Staff(2022-04-04). International day of action mobilizes for freedom for Georges Abdallah.samidoun.net On Saturday, 2 April — Georges Abdallah's 71st birthday — people across France and around the world joined in an international day of action to demand the freedom of the Lebanese Arab Communist struggler for Palestine imprisoned in France for over 37 years. Abdallah, the longest-held political prisoner in Europe, has been eligible for release …
Staff(2022-04-04). Georges Abdallah's statement for 2 April day of action.samidoun.net The following statement was released by Georges Abdallah on 2 April 2022 as part of the international day of action for his release that coincided with his 71st birthday. Abdallah, the Lebanese Arab Communist struggler for Palestine, has been jailed in France since 1984 despite being eligible for release since 1999. Georges Abdallah is part …
Staff(2022-04-04). March in Paris supports Palestinian resistance and Georges Abdallah.samidoun.net At the call of the Coordination to Support the Palestine Resistance in Paris, France, a march in support of the Palestinian resistance was organized from Barbès to République on Saturday, 2 April. A crowd displaying Palestinian flags and numerous banners came out despite the Parisian cold to affirm their support for the Palestinian people and their …
Editor2(2022-04-03). Russia-Ukraine Conflict Highlights Racist Double Standard in the West.orinocotribune.comBy Wu Chaolan — Mar 21, 2022 | The ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict has garnered widespread attention across the globe. The wall-to-wall coverage and outpouring of reactions to the Russia-Ukraine conflict from the West has raised eyebrows at its double standard toward other humanitarian crises, which has unsheathed flagrant racist and biased attitudes toward the value of non-white lives that also matter. | CBS News senior correspondent in Kyiv Charlie D'Agata, for instance, has faced a widespread backlash due to his discriminatory comments on the Ukraine crisis: "This isn't a place, with all due respect, like…
Internationalist 360 ∞(2022-04-03). Nazis in Ukraine: Seeing Through the Fog of the Information War.libya360.wordpress.comGabriel Rockhill Participants of an annual event in honor of Stepan Bandera march through Kyiv, Ukraine on Jan. 1, 2021. (Genya Savilou/AFP) On February 24, Russian President Vladimir Putin undertook what he referred to as a "special military operation … to de-militarise and de-Nazify Ukraine." Western bourgeois media immediately decried these stated goals, regularly repeating that the allegations of…
Maureen Clare Murphy(2022-04-03). Palestine in Pictures: March 2022.electronicintifada.netA monthly roundup of photographs documenting Palestine, Palestinian life, politics and culture, and international solidarity with Palestine.
Dave DeCamp(2022-04-02). US to Work With Allies to Send Soviet-Made Tanks to Ukraine.news.antiwar.comA US official told The New York Times on Friday that the Biden administration will work with allies in Europe The move marks an escalation in Western military aid to Ukraine. Until now, the US and its NATO allies have provided Ukraine with thousands of shoulder-fired anti-tank and anti-aircraft missiles but have held off on sending more advanced weapons over concerns of provoking Russia. | The US official wouldn't specify how many tanks will be sent or what countries the…
Dave DeCamp(2022-04-02). US to Work With Allies to Send Soviet-Made Tanks to Ukraine.news.antiwar.comA US official told The New York Times on Friday that the Biden administration will work with allies in Europe The move marks an escalation in Western military aid to Ukraine. Until now, the US and its NATO allies have provided Ukraine with thousands of shoulder-fired anti-tank and anti-aircraft missiles but have held off on sending more advanced weapons over concerns of provoking Russia. | The US official wouldn't specify how many tanks will be sent or what countries the…
Staff(2022-04-02). New York City marches for Palestine on Land Day, calls to #DefundRacism.samidoun.net On Wednesday, 30 March, Palestinian Land Day, hundreds of marchers took to the streets of midtown Manhattan in New York City to protest organizations funding war crimes in Palestine, including the "Friends of the Israel Defense Force," the Central Fund of Israel and American Friends of Ateret Cohanim. MARCH BEGINS"Land Day, Resist Settler Colonialism, Defend …
Staff(2022-04-02). Charleroi activists bring the case of Georges Abdallah to Belgian media.samidoun.net As part of the International Day of Action to Free Georges Abdallah, activists in Charleroi, Belgium, took the campaign to free the imprisoned Lebanese Communist struggler for Palestine to Belgian media outlets on Friday, 1 April. The Plate-forme Charleroi-Palestine urged Belgian media outlets to cover the case of the longest-held political prisoner in Europe, jailed …
