Antonio C.S. Rosa (2022-02-28). US, UK, France Promised USSR Not to Expand NATO East of Germany, Newly Discovered Document Proves. transcend.org 21 Feb 2022 – A newly discovered document provides more evidence that Western governments broke their promise not to expand NATO eastward after German reunification. Notes from a 1991 meeting prove that the US, UK, France, and Germany assured the Soviet Union that NATO would not expand east.

Ali Abunimah (2022-02-28). Ukraine, Palestine and the propaganda of war. electronicintifada.net Western publics are being primed for another bloody calamity.

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2022-02-28). War Propaganda about Ukraine Becoming More Militaristic, Authoritarian, and Reckless. transcend.org 27 Feb 2022 – Every useful or pleasing claim about the war, no matter how unverified or subsequently debunked, rapidly spreads, while dissenters are vilified as traitors or Kremlin agents.

Anonymous103 (2022-02-28). War In Ukraine, The West's Propaganda War Is The End Of Democracy. southfront.org Tianjin explosion in China | Written by Piero Messina | Vladimir Putin has become "Putler", something halfway between Putin and Hitler. For the less aggressive, the Russian president is Vlad the Mad. "There has never been a genocide against the pro-Russian populations in Donbass. Nazi formations do not exist and have never existed in Ukraine and there has been no massacre in Odessa. Putin threatens the world and must be stopped." Western media is treating the Ukrainian crisis as if it were selling soap bars w…

Staff (2022-02-28). Australia blacklists Putin. rt.com A number of Moscow's high-ranking officials will also be hit with personal sanctions | Russian President Vladimir Putin and other top officials will not be welcome to visit Australia, Canberra has declared, in the wake of Moscow's military operation in Ukraine. | Prime Minister Scott Morrison revealed the measures in a statement on Sunday, arguing that "it is exceedingly rare to designate a head of state, and [that] reflects the depth of our concerns." | He added that the personal sanctions, which include a full asset freeze and a ban on entry, will also be imposed on Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, Defense Mi…

sputniknews (2022-02-28). 'Bribes, Fraud & Embezzlement': Leaked Doc Alleges Ericsson Paid $10.5 Million to Daesh in Iraq. sputniknews.com Revelations of vast management failures at Ericsson are contained in a 2019 internal report, obtained by the International Consortium of International Journalists [ICIJ] and shared with media partners, including the BBC, The Washington Post and The Guardian. The probe had focused on operations in 10 countries, including in Iraq from 2011 to 2019.

WSWS (2022-02-28). Three international studies of the origins of coronavirus refute the fabricated Wuhan "lab leak" claim. wsws.org Three just-released studies provide substantive evidence for the natural origin of SARS-CoV-2, with Huanan market in Wuhan, China the location of the first zoonotic (animal to human) transfer.

Staff (2022-02-27). Putin orders Russian nuclear deterrent forces to be on highest alert. rt.com The move comes in response to 'hostile' rhetoric by top NATO officials, Russia's president has explained | President Vladimir Putin placed the country's strategic deterrence forces on "special" alert on Sunday, announcing the move during a meeting with Russia's Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu and Chief of Staff Valery Gerasimov. | "Western countries are not only taking unfriendly actions against our country in the economic area. I'm speaking about the illegitimate sanctions that everyone is well aware of. However, the top officials of the leading NATO countries also make aggressive statements against our countr…

Staff (2022-02-27). Belarus carries out constitutional referendum. rt.com The revisions offer a significant change in the country's government structure | Belarus' referendum on constitutional changes has been declared valid with more than 50% of the voters attending polling stations by midday, the local news agency Belta reported on Sunday. | The proposed amendments, if accepted by the Belarusians, would mean a drastic change to the country's government structure. The new People's Assembly — a council of the Belarus' government with industry leaders and top officials — would be responsible for approving key state documents, including military doctrine and security policie…

José Manuel Blanco Diaz (2022-02-27). Fake News Warfare in Ukraine Conflict (+Zelensky on the Frontlines?). orinocotribune.com The ongoing geopolitical and military conflict situation between the Russian Federation and the Republic of Ukraine is being used for fake news production by Western press and social media platforms, as is becoming evident. | Biased reports, publications of old photographs, and even simulations and video games serve as "source" for the mainstream media and social media accounts of great influence. With the publication of fake news, they are trying to show an "indignation" against war, something that was never seen against all the atrocities perpetrated or promoted by governments such as that of the United States.

_____ (2022-02-27). Fake News Warfare In Ukraine Conflict. popularresistance.org The ongoing geopolitical and military conflict situation between the Russian Federation and the Republic of Ukraine is being used for fake news production by Western press and social media platforms, as is becoming evident. | Biased reports, publications of old photographs, and even simulations and video games serve as "source" for the mainstream media and social media accounts of great influence. With the publication of fake news, they are trying to show an "indignation" against war, something that was never seen against all the atrocities perpetrated or promoted by governments such as that of the United States.

_____ (2022-02-27). Assange Affirms The Existence Of Another Kind Of Human Nature. popularresistance.org We know what Julian did. We know the great public service he provided. We know that he and WikiLeaks, aided by courageous figures such as Chelsea Manning, gave us the most important journalist coup of our generation, ripping back the veil erected by the ruling political, military, and financial elites to expose their mendacity, their corruption, and their crimes. We know that populations around the world, from Haiti to Tunisia, were empowered by this information to hold these elites accountable. | But today I want us to reflect on Julian himself. For Julian, endowed with precocious skills, could easily have been…

Staff (2022-02-27). Putin orders Russian nuclear deterrent forces to be on highest alert. rt.com The move comes in response to 'hostile' rhetoric by top NATO officials, Russia's president has explained | President Vladimir Putin placed the country's strategic deterrence forces on "special" alert on Sunday, announcing the move during a meeting with Russia's Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu and Chief of Staff Valery Gerasimov. | "Western countries are not only taking unfriendly actions against our country in the economic area. I'm speaking about the illegitimate sanctions that everyone is well aware of. However, the top officials of the leading NATO countries also make aggressive statements against our countr…

