newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-02-20). Mayo Clinic Minute: Heart disease in African American women. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Heart disease is the No. 1 cause of death in women in the U.S. And African American women have an even higher risk of dying from heart disease ‚Äï and at a younger age ‚Äï than white women, according to the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute. In this Mayo Clinic Minute, Dr. LaPrincess Brewer, a Mayo Clinic cardiologist, says this serious issue is compounded by the fact that many African American women are not…

Peoples Dispatch (2023-02-20). Senior Israeli diplomat expelled from African Union's annual summit. peoplesdispatch.org Israel's deputy director for Africa Sharon Bar Li was asked to leave the inaugural meeting of the African Union summit in Addis Ababa. South Africa later said that Israel's status as observer had not yet been finalized and hence, the expulsion was justified…

Fight Back (2023-02-19). Black Is Back Coalition holds webinar on FBI Repression. fightbacknews.org New York City, NY – On Saturday, February 18, the Black Is Back Coalition hosted an all-day webinar, focusing on the FBI's history of attacking Black and African people as well as radical social justice organizers. Speakers included noted figures including Ward Churchill, Ajamu Baraka and Omali Yeshitela. The conference was also endorsed by groups including Union del Barrio, Friends of the Congo, the Bethesda African Cemetery Coalition, and the International People's Democratic Uhuru Movement. | The speeches mostly provided historical context about the role the FBI has played in trying to destroy people's movemen…

Juan Cole (2023-02-19). Israeli Delegate Expelled from African Union Summit, in what may be First Global South Reaction to new Extremist Netanyahu Government. juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — On Saturday at the opening of the African Union summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, the Israeli delegate was asked to leave. Sharon Bar-Li, the deputy director of the African desk at the Israeli foreign ministry, was escorted out of the opening session by security guards, according to the Al Jazeera …

Ryan Cristián (2023-02-19). Ohio Cover Up: Vinyl Chloride Poisoning, Dioxin Byproducts, Hydrochloric Acid Rain, myID & HHS Docs. thelastamericanvagabond.com Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (2/19/23). As always, take the information discussed in the video below and research it for yourself, and come to your own conclusions. Anyone telling you what the truth

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-02-20). Mayo Clinic Minute: Heart disease in African American women. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Heart disease is the No. 1 cause of death in women in the U.S. And African American women have an even higher risk of dying from heart disease ‚Äï and at a younger age ‚Äï than white women, according to the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute. In this Mayo Clinic Minute, Dr. LaPrincess Brewer, a Mayo Clinic cardiologist, says this serious issue is compounded by the fact that many African American women are not…

Peoples Dispatch (2023-02-20). Senior Israeli diplomat expelled from African Union's annual summit. peoplesdispatch.org Israel's deputy director for Africa Sharon Bar Li was asked to leave the inaugural meeting of the African Union summit in Addis Ababa. South Africa later said that Israel's status as observer had not yet been finalized and hence, the expulsion was justified…

Fight Back (2023-02-19). Black Is Back Coalition holds webinar on FBI Repression. fightbacknews.org New York City, NY – On Saturday, February 18, the Black Is Back Coalition hosted an all-day webinar, focusing on the FBI's history of attacking Black and African people as well as radical social justice organizers. Speakers included noted figures including Ward Churchill, Ajamu Baraka and Omali Yeshitela. The conference was also endorsed by groups including Union del Barrio, Friends of the Congo, the Bethesda African Cemetery Coalition, and the International People's Democratic Uhuru Movement. | The speeches mostly provided historical context about the role the FBI has played in trying to destroy people's movemen…

Juan Cole (2023-02-19). Israeli Delegate Expelled from African Union Summit, in what may be First Global South Reaction to new Extremist Netanyahu Government. juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — On Saturday at the opening of the African Union summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, the Israeli delegate was asked to leave. Sharon Bar-Li, the deputy director of the African desk at the Israeli foreign ministry, was escorted out of the opening session by security guards, according to the Al Jazeera …

Ryan Cristián (2023-02-19). Ohio Cover Up: Vinyl Chloride Poisoning, Dioxin Byproducts, Hydrochloric Acid Rain, myID & HHS Docs. thelastamericanvagabond.com Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (2/19/23). As always, take the information discussed in the video below and research it for yourself, and come to your own conclusions. Anyone telling you what the truth

Juan Cole (2023-02-20). Jimmy Carter's Greatest Triumph: Guinea Worm on Verge of Extinction, with only 13 Cases in 2022. juancole.com Former President Jimmy Carter's family has announced that he is moving into hospice care, a sign of his imminent passing. In his honor, I am reprinting this column with some updates. The guinea worm may be the second major human disease after small pox to be completely eradicated. It is a parasite that you get …

