(2024-01-21). Thanks to Gaza, European philosophy has been exposed as ethically bankrupt By: Hamid Dabashi. midwesternmarx.com From Heidegger's Nazism to Habermas's Zionism, the suffering of the 'Other' is of little consequence Imagine if Iran, Syria, Lebanon, or Turkey – fully backed, armed and diplomatically protected by Russia and China – had the will and the wherewithal to bomb Tel Aviv for three months, day and night, murder tens of thousands of Israelis, maim countless more and make millions homeless, and turn the city into a heap of uninhabitable rubble, …
(2024-01-21). Thanks to Russia sanctions: India's oil exports to Europe reach record levels. pressenza.com The emerging economic power India is pursuing in the face of the West's sanctions on Russia is a pragmatic policy, which allows it to reap immense financial benefits, among other things. The Indians achieved record figures in 2023, primarily through the import of Russian crude oil, its processing and the subsequent export of petroleum products to Europe. | By Alexander MaÃànner | India is undisputedly considered a very independent player who takes a pragmatic view of the current turbulence in world politics and knows how to use it to its advantage. The Asian country, which is one of the largest impo…
(2024-01-21). Russian Strike On Elite French Merc Nest Delivers 'Devastating Blow' to Ukraine's War Effort. orinocotribune.com On the evening of 16 January, Russian missiles hit a building in Kharkov that had been converted into a major center for high-level European (mostly French) mercenaries. It was a devastating blow, with at least 60 killed and 20 wounded. | It is important to note that these were elite soldiers, not the run of the mill American thrill-seekers and "Tik Tok soldiers", nor Colombian hitmen. The European mercenaries tend to be highly trained specialists who work on specific weapons systems too complex for the average Ukrainian conscripts and Nazi footsoldiers to operate efficiently. | This strike did not just elimin…
(2024-01-20). Ukraine Seeks PR "Wins" as West Admits War May be Lost. thealtworld.com Update on the conflict in Ukraine for January 21, 2024… | — As Ukraine and its Western sponsors continue losing the conflict strategically, Ukraine continues conducting military operations to win public relations victories; | — Ukrainian drone strikes on St. Petersburg and a Russian oil depot inflicted no tactically or strategically significant damage; | — Such strikes have demonstratably only galvanized the Russian population further behind Moscow and are admittedly aimed at encouraging the Ukrainian population to remain invested in the conflict; | — The US government has claimed that witho…
(2024-01-21). Why's The New York Times Fearmongering About Indonesia's Presidential Frontrunner? thealtworld.com It's an information warfare provocation intended to manipulate voters' perceptions of the frontrunner to the point that a run-off election is scheduled this summer, which could then give the US' preferred candidate the chance that he needs to come to power and align Indonesia with America against China in the New Cold War. | The New York Times (NYT) published a piece last week about "
(2024-01-21). COMMUNISTS AND AN OPEN BALLOT By: Max R. midwesternmarx.com The recent political events of state courts in Colorado and Maine barring Donald Trump from running in the 2024 election should be of intense interest to Communists in the USA. While center-left "progressives" and those who tail the Democrats applaud this decision by the state courts, this is not a beneficial development for anti-imperialists or for all Americans who value our civil liberties. In the United States since the period of McCarthyism and the Cold War, the civil lib …
(2024-01-21). Technocratic Victory for China? Cold War 2.0 in the Year of the Red Dragon. globalresearch.ca
(2024-01-21). Nuclear weapons test ban treaty boss in Uganda. independent.co.ug 
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Executive Secretary of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test-Ban-Treaty (CTBT) Organization, Dr. Robert Floyd made his first visit to Uganda as he rallied countries against testing nuclear weapons. Dr. Robert Floyd attended the opening of the 19th Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM). His attendance at the Summit in Uganda has …
(2024-01-21). Are Nuclear-Armed Nations Entering a New Arms Race in 2024? Experts Weigh In. truthout.org Like waking up with a bad hangover, 2024 began with geopolitical headaches and pains from the previous year's conflicts, chaos and instability. Multiple wars in Africa, Europe and the Middle East; human-caused climate and environmental crises; and concerns about democratic backsliding, economic stress and social unrest marked the beginning of the new year. In 2024, a record number of national and… |
(2024-01-21). "Preemptive Nuclear War": The Historic Battle for Peace and Democracy. A Third World War Threatens the Future of Humanity. globalresearch.ca US nuclear doctrine consists in portraying nuclear weapons as a means of "self defense" rather than a "weapon of mass destruction". There are powerful financial interests behind Joe Biden's $1.3 trillion nuclear weapons program initiated under Obama.
(2024-01-21). Mayo Clinic engages Cerebras to deliver potent computing power, scale AI transformation. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn. — Mayo Clinic, the world's No. 1 hospital and a global leader in advancing trusted generative artificial intelligence (AI) healthcare applications, has announced a multi-year strategic collaboration with Cerebras Systems to develop multimodal large language models (LLMs) to improve patient outcomes and diagnoses. The collaboration combines Mayo Clinic's expansive repository of decades of deidentified clinical data with generative AI capabilities developed by Cerebras to train models to complement physicians' expertise. The…
(2024-01-21). Farmers warn German government: Beware of Washington, not Moscow. uwidata.com 
Farmers in Germany organized massive protests last week. The correspondents of Aydƒ±nlƒ±k Europe, Turkish daily newspaper Aydƒ±nlƒ±k's supplementary in Europe, followed the protests in Berlin and Munich on the spot. Aydƒ±nlƒ±k Europe's report covering the reasons for the protests, the demands and the views of the participants was translated from Turkish into English by UWI. …