(2022-02-05). US-backed SINTTIA union wins representation as workers at Silao, Mexico GM plant vote out CTM. wsws.org The claim that the victory of SINTTIA in the vote by Silao workers represents at step forward is belied by the support it received from the corrupt, pro-management US union bureaucracy and the Biden administration.
(2022-02-05). The Beijing Winter Olympics are a Symbol of Multipolarity and International Friendship. orinocotribune.com By Carlos Martinez — Feb 2, 2022 | With over 30 heads of state and government gathered in Beijing to attend the opening ceremony of the 2022 Winter Olympics, in spite of the pandemic which is still raging in most parts of the world, the Games will prove to be a symbol of a deepening multipolarity and global solidarity. | A tiny handful of imperialist countries, led by the United States, tried and failed to coordinate a so-called "diplomatic boycott," based on absurd and debunked fabrications about the treatment of Xinjiang's Uygur population. | When Joe Biden announced a year ago that "diplomacy is back," mo…
(2022-02-05). Extreme-Right Opposition Democratic Action Wants to Participate in 2024 Presidential Elections, Announces Candidacy. orinocotribune.com 
With two years to go before the 2024 presidential elections in Venezuela, Carlos Prósperi, the spokesperson for the Democratic Action (AD) faction led by Henry Ramos Allup, has called for all opposition sectors to organize as a single unitary platform. | Ramos Allup is thus making it clear that even those groups which have traditionally represented right-wing extremism in Venezuela that has recurred to violence, election abstention, and coups, now understand that the only option is to constitutionally adhere to the democratic electoral route. | "The healthiest thing would be for all opposition political organizat…
(2022-02-05). Mike Pence Responds to Trump's Criticism, Says He 'Had No Right' to Overturn 2020 Election. sputniknews.com Former US President Donald Trump has repeatedly criticized his Vice President Mike Pence after the latter refused to block the certification of the results of the 2020 presidential election in Congress.
(2022-02-05). [World Report] Aid agencies warn of health consequences of Mali sanctions. thelancet.com Delayed elections in Mali have prompted sanctions, but humanitarian groups warn that health care is being adversely affected. Sharmila Devi reports.
(2022-02-05). UN Security Council calls for normal functioning of gov't in Lebanon. ecns.cn The UN Security Council on Friday called for the normal functioning of government in Lebanon to carry out much-needed reforms and hold elections.
(2022-02-05). With Ôªøre-election of ÔªøMattarella, Italian government will seek to enforce "EU recovery plan" wsws.org The anti-working class offensive of the Draghi government and the rise of the Fratelli d'Italia make clear how urgently necessary an independent working class movement is, a party that resolutely leads the struggle against mass infection, social impoverishment and war.
(2022-02-05). Global Research Weekender: #FreedomConvoy2022 Updates. globalresearch.ca In this weekend selection, we bring to your attention some important updates on the Canadian #FreedomConvoy2022. The people's movement gathers pace as more truckers and freedom fighters rally to the Capital to protest against all levels of COVID-19 mandates. The …
(2022-02-05). Republican Party officially endorses Trump's January 6 putsch as "legitimate political discourse" wsws.org The resolution marks a turning point in the political history of the United States and the capitalist two-party system, with the Republican Party now transforming itself into an organization of extra-parliamentary insurrection.
(2022-02-05). Saturday 4/2: #M4A: 2022 Medicare For All Virtual Strategy Conference (Day 1). indybay.org Virtual conference – join online…
(2022-02-05). Sunday 4/3: #M4A: 2022 Medicare For All Virtual Strategy Conference (Day 2). indybay.org Virtual conference – join online…
(2022-02-05). Honduran Garifuna Doctor who Graduated from ELAM Joins President Xiomara Castro's Cabinet. orinocotribune.com Dr. Luther Castillo Harry, who on March 17, 1999, received a scholarship to study at the Latin American School of Medicine (ELAM) in Havana, has been appointed Secretary of Science, Technology and Scientific Innovation of Honduras by President Xiomara Castro. | For Dr. Castillo, who comes from the Garífuna community, ELAM turned out to be "a paradise in the heart of the Caribbean, where the dreams of the children of the poor come true, and from where men and women of science and conscience graduate." | Coming from Moskitia, one of the most remote regions of Honduras and home to four of the nine indigenous and…
(2022-02-05). Barely One Week Into Her Presidency, Xiomara Castro Brings Hope and Joy to Hondurans. orinocotribune.com 
February 4, 2022 (Special for OrinocoTribune.com)—Piloting a series of substantial policy changes a little more than one week into her mandate, Honduras' President Xiomara Castro has already established herself as a firm Latin American leader. In the process, she has brought hope and happiness to the Honduran people, living under the pall of an oppressive regime since the 2009 military coup that removed Manuel Zelaya from the presidency. | The festive atmosphere of Xiomara Castro's inauguration lit up Honduras' capital city Tegucigalpa, as thousands of supporters of Castro and her Libre party, waving red pa…
(2022-02-05). Munich—The Edge of War: Distorting the historical record. wsws.org The new film based on Munich (2017), the Robert Harris novel, attempts to revise the role of Neville Chamberlain and Britain in World War II.
