(2022-01-29). France has Become a "Destabilizing Force" in Africa. journal-neo.org 
In a January briefing with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, French President Emmanuel Macron, on the eve of his talks with Russian head of state Vladimir Putin, said Russia was allegedly becoming a "destabilizing force". In making this assessment of Russia's policies, Macron was certainly following instructions from Washington to actively deploy anti-Russian rhetoric and propaganda. …
(2022-01-29). Contradicting US, Ukrainian President Zelensky denies Russian attack imminent. wsws.org The NATO powers' calls to prepare for a war against Russia supposedly to defend Ukraine are reckless, unsubstantiated propaganda threatening to trigger a world war.
(2022-01-29). Canadian media and Conservatives promote far-right trucker protest to push for scrapping of remaining anti-COVID-19 measures. wsws.org Anyone following the Canadian corporate media's news coverage in recent days will have been bombarded by reports about a small protest led by far-right owner-operator truckers against a federal government-imposed vaccine mandate.
(2022-01-29). [Perspectives] Pregnancy and the origins of illness. thelancet.com The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic are expected to be felt for years after the virus is contained. Alongside the more than 5 ∑5 million COVID-19 deaths globally, there have been massive shifts in how we understand and practise medicine and public health, transformations of global economies, and losses in livelihoods, health, education, and security. There is also the disquieting prospect that our current trauma could have lasting intergenerational impacts—that children gestated or born during this pandemic might carry an imprint of their mother's experience with lifelong and inheritable consequences.
(2022-01-28). Ukraine And US War Propaganda. popularresistance.org The corporate media always carry water for the state, and they are never more dangerous than when the nation is on a war footing. Right now the United States government is sending weapons to Ukraine. One wouldn't know that because of constant references to "lethal aid." The euphemisms and subterfuge are necessary for a very simple reason. Everyone except the Washington war party knows that provoking war with Russia is extremely dangerous. | Joe Biden is picking up where he left off, as Barack Obama's Ukraine viceroy. He and his incompetent foreign policy team have spun a tale about a pending Russian attack on Ukr…
(2022-01-28). China's Belt & Road Already Delivering for Southeast Asia. journal-neo.org 
The West's propaganda campaign against China is attempting to convince the world that Beijing and its policies pose a global threat. China is accused of everything from presenting an outright military threat to its neighbors and the world, to sinisterly trapping nations in debt for infrastructure projects the West insists are unnecessary in the first …
(2022-01-28). Marxism and the Black Caribbean. libya360.wordpress.com Transcript Onye: The main impact of anti-communism and online left discourse has been serious strikes to principled anti imperialism, particularly in Western nations like the United Snakes. You get to the point where China, for example, or Cuba or Vietnam have clearly managed the pandemic much better: have prioritized the health and well-being of their populations,…
(2022-01-28). 'Sí se Pudo!': Xiomara Castro Takes Office in Honduras — Venezuelan Delegation Present. orinocotribune.com With the challenge of achieving the overhaul of the Honduran State and implementing policies for the benefit of the most vulnerable families, the new leftist Honduran president, Xiomara Castro, took office amid cheers and slogans such as: "Si se pudo!" [Yes, we could!] | The ceremony took place after a period that plunged the country into chaos, illegality and corruption, which began after the coup, carried out by sectors of the right with the support of the United States, perpetrated against the then President Manuel Zelaya, in 2009. | Xiomara Castro, wife of deposed President Zelaya, won the elections on Novemb…
(2022-01-28). Fact Check: Full Brain Development Doesn't Happen Until Age 25. moguldom.com There have long been scientific studies that support the argument that full brain development doesn't happen until the age of 25. As a result, some believe certain decisions made prior to that age should be given a bit more grace. However, others say teens and adolescents should still be held accountable for their actions. A …
(2022-01-28). U.S. government pays big money for bad news about Cuba. mronline.org 
The cruder U.S. methods for destroying Cuba's revolutionary government—military attacks, bombings of hotels and a fully-loaded airplane, violent attacks on officials, biological warfare—did not work. Nor has economic blockade, which of course continues. A more subtle approach also exists. Like the blockade, its purpose is to cause despair and then dissent.
(2022-01-28). Ralph Nader on Morton Mintz— Investigative Nemesis of Corporate Criminals — Turning 100. scheerpost.com 
Morton Mintz. [ By Ralph Nader | "Hi Mort," began my calls to Morton Mintz who would invariably answer his phone promptly at the Washington Post. "I've got a story," to which Mintz would respond warily: "Tell me about it." And so it went for nearly twenty years with me and lots of other citizen advocates, whistleblowers, and congressional committee staff. More than any other reporter, Mintz broke open the walls surrounding the media's non-coverage of serious consumer, en…
(2022-01-28). US And Russia Climb Escalation Ladder. popularresistance.org The corporate media in the United States are breathlessly covering Russia's every move right now while U.S. politicians are aggressively pushing new sanctions and arms shipments to Ukraine. | But how is the conflict viewed from the other side? Dr. Oleg Barabanov, Academic Director of the European Studies Institute at MGIMO University, joins the show to bring light to the issues from the Russian perspective. | Ben Chacko, editor of the Morning Star in Britain, explains why people in the West should be paying close attention to the conflict.
(2022-01-28). Vaccine Apartheid 2.0: The Great Reset in Action. orinocotribune.com By Misión Verdad — Jan 25, 2022 | Recently, media outlets have reported that Nike has begun to fire employees who are not vaccinated against COVID-19 in the United States. Certainly, one must doubt whether the measure corresponds to a policy to take care of employees or whether it is intended to serve a disguised corporate agenda. | However, this is not the first company to make a similar decision. At the end of last year, Google took the decision to put pressure on its employees who were not vaccinated, even threatening to fire them. Up to that point, it was an extreme measure that no other tech company had…
(2022-01-28). BA.2 subvariant of Omicron in more than 40 countries across the globe. wsws.org The Omicron subvariant BA.2 is now dominant in Denmark. This variant of the virus has also been detected in more than 40 countries across the world and is beginning to displace the original Omicron.