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-02-19). Eyewitness to War: My Encounters with Refugees from Soledar in Eastern Ukraine. libya360.wordpress.com Arnaud Develay War refugees from Soledar in eastern Ukraine. [Source: Photo courtesy of Arnaud Develay] As is usually the norm in this conflict zone, we had not received prior notice as to the day's schedule. Our vehicle worked its way to a district outside Donetsk called Shakhtersk, which bore the stigmata of nine years of…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-02-19). Fidel Castro's Legacy Lives on as Cuba Keeps Sending 'Doctors, not Bombs' All Across the World. libya360.wordpress.com Daniel Kovalik Cuba's leader Fidel Castro speaks on International Workers Day in Revolution Plaza in Havana, Cuba. © AP Photo/Javier Galeano In the immediate aftermath of the recent devastating earthquakes in Türkiye and Syria, Cuba dispatched medical teams to the affected areas to provide care to victims. Their departure was marked by a farewell ceremony, which featured…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-02-19). Russia's Special Military Operation 1 Year On: How the US Started this War & Where it's Heading… libya360.wordpress.com NATO's War on Russia Beforehand: @15: 31 US-NATO's Proxy War with China: @42: 33 — As Russia's special military operation reaches the one year mark, we wonder what is happening now and what will happen next; — Equally important is what started this conflict; — NATO has repeatedly attacked and destroyed allies of Russia around the globe…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-02-19). Ursula von der Leyen's Nazi Pedigree. libya360.wordpress.com Evan Reif Ursula von der Leyen with Ukrainian President Volodymyr ZelenskyI Her father Ernst Albrecht, President of the German state of Lower Saxony from 1978 to 1990, brought unrehabilitated Nazis into his administration and carried out a black-flag terrorist operation designed to discredit the left-wing Red Army Faction. In the wake of the Russo-Ukrainian war,…

Israel Shahak (2023-02-19). "Greater Israel": The Zionist Plan for the Middle East. globalresearch.ca When viewed in the current context, the war on Iraq, the 2006 war on Lebanon, the 2011 war on Libya, the ongoing wars on Syria and Iraq, the war on Yemen, must be understood in relation to the Zionist Plan for the Middle East…

teleSUR, JCM (2023-02-19). Caricom pide regreso a la normalidad en Surinam. telesurtv.net Los líderes del bloque recibieron un informe del Ministro de Relaciones Exteriores, Negocios Internacionales y Cooperación Internacional de Surinam sobre los disturbios en curso en ese país.

Juan Cole (2023-02-19). Israeli Delegate Expelled from African Union Summit, in what may be First Global South Reaction to new Extremist Netanyahu Government. juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — On Saturday at the opening of the African Union summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, the Israeli delegate was asked to leave. Sharon Bar-Li, the deputy director of the African desk at the Israeli foreign ministry, was escorted out of the opening session by security guards, according to the Al Jazeera …

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-02-19). Mayo Clinic Minute: Heart disease in African American women. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Heart disease is the No. 1 cause of death in women in the U.S. And African American women have an even higher risk of dying from heart disease ‚Äï and at a younger age ‚Äï than white women, according to the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute. In this Mayo Clinic Minute, Dr. LaPrincess Brewer, a Mayo Clinic cardiologist, says this serious issue is compounded by the fact that many African American women are not…

John Zarocostas (2023-02-18). [World Report] Development issues driving violent extremism. thelancet.com The UN Development Programme calls for a shift to prevention of violent extremism in Africa. John Zarocostas reports from Geneva.

Irvin Jim, People's Dispatch. (2023-02-18). The Time Has Come That Mumia Abu-Jamal Must Be Set Free. popularresistance.org We want to sincerely be upfront that whilst we are believers of separation of powers in any democratic dispensation, the sustained injustice that has consistently visited Mumia Abu-Jamal who has been kept in jail in what we believe and regard as unjustifiable reasons, compelled us as the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa for years now, to be part of the international justice campaign in support of freedom of political prisoners in the world who have been victims of various political systems at whose center stands injustice. We firmly believe that the time has come that justice must prevail and Mumia…

mforinoco (2023-02-18). USAID: The Humanitarian Face of Colonial Exploitation. orinocotribune.com By Amanda Yee — Feb 15, 2023 | The U.S. Agency for International Development was established by executive order under the Kennedy administration in 1961, tasked with the stated mission of administering humanitarian assistance or international development abroad. But make no mistake: USAID serves as a tool of U.S. capitalist and imperialist interests — it exists solely to direct the money and resources of the Global South into the pockets of the U.S. capitalist class. USAID now operates in 100 countries worldwide, mostly in Eastern Europe, Africa, Asia, the Middle East and Latin America, and has an annu…

teleSUR- hvh, DRL (2023-02-18). Inicia ejercicio naval conjunto entre Sudáfrica, Rusia y China. telesurtv.net Las maniobras, denominadas Mosi-2, tendrán lugar hasta el 27 de febrero entre la ciudad de Durban y Richards Bay.

