(2022-03-02). US presses India to back war drive against Russia. wsws.org Despite the Modi government's attempts to balance between US and Russia, the US and its NATO allies are aggressively heading for a war against Russia.
(2022-03-02). NATO and Africa: A relationship of colonial violence and structural White supremacy. mronline.org NATO is the means of continuing colonial aggressions against African countries.
(2022-03-02). Love, Power and Peace by Piece. mronline.org Freedom is a habit and for Africans throughout history, it is one that can cost you dearly while under the repressive state apparatus of an imperialist power.
(2022-03-02). UK: Stagecoach West bus drivers to stage month-long strike over pay. wsws.org Stagecoach—the largest private bus and coach operator in the country—has been reliant on Unite to prevent national strike action, agreeing pay agreements below the rate of inflation.
(2022-03-02). Biden dispatches military-national security delegation to Taiwan. wsws.org While the delegation stopped short of including serving US generals and officials, its make-up is an open declaration that the US will bolster its military ties with Taiwan.
(2022-03-02). UPDATE: Russian Army Continues Advance Before Talks Start. telesurenglish.net On Feb. 25, President Vladimir Putin ordered the deployment of a special military operation to protect the Russian-speaking population of the self-proclaimed republics of Luhansk and Donetsk. Below are the latest developments in the Russia-Ukraine conflict as they unfold. | RELATED: | March 2: | Moldova receives the first international aid package for refugees. Moldavia's Interior Minister Ana Revenco announced that her country…
(2022-03-02). The way forward for the Sri Lankan health workers' struggle. wsws.org Facing growing anger among members over the continuous rejection of their demands, the unions have been compelled to call stoppages again, but only to beg for a deal with the government.
(2022-03-01). Disband NATO — the U.S. war provocateur What the workers should know about NATO, Russia and Ukraine. workers.org What is NATO? NATO, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, is strictly a military alliance, commanded and mostly equipped by the U.S.; it was founded in 1949, in the aftermath of WWII, when hundreds of thousands of U.S. troops occupied Western Europe. NATO's purpose was to enforce capitalist control of Western . . . |
(2022-03-01). ALBA Secretary Rejects NATO Presence in Latin America. libya360.wordpress.com Executive Secretary of the Bolivarian Alliance (ALBA-TCP), Sacha Llorenti, spoke to RT en Español's Jessica Sosa in Caracas on regional integration, U.S. and NATO presence in the region, and Bolivia's search for justice for the 2019 coup. Llorenti served as Bolivian Ambassador to the United Nations under President Evo Morales and sat on the UN Security Council…
(2022-03-01). U.S. war on Russia: a stampede off a cliff. iacenter.org Bulletin: As of Feb. 22, Russia has recognized the two peoples' republics in the Donbass region of eastern Ukraine, the Donetsk People's Republic and the Lugansk People's Republic, established in 2014. Russia has said that it will send troops to protect the two republics if they come under further Ukraine/ NATO attack. Washington and some European allies have announced economic sanctions against the two republics and/or against Russia. Working people worldwide must oppose U.S./NATO aggression and expansion, which are creating the danger of a massive war. Grand Central Terminal, New York City, Feb. 19. Photo: Sara…
(2022-03-01). Ukraine: Cuba Champions a Solution that Guarantees the Security and Sovereignty of All. libya360.wordpress.com Statement by the Revolutionary Government The U.S. determination to continue NATO's progressive expansion towards the Russian Federation borders has brought about a scenario with implications of unpredictable scope, which could have been avoided. United States' and NATO's military moves towards regions adjacent to the Russian Federation in recent months, preceded by the delivery of modern…
(2022-03-01). Disband NATO — the U.S. war provocateur: What the workers should know about NATO, Russia and Ukraine. iacenter.org By Danny O'Brien February 28, 2022 What is NATO? NATO, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, is strictly a military alliance, commanded and mostly equipped by the U.S.; it was founded in 1949, in the aftermath of WWII, when hundreds of thousands of U.S. troops occupied Western Europe. NATO's purpose was to enforce capitalist control of Western Europe, which was challenged by workers' movements, and to confront the Soviet Union. NATO began with 12 member states. For their defense against NATO, the Soviet Union and the Eastern European countries that had overthrown capitalism established the Warsaw Pact in 1955.