Staff (2022-02-27). Belarus carries out constitutional referendum. rt.com The revisions offer a significant change in the country's government structure | Belarus' referendum on constitutional changes has been declared valid with more than 50% of the voters attending polling stations by midday, the local news agency Belta reported on Sunday. | The proposed amendments, if accepted by the Belarusians, would mean a drastic change to the country's government structure. The new People's Assembly — a council of the Belarus' government with industry leaders and top officials — would be responsible for approving key state documents, including military doctrine and security policie…

José Manuel Blanco Diaz (2022-02-27). Fake News Warfare in Ukraine Conflict (+Zelensky on the Frontlines?). orinocotribune.com The ongoing geopolitical and military conflict situation between the Russian Federation and the Republic of Ukraine is being used for fake news production by Western press and social media platforms, as is becoming evident. | Biased reports, publications of old photographs, and even simulations and video games serve as "source" for the mainstream media and social media accounts of great influence. With the publication of fake news, they are trying to show an "indignation" against war, something that was never seen against all the atrocities perpetrated or promoted by governments such as that of the United States.

JANET (2022-02-26). Berlin antiwar rally exposes Washington's lies. iacenter.org By John Catalinotto February 25, 2022 Despite gale warnings, the Berlin Peace Coordination drew a thousand people to a Feb. 18 antiwar rally on the Platz des 18. Mà§rz at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, under the slogans "Stop the media warmongering and NATO aggression policy" and "Disarmament and peace with Russia." Among the participants were members of the Left Party, the German Communist Party and the Friends of Nature. Left Party representative in Bundestag, Sevim Dagdelen, at Feb. 18 antiwar rally. Friko (Peace Coordination) Left Party member of the Bundestag, Sevim Dagdelen, to the cheers of the crowd…

_____ (2022-02-26). The Next Step In Palestine's Struggle Is The Most Difficult. popularresistance.org With time and, in fact, soon after its formation in 1994, Palestinians began realizing that the PA was not a platform for liberation, but a hindrance to it. A new generation of Palestinians is now attempting to articulate, or refashion, a new discourse for liberation that is based on inclusiveness, grassroots, community-based activism that is backed by a growing global solidarity movement.

_____ (2022-02-26). War In Europe And The Rise Of Raw Propaganda. popularresistance.org Marshall McLuhan's prophecy that "the successor to politics will be propaganda" has happened. Raw propaganda is now the rule in Western democracies, especially the US and Britain. | On matters of war and peace, ministerial deceit is reported as news. Inconvenient facts are censored, demons are nurtured. The model is corporate spin, the currency of the age. In 1964, McLuhan famously declared, "The medium is the message." The lie is the message now. | But is this new? It is more than a century since Edward Bernays, the father of spin, invented "public relations" as a cover for war propaganda. What is new is the vir…

Ed Rampell (2022-02-26). MSNBC Needs a History Lesson: Imperial America is "Greatest Purveyor of Coups" on Earth. covertactionmagazine.com MSNBC legal analyst Daniel Goldman, Majority Counsel in the first Trump impeachment inquiry, adds to the vast TV disinformation wasteland …

Editor (2022-02-26). Hedges: Assange Affirms the Existence of Another Kind of Human Nature. scheerpost.com Original illustration by Mr. Fish | By Chris Hedges / A Statement made at the We know what Julian did. We know the great public service he provided. We know that he and WikiLeaks, aided by courageous figures such as Chelsea Manning, gave us the most important journalist coup of our generation, ripping back the veil erected by the ruling political, military, and financial elites to expose their mendacity, their corruption, and their crimes. We know that populations around the world, from Haiti to Tunisia, w…

Anonymous103 (2022-02-26). Russian Military Operation Prevented Launch Of U.S. Bio-Laboratories In Ukraine. Kiev Hiding Evidence. southfront.org Click to see full-size image | The Russian military special operation in Ukraine coincided with the planned launch of U.S. military biolaboratories in Kiev and Odessa. On February 26, the US Embassy in Ukraine rushed to delete all documents about 11 Pentagon-funded bio-laboratories in Ukraine from its website. All these documents (now deleted by the Embassy), you can read In October 2021, the U.S. Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) of the U.S. Department…

JANET (2022-02-26). Berlin antiwar rally exposes Washington's lies. iacenter.org By John Catalinotto February 25, 2022 Despite gale warnings, the Berlin Peace Coordination drew a thousand people to a Feb. 18 antiwar rally on the Platz des 18. Mà§rz at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, under the slogans "Stop the media warmongering and NATO aggression policy" and "Disarmament and peace with Russia." Among the participants were members of the Left Party, the German Communist Party and the Friends of Nature. Left Party representative in Bundestag, Sevim Dagdelen, at Feb. 18 antiwar rally. Friko (Peace Coordination) Left Party member of the Bundestag, Sevim Dagdelen, to the cheers of the crowd…

Editor (2022-02-26). Hedges: Assange Affirms the Existence of Another Kind of Human Nature. scheerpost.com Original illustration by Mr. Fish | By Chris Hedges / A Statement made at the We know what Julian did. We know the great public service he provided. We know that he and WikiLeaks, aided by courageous figures such as Chelsea Manning, gave us the most important journalist coup of our generation, ripping back the veil erected by the ruling political, military, and financial elites to expose their mendacity, their corruption, and their crimes. We know that populations around the world, from Haiti to Tunisia, w…

WSWS (2022-02-25). "We can't let nuclear war break out": US workers respond to conflict in Ukraine. wsws.org Workers across the United States are responding with anxiety and apprehension to the outbreak of war in Ukraine, while voicing skepticism about the hysterical war propaganda being stoked by the Biden administration and the corporate media.

