A government truly committed to a “feminist foreign policy” would support Haitians striking to boost their 70-cents-per-hour wage. But thus far Canadian officials have responded to the workers’ action by paying a celebratory visit to a sweatshop and ignoring protests repressed by Canadian-funded police.
Reaction to Haitian strike exposes Liberal lie on ‘feminist foreign policy’
Day: February 21, 2022
Biden set to order sanctions on separatist regions of Ukraine after Putin decree, EU vows additional measures
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The Right of Self-Determination
Chapter 1, Article 1, part 2 states that purpose of the UN Charter is: “To develop friendly relations among nations based on respect for the principle of equal rights and self-determination of peoples, and to take other appropriate measures to strengthen universal peace”
Article 1 in both the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) read: “All peoples have the right of self-determination. By virtue of that right they freely determine their political status and freely pursue their economic, social and cultural development.”
Various Coronavirus News Updates: U.S. National Emergency extended, Bill Gates disappointed, IVM, breakthrough cases, immunity + antibodies.
Biden to extend U.S. national emergency due to COVID-19 health risk
Bill Gates is Ready to Capitalize on ‘The Next Pandemic’
Estimated 73% of US now immune to omicron: Is that enough?
Arkansas county praises doctor who gave inmates ivermectin
2,044 Fully Vaccinated Indiana Residents Died Of COVID-19; 329,000 Breakthrough Cases Recorded
A test to determine COVID immunity could reshape US policy
I’m behind because I haven’t really been keeping up with coronavirus news. Out of sight, out of mind! 🤷🏼♀️
Putin signs ‘immediate’ recognition of Donbass regions
Russian President Vladimir Putin has announced that Moscow has recognized the two self-declared breakaway Donbass republics in Ukraine’s east as sovereign nations, as a military standoff across the contact line continues to escalate.
Putin signs ‘immediate’ recognition of Donbass regions
Ukraine – Who Is Firing At Whom And Who Is Lying About It?
NATO’s Nazis in Ukraine, anti-Russian war propaganda, & our human crisis
As I watch the U.S. imperialists manufacture a crisis in Ukraine, putting forth fabricated accounts of Russian provocations so that further military buildup throughout the region can be justified, I think of what Albert Camus said about humanity’s capacity for evil in the modern era.
NATO’s Nazis in Ukraine, anti-Russian war propaganda, & our human crisis
Violent protest erupts over US grant in China’s backyard
The weaponization of OSCE and the Polish dilemma
The situation that is currently unfolding in Ukraine is both tragic and terrifying. It poses a real threat of turning into a major conflict in Europe, with two nuclear powers involved on each side of the dispute.
The weaponization of OSCE and the Polish dilemma