(2022-04-07). Ukraine's Zelensky at the Grammy awards and the promotion of US war aims. wsws.org In effect, the music industry, undoubtedly under immense pressure from the Biden administration, imposed Zelensky on the millions watching the awards ceremony.
(2022-04-07). US boosts arms shipments to Ukraine, admits to training Ukrainian fighters. wsws.org The Biden administration has now provided $2.4 billion in weapons to Ukraine, of which $1.7 billion worth has been delivered just since the start of the war.
(2022-04-07). Manufactured Crisis: CIA Trained the Neo-Nazi Azov Battalion and Has Chosen Ukraine as Birthplace of New 'Global White Supremacist' Terror Threat. orinocotribune.com By Whitney Webb — Apr 3, 2022 | The eruption of war between Russia and Ukraine appears to have given the CIA the pretext to launch a long-planned insurgency in the country, one poised to spread far beyond Ukraine's borders with major implications for Biden's "War on Domestic Terror" | This is particularly true given that former CIA officials and a former Secretary of State are now openly saying that the CIA is following the "models" of past CIA-backed insurgencies in Afghanistan and Syria for its plans in Ukraine. Given that those countries have been ravaged by war as a direct result of those insurgencies, t…
(2022-04-07). Biden's rhetoric hampering efforts to resolve situation in Ukraine — Brazil's ex-president. tass.com According to Fernando Collor de Mello, the current situation in Ukraine is highly complicated and it's unlikely that ways to resolve it will be determined in the near future…
(2022-04-07). Trump hosts Republican politicians, financiers, co-conspirators at premiere of election conspiracy film. wsws.org Prior to screening the anti-Semitic propaganda film Rigged: The Zuckerberg – Funded Plot to Defeat Donald Trump, Trump met privately with billionaire backers Peter Thiel and Rebekah Mercer.
(2022-04-07). Hungarian election: Orbán exploits Ukraine to crush hapless opposition. greenleft.org.au Viktor Orbán's conservative-nationalist Fidesz party won the April 3 Hungarian general elections, but failed to achieve the required votes on an anti-LGBTI referendum, reports Dick Nichols.
(2022-04-07). Flores para Vilma Espín a nombre del General de Ejército Raúl Castro. cubadebate.cu Una representación del pueblo de santiaguero rindió tributo a Vilma Espín Guillois, Heroína de la Sierra y el Llano, por el aniversario 92 de su natalicio, ante el monolito que resguarda sus cenizas, en el Mausoleo a los Héroes y Mártires del II Frente Oriental, en Santiago de Cuba.
(2022-04-07). Felicita Raúl Castro a Oficina de Programa Martiano en Cuba. cubadebate.cu El líder de la Revolución cubana, Raúl Castro, felicitó a la Oficina del Programa Martiano, al cumplirse el aniversario 25 de la institución que tiene como rol fundamental expandir las ideas de José Martí. La Oficina del Programa Martiano reconoció el ejemplo del general de Ejército Raúl Castro, a quien consideró heredero del humanismo.
(2022-04-07). Chicago: Transit workers demand bathroom facilities fit for humans. fightbacknews.org Chicago, IL – The Chicago Transit Justice Coalition is a rank-and-file caucus of Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) workers in Amalgamated Transit Union Local 241 and 308. | The Justice Coalition sees union democracy as something only a rank-and-file movement can bring about, so they have been helping to organize a series of public demonstrations where Local 241/308 members and their supporters can let CTA management, the riding public and their union sisters and brothers know about the conditions they face at work every day. | One of the problems CTA bus operators have to deal with is the lack of acceptable bathroo…
(2022-04-07). Liberals Are Adopting an Old Soviet Tactic: Painting Opponents as Mentally Ill. mintpressnews.com 
The pathologization of dissent is not going away. It will intensify as neoliberalism faces crisis after crisis and social polarization grows. Those who claim to be liberals defending democracy will soon be only too ready to snuff it out.
(2022-04-07). Billionaire Elon Musk buys his way onto Twitter's board of directors. wsws.org The richest man in the world has purchased 9.1 percent of Twitter shares ($2.6 billion) since January and he has now been given a seat on the company's board of directors.
(2022-04-07). Billionaire Elon Musk buys his way onto Twitter's board of directors. wsws.org The richest man in the world has purchased 9.1 percent of Twitter shares ($2.6 billion) since January and he has now been given a seat on the company's board of directors.
