2022-04-11: News Headlines

WSWS (2022-04-11). Macron, neo-fascist Le Pen advance to runoff in French presidential election. wsws.org Whichever candidate emerges victorious, the new president will oversee a reactionary government that will come into violent conflict with the working class.

àÅlvaro Verzi Rangel (2022-04-11). Biden, su Nuevo Orden Mundial, la realidad, Haití y los amos del petróleo. globalizacion.ca Lo cierto es que la frase del presidente estadounidense Joe Biden, "va a haber un Nuevo Orden Mundial, tenemos que liderarlo y debemos unir al resto del mundo libre para hacerlo". causó malestar en las capitales europeas, donde siguen siendo…

Fight Back (2022-04-11). Texas: Progressive Student Union wins victory at referendum, fee hike stopped. fightbacknews.org Arlington, TX – On April 4 and 5, the University of Texas at Arlington held its semester student elections. In addition to these elections was a referendum brought forth by the administration of UTA to justify raising tuition and fee costs related to the school. | This all began in 2019 when the Texas State legislature allowed UTA to raise the student union fee, which is a fee associated with the University Center (UC) on campus which most students have to pay. In January of 2022 the administration had presented a proposal to student government for them to adopt a resolution that would help make this happen. Thi…

WSWS (2022-04-11). Victor Orbán wins fourth election victory, remains Hungarian prime minister. wsws.org The decisive factor for Orbán's clear electoral success was the Ukraine war. While the opposition alliance gave unrestricted support to NATO, Orbán did not join in the warmongering.

WSWS (2022-04-11). Trump endorses "America First" politicians at North Carolina rally. wsws.org Seeking to build support for far-right Republicans in the upcoming midterm elections and his likely run for president in 2024, Trump incited violence against immigrants and his political opponents.

WSWS (2022-04-11). Crisis election begins in Australia as major parties suppress discussion of key issues facing working class. wsws.org Both of the major parties are running diversionary campaigns aimed at suppressing discussion of their bipartisan program of war and austerity.

Zahra Mirzafarjouyan (2022-04-11). Macron, Le Pen head for cliffhanger April 24 election runoff. en.mehrnews.com Emmanuel Macron has won the first round of the French election and far-right rival Marine Le Pen will fight him for the presidency for a second time.

_____ (2022-04-11). Can Tunisia Get Hit by a New "Arab Spring"? journal-neo.org As you know, it was with the "Jasmine Revolution" in Tunisia in 2010-2011 that a wave of protests began throughout the Arab world, whose consequences are still being felt by a number of countries. And against this background, Tunisia became the first "new democracy." The Ennahda that came to power as a result, closely linked …

WSWS (2022-04-11). The political issues in the Governor Whitmer kidnap plot verdict. wsws.org The outcome of the trial of four men accused of plotting to kidnap Michigan Governor Whitmer shows that the political violence of paramilitary and fascistic groups aligned with the Republican Party will not be stopped by the courts or the Democratic Party.

Staff (2022-04-11). Nepal opposition parties pledge to take legal steps against PM Oli, President Bhandari's move to dissolve Parliament. aninews.in Kathmandu [Nepal], May 22 (ANI): Terming the decision to dissolve the House of Representatives as "unconstitutional and undemocratic", an alliance of Nepal opposition parties on Saturday declared that they will take legal and political steps against Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli and President Bidya Devi Bhandari for taking such a move.

Khubaka, Michael Harris (2022-04-11). Preservation of salient contributions by people of African descent too egregious for some. indybay.org Persevere, is the new elevated standard to hold fast upon in the latest round of efforts to erase all authentic record of people of African Descent along today's American River Parkway. If "they" are successful, it will not be for the lack of presenting authentic primary source documentation since the turn of the century. "White Male Only" remains the current methodology, to arrive at the desired "need" and foul process utilized in a cloaked private notion. Spring 2022, a new public process may allow for consideration of the 1840-1875 California Gold Mining region of Negro Hill, Mormon Island and Negro Bar, Sacra…

Ryan Black (2022-04-11). Amazon Is Interfering In Unionizing Efforts Again In Bessemer, AL. progressivehub.net MITCHELL CLARK | THE VERGE…

Ryan Black (2022-04-11). No More Wars And A Ban On Nuclear Weapons. progressivehub.net RAFAEL DE LA RUBIA | PRESSENZA…

ecns.cn (2022-04-11). S Korean noodle brand caught extending sell-by dates for export market. ecns.cn Chicken-flavor instant noodles produced by Samyang, a South Korean food brand, recently triggered disputes on the Internet after the product was caught implementing different shelf-life standards for its foreign products.

