(2022-02-23). Don't Overlook NATO's Successes. warisacrime.org 
By David Swanson, World BEYOND War, February 22, 2022 I'm hearing a lot of talk about U.S. and NATO failures, so I want to call attention to the successes. Feel free to cheer wildly for each one. Germany has canceled a Russian pipeline and will be destroying the Earth with more U.S. fossil fuels, and …
(2022-02-23). To eradicate global poverty and cut global carbon emissions, rich nations must change their consumption patterns. mronline.org 
Sometimes the aching injustice of human-caused climate change hits you square between the eyes. A new fact rears up that is potent, emotive and incontrovertible.
(2022-02-23). Headlines for February 23, 2022. democracynow.org U.S. Imposes Sanctions, Ukraine Calls for Stronger Action After Russian Recognition of Breakaway Areas, Jury Finds Ahmaud Arbery's 3 Murderers Guilty of Federal Hate Crimes, Trial for Ex-Cop Brett Hankison, Who Shot into Breonna Taylor's Home During Fatal Raid, Starts in KY, U.N. Report Warns of Climate Disaster-Fueled "Global Wildfire Crisis", Mining Companies, Foreign Investors Driving Destruction of Amazon, Violation of Indigenous Rights, Hong Kong to Conduct Mass COVID Testing on Entire Population; U.K. Removes All Pandemic Restrictions, Israeli Forces Kill 14-Year-Old Palestinian; Isr…
(2022-02-22). Putin Recognizes Ukraine Separatists; Khrushchev's Great-Granddaughter Says War Can Still Be Avoided. democracynow.org 
Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered troops into two separatist regions in eastern Ukraine, drawing sharp rebukes from the U.S. and other Western countries that have warned for weeks of a Russian invasion of Ukraine. The Biden administration issued new sanctions, and Germany has stopped the certification of Russia's Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline in an attempt to quash the country's dependence on Russian natural gas. We speak with Nina Khrushcheva, professor of international affairs at The New School, who says she remains skeptical that Russia will launch an all-out war against Ukraine. She also s…
(2022-02-22). German Chancellor Scholz Says He is Suspending Nord Stream 2 Certification. sputniknews.com The German Federal Grid Agency temporarily suspended the certification of Nord Stream 2 late last year, saying it would be impossible to approve the pipeline until the German-based portion of the infrastructure project and its employees were transferred to German jurisdiction.
(2022-02-22). Frederic Manning: The Trenches. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com ==== Anti-war essays, poems, short stories and literary excerpts British writers on peace and war Frederic Manning: War poems ==== Frederic ManningThe Trenches Endless lanes sunken in the clay,Bays, and traverses, fringed with wasted herbage,Seed-pods of blue scabious, and some lingering blooms;And the sky, seen as from a well,Brilliant with frosty stars.We stumble, cursing, on the …