(2022-02-01). Utah organizers fight to overturn abortion 'trigger law'. liberationnews.org 
The PSL is engaged in building a coalition of working and oppressed people, women of color and queer activists to oppose the attacks on bodily autonomy and to keep abortion legal in Utah.
(2022-02-01). "Journaille… Canaille!", Media Disinformation: Karl Kraus' Campaign against a "Warmongering Press" globalresearch.ca First published by Global Research on May 18, 2019 | Karl Kraus, born in 1874, was one of the most important Austrian writers of the beginning of the 20th century and a sharp critic of the predominant press and inflammatory …
(2022-02-01). Yemen: How Many Must die Before the World Intervenes? orinocotribune.com By Fra Hughes — Jan 26, 2022 | A beautiful historic country of poetry and art, of ancient buildings and centuries-old culture, has been devastated, destroyed, and bankrupted by fierce aggression led by imperialist forces. | As the death toll rises and nearly 20 million civilians face starvation… When will the international community intervene to end this suffering? Needless slaughters, bombs, regional politicking, airstrikes, the imposed siege, weapons of mass starvation targeting the infrastructure, including hospitals, prisons, and the fabric of civil society that holds a nation together in Yemen. | As I…
(2022-02-01). Iran's Middle Eastern Strategy. journal-neo.org 
US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken was quite right when he said that the talks with Iran on its nuclear program are at "a decisive moment." At it looked for a time as if Washington was ready to accept full responsibility for the deteriorating situation both in the Islamic Republic and in the Middle East …
(2022-02-01). Cuba And The World Demand Lifting Of US Blockade. popularresistance.org This Sunday, January 30, on the streets of Cuba and other parts of the world, the demand for lifting the illegal US blockade against Cuba prevailed. This came just days after the 60th anniversary of the officialization of this hostile policy against the Caribbean island. | According to the Twitter profile of the Cuban Foreign Affairs Ministry, from the cities of Santa Clara in the center of the country, and Bayamo in the east, the family of the Antillean nation joined a caravan that demanded the end of the economic, commercial and financial siege. "Compatriots residing in Italy and friends of #Cuba build #Puentes…
(2022-02-01). Miami caravan against Cuba blockade a huge success. fightbacknews.org Miami, FL- Over 60 members of the South Florida community joined in the monthly caravan in Miami on Sunday, January 30, to demand President Joe Biden end the criminal U.S. blockade on Cuba. The group called on the U.S president to end all sanctions on Cuba, restore the family reunification program and recommence freedom of travel between the United States and Cuba for both Americans and Cubans. The event was organized by the U.S. Hands Off Cuba and Venezuela South Florida and Puentes de Amor. | Dozens of cars draped with banners and signs reading "End the criminal blockade of Cuba," and "No mas bloqueo," most do…
(2022-02-01). Role of Workers' Productive Councils in Venezuela's Economic Recovery—Interview with Manuel Páez. orinocotribune.com 
On February 19, 2020, President Nicolás Maduro decreed an energy emergency and a state of exception in the country's hydrocarbon industry, which led to the creation of the General Staff of the Workers' Productive Councils (CPTT). Manuel Páez, who belongs to the presidential commission of the CPTT for the hydrocarbon sector, in an interview with àöltimas Noticias, explained that there are "71 colleagues who were assigned (by the president and the working class itself) the task of directing the transformation of the industry… presenting a new management model, which is basically collective management." | Páe…
(2022-01-31). Fewer Than 15 Countries Recognize US-Appointed Venezuelan Coup Leader Juan Guaidó. orinocotribune.com 
By Benjamin Norton — Jan 28, 2022 | A right-wing Venezuelan opposition leader and former top Juan Guaidó functionary admitted a maximum of 15 countries recognize the unelected coup leader as "interim president." The Joe Biden administration is one of them. | January 23, 2022 marks the third anniversary of the US government's ongoing coup attempt against Venezuela's only constitutional government, that of democratically elected President Nicolás Maduro. | On that day in 2019, the Donald Trump administration appointed little-known Venezuelan opposition politician Juan Guaidó, who had never received a single vo…
(2022-01-31). America Is Reaping What It Sowed in Ukraine. dissidentvoice.org 
U.S. allies in Ukraine, with NATO, Azov Battalion and neo-Nazi flags. Photo by russia-insider.com So what are Americans to believe about the rising tensions over Ukraine? The United States and Russia both claim their escalations are defensive, responding to threats and escalations by the other side, but the resulting spiral of escalation can only make …
(2022-01-31). Headlines for January 31, 2022. democracynow.org U.N. Security Council Meets over Russia-Ukraine Tensions as Ukraine Calls Out Western "Panic", U.N.: 2,000 Children Died Since 2020 After Being Forced into Combat in Yemen, Taliban Killed Dozens of Former Gov't and Allied Forces Workers Since Takeover, Sudanese Security Forces Kill Another Demonstrator as Protests Continue 3 Months After Coup, North Korea Tests Most Powerful Ballistic Missile Since 2017, Pipeline Bursts on Indigenous Land in Ecuadorian Amazon; Thailand Rushes to Contain Coastal Oil Spill, Spotify Adds Advisory to Podcasts About COVID; Joni Mitchell Removes Music from App, Ahmaud Arbery's Family,…
(2022-01-31). Ukraine war would threaten regional and global food prices. wsws.org A disruption of Ukrainian wheat and grain exports would be especially damaging to countries such as Afghanistan, Sudan, Yemen, Libya, Lebanon, Indonesia, Malaysia and Bangladesh.
