(2022-03-08). Ukraine Is A Pawn In The United States' Fight To Prevent A Multipolar World. popularresistance.org This week, Clearing the FOG speaks with Brian Becker, a leader of the Party for Socialism and Liberation and the host of The Socialist Program, for a socialist perspective of the war in Ukraine. Becker discusses why it was a mistake for Russia to invade and how it has shored up support for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) even though Russia has legitimate security concerns and the United States did not appear to be willing to stop provoking an invasion. He also talks about the real racism exposed by this war, the impact of the media misinformation campaign on people on the left and the current state…
(2022-03-08). Russia Says US Transferring Terrorists from Syria to Ukraine. orinocotribune.com Russia's Foreign Intelligence Service says the United States has been transferring Daesh terrorists from Syria to Ukraine. | The intelligence service said in a statement on Friday that the Daesh terrorists had undergone training in the US-held military base of al-Tanf in Syria. | "At the end of 2021, the Americans released from prisons… several dozen Daesh terrorists, including citizens of Russia and CIS countries. These individuals were sent to the US-controlled al-Tanf base, where they have undergone special training in subversive and terrorist warfare methods with a focus on the Donbass region," the statemen…
(2022-03-08). US sends more troops to Russia's borders, weighs sending anti-aircraft systems. wsws.org Amid warnings within the US military that the Russia-Ukraine war risks triggering a "superpower conflict" with Russia, the US is pouring arms into Eastern Europe.
(2022-03-08). World says 'No NATO war!'. iacenter.org March 7, 2022 Over 80 actions — in the U.S., around the world and in cyberspace — have been held or will be held in March to oppose U.S./NATO aggression in Russia and Ukraine. (unacpeace.org) These actions are taking place amidst an overwhelming barrage of pro-U.S./NATO and anti-Russian propaganda. The role of the U.S. media and politicians is to overwhelm and drown out any opposition. Under these conditions even a small force standing up to the barrage becomes a magnet to attract that opposition. Times Square, New York City, March 5. Photo: Brenda Ryan. In New York City on Times Square, a group of a…
(2022-03-08). Studies warn Omicron BA.2 is the most dangerous COVID variant ever. wsws.org The scientific findings contradict the claims of the Biden administration and Republican and Democratic governors that it is safe to drop masking and resume in-person school classes.
(2022-03-08). Playing reckless politics on the rim of a volcano. wsws.org Trotsky's description of the world on the very eve of World War II acquires extraordinary relevance in the present situation. All the governments are behaving with staggering recklessness.
(2022-03-08). European powers escalate threats against Russia over Ukraine war. wsws.org As France places its nuclear forces on high alert, the EU's arming of Ukraine against Russia threatens to provoke all-out nuclear war between the major powers.
(2022-03-08). India refuses to condemn Russia over Ukraine invasion at special Quad summit. wsws.org India's precarious balancing between the US and Russia is becoming untenable amid the rapidly escalating US-NATO war drive against Russia.
