WSWS (2022-02-10). Right-wing racialists mount campaign against Asian entertainer Awkwafina's use of a "blaccent" wsws.org Amid threats of war between nuclear-armed powers, the ending of COVID-19 public safety measures and the danger of fascism, the hue and cry over the supposed use of "black speech" is preposterous and diversionary.

WSWS (2022-02-10). NATO, Ukraine, Russia stage military exercises amid US-promoted war hysteria. wsws.org Thousands of troops are preparing for a conflict that would threaten escalation into a nuclear war.

Dave DeCamp (2022-02-09). Israel's Bennett to Biden: Don't Return to Iran Nuclear Deal. news.antiwar.com Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett told President Biden during a call on Sunday not to return to the Iran nuclear deal, The source said that Bennett told Biden that without a deal, there wouldn't necessarily be an escalation in Iran's nuclear program and said "nothing will happen if you don't sign it." | Israel is more concerned about the economic relief Iran would get under the nuclear deal, and Bennett said Tehran's financial benefits would f…

Anonymous669 (2022-02-09). Iran's Revolutionary Guard Reveal New Strategic Long-Range Ballistic Missile (Videos). southfront.org File image. | On February 9, the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) unveiled a new strategic long-range missile with pinpoint accuracy dubbed "Kheibar-Shekan". | The new missile was showcased for the first time during a ceremony attended by Chief of Staff of Armed Forces Major General Mohammad Bagheri, Commander of the IRGC's Aerospace Division Brigadier General Amir-Ali Hajizadeh and a number of other high-ranking military officials and commanders. | The ceremony, which coincided with celebrations in Iran comm…

Staff (2022-02-09). Armenia seeks to further strengthening of coop. with Iran. en.mehrnews.com Armenia hopes to further strengthen effective and friendly relations with Iran for the welfare of the two peoples and long-lasting peace in the region, Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan said.

_____ (2022-02-09). Wanting Peace With Russia To Focus Aggressions On China Is Just Being An Imperialist Warmonger. strategic-culture.org By Caitlin JOHNSTONE | Republican Congressman Matt Gaetz criticized the Biden administration's dangerous escalations against Russia on the House floor on Monday, not because he thinks needlessly ramping up cold war brinkmanship with a nuclear-armed nation is an insane thing to do, nor because he believes the US government should cease trying to dominate the world by constantly working to subvert and undermine any nation who disobeys its commands, but because he wants US aggressions to be focused more on China. | "While the Biden administration, the media, and many in congress beat the drums of war for Ukraine, th…

Fight Back (2022-02-09). United protest in New Orleans against US, NATO war on Russia. fightbacknews.org New Orleans, LA — Anti-war protesters gathered on February 5 in New Orleans at Lafayette Square Park to demand an end to NATO aggression against Russia. Activists carried signs and chanted slogans calling for peace and the disbandment of NATO. | The protest was organized by a coalition including the Communist Party USA, the Democratic Socialists of America, Freedom Road Socialist Organization and the Party for Socialism and Liberation. | Speakers decried the latest U.S. attempt to escalate the situation in Ukraine, which they said threatens us with a nuclear conflict with Russia. The protest also highlight…

teleSUR, hvh, JCM (2022-02-09). China insta a EE.UU. detener sanciones contra Corea del Norte. telesurtv.net El funcionario reclamó a Washington a dar la debida importancia a las medidas de desnuclearización tomadas por Pyongyang.

John Knefel (2022-02-09). Will Biden Declare a "No First Use" Approach to Nuclear Weapons? truthout.org When Donald Trump was elected president in 2016, many observers noted that, terrifyingly, he would soon be the sole person in charge of determining whether or not to use the U.S.'s vast nuclear weapons capability. He would have the power to end life on Earth in a matter of minutes. | As Barack Obama and Joe Biden were preparing to hand the nuclear codes over, the outgoing vice president warned against any preemptive use of the terrible weapons: "Given our non-nuclear capabilities and the nature of today's t…

teleSUR, hvh, JCM (2022-02-09). China insta a EE.UU. detener sanciones contra Corea del Norte. telesurtv.net El funcionario reclamó a Washington a dar la debida importancia a las medidas de desnuclearización tomadas por Pyongyang.

Fight Back (2022-02-09). United protest in New Orleans against US, NATO war on Russia. fightbacknews.org New Orleans, LA — Anti-war protesters gathered on February 5 in New Orleans at Lafayette Square Park to demand an end to NATO aggression against Russia. Activists carried signs and chanted slogans calling for peace and the disbandment of NATO. | The protest was organized by a coalition including the Communist Party USA, the Democratic Socialists of America, Freedom Road Socialist Organization and the Party for Socialism and Liberation. | Speakers decried the latest U.S. attempt to escalate the situation in Ukraine, which they said threatens us with a nuclear conflict with Russia. The protest also highlight…