(2022-01-31). Black Lives Matter Co-Founder Patrisse Cullors on Abolition & Imagining a Society Based on Care. democracynow.org 
We speak with Black Lives Matter co-founder Patrisse Cullors about her new book, "An Abolitionist's Handbook," which lays out her journey toward abolition and 12 principles activists can follow to practice abolition, which she describes as the elimination of police, prisons, jails, surveillance and the current court system. "We have to imagine what we would do with these dollars, with these budgets, and they have to really be an imagination that's grounded in care," says Cullors. She also speaks about her community organizing in Los Angeles, which fought $3.5 billion worth of jail expansion, and her multi-year co…
(2022-01-31). Mardi Gras Inc's attempt to sue activists rejected. greenleft.org.au A well-attended Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras annual general meeting voted overwhelmingly against the exclusion of activist organisations. Rachel Evans reports.
(2022-01-31). U.S. reminds India it's showtime. mronline.org 
The Biden-Harris Administration is sensing that Modi Govt, a perceived ally, is not to be seen as its war machine revs up in anticipation of a horrific war. Typically, if a country is not with the U.S., then, it must be against it. But India falls in a category by itself.
(2022-01-31). Following "Unjustifiable" UAE Bombing of Saada Prison, US & UN Condemn Yemeni Retaliation. orinocotribune.com By Ahmed Abdulkareem — Jan 25, 2022 | "This is the latest in a long line of unjustifiable airstrikes carried out by the Saudi-led Coalition on places like schools, hospitals, markets, wedding parties, and prisons." — Ahmed Mahat, head of the Doctors Without Borders mission in Yemen | SAADA, YEMEN — In a scene rife with chaos and crying, volunteers and a rescue squad pulled the bodies of 91 prisoners from the rubble of the Sa'ada City Remand Prison in southern Yemen on Tuesday. Early last Friday morning, United Arab Emirates (UAE) warplanes supported by the United States targeted the overcrowded p…
(2022-01-31). Replacing imports to guarantee greater biotechnological sovereignty in the production of medicine. mronline.org 
Interview with president of Cuba's leading pharmaceutical enterprise group, BioCubaFarma, working to strengthen the country's technological sovereignty and contribute to the population's quality of life.
(2022-01-31). Cuba: La próxima no será colonizada. workers.org 
Por Pedro Jorge Velázquez. Resumen Latinoamericano, 18 de enero Hay fracasos a los que se le coge el gusto, digo yo; øo cómo puede ser posible que los derrotados se regeneren en formas nuevas de fracaso? øSerá como esa sensación de que algún día resultará, después de tanto intentarlo? Santiago . . . |
(2022-01-31). Venezuelan Mayors, Deputies Arrested in Drug and Fuel Smuggling Crackdown. venezuelanalysis.com Operation "Iron Fist" has reportedly led to more than two dozen arrests across six states.
(2022-01-31). CIA Knew of Plans for Coup Attempt Against President Maduro: Operation Gideon. orinocotribune.com A retired Venezuelan general reveals that top CIA officials were aware of coup plans to overthrow President Nicolás Maduro. | The stunning revelation of the Venezuelan general, identified as Cliver Alcalá, came in a court document filed by his lawyers seeking to nullify narco-terrorism charges. The charges were filed against him nearly two years ago by US federal prosecutors in New York, as reported on Saturday, January 29, by the US news agency Associated Press (AP). | Indeed, Alcalá had lived in Colombia since he fled Venezuela in 2018 after it was discovered that he was secretly leading a plan that sought to o…
(2022-01-31). PSUV Training System to be Relaunched Within '3 Rs Dot Net' Strategy. orinocotribune.com The National Training System of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) will be reactivated throughout Venezuela within the framework of the "three Rs dot net" initiative carried out by the president of the party, Nicolás Maduro, to build the new era of transition to socialism. | Reading circles, courses, and diplomas, as well as the Institute of Higher Studies, will return to their activities "with more force," following the exceptional situation created by COVID-19. The pandemic will force them to adapt to a new work methodology, said PSUV Vice President for Training, Héctor Rodríguez, in this regard. Th…
(2022-01-31). Venezuela will Debate Law to Protect Fighting Bulls. orinocotribune.com The Attorney General of Venezuela, Tarek William Saab, reported that a law will soon be presented to the Venezuelan National Assembly to protect the lives of fighting bulls and stop the practice of bullfighting in the country. | He explained that he has offered his opinion on the subject. Because Venezuela is "a democratic country," said Attorney General Saab, "there is a debate, and we are having that battle of ideas that is important and that does not have any personal overtones, it is neither for nor against this or that." | "It has to do with the defense of life," Attorney General Saab said, reiterating "this…
(2022-01-31). Radical Land Reform in Venezuela: A Conversation with Juan Carlos Loyo (Part I). mronline.org 
Chávez's agriculture minister talks about the revolutionary changes in land tenure that took place under the former president.