Anonymous669(2022-04-02). West Bank: Three Palestinians Gunmen Killed, Four Israeli Troops Wounded In New Confrontation.southfront.org File image. | Early on April 2, three members of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) were killed as a result of a new Israeli operation in the occupied West Bank. | Clashes broke out when the Palestinian gunmen opened fire on an Israeli team from the Border Police's elite Yamam unit that attempted to arrest them in the village of Arraba, southwest of the city of Jenin. | Four Israeli troops were hurt during the clashes. One of them sustained serious wounds. He was reportedly flown by helicopter to Rambam Medical Center in t…
Editor2(2022-04-02). Sense of Security Among Israelis at Historic Low: Israeli Media.orinocotribune.comIsraeli media reports on a state of tension and concern among Israeli politicians and settlers amid a strict lockdown in occupied Palestine. | The Israeli cabinet will hold a session on Wednesday to discuss the latest wave of attacks in occupied Palestine, Israeli media reported late Tuesday following a The Israeli occupation authorities have asked the settlers in "Bnei Brak" and "Ramat Gan" not to leave their houses. | Israeli media later reported that the Israel…
Anonymous103(2022-04-02). Tunisia, President Saied Turns Into Dictator. Parliament Dissolved.southfront.org Illustrative Image | Written by Piero Messina | Tunisia is one step away from the abyss. Plenipotentiary President Kais Saied dissolved parliament. The legislative assembly was suspended on July 25 last year. In fact, on that date, with the removal of the premier, Hicham Mechichi, and the suspension of Parliament led by the president's main political rival, the leader of Ennahda, Rached Ghannouchi, the last phase of the Tunisian crisis began. | Step by step, Saied built an autocratic regime, repla…
Anonymous103(2022-04-02). Tunisia, President Saied Turns Into Dictator. Parliament Dissolved.southfront.org Illustrative Image | Written by Piero Messina | Tunisia is one step away from the abyss. Plenipotentiary President Kais Saied dissolved parliament. The legislative assembly was suspended on July 25 last year. In fact, on that date, with the removal of the premier, Hicham Mechichi, and the suspension of Parliament led by the president's main political rival, the leader of Ennahda, Rached Ghannouchi, the last phase of the Tunisian crisis began. | Step by step, Saied built an autocratic regime, repla…
Vivian Sahner(2022-04-02). Under cover of war, Kyiv attacks political rights, unions.themilitant.comEleven Ukrainian political parties were suspended and barred from campaigning by President Volodymyr Zelensky's government March 20 on trumped-up charges of having "links with Russia." The majority are small left parties, like the social democratic Social Movement, but the ban also includes the Opposition Platform for Life, which placed second in recent elections and currently holds 44 seats in the 450-person Ukrainian parliament. | Like the permanent ban on the Communist Party of Ukraine imposed in 2015, these suspensions are part of a broader campaign by the capitalist rulers against the labor and political rig…
Anonymous669(2022-04-02). Large Explosion Rocks US Base In Northeastern Syria Key Oil Filed.southfront.org U.S. Marines with Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment provide security support during mission on Sept. 9, 2018, at an undisclosed location in Syria. (Cpl. Gabino Perez/Marine Corps) | On April 2 morning, a large explosion rocked the US-led coalition main base in al-Omar oil fields in the southeastern countryside of Syria's Deir Ezzor. | Sada al-Sharqieh, a local news blog, shared a photo showing dark smoke rising from the base, which is known as the Green Village, after the explosion.ÿ&…
Anonymous669(2022-04-02). Russian Iskander Missile Strike Killed 100 Ukrainian & Foreign Fighters In Kharkiv (Video).southfront.org An Iskander-K cruise missile. Illustrative image. | The Russian military attacked Kharkiv's defense headquarters on March 31, killing more than 100 nationalists and Western mercenaries, Maj. Gen. Igor Konashenkov, a spokesman for the Russian Ministry of Defense, announced on April 2."As a result of a high-precision strike with the Iskander operational-tactical complex on the defense headquarters in the city of Kharkiv on March 31, the elimination of more than 100 nationalists and mercenaries from Western countries was conf…
