2022-04-10: News Headlines

_____ (2022-04-10). Pakistan is Entering Another Phase of Turbulence. journal-neo.org News agencies report about the attempt to dismiss the Lower House of the Parliament of Pakistan, undertaken on April 3 by Prime Minister Imran Khan — an evidence of reaching a qualitatively new level of (another) aggravation of the situation in the country, which has been escalating over the past few weeks. This happened despite …

_____ (2022-04-09). Ukrainian Tochka-U Missile Killed Dozens At Kramatorsk Train Station. popularresistance.org Of note is that so far all Russian attacks on train junctions were reported to have happened at night time. | As Russia has already interrupted the train lines west of Kramatorsk, and thereby stopped resupplies to it, it has no need to attack Kramatorsk station at all. | It is therefore almost assured that it was a Ukrainian missile that today hit Kramatorsk station. It was either aimed badly, went off course or was intentionally aimed at it for propaganda purposes. (The 'for the children' marking in Russian on the booster section may point to the later cause.) | We have no further information for us to decide wh…

WSWS (2022-04-09). Unanswered questions about the Kramatorsk missile strike. wsws.org But it is entirely possible – even probable – that the Ukrainian military, with its ruthless fascist contingents, launched the attack, knowing that it will fuel the atrocity propaganda that is playing such an important role in NATO's war against Russia.

Editor (2022-04-09). Voices from Donbass speak to U.S. anti-war movement. mronline.org On March 27, the Socialist Unity Party and Struggle-La Lucha newspaper hosted a webinar called "Stop the War Lies: Voices from Donbass." This was a unique opportunity for the U.S. anti-war movement to hear directly from people in the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics (DPR and LPR), whose voices are silenced by the Western mass media's pro-Ukraine war propaganda.

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-09). Lithuania joins Ukraine, domestic war party in undermining Georgian government. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Civil GeorgiaApril 8, 2022 Lithuania MPs Slam Georgian Govt Over Ukraine Rhetoric, Russia, StalinSeimas Foreign Committee Nevertheless Backs Georgia's EU, NATO Aspirations The Foreign Affairs Committee of the Lithuanian Seimas has a adopted a statement on Georgia, that while firmly backing Georgia's EU and NATO aspirations, criticizes the ruling Georgian Dream party and the government …

Richard Horton (2022-04-09). [Comment] Offline: Ukraine—difficult lessons for global health. thelancet.com It is easy to condemn Russia for its criminal war against Ukraine. For its attacks on health workers and hospitals. For its violations of international humanitarian law. For its acts of murderous cruelty against civilians. For increasing the risks of a nuclear conflagration. It is right to call for an immediate ceasefire and the withdrawal of Russian forces from Ukraine. To accelerate the delivery of humanitarian aid. To provide safe haven for refugees. To document atrocities and to counter disinformation.

ecns.cn (2022-04-09). Trade-off between death and wealth disproved by China's COVID measures. ecns.cn "Nothing is ending, neither the COVID-19 nor the pandemic," said Debora MacKenzie, a leading science journalist who currently lives in France. She addressed the false narratives about COVID-19 during an interview with GDToday, saying, "Lots of governments in the west use slogans such as 'living with COVID' to make their citizens happy but we need to make sure that people have access to the truth."

_____ (2022-04-09). Black Political Distraction. popularresistance.org The Black political class and the democratic party are once again infantilizing Black voters instead of giving them what they need and want. They pass useless legislation and stage political performances because they have lost the trust of the people. Biden's poll numbers continue to drop. He now has a lackluster 40 percent approval rating for the simple reason that he hasn't done what he promised during his 2020 presidential campaign. | Biden said he would provide student loan debt relief, raise the minimum wage, and improve the government response to the covid crisis. His friends in corporate media covered for…

Editor (2022-04-09). Corporate Media Ignores Senate Hearing on Corporate Greed and Inflation. scheerpost.com Sen. Bernie Sanders speaks during a Senate Budget Committee hearing June 8, 2021, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. | By Ralph Nader / It is exceedingly rare for a major congressional committee to hold hearings on "corporate greed" leading to corporate profiteering and surging prices on consumer goods. On April 5, 2022, Senate Budget Chairman, Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) chartered uncensored territory on corporate avarice with a lead witness, former Secretary of Labor, Robert Reic…

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