(2022-02-04). Minneapolis protest will demand: No war with Russia. fightbacknews.org Minneapolis, MN – A coalition of organizations will hold a "No War with Russia" protest Saturday, February 5 in Minneapolis. The protest will start Saturday at 11 a.m. at the corner of 3rd Street and Cedar Avenue S (301 Cedar Avenue S) on the West Bank in Minneapolis. There will be speakers from a number of organizations, followed by a neighborhood march that will go past the office of U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar. | A statement issued by organizers says in part, "Following the Biden administration's announcement that 3000 U.S. troops are being moved to Eastern Europe, people will be taking to the streets in the U.
(2022-02-04). US walks back evidence-free claim of 'imminent' Russian invasion of Ukraine. multipolarista.com Biden White House press secretary Jen Psaki walked back the baseless claim of an "imminent" Russian invasion of Ukraine, admitting "we still don't know that [Putin has] made a decision." Meanwhile Ukrainian President Zelensky is criticizing Washington for manufacturing a crisis that has hurt his economy.
(2022-02-04). Appalachians Are Building A Green New Deal Blueprint For Themselves. popularresistance.org The Green New Deal proposal is one of the only effective, broadly recognized pathways to tackle the climate crisis and address its social and economic consequences. It is technologically possible and economically sustainable. Yet although the Green New Deal project is already under way in some shape or form in various states, it has yet to be scaled up to the national level. In fact, climate policy as a whole has been stalled in Congress, and the Biden administration has so far engaged more in symbolic gestures than in living policy processes. | With time quickly running out to prevent a greenhouse apocalypse, ac…
(2022-02-04). Crude Oil Prices Top $90 For 1st Time Since 2014, $100+ Could Break Biden With Rising Inflation Pressures. moguldom.com Crude oil prices rose to more than $90 for the first time since 2014 and some experts believe they will reach $100+. The rising prices are due to continued inflation, something political pundits believe will hurt President Joe Biden and the Democrats during the midterm elections. West Texas Intermediate crude futures — which serve as …
(2022-02-04). How Erdogan Scapegoated ISIS Caliph to Appease Biden? dissidentvoice.org Whilst Turkish President Erdogan was in Kiev on Thursday, ostensibly brokering a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine to defuse escalating tensions following the Russian troop build-up along Ukraine's borders and the deployment of 3,000 US forces in Poland and Romania, Biden announced that the Islamic State leader had been killed in a special-ops raid …
(2022-02-04). Opinion: Sometimes A Half Truth Is A Whole Lie In Defund The Police Polls. moguldom.com Joe Biden announced his proposal to increase funding for police as opposed to defunding police departments. Biden's fiscal year 2022 budget has an increase of more than double the FY2021 budget for law enforcement — $388 million. Some argue this is a middle finger to Black people, the constituency largely responsible for securing Biden's election …
(2022-02-04). Headlines for February 4, 2022. democracynow.org Biden Claims ISIS Leader Detonated Bomb That Killed 13 at Site of U.S. Raid, Vladimir Putin Meets Xi Jinping in Beijing as Winter Olympics Open, State Dept. Questioned over Claims Russia Is Plotting "False Flag" Operation in Ukraine, South African Plant Produces mRNA COVID Vaccine Based on Moderna Data, Chicago Ex-Cop Who Murdered Laquan McDonald Released After Just Three Years in Prison, Biden on Crime in New York City: "The Answer Is Not to Defund the Police", Turkey Blames Greek Border Guards After 12 Asylum Seekers Freeze to Death, Texas Butterfly Conservation Center Shuts Doors Following Right-Wing Harassmen…
(2022-02-04). Trump plotters, Republican lawmakers met on eve of coup to seek NSA "intelligence" on foreign interference in 2020 election. wsws.org At a meeting with Republican lawmakers, Trump co-conspirators proposed having military and intelligence operatives concoct bogus evidence of foreign interference to justify overthrowing Biden's election.