newsnetwork.mayoclinic(2022-04-02). Expert Alert: Mayo Clinic Healthcare cardiologist explains link between diabetes, heart disease.newsnetwork.mayoclinic.orgLONDON — The number of people worldwide with diabetes is rising and with diabetes comes a higher risk for heart disease. Gosia Wamil, M.D., Ph.D., a cardiologist at Mayo Clinic Healthcare in London, explains the connection between these two serious, chronic diseases. People with Type 2 diabetes are up to four times more likely than the general population to die from cardiovascular causes, leading physicians to recognize the need to reduce heart disease risk in…
Vivian Sahner(2022-04-02). Under cover of war, Kyiv attacks political rights, unions.themilitant.comEleven Ukrainian political parties were suspended and barred from campaigning by President Volodymyr Zelensky's government March 20 on trumped-up charges of having "links with Russia." The majority are small left parties, like the social democratic Social Movement, but the ban also includes the Opposition Platform for Life, which placed second in recent elections and currently holds 44 seats in the 450-person Ukrainian parliament. | Like the permanent ban on the Communist Party of Ukraine imposed in 2015, these suspensions are part of a broader campaign by the capitalist rulers against the labor and political rig…
Anonymous669(2022-04-02). Russian Iskander Missile Strike Killed 100 Ukrainian & Foreign Fighters In Kharkiv (Video).southfront.org An Iskander-K cruise missile. Illustrative image. | The Russian military attacked Kharkiv's defense headquarters on March 31, killing more than 100 nationalists and Western mercenaries, Maj. Gen. Igor Konashenkov, a spokesman for the Russian Ministry of Defense, announced on April 2."As a result of a high-precision strike with the Iskander operational-tactical complex on the defense headquarters in the city of Kharkiv on March 31, the elimination of more than 100 nationalists and mercenaries from Western countries was conf…
TASS(2022-04-02). US blacklists 120 organizations from Russia, Belarus.tass.comA document uploaded to the US Federal Register says those organizations were determined to be "acting contrary to the national security interests or foreign policy of the United States"
Anonymous669(2022-04-02). Three Turkish-backed Syrian Militants Killed In New Round Of Infighting In Northern Aleppo (Videos).southfront.org Illustrative image. | On April 1, heavy clashes broke out between militants of the Ahrar al-Sham Movement and others from the al-Shamiya Front in the Turkish-occupied town of al-Awlan in the northern countryside of Syria's Aleppo. | The clashes broke out when the unit controlling al-Awlan under the banner of al-Shamiya Front, defected returning to its original faction, Ahrar al-Sham. The defection was the result of a disagreement between the unit's commander and the leadership of al-Shamiya. | The al-Shamiya Front responded…
David Orchard(2022-04-02). Globalism's First Victim. NATO's War on Yugoslavia: David Orchard.globalresearch.caDavid Orchard led the anti-war campaign across Canada relentlessly mobilizing support against NATO's war on Yugoslavia. | March 24, 2018 commemorates the 19th anniversary of NATO's war on Yugoslavia. | This article was originally published by Toronto's National Post on June 23, …
Anonymous669(2022-04-02). Large Explosion Rocks US Base In Northeastern Syria Key Oil Filed.southfront.org U.S. Marines with Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment provide security support during mission on Sept. 9, 2018, at an undisclosed location in Syria. (Cpl. Gabino Perez/Marine Corps) | On April 2 morning, a large explosion rocked the US-led coalition main base in al-Omar oil fields in the southeastern countryside of Syria's Deir Ezzor. | Sada al-Sharqieh, a local news blog, shared a photo showing dark smoke rising from the base, which is known as the Green Village, after the explosion.ÿ&…
Anonymous669(2022-04-02). Three Turkish-backed Syrian Militants Killed In New Round Of Infighting In Northern Aleppo (Videos).southfront.org Illustrative image. | On April 1, heavy clashes broke out between militants of the Ahrar al-Sham Movement and others from the al-Shamiya Front in the Turkish-occupied town of al-Awlan in the northern countryside of Syria's Aleppo. | The clashes broke out when the unit controlling al-Awlan under the banner of al-Shamiya Front, defected returning to its original faction, Ahrar al-Sham. The defection was the result of a disagreement between the unit's commander and the leadership of al-Shamiya. | The al-Shamiya Front responded…
David Orchard(2022-04-02). Globalism's First Victim. NATO's War on Yugoslavia: David Orchard.globalresearch.caDavid Orchard led the anti-war campaign across Canada relentlessly mobilizing support against NATO's war on Yugoslavia. | March 24, 2018 commemorates the 19th anniversary of NATO's war on Yugoslavia. | This article was originally published by Toronto's National Post on June 23, …