2022-03-31: News Headlines

Donbass Insider (2022-03-31). Censorship: Donbass Insider in the Crosshairs of Newsguard, an Agency Linked to the CIA, NATO and the White House. dissidentvoice.org On 18 March 2022, I received a letter in my e-mail box from a certain Edward O'Reilly, an analyst for NewsGuard, a sort of international Decodex (which awards green or red stickers to news sites, i.e. justifies the censorship of such and such a site), linked to the CIA, NATO and the White House, concerning …

Anonymous103 (2022-03-31). War In Ukraine Day 35: Getting Ready For The Russian Blow In Donbass. southfront.org Click to see full-size image | On March 30, the Russian Ministry of Defence commented on the decision to decrease the military activities in the Kiev and Chernihiv regions, following the Kiev-Moscow negotiations in Istanbul. It was clarified that the main tasks of the Russian forces in the Kiev and Chernihiv directions have been completed. Russian forces are regrouping in order to intensify military actions in other priority areas and, above all, to complete the operation for the complete liberation of Donbass." The first st…

Dan Cohen (2022-03-31). Ukraine's Propaganda War: International PR Firms, DC Lobbyists and CIA Cutouts. indybay.org Dan Cohen reveals the network of foreign strategists, Washington DC lobbyists, and intelligence-linked media outlets behind Ukraine's public relations blitz.

Staff (2022-03-31). No peace without lifting of blockade: Yemeni military spox. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Mar. 31 (MNA) — Spokesman for Yemeni Armed Forces Yahya Saree said on Wednesday evening that there will be no peace between Yemen and Saudi coalition without lifting of the siege on the impoverished country.

Nauman Sadiq (2022-03-31). Is Peace on the Horizon? Russia Wraps Up Military Operation in Ukraine? globalresearch.ca Ukrainian negotiators said that under their proposals, Kyiv would agree not to join alliances or host bases of foreign troops. The proposals, which would require a referendum in Ukraine. They have essentially agreed to to reject NATO membership.

Yves Wegelin, Serge Halimi (2022-03-31). More weapons are not the solution and Julian Assange. indybay.org What is insane, however, is the belief that peace can be secured for the future with even more weapons. SPD Chancellor Olaf Scholz has announced that he wants to invest an additional hundred billion euros in Germany's army; and in Switzerland, too, armament fantasies are being voiced.

Andrew Emett (2022-03-31). Teen awarded $325K settlement after police brutality incident. nationofchange.org Dee reportedly knelt on the teen and punched him at least ten times as the teen screamed, "Why are you punching me?"

Jeanine Molloff (2022-03-31). Supreme Court conservatives declare war against decades of regulations, potentially overturning decades of established law. nationofchange.org What the nation witnessed on December 10, 2021, was a mere prelude to the corporate abuse SCOTUS conservatives would unleash on the average American.

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2022-03-31). "Wiki-Gate": Julian Assange Was Framed by the People Who Supported Him. globalresearch.ca Assange has been the object of an all out smear campaign by those who supported him. The Economist which granted Assange the New Media Award in 2008 intimates that he is an "enemy agent" responsible for "information anarchy … culminating in the destabilization of American democracy"

Rick Rozoff (2022-03-31). Ukraine recalls envoys from Georgia, Kyrgyzstan for not toeing line on weapons, sanctions. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Agenda.geMarch 31, 2022 Zelenskyy recalls ambassadors from Georgia, Morocco citing failure of obtaining sanctions against Russia President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Thursday signed decrees recalling Ukrainian ambassadors from Georgia and Morocco, citing their failure to obtain imposition of sanctions of Russia or supply of weapons to Ukraine amid the war as the cause for …

Rick Rozoff (2022-03-31). Editorial: Arms merchants, politicians, experts, think tanks batten on corpse of Ukraine. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Global TimesMarch 30, 2022 'Vampires' in the war: US warmongers feeding on the bloody turbulence in other countriesConflict-profiteering syndicate Amid the Russia-Ukraine conflict, arms dealers have made a big fortune in the ongoing war, and financial predators have also missed no opportunity to take full advantage of the situation. Moreover, in the US, there is …

Khubaka, Michael Harris (2022-03-31). 2022 California Armed Service Day – Tribute to United States Colored Troops. indybay.org AB 1655, is on the way to an official California Juneteenth Holiday to begin sharing our authentic contribution toward saving the Union while fighting for freedom. In July of 1862, Congress passed the Militia Act of 1862. It had become an "indispensable military necessity" to call on America's African descent population to help save the Union.

WSWS (2022-03-31). Australia Post workers oppose US-led drive to World War III. wsws.org

Khubaka, Michael Harris (2022-03-31). United States Colored Troops Congressional Gold Medal Act. indybay.org The Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate shall make appropriate arrangements for the presentation, on behalf of Congress, of a gold medal of appropriate design to the African Americans who served with Union forces during the Civil War, collectively, in recognition of their bravery and outstanding service during the Civil War.

