(2022-02-27). Barack Obama's Father Identified as CIA Asset in US Drive to 'Recolonize' Africa During Early Days of the Cold War. orinocotribune.com By Gerald Horne — Feb 10, 2022 | Over the last decade, the U.S. has been quietly expanding its covert intelligence empire in Africa as part of a growing geopolitical rivalry with China. | A new book published by Susan Williams, entitled
(2022-02-27). US gov't knew NATO expansion to Ukraine would force Russia to intervene. multipolarista.com 
Former US Ambassador to Russia William J. Burns, who is now CIA director, admitted in a classified 2008 embassy cable that NATO expansion to Ukraine crosses Moscow's security "redlines" and "could potentially split the country in two, leading to violence or even, some claim, civil war, which would force Russia to decide whether to intervene."
(2022-02-27). AFL-CIO, union leaders, call for fast confirmation of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to SCOTUS. peoplesworld.org 
The following statement issued by the AFL-CIO was prepared by Liz Shuler, the president of the federation: "We applaud the historic nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the U.S. Supreme Court. Judge Jackson has had a distinguished legal career, and she is eminently qualified for this critical lifetime position. "Working people need a champion …
(2022-02-26). The Belmarsh Tribunal Is Demanding Justice For Victims Of War On Terror. popularresistance.org It has been ten years since WikiLeaks began publishing the "Guantanamo Files," documenting the detention and torture of prisoners by the United States government at its prison on Cuba's occupied east coast. But the architects and administrators of the Guantanamo Bay torture camp today walk free. Instead, the journalists, whistleblowers, and publishers have been sent to prison. Assange has now spent over a thousand days in solitary confinement at Belmarsh as the UK courts debate his extradition to face a 175-year prison sentence in the United States. | The Belmarsh Tribunal — which sits today for its third s…
(2022-02-26). Hedges: Assange Affirms the Existence of Another Kind of Human Nature. scheerpost.com 
Original illustration by Mr. Fish | By Chris Hedges / A Statement made at the We know what Julian did. We know the great public service he provided. We know that he and WikiLeaks, aided by courageous figures such as Chelsea Manning, gave us the most important journalist coup of our generation, ripping back the veil erected by the ruling political, military, and financial elites to expose their mendacity, their corruption, and their crimes. We know that populations around the world, from Haiti to Tunisia, w…
(2022-02-26). Biden Nominates African-American Judge for US Supreme Court. telesurenglish.net With the election of the current federal appellate judge in Washington, D.C., Biden fulfills his 2020 campaign promise to make history by nominating the first African American to that position. | President Biden has nominated Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court. She is eminently qualified to serve our nation on our highest court. Feb. 26, 2022.
(2022-02-26). Biden nominates Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court. wsws.org The nomination does not change the balance on the high court, which will remain divided 6—3 between right-wing reactionaries and moderate liberals.
(2022-02-26). El Salvador: LGBTIQ+ Population Asks for a Law on Identity. telesurenglish.net El Salvador's Congress has been asked to rule on a law of the Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court based on gender identity, allowing the change of name for transgender people. | RELATED: | Six humanitarian organizations on Friday called on El Salvador's Congress to comply with a ruling by the Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court that orders the change of name based on gender identity. "We ask this body (Congress) to immediately comply…