JANET (2022-02-25). NO WAR! NO SANCTIONS! NO NATO! iacenter.org February 24, 2022 The International Action Center joins with the many antiwar and anti-imperialist organizations, here and around the world, in raising the unifying slogans: "NO WAR! NO SANCTIONS! NO NATO!" We call for international emergency mobilizations for actions March 1-7 around this program. U.S. Out of Russia demonstration, Portland, Oregon, Feb. 5. Photo: Lyn Neeley The corporate media have spoken with one voice in the period leading up to today's blaring headlines accusing Russia of "invading" Ukraine. For months, the bipartisan message from Capitol Hill and the White House has been to demonize Russian…

A Guest Author (2022-02-25). Who gains from a war in Europe? U.S. targets supply of Russian gas to Europe. workers.org By Manuel Raposo Raposo is editor of the Portuguese website jornalmudardevida.net, which published this article on Feb. 20. Translation by John Catalinotto. At this moment, the events in Ukraine are shrouded in the cloud of smoke that characterizes war propaganda. Official positions, rather than clarifying facts and reporting the progress . . . |

David P Goldman (2022-02-25). China's SWIFT alternative may undercut US sanctions. asiatimes.com Washington's new sanctions against Russia were no match for President Biden's rhetoric, leaving out the most obvious measure that the United States might take to hurt Moscow, namely exclusion from the SWIFT international payments system. Banks conduct virtually all hard-currency transactions via SWIFT, or the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication. But a new Chinese …

Brittani Banks (2022-02-25). There's No Sugarcoating Hershey's Abuse of Workers and Union-Busting Tactics. independentmediainstitute.org There is a bittersweet battle taking place in Stuarts Draft, Virginia. Workers at the Hershey Company's second-largest factory, located in the small town of about 12,000, are seeking to unionize. In response, the nation's largest candy manufacturer is throwing the full force of the standard corporate union-busting playbook at them. The Virginia Hershey manufacturing plant …

WSWS (2022-02-25). "We can't let nuclear war break out": US workers respond to conflict in Ukraine. wsws.org Workers across the United States are responding with anxiety and apprehension to the outbreak of war in Ukraine, while voicing skepticism about the hysterical war propaganda being stoked by the Biden administration and the corporate media.

Workers World Party (2022-02-25). NO WAR! NO SANCTIONS! NO NATO! workers.org February 24 Workers World Party joins with the many antiwar and anti-imperialist organizations, here and around the world, in raising the unifying slogans: "NO WAR! NO SANCTIONS! NO NATO!" We call for international emergency mobilizations for actions March 1-7 around this program. U.S. Out of Russia demonstration, Portland, Oregon, Feb. . . . |

A Guest Author (2022-02-25). Who gains from a war in Europe? U.S. targets supply of Russian gas to Europe. workers.org By Manuel Raposo Raposo is editor of the Portuguese website jornalmudardevida.net, which published this article on Feb. 20. Translation by John Catalinotto. At this moment, the events in Ukraine are shrouded in the cloud of smoke that characterizes war propaganda. Official positions, rather than clarifying facts and reporting the progress . . . |

_____ (2022-02-24). Western Media Fall In Lockstep For Neo-Nazi Publicity Stunt In Ukraine. popularresistance.org When the corporate media push for war, one of their main weapons is propaganda by omission. | In the case of the recent crisis in Ukraine, Western journalists have omitted key context about the expansion of NATO since the end of the Cold War, as well as US support for the Maidan coup in 2014 (FAIR.org, 1/28/22). | A third and crucial case of propaganda by omission relates to the integration of neo-Nazis into the Ukrainian armed forces (FAIR.org, 3/7/14, 1/28/22). If the corporate media reported more critically about Western support for the neo-Nazi-infested Ukrainian security services, and how these forces functi…

Michael Gillespie (2022-02-24). The US and NATO Cross a Line. dissidentvoice.org One major nuclear war catastrophically interrupts the progress of human civilization and ushers in God only knows how many decades of dystopian madness. Pray that NATO's march on Moscow doesn't make Napoleon look like a genius and Hitler a brilliant military strategist. Bonaparte's retreat during the winter of 1812? A walk in the park compared to …

_____ (2022-02-24). US, UK, France Promised USSR Not To Expand NATO East Of Germany. popularresistance.org A newly discovered document provides more evidence that Western governments broke their promise not to expand NATO eastward after German reunification. | Notes from a 1991 meeting between top US, British, French, and German officials confirm that there was a "general agreement that membership of NATO and security guarantees [are] unacceptable" for Central and Eastern Europe. | Germany's diplomatic representative emphasized that the Soviet Union was promised in 1990 that "we would not extend NATO beyond the Elbe" river, in eastern Germany. | The document, which was formerly classified as secret, comes from the Bri…

C.J. Atkins (2022-02-24). There are no good guys in the Ukraine war. peoplesworld.org Despite the slanted propaganda that passes for "news" in the mainstream Western media right now, the truth of the matter is that there are no good guys when it comes to the conflict in Ukraine. But depending on the day, some of the bad guys outdo the rest. In Moscow, President Vladimir Putin has said …

In Defense of Liberation! (2022-02-23). Morning Commute: 2-23-2022 #NoWarWithRussia Let's build a movement! anchor.fm In this episode I discuss a little bit more of the situation going on in Ukraine especially since the last few days. I also use this to discuss the need for people across the world to come together in the fight against the reactionary and repressive governments, ruling class, and their propaganda across the world. Militarization will not solve the issues that capitalism and imperialism have created, only Proletarian revolution and the dictatorship of the working and exploited classes over the former oppressing and exploiting class. This is it, this is our only way out. Let me know what you think of the show!

Staff (2022-02-23). The Washington Post: El renacer de la economía venezolana. cubadebate.cu Las transformaciones que han venido remodelando la economía venezolana en años recientes están obrando a profundidad. Sin lugar a duda, las orientaciones de política macroeconómica seguidas por el gobierno venezolano han dado un giro de 180 grados, lo cual ha empezado a rendir dividendos.

