(2022-04-17). Comicomment: U.S. profiteering from Ukraine crisis. ecns.cn U.S. President Joe Biden said Wednesday his administration will provide Ukraine with an additional 800 million U.S. dollars' worth of military.
(2022-04-17). Biden Administration to Restart Oil, Gas Leasing on Public Lands. indybay.org WASHINGTON, April 15, 2022 — The Bureau of Land Management announced today that it will resume oil and gas leasing on public lands, violating President Biden's campaign promise to end new oil and gas leasing and locking in new extraction that thwarts his pledge to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
(2022-04-17). Nomination period of HKSAR's sixth-term chief executive election concludes. ecns.cn The nomination period for the election of China's Hong Kong Special Administrative Region's (HKSAR) sixth-term chief executive concluded on Saturday.
(2022-04-17). Spotlight: What's behind abrupt U.S. withdrawal from UNESCO?>. xinhuanet.com The world has long been used to U.S. President Donald Trump taking a stance against multilateralism. Still, the sudden U.S. announcement Thursday to retreat from UNESCO — the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization — raised eyebrows worldwide.
(2022-04-17). Federal judge in Hawaii extends order blocking Trump's travel ban. news.xinhuanet.com A U.S. federal judge in Hawaii on Wednesday extended his previous nationwide order blocking the implementation of President Donald Trump's revised travel ban while the lawsuit continues.
(2022-04-17). Mandatario cubano rememora epopeya en Playa Girón. cubadebate.cu En su cuenta en Twitter, Díaz-Canel citó una frase del líder histórico de la Revolución, Fidel Castro, perteneciente al discurso pronunciado en el acto central en conmemoración del aniversario 10 de la victoria en Playa Girón, el 19 de abril de 1971.
(2022-04-17). DPRK slams U.S. for orchestrating efforts to tighten financial sanctions against | Pyongyang. news.xinhuanet.com The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) has slammed the United States for orchestrating efforts to tighten financial sanctions against Pyongyang.
(2022-04-17). Friday 4/29: 4/29 Stop Privatizing Oakland! Day Of Action By Teachers & ILWU Longshore Workers. indybay.org Oakland teachers will be striking and joining with ILWU longshore workers on April 29 against privatization and closures of Oakland schools and the privatization and destruction of the Port Of Oakland by the Mayor and Democratic Party City Council supported by the leadership of the Alameda Labor Council and Alameda Building Trades. There will be a rally at 2PM at Oscar Grant Plaza and march through Oakland.
(2022-04-17). Malaysia says to release body of Kim Jong Nam to DPRK. news.xinhuanet.com Malaysia will release the body of Kim Jong Nam to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) and allow its nationals to leave, after the nine stranded Malaysian citizens in DPRK were freed, Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak said in a statement on Thursday.
(2022-04-17). Democracy – not more than the brand name. indybay.org The USA, a hegemonic power threatened with decline, is struggling to maintain and expand a monopolistic world order. This is supposed to be justified by surrounding itself with an aura of freedom and democracy. In this respect, the title of Wolin's book is a provocation: "Inverted Totalitarianism."
(2022-04-17). Kim Jong-un supervisa prueba de nueva arma táctica norcoreana. telesurtv.net De ser confirmada esta sería la primera arma táctica que Pyongyang desarrolla con capacidad para portar cabezas nucleares.
(2022-04-16). We do not want a divided planet; we want a World without walls. mronline.org 
While the United States began its illegal war against Iraq in 2003, Cuba's President Fidel Castro spoke in Buenos Aires, Argentina. 'Our country does not drop bombs on other peoples', he said, 'nor does it send thousands of planes to bomb cities … Our country's tens of thousands of scientists and doctors have been educated on the idea of saving lives'.
(2022-04-16). Siding With Ukraine's Far-Right, US Sabotaged Zelensky's Peace Mandate. popularresistance.org The House was gearing up to impeach Donald Trump for freezing weapons shipments to Ukraine while pressuring its government to investigate Joe Biden and his son Hunter. The Beltway media was consumed with frenzy of a presidency in peril. But Professor Cohen, one of the leading Russia scholars in the United States, was concerned with what the impeachment spectacle in Washington meant for the long-running war between the US-backed Ukrainian government and Russian-backed rebels in the Donbas. | The subsequent impeachment trial, and bipartisan US policy since, has made clear that Washington has had no interest in havi…
(2022-04-16). Letter to Biden Exposes Deep Crisis of Venezuelan Opposition. orinocotribune.com The Venezuelan opposition is going through a moment of great division, as some sectors of the right-wing opposition have started a public fight against some other sectors that sent a letter to US President Joe Biden requesting relief from the sanctions imposed on Venezuela by the White House. | This division was exposed by statements made by some leaders of the extreme right, through interviews in media and through posts on social media. They have criticized those who signed the letter addressed to the White House and members of the US Congress. | Former leader of opposition party Acción Democrático and fugitive…
(2022-04-16). The silent phase of the COVID-19 pandemic: Biden administration does nothing as US cases begin to rise. wsws.org The Biden Administration is gambling with the population's health as official cases across the US have risen by almost 25 percent over the last two weeks. All reputable public health experts have acknowledged a vast undercounting of cases.