(2022-04-07). US to ship 10 Javelin missiles for 'every Russian tank' in Ukraine, Blinken says. tass.com US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in an interview for NBC Wednesday…
(2022-04-07). Solidarity with Ukraine with CA climate action day April 8 Solidarity with Ukraine with CA. indybay.org On April 8 communities across California will join together in solidarity with Ukraine – to free fossil fuel dependency – will have a statewide day of action as they call on the Governor to build on his climate leadership by ending all new fossil fuel permitting and strengthening the setbacks rule to include both new and existing oil wells.
(2022-04-07). Attacks On Nuclear Plants Continue In Ukraine. indybay.org As Russia's hostile actions towards Ukraine entered a second month, so too have its acts of aggression against nuclear facilities.
(2022-04-07). Solidarity picnic and walk-a-thon for Cuba. greenleft.org.au Jim McIlroy reports on a picnic and walk-a-thon in solidarity with Cuba that was organised by the Australia-Cuba Friendship Society.
(2022-04-07). UN Envoy Concerned as Yemen Ceasefire Violation Claims Grow. news.antiwar.com When a ceasefire finally comes in a long, bloody war, accusations of violations are inevitable. Though the truce seems to be holding by and large, Yemen is no exception, and between the two sides, Sides can claim violations for any number of reasons, including trying to anticipate a failure and shift the assignment of blame to the other side. The possibility is also that real violations did happen. | On a smaller level, that's not hard to unde…
(2022-04-07). No Charges for Minneapolis Cop in Amir Locke Killing. unicornriot.ninja
(2022-04-07). No Charges for Minneapolis Cop in Amir Locke Killing. unicornriot.ninja
(2022-04-07). South Korea's President-Elect Wants US Nuclear Bombers, Submarines to Return. news.antiwar.com South Korea's President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol asked for the US to return nuclear bombers and submarines to the Korean peninsula during talks in Washington on Wednesday, one of his advisors said, The US removed its strategic nuclear weapons from South Korea in 1991. Yoon has vowed to take a firmer stance towards the North than outgoing President Moon Jae-in and is seeking the return of US nuclear weapons as part of that plan. | "Deploying the strategic…
(2022-04-07). Chris Hedges On Imperialist Wars, Capitalist Media & Censorship. indybay.org Journalist and writer Chris Hedges is interviewed on WorkWeek and talks about the removal of the complete archives on his show at RT by youtube which is owned by Google.
(2022-04-07). Chris Hedges On Imperialist Wars, Capitalist Media & Censorship. indybay.org Journalist and writer Chris Hedges is interviewed on WorkWeek and talks about the removal of the complete archives on his show at RT by youtube which is owned by Google.
(2022-04-07). Selected Articles: Ukrainian Soldiers Film Themselves Calling Up Mothers of Russian Soldiers Killed in Action and Mocking Them. globalresearch.ca 
By Footage posted to Twitter shows what appears to be Ukrainia…
(2022-04-06). Editorial: El Pentágono gana, los trabajadores pierden. workers.org 
El 10 de marzo se aprobó en la Cámara de Representantes y en el Senado un proyecto de ley "ómnibus" de gastos por valor de $1,5 billones de dólares, que se espera que firme el presidente Joe Biden. Más de la mitad del dinero de la Ley de Asignaciones Consolidadas . . . |
(2022-04-06). Biden forced to finally lift racist Trump-era 'Title 42' border closure. liberationnews.org 
Immigrants' rights activists have long been demanding that Biden end Title 42, pointing out the huge gap between his campaign trail promises of a more humane immigration system and the reality of his administration's policies.