JANET (2022-02-23). U.S. lies grease a path to war. iacenter.org February 22, 2022 The first casualty of war is truth. The famous ancient Greek playwright, Aeschylus, allegedly said this in 550 BCE. It's been repeated often, but is no longer accurate. U.S. imperialism, its spokespeople and media have murdered truth already, before the war starts. The invective the Biden administration directed at the Russian government and its President Vladimir Putin has been so vicious that everyone should realize a new U.S. aggression in Eastern Europe, directed against Russia, is underway. The Biden administration invented the story; the corporate media repeated it. Word for word. For mont…

In Defense of Liberation! (2022-02-23). Morning Commute: 2-23-2022 #NoWarWithRussia Let's build a movement! anchor.fm In this episode I discuss a little bit more of the situation going on in Ukraine especially since the last few days. I also use this to discuss the need for people across the world to come together in the fight against the reactionary and repressive governments, ruling class, and their propaganda across the world. Militarization will not solve the issues that capitalism and imperialism have created, only Proletarian revolution and the dictatorship of the working and exploited classes over the former oppressing and exploiting class. This is it, this is our only way out. Let me know what you think of the show!

Staff (2022-02-23). The Washington Post: El renacer de la economía venezolana. cubadebate.cu Las transformaciones que han venido remodelando la economía venezolana en años recientes están obrando a profundidad. Sin lugar a duda, las orientaciones de política macroeconómica seguidas por el gobierno venezolano han dado un giro de 180 grados, lo cual ha empezado a rendir dividendos.

JANET (2022-02-23). U.S. lies grease a path to war. iacenter.org February 22, 2022 The first casualty of war is truth. The famous ancient Greek playwright, Aeschylus, allegedly said this in 550 BCE. It's been repeated often, but is no longer accurate. U.S. imperialism, its spokespeople and media have murdered truth already, before the war starts. The invective the Biden administration directed at the Russian government and its President Vladimir Putin has been so vicious that everyone should realize a new U.S. aggression in Eastern Europe, directed against Russia, is underway. The Biden administration invented the story; the corporate media repeated it. Word for word. For mont…

WSWS (2022-02-22). Russia sends troops into East Ukraine, Biden announces sanctions. wsws.org Monday's escalation comes after weeks in which the US and NATO recklessly ratcheted up tensions with Russia, including by sending 5,000 troops of the airborne division to Poland and 300 Javelin missiles to Ukraine, and unleashing a torrent of war propaganda.

Kevin Mwanza (2022-02-22). Fact Check: Russia Can Escape SWIFT Banking System Sanctions With Bitcoin And Crypto. moguldom.com As NATO considers sanctions against Russia if it fails to withdraw troops at the border with Ukraine and continues to threaten war, the Kremlin is considering switching to using cryptocurrency for its money transfer system instead of using the Brussels-based SWIFT global payments system. SWIFT, which stands for Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication, carries …

_____ (2022-02-22). American Athletes Subverted The US'S Information War Against Beijing. popularresistance.org Few events have been more politicized than the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics. New cold warriors and atrocity propagandists led by the United States did everything in their power to generate popular support for a full boycott of the Games. NED-backed organizations formed a coalition for the cause, the corporate media engaged in a full-scale "China bad" propaganda blitz, and the political establishment got busy crafting several pieces of legislation to respond to the so-called "China threat." Their efforts failed. To save face, the U.S. implemented a non-consequential "diplomatic boycott" that found support from onl…

_____ (2022-02-22). Has Elizabeth Truss Decided to Help Washington Enrich itself at the Expense of Afghanistan? journal-neo.org At the end of December 2021, the Biden administration, in another of its now blatantly false propaganda campaigns, tried to convince the world of the supposedly "humane treatment of the people of Afghanistan." It should be recalled that at the time the matter concerned the delivery of one million doses of coronavirus vaccine produced by …

Staff (2022-02-22). Switzerland could be blacklisted as money-laundering state. rt.com The financial hub is dealing with the fallout from a huge leak of Credit Suisse banking data | The European People's Party (EPP), the largest political grouping in the European Parliament, called for a review of Switzerland's banking practices on Monday, and for the country to be included on the EU's dirty-money blacklist after leaked Credit Suisse documents revealed the bank's dealings with shady clientele. | The Swiss banking giant has reportedly served a motley client roster for decades, which included heads of state and spy chiefs, as well as human rights abusers and sanctioned individuals. | "The 'Swiss S…

KWORINOCO (2022-02-22). Latinus and MCCI Smear Campaign Against AMLO—Part of the Soft Coup. orinocotribune.com By Nancy Flores and Érika Ramírez — Feb 22, 2022 | The smear campaign recently launched against López Obrador by Latinus—a media outlet financed by Roberto Madrazo's family, pharmaceutical companies, and actors close to Claudio X González—and MCCI [Mexicans Against Corruption and Impunity] should be understood as an element of the larger soft-coup strategy promoted by politicians and business persons from the opposition. For Dr. Patricia Pozos Rivera, it is very likely that, as the 2024 elections draw nearer, the media will intensify its attacks against the president. | Financed by business inter…

WSWS (2022-02-22). Australian government accuses China of "aggression" over naval laser incident. wsws.org Without providing any evidence to back his charge, Prime Minister Morrison branded the mere pointing of a laser rangefinder at a patrol spy plane as an "act of intimidation" that could have killed the flight crew.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-02-22). "Marxist" Parties Siding with the State Are Either in Error or Are Not Marxist. libya360.wordpress.com Don Debar Author's Note: Please see this before reading. I am trying to determine whether this is a giant error, or evidence of outright service to Langley or some other organ of the ruling class. It is incredible to me that a party aiming to be the vanguard of the working class can continuously side…

WSWS (2022-02-22). Russia sends troops into East Ukraine, Biden announces sanctions. wsws.org Monday's escalation comes after weeks in which the US and NATO recklessly ratcheted up tensions with Russia, including by sending 5,000 troops of the airborne division to Poland and 300 Javelin missiles to Ukraine, and unleashing a torrent of war propaganda.

_____ (2022-02-22). Has Elizabeth Truss Decided to Help Washington Enrich itself at the Expense of Afghanistan? journal-neo.org At the end of December 2021, the Biden administration, in another of its now blatantly false propaganda campaigns, tried to convince the world of the supposedly "humane treatment of the people of Afghanistan." It should be recalled that at the time the matter concerned the delivery of one million doses of coronavirus vaccine produced by …

WSWS (2022-02-22). Australian government accuses China of "aggression" over naval laser incident. wsws.org Without providing any evidence to back his charge, Prime Minister Morrison branded the mere pointing of a laser rangefinder at a patrol spy plane as an "act of intimidation" that could have killed the flight crew.