(2022-02-04). Do you trust Biden or ISIS, Psaki asks skeptical reporter. rt.com 
The White House spokeswoman dismissed a question about evidence in deadly Syria raid | White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki mocked the idea that the US administration may provide journalists inaccurate information about its military operations abroad. | When asked if Washington would be giving any proof that the target of a US commando raid in Syria blew himself up along with members of his family, Psaki asked whether skeptics would rather trust terrorists. | She was confronted by a journalist on Air Force One over an account of events that President Joe Biden gave to the public. | Speaking a few hours after…
(2022-02-04). Biden Withdrawing Student Debt Appeal After Outcry. dailyposter.com 
(2022-02-04). EEUU retira acusación que Rusia planea invasión 'inminente' a Ucrania. multipolarista.com La Casa Blanca de Biden se retractó de la acusación infundada que Rusia planea una invasión "inminente" a Ucrania y admitió que "todavía no sabemos que [Putin] haya tomado una decisión". Mientras tanto, el presidente ucraniano Zelensky critica a Washington por fabricar una crisis que ha dañado su economía.
(2022-02-04). US claims assassination of ISIS leader in Syria. wsws.org In a White House statement celebrating the killing, Biden hailed the US military as "the solid-steel backbone of this nation."
(2022-02-04). The COVID-19 cover-up: Hear no deaths, see no deaths, speak no deaths. wsws.org As thousands of Americans die every single day from COVID-19, the Biden administration carries out a campaign, through media propaganda and the manipulation of data, to cover up the pandemic and accustom the population to mass death in perpetuity.
(2022-02-04). The state of the US war industry under Joe Biden. peoplesdispatch.org The US defense budget is a good sign of the fact that while Joe Biden may lack his predecessor Donald Trump's penchant for hyperbole, the two administrations so far have been pretty similar on many counts…
(2022-02-04). GOP Grill Fed Nominee Sarah Bloom Raskin over Climate Views; Her Husband Rep. Jamie Raskin Responds. democracynow.org 
We speak with Rep. Jamie Raskin about his wife Sarah Bloom Raskin's grilling by a Senate panel Thursday over her qualifications to be President Biden's nominee for the top bank regulator, the Federal Reserve Board of Governors. Republicans argue her past comments on climate change show she could use her position to discourage banks from lending to fossil fuel companies. Raskin said if she was confirmed, she would not be able to take such actions. "What they're attacking is the idea there can be citizens who are fully aware of climate change and take it seriously, who can serve honorably and lawfully in other capa…
(2022-02-04). Biden visits New York City to press law-and-order campaign. wsws.org The US president decried the atrocious death toll from gun violence in the US—more than 100 people a day—while his administration does nothing to stop a COVID-19 death toll that is 30 times higher.
(2022-02-04). House Dem Fumes Over Louis DeJoy's Failure to Electrify USPS Truck Fleet. truthout.org 
A leading House Democrat on Wednesday demanded the ouster of Postmaster General Louis DeJoy over his push to spend $11 billion on a new fleet of largely gasoline-powered USPS delivery trucks, a plan that flies in the face of President Joe Biden's Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-Va.), chair of the Hous…
(2022-02-04). GOP Suggests Biden's Fed Pick Shouldn't Be Confirmed Due to Climate Views. truthout.org 
We speak with Rep. Jamie Raskin about his wife Sarah Bloom Raskin's grilling by a Senate panel Thursday over her qualifications to be President Biden's nominee for the top bank regulator, the Federal Reserve Board of Governors. Republicans argue her past comments on climate change show she could use her position to discourage banks from lending to fossil fuel companies. Raskin said if she was confirmed, she would not be able to take such actions. "What they're attacking is the idea there can be citiz…
(2022-02-04). Biden administration must rejig its North Korea strategy. asiatimes.com The UN Security Council was to hold an emergency meeting this Friday to discuss North Korea's seven missile tests in the past four weeks. The meeting was requested by the United States, along with Britain and France, and agreed by Russia, which holds the presidency of UNSC for the month of February. However, given the …
(2022-02-04). 25 candidates are running for president of Costa Rica. america.cgtn.com 
Costa Ricans will head to the polls on February 6 for a general elections. The seven leading candidates broadcast to a nation still struggling to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic. See the latest.