(2022-03-08). Dallas rallies against war with Russia. fightbacknews.org Dallas, Texas – On March 6, over 30 anti-war protesters showed up at the Grassy Knoll in downtown Dallas to condemn NATO's involvement in Ukraine, its hostility to Russia, and to call for the disbanding of NATO. The protest was called by the Dallas Anti-War Committee, CODEPINK Dallas, Dallas Peace and Justice Center, Communist Party USA, Democratic Socialist of America, and Party for Socialism and Liberation. Signs present at the protest included "Peace in Ukraine! No to NATO!" "No to NATO expansion" and "Abolish NATO!" | "Over the past couple of weeks, a war has broken out between Russia and Ukraine. The Am…
(2022-03-08). Women's Rights and Social Justice: Julia Ward Howe's 1870 Anti-War Mother's Day Proclamation, A Day of Peace. globalresearch.ca Julia Ward Howe was a humanist who cared about suffering people, a feminist, a social justice activist & suffragette, and it was because of her anti-war commitment that she wrote the famous "Mother's Day Proclamation" 5 years after the Civil War, which resulted in 600,000 dead American soldiers…
(2022-03-08). South Florida activists rally against war, NATO. fightbacknews.org Hollywood, FL- Anti-war activists gathered along Young Circle in downtown Hollywood Saturday evening to demand "Peace not escalation" in Ukraine. | The 15 activists held a large, hand-painted banner that read, "No war with Russia. Peace in Ukraine," as others held "Crisis in Ukraine, made in the USA," and "Honk for peace," signs. | The rally was met with enthusiastic honks of approval and peace signs from cars and passersby, both. In fact, one woman who passed the large banner shouted from her car, "I am Ukrainian, thank you for doing this!" | After the sign-waving, the group gathered to hear speeches providing…
(2022-03-08). Since 9-11 America's Insane Foreign Policy — Continued Under Obama — Has Killed a Million and Created ISIS. globalresearch.ca This article was first published in September 2014 following the launching of Obama's bombing campaign against Syria and Iraq. | These are the US-NATO led wars which are upheld by the media as peace-keeping operations. Double standards with regard to the …
(2022-03-08). How Pakistan Could Find a Development-First Path to Peace in Balochistan. independentmediainstitute.org The disappearances and killings of Baloch activists living in Pakistan and abroad under mysterious circumstances have made headlines in recent years. The surge in cases relating to these "enforced disappearances" highlights the urgency for Pakistan to resolve the grievances felt by the people of the region as it tries to forge an identity away from …
(2022-03-08). Biden Bans Oil Imports From Russia: 3 Things To Know About Heavy New Backdoor Tax On Black America. moguldom.com President Joe Biden announced a ban on all Russian oil imports on Tuesday, March 8 as part of U.S. sanctions over the invasion of Ukraine, warning that gas prices will go up further and Americans will pay at the pump. "Putin's war is already hurting American families at the gas pump," Biden said at a …
(2022-03-08). President Maduro Alerts That War Could Extend Throughout the World. libya360.wordpress.com Kawsachun News President Nicolas Maduro expresses grave concern that the conflict in Ukraine could expand and could turn into a Third World War. He warns of a media campaign and economic measures that aim to aggravate conditions and extend the scenario of war beyond Ukraine, to Europe, and beyond Europe to other regions of the…
(2022-03-08). Russia's Judo Kick to the Western Financial Gut. libya360.wordpress.com Pepe Escobar Washington's sanctions on Moscow will destroy Europe, not Russia. The battlefield is drawn. The official Russian blacklist of hostile sanctioning nations includes the US, the EU, Canada and, in Asia, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, and Singapore (the only one from Southeast Asia). Notice how that 'international community' keeps shrinking. The Global South should be aware…
(2022-03-08). US is Abandoning its "Helpers" in Afghanistan, Iraq, Ukraine, Everywhere! libya360.wordpress.com Vladimir Platov The dismissive attitude of the US political and military establishment towards its foreign "helpers" is well known. This attitude became even more apparent after Joe Biden's recent appearance before the House of Representatives and Senate with his annual State of the Union Address, in which he described the people of Ukraine as Iranians. One…
(2022-03-08). The Crisis in Ukraine is a Planetary Crisis Provoked by the U.S. that Threatens Nuclear War. dissidentvoice.org Let us begin a conversation in response to what currently qualifies as the most profound question, the one that needs most urgently to be addressed if we are to have any chance of understanding what we conveniently refer to as the "Ukraine crisis." This is, more accurately, a planetary crisis—close in magnitude to the near-certainty …
(2022-03-08). My LAST (for now) Morning Commute 3-8-22: Happy Women's Liberation Day! Saying goodbye, for Now! anchor.fm This is going to be my last podcast for a while! I recently began my candidacy for the PSL. I am going to take this time to learn, to organize, to experience, and to try to bill not only myself and my own understanding but also a movement. We must build a socialist revolution if we believe that any of the issues facing the masses today will ever be resolved. No war, no form of capitalism, no imperialism, no empire can or ever will be able to overcome these issues. It is only the people-the masses themselves- that will be able to eradicate exploitation and oppression from this world. It has been awesome getting to…
(2022-03-08). Women's Day 2022: Women's Rights in Afghanistan, "A Justification for War" globalresearch.ca Remember the deluge of political concern over the subjugation of Afghan women at the time of the October 2001 invasion? The tsunami of documentaries, articles, books on their plight, contributing to the justification of another invasion…
(2022-03-08). Tomgram: Karen Greenberg, Old Wars on a New Planet. warisacrime.org This article originally appeared at TomDispatch.com. To receive TomDispatch in your inbox three times a week, click here. Exactly what we needed: an invasion that sends us into the grimmest parts of our Cold War past just as the planet's scientists are warning us that our future is all-too-desperately at stake. Count on one thing: in …
(2022-03-08). Canada's Trudeau visits Europe to plot escalation of war drive against Russia. wsws.org In a lying statement before his departure, the Prime Minister asserted that Canada and NATO are trying to avoid triggering a direct military clash with Russia.