Staff (2022-02-21). Katrina vanden Heuvel: Smart Diplomacy Can Still Resolve the Ukraine Crisis Without War. democracynow.org As President Biden warns of an imminent Russian invasion of Ukraine, France has secured a commitment from both Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin to meet at a summit in an effort to defuse the escalating tension. We speak to veteran journalist Katrina vanden Heuvel, whose latest article for The Washington Post, "A path out of the Ukraine crisis," argues both leaders must work to avoid a catastrophic war. "There's a bluffing that could be taken more lightly, except this is the most dangerous confrontation between the United States, NATO and Russia in decades," says vanden Heuv…

Benjamin Norton (2022-02-21). Western media helps Ukrainian neo-Nazis spread staged propaganda. multipolarista.com Ukraine's neo-Nazi Azov Battalion organized a photo op training Ukrainian elderly women and children to shoot guns. Top US and British media outlets eagerly spread the fascist propaganda to demonize Russia.

_____ (2022-02-21). The Growing Scandal Of The Missing Intelligence. popularresistance.org U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday said he was convinced that Russian President Vladimir Putin had made up his mind to invade Ukraine, but European officials are not convinced. | "As of this moment I'm convinced he has made the decision" to invade, Biden told a reporter in response to a question at a White House press briefing. Asked how he knows this, Biden said, "We have a significant intelligence capability." | But The Washington Post reported on Saturday that: | "Some European allies questioned the United States' conviction that the Kremlin will launch hostilities, saying that they have not seen direct eviden…

_____ (2022-02-21). Dominating the Information Space: The Narrative Floats Into Fantasy. strategic-culture.org Mass-data cloud analysis has become the new type modus operandi, vice basing forecasts on a psychological profiling of others' innate natures. | What we have been witnessing began on 3 December 2021 when the Washington Post signalled a massing of Russian troops for an invasion of Ukraine.

New Atlas (2022-02-21). How You Can Debunk Atlantic Council's Anti-China "Uyghur Genocide" Lies in 5 Minutes. newatlas.report February 21, 2022 (The New Atlas) — The Atlantic Council has released a report claimed across the Western media to provide additional evidence of "genocide" in China's western region of Xinjiang. However, in less than 5 minutes of research it is possible to expose the report as propaganda built on existing, baseless claims coupled to …

WSWS (2022-02-21). WSWS readers give support to 2022 New Year appeal. wsws.org Testimonials for the New Year fund point to the critical role that the site, now entering its 25th year of publication, has played in countering the lies and propaganda of the corporate media.

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2022-02-21). War in Europe and the Rise of Raw Propaganda. transcend.org 17 Feb 2022 – Raw propaganda is now the rule in Western democracies, especially the US and Britain. On matters of war and peace, ministerial deceit is reported as news. Inconvenient facts are censored, demons are nurtured. The model is corporate spin, the currency of the age. In 1964, Marshall McLuhan famously declared, "The medium is the message." The lie is the message now.

Staff (2022-02-21). Australia urged to stop 'maliciously spreading disinfo'. rt.com Canberra claimed that Beijing's vessel directed a laser at an Australian aircraft | Beijing has accused Australia of spreading fake news after Canberra claimed that a Chinese vessel had directed a military laser at an Australian warplane within the latter's exclusive economic zone. | Speaking in a regular press briefing on Monday, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said that the country's ship was abiding by international law and had not committed any wrongdoing against the Australian warplane. | "The Chinese vessel sailing in the high seas complies with relevant international law and international…

WSWS (2022-02-21). WSWS readers give support to 2022 New Year appeal. wsws.org Testimonials for the New Year fund point to the critical role that the site, now entering its 25th year of publication, has played in countering the lies and propaganda of the corporate media.

New Atlas (2022-02-21). How You Can Debunk Atlantic Council's Anti-China "Uyghur Genocide" Lies in 5 Minutes. newatlas.report February 21, 2022 (The New Atlas) — The Atlantic Council has released a report claimed across the Western media to provide additional evidence of "genocide" in China's western region of Xinjiang. However, in less than 5 minutes of research it is possible to expose the report as propaganda built on existing, baseless claims coupled to …

Staff (2022-02-21). Australia urged to stop 'maliciously spreading disinfo'. rt.com Canberra claimed that Beijing's vessel directed a laser at an Australian aircraft | Beijing has accused Australia of spreading fake news after Canberra claimed that a Chinese vessel had directed a military laser at an Australian warplane within the latter's exclusive economic zone. | Speaking in a regular press briefing on Monday, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said that the country's ship was abiding by international law and had not committed any wrongdoing against the Australian warplane. | "The Chinese vessel sailing in the high seas complies with relevant international law and international…

_____ (2022-02-20). Documents: US Government Spent $22M Promoting Anti-Russia Narrative. popularresistance.org Kiev, Ukraine — Amid soaring tensions with Russia, the United States is spending a fortune on foreign interference campaigns in Ukraine. Washington's regime-change arm, the National Endowment for Democracy (NED), has spent $22.4 million on operations inside the country since 2014, when democratically-elected President Viktor Yanukovych was overthrown and replaced by a successor government handpicked by the U.S. Those operations included propping up and training pro-Western political parties, funding pliant media organizations, and subsidizing massive privatization drives that benefit foreign multinational c…

Benjamin Norton (2022-02-20). US, UK, France promised USSR not to expand NATO east of Germany, newly discovered document proves. multipolarista.com Notes from a 1991 meeting prove that the US, UK, France, and Germany assured the Soviet Union NATO would not expand east. It's part of a growing body of evidence that the West broke its promise to Russia.