_____ (2022-02-08). In Search of Monsters to Destroy: The Manufacturing of a Cold War. strategic-culture.org This series will explain how the philosophy of the American establishment formed their "understanding" of nuclear strategy, which continues to influence thought today such as in the belief in the winnability of a limited nuclear war. | "She [the United States] has seen that probably for centuries to come, contests of inveterate power, and emerging right [will persist]…But she goes not abroad, in search of monsters to destroy…She well knows that by once enlisting under other banners than her own…she would involve herself beyond the power of extrication, in all the wars of interest and intrigue, of individual…

Staff (2022-02-08). Iran nuclear deal: The role of the Israel lobby & pressure groups in derailing an agreement. rt.com Different impact groups try to prevent a new deal between the West and Tehran. How are some of them connected to Israel? | On January 24, it was revealed in a

Staff (2022-02-08). 'Dust walls' could defeat hypersonic weapons — think tank. rt.com A modern version of the nuclear 'dust defense' could be key to countering the threat, a Raytheon and Lockheed-backed paper says | The US could defend itself against enemy hypersonic gliders by dispersing clouds of dust over large areas through which such projectiles are expected to fly, a new white paper has suggested. Traveling through such an area at high speed would degrade and potentially destroy the weapon. | The idea was discussed in a document

TASS (2022-02-08). Bullying won't help US succeed in talks with Iran, security chief says. tass.com "Continuing maximum pressure against Iran, current US administration has so far tried to meet the goals that Trump failed to achieve through bullying, by making unsupported promises," Ali Shamkhani pointed out…

Staff (2022-02-08). US Republicans send threatening letter to Biden over JCPOA. en.mehrnews.com A group of 33 Republican senators has warned US President Joe Biden they will work to thwart the implementation of any new Iran nuclear agreement if his government does not allow Congress to review and vote on its terms.

sputniknews (2022-02-08). Iran's IRGC to Unveil New Domestically Developed Strategic Missile. sputniknews.com The Islamic Republic has been actively upgrading and developing its defence industry in light of international sanctions that have long prevented the country from buying weapons abroad. The nation's missile programme has sparked numerous protests in the West, with Tehran, however, refusing to slash it, and insisting on its right to defend itself.

Golnaz Esfandiari (2022-02-08). 'State Of Explosion': Leaked IRGC Document Warns Of Rising Discontent In Iran. juancole.com ( RFE/RL ) — A "highly confidential" state document leaked to RFE/RL's Radio Farda warns that discontent is rising in Iran, with society in a "state of explosion." The document highlights the clerical establishment's concerns over potential social unrest due to the deteriorating economy, which has been crushed by crippling U.S. sanctions and years of …

teleSUR, HIM (2022-02-08). Irán y Occidente reanudan diálogo para rescatar pacto nuclear. telesurtv.net El Gobierno iraní califica de insuficiente el paso dado por Washington de permitir a países y compañías extranjeras trabajar en proyectos civiles en reactores nucleares.

_____ (2022-02-08). Antiwar Groups Rally To Stop Us From Being Lied Into War With Russia. popularresistance.org Clearing the FOG provides excerpts from the speakers at the National Online Rally to stop war with Russia over Ukraine that was held on Feb. 5 as part of the national actions that took place in about 70 cities in Hawaii and coast to coast. The rally and actions were organized based on a unified call to action issued by 12 national and international antiwar organizations, which was endorsed by more than 200 more organizations. The demands include stopping the war with Russia, stopping the supply of weapons to Nazis in Ukraine, ending NATO, de-escalating the threat of nuclear war and resolving the current conflict…

_____ (2022-02-08). Memo To Congress: Diplomacy For Ukraine Is Spelled M-i-n-s-k. popularresistance.org A December 2021 poll found that a plurality of Americans in both political parties prefer to resolve differences over Ukraine through diplomacy. Another December poll found that a plurality of Americans (48 percent) would oppose going to war with Russia should it invade Ukraine, with only 27 percent favoring U.S. military involvement. | The conservative Koch Institute, which commissioned that poll, concluded that "the United States has no vital interests at stake in Ukraine and continuing to take actions that increase the risk of a confrontation with nuclear-armed Russia is therefore not necessary for our securit…

Finian Cunningham (2022-02-08). President JFK's Murder Is Graphic Proof of Entrenched Cold War Ideology and Why Peace Eludes U.S.-Russia Relations. dissidentvoice.org The Cold War is back with a vengeance. The current impasse between the United States and Russia over the Ukraine crisis is running the risk of an all-out war in Europe, a war that could escalate into nuclear Armageddon. The crisis is wholly manufactured by Washington's geopolitical power calculations — claims made against Russia about …

Rick Rozoff (2022-02-08). NATO holds drills with three carrier strike groups, seven interceptor warships in Eastern Mediterranean. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Near the entrance to the Black Sea. Charles de Gaulle is the only nuclear aircraft in the world aside from the U.S.'s eleven. The USS Bainbridge, USS Gonzalez, USS Gravely and USS Ross are Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyers designed to fire Standard Missile 3 anti-ballistic missiles of the sort stationed in their so-called Aegis …