(2022-03-08). Stop the War Coalition demos offer no way forward. wsws.org The Stop the War Coalition is adapting itself to the relentless anti-Russian war drive, foregrounding the anti-Putin records of its leaders and downplaying criticisms of NATO and the imperialist powers.
(2022-03-08). From Afghanistan to Syria: Women's Rights, War Propaganda and the CIA. globalresearch.ca Western heads of state, UN officials, military spokespersons will invariably praise the humanitarian dimension of the October 2001 US-NATO led invasion of Afghanistan, which allegedly was to fight religious fundamentalists, help little girls go to school, liberate women subjected to the yoke of the Taliban.
(2022-03-08). Colombian Military Supplies Discovered at Encampments in Zulia & Apure. orinocotribune.com This Sunday, March 6, the Venezuelan Operation known as Escudo Bolivariano [Bolivarian Shield], intended to expel TANCOL (armed drug-trafficking Colombian terrorists) and other criminal organizations from Venezuela, confiscated weapons of various calibers and uniforms belonging to the Colombian military in the state of Apure. | The following objects were seized in the state of Apure by the División Fluvial 352 of the Bolivarian National Guard of Venezuela: | One US-made shotgun | One Motorola DGR 6157 signal repeater with an antenna and cables | One universal UB 12V car battery | Two Aico brand radio chargers wit…
(2022-03-08). Eyewitness report from Venezuela: Second day of PSUV Congress. fightbacknews.org Caracas, Venezuela – The second day of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) 5th Congress, March 6, featured speeches and workshops about building the party among working people, while strengthening the role of women and youth. Facts and figures played an important part in educating the PSUV militants, with data and explanations appearing on giant video walls. However, it was the speaker's analysis of problems, and proposed solutions that kept everyone talking. | For example, there are 8 million registered to vote for the PSUV, but until now, no way to check how people participate in the party. There is…
(2022-03-07). Repression of Protesters Intensifies in Russia as More Than 13,000 Are Arrested. truthout.org 
We speak to Russian activist and historian Ilya Budraitskis after over 5,000 antiwar protesters were detained on Sunday as part of a sweeping crackdown on Russian civil society and the media. Activists in Russia are relying on alternative outlets such as social media for information, as the Russian government continues to censor major news outlets. Writers and independent news outlets such as Novaya Gazeta have faced the threat of criminal investigations for spreading so-called disinformation,…
(2022-03-07). Russian government cracks down on media and protests. wsws.org In an effort to forestall the eruption of anti-war opposition, the Putin government is systematically banning news outlets and social media platforms.
(2022-03-07). A Guide for Peace in Ukraine: A Humanist and Nonviolent Proposal from Portugal. transcend.org 1 Mar 2022 – The Centre for Humanist Studies "Exemplary Actions", the Portuguese branch of the World Centre for Humanist Studies, an organism of the Humanist Movement, is disseminating a non-violent proposal for the restoration of peace in Ukraine, inviting citizens and non-governmental organisations who identify with it to sign it and send it.
(2022-03-07). Ukraine, Russia and the West to Rethink Dialogue for Peace, Not War. transcend.org In an age of Reason, the cause of humanity calls for peace, freedom and respect for human dignity… Isn't true that intelligent leaders and people always readily accept reasoned advice?
