Transit workers and passengers were the heros. Not cops. https://t.co/8aFDWs5dOj
— Greg Butterfield (@redguard1971) April 12, 2022
The NYPD’s $10,000,000,000 budget would make it the 24th largest military spender on the planet.
— Public Citizen (@Public_Citizen) April 12, 2022
The Amazon Labor Union’s Fight With Amazon Is Far From Over The City
The retail giant is challenging NLRB certification, and a second vote at a nearby warehouse looms ahead. That’s all before anyone sits down at the bargaining table to discuss a contract.
Nearly Half of All Warehouse Injuries in 2021 Happened at Amazon Warehouses Truthout
Starbucks Just Fired Yet Another Union Organizer Vice
Pakistan
Commentary: Regime change in Pakistan Rick Majumdar, FightBack! News
Korea
U.S. aircraft carrier deploys off Korean peninsula amid tensions with North Reuters
US elites like [Thomas] Friedman unprincipled vanguard of US public opinion war Global Times
NATO should stop trying to destabilize Asia and the whole world Zhao Lijian, Chinese FM spokesperson
U.S. urged to reflect soberly on its disgraceful role in Ukraine crisis ECNS
U.S. uses sanctions as handy tool to maintain hegemony: Chinese FM Zhao Lijian, Chinese FM spokesperson
US uses conflict in Ukraine for containing Russia — Chinese Foreign Ministry TASS
Indian retailers in talks to open shops in Russia — [Economic Times] newspaper TASS
U.S./NATO war
Mariupol Theater blown up from inside — DPR Militia TASS
Putin Says Lukashenko Handed Him Documents That Expose Bucha Fake Sputnik
President Maduro Warns Western Powers Aim to Destroy Russia to Stop ‘Multipolar’ World Internationalist 360°
Chinese Foreign Ministry intensifies criticism of U.S., NATO over Ukraine Anti-bellum
NATO’s shift to Asia-Pacific: Biden trip to Japan designed to rally Asia against Russia, China Anti-bellum
Pentagon looks to vastly expand weapons for Ukraine Washington Post
The Defense Industry’s Ukraine Pundits The Lever
To explain the crisis, corporate news networks are leaning on hawkish ex-military officials — without disclosing their current defense industry ties.
US, EU sacrificing Ukraine to ‘weaken Russia’: fmr. NATO adviser Aaron Mate
Zelensky announces on Instagram that Ukraine’s SBU secret police have arrested pro-Russia opposition leader Viktor Medvedchuk, who is close to Putin. The SBU is known for torturing and killing opposition figures. I shudder to think what they’ll do to him, or may have already. pic.twitter.com/IVUbw4vtOg
— Dan Cohen (@dancohen3000) April 12, 2022
Ukraine is not a democracy; it's an authoritarian right-wing US puppet regime
Zelensky arrested opposition leader Viktor Medvedchuk in May 2021 for opposing his regime. He broke free this February
Now after banning opposition parties, Zelensky is boasting of arresting him again pic.twitter.com/Y7oOoCeqrH
— Benjamin Norton (@BenjaminNorton) April 13, 2022
Le Canada a formé des éléments d’un régiment ukrainien lié à l’extrême droite Radio-Canada. Translation: Canada trained elements of a Ukrainian regiment linked to the far right
UK military vaults upgraded to store new US nuclear weapons Guardian
NATO’s Secret Nazi Armies Asa Winstanley
Ted Galen Carpenter: McCarthyism re-emerging stronger than ever in Ukraine policy debates Responsible Statecraft
Bill Clinton re-writes history in The Atlantic James Carden
US repeatedly said Russia’s membership in NATO impossible — Kremlin on Clinton’s remarks TASS
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