinar del Río. cubadebate.cu Un incendio en áreas de la Casa de Cultura Leonel Rugama en Sandino dañó locales de la instalación y la tienda de Artex allí enclavada. El Teniente Coronel Noslén Osuna Fernández, Jefe del Ministerio del Interior en el territorio explica que los resultados preliminares de la investigación arrojan que la causa del siniestro estuvo motivada por la sobrecarga en la batería de una motorina que se encontraba en uno de los locales de la instalación.
(2022-02-18). Washington Might be Abandoning Guaidó's Project & Aiming at 2024 Presidential Race. orinocotribune.com In what many analysts already consider to be a turn in the imperialist policy against Venezuela, the United States government and its allies in the European Union have spoken of the need for electoral agreements permitting "crucial conditions for a free and fair electoral process by 2024." | This stand appears to implicitly recognize the terms clearly defined by the Constitution of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, regarding the date of the upcoming presidential elections. In this sense, the vaunted "proposal" of former deputy Juan Guaidó, and his efforts to bring about an early electoral process, outside of…
(2022-02-18). Argentina Investigates 2019 'Puma' Military Drill Against Venezuela. orinocotribune.com 
Jorge Taiana has requested a comprehensive report in order to determine the details of the military exercise known as "Puma." | The Argentine Defense Minister, Jorge Taiana, reported this Wednesday, February 16, that he is exhaustively investigating the military drill that was organized against Venezuela, simulating a "humanitarian" invasion during the administration of former Argentine President Mauricio Macri. | In an interview to the news agency Télam, the senior official remarked that "it is not surprising that the government of Macri, who was an active member of the Lima Group, had an interventionist attitud…
(2022-02-18). Jorge Rodríguez: Colombia Seeks to Destabilize Venezuela with Terrorist Gangs. orinocotribune.com This Thursday, February 17, the president of Venezuela's National Assembly (AN), Jorge Rodríguez, held a press conference at which he denounced the financing by the Colombian government and the Venezuelan extreme right of criminal gangs intending to destabilize the country. | He reiterated that Venezuela has denounced, on 24 occasions, attacks carried out from Colombia in Venezuela. He pointed out that evidence was delivered between 2018 and 2022 to international bodies such as the United Nations, demonstrating that Colombia's intelligence agencies, Armed Forces, and police forces were used to attack Venezuela.