(2022-03-22). The people of Yemen Suffer Atrocities, too. dissidentvoice.org 
WFP food distribution in Raymah (credit: Julian Harneis CC BY-SA 2.0) The United Nations' goal was to raise more than $4.2 billion for the people of war-torn Yemen by March 15. But when that deadline rolled around, just $1.3 billion had come in. "I am deeply disappointed," said Jan Egeland, the secretary general of the …
(2022-03-22). Washington Should Think Twice Before Launching a New Cold War. scheerpost.com 
Here we are in what might indeed be Cold War II, playing out the Ukrainian version of Afghanistan with a weaker Russian military, a visibly more disturbed leader, Washington again shoveling arms, money, and training to the other side, and the possibility that the war could spread elsewhere in Europe. What happens when history repeats itself, however weirdly?>
(2022-03-22). The rise of Ilhan Omar: Lessons from a self-portrait. mronline.org 
Shamus Cooke assesses the record of Representative Ilhan Omar and what her autobiography reveals about her political trajectory.
(2022-03-22). CIA Director William F. Burns—Capo of World's biggest spreader of lies and misinformation—is spreading the big lie that Russia's invasion of Ukraine was "unprovoked" mronline.org 
CIA Director Bill Burns testified before the Senate Intelligence committee in early March that Russia and Vladimir Putin were "losing the information war over its war in Ukraine."
(2022-03-22). How much less newsworthy are civilians in other conflicts? mronline.org 
A lot less, particularly when they're victims of the U.S.
(2022-03-22). Japanese Pro-NATO Stance Harms Tokyo-Moscow Dialogue. libya360.wordpress.com Lucas Leiroz Amid worldwide tensions, diplomatic frictions between Russia and Japan continue to increase. The crisis in Ukraine is hampering bilateral diplomacy and preventing a peace agreement on the Kuril Islands, which is a historic goal for both states, from being achieved. Indeed, Tokyo appears to be paying the consequences for its own destabilizing pro-NATO…
(2022-03-22). Venezuela's Tax on Foreign Currency Transactions Starts Monday. orinocotribune.com Last Thursday, March 17, Venezuela's National Integrated Service for the Administration of Customs (SENIAT) At the core of the reform is the ruling that foreign currency transactions will be subject to a tax equal to or grea…
(2022-03-22). How the West Was Won: Counterinsurgency, Psyops and the Military Origins of the Internet. libya360.wordpress.com Dustin Broadbery Part 1: Look a Gift Horse in the Mouth As the digital revolution was underway in the mid-nineties, research departments at the CIA and NSA were developing programs to predict the usefulness of the world wide web as a tool for capturing what they dubbed "birds of a feather" formations. That's when flocks…
(2022-03-22). Surviving Among Ruins: Life in a Donbass City Ukraine Says No Longer Exists. libya360.wordpress.com Stepan Kostetskiy RT visited civilians surviving in the blasted-through buildings and basements of a town hit hard by the conflict in Ukraine "God preserve you!" says an elderly Volnovakha resident to departing volunteers. She and her husband stand at the gate to the front yard of their suburban home holding simple provisions that have just…
(2022-03-22). Lula Counters FBI-Backed "Corruption" Prosecution to Lead Brazil's 2022 Presidential Race. libya360.wordpress.com Julian Cola "At the age of 74, my heart only has room for love," Lula told a crowd of supporters from an impromptu stage, adding that as a migrant from the poor, underserved northeast region, "there's nothing that can beat me." RIO DE JANEIRO —Former Brazilian president, and frontrunner in the upcoming October 2022 presidential…
(2022-03-22). Customs: Poet Solmaz Sharif examines imperialism and exile. wsws.org The second book by an acclaimed and politically engaged young poet is notable for its international and historical perspective.
(2022-03-22). Ukraine's Zelensky Comes Before His Master. libya360.wordpress.com David Sole On March 16 Ukraine's president Volodymyr Zelensky addressed the United States Congress. In a virtual speech Zelensky begged his imperialist masters for more military aid. He pressed for the U.S. and its North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) military alliance to declare and enforce a "no-fly zone" over Ukraine and asked for military fighter…
(2022-03-22). Sri Lanka's parliamentary opposition attempt to exploit popular anger against Rajapakse government. wsws.org The real concerns of the Samagi Jana Balawegaya are not the desperate situation facing the masses but that the growing strikes and protests by workers and the poor will challenge capitalist rule.
