(2022-02-16). Turkey calls for mediation in Ukraine as US presses for war with Russia. wsws.org As NATO powers escalate their war drive against Russia in Ukraine, Ankara is calling for de-escalation and mediation between Moscow and Kiev.
(2022-02-16). 'Operation Cyclone — Ukraine Edition' The Real plan? popularresistance.org For almost three months, the Western mainstream media, in a move not dissimilar to its previous assertions that Saddam Hussein had the capability to launch WMDs within 45 minutes, or that Iran was building a nuclear bomb, has repeatedly claimed that Russia is planning an 'imminent' invasion of its Western neighbour Ukraine — under the rule of the successive US-EU friendly governments of Petro Poroshenko and Volodymyr Zelensky since the 2014 Euromaidan, a CIA and MI6-orchestrated regime change operation launched in response to then-Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych's November 2013 decision to suspend an…
(2022-02-16). Ice Skater Valieva May Take Part in Olympics Gala Exhibition Despite Doping Test Controversy – ISU. sputniknews.com The athlete has already won a gold medal, becoming the first woman to successfully perform a quadruple jump at the Olympics, and now is in first place after completing her short programme.
(2022-02-16). Valentines Day Vigil To Promote Aid To Afghanistan. popularresistance.org With the UN reporting that hunger in Afghanistan could kill more civilians than the 20-year Afghanistan war, an international debate is raging over the policy by the U.S. and other governments about getting aid to that country. The president just announced a plan to confiscate $7 Billion in Afghan funds and set aside half of it for families of 9/11 victims and to create a "third-party trust fund" to pay for humanitarian aid with the other half. Critics of the decision, including those who worked for the former U.S.-backed Afghan government, lambasted Biden's decision saying that the currency reserves belong to th…
(2022-02-16). America's Disastrous 60-Year War: Three Generations of Conspicuous Destruction by the Military-Industrial Complex. juancole.com 
( Tomdispatch.com ) — In my lifetime of nearly 60 years, America has waged five major wars, winning one decisively, then throwing that victory away, while losing the other four disastrously. Vietnam, Afghanistan, and Iraq, as well as the Global War on Terror, were the losses, of course; the Cold War being the solitary win …
(2022-02-16). US housing bubble about to burst, leading economist warns. rt.com 
Higher interest rates could trigger collapse | The US real estate market could crash this year, leading economist Desmond Lachman predicted in an interview with Nikkei Asia on Tuesday. Adjusted for inflation, house prices in America are now higher than they were 15 years ago, before the last housing bust, he added. | Lachman, a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and former deputy director at the International Monetary Fund, explained that last year the US government was buying large quantities of bonds, which created an equity price bubble, and led to "equity valuations at levels only seen once…
(2022-02-16). India: students resist rise in Islamophobia, communal violence. workers.org 
In December 2021 a government college in India's Karnataka province denied entry to six students attempting to enter class, because they were wearing hijab, a headscarf worn by many Muslim girls and women. School administrators alleged that wearing a headscarf was against the school's dress code and stated that the . . . |
(2022-02-16). Why Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon See No End in Sight for Their Suffering. mintpressnews.com 
The donors to the NGOs want us to remain as victims; they fear us being instrumental in the struggle for liberating our country. — A Palestinian living in Nahr al-Bared refugee camp…
(2022-02-16). Pat O'Shane inspires supporters at election launch. greenleft.org.au Kuku Yalanji woman Pat O'Shane's campaign for the seat of Leichhardt for Socialist Alliance in Far North Queensland was launched on February 13. Alex Bainbridge reports.