(2022-04-16). Beyond the "Ghost Gun" Ban, We Need Our Leaders to Fund Violence Prevention. truthout.org President Joe Biden recently delivered a speech promising to address " Let's be clear, the administrati…
(2022-04-16). Activists Celebrate After Biden Grants TPS Status to Cameroonian Immigrants. truthout.org 
Human rights activists on Friday applauded the Biden administration's decision to allow tens of thousands of immigrants from war-torn Cameroon to temporarily live and work in the United States as a victory won by years of Black-led organizing. | The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Friday "The United…
(2022-04-16). 2022 Election In The Philippines: Repression And Resistance. popularresistance.org I just returned from eight days in Luzon, the largest island in the Philippines, where the capital, Manila, is located. For many years, the movement for national democracy in the Philippines has asked for international solidarity, including human rights defenders to aid them in their struggle for economic and political rights. The presence of people from other countries can help diminish the violence of the Philippine military and national police against the movement. In addition, as national elections approach on May 9 there has been a rise in human rights abuses, and so the need for international solidarity is…
(2022-04-16). Parisian workers who voted for Mélenchon speak out on French election. wsws.org WSWS reporters discussed with workers and young people the prospect of an active boycott of the second round between Macron and Le Pen.
(2022-04-16). Class struggle and the French elections. iacenter.org By G. Dunkel April 15, 2022 Emmanuel Macron, from the party En Marche, whose job history as a banker primed him for his current role as a bankers' president, came in first in France's presidential vote held April 10 with 27.4%. Macron is a supporter of the European Union, which is basically the organ of the European banks. The far right-wing candidate Marine Le Pen, representing the Rassemblement National, in her third run for president, came in second with 24.1% of the votes cast. Jean-Luc Mélenchon, of the anti-capitalist, working-class party France Insoumise, came in a close third behind Le Pen with 21.5% of t…
(2022-04-16). VIDEO: France police brutually attacks protesters. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 16 (MNA) — French police brutally attacked students who attended protest rallies following the announcement of the initial results of the French presidential election.
(2022-04-16). Cuatro frases de Fidel en la proclamación del carácter socialista. telesurtv.net Cuba celebra este 16 de abril los 61 años de la proclamación del carácter socialista de su Revolución, liderada por el comandante Fidel Castro.
(2022-04-16). The Power And Potential Of Democratic Public Ownership. popularresistance.org In most cases, it would be absurd to think that the same approach that created a problem would also be the one best suited to solve it. Yet this is exactly what we are expected to believe regarding the existential ecological threats our world now faces. As predicted by many since its inception, capitalism and its core interconnected tenants — private ownership of the means of production, market allocation, and exponential economic growth — have brought us to the precipice of both environmental and social disaster. Yet, year after year we continue to be told that capitalism will save us. Just a few mor…
(2022-04-16). Venezuela: April 11, the First Time a US Imposed Coup Was Defeated in 48 Hours (Interview). orinocotribune.com 
April 11, 2022 is the 20th anniversary of the coup d'état that in 2002 removed President Hugo Chávez Frías for 48 hours from the government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. In a heroic deed, and in record time, the people and the Bolivarian Armed Force rescued the Venezuelan president and restored democracy in the country. An event that many compare to October 17, 1945 in Argentina, when the people took to the streets to force the de facto government to free Juan Domingo Perón. Both were founding processes of two of the largest popular movements in the region, Peronismo and Chavismo. | To reflect on how t…
(2022-04-16). Thousands March in Tunisia Against President's Continuing Power-Grab. orinocotribune.com The demonstrations went ahead despite heavy presence of security forces and riot control personnel to prevent protesters from joining | On Sunday, April 10, thousands of Tunisians took part in fresh protests against president Kais Saied and his ongoing measures to seize all power in the country. The protesters denounced the president's unilateral arbitrary moves since last July as "unconstitutional" and "anti-democratic". They also opposed the upcoming constitutional referendum and other reforms announced by him. President Saied wants to replace…
(2022-04-16). Overcrowding, shortage of doctors and lack of water: living through pandemic in Sà£o Paulo's prisons. peoplesdispatch.org From the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic until January 2022, at least 15,586 prisoners have been infected with the virus in the state of Sà£o Paulo. Of these, 80 have died. In the first year of the pandemic, the State government of Joà£o Doria (Brazilian Social Democracy Party, PSDB) decided to make cuts to the budgets allocated for prisoners' healthcare and hygiene products worth R$ 14 million (USD 3 million) and R$ 31 million (USD 6.5 million), respectively. | During the first five months of 2021 alone, COVID-19 deaths in Sà£o Paulo's prisoner population exceeded the total number of deaths…