Daily Archives: January 14, 2022

2022-01-14: News Headlines

Staff (2022-01-14). Afghanistan in Freefall: Deadly U.S. Sanctions Blamed for Shocking Humanitarian Crisis. democracynow.org As Afghanistan faces a dire humanitarian crisis, we look at how more Afghans may die from U.S. sanctions than at the hands of the Taliban. The U.S.'s attempts to block support for the new de facto government have prevented vital funding from flowing to the nation's civil servants, particularly in education and the health sector. Dr. Paul Spiegel says conditions in the hospitals he visited in Kabul as part of a World Health Organization emergency team are rapidly deteriorating, and he describes the lack of heat and basic amenities as winter descended. "There's been a drought. There's food insecurity. And all of th…

Staff (2022-01-14). Headlines for January 14, 2022. democracynow.org Voting Rights Bills Appear Doomed in Senate as Sinema & Manchin Oppose Filibuster Change, Supreme Court Strikes Down Vaccination-or-Test Mandate for 84 Million U.S. Workers, White House Orders Another Half-Billion Coronavirus Tests for U.S. Residents, New York Mayor Considering Virtual Learning Option as COVID-19 Cases Surge in Classrooms, Head of Oath Keepers Among 11 Charged with Seditious Conspiracy over Jan. 6 Insurrection, RNC May Try to Block Future Candidates from Presidential Debates, U.N. Calls for Urgent Funding to Avert Millions of Deaths in Afghanistan, Specter of War Remains After Talks Fail to Resol…

_____ (2022-01-14). CSTO is a True Defender of the Interests that Regional Players Share. journal-neo.org The recent developments in Kazakhstan and the role of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) in assisting that country's authorities in establishing order and security have particularly brought into sharp focus the importance of this regional interstate organization. The CSTO was established in 2002 on the basis of the Collective Security Treaty of May 15, …

_____ (2022-01-14). Kazakhstan Chaos: An Opportunity, But for Who? journal-neo.org Kazakhstan has suffered severe nationwide violence allegedly prompted by fuel price concerns. However, it quickly became clear that it was instead actually foreign-sponsored destabilization which was, at best, using legitimate public concerns as cover for attempted regime change. A Russian-led deployment of Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) forces has helped stabilize the Central Asia nation, …

Brittani Banks (2022-01-14). Are Western Wealthy Countries Determined to Starve the People of Afghanistan? independentmediainstitute.org On January 11, 2022, the United Nations (UN) Emergency Relief Coordinator Martin Griffiths appealed to the international community to help raise $4.4 billion for Afghanistan in humanitarian aid, calling this effort, "the largest ever appeal for a single country for humanitarian assistance." This amount is required "in the hope of shoring up collapsing basic services …

_____ (2022-01-14). Why is the US Stirring Up Tibet as an 'Issue'? journal-neo.org More than a mere territorial and ethnic question, Tibet, for the US, is a geo-political opportunity to up the ante against China in Asia and the Indo-Pacific region. The US decision to appoint a 'special envoy' for Tibetan 'issue' comes at a time when the US' anti-China rhetoric has persistently failed to drive a wave …

WSWS (2022-01-14). Israel escalates war on all fronts against Palestinians. wsws.org 2021 was the deadliest year for Palestinians since the assault on Gaza in 2021…

WSWS (2022-01-14). Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa. wsws.org School students in Italy in COVID safety strike demand return to remote learning and free tests and masks; protests in major cities in Lebanon and teachers strike as currency continues to fall; hundreds of striking South African Clover Foods dairy workers out for eight weeks protest wage cuts, retrenchments and restructuring…

Global Research News (2022-01-14). Selected Articles: "Different Batches" and "Lethal Doses", "The Vaccines Are Designed to Kill" globalresearch.ca By

_____ (2022-01-14). What is Behind the "Persecution of K-pop" in China? journal-neo.org According to South Korean media reports of January 6, the Chinese Hunan TV and Mango TV streaming platforms began airing a South Korean drama Saimdang, Memoir of Colors, on January 4, 2022. The National Radio and Television Administration (NRTA) approved the series six years ago. On the other hand, Beijing was displeased with South Korea's …

WSWS (2022-01-14). Sri Lankan migrant workers support Global Inquest into COVID-19 Pandemic. wsws.org Sri Lankan migrant workers explain difficulties they faced due to the criminal response of the ruling elite to the pandemic in both the Middle East and Sri Lanka.

Nick Flores (2022-01-14). Book Review: 'On the Ho Chi Minh Trail' Leaves U.S. War Propaganda Intact. towardfreedom.org Sherry Buchanan's "On the Ho Chi Minh Trail" criticizes a few isolated events that took place during the U.S. war on Vietnam. This speaks more to the depressing ignorance of so-called progressives in the West than to the experiences of Vietnamese women, writes Nick Flores.

M. K. Bhadrakumar (2022-01-13). Putin draws the line for colour revolutions. mronline.org This must be a rare page in American diplomatic history that a US Secretary of State has been literally off his rocker. Antony Blinken's outbursts on the events in Kazakhstan were not only boorish but also illogical.