(2022-02-04). Costa Rica Welcomes OAS Observers To Partake In Elections. telesurenglish.net On Thursday, Costa Rican Vice President Epsy Campbell and Foreign Affairs Minister Rodolfo Solano welcomed the Organization of American State (OAS) electoral experts who will participate as observers at the general elections to be held on Feb. 6. | RELATED: | Led by Panamanian former Vice President Isabel de Saint-Malo, the OAS group will assess the organization, technological equipment, women's political partic…
(2022-02-04). "Love & the Constitution": Rep. Jamie Raskin on Son's Death, Trump's Coup Plot & Protecting the Vote. democracynow.org 
As more details emerge about Donald Trump's role in the deadly January 6 insurrection, we're joined by Congressmember Jamie Raskin, who serves on the House select committee investigating the Capitol attack and was the lead manager in Trump's second impeachment trial. Raskin writes about the insurrection in a new memoir titled "Unthinkable: Trauma, Truth, and the Trials of American Democracy" and is featured in the new MSNBC documentary "Love & the Constitution," which follows Raskin during Trump's years in office leading up to the January 6 insurrection and the tragic death of Raskin's son. "We knew that Trump wa…
(2022-02-04). Is Trump behind the Ongoing Tensions between Moscow and Washington? journal-neo.org 
The world, though not at the edge of war, is closer than any time in many decades, all over the US intention to bring Ukraine into NATO, something most historians believe runs counter to US assurances given Russia so many years ago. However, we will examine a somewhat different hypothesis. The Trump regime's relationship with …
(2022-02-04). How Israel's Occupation Of Palestine Intensifies Climate Change. popularresistance.org Al-Naqab — On Sunday, roughly 200 activists demonstrated outside Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett's office in Jerusalem against the Jewish National Fund's (JNF) tree-planting project in al-Naqab, maintaining the forestation is an attempt to displace the indigenous Bedouin population. | Contracted by the Israeli government, the JNF razed fruit trees and seeded fields in al-Naqab in January to "make the desert bloom" with non-native plants. The purported environmental project has been met with fierce protest from the local villagers, with more than 60 Bedouin arrested in the last few weeks. | JNF mainta…
(2022-02-04). Túmin: The Alternative Currency Rebuilding Community In Mexico. popularresistance.org In southern Mexico, Itzel Castro sits behind the counter at a small artisanal store tucked along a colorful side street. She welcomes customers as they browse shelves stacked full of food, books and accessories. When the customers check out, Castro offers them change — not in pesos, but in Túmin. | Túmin is an alternative currency that emerged in Veracruz, Mexico in 2010. About the size of a credit card, Túmin notes are printed with vibrant illustrations that vary from state to state. Each Túmin note is equivalent to one peso, one minute of work or even one US dollar. It is both a unit of exchange and a cur…
(2022-02-04). Segunda Declaración de La Habana: El día en que todo el mundo puso los ojos sobre Cuba. cubadebate.cu La Habana, Cuba, Territorio Libre de América. Febrero 4 de 1962. La Plaza está abarrotada. Es la mayor concentración popular desde que triunfó la Revolución tres años atrás. Un niño, sobre los hombros de su padre, mira a la tribuna con unos binoculares. Frente a la multitud, Fidel Castro señala que todos los pueblos esperan la respuesta de Cuba.
(2022-02-04). Diosdado Cabello: Spirit of February 4 will Never Die. orinocotribune.com A few hours before the 30th anniversary of February 4, 1992—the day when Hugo Chavez and several other brave Venezuelan military officials shook Venezuela while trying to oust the neoliberal government of Democratic Action politician Carlos Andres Perez—the first vice president of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), Diosdado Cabello, assured the nation that the spirit of that day will never die. | "February 4 (4F) was well worth it to liberate the homeland, that's why the spirit of February 4 will never die," he said during the inauguration ceremony of the 4F Plaza, at the General Command…
(2022-02-04). Student leader in Swaziland granted bail after protesters threaten to render kingdom "ungovernable" peoplesdispatch.org A court in the city of Manzini granted bail to Colani Maseko, the president of Swaziland National Union of Students (SNUS) on Friday, February 4. The student leader had been arrested on January 31 and charged with sedition. | His bail came a day after the SNUS marched to the Manzini regional police headquarters and held a demonstration on February 3. A cross section of Swaziland's pro-democracy forces, including the banned political parties, trade unions, and youth organizations, attended the action. | Outside the police headquarters, protesters at the demonstration openly threatened to render the kingdom "ungove…
(2022-02-04). Ex-Chicago Cop Jason Van Dyke Freed Early over Murdering Laquan McDonald; Activists Seek Fed Charges. democracynow.org 
We go to Chicago, where protests erupted Thursday over the early release of the white ex-police officer Jason Van Dyke, who was convicted of killing a Black 17-year-old named Laquan McDonald in 2014. Van Dyke — who was the first police officer in the United States to be charged with murder for an on-duty shooting — was sentenced to nearly seven years in prison but was freed early for "good behavior" after only serving a little over three years of his sentence. He was only convicted of murder a year after the shooting, when community activists pushed the Chicago police to release video footage of the i…
(2022-02-04). Sounds Of Blackness 'Time For Reparations' Song Nominated For NAACP Image Award. moguldom.com Sounds of Blackness has been making uplifting music that represents Black culture for more than 50 years and the Grammy Award-winning music ensemble from Minneapolis doesn't seem to be slowing down anytime soon. One of its latest songs, "Time For Reparations," has been nominated in the Outstanding Gospel/Christian Song category for the 53rd NAACP Image …
(2022-02-04). Iowa Republican Authors Bill Demanding Cameras in Every Classroom in State. truthout.org 
A Republican lawmaker in Iowa has proposed a bill that would require school districts in the state to install cameras in virtually every public school classroom. | The bill, sponsored by state Rep. Norlin Mommsen (R),