Daily Archives: April 23, 2021

2021-04-23: News Headlines

Brenda Norrell (2021-04-23). 'Financing Border Wars' Corporations violating human rights on Arizona border. indybay.org The new report, "Financing Border Wars," details the push for border walls, drones and biometrics — including iris scans and finger prints — which violate the international human rights of migrants and refugees. The abuse includes tracking surveillance on phones and social media.

ecns.cn (2021-04-23). 2,700-yr-old cat paw-shaped ornaments a hit on Chinese social media. ecns.cn Four cat paw-shaped gold ornaments, currently on display in a museum in north China's Shanxi Province, have become the latest sensation on Chinese social media.

RT (2021-04-23). Iraq: Multiple Rockets Land Near Baghdad International Airport, US-Led Coalition Base. eurasiareview.com Multiple rockets reportedly fell near Baghdad International Airport. There have also been reports of air-raid sirens going off inside Camp Victory, which houses US coalition forces. No casualties are being reported. | According to An independent video that has not been verified but is circulating on social media purports to show smoke rising from the Camp Victor…

_____ (2021-04-23). The Rising Threat Of Nuclear War. popularresistance.org US Strategic Command, the branch of the US military responsible for America's nuclear arsenal, tweeted the following on Tuesday: | "The spectrum of conflict today is neither linear nor predictable. We must account for the possibility of conflict leading to conditions which could very rapidly drive an adversary to consider nuclear use as their least bad option." | The statement, which STRATCOM called a "preview" of…

Staff (2021-04-23). Venezuela's Arreaza: Assistant Secretary of State Chung's Confession is More Evidence of US Aggressions. orinocotribune.com This Thursday, April 22, Venezuelan Minister for Foreign Affairs, Jorge Arreaza commented that a tweet posted by the acting Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs of the United States Department of State, Julie Chung, reveals how the US applies arbitrary and illegal measures that have generated suffering across an entire country. | Through his official Twitter account @jaarreaza, the Venezuelan top diplomat pointed out that what was written by the US official will be used as evidence in the International Criminal Court (ICC) and before the UN, as false ideologized arguments showing disrespect…

José Nicolás Medina Fuentes (2021-04-22). Reflexiones sobre Facebook. globalizacion.ca Intentamos preservar la mesura y la razón crítica en este periodo especial que es extremadamente difícil para los puertorriqueños y la humanidad. Se han conjugado en nuestro caso nacional una deuda odiosa impagable y quiebra territorial, magnificada por desastres naturales…

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2021-04-23: Social Media Postees

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Iraq: Multiple Rockets Land Near Baghdad International Airport, US-Led Coalition Base
RT | eurasiareview.com | 2021-04-23
Multiple rockets reportedly fell near Baghdad International Airport. There have also been reports of air-raid sirens going off inside Camp Victory, which houses US coalition forces. No casualties are being reported. | According to local media sources, a total of three rockets went off in the vicinity of the airport. Security forces are now examining the platforms from which the rockets were launched. | An independent video that has not been verified but is circulating on social media purports to show smoke rising from the Camp Victor…
eurasiareview.com/23042021-iraq-multiple-rockets-land-near-baghdad-international-airport-us-led-coalition-base/

The Rising Threat Of Nuclear War
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2021-04-23
US Strategic Command, the branch of the US military responsible for America's nuclear arsenal, tweeted the following on Tuesday: | "The spectrum of conflict today is neither linear nor predictable. We must account for the possibility of conflict leading to conditions which could very rapidly drive an adversary to consider nuclear use as their least bad option." | The statement, which STRATCOM called a "preview" of…
popularresistance.org/the-rising-threat-of-nuclear-war/

Reflexiones sobre Facebook
José Nicolás Medina Fuentes | globalizacion.ca | 2021-04-22
Intentamos preservar la mesura y la razón crítica en este periodo especial que es extremadamente difícil para los puertorriqueños y la humanidad. Se han conjugado en nuestro caso nacional una deuda odiosa impagable y quiebra territorial, magnificada por desastres naturales…
globalizacion.ca/reflexiones-sobre-facebook/

We Are Fighting for a World Where Ma'Khia Bryant Would Have Lived
Staff | truthout.org | 2021-04-22
Sixteen-year-old Ma'Khia Bryant's TikTok is going viral. In one particular video, her eyes sparkle. For a cheeky moment, her smile is wide. As she listens to Bryson Tiller, she is styling her hair and reveling in her Black girl adolescence. Devastatingly, now, millions of people are mourning the loss and remembering the life of this Black…
truthout.org/articles/we-are-fighting-for-a-world-where-makhia-bryant-would-have-lived/

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