Jeremy Kuzmarov (2022-01-13). Why is Joe Biden Discreetly Looking the Other Way as His AFRICOM Commander Commits War Crimes for Which He Would Have Been Hanged at Nuremberg? covertactionmagazine.com Townsend Oversaw Army Unit in Syria That Committed Myriad Atrocities and Helped Cover Up Crimes As head of AFRICOM, the …

Peoples Dispatch (2022-01-13). Saudi-led coalition targets civilian infrastructure in Houthi-controlled areas in Yemen. peoplesdispatch.org According to the Houthis, the Saudi Arabia-led coalition forces carried out airstrikes on Sa'dah city's Talmous water station on Tuesday, causing significant damage to the tanks that provide water to over 135,000 civilians…

Vijay Prashad (2022-01-13). A Programme for a Future Society That We Will Build in the Present. dissidentvoice.org Chittaprosad, Indian Workers Read, n.d. In October 2021, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) released a report that received barely any attention: the Global Multidimensional Poverty Index 2021, notably subtitled Unmasking disparities by ethnicity, caste, and gender. 'Multidimensional poverty' is a much more precise measurement of poverty than the international poverty line of $1.90 per …

_____ (2022-01-13). The New Afghanistan: Why We've Heard It all Before and Again! journal-neo.org During the Christmas and New Year holiday periods, it is generally non-Christian countries which make the news. Everyday life carries on without interruption, so stories which build over a long period can mature without interruption. It was only a few weeks ago that everybody was talking about Afghanistan. The Taliban (a radical movement banned in …

Countercurrents (2022-01-13). Pacific May be Most Likely to See 'Strategic Surprise', Says U.S. Policymaker Campbell. asia-pacificresearch.com

Tom Engelhardt (2022-01-13). Tomgram: Michael Klare, Welcome to the New Cold War in Asia. warisacrime.org This article originally appeared at TomDispatch.com. To receive TomDispatch in your inbox three times a week, click here. For a moment, imagine an upside-down military world. Instead of U.S. guided-missile destroyers and other ships regularly carrying out "freedom of navigation operations" near Chinese-claimed islands in the South China Sea and such destroyers no less regularly passing …

_____ (2022-01-13). MTC between India and Russia: A Stable Development Against the Backdrop of New Threats. journal-neo.org There has been global confrontation between the US and China for many years. Against this background, the regional confrontation between China and India continues. The two mighty neighboring Asian powers have long been competitors, having territorial issues and vying for influence in neighboring states. Fortunately, the struggle is mainly in the economic sphere, but to …

Brittani Banks (2022-01-13). Why Xinjiang Has Been a Touchy Subject in China for Centuries. independentmediainstitute.org For over a decade, increasing international attention has been focused on China's treatment of Xinjiang's Uyghur population. While Beijing is wary of all forms of separatism—Hong Kong and Tibet being its other major concerns in this regard—maintaining an iron grip on Xinjiang is of utmost importance. The Xinjiang region's natural resource deposits, strategic location in …

WSWS (2022-01-13). Hundreds of thousands of power-loom operators in south India launch indefinite strike. wsws.org Under conditions of the surging COVID-19 pandemic, the eruption of the power-loom strike, involving hundreds of thousands of workers and toilers, underlines that workers will not passively submit to the capitalist class' assault on their social and democratic rights.

Subodh Varma (2022-01-13). UP Elections: Double engine has left urban youth stranded. peoplesdispatch.org In the Indian State of Uttar Pradesh which is set to see elections soon, urban youth in the15-29 age range are facing lethal unemployment, with rates above 20% for the past three years…

Ana Perdigón (2022-01-13). Venezuela Begins 2022 with Oil Production Increase (+Alex Saab). orinocotribune.com Despite the economic blockade imposed by the United States regime, Venezuela began 2022 by increasing its oil production in its domestic refineries to almost 160,000 barrels per day (bpd), a source revealed to Reuters. | With the help of Iran, which provided tankers of fuel, Venezuela was able to satisfy its internal demand for gasoline a few months ago. In addition, technicians from Iran helped to replace equipment and effectuate repairs at several refineries in Venezuela. | Processing was revamped to handle a more diverse list of crude grades, to produce more gasoline and diesel. | Venezuela has been heavily af…

Ramzy Baroud (2022-01-13). The Real "Doomsday Scenario": How Palestinian Hunger Striker, Abu Hawash, Forced Israeli Concession. dissidentvoice.org As soon as media reports emerged regarding a deal between Palestinian prisoner, Hisham Abu Hawash and the Israeli prison authorities, Israeli extremists, led by Knesset member Itamar Ben-Gvir, angrily raided the Assaf Harofeh Hospital where Abu Hawash was being held. A Palestinian political activist, Abu Hawash, 41, is a father of five. He was arrested by …

Visualizing Palestine (2022-01-13). Palestine Between a Rising Tide and Apartheid. dissidentvoice.org ***** Systems of colonialism and militarism are destroying both human rights and the environment. Palestinians live in a part of the world that is warming faster than the global average, under a system of Israeli settler colonialism, military occupation, and apartheid. Their experiences offer a clear example of how climate change multiplies existing injustices and …

Ali Abunimah (2022-01-13). Zionist extremist hiding in Israel sentenced to prison in France. electronicintifada.net Grégory Chelli is still wanted in connection with the death of Thierry Le Corre.

Editor (2022-01-13). Nepal's largest hydropower station starts operation. mronline.org With the completion and operation of the Upper Tamakoshi hydroelectric power station, Nepal has not only resolved a long-standing problem of intermittent power shortages, but also realized the transformation from an electricity importer to an exporter.

Daniel Garvin (2022-01-13). LA activists stand with North Korea against Biden's new sanctions. liberationnews.org This action was organized in response to the Biden administration's new sanctions on DPRK, officially adding on to a slew of sanctions enacted by the Trump administration.

WSWS (2022-01-13). Communist Party of the Philippines opposes mandatory vaccination, demands school re-openings. wsws.org The concern of the CPP is not public health or the mass infection of workers, but the continued profits of corporations.

WSWS (2022-01-13). Sri Lankan educators' safety committee supports Chicago teachers fight against union sellout. wsws.org The TSPSC welcomes the courageous fight by Chicago teachers to protect school communities from COVID infection, which constitutes a major fightback against the capitalist classes around the globe who place profits above human lives.

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