(2022-03-21). NYC Freedom Rally: From Covid Mandates to the New Cold War. libya360.wordpress.com Max Blumenthal Speaks at New York City Anti-Mandate World Wide Rally for Freedom in Union Square New York City World Wide Rally for Freedom Anti-Mandate Protest — Union Square, Manhattan On March 19, 2022, anti-vaccine-mandate protesters marched from Times Square to Union Square in Manhattan, where they held a rally as part of the World…
(2022-03-21). India's Ruling Bharatiya Janata Party Strengthens its Positions. journal-neo.org 
The beginning of March in India marked the end of almost a month of continuous voting, including Parliamentary by-elections in five states: Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Uttarakhand, Manipur and Goa. In terms of population, these states rank 1st, 15th, 18th, 24th and 26th respectively out of India's 28 states and 8 union territories (including the capital …
(2022-03-21). 'Historic' Aboriginal Land Title Trial To Begin In B.C. Supreme Court. popularresistance.org When Captain James Cook encountered the ancestors of the Nuchatlaht people in 1778, the British explorer wrote in his journal that he had "no where met with Indians who had such high notions of every thing the Country produced being their exclusive property." | Those words may come back to haunt the Crown in the coming weeks as the Nuchatlaht embark on an uncharted journey of their own: a legal quest to obtain Aboriginal title over 200 square kilometers of land off the west coast of Vancouver Island. | Members of the First Nation will be in B.C. Supreme Court on Monday for the beginning of what some observers exp…
(2022-03-21). Mapping Faultlines: As war drags on, countries look to protect their interests. peoplesdispatch.org In this episode of Mapping Faultlines, NewsClick's Prabir Purkayastha talks about the latest on the global economic front as the Russia-Ukraine war continues. He talks about the positions taken by countries such as India and China, as well the new developments and alignments as many countries try to take a careful position.
(2022-03-21). Obama defense secretary Leon Panetta says NATO is in a "proxy war" with Russia. mronline.org 
Leon Panetta, the former US secretary of defense and CIA director under Barack Obama and White House chief of staff under Bill Clinton, said Thursday that the United States is involved in a proxy war with Russia in Ukraine.
(2022-03-21). Globalisation and the relocation of capital and labour. mronline.org 
The twin phenomena associated with contemporary globalisation, of migration of capital from the metropolis to parts of the third world, and of migration of labour from the erstwhile second world to the metropolis, have the effect of weakening the working class movement everywhere.
(2022-03-21). LIVE THIS WEDNESDAY 3/23 @ 7:30PM Eastern — Biden's Threat: Nuclear War or Sanctions. iacenter.org REGISTER NOW! Join the International Action Center WEDNESDAY MARCH 23rd at 7: 30PM EST for a livestream event. The fires of war have been lit in Ukraine. The U.S. corporate media fans the flames despite the best efforts of anti-war activists around the world attempt to extinguish them. Now President Biden has poured gasoline on an already volatile situation by issuing this ultimatum: there will either be sanctions or there will be nuclear war. This threat means that, no matter what, the U.S. is hell-bent on making Ukrainians and Russians suffer. It means that the U.S. and NATO is holding all of Europe hostage in o…
(2022-03-21). Civilians evacuate Mariupol and reveal the fighting methods of the Azov regime's Neo-Nazis. mronline.org 
On March 18, 2022, we went to the western part of Marioupol where the fighting between the Russian army, the DPR (Donetsk People's Republic) people's militia and the neo-Nazi Azov regiment is still raging.
(2022-03-21). Nineteen years ago today the Bush administration invaded Iraq in one of the worst crimes of the modern era. mronline.org 
Numerologists tell you that 19 is 1 + 9 which equals the powerful # 1, or new beginnings. Well, 19 years ago on March 19, coincidentally, my nation orchestrated the most horrific deed since God knows when.
(2022-03-21). Hedges: The Lie of American Innocence. scheerpost.com 
"Have a Nice Doomsday" [Original Illustration by Mr. Fish] |
| By The branding of Vladimir Putin as a war criminal by Joe Biden, who lobbied for the Iraq war and staunchly supported the 20 years of carnage in the Middle East, is one more example of the hypocritical moral posturing sweeping across the United States. It is unclear how anyone would try Putin for war crimes since Russia, like the United States, does not recognize the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court in The Hague. But justice is…
(2022-03-21). Sign on: End Sanctions & War. iacenter.org SanctionsKill Campaign Statement on Ukraine Conflict END ALL WARFARE — NO SANCTIONS Sign on — click here The SanctionsKill Campaign is a broad coalition of social justice, solidarity, and peace forces focused on exposing the devastating impact of US sanctions on civilian populations globally. Sanctions are not a substitute for war The current regime of sanctions against Russia is not a substitute for war, but a form of warfare. Sanctions kill many thousands just as bombs do. Sanctions create hyperinflation, artificial famines, social upheavals, and health crises that punish civilian populations. As US…
(2022-03-21). Opposition Political Parties Banned In Ukraine. popularresistance.org In yet another assault on dissenting political views in Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelensky issued a ban on the activities of major opposition political parties in the country after alleging that they have links with Russia. He also announced the merger of all TV channels in the country in the name of implementing a "unified information policy", thus creating a government monopoly over the medium. | Citing the need to maintain the unity of the country, Zelensky claimed in a statement that "the National Security and Defense Council decided, given the full-scale war unleashed by Russia and the political ties that…
(2022-03-21). There is no 'green transition'. mronline.org These days it's no longer viable for the rich and powerful and their political servants simply to deny the reality of climate change and other environmental challenges. The new fad is to talk up whatever (inevitably small-scale) green initiatives are happening, and spruik the array of magical technological fixes that, like Forrest's beloved "green hydrogen", are always somehow just on the verge of taking off.