(2022-03-01). For African and Colonized Peoples, to Understand Ukraine: De-center Europe and Focus on Imperialism. libya360.wordpress.com Black Alliance for Peace Statement on the Situation in the Ukraine The Black Alliance for Peace emphatically declares that the conflict in the Ukraine emerges from the ceaseless and single-minded drive of the U.S., NATO, and the European Union for global economic and political dominance. The genesis of the current crisis, as BAP has previously…
(2022-03-01). Russia is Fighting a War of Self-Preservation. newatlas.report March 1, 2022 (The New Atlas) — NATO has expanded up to Russia's doorstep and since 2014 Ukraine has helped bring NATO even closer. Along with NATO, Ukraine's US-backed client regime has dropped 1000's of dead ethnic-Russians on Russia's doorstep as well. NATO's ultimate goal is not only encircling and containing Russia but eventually absorbing …
(2022-03-01). David North speaks on the NATO-Russia war on Turkey's KİTABA DAİR. wsws.org David North, the Chairman of the International editorial board of the World Socialist Web Site, spoke with Turkey's KİTABA DAİR on his book, The Russian Revolution and the Unfinished 20th Century, and the rapidly intensifying conflict between Russia and NATO over Ukraine.
(2022-03-01). Follow the Money: How Russia Will Bypass Western Economic Warfare. libya360.wordpress.com Pepe Escobar The US and EU are over-reaching on Russian sanctions. The end result could be the de-dollarization of the global economy and massive commodity shortages worldwide. So a congregation of NATO's top brass ensconced in their echo chambers target the Russian Central Bank with sanctions and expect what? Cookies? What they got instead was Russia's…
(2022-03-01). Bolivia: NATO is a Threat to International Security. libya360.wordpress.com "NATO is not a guarantee of security. On the contrary, it is a threat to international security. We only have to remember the bombing of Yugoslavia.." Bolivia makes an appeal to the UN General Assembly "to avoid declarations or actions such as unilateral sanctions which, instead of promoting dialogue, undermine any possibility of a peaceful…
(2022-03-01). Hungary Will Not Allow Weapons for Ukraine to Transit Its Territory. news.antiwar.com Breaking from other NATO members, Szijjarto warned weapons deliveries bound for Ukraine could be targeted by Russia. "The reason for making this decision is that such deliveries might become targets of hostile military action," he said. | Szijjarto said Hungary, which shares a small border with Ukraine, made the decision on the basis of national security a…
(2022-03-01). Prof: Russian Spec Op to De-Militarise & De-Nazify Ukraine Fully Justified Under International Law. sputniknews.com Russia has put its nuclear deterrence forces on high alert as the UK threatened Moscow with a conflict with NATO and the EU's announced provision of lethal weapons to Kiev, including fighter planes, howitzers and Stingers amid Moscow's special operation in Ukraine.
(2022-03-01). Washington Coordinating With Allies to Seize Putin's Assets, US Senator Says. sputniknews.com WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – The West is preparing further restrictive measures against Moscow, including Russian President Vladimir Putin, US Senator Chris Murphy, a member of the Foreign Relations Committee said after a classified briefing from US President Joe Biden's top national security officials on the Ukraine situation.