_____ (2022-04-10). The Dollar Devours The Euro. popularresistance.org As President Biden and U.S. national-security reports announced, China was seen as the major enemy. Despite China's helpful role in enabling corporate America to drive down labor's wage rates by de-industrializing the U.S. economy in favor of Chinese industrialization, China's growth was recognized as posing the Ultimate Terror: prosperity through socialism. Socialist industrialization always has been perceived to be the great enemy of the rentier economy that has taken over most nations in the century since World War I ended, and especially since the 1980s. The result today is a clash of economic systems —…

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2022-04-10). "Preemptive Nuclear War": The Historic Battle for Peace and Democracy. A Third World War Threatens the Future of Humanity. globalresearch.ca US nuclear doctrine consists in portraying nuclear weapons as a means of "self defense" rather than a "weapon of mass destruction". There are powerful financial interests behind Joe Biden's $1.3 trillion nuclear weapons program initiated under Obama.

Jeremy Kuzmarov (2022-04-10). Biden Administration Budgets Record $27.6 Billion for Militarization of Outer-Space. covertactionmagazine.com New cold war provides continued backdrop for misallocation of public resources into weaponry right out of science fiction films As …

Florence CGTN (2022-04-10). A new COVID wave hits U.S. politicians. america.cgtn.com Dozens of senior lawmakers, cabinet members and political advisors from President Joe Biden's inner circle have tested positive for COVID-19. This, after all had attended a prestigious gala event in Washington last weekend. Organizers say positive coronavirus cases from the event now total 67, about …

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-04-10). Biden Administration Budgets Record $27.6 Billion for Nazi Goal of Militarization of Outer-Space. libya360.wordpress.com Jeremy Kuzmarov The Space Test Program-3 Mission for the U.S. Space Force's Space Systems Command preparing for launch at Cape Canaveral, Florida. [Source: spacenews.com] New cold war provides continued backdrop for misallocation of public resources into weaponry right out of science fiction films As homeless rates skyrocket and public education flounders, the Biden administration has…

Prof. Louis René Beres (2022-04-10). Remembering Nuremberg: Legal Obligations To Remove And Prosecute Vladimir Putin. moderndiplomacy.eu Nullum crimen sine poena, "No crime without a punishment"[1] Though US President Joseph Biden was initially criticized for interfering in Russia's "sovereign jurisdiction,"[2] no allegation of "intervention" could have been more sorely mistaken. In this matter, the Nuremberg Principles are binding,[3] and are founded upon the inviolable notion that crimes of war, crimes against peace …

teleSUR (2022-04-10). Updates: Macron and Le Pen Move to Second Round of Elections. telesurenglish.net As the crises in Europe unfold rapidly, due to the economic repercussions of the war in Ukraine on the one hand, and the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic on the other, the 2022 French presidential elections are scheduled for April 10 and 24. Will Macron be re-elected or will the Elysée Palace receive a new president? Below are live updates as they happen. | Official first round results conclude that Macron and Le Pen have qualified to move on to the second round of the 2022 Presidential Elections. Apr. 10, 2022.

Alasdair Baverstock (2022-04-10). Mexicans vote on whether president should remain in office. america.cgtn.com In Mexico, a new twist on the traditional idea of a recall election. Voters are headed to the polls to decide whether the country's president will complete his six-year term. But it wasn't the president's opponents who rallied for this vote: instead, it was Andres …

Plus News (2022-04-10). By-election to fill Omoro MP seat set for May 26. plusnews.ug The Electoral Commission (EC) has issued an official programme for a by- election in Omoro county following the death and burial of the Omoro County MP and former Speaker of Parliament Jacob Oulanyah on Friday. The programme that commences on the April 14th, 2022 with an update of the National Voters Register also covers by- …

Marzieh Rahmani (2022-04-10). Polls open in first round of France's presidential election. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 10 (MNA) — French voters head to the polls for the first round of presidential elections on Sunday.