(2022-02-16). Woman beats HIV using novel treatment. rt.com 
The American became the fourth person ever to be cured of the virus | A New York woman who had undergone a risky treatment for HIV appears to have been cured of the disease. She finished her medication a year ago, and now doctors say they are unable to find any trace of the virus in her system. | The woman, known only as the "New York patient," was diagnosed with HIV in 2013, and developed leukemia in 2017. Her situation seemed hopeless, but it also made her a perfect candidate for a rare and extremely risky stem-cell treatment. | Due to its high fatality rate, the procedure is only being offered to HIV patien…
(2022-02-16). 2 killed and 172 injured in 18th country-wide protests against military coup in Sudan. peoplesdispatch.org 
At least 15 barricades have been erected along the Sudan-Egypt highway to disrupt trade with the northern neighbor, known to be supporting the coup generals…
(2022-02-15). Biden's $7 billion Afghan heist. dissidentvoice.org With his Executive Order redefining Afghanistan's Fiscal Reserve as a slush fund to be disbursed on his whim and with the stroke of his pen, President Biden has taken what may well be the final step in an experiment gone amok. The U.S. first attempted to make Afghanistan into a Western democracy, instead installed a …
(2022-02-15). US Robbery of Afghan Assets Tantamount to Silent Massacre. telesurenglish.net U.S. President Joe Biden's decision to divert billions of dollars in frozen Afghan assets to the families of 9/11 victims is rubbing salt into the wounds of millions of suffering Afghan people. | RELATED: | Couching the theft as "aid" in a self-righteous statement, the White House claimed the haul is "to be used to benefit the Afghan people," and that the U.S. is "committed to supporting the Afghan people" and conti…
(2022-02-15). Israel is an Apartheid State, says Amnesty International. journal-neo.org 
The human rights organization, Amnesty International, published a report detailing the "true extent of Israel's apartheid regime" and strongly called for an arms embargo on Israel and for Israel "to recognize the right of Palestinian refugees and their descendants to return to homes where they or their families once lived." In this landmark report, the …
(2022-02-15). Europe on the verge of war: Polish prime minister. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com The Polish prime minister seems far less concerned by a series of wars conducted by his nation and its NATO allies in Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya and Syria. Ones that Poland actively contributed to as well as to NATO operations in Bosnia, Kosovo and Macedonia. Over 33,000 Polish troops served under NATO command in Afghanistan over …
(2022-02-15). NATO warship, submarines, aircraft in Eastern Mediterranean patrol. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com NATO Allied Maritime CommandFebruary 14, 2022 NATO'S OPERATION SEA GUARDIAN focused patrols conclude in Eastern Mediterranean The year's first focused patrol for NATO's Operations Sea Guardian concluded on Feb. 12. Flagship Turkish frigate TCG Barbaros, led the focused patrol between Jan. 25 and Feb.12. Submarines from Greece and Turkey supported the flagship as well as …
(2022-02-15). Headlines for February 15, 2022. democracynow.org Russia Withdraws Some Troops from Ukraine Border, Says It's Open to More Diplomacy, California Will Keep Mask Mandate for Schools as Universal Mask Mandate Ends, Canadian PM Invokes Emergency Powers as Police Say Anti-Vaccine Protesters Plotted Violence, Thousands of Nurses Go on Strike as Australia Suffers Its First COVID-19 Surge, Civil Society Groups Demand Moderna Drop Vaccine Patent Filings in South Africa, Sudanese Forces Kill Two More Protesters Demanding End to Military Rule, Israeli PM Meets Bahrain's Crown Prince in First-of-Its-Kind Visit, Mexican Media Workers Demand End to Impunity for Th…
(2022-02-15). "Adding Insult to Injury": Afghan Activist & 9/11 Mother Condemn Biden's Seizure of Afghan Funds. democracynow.org 
President Biden is facing mounting criticism for seizing $7 billion of Afghanistan's federal reserves frozen in the United States. Biden is giving half of the money to families of September 11 victims while Afghanistan faces a humanitarian catastrophe. We speak to two of the founders of a new campaign called Unfreeze Afghanistan, a women-led initiative to lift sanctions and other economic restrictions on Afghanistan, and a woman who lost her son in the World Trade Center attack, who says the money should stay in Afghanistan. "The suffering of the Afghan people at the hands of the United States and its…
(2022-02-15). Anti-vaccine Mandate Protesters Occupy Streets Outside Australia Parliament. asia-pacificresearch.com
(2022-02-15). Dana Fort Wayne workers speak on death of their coworker. wsws.org John Saraceno passed away under unknown circumstances on January 31 while working at the auto parts maker's Fort Wayne, Indiana, plant.
