Propaganda WarThis MintPress study reveals that ninety percent of recent opinion articles in The New York Times, The Washington Post and The Wall Street Journal have taken a hawkish view on the Ukraine conflict written by pundits tied to the national security state promoting NATO as a defender of the free world & describe Putin as Hitler incarnate.
While the fireworks of the Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony light up the sky over Beijing another firework comes in the form of a Joint Statement of the Russian Federation and the People’s Republic of China on the International Relations Entering a New Era and the Global Sustainable Development by President Vladimir Putin of Russia and the President of the People’s Republic of China Xi Jinping.
That recent working class anti-vaccine mandate protests have been met with either silence or derision from the Left speaks volumes about their allegiances.
by Edwin Aponte
Photo by Leila MechouiIf you consider yourself on the political Left, you might be forgiven for not knowing very much about the many acts of worker resistance against the COVID-19 vaccination mandates that have taken place all around the world over the last year. This is because the professional Left media and activist class—while happy to cover traditional strike action over union contract disputes, such as with last year’s John Deere Company and the more recent Kroger strike in the United States—have completely ignored comparable labor struggles undertaken by working people over an issue which defies contemporary cultural associations; leaping over most racial, gender, and social divisions.
By TruePublica: The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) support ministers in leading the nation’s health and social care and in their words – “to help people live more independent, healthier lives for longer.” Unfortunately, corruption by these ministers overtook them and billions in taxpayer funds have been blown.
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AP challenges State Department’s accusation against Russia
https://www.voltairenet.org/article215546.html
CNN’s Tapper slams government for ‘trust us or ISIS’ message
https://www.rt.com/news/548376-cnn-tapper-biden-enemies/
MintPress Study: NY Times, Washington Post Driving US to War with Russia Over Ukraine
UN SG António Guterres: “Afghanistan is hanging by a thread.”In a hugely consequential advisory, the US Treasury Department quietly signalled on Wednesday that it was “tweaking” the sanctions against the Haqqani Network. The international banks can transfer money to Taliban, including Haqqani Network without fear of breaching sanctions.
The U.S. Black Political Class and War
What passes for leadership is always a joke played upon Black people. The high water mark of the CBC being the “conscience of the congress” is long gone. No one can look to them on the issue of Ukraine or anything else. The people must restore the historical Black radical consensus as a matter of survival.
Crisis or Confusion? A Brief Guide for Black Folk on the Situation in Ukraine
African people are already battling against U.S. rightist forces – from the Trump/Republican supporters to the warmongering neoliberal democrats. It would be an affront to our history and people to enter this struggle on the side of empire and NATO.
The New Dark Age 