WSWS (2022-03-31). New Zealand's ISO backs US-NATO imperialism in Ukraine war against Russia. wsws.org The International Socialist Organisation, a pseudo-left group supportive of the Labour-led government in New Zealand, has declared that anyone opposing Ukraine's integration into NATO's war plans is making "concessions" to Russia.

ecns.cn (2022-03-31). China's Terracotta Warriors exhibited in Japan. ecns.cn Shanghai will launch a nucleic acid testing campaign in areas west of the Huangpu River starting Friday amid the second phase of the city's closed-off management, an official told a press conference on Thursday.

WSWS (2022-03-31). German government plans missile defence system for war against Russia. wsws.org Four weeks after Chancellor Scholz announced Germany's biggest rearmament since the end of the Second World War, new weapons systems are being purchased in large quantities.

WSWS (2022-03-31). Australian budget boosts military spending amid escalating war drive. wsws.org The budget papers explicitly refer to "an increasingly assertive China," dispensing with the previous norm of references to "mounting tensions" with unnamed "foreign adversaries."

teleSUR, jaa, JL (2022-03-31). Pdte. Maduro resalta lucha de Venezuela por un mundo multipolar. telesurtv.net "Venezuela ha sido, es y será epicentro de los combates por un mundo nuevo, un mundo igualitario, que ya se ve en el horizonte", resaltó el jefe de Estado.

Alexander Rubinstein (2022-03-30). US veteran who volunteered to fight for Ukraine describes 'suicide mission'. thegrayzone.com An American volunteer for Ukraine tells The Grayzone how his foreign legion tried to use him as cannon fodder. A decade after Henry Hoeft joined the US Army at age 18, he was back on the battlefield, but this time as a volunteer for a foreign military engaged in a proxy war against a powerful foe. After answering the Ukrainian government's call for foreign fighters this February, however, the American veteran quickly decided he was being sent on a "suicide …

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-03-30). New McCarthyism Silences the Black and Other Radical Left. libya360.wordpress.com Erica Caines Socialists, anti-imperialists, anti-war activists, Black radicals, and other independent alternative voices who challenge mainstream media and its political culture are being explicitly targeted by Liberals and Big Tech in a censorship campaign akin to the McCarthy era. "I was a victim of the McCarthyite hysteria against independent political ideas in the USA— a…

_____ (2022-03-30). Russia, Ukraine And The Law Of War: Crime Of Aggression. popularresistance.org When it comes to the legal use of force between states, it is considered unimpeachable fact that in accordance with the intent of the United Nations Charter to ban all conflict, there are only two acceptable exceptions. One is an enforcement action to maintain international peace and security authorized by a Security Council resolution passed under Chapter VII of the Charter, which permits the use of force. | The other is the inherent right of individual and collective self-defense, as enshrined in Article 51 of the Charter, which reads as follows: | "Nothing in the present Charter shall impair the inherent right…

Staff (2022-03-30). Russia to Drastically Reduce Military Activity in Kiev Area after Advances in Peace Negotiations. orinocotribune.com Russia has taken "two steps towards the de-escalation of the conflict in Ukraine," one in the military field and the other in the political sphere, said Vladimir Medinsky, head of the Russian delegation in the peace negotiations. | At a press conference following the meeting held with Ukrainian representatives in Istanbul, Turkey, this Tuesday, March 29, the Russian delegation detailed the steps it will take to de-escalate the conflict: | ‚Ä¢ At the military level: The decision has been made to drastically reduce military activity in the vicinity of Kiev and Chernigov. | ‚Ä¢ At the…

Rick Rozoff (2022-03-30). Head of EU Military Committee inspects Georgian troops returning from Central African Republic. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Georgian Ministry of DefenseMarch 30, 2022 Issues of Georgia-EU cooperation were discussed within the framework of the European Peace Instrument A high-level EU delegation paid a visit to the Ministry of Defense of Georgia. The Head of the Directorate of Defense and Security Pavel Herczynski and the Chairman of the EU Military Staff, Vice-Admiral Erve …

Editor (2022-03-30). Divided World: The UN Condemnation of Russia is endorsed by Countries run by the richest, oldest, Whitest people on Earth but only 41% of the World's population. mronline.org Just as the imperial core of North America, Europe and Japan does not represent the world in their population numbers, demographics, wealth, or power, neither does the imperial core speak for the world on crucial issues of war, peace, justice, and international law. Indeed the Global South has already spoken to the Global North so many times, in so many ways, with patience, persistence and eloquence, to little avail.