(2022-03-01). Headlines for March 1, 2022. democracynow.org Ukraine Accuses Russia of War Crimes as Bombs and Shells Kill Civilians, Human Rights Groups Say Russia Used Cluster Bombs and Thermobaric Weapons in Ukraine, U.N. General Assembly Holds Emergency Session on Russia's Invasion of Ukraine, Russian Economy Reels as Countries Impose Sanctions , U.N. Warns 4 Million Refugees Could Flee Ukraine in Coming Weeks, African and Indian Nationals Face Racism as They Attempt to Flee Ukraine, "Orientalist and Racist": News Outlets Condemned over War Coverage , Tens of Thousands Evacuate Australia's Worst Floods in Over a Decade, Coal Company Lawyers Ask…
(2022-03-01). Trial of 'Daily Stormer' Neo-Nazi Gabriel Sohier Chaput, aka Zeiger, Begins in Montreal. itsgoingdown.org Report from Jaggi Singh on the opening of the criminal trial against neo-Nazi and Daily Stormer author Gabriel Chaput, aka Zeiger. by Jaggi Singh for No Borders Media photo: @submedia February 28, 2022, Montreal — The first day of the criminal trial against neo-Nazi propagandist Gabriel Sohier Chaput (aka Zeiger) began earlier today. The prosecution…
(2022-03-01). 'Say no to UPS pay cuts!'. workers.org Philadelphia On a cold morning Feb. 24, dozens of Teamsters union members and supporters rallied across the street from the Oregon Ave. United Parcel Service facility in Philadelphia to "Say no to UPS pay cuts!" During the pandemic, UPS was forced to raise bottom-level wages to $19 an hour, because . . . |
(2022-03-01). In PortlandRacist murderer goes on shooting rampage. workers.org Portland, Oregon June Knightly, known as "T-Rex," was a dedicated anti-racist activist. When she wasn't assisting with progressive demonstrations, she was providing aid to many unhoused people of Portland, even while requiring the use of a cane to walk. She had a female spouse and a son and was beloved . . . |
(2022-03-01). 'Día sin Inmigrantes' exige 'ciudadanía ya'. workers.org Workers World — Philadelphia Inmigrantes, refugiados y simpatizantes participaron en una marcha y concentración en Filadelfia en el "Día sin Inmigrantes" nacional el 14 de febrero, para exigir que el presidente Joe Biden cumpla sus promesas de campaña y les conceda la ciudadanía ya. A pesar de las gélidas temperaturas, . . . |
(2022-03-01). Adorno, Lazarsfeld and the Birth of Public Broadcasting with Josh Shepperd. mronline.org Josh Shepperd joins Money on the Left to discuss the research and activism that hastened the rise of public media in the United States. Assistant Professor of media studies at the University of Colorado-Boulder, Shepperd shows how public-interest broadcasting platforms like NPR and PBS exist in the U.S. today in large part as a consequence of hard-fought battles by committed scholars and advocates throughout the inter- and post-war periods.
(2022-03-01). America defeats Germany for the third time in a century. mronline.org The question to ask is what today's New Cold War is trying to change or "solve." To answer this question, it helps to ask who initiates the war. There always are two sides—the attacker and the attacked. The attacker intends certain consequences, and the attacked looks for unintended consequences of which they can take advantage. In this case, both sides have their dueling sets of intended consequences and special interests.
(2022-03-01). On Humiliation and the Ukraine War. scheerpost.com Vladimir Putin. [ By The Mafia is not known for its creative use of language beyond terms like 'hitman,' 'go to the mattresses," 'living with the fishes' and suchlike. There are, though, a few pithy sayings that carry enduring wisdom. One concerns honor and revenge: 'If you are going to humiliate someone publicly in a really crass manner, make sure that he doesn't survive to take his inevitable revenge." Violate it at your peril. That enduring truth has…
(2022-03-01). Rand Report — Overextend And Destabilize Russia. popularresistance.org Bruce Gagnon explains how the Rand Corporation (Pentagon Papers) outlined very clearly that the end, the goal of US foreign policy, is to overextend and destabilize Russia resulting in regime change and then the rape and pillaging of Russia's vast natural resources.
(2022-03-01). Russian Military Expert: We Can Choose Peace Or Risk A Nuclear War. popularresistance.org On Feb. 24, Clearing the FOG spoke at length with Dr. Vladimir Kozin, a Russian military and global security expert. That happened to be the day that Russia launched a special military operation in Ukraine. Dr. Kozin explains the goals of the mission and the events that led to it. He describes the eight year assault on ethnic Russians living in Eastern Ukraine that caused more than 14,000 deaths. He also describes how the current conflict can be resolved and the risk of a major, and possibly nuclear war, if a diplomatic solution is not achieved. March 1 to 7 is an international week of action to say No Wars! No S…
(2022-03-01). 'The US Is Responsible for What Happens in Ukraine': Hezbollah. telesurenglish.net On Tuesday, Hassan Nasrallah, the secretary of the Lebanon's Hezbollah resistance movement, accused the United States and its allies of instigating actions whose ultimate goal is to affect the Russia people. | RELATED: | "The West is taking all possible actions against Russia except engage in direct combat… Its current position in the Ukrainian crisis is a depiction of its double standards in comparison to its stances against U.S.