(2022-04-06). DC Protest Calls On Biden To Cancel Student Debt. popularresistance.org Washington, D.C. – Hundreds of people converged in Washington, D.C. on Monday for a national day of action to demand that the Biden administration cancel all outstanding federal student loan debt via executive order. | "All it takes is a signature," said the Debt Collective, a debtors' union that organized the "Pick Up the Pen, Joe" demonstration, which was supported by a coalition that includes dozens of progressive advocacy groups and labor unions. Following speeches and performances in front of the Eisenhower Memorial, the crowd marched outside the U.S. Department of Education (DOE). | Monday's rally and march…
(2022-04-06). Washington Floods Taiwan With Weapons. southfront.org 
| The United States treads on Beijing's red line and continues its military supply policy in Taiwan. This is the third supply in three years. Exactly fifty years have passed since US President Richard Nixon's visit to China. That meeting between Nixon and Mao Dse Dong paved the way for stable diplomatic relations. Since then, one of the crucial issues has been the status of Taiwan. | The administration led by Joe Biden, however, pretends to forget the past and aims to create tension between the t…
(2022-04-06). China: US Must Stop Imposing Sanctions to Help Resolve Ukraine Conflict. sputniknews.com Earlier this week, a Biden administration official reportedly said that Washington will announce new sanctions on Russia on Wednesday, in coordination with Group of 7 nations and the European Union, over Moscow's ongoing special military operation in Ukraine.
(2022-04-06). Conflict in Ukraine may continue for a long time, Biden believes. tass.com This fight is far from over, US President noted…
(2022-04-06). Building Trades President McGarvey praises Biden, slams Trump. peoplesworld.org 
WASHINGTON—Building Trades Unions President Sean McGarvey heavily pushed political contrasts in his keynote address to the 3,000 delegates of construction unions' legislative conference, with powerful praise of pro-worker Democratic President Joe Biden and his administration and big blasts at his GOP predecessor, including that man's "attempted coup" on Jan. 6, 2021. Opinion polls show McGarvey …
(2022-04-06). Biden's 2023 Budget Could Have Made Child Care Free. Instead, It Boosts Police. truthout.org Martin Luther King Jr. wasn't speaking rhetorically when he urged the U.S. to "undergo a radical revolution of values." In fact, he spoke quite plainly when he declared that "a nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual death." Fifty-five years later, our nation's triple evils that King so famously promulgated — racism, poverty and militarism — manifest in President Joe Biden's most significant value statement: his budget. | Widely considered a wish list, a spending package is a reflection of a president's po…
(2022-04-06). Sanders, Bush Unveil Bill to Use the Defense Production Act to Fund Clean Energy. truthout.org As President Joe Biden doubles down on fossil fuels amid high gas prices, Democratic and progressive lawmakers have introduced a bill to instead make investments in renewable energy to lower utility prices and boost energy independence in the U.S. | The Energy Security and Independence Act,
(2022-04-06). AFL-CIO's Shuler envisions a more diverse construction workforce. peoplesworld.org 
WASHINGTON—Democratic President Joe Biden's five-year $1.2 trillion Infrastructure And Jobs Act presents building trades unions with "a golden opportunity" to grow, but "it's up to us" to shape the future U.S. construction workforce, AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler says. Closing a morning of speeches to North America's Building Trades Unions' legislative conference in D.C., the Electrical …
(2022-04-06). German general: NATO has time to expand buildup on Eastern flank. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com B92April 5, 2022 German general: "Ukraine will be divided" In an interview with Die Welt, General Eberhard Zorn answered negatively to the question of whether NATO could intervene in Ukraine if Russia used weapons of mass destruction against that Eastern European country. He emphasized that "what the German Federal Chancellor and U.S. President Joe Biden …
(2022-04-06). 27 union leaders urge senators to OK Jackson for High Court. peoplesworld.org 
WASHINGTON —With the Senate poised to vote on Democratic President Joe Biden's nomination of federal appellate Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the U.S. Supreme Court, 27 union leaders, led by AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler, urged lawmakers to elevate the judge to the nation's highest bench. Senators opened at least two days of debate on the …
(2022-04-06). US Justice Department expanding probe of taxes, business dealings of Hunter Biden. wsws.org After previously dismissing claims that Hunter Biden traded on the family name for profit, Democratic-aligned newspapers, such the Washington Post and New York Times , recently published reports confirming details of the allegations.
(2022-04-06). Pentagon Announces Another $100 Million in Javelin Missiles for Ukraine. news.antiwar.com The Pentagon announced on Tuesday night "Today, the Biden Administration authorized an additional Presidential Drawdown of security assistance valued at up to an additional $100 million to meet an urgent Ukrainian need for additional Javelin anti-armor systems," Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said in a statement. | The announcement means the Biden administrati…
(2022-04-06). Wall Street moves to privatize Medicare. peoplesworld.org 
SEATTLE—Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., is leading the struggle to block medical insurance profiteers from privatizing Medicare, a scheme covertly launched by former President Donald Trump and continued in a new guise by the Biden administration. Jayapal sent a letter Jan. 5 to Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra and Medicaid Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LeSure urging …
(2022-04-06). Infowars Store Enjoyed Traffic Boost During 'Stop the Steal'. splcenter.org When Alex Jones pushed the election fraud conspiracy "Stop the Steal" campaign in the run-up to the attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, his words appear to have driven significant traffic to his multimillion-dollar business.
