(2022-02-18). The Russians Are Coming. Even in Africa, Moscow Beats a Path. strategic-culture.org For those countries who don't think they have a good deal from the EU, their regimes might well consider working more closely with the Russians. | And the cheers from the crowds seeing off the expelled French ambassador must be seen for what Europeans are. | The chicken or the egg? Did the Mali military junta's decision to bring in Russian military contractors create the inertia for Emmanuel Macron to reduce his own troops' presence there and initiate EU sanctions — or did his earlier decision to reduce troop numbers push the regime to take the measure to bring in around 400 Wagner mercenaries to keep it in…
(2022-02-18). War in Europe and the Rise of Raw Propaganda. strategic-culture.org Since the first Cold War, NATO has effectively marched right up to Russia's most sensitive border having demonstrated its bloody aggression in Yugoslavia, Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya and broken solemn promises to pull back. Having dragged European "allies" into American wars that do not concern them, the great unspoken is that NATO itself is the real threat to European security.
(2022-02-18). 2022 California Juneteenth – American River Parkway – Introducing the California Gold Book. indybay.org In 1844, the Honorable William Alexander Leidesdorff, Jr., "African Founding Father of California," seized the opportunity and stipulated in his unique Mexican Land Grant, Rancho Rio De Los Americanos, not to interfere with the Indigenous population who remain the sacred stewards of the land.
(2022-02-18). The path toward an Official California Juneteenth Paid Holiday. indybay.org The legacy of "Chattel Slavery of people of African Descent" in California may originate in legendary battles with Queen Califia. Spanish Military led by Hernan Cortez, with ships full of Conquistadors including reinforcements of over 300 free and enslaved men of African Descent in 1535 began a new paradigm along western coast of the Pacific Ocean.
(2022-02-18). Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa. wsws.org Baggage handlers hold three-day wildcat strike in Copenhagen Airport, Denmark over pay and conditions, ruled illegal and condemned by union; thousands of teachers in Belgium walk out over pay, conditions and class sizes; South African Clover food workers' strike over pay and job cuts continues into week twelve, tens of thousands of Sibanye-Stillwater gold miners vote to strike over pay…
(2022-02-18). Miami demands 'Free Alex Saab'. fightbacknews.org Miami, FL – 20 activists gathered at the Federal Courthouse here, to demand the release of Venezuelan diplomat Alex Saab, who has been detained in Miami since October when the United States government kidnapped him from Cape Verde. Saab's supporters brought banners and signs with messages of solidarity, chanted "Free Alex Saab" and answered questions from reporters who converged on the courthouse. | Eminent Puerto Rican freedom fighter and longtime political prisoner Oscar Lopez Rivera delivered a powerful speech to the crowd. He explained ,"The Venezuelan people as well as the Puerto Rican people are fighting f…
(2022-02-18). European Troops to Be Relocated From Mali to Niger's Border Region, President Says. sputniknews.com MOSCOW (Sputnik) — European forces, whose withdrawal from Mali was announced earlier yesterday, will be redeployed to regions of Niger along the border with Mali, Nigerien President Mohamed Bazoum said.
(2022-02-17). Internationalist 360 Salutes Those Who Report the Facts and Speak the Truth. libya360.wordpress.com From #Ottawa with love. [On the ground in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Feb 16, 2022, close to midnight.]#FreedomConvoyCanada#freedomconvoy22 #TruckersForFreedom#ClassWar pic.twitter.com/OPVha3wa7p — Cory Morningstar (@elleprovocateur) February 17, 2022 Staying w/ Canadian Frontline Nurses. We share our shower w/ truckers/workers who sleep in trucks/cars. Last night I met Mike from Manitoba. He has a family back home. 2…
(2022-02-17). Libya Remains a Failed State 11 Years After NATO Intervention. telesurenglish.net February 17, 2011 marked the beginning of the "Libyan War," a conflict in which the United States and Western countries used the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) as a spearhead to dispute control of territories rich in oil reserves. | RELATED: | Similar to other occasions, the NATO intervention was justified by arguing the defense of freedom and democracy. In reality, however, the military o…
(2022-02-17). Wednesday 2/23: No to Normalizing Apartheid, Yes to human rights for all. Oppose H.R. 2748. indybay.org 1002 4th St, San Rafael…
(2022-02-17). Are Democrats Strategically Delaying A Vote On HR40 Reparations Study? Here's What Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee Says On Progress. moguldom.com On April 14, 2021, Congress made history when the House of Representatives' Judiciary Committee voted to move HR40, the Commission to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African-Americans Act, to the House floor for full consideration. Since then, the proposed legislation has been stalled. Some 10 months later, the full House has yet to vote …
(2022-02-17). Africa Must Not Abandon Palestine by Granting Israel Observer Status. dissidentvoice.org 
The current split in the African Union (AU) over Israel's Observer membership status is emblematic of a larger conflict that could potentially split the African continent's largest political institutions. Africa is currently facing one of its most crucial decisions regarding Palestine and Israel. The repercussions of this decision could be as significant as the 1975 …
(2022-02-17). Inicia sexta cumbre de la Unión Europea y la Unión Africana. telesurtv.net Previo a la cumbre, los líderes discutirán en reunión informal, la situación de la crisis en la península ucraniana.