TASS (2022-02-20). US unleashed propagandistic hysteria around Russia – Cuban foreign minister. tass.com "We firmly oppose NATO's expansion towards the Russian borders", Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla said…

Anonymous669 (2022-02-20). Russian Warplanes Flew Over US Al-Tanf Base In Southeastern Syria. southfront.org File image. | On February 20, two warplanes of the Russian Aerospace Forces (VKS) flew over the southeastern Syrian area of al-Tanf where the US-led coalition maintains a large garrison. | The coalition's main proxy group in al-Tanf, the Revolutionary Commando Army (MaT), confirmed that the warplanes were spotted by its fighters. In a propaganda statement, the group claimed that the two warplanes almost collided over al-Tanf. | Around 200 US troops and some 300 MaT fighters are usually present at al…

Staff (2022-02-20). NATO chief dismisses evidence of broken promises. rt.com The secretary general says the alliance's 'open door policy' was enshrined in its founding document | NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has categorically denied the accusations that the alliance has violated its pledge not to expand eastwards, despite the recent discovery of an archive document apparently confirming that the promise was made. | In an interview with German broadcaster ARD on Saturday, Stoltenberg was asked to comment on newly discovered minutes of a meeting between US, UK, French, and German officials from March 6, 1991. The document, published by Der Spiegel, contains multiple references…

John Pilger (2022-02-20). Western democracies have mutated into propagandists for war. asiatimes.com Marshall McLuhan's prophecy that "the successor to politics will be propaganda" has happened. Raw propaganda is now the rule in Western democracies, especially the US and Britain. On matters of war and peace, ministerial deceit is reported as news. Inconvenient facts are censored, demons are nurtured. The model is corporate spin, the currency of the …

New Atlas (2022-02-20). Andy Boreham of "Reports on China" & the Fight Against Anti-China Propaganda. newatlas.report February 20, 2022 (The New Atlas) — I interview Shanghai-based New Zealander Andy Boreham of Shanghai Daily and Reports on China. We discuss how Andy ended up in China, what drives him in his daily attempts to push back against the West's anti-China propaganda, as well as the human costs this propaganda is already having …

Shane Burley (2022-02-20). Border Militias Set Up Fake Humanitarian Stations in the Desert to Trap Migrants. truthout.org The growth of the militia movement the past several years has left many of our communities reeling from intimidation, harassment and violence. Donald Trump's tacit endorsement of the far right "patriot" subculture has given it a pass to grow and recruit, often manipulating the dispossession that many rural and blue-collar workers are facing in our current economic tumult. Trump's rhetoric about immigration, particularly the conspiratorial fear-mongering around the border, has played to a…

John Pilger (2022-02-20). Western democracies have mutated into propagandists for war. asiatimes.com Marshall McLuhan's prophecy that "the successor to politics will be propaganda" has happened. Raw propaganda is now the rule in Western democracies, especially the US and Britain. On matters of war and peace, ministerial deceit is reported as news. Inconvenient facts are censored, demons are nurtured. The model is corporate spin, the currency of the …

Anonymous669 (2022-02-20). Russian Warplanes Flew Over US Al-Tanf Base In Southeastern Syria. southfront.org File image. | On February 20, two warplanes of the Russian Aerospace Forces (VKS) flew over the southeastern Syrian area of al-Tanf where the US-led coalition maintains a large garrison. | The coalition's main proxy group in al-Tanf, the Revolutionary Commando Army (MaT), confirmed that the warplanes were spotted by its fighters. In a propaganda statement, the group claimed that the two warplanes almost collided over al-Tanf. | Around 200 US troops and some 300 MaT fighters are usually present at al…

Staff (2022-02-20). NATO chief dismisses evidence of broken promises. rt.com The secretary general says the alliance's 'open door policy' was enshrined in its founding document | NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has categorically denied the accusations that the alliance has violated its pledge not to expand eastwards, despite the recent discovery of an archive document apparently confirming that the promise was made. | In an interview with German broadcaster ARD on Saturday, Stoltenberg was asked to comment on newly discovered minutes of a meeting between US, UK, French, and German officials from March 6, 1991. The document, published by Der Spiegel, contains multiple references…

TASS (2022-02-20). US unleashed propagandistic hysteria around Russia – Cuban foreign minister. tass.com "We firmly oppose NATO's expansion towards the Russian borders", Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla said…

WSWS (2022-02-19). Canada to arm Ukraine with lethal weapons as part of US-led war drive against Russia. wsws.org Even though recent shelling in eastern Ukraine was instigated by Ukrainian forces, Canada's foreign ministry asserted without any evidence that "Russian military activity" was "escalating" the situation in Donbas.

Global Research News (2022-02-19). Global Research Weekender: Whose Fault Is the Ukrainian Crisis? Provoking a Third World War? globalresearch.ca The botched narrative of a February 16 Russian invasion of Ukraine reveals the desperation of the Anglo-American allies in provoking a third world war. As the warmongers of the West continue building up their war propaganda while their military equipment …

Staff (2022-02-19). Does NATO really pose a threat to Russia? rt.com The growing standoff between East and West is a hangover from the Cold War | Russia has laid down its red lines, insisting that NATO expansion towards its borders poses an unacceptable challenge to its policy of so-called "indivisible security." As the US-led military bloc insists it exists solely to defend its members, Moscow's requests for mutual security assurances have revealed the two sides no longer even speak the same language. | Russia's red lines: | Western governments committed themselves to a new defensive doctrine in all the main pan-European security agreements signed in the 1990s. The pri…

Danny Haiphong (2022-02-19). Eileen Gu controversy exposes the importance of racial loyalty to the American Empire. mronline.org Corporate media used the 2022 Beijing winter Olympics to create endless anti-China screeds. An athlete was even condemned for choosing to affirm her Chinese heritage. White supremacy drives foreign policy decisions and American thinking.