(2022-03-01). Russian Armed Forces Will Continue Ukraine Op Until They Achieve Their Goals, Shoigu Says. sputniknews.com The Russian military and their Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republic allies began a large-scale military operation aimed at demilitarising Ukraine last Thursday. The operation began after weeks of escalating shelling, mortar, sniper and sabotage attacks by the Ukrainian armed forces and ultra-nationalist volunteer battalions in the Donbass.
(2022-03-01). Peru: President Castillo Accepts Transport Minister Resignation. telesurenglish.net On Monday, Peruvian President Pedro Castillo accepted the resignation of Transport Minister Juan Silva, whom entrepreneur Karelim Lopez accused of allegedly accepting bribes in exchange for public works with Castillo's authorization. | RELATED: | "I appreciate the services rendered by Silva. Our commitment remains with the people, and we need to meet the goals set by our administration," Castillo tweeted and denied Lopez's accusations. | The entrepreneur,…
(2022-03-01). US Foreign Policy is a Cruel Sport. orinocotribune.com By Diana Johnstone — Feb 23, 2022 | Bear baiting was long ago banned as inhumane. Yet today, a version is being practiced every day against whole nations on a gigantic international scale. | In the time of the first Queen Elizabeth, British royal circles enjoyed watching fierce dogs torment a captive bear for the fun of it. The bear had done no harm to anyone, but the dogs were trained to provoke the imprisoned beast and goad it into fighting back. Blood flowing from the excited animals delighted the spectators. | This cruel practice has long since been banned as inhumane. | And yet today, a version of bear…
(2022-03-01). How Community Care Can Address The South's Maternal Mortality Crisis. popularresistance.org The maternal mortality rate in the United States is 23.8 deaths per 100,000 births — the highest of any developed country. The U.S. is also the only developed country where maternal mortality rates are rising. | The crisis is especially dire in the South. As of 2018, Louisiana had the highest maternal mortality rate of any state with 58.1 deaths per 100,000 births — over three times the national rate. It was followed by Georgia with 48.4 maternal deaths per 100,000 births. Of the 10 states with the highest maternal mortality rates, six were in the South. Besides Louisiana and Georgia, they are Arkansa…
(2022-03-01). March 18: International People's Tribunal On US Imperialism. popularresistance.org March 1, 2022 — Presently, the United States, with the support of the United Nations and European Union, has imposed sanctions and other economic coercive measures on over 30 percent of the global population, mostly located in Asia, Africa, and Latin America. Sanctions are one of the key tools of U.S. imperialism, leading to mass starvation and suffering of peoples in the Global South, while opening up markets to U.S. and European corporations. | The International People's Tribunal on U.S. Imperialism: Sanctions, Blockades & Economic Coercive Measures will challenge the economic atrocities committed by…
(2022-03-01). Eugenics and the Awakening of Sleeping Monsters. dissidentvoice.org In this presentation delivered to the Day 6 proceedings of the Coronavirus Grand Jury hearing organized by Dr. Reiner Fullmich and his team of international lawyers, Canadian Patriot Review Editor-in-Chief Matthew Ehret was asked to deliver remarks elucidating the origins of the quasi-science of eugenics, and its role in mis-shaping the 20th century. This exercise …
(2022-03-01). PDVSA Continues Recovery with Help of China & Iran. orinocotribune.com Despite the hopeless outlook for the Venezuelan oil industry on international markets, according to "The Venezuelan oil industry has made an unexpected comeback at just the right time," stated the Latin American division of Bloomberg. "Venezuela, a founder of OPEC, home to the largest oil reserves on the planet, has doubled its production since the end of 2020, and there is still space for p…
(2022-03-01). Venezuela Repudiates Washington's Aggression Before UN Human Rights Council (+Alex Saab). orinocotribune.com The President of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, spoke this Monday, February 28 at the 49th Regular Session of the UN Human Rights Council, and denounced any intention to use the international human rights system "to replace governments not aligned with Western hegemonic interests, imposing against the countries of the South formulas of judicial colonialism seeking to replace national systems with interventionist, colonialist, foreign mechanisms, contrary to the principles of sovereignty, self-determination and complementarity." | In his speech, he also repudiated the actions of the Bank of England which, with the sup…
