Daily Archives: February 6, 2022

2022-02-06: News Headlines

Project Censored (2022-02-06). Arrests Aim to Silence Kashmiri Journalists and Human Rights Defenders. projectcensored.org By Tara Dorabji India, the world's largest democracy, continues to use draconian laws to silence and incarcerate journalists and human rights defenders in Kashmir. On February 4, Fahad Shah, founder…

Healthcare-NOW (2022-02-06). Saturday 4/2: #M4A: 2022 Medicare For All Virtual Strategy Conference (Day 1). indybay.org Virtual conference – join online…

Healthcare-NOW (2022-02-06). Sunday 4/3: #M4A: 2022 Medicare For All Virtual Strategy Conference (Day 2). indybay.org Virtual conference – join online…

scorinoco (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…

Dave DeCamp (2022-02-05). Biden Administration Restores Sanctions Waiver for Iran's Nuclear Program. news.antiwar.com On Friday, the Biden administration The waivers mean any foreign countries, including Russia, China, and countries in Europe, that work with Iran on its nuclear program cannot be targeted by US sanctions. The waivers are an aspect of the JCPOA and were rescinded by the Trump administration in 2020. | "

WSWS (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.

José Manuel Blanco Diaz (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…

Alasdair Baverstock (2022-02-05). Costa Rica to hold presidential election on Sunday. america.cgtn.com Costa Rica heads to the polls Sunday to choose a president for the next four years, but with economic issues resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic dominating the campaign, the country's next president will have a big task in bringing the country back from the financial …

sputniknews (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.

Global Research News (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 …

Sharmila Devi (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.

ecns.cn (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.

WSWS (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.

Kamal Iranidoost (2022-02-05). Unilateral sanctions make things worse not better: US senator. en.mehrnews.com American senator Chris Murphy has described the Maximum Pressure Campaign against Iran imposed by the previous US president Donald Trump as disastrous which made Iran stronger.

WSWS (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.

Editor2 (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…

Steve Lalla (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…

David Moore (2022-02-05). House Dems' New Anti-Progressive PAC Is Funded by Corporate Lobbyists and PACs. truthout.org This article was produced by A PAC formed last year by House Democrats to combat progressive primary challengers has so far relied almost exclusively on corporate PACs and lobbyists for its funding, a…

WSWS (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.

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