Staff (2022-02-19). Mexico's National Electoral Institute Issues Ultimatum, Gives AMLO Three Hours to Take Down Government 'Propaganda'. orinocotribune.com The National Electoral Institute (INE) of Mexico has ordered President Andrés Manuel López Obrador and his political party Morena to withdraw "government propaganda issued last week." | The "propaganda" referred to by the INE was publication of the livestreams and YouTube videos showcasing López Obrador's February 12 meeting, in Hermosillo, Sonora state, with authorities from the Seri indigenous community, as well as an official supervision act that took place at the Tomás Oroz Gaytán stadium in Cajeme, Sonora state. According to the Complaints and Denunciations Commission of the INE, these videos and streams exh…

WSWS (2022-02-19). California's "endemic plan" sets the stage for unending COVID-19 infections and deaths. wsws.org The propaganda campaign is driven not by science, but by the demands of the corporations and financial elite. The aim is to fabricate a narrative that COVID-19 is harmless in order to maximize profits under the guise of a "return to normalcy."

SF015 (2022-02-19). Disorder, Public Protests And In-Fighting in Ankara's Militants Controlled Area of Northern Aleppo. southfront.org Written by Khaled Iskef | Locals of Al-Bab town in northeastern Aleppo countryside held demonstrations in support of the dismissal's decision against the Turkish-linked faction "Sultan Sulaiman Shah" leader, Mohammad al-Jasem, also known as "Abu-Amshah". | A local source said the protesters raised placards with slogans demanding to put into practice the tripartite committee decision, which investigated the violations made by "Abu-Amshah" and his faction, and decided to dismiss him from his position and to not designate him any other position later. | The source added that the protest took place after the decis…

José Manuel Blanco Diaz (2022-02-19). Colombia Wants Only 'Wealthy and Educated' Venezuelan Migrants. orinocotribune.com The Vice President of Colombia, Marta Lucía Ramírez, has complained about the "less wealthy and unskilled" Venezuelans who stay in Colombia as migrants. That group of vulnerable Venezuelans is at the center of the smear campaign and hybrid war against Venezuela, led by the US with its regional allied governments. | The Colombian vice president made the classist comment against migrants who are in a vulnerable economic situation or who do not have a considerably "high" academic level, during the regular session of the Permanent Council of the Organization of States Americans (OAS) this week. | "Colombia has not be…

_____ (2022-02-19). Lessons From January 6th: An Inside Job. popularresistance.org Over a year after the harum-scarum storming of the U.S. Capitol, there is ample evidence that it was an inside job. Not only was the security detail intentionally minimized to the extreme, but decisions were made at the highest levels of the chain of command to allow a right-wing mob to rampage through the building. At the forefront of this antidemocratic horde, as we shall see, there were fascist or semi-fascist organizations whose leadership has multiple direct ties to the military and intelligence agencies. All of this raises fundamental questions regarding the true nature of the U.S. government and its relati…

_____ (2022-02-19). Missile In Australia's Western Desert Sparks Landmark OECD Case. popularresistance.org Culturally significant Aboriginal heritage sites continue to be put at risk in Australia, despite the international outcry following Rio Tinto's destruction of the 46,000-year-old caves at Juukan Gorge. | The culprit this time is the Australian Defense Force, which undertakes live-fire training exercises and weapons testing at the Woomera Prohibited Area (WPA). Within range of falling missiles and mortars there is evidence of sequential spiritual engagement spanning centuries in rock engravings, heritage artefacts, tool-making sites, and also sites of mythological importance for Indigenous people. | Andrew and Ro…

Dominic Heining, Aiden J Plant (2022-02-19). [Correspondence] Steroid use in non-pneumococcal and non-Haemophilus bacterial meningitis. thelancet.com We thank Diederik van de Beek and colleagues1 for their Seminar on the management of bacterial meningitis, but would like to question their statement that "dexamethasone should be continued for 4 days in all patients, except in those with L[isteria] monocytogenes". Although the authors outlined the evidence for improved outcomes in patients with pneumococcal meningitis and poor outcomes in patients with neurolisteriosis, insufficient evidence was presented to support dexamethasone use in other forms of meningitis, such as meningococcal.

José Manuel Blanco Diaz (2022-02-19). Colombia Wants Only 'Wealthy and Educated' Venezuelan Migrants. orinocotribune.com The Vice President of Colombia, Marta Lucía Ramírez, has complained about the "less wealthy and unskilled" Venezuelans who stay in Colombia as migrants. That group of vulnerable Venezuelans is at the center of the smear campaign and hybrid war against Venezuela, led by the US with its regional allied governments. | The Colombian vice president made the classist comment against migrants who are in a vulnerable economic situation or who do not have a considerably "high" academic level, during the regular session of the Permanent Council of the Organization of States Americans (OAS) this week. | "Colombia has not be…

Dominic Heining, Aiden J Plant (2022-02-19). [Correspondence] Steroid use in non-pneumococcal and non-Haemophilus bacterial meningitis. thelancet.com We thank Diederik van de Beek and colleagues1 for their Seminar on the management of bacterial meningitis, but would like to question their statement that "dexamethasone should be continued for 4 days in all patients, except in those with L[isteria] monocytogenes". Although the authors outlined the evidence for improved outcomes in patients with pneumococcal meningitis and poor outcomes in patients with neurolisteriosis, insufficient evidence was presented to support dexamethasone use in other forms of meningitis, such as meningococcal.

Staff (2022-02-18). Lavrov labels Western 'Russia invasion' claims 'propaganda, fakes and fiction'. rt.com "If they enjoy it, let them," the foreign minister told RT regarding claims from officials and media | Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has lashed out at Western officials who have been peddling the purported threat of a Russian invasion of Ukraine. Apparently, they do it for the sheer pleasure of accusing Moscow, he told RT in an exclusive interview on Friday. | "I am certain that even casual observers of foreign policy have long confirmed to themselves that all of it is propaganda, fake news, fiction," Lavrov said of the accusations. | He suggested that Western officials making such claims simply like…

_____ (2022-02-18). US Doubles Downs On Russian 'Invasion' Rhetoric At UN. popularresistance.org The United States and Russia again clashed at the U.N. Security Council on Thursday, with the U.S. repeating its alarmist message that Russia is poised to invade Ukraine at any time. | The incessant U.S. accusation of Russian aggression against Ukraine was accompanied by reports Thursday by OSCE monitors of more than 500 explosions at the line of confrontation in the Donbass region of Ukraine. | Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Vershinin, who chaired the council meeting as this month's president, said 122,000 Ukrainian military forces were lined up at the front with Donbass with the possible intention of la…

Alan Macleod (2022-02-18). Documents Reveal US Gov't Spent $22M Promoting Anti-Russia Narrative in Ukraine and Abroad. mintpressnews.com The National Endowment for Democracy can claim it is in the business of democracy promotion. In reality, it does anything but that, unless "democracy" is entirely synonymous with elite U.S. interests.

