Venezuela Seeks Investigation by International Criminal Court (ICC) as to Whether U.S. Sanctions Constitute Crimes Against Humanity

Monday, 11 April 2022 — CovertAction Magazine

By Ryan Swan

Report: US Sanctions Have Cost 40,000 Venezuelan Lives | Venezuelanalysis.com[Source: venezuelaanalysis.com]

Adopted as part of regime-change operation, sanctions have killed at least 40,000 Venezuelans.

Economic coercive measures, commonly known as economic sanctions, are a means of coercive pressure through disruption of trade relations and economic isolation. The use of sanctions under international law is governed chiefly by Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter, providing that the Security Council may decide to enact a “complete or partial interruption of economic relations” in order to restore international peace and security.

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Asian fault lines of Biden’s war on Russia

Monday, 11 April 2022 — Indian Punchline

As relations with Tokyo sour, Moscow beefs up the coastal defence systems on the Kuril Islands that Japan claims as its own

The tremors of the United States’ tensions with Russia playing out in Europe are being felt in different ways already in Asia. The hypothesis of Ukraine being in Europe and the conflict being all about European security is delusional.

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If It Feels Like You’re Being Manipulated, It’s Because You Are

Monday, 11 April 2022 — Caitlin Johnson

by Caitlin Johnstone

Listen to a reading of this article:

If you’ve got a gut feeling that your rulers are working to control your perception of the war in Ukraine, it is safe to trust that feeling.

If you feel like there’s been a concerted effort from the most powerful government and media institutions in the western world to manipulate your understanding of what’s going on with this war, it’s because that’s exactly what has been happening.

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Avozstal – Final Redoubt of Ukraine’s Fascists?

Monday, 11 April 2022 — VK Press

By Eva K Bartlett

As you know, a powerful center of resistance in Mariupol remained precisely in the industrial zone, namely at the large Azovstal plant.

According to the first deputy of the DPR, Eduard Basurin, more than three thousand nationalists and the military of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are hiding there. Also, according to some reports, there are high-ranking NATO military and scientists who were involved in the work of biological laboratories in Ukraine.

AvozstalAzovstal Steel Plant

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Ukraine News Links 10-11 April 2022

Monday, 11 April 2022 • 16:00 — The New Dark Age

There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so please check back. If it gets updated, I usually insert the time on the line above. A lot of cross-posting usually indicates that the article is popular.

CIA Admits Feeding Americans False Info About Ukraine
https://www.globalresearch.ca/cia-admits-feeding-americans-false-info-about-ukraine/5777228

Bucha Massacre: “The Big Lie Technique” to Get NATO Involved in Ukraine War?
https://www.globalresearch.ca/bucha-massacre-big-lie-get-nato-involved-ukraine-war/5776828

Arms Deliveries To Ukraine. Who Are Real Beneficiaries?
https://southfront.org/arms-deliveries-to-ukraine-real-beneficiaries/

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