Monthly Archives: February 2022

2022-02-28: News Headlines

WSWS (2022-02-28). Omicron wave overwhelms health system in Hong Kong. wsws.org The distressing scenes at hospitals are a distinct contrast with the systemic actions repeatedly being taken by the Beijing government to suppress COVID-19 outbreaks.

Benjamin Norton (2022-02-27). US sanctions on Russia over Ukraine also target Venezuela, Nicaragua, Cuba. multipolarista.com President Joe Biden's top Latin America advisor, Juan S. Gonzalez, admitted that US sanctions against Russia aim to hurt Venezuela, Nicaragua, and Cuba as well. The three socialist governments condemned NATO aggression for creating the crisis in Ukraine.

Benjamin Norton (2022-02-27). Las sanciones de EEUU a Rusia por Ucrania apuntan a Venezuela, Nicaragua y Cuba. multipolarista.com El principal asesor para América Latina del presidente Joe Biden, Juan S. González, admitió que las sanciones de Estados Unidos contra Rusia también tienen como objetivo dañar a Venezuela, Nicaragua y Cuba. Los tres gobiernos socialistas condenaron la agresión de la OTAN por crear la crisis en Ucrania.

1646-12-30 19:23 | 21:23 EST | jz | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 

2022-02-27: News Headlines

Editor2 (2022-02-26). 'The Mouse Kills the Cat': Augusto Cesar Sandino's Rebellion Against the US. orinocotribune.com By Daniel Kovalik — Feb 21, 2022 | How Sandino fought for Nicaragua's independence, lost and remained a hero for its people | Before Fidel Castro and Che Guevara, before Ho Chi Minh and before Mao began his Long March, there was Augusto Cesar Sandino. | While Sandino is not a household name in much of the world, as these others are, he was one of the most important and successful guerilla fighters of the 20th century, successfully driving the US Marines out of Nicaragua against nearly impossible odds. His image, with his iconic Tom Mix cowboy hat tilted to one side, continues to be the most ubiquitous symbol…

_____ (2022-02-26). An HBCU Roundtable On Violence And Accountability. popularresistance.org Historically Black Colleges and Universities, most of which are concentrated in the South, hold contrasting legacies as both safe havens for Black students and frequent targets of violence. Last week, Scalawag hosted a live Twitter conversation with journalists who are both current and former students of HBCUs to discuss the broader contexts they have experienced and written about around student safety. | This is a conversation with renewed urgency: As panelist Adam Harris, a staff writer at The Atlantic and the author of The State Must Provide, pointed out, there hasn't been a week in February this year without…

2022-02-27 22:59 | 16:59 EST | jz | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 

2022-02-26: News Headlines

Editor2 (2022-02-26). 'The Mouse Kills the Cat': Augusto Cesar Sandino's Rebellion Against the US. orinocotribune.com By Daniel Kovalik — Feb 21, 2022 | How Sandino fought for Nicaragua's independence, lost and remained a hero for its people | Before Fidel Castro and Che Guevara, before Ho Chi Minh and before Mao began his Long March, there was Augusto Cesar Sandino. | While Sandino is not a household name in much of the world, as these others are, he was one of the most important and successful guerilla fighters of the 20th century, successfully driving the US Marines out of Nicaragua against nearly impossible odds. His image, with his iconic Tom Mix cowboy hat tilted to one side, continues to be the most ubiquitous symbol…

Alan Macleod (2022-02-25). Tucker Carlson: The Elite Pedigree of a Brilliant Cosplaying "Populist" mintpressnews.com Tucker Carlson has made a fortune pretending to be a populist everyman, but his incredibly sketchy past includes ties to neocons, the CIA, and multiple trips to Nicaragua as a "freedom-fighter" with the Contras.

Iroel Sánchez (2022-02-25). Biden en Latinoamérica, víctima de sí mismo. globalizacion.ca La genialidad política de Biden y Blinken sigue recogiendo frutos: No sólo ha unido a China y Rusia, sino que mientras hablan de alianzas de esta última con Venezuela, Cuba y Nicaragua e inventan una ´invasión rusa a Ucrania ª, son…

2022-02-26 18:21 | 14:21 EST | jz | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 

2022-02-23: News Headlines

_____ (2022-02-22). Nicaragua: Augusto Cesar Sandino's Rebellion Against The US. popularresistance.org While Sandino is not a household name in much of the world, as these others are, he was one of the most important and successful guerilla fighters of the 20th century, successfully driving the US Marines out of Nicaragua against nearly impossible odds. His image, with his iconic Tom Mix cowboy hat tilted to one side, continues to be the most ubiquitous symbol in Nicaragua — a country led by the Sandinista Front, named in his honor. | Unlike the aforementioned revolutionaries, Sandino was not an intellectual and he was not a Marxist. Rather, he was a mechanic from a small town outside the town of Masaya, Nic…

WSWS (2022-02-22). UK higher education workers continue strikes over pensions, pay and conditions. wsws.org The lecturers' determination to fight is in sharp contrast to the UCU bureaucracy who have done everything to curtail action from the outset and want nothing more to see it ended with a rotten sell-out.

Rodrigo Acuña (2022-02-22). As Honduras's New President Seeks End to Narco-State, Will US Stand in Her Way? truthout.org The January inauguration of Xiomara Castro Sarmiento Zelaya from the Liberty and Refoundation Party was a political landmark in Honduras. Castro become the Central American country's first female president, winning

2022-02-24 00:53 | 20:53 EST | jz | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0