Staff (2022-04-10). Outside Spending Jumps for Local Candidates Who Cast Doubt on 2020 Election. truthout.org Last Tues ≠day's local elec ≠tions in and around Green Bay, Wiscon ≠sin, were the focus of big spend ≠ing by outside groups push ≠ing narrat ≠ives around elec ≠tion denial — claims that the 2020 pres ≠id ≠en ≠tial elec ≠tion was so marred by fraud that it came to the wrong result. Some of the messages being peddled accused local offi ≠cials of miscon ≠duct in the elec ≠tion, while others implied that their preferred candid ≠ate must be elec ≠ted to preserve demo ≠cracy. Of the six candid ≠ates suppor ≠ted by messaging cast ≠ing doubt on the last el…

ecns.cn (2022-04-10). Pelosi's Taiwan visit plan must be canceled, not postponed: FM spokesperson. ecns.cn A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Friday reiterated China's position on U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's planned visit to Taiwan, urging the plan must be canceled immediately.

Ingar Solty (2022-04-10). The Hard Right and the Political Parties of Capital. socialistproject.ca Moderated by Michael Lardner, Ingar Solty: Market Polarization Means Political Polarization | Bill Fletcher Jr.: Trump and the Danger of Right-wing Populism in the US | Samir Gandesha: Identity Crisis: The Politics of False Concreteness | Recorded 20 March 2022. | ´ …

Nicky Reid (2022-04-10). Russophobia — The Wokest Form of Racism. anti-empire.com Source: In my lazy little corner of rural Central Pennsylvanian Trump country there has always been a sizeable minority of Russian emigres. I honestly have zero idea why but at some point, some lonely Soviet refugee found this bucolic blemish on the map and decided to call it home and an exile community was born. Growing up, I always found the Russian kids at my school to be fascinating, especially the girls. With their knock-off high heel boots and their thrift store fur coats, I had n…

_____ (2022-04-10). West Virginians Lead Blockade Of Coal Plant That Made Manchin Rich. popularresistance.org Organizers of the "Coal Baron Blockade" protest which targeted right-wing Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin's coal empire Saturday afternoon reported that state police almost immediately began arresting campaigners who assembled in Grant Town, West Virginia. Hundreds of campaigners participated in the blockade of Grant Town Power Plant, which receives coal waste from Enersystems, the company owned by the West Virginia senator's son. Manchin earns $500,000 per year from Enersystems—"making a very lucrative living off the backs of West Virginians," said Maria Gunnoe, an organizer of the action, this week.

Anonymous669 (2022-04-10). Turkish Drone Strike Killed SDF Field Commander In Syria's Al-Hasakah. southfront.org File image. | On April 9, a Turkish combat drone hit Kabz hill some 20 kilometers to the west of al-Darbasiyah in the northern countryside of Syria's al-Hasakah. | The drone strike targeted a position of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) border guards. At the time of the strike, members of the Kurdish-led group were digging trenches around the position. | According to the London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, the strike claimed the life of an SDF member and wounded two others. | Some Syrian op…

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ecns.cn (2022-04-10). U.S. likely to see COVID-19 surge in fall: expert. ecns.cn There will be an uptick in cases of COVID-19 over the next few weeks in the United States and it is likely there could be a surge in the fall, Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, has said.

imperial.ac.uk (2022-04-10). Imperial expert's book uses scientific evidence to help people lose weight. imperial.ac.uk An Imperial researcher specialising in obesity has published a new book aiming to help people reach a healthy body weight.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-04-10). Lack of sleep increases unhealthy abdominal fat. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn. — New research from Mayo Clinic shows that lack of sufficient sleep combined with free access to food increases calorie consumption and consequently fat accumulation, especially unhealthy fat inside the belly. Findings from a randomized controlled crossover study led by Naima Covassin, Ph.D., a cardiovascular medicine researcher at Mayo Clinic, show that lack of sufficient sleep led to a 9% increase in total abdominal fat area and an 11% increase in abdominal visceral…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-04-10). Lack of sleep increases unhealthy abdominal fat. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn. — New research from Mayo Clinic shows that lack of sufficient sleep combined with free access to food increases calorie consumption and consequently fat accumulation, especially unhealthy fat inside the belly. Findings from a randomized controlled crossover study led by Naima Covassin, Ph.D., a cardiovascular medicine researcher at Mayo Clinic, show that lack of sufficient sleep led to a 9% increase in total abdominal fat area and an 11% increase in abdominal visceral…

imperial.ac.uk (2022-04-10). Imperial expert's book uses scientific evidence to help people lose weight. imperial.ac.uk An Imperial researcher specialising in obesity has published a new book aiming to help people reach a healthy body weight.

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