(2022-02-11). Beijing 2022 and China's challenge to sports imperialism. mronline.org In this essay, Charles Xu exposes these narratives for the new Cold War propaganda they are. At the same time, he draws from valuable left analysis of the Olympic movement's historical imbrication with white supremacy to explore China's fraught relationship with international sports.
(2022-02-11). Australia: COVID-19 swamps Northern Territory schools and Aboriginal communities. wsws.org Aboriginal medical organisations have condemned the Territory's Labor government for allowing the coronavirus to spread out of control.
(2022-02-10). Amnesty's Israeli Apartheid Report & US Lies. dissidentvoice.org Amnesty International's 2022 report "Israel's apartheid against Palestinians" that exposes and condemns Israeli apartheid has provoked false allegations of lying and anti-Semitism from the mendacious and genocidally racist Zionists and their US Alliance supporters. In actuality, denial of Israeli apartheid is a lie, and the Zionists and their supporters are manifestly mendacious, racist, and both anti-Arab anti-Semitic and …
(2022-02-10). Australia's 'national interest' and anti-China propaganda. greenleft.org.au Government spokespeople and the media have been a little coy, but now the gloves are off: China is the enemy. William Briggs argues that the Quad meeting is the latest propaganda assault.
(2022-02-10). The follies of US, UK in Russia-Ukraine conflict. asiatimes.com The warning by the US that Russia could invade Ukraine sounds like a repeat of the warmongering rhetoric used previously by George W Bush's administration to oust Saddam Hussein and Muammar Gaddafi from power over unsubstantiated allegations that they were in possession of weapons of mass destruction. To avoid being drawn into another US-led war …
(2022-02-10). Trump and his fascist allies double down on defense of January 6 coup. wsws.org Following Senator Mitch McConnell's rebuke of the Republican National Committees' resolution defending Trump's putsch attempt as "legitimate political discourse," leading Republicans came out in defense of their would-be Fuhrer.
(2022-02-10). What's important for workers in BLS January jobs report. workers.org The corporate media shouted loud hosannas to greet the Bureau of Labor Statistics Feb. 4 announcement that the U.S. economy had added 467,000 jobs in January. Upward revisions to previously announced job totals for December and November 2021 increased the media's delight. Overall they concluded that the U.S. economy had . . . |
(2022-02-10). Afghans Demand Truth About Kabul Airport Massacre as U.S. Continues to Deny Soldiers Shot Civilians. democracynow.org A major investigation by CNN raises questions about whether U.S. soldiers opened fire on Afghan civilians last August after a massive suicide bomb exploded outside the Kabul International Airport. Compiling hospital records of gunshot wounds, video evidence and eyewitness accounts, CNN's report appears to directly contradict the Pentagon's narrative, which said over 180 people were killed in the single blast that ISIS-K claimed responsibility for. We speak to one of the co-authors of the CNN report, Nick Paton Walsh, who says reporters found 19 people "who quite specifically said they saw people…