WSWS (2022-03-30). Russia, Ukraine hold peace negotiations as US continues to ratchet up tensions. wsws.org Tuesday's peace talks came just days after a visit by US President Joe Biden to Warsaw, in which one highly provocative statement followed another.

WSWS (2022-03-30). Federal judge declares Trump illegally conspired to overthrow the Constitution. wsws.org In a scathing ruling Monday, US District Judge David Carter wrote that had Eastman and Trump's plan succeeded, it would have "permanently ended the peaceful transition of power" and undermined the Constitution.

Staff (2022-03-30). Russia says no progress in peace talks with Ukraine. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Mar. 30 (MNA) — The Kremlin said Wednesday peace talks between Russia and Ukraine have not yet made any significant progress.

Rick Rozoff (2022-03-30). Georgian parliament speaker at NATO headquarters. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Civil GeorgiaMarch 30, 2022 Speaker Papuashvili Meets NATO's Deputy SecGen in Brussels Georgian Parliamentary Chairperson Shalva Papuashvili and NATO Deputy Secretary General Mircea GeoanƒÉ met on March 29 in Brussels. The two officials discussed Russia's aggression against Ukraine, Georgia's relations with the Alliance, and regional peace and stability, the Georgian Parliament reported. "It is important …

deweylaura (2022-03-30). Karen Talbot, World Peace Council leader on the world stage. cpusa.org Nuclear disarmament was Karen Talbot's passion, and the United Nations was the stage for her activism. Her time as leader in the World Peace Council was bookended by the popular, worldwide anti-nuclear movement of the 1970s and the nuclear arms buildup and renewed Cold War of the 1980s. When in 1983 President Reagan called …

Editor (2022-03-30). Ukraine and the Global economic war: barbarism or civilisation? mronline.org DOES the Ukraine war and the action of the U.S., EU, and the UK spell the end of the dollar as the world's reserve currency? Even if the peace talks between Russia and Ukraine reach a 15-point peace plan, as Financial Times has reported, the fallout for the dollar still remains.

Rick Rozoff (2022-03-30). Ukrainian delegation remains in Turkey for military-technical talks. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Daily SabahMarch 30, 2022 Ukraine's delegation stays in Turkey for 'military-technical' talks Ukrainian negotiator Davyd Arakhamia said his delegation is staying in Istanbul to hold talks on "military-technical" cooperation with the Turkish government on Wednesday. Arakhamia spoke a day after delegations from both sides met in Turkey's largest city to hold peace talks, hailed by …

isabella (2022-03-30). It's Farmworker Awareness Week. Here's What Those Who Feed Us Deserve. inequality.org

Gabriel Rockhill (2022-03-30). Nazis in Ukraine: Seeing through the fog of the information war. liberationnews.org There is indeed a deep and expansive history of fascism in Ukraine, which has been aided and abetted by the US government…

Nicholas Stender (2022-03-30). Biden's budget cements turn towards war, police. liberationnews.org President Joe Biden unveiled his 2023 budget, calling for dramatically increased funding for war and the police while allocating all-too-little funding for social services.

Anonymous103 (2022-03-30). Exclusive: DPR Special Forces Soldier Reveals Situation In Mariupol As It Is. southfront.org

_____ (2022-03-30). Global Food Shortages: How Does Your Garden (Or Pantry) Grow? popularresistance.org "President Joe Biden and other leaders of the world's major industrialized democracies pledged action on Thursday [March 24] to address food shortages caused by Russia's war on Ukraine," Politico reports. | Biden says food shortages "are going to be real," although he seems to see them as an opportunity to increase US grain production and food exports rather than a real threat to Americans' own well-being. | After a year of continuing his predecessor's "trade war" policies, Biden seems to be getting some free trade religion, which is nice, but he may be under-estimating the scope of the problem. | The Russian inv…

_____ (2022-03-30). The Urgent Need For Climate Action. popularresistance.org Although the worst effects of catastrophic climate change lie in the distant future, there are recent warnings that tell us that a climate disaster may be nearer than we thought. The Arctic and Antarctic regions are warming more than twice as fast as the remainder of the world. In the Antarctic region, the vast Thwaites glacier, sometimes called "the Doomsday Glacier", has recently exhibited so many cracks that scientists fear that it may shatter into small pieces like a windscreen. If this happens, the event may trigger the collapse of other nearby glaciers through a mechanism called "Marine Ice Cliff Instabilit…