(2022-03-07). Wang Urges Bringing China-U.S. Relations Back On Right Track. telesurenglish.net On Monday, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi urged the United States to return its China policy to the right track guided by reason and pragmatism, and bring bilateral relations back on the right path of healthy and stable development. | RELATED: | The U.S. must replace the "competitive-collaborative-adversarial" trichotomy with the three principles of mutual respect, peaceful coexistence and win-win cooperation, he…
(2022-03-07). "Peace is not a law of nature": Germany mulls reintroducing draft. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Sunday TelegraphMarch 6, 2022 Germans tout return of conscription and say military service could 'do real good' for society Leaders from across the political divide in Berlin have called for compulsory service to be re-introduced, as Germany re-evaluates its relationship with its armed forces. Reintroducing compulsory service would "do real good" for German society and …
(2022-03-07). Mohawks Being Recruited to Fight in Ukraine: Mohawk Mothers Say No to Mercenary Army. indybay.org Mohawks are being recruited to fight in a mercenary army in Ukraine. Mohawk mothers respond with a call for peace, and a reminder that Russia is a longtime ally of the Mohawks.
(2022-03-07). New Report Exposes Brutal Persecution of Adivasi Women Defending Their Land. dissidentvoice.org 
Adivasi activist Hidme Markam has been thrown into jail for resisting the takeover of her people's land for mining. © Survival WARNING: Contains images some may find disturbing A devastating new report from Survival International — launched on International Women's Day, March 8 — exposes how Adivasi (Indigenous) women in India are being brutally persecuted for …
(2022-03-07). Russia's Demands Have Changed. davidswanson.org By David Swanson, World BEYOND War, March 7, 2022 Here were Russia's demands for months starting in early December 2021: Article 1: the parties should not strengthen their security at the expense of Russia's security; Article 2: the parties will use multilateral consultations and the NATO-Russia Council to address points of conflict; Article 3: the …
(2022-03-07). Follow the Money: US Sanctions—Will Russia Be Able to Bypass Western Economic Warfare? transcend.org 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.
(2022-03-07). Severing the Russian Hemisphere as Problematic Global Lobotomy? transcend.org 7 Mar 2022 – Engendering a Transformative Dynamic through the Potential of Meta-Discourse – The current global campaign of sanctions against Russia curiously recalls the psychosurgical procedure of lobotomy — much favoured in the USA and the UK subsequent to World War II.
(2022-03-07). Searching My Roots in Ukraine: What I Learned and Re-learned in Kiev. transcend.org 76 years after August, 1945, we have not eliminated the threat of nuclear war! Nearly 8 billion of us better connected than ever, sharing a shrinking planet–beautiful, fragile and endangered. Who is in control? How do we deem ourselves 'free and independent' when we have surrendered autonomy and agency?>
(2022-03-07). Despite Government Crackdown, Russians Continue to Protest the War. transcend.org 6 Mar 2022 – CPNN has published several articles recently about Russian opposition to the war, including open letters from scientists, from cultural figures, and from the "Congress of Intelligentsia." Opposition continues to grow despite draconian, even ridiculous, measures by the Russian government to stifle protest.
(2022-03-07). The Risk of Nuclear Disaster in Ukraine. transcend.org Of all the obvious dangers that come with war, one of the most far-reaching in the current Russia-Ukraine conflict has been woefully underappreciated. Even if commanders took pains to avoid striking Ukraine's 15 nuclear power reactors, that might not be enough to avoid a catastrophe.
(2022-03-07). So This Is What It Looks Like When the Corporate Media Opposes a War. transcend.org 28 Feb 2022 – Having worked inside mainstream U.S. media during the beginning of the "War on Terror" and run-up to the U.S. invasion of Iraq, the differences in today's war coverage are dizzying to me. Major American media outlets oppose military aggression… unless the United States is doing it.