(2022-03-01). Introducing the International People's Tribunal on U.S. Imperialism: Sanctions, Blockades and Economic Coercive Measures — Webinar 18 March. samidoun.net This document has also been translated into Spanish, French, Arabic, Farsi, Mandarin, and Korean. INTRODUCING THE INTERNATIONAL PEOPLE'S TRIBUNAL ON U.S. IMPERIALISM: SANCTIONS, BLOCKADES & ECONOMIC COERCIVE MEASURES TAKING LEGAL ACTION TO CHALLENGE U.S. ATROCITIES Introductory Webinar March 18 — Register: bit.ly/launchtribunal March 1, 2022 — Presently, the United States, with the support of the …
(2022-03-01). Repeating '70s Strategy of Grand Chess-Master Brzezinski: Biden Appears to Have Induced Russian Invasion of Ukraine to Bankrupt Russia's Economy and Advance Regime Change. covertactionmagazine.com But Will the Strategy Succeed This Time? Jimmy Carter's National Security Council adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski famously bragged about having induced …
(2022-03-01). Ms R2P in Poland: Samantha Power meets with U.S. paratroopers, Brzezinski. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com U.S. Agency for International DevelopmentOffice of Press RelationsFebruary 28, 2022 Administrator Samantha Power's Travel to Poland to Meet with Our Military and Ukrainan Communities and Refugees The below is attributable to Spokesperson Rebecca Chalif: ‚Äé Yesterday in Poland, Administrator Power met with Major General Chris Donahue and members of the 82nd Airborne Division, who briefed the …
(2022-03-01). Nicaragua Calls for De-Escalation of Tension in the Russia-Ukraine Crisis. libya360.wordpress.com Speech by Orlando Jose Tardencilla Espinoza UN permanent representative of Nicaragua at the UN General Assembly emergency special session on Ukraine.
(2022-03-01). Russia Rejects Allegations Of 'War Crimes' In Ukraine. telesurenglish.net On Tuesday, the Kremlin spokesman Dimitri Peskov rejected the accusations about alleged war crimes brought by Ukraine against Russia before the International Criminal Court (ICC). | RELATED: | Earlier, the CPI Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan announced that it will ask the judges to open an investigation for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed by any of the parties throughout the territory of Ukraine. | If this inve…
(2022-03-01). China-made Sabin Inactivated Poliovirus Vaccine achieves WHO prequalification. ecns.cn China's National Medical Products Administration on Tuesday announced that the country's Sabin Inactivated Poliovirus Vaccine (Vero Cell) developed by Sinopharm has won the prequalification of the World Health Organization (WHO).
(2022-03-01). 60 Million Barrels Enter The Market to Contain Oil Prices. telesurenglish.net On Tuesday, the International Energy Agency (IEA) agreed to place 60 million barrels of crude oil on the market to try to contain the increase in international prices. | RELATED: | As part of this policy, President Joe Biden authorized the release of 30 million barrels of crude from the U.S. strategic reserves. | "We are prepared to use all the tools at our disposal to limit the global energy supply disruption resulting from the actions of Pre…
(2022-03-01). [Articles] The impact of remote home monitoring of people with COVID-19 using pulse oximetry: A national population and observational study. thelancet.com There are several possible explanations for our findings. One is that CO@h did not have the hypothesised impact. Another is that the low rates of enrolment and incomplete data in many areas reduced the chances of detecting any impact that may have existed. Also, CO@h has been implemented in many different ways across the country and these may have had varying levels of effect.
(2022-03-01). Tianjin Port opens new ocean route to Vietnam. ecns.cn Containers were steadily hoisted to "Venus Bright," a ship at Tianjin Port Alliance International Container Terminal, on Monday morning, marking the official opening of Tianjin Port's CAX (China Australia Express), the first ocean route to Australia after the RCEP came into effect.
(2022-03-01). Venezuela's Representative to the UN Condemns US Role in the Ukrainian Situation. libya360.wordpress.com Speech by Samuel Moncada permanent representative of Venezuela at the UN General Assembly emergency special session on Ukraine.
(2022-03-01). Over 3.12 billion COVID-19 vaccine doses administered on Chinese mainland. ecns.cn The number of COVID-19 vaccine doses administered on the Chinese mainland grew by around 5.73 million to reach over 3.12 billion on Monday, data from the National Health Commission showed Tuesday.