Juan Cole (2023-02-19). Israeli Delegate Expelled from African Union Summit, in what may be First Global South Reaction to new Extremist Netanyahu Government. juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — On Saturday at the opening of the African Union summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, the Israeli delegate was asked to leave. Sharon Bar-Li, the deputy director of the African desk at the Israeli foreign ministry, was escorted out of the opening session by security guards, according to the Al Jazeera …

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-02-19). Mayo Clinic Minute: Heart disease in African American women. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Heart disease is the No. 1 cause of death in women in the U.S. And African American women have an even higher risk of dying from heart disease ‚Äï and at a younger age ‚Äï than white women, according to the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute. In this Mayo Clinic Minute, Dr. LaPrincess Brewer, a Mayo Clinic cardiologist, says this serious issue is compounded by the fact that many African American women are not…

John Zarocostas (2023-02-18). [World Report] Development issues driving violent extremism. thelancet.com The UN Development Programme calls for a shift to prevention of violent extremism in Africa. John Zarocostas reports from Geneva.

Irvin Jim, People's Dispatch. (2023-02-18). The Time Has Come That Mumia Abu-Jamal Must Be Set Free. popularresistance.org We want to sincerely be upfront that whilst we are believers of separation of powers in any democratic dispensation, the sustained injustice that has consistently visited Mumia Abu-Jamal who has been kept in jail in what we believe and regard as unjustifiable reasons, compelled us as the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa for years now, to be part of the international justice campaign in support of freedom of political prisoners in the world who have been victims of various political systems at whose center stands injustice. We firmly believe that the time has come that justice must prevail and Mumia…

mforinoco (2023-02-18). USAID: The Humanitarian Face of Colonial Exploitation. orinocotribune.com By Amanda Yee — Feb 15, 2023 | The U.S. Agency for International Development was established by executive order under the Kennedy administration in 1961, tasked with the stated mission of administering humanitarian assistance or international development abroad. But make no mistake: USAID serves as a tool of U.S. capitalist and imperialist interests — it exists solely to direct the money and resources of the Global South into the pockets of the U.S. capitalist class. USAID now operates in 100 countries worldwide, mostly in Eastern Europe, Africa, Asia, the Middle East and Latin America, and has an annu…

teleSUR- hvh, DRL (2023-02-18). Inicia ejercicio naval conjunto entre Sudáfrica, Rusia y China. telesurtv.net Las maniobras, denominadas Mosi-2, tendrán lugar hasta el 27 de febrero entre la ciudad de Durban y Richards Bay.

Staff (2023-02-18). Desde Turquía: Diario de salud y amor de un médico colaborador cubano. cubadebate.cu Historias de amor y de salud contada por un galeno que día a día lucha por arrebatarle a la muerte, el alma de un pueblo que cree haber echado su suerte.

JANET (2023-02-18). Sat. March 18 — National March on Washington — On the 20th anniversary of the US invasion of Iraq. iacenter.org No War in Ukraine! No to NATO! No Weapons, No Money for the Ukraine War Coinciding with the 20th anniversary weekend of the criminal U.S.-invasion of Iraq a major set of actions including a demonstration at the White House in Washington, D.C. on Saturday March 18 demanding "Peace in Ukraine — Say NO to Endless U.S. Wars" and "Fund People's Needs, Not the War Machine." Since 2003, the U.S. has engaged in sanctions (economic war) on more than 40 countries. These targets of U.S. economic warfare include the people of Cuba, Zimbabwe, Venezuela, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Iran and many other nations. Even in the wake of…

Ann Garrison, Black Agenda Report. (2023-02-18). Ethiopia: The Tigray Famine Narrative Was A Total Fabrication. popularresistance.org Stephen Were Omamo served as Director of the World Food Program in Ethiopia from 2018 to 2021. From that viewpoint he saw the international community misrepresent facts on the ground in the two-year Ethiopian civil war in service to what he called the "good-guy TPLF vs. bad-guy Government story line that was already fully developed and circulating globally" shortly after the war began in November 2020. | The US and its Western allies had designated Tigrayans and the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) as the good guys, what Noam Chomsky and Edward S. Herman called "worthy victims" in Manufacturing Consent.

Ryan Cristián (2023-02-18). Israeli Company Caught Manipulating At Least 33 Elections, Red Cross Caught & Is There More To Ohio? thelastamericanvagabond.com Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (2/17/23). As always, take the information discussed in the video below and research it for yourself, and come to your own conclusions. Anyone telling you what the truth

Peoples Health Dispatch (2023-02-18). Stopping cholera in Malawi: firefighting measures are not enough. peoplesdispatch.org As Malawi continues to face a rampant cholera outbreak, local activists call for long-term investment in the health system and more health workers to complement short-term solutions…

teleSUR, JCM (2023-02-19). Caricom pide regreso a la normalidad en Surinam. telesurtv.net Los líderes del bloque recibieron un informe del Ministro de Relaciones Exteriores, Negocios Internacionales y Cooperación Internacional de Surinam sobre los disturbios en curso en ese país.

WSWS (2023-02-18). Death toll tops 45,000 in Turkish-Syrian earthquake. wsws.org Amid this preventable social catastrophe, with many thousands of people still under the rubble, the Erdoğan government is seeking to cover up its responsibility and normalize life.

Pavan Kulkarni (2023-02-18). Sudanese left warns that election under military junta-right wing deal will legitimize coup. peoplesdispatch.org The military junta ruling Sudan and right-wing political parties have signed a Framework Agreements to establish a transitional government and hold fresh elections. The Sudanese Communist Party has said this will exclude millions and legitimize the coup regime…