_____ (2022-02-18). War in Europe and the Rise of Raw Propaganda. strategic-culture.org Since the first Cold War, NATO has effectively marched right up to Russia's most sensitive border having demonstrated its bloody aggression in Yugoslavia, Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya and broken solemn promises to pull back. Having dragged European "allies" into American wars that do not concern them, the great unspoken is that NATO itself is the real threat to European security.

WSWS (2022-02-18). The vicious US media campaign against Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva. wsws.org Valieva's positive drug test, a tragedy in any case for the young prodigy in the midst of what began as a triumphant Olympic debut, was a stroke of luck for the war propagandists that people the American media.

Editor2 (2022-02-18). Israel Pumps $30M Into "Concert," a Revamped Propaganda Campaign to Fight Apartheid Label. orinocotribune.com By Jessica Buxbaum — Feb 9, 2022 | Israel's cabinet recently approved 100 million shekels (about $30 million) in funding to revive "Cabinet," a defunct government propaganda program targeting Western countries. | OCCUPIED JERUSALEM — Losing the battle for hearts and minds abroad, Israel hopes injecting millions into a revamped government project will counter a changing global narrative. | Last month, the Israeli cabinet

John Pilger (2022-02-18). Western democracies have mutated into propagandists for war and conflict. peoplesdispatch.org It is more than a century since Edward Bernays, the father of spin, invented "public relations" as a cover for war propaganda. What is new is the elimination of dissent in the mainstream.

WSWS (2022-02-18). CDC director spouts anti-mask rhetoric as thousands of Americans die daily. wsws.org Dr. Rochelle Walensky made the remarkable statement that people need a "break" from wearing masks even while she acknowledged more than 2,200 people are dying from COVID-19 every day.

Austin Reynolds (2022-02-18). Alaskans call for expulsion of fascist State Rep. David Eastman. liberationnews.org Eastman represents District 10 outside of Anchorage and has openly displayed admiration for Adolf Hitler and is a lifetime member of the Oath Keepers organization.

Staff (2022-02-18). Iran rejects report on deal in Vienna talks. en.mehrnews.com Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh rejected fake news carried by certain western media about the ongoing JCPOA negotiations in Vienna.

WSWS (2022-02-18). DC police lieutenant placed on "administrative leave" for ties with Proud Boys leader. wsws.org In an interview with the Washington Post, former Proud Boys chairman Henry "Enrique" Tarrio said he had been coordinating with Sean Lamond, a 22-year veteran of the force who most recently worked in the intelligence branch of the department.

_____ (2022-02-18). The Political Violence Of National Oppression. popularresistance.org Jacksonville, FL – Throughout the months of January and February, there were over 20 bomb threats directed towards historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) and Black churches, most of which were in the South. These concentrated actions over the last few months are a microcosm of the extensive history of racism and national oppression that Black people have faced within the United States, particularly its southern region. | In general, all Black communities within the United States face systemic racism. The evidence is in the economically depressed ghettos of every city (big and small), riddled with de…

Staff (2022-02-18). Jorge Rodríguez: Colombia Seeks to Destabilize Venezuela with Terrorist Gangs. orinocotribune.com This Thursday, February 17, the president of Venezuela's National Assembly (AN), Jorge Rodríguez, held a press conference at which he denounced the financing by the Colombian government and the Venezuelan extreme right of criminal gangs intending to destabilize the country. | He reiterated that Venezuela has denounced, on 24 occasions, attacks carried out from Colombia in Venezuela. He pointed out that evidence was delivered between 2018 and 2022 to international bodies such as the United Nations, demonstrating that Colombia's intelligence agencies, Armed Forces, and police forces were used to attack Venezuela.

Juan Cole (2022-02-18). A Republican Genocide of Quackery: COVID-19 has Killed as many Americans as all our Wars combined. juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — The CDC now estimates that there have been 1,045,389 excess deaths since January 1, 2020, because of COVID-19. PBS estimates that roughly 1,100,000 Americans have died in all US wars in history. That is, the death toll from COVID-19 is just about as great as the toll of all our …

Staff (2022-02-18). Dozens sentenced to death for major terrorist attack. rt.com An Indian court has handed down punishments for a series of bombings in Ahmedabad in 2008 | A special court in India sentenced 38 defendants to death and 11 others to life imprisonment on Friday for their role in a series of deadly bombings in 2008. | Each convict was also fined and ordered to pay compensation to the victims and their families, the court in India's western Gujarat region ruled. | The court acquitted 28 people due to either insufficient or no evidence against them. One of the 28 was previously released on bail because he was suffering from a mental illness, while the rest have spent nearly 13 y…

WSWS (2022-02-18). Filing by special counsel greeted with right-wing media celebration and Trump death threats. wsws.org The 13-page motion from Special Counsel John Durham, filled with legal jargon about potential conflicts of interest among defense lawyers, is being distorted for different reasons by both pro-Trump and anti-Trump factions of the corporate media.

Editor2 (2022-02-18). Colombia is Bleeding to Death. orinocotribune.com By Alejandra Garcia — Feb 13, 2022 | Even though you wouldn't know if you only followed the corporate media, in January, violence continued to spiral in Colombia. Human rights groups recorded an increase in attacks against police stations, military bases and civilians, and reported on assassinations and intimidation tactics targeting social leaders in several departments [of the country]. In February, the panorama has been no different. | This Latin American country is bleeding to death before the unblinking eyes of President Iván Duque's government. The wounds are open, especially in three areas. The first…