People’s World, a U.S. leftist newspaper, reported that the White House earmarks millions of dollars to collect bad news on Cuba and spread it inside the island. According to the publication, Washington gives money to a group of organizations to have it transferred to Cuban real or imaginary opposition groups, both within the island and in other countries.
US Earmarks Millions of Dollars on Negative News About #Cuba
Day: February 1, 2022
Justin Podur on Trevor Noah on China in Africa. Why Comparing Chinese Africa Investment to Western Colonialism Is No Joke.
The West colonized and enslaved Africa for centuries at the point of a gun, and then sought to continue its colonization through financial weapons. The wealth and power of Europe was created through extraction and colonization. China has no history, need, or desire for colonization. It developed independently and has had amicable and equal relations with Africa for millennia. The CPC has supported African liberation movements, unlike the west, which violently suppressed them.
Justin Podur on Trevor Noah on China in Africa. Why Comparing Chinese Africa Investment to Western Colonialism Is No Joke.
Trudeau Denounces Hateful Signs…
“Freedom of expression, assembly and association are cornerstones of democracy but Nazi symbolism, racist imagery, and desecration of war memorials are not,” Trudeau said.
Trudeau Denounces Hateful Signs…
He’s an idiot!
Anti-China Canadian MPs claim sovereignty over Argentine mine
The anti-China panic sweeping Canadian politics has descended from tragedy into farce.
Anti-China Canadian MPs claim sovereignty over Argentine mine
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Challenge to the US: Iran Unloads 2 Million Barrels of Crude Oil in Venezuela
The Iranian tanker, with a cargo of two million barrels of the hydrocarbon product needed to dilute Venezuelan extra-heavy crude, arrived on Friday, January 28, at the José port of the state-owned company Petróleos de Venezuela (PDVSA), and will unload during this week, according to a TankerTrackers document, a company specialized in tracking maritime movement in the oil trade.
Challenge to the US: Iran Unloads 2 Million Barrels of Crude Oil in Venezuela
Texas Butterfly Park To Close Indefinitely As Conspiracy Theorists Intensify Attacks
Olavo de Carvalho, a Brazilian far-right activist and President Bolsonaro’s “apprentice”, has died
Carvalho was the apprentice of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro and a relative of Steve Bannon, a former adviser to Donald Trump.
Olavo de Carvalho, a Brazilian far-right activist and President Bolsonaro’s “apprentice”, has died
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Olavo leaves, above all, a tragic legacy, says B. Teitelbaum
Olavo de Carvalho, Bolsonaro’s Far-Right Guru, Dies at 74 (Posted because it’s linked in original article and it’s paywalled)
Ms. Cat’s Chronicles 