(2022-04-06). GOP Threatens to Tank Covid Funding in Bid to Preserve Trump Immigration Policy. commondreams.org Democrats accused Senate Republicans of holding key coronavirus aid "hostage" in an effort to protect Title 42, a Trump-era migrant expulsion order that rights groups have condemned as inhumane.
(2022-04-06). Hong Kong Police arrest 4 activists behind banned Tiananmen Square vigil: Report. aninews.in Hong Kong, September 8 (ANI): Hong Kong Police have arrested four key members of the pro-democracy group behind the city's annual Tiananmen Massacre vigil.
(2022-04-06). Washington Post Video Journalist Captures Ukrainian Stories as Russian Forces Leave Parts of Ukraine. democracynow.org 
As the Russian assault on Ukraine continues, more videos are emerging that show evidence of Russian brutalities and possible war crimes, such as executions and torture. Russian officials have denied the accusations, calling them Ukrainian propaganda. We speak with Washington Post video journalist Jon Gerberg, who has been filing video reports from the war for the past six weeks, and see extended interviews from civilians he interviewed. As Russian forces retreat from Ukrainian cities, "we are pulling back the veil of the more active conflict that was keeping us as journalists from some of these areas,”…
(2022-04-06). Ben Lewis on Kautsky, Democracy and Republicanism. mronline.org 
Ben Lewis, the translator and editor of "Karl Kautsky on Democracy and Republicanism" talks with Green Left's Barry Healy.
(2022-04-06). Yacila Bondo: Colombia's Reality Today. libya360.wordpress.com We spoke to Yacila Bondo, of Coordinación Étnica Nacional de Paz — CENPAZ and the collective Uhuru Significa Libertad, during a trip to Venezuela. Yacila reacts to U.S. media portrayals of Colombia as a democracy and says the revolutionary strength of Venezuelans serves as an example for the region. Interviewed by Danny Shaw and Camila…
(2022-04-06). Responsibility for the Invasion of Ukraine and for Climate Change. juancole.com Kalamazoo, MI (Special to Informed Comment) — Many are rightly celebrating a resurgence of liberalism as the Free World rallies against Putin's war of choice. We honor brave Ukrainians fighting for freedom. Pride surges for democratic governments incurring great costs, with skillful and cooperative leadership countering immense and unjustified harm to innocents and arrogant violation …
(2022-04-06). Debate Breaks Out In Black America Over Washing Chicken Before Cooking: Here's What The Science Says. moguldom.com Actress and producer Paula Patton set off a viral debate on Friday when a video resurfaced that she had posted of herself on Instagram cooking fried chicken using her mother's recipe. Some criticized Patton for her methods — including how long it seemed she cleaned her chicken and the fact that Patton seasoned the poultry …
(2022-04-06). Rally for peace in Europe. workers.org 
Cleveland, April 2. Cleveland Cleveland antiwar activists gathered at a city park April 2 for a "Rally for peace in Europe." Speakers represented Cleveland Peace Action, Black Women's Center, All-African People's Revolutionary Party, Cleveland Nonviolence Network, Cleveland Club of Communist Party USA, Move to Amend, Huey P. Newton Gun Club . . . |
(2022-04-06). Being a Bit Serious About Oil Prices. cepr.net We have a world oil market…many Republican politicians are running around saying that if we just produced more oil here, we wouldn't have to worry about high gas prices. The numbers indicate otherwise.
(2022-04-06). Betsy DeVos Is Joining Michigan's Far Right Militants in a Devious Campaign. truthout.org Right-wing groups have launched an unusual political campaign in Michigan, uniting major Republican donors — including In mid-March, a far-right group…
(2022-04-06). How the Supreme Court Could Make Your Life More Dangerous. commondreams.org If Republican appointees on the Supreme Court succeed in gutting regulatory agencies, we all lose. This agenda is anti-worker, anti-consumer, and anti-environment. The only thing it's good for is corporate profits.