(2022-02-17). Mali: Macron Withdraws The French Troops, Wagner Arrives. southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | Written by Piero Messina | After nine years, the French soldiers leave Mali. For Macron it is a necessary defeat. Three months before the presidential elections in France, the move by the French president was inevitable. The withdrawal of the Elysée troops from the African country had already begun in June last summer. Now, the deployment to the Ivory Coast will be completed in a very short time. Mali risked becoming for France what Afghanistan was for the United States. But, in the face of the…
(2022-02-17). If Inequalities Persist, Africa May Not Reach 70% Vaccination Until Late 2024. truthout.org 
Experts from the World Health Organization said Wednesday that global coronavirus deaths remain stunningly high two years into the pandemic as highly contagious variants — including Omicron and its Dr. Maria Van Kerkhove, an infectious disease epidemiologist who serves as the WHO's Covid-19 technical lead, said during an event that this week is the "sixth w…
(2022-02-17). Ethiopia: Amnesty Accuses Tigrayan Forces of Rape & Murder in Latest Probe of War Crimes in Conflict. democracynow.org 
Amnesty International is accusing Tigrayan forces of deliberately killing dozens of unarmed civilians and gang-raping dozens of women and girls in the northern Amhara region of Ethiopia. This comes as the Ethiopian government and Tigrayan rebel forces remain at war, and just last year Amnesty similarly accused the Ethiopian government of subjecting Tigrayan women and girls to rape, gang rape, sexual slavery, sexual mutilation and other forms of torture. "These are deliberate attacks which constitute war crimes and possibly may also constitute crimes against humanity," says Amnesty's Donatella Ro…
(2022-02-17). Outsourced Facebook content moderators face trauma, exploitation and other stories. peoplesdispatch.org In today's episode of the Daily Round-up we look at an investigation by TIME into the condition of workers at Facebook's outsourced content moderation office in Nairobi, Kenya; the UN's urgent funding appeal to address the severe crisis in Yemen as fighting escalates; the imprisonment of activist and head of the Union of Palestinian Women's Committees, Khitam Sa'afan, by an Israeli military court; and the arrest of former Honduran president Juan Orlando Hernandez in an extradition appeal filed by the U.S. on charges related to drug trafficking.
(2022-02-17). Exposed: Why the Mad Rush to Jab Kids? libya360.wordpress.com Mickey Z. As always, follow the money Even if you still somehow believe the pandemic narrative, you surely recognize that the virus does not exactly threaten children. For example, in England, the child mortality rate from Covid-19 is 2 per million (0.0002%) across the whole population (assuming you also still somehow trust the insanely flawed PCR…
(2022-02-17). As Trudeau Cracks Down, the Left Drives Protesters into the Arms of the Right — Again. libya360.wordpress.com Jonathan Cook Divide and rule, the cultivation of tribalism, is an insurance policy against successful dissent and the threat of revolution If you were Canada's prime minister, what would you be prepared to do to enforce Covid restrictions on large swaths of your population? No one need ask that question any longer. Now we know…
(2022-02-17). Shotgun Science and Bio-Colonialism. libya360.wordpress.com Michel Luc Bellemare Introduction As an Ottawa resident and an anarchist, it seems to me that an ultra-leftist analysis at ground zero of this thing is fundamentally necessary, specifically concerning the Canadian Government's draconian get vaxxed or get fired policy. Having walked the congested downtown of Ottawa, it's clear that this is an issue that…
(2022-02-17). France, European Allies, and Canada Announce Joint Withdrawal of Troops From Mali. sputniknews.com PARIS (Sputnik) – France, its allies in the European Takuba Task Force, and Canada have decided to initiate a coordinated withdrawal of troops from Mali, the Elysee Palace said on Thursday.
(2022-02-17). Morning Commute: 2-17-2022. anchor.fm In this episode I talk about some going on in Sudan and across Latin America and the Caribbean, as well as connecting them to movements which have and are taking place on turtle Island and how we can begin to organize ourselves, learn from the struggles of the past, study history and come together to be able to build a movement intent and capable of overthrowing the Ruling Class and retaining power for the people.