(2022-03-21). Sanatana-Dharma: Its Real Meaning. transcend.org Dharma consists of both the force that sustains as well as what is sustained. It can also be said that there is the path of dharma as well as its conclusion, the object of dharma, or what we are seeking, the goal of life. So dharma is the means as well as the goal. Dharma is also said to be the force which maintains the universe.
(2022-03-21). COVID-19 surges in Solomon Islands. wsws.org Widespread poverty, combined with inadequate government services and emergency support, has inflicted significant hardships on the population amid the pandemic.
(2022-03-21). Russia Eliminates 80 More Radicals And Mercenaries In Strike On Ukraine. southfront.org 
Captured Ukrainian battle tank | On March 21, the Russian Armed Forces announced that they launched a strike with high-precision air-launched cruise missiles on the training center for foreign mercenaries and Ukrainian nationalist formations at the Novaya Lyubomirka combined-arms training ground in Rivne Region. More than 80 mercenaries and nationalists were reportedly eliminated. | Additionally, a strike with cruise missiles destroyed the ammunition depot and the headquarters of the mechanized brigade of the Ukrai…
(2022-03-21). Reviving the legacy of civil rights leader Anton de Kom. roarmag.org 
The story of Cornelis Gerhard Anton de Kom might seem one of those hard-to-believe Hollywood-style legends. Born the son of a formerly enslaved Surinamese farmer in 1898, he would go on to lead a national struggle against the ruling Dutch Empire before being imprisoned and banished to the Netherlands. Once in exile, he joined the resistance against German occupation, was captured and died of tuberculosis in a Nazi concentration camp at the age of 47. | The seeming contradiction of a Black anti-imperialist that would come to fight and die on behalf of his oppressor nation, coupled with an unrivaled position as a D…
(2022-03-21). Expert: Boosting vaccination rates key to opening up of borders. ecns.cn A high vaccination rate against COVID-19 is the prerequisite for a gradual easing of international travel restriction, said epidemiologist Zhang Wenhong on Sunday.
(2022-03-21). Africa Supports Russia's Operation in Ukraine and Advocates a Revival of the Non-Aligned Movement. libya360.wordpress.com Vladimir Danilov And a significant number of those who have supported Moscow's position are countries of the African continent, whose citizens have considerable combat experience and were among the first to declare their willingness to join Russia's special operation. It is Africans who have personally confronted terrorists supported by the collective West for years that…
(2022-03-21). Consumer Health: What do you know about MS? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org MS Awareness Week will be observed March 13—19, which makes this a good time to learn about multiple sclerosis, or MS. Nearly 1 million people are living with MS in the U.S., according to the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. MS is a potentially disabling disease of the brain and spinal cord. With MS, the immune system attacks the protective sheath that covers nerve fibers, and causes communication problems between your brain and the rest of your body….
(2022-03-21). New Speaker of Parliament to be elected on Friday. plusnews.ug 
By Constance Ichuma Asere The National Resistance Movement (NRM) has set 22 March as a date for expression of interest for the position of Speaker of Parliament .The Central Executive Committee will later convene on Wednesday and caucus on Thursday and the election of the new speaker will be on friday…
(2022-03-21). China: No Room for Legal Discussion about Russian Special Operation. libya360.wordpress.com Lucas Leiroz The western media is trying to turn the conflict in Ukraine into a legal discussion, putting "violators of international law" on one side and "defenders of justice and legality" on the other. Obviously, this type of narrative is extremely problematic, considering that the very "illegality" of the Russian intervention in the conflict is…
(2022-03-21). Democratic & Victorious? Zelensky Bans Ukrainian Opposition Parties. orinocotribune.com On Sunday, March 20, the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky outlawed the activity of 10 opposition parties while martial law is in force, which was decreed after the conflict in the country began. | Through a video, the Ukrainian president announced the suspension of activities of some opposition parties and political structures, after accusing them of being linked to Russia, in a move that contradicts the statesmanship and democratic imagery that the US and the EU have been trying to build around Zelensky. | He said in the video: "The National Security and Defense Council has decided, given the large-scale…
(2022-03-21). Colombia's election chief orders recount of congressional election results. colombiareports.com Colombia's top election official ordered a recount of disputed congressional election results. National Registrar Alexander Vega ordered the recount of the Senate election results at the request of President Ivan…
(2022-03-21). Too early to treat COVID-19 fueled by Omicron like seasonal flu: senior Chinese expert from NHC. ecns.cn It is too early to treat COVID-19 driven by Omicron like seasonal flu, Liang Wannian, head of the COVID-19 response expert panel under Chinas National Health Commission (NHC).