_____ (2022-03-30). Tens Of Millions Of Indian Workers Join General Strike. popularresistance.org Tens of millions of workers across India participated in a two-day general strike Monday and Tuesday against the class-war, "pro-investor" policies of the far-right, Narendra Modi-led Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government. | Many workers did so in the face of government and management threats of disciplinary action, even firing. | The strike impacted all parts of India, from Assam in the northeast and Punjab in the northwest, to Telangana and Andhra Pradesh in the south, as millions of workers in road transport, steel, oil, coal, power generation, postal and telecom services and public health walked off the job…

scorinoco (2022-03-30). On Mexico's Clash with the EU (Interview). orinocotribune.com Kawsachun News spoke to José Luis Granados Ceja, Mexican journalist, about why Mexico's government has drawn attacks recently from international media and the European Union. | The EU parliament has been passing resolutions condemning the government of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) labeling him as authoritarian. What's going on here? | Like with many things, the real issue is energy policy. The war in Europe has made the issue of energy even more pressing than before. Europe depends on hydrocarbons from Russia, without it their citizens freeze in their homes. So they want to diversify where they bu…

WSWS (2022-03-30). Canadian workers denounce US-NATO war drive against Russia and Putin's invasion of Ukraine. wsws.org In contrast to the pro-war propaganda pumped out by the corporate-controlled media on a daily basis, working people across Canada have no enthusiasm for the aggressive warmongering of American and Canadian imperialism.

Dakotah Lilly (2022-03-30). As Inflation Hits US Workers Hard, do Argentina and Venezuela Provide a Heterodox Toolbox to Confront It? (Part I). orinocotribune.com By Dakotah Lilly — Mar 27, 2022 | Part I: Introduction | Inflation is currently a problem in the United States. It is not a problem in the classical sense that inflation has been weaponized as in the past; as a trojan horse against popular, socialist, or nationalist governments in favor of neoliberal adjustment plans. Instead, inflation is a problem in the United States because it exemplifies a ramping up of an aspect of a class based warfare tactic by the oligarchic establishment in order to continue raking in huge profits and an ever increasing share of the capital-labor pie. How do we know this? Well, we…

Rick Rozoff (2022-03-30). Marine deployment raises recent U.S. Eastern European buildup to 12,000 troops. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Air Force TimesMarch 29, 2022 400 Marines deploy in Eastern Europe as part of US response to Ukraine war Three Marine Corps aviation units have joined more than 10,000 U.S. troops mobilized to Eastern Europe and Germany in response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the Defense Department announced Tuesday. The Marines already had been on …

Rachel Hu, Chris Garaffa (2022-03-30). CovertAction Bulletin Podcast: Hawaiian People Win Against U.S. War Machine Poisoning Their Water. covertactionmagazine.com Red Hill Navy Facility In Hawaii thousands of people have been displaced and 93,000 have had their water poisoned by …

Andrea Mazzarino (2022-03-30). With All Eyes on Ukraine, the Fight Against Climate Change Is Falling Behind. truthout.org What do a six-year-old in the United States and an 85-year-old in Russia have in common besides being on opposite sides of a war? | They're both feeling the strain of a warming planet. | "Is the earth going to get so hot that we can't survive?" my young son asked me last summer as we plodded through the woods behind our Maryland home. I wasn't certain, I replied hesitantly. (Not exactly the most reassuring answer from a mother to a question I ask myself every day.) We had just left my younger child at home, because she started wheezing when she stepped into that already more than 100-degree July morning. | A few…

WSWS (2022-03-30). Maritime Union of Australia backs US-led war drive against Russia. wsws.org The union is actively campaigning for the Australian government to deepen its involvement in the US-NATO conflict with Russia in Ukraine that threatens nuclear world war.

Dave LIndorff (2022-03-30). Teach-in on the War in Ukraine. thiscantbehappening.net Our own Ron Ridenour, along with a number of knowledgeable experts on the region, the war, the CIA and other related issues will be on hand to discuss the current crisis in Ukraine this April 1.

Anonymous103 (2022-03-30). Military Situation In Syria On March 30, 2022 (Map Update). southfront.org Click to see full-size image | On March 30, the Russian Ministry of Defence recorded no hostilities and ceasefire violations in the Idlib region in the past 24 hours; | On March 30, two SAA soldiers were killed and two others were wounded by gunmen near Dael; | On March 29, a doctor working in one of the Russian-backed factions was killed as a result of the explosion of an explosive device planted in his car by unknown persons in the town of Mahja; | On March 29, SAA artillery shelled positions of Turkish…

imperial.ac.uk (2022-03-30). "Your journeys are only just beginning": Imperial graduation ceremonies. imperial.ac.uk Three in-person ceremonies are taking place at the Royal Albert Hall to award postgraduate degrees.

Betsey Piette (2022-03-30). Latest U.S. 'war for oil' fuels global warming. workers.org 'Bomb train' transporting liquified natural gas rolls through Hudson Valley, New York, community as school bus passes nearby. Is the U.S./NATO-instigated war with Russia, taking place on the battlefield of Ukraine, yet another "war for oil" — or a war over control of global sales of natural gas? At an . . . |

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