(2022-02-15). Dexamethasone and Number of Days Alive Without Life Support in Adults With COVID-19 and Severe Hypoxemia—Reply. jamanetwork.com In Reply Drs Zhao and Ma express concern that the emergence of the Delta variant of SARS-CoV-2 during the enrollment period of our study may have changed the effect of dexamethasone because this variant may be more resistant to interventions. To our knowledge, there are no data supporting this hypothesis. Importantly, dexamethasone has anti-inflammatory effects and is unlikely to have antiviral effects. Regarding the concern expressed by Zhao and Ma about the different treatment locations of patients enrolled, we assessed the interaction of intervention effect between patients enrolled in India and in Europe in a…
(2022-02-15). Sri Lankan action committee to hold a public meeting in defence of Julian Assange. wsws.org The ACDAE meeting aims to mobilise workers and the oppressed in Sri Lanka and India to fight for the release of the imprisoned WikiLeaks founder.
(2022-02-15). Have We Just Witnessed the America-Israel Endspiel in the Nuclear Talks with Iran? journal-neo.org 
Following the opening, on February 8, of the eighth round of talks on restarting the Iran nuclear deal (formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, or JCPOA), and with a 20-page draft document on the revival of the "deal of the century" now on the table, there are grounds for hoping that the …
(2022-02-15). Eight Times the United States Has Used Biological and Chemical Weapons in the Post-World War II Era. orinocotribune.com 
By The Chronicles of Haiphong — Feb 3, 2022 | U.S. imperialism has claimed innocence and moral superiority on the world stage while deploying the cruelest weapons of war in its quest for dominance | The United States frequently employs human rights as a weapon against so-called "adversaries." Chemical and biological weapons have played a prominent role in cultivating the U.S.'s identity as the foremost humanitarian interventionist power. The 2003 invasion of Iraq was based on accusations made by U.S. intelligence that Saddam Hussein was harboring Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMDs). In recent years, U.S. offi…
(2022-02-15). Military Situation In Palestine On February 15, 2022 (Map Update). southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | On February 15, a Palestinian teen was killed in a clash between the Palestinians and Israeli forces in the village of Nabi Saleh, west of Ramallah, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health; | On February 14, clashes between the Palestinians and Israeli forces were reported in Sheikh Jarrah; | On February 13, a Palestinian young man succumbed to his wounds sustained by Israeli bullets in the al-Ras area, in the town of Al-Sila Al-Harithiya, near Jenin; | Israeli Pr…
(2022-02-15). The Fight Against the Jordan Cove Pipeline and Corporate Counter-Insurgency. itsgoingdown.org In this episode, we spoke with someone in Siskiyou Rising Tide, about the long-term struggle which defeated the Jordan Cove Pipeline, a Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) project in the Pacific Northwest which was declared dead in the water several months ago, when the Calgary based company Pembina pulled out of the project. Reading about the…
(2022-02-15). ASEAN nations using Laos-China Railway for 'green', low-carbon freight. mronline.org 
In early December 2021, Laos inaugurated the Boten-Vientiane railway, a 414-kilometer (km) electrified high-speed railway that runs between the capital Vientiane and the town of Boten on the Laos-China border.
(2022-02-15). Walden Bello: Why democratic socialism is the answer. greenleft.org.au National elections are due in the Philippines on May 9. The Partido Lakas ng Masa (Party of the Labouring Masses, PLM) and Laban ng Masa (Fight of the Masses) are jointly fielding a slate of candidates. Vice presidential candidate and Laban ng Masa (Fight of the Masses) chairperson Walden Bello spoke at the PLM/LNM election platform launch on February 8.
(2022-02-15). As COVID-19 surges, Sri Lankan apparel workers support Global Workers Inquest. wsws.org The Rajapakse government's "profits before lives" policy has resulted in thousands of apparel workers being infected with the coronavirus.
(2022-02-15). SAA Soldier Killed In IED Attack In Syria's Damascus (Photos). southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | Written by Khaled Iskef | A military bus of the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) was targeted by an IED planted by anonymous militants in the heart of Syria's capital Damascus. | A military source reported that the explosion took place at 7.25 AM on February 15 near the Customs roundabout, where the IED was already planted in the bus. The explosion killed a soldier and wounded 11 others. | Click to see full-size image…
(2022-02-15). Tomgram: William Astore, Is Democracy Going Down? warisacrime.org This article originally appeared at TomDispatch.com. To receive TomDispatch in your inbox three times a week, click here. Thought about a certain way, most of my adult life has been spent at war. No, I've never been to war myself, although I was swept away by the antiwar movement of the Vietnam era. My country, on …