(2022-03-07). The Latest Target in the Israel Lobby's War on Academia: Shahd Abusalama. mintpressnews.com Pro-Israeli government campaigners were left bitterly disappointed when, earlier this month, their campaign to remove Palestinian activist and academic Shahd Abusalama from her position at Sheffield Hallam University failed.
(2022-03-07). In Puerto Rico, Paradise for a Few and Austerity for the Masses. towardfreedom.org A U.S. federal judge recently approved a debt adjustment plan for Puerto Rico, but it does not bode well for the people, as foreigners have been encouraged to enjoy the island as a tax-free paradise, reports Diana Ramos Gutiérrez.
(2022-03-07). Worthy And Unworthy Victims. popularresistance.org Rulers divide the world into worthy and unworthy victims, those we are allowed to pity, such as Ukrainians enduring the hell of modern warfare, and those whose suffering is minimized, dismissed, or ignored. The terror we and our allies carry out against Iraqi, Palestinian, Syrian, Libyan, Somali and Yemeni civilians is part of the regrettable cost of war. We, echoing the empty promises from Moscow, claim we do not target civilians. Rulers always paint their militaries as humane, there to serve and protect. Collateral damage happens, but it is regrettable. | This lie can only be sustained among those who are unfam…
(2022-03-07). Would A 'Cold' War Be The Best News Around? popularresistance.org Russia's invasion of Ukraine has been widely described as the beginning of a new cold war, much like the old one in both its cast of characters and ideological nature. "In the contest between democracy and autocracy, between sovereignty and subjugation, make no mistake — freedom will prevail," President Biden asserted in a televised address to the nation the day Russian tanks rolled into Ukraine. But while Russia and the West disagree on many issues of principle, this is not a replay of the Cold War. It's an all-too-geopolitical twenty-first-century struggle for advantage on a highly contested global chessb…
(2022-03-07). Socialist Planning Could Reverse Sober Findings In New UN Climate Report. popularresistance.org The latest UN Climate Report on impacts, adaptation and vulnerability released Feb. 28 once again urges immediate action and outlines the catastrophic effects that humanity faces with the continued lack of meaningful action. Compiled by 270 researchers from 67 countries, it outlines the impacts that are already unfolding and how these disasters will increase even if warming is limited to the 1.5 Celsius temperature threshold above pre-industrial levels. | The world is currently at around 1.1 C warming and we are already experiencing unprecedented heatwaves, droughts, wildfires, floods, and extreme weather events…
(2022-03-07). Ukraine and the New Al Qaeda. orinocotribune.com By Whitney Webb — Mar 2, 2022 | The eruption of war between Russia and Ukraine appears to have given the CIA the pretext to launch a long-planned insurgency in the country, one poised to spread far beyond Ukraine's borders with major implications for Biden's "War on Domestic Terror" | As the conflict between Ukraine and Russia continues to escalate and dominate the world's attention, the increasing evidence that the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is and has been working to create and arm an insurgency in the country has received considerably little attention considering its likely consequences. This is…
(2022-03-07). Bishop Talbert Swan: All Refugees Should Be Helped, Not Just When They Are White And From Europe. moguldom.com As floods of Ukrainian refugees flee across the border to escape Russia's continued military attack, many are noticing the different treatment and perceptions of European refugees versus non-European refugees. Russia's invasion of Ukraine has caused one of the largest refugee movements in Europe since the end of World War II. By March 2, just a week into the …
(2022-03-07). Australia: Brisbane flood victims condemn government response. wsws.org Residents in Goodna and Rocklea say they were given no warnings and have received no government assistance…
(2022-03-07). Algerian court awards six-month suspended sentence to journalist Khaled Drareni. peoplesdispatch.org On Thursday, March 3, Algerian journalist and political activist Khaled Drareni, who in 2020 was sentenced to three years in prison on politically motivated charges before it was reduced to a two-year prison term, once again had his sentence reduced on appeal. He has now been awarded a six-month suspended sentence. According to information obtained from Algerian prisoners' advocacy group National Commission for Liberation of Detainees (CNLD), Drareni, who spent more than 11 months in prison while awaiting trial, was given the reduced sentence in the new trial ordered by the Algerian supreme court. Drareni was fin…