(2022-03-21). International Law Is a Meaningless Concept When It only Applies to U.S. Enemies. transcend.org 17 Mar 2022 – International law is a meaningless concept when it only applies to people the US power alliance doesn't like. Neither George W Bush nor Tony Blair are in prison cells at The Hague where international law says they ought to be.
(2022-03-21). Hitchens' Razor and Ukrainian Propaganda. libya360.wordpress.com Marinella Correggia Is it permissible to doubt allegations without evidence? Hitchens' Razor is defined as the methodological principle for which "what is supported without evidence can be refuted without evidence". In reality, the Latins already said it: the burden of proof is on those who affirm something, not on those who deny it. Bertrand Russell…
(2022-03-21). Wild panda captured playing in river. ecns.cn Photo shows a wild giant panda playing in a river in Wuping county, Mianyang, southwest China's Sichuan Province, March 19, 2022. A ranger spotted the panda while patrolling at the Xuebaoding national nature reserve in Sichuan.
(2022-03-21). China's new energy surges to meet green commitment. ecns.cn China's installed solar power capacity has reached 320 million kilowatts as of the end of February, up 22.7 percent year-on-year as the country has stayed committed to low-carbon development, the National Energy Administration said on Monday.
(2022-03-21). Natural colors of the forest. ecns.cn March 21 marks the International Day of Forests.
(2022-03-21). Senator Sasse Calls Saudi Willingness To Trade Oil In Yuan A 'Big, Bad Thing'. popularresistance.org On Tuesday, The Wall Street Journal reported Saudi Arabia was in "active talks with Beijing to price some of its oil sales to China in yuan". | Much of the world is looking to bolster oil reserves amid what the International Energy Agency warned on Wednesday could be "the biggest supply crisis in decades", as evidence mounts that US and EU efforts to keep Russian gas out of Western vehicles and residences may ultimately backfire. | Sasse, who demanded on Fox that the US "rearm" the Ukrainian regime "constantly", and insisted that "defeating Vladimir Putin" is the only way to stop China from being able to "displac…
(2022-03-21). China's first int'l railway transports over 90,000 tons of goods in 2022. ecns.cn Shanyao Railway Port in Hekou, southwest Yunnan Province, has witnessed 306 international intermodal trains with a total of 92,253 tons of goods transported as of Thursday in 2022, according to the Station of Exit-Entry Frontier Inspection of Hekou Port.
(2022-03-21). Museveni activates National Organising Committee ahead of Oulanya's official burial. plusnews.ug 
" I have activated the National Organizing committee, under the Hon. Milly Babalanda, to organise the official burial of the late Speaker. They know what to do. "Speaker Oulanyah passed on yesterday morning in Seattle, USA where he had been admitted earlier after falling sick. Ever since he was elected as Speaker of Parliament in …
(2022-03-21). The Canadian Pacific lockout and UK ferry mass sackings: Ruling class ruthlessness in response to growing class struggle. wsws.org The ruling class is moving ever-more ferociously to impose austerity and suppress workers' struggles in the name of the "national interest" and preparations for war with Russia.
(2022-03-21). China's first subway BeiDou satellite navigation system starts construction in Beijing. ecns.cn China's first subway BeiDou satellite navigation system on Sunday started construction along the Beijing Capital International Airport line, which is the country's largest indoor space navigation and positioning system. It is expected to be completed by the end of this year.
(2022-03-21). Sri Lankan plantation action committees hold public meeting to demand reinstatement of sacked workers. wsws.org This meeting will discuss the independent, anti-capitalist program needed to mobilise workers to defeat the brutal company and government attacks.
(2022-03-21). Waltzing Toward Armageddon with the Merchants of Death. transcend.org 14 Mar 2022 – The Cold War, 1945-1989, was a Bacchanalia for arms manufacturers, the Pentagon, the CIA, the diplomats who played one country off another, and the global corporations able to equate predatory capitalism with freedom. The doctrine of permanent war dominated our lives then–and now.