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2022-03-27: News Headlines

Rick Rozoff (2022-03-27). Georgia: Ruling party refuses Ukraine's demand to open second front against Russia. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Agenda.geMarch 27, 2022 Ruling party, opposition MPs: Georgia on "peaceful path", not getting into war The ruling Georgian Dream party and opposition MPs on Sunday asserted the country was on a "peaceful path" and would not get involved in war, following remarks by Oleksiy Danilov, the Ukrainian Secretary of the National Security and Defence Council, …

Rick Rozoff (2022-03-27). Price of war is paid by citizens, not TV preachers: Bulgaria won't be dragged into war — president. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com NoviniteMarch 26, 2022 Bulgarian President Radev: I will Not Allow Bulgaria to be Involved in the War in Ukraine "I will not allow Bulgaria to be involved in the war." This was stated by the head of state Rumen Radev. "I have been chosen to uphold security and peace in Bulgaria. The price of war …

Rick Rozoff (2022-03-27). Karabakh: Azerbaijani troops invade Russian peacekeeping zone, use Turkish drones against defenders. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Massis PostMarch 26, 2022 Russia and US Call on Azerbaijan to Withdraw Troops From Karabakh Village ==== Also see: "Occupied territories" in the way: Azerbaijan, Ukraine push Eurasian corridor through GUAM format Nagorno-Karabakh model for Crimea, Donbass: Azerbaijan, Ukraine deepen strategic partnership ==== Russia has accused Azerbaijan of violating a Russian-brokered ceasefire that stopped the …

Rick Rozoff (2022-03-27). Brzezinski: Biden's Polish visit confirms NATO Article 5 war commitment. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Polish RadioMarch 27, 2022 Biden visit reaffirms strength of Polish-US ties: ambassador US President Joe Biden's two-day visit to Poland has reaffirmed the strength of the partnership between the two countries and NATO allies, the American ambassador to Warsaw has said, amid Russia's war in neighbouring Ukraine. *** The US ambassador to Poland, Mark Brzezinski, …

Rick Rozoff (2022-03-27). Xinhua: Ukraine war impacts life of Europeans. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Russia-Ukraine military conflict exerts impact on life of Europeans Xinhua News Agency BERLIN/PARIS, March 27 — The ongoing military conflict between Russia and Ukraine has exerted great impact on the lives of European people. With rising price increases and panic buying due to worries over supply issue, a number of supermarkets in some European countries have reportedly started …

Rick Rozoff (2022-03-27). Full circle: with war in Ukraine, conflict in Kosovo, "NATO's child," is reignited. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com B92March 27, 2022 President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vuƒçiƒá, as a guest on B92 TV, commented on the situation in Kosovo and Metohija and the protests of Serbs "Additionally, you now have Ukraine. When you have that, Albanians think that it is an ideal opportunity to further stigmatize Serbs, ask for support for joining NATO. Certainly, …

Rick Rozoff (2022-03-27). Azerbaijan preparing to evict Russian troops from Nagorno-Karabakh. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Until two days ago the only missing piece in the puzzle in terms of the West and its partners "resolving" frozen conflicts in the former Soviet Union. Which is to say, driving Russian peacekeepers and other troops out of Abkhazia, South Ossetia, Transnistria, Nagorno-Karabakh, Crimea and the Donbass. The latter are labeled "temporarily-occupied territories" by …

Rick Rozoff (2022-03-27). Brutal, horrible, criminal, inhuman attack on a small country: Serbs commemorate victims of NATO's war. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Feature: Serbia marks anniversary of NATO aggression Xinhua News AgencyMarch 26, 2022 People attend the ceremony of the Remembrance Day for the Victims of the NATO Aggression, in Kraljevo, Serbia, March 24, 2022. Thousands of Serbian people with lit candles and tear-stained eyes marked the 23rd anniversary of the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia at a …

Rick Rozoff (2022-03-27). ≈Ωivadin Jovanoviƒá: The third world war will have no winners. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com ≈Ωivadin Jovanoviƒá interview ≈Ωivadin Jovanoviƒá was foreign minister of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia from 1998-2000, including during the 78 days of NATO's air war of 1999.As can be heard, he is both informed and humane, an internationalist in the true sense of the term: someone who values harmony between nations and peoples. Attention is …

Staff (2022-03-27). Iranian lawmakers condemn 7 yrs of Saudi crimes against Yemen. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Mar. 27 (MNA) — The lawmakers at the Iranian parliament condemned the crimes committed by the Saudi coalition against the Yemeni people and called for an end to the war on Yemen.

Roselena Ramirez (2022-03-27). Brazil's efforts to Rethink Energy Models Have Sugar in Mind. america.cgtn.com Brazil is the world's fifth-largest nation, and one of the world's leaders in renewable energy. Nearly 12% of the planet's freshwater flows in Brazil, so hydropower generates 61% of the country's electricity.‚ÄØ So, when climate phenomena like La Nina -a warming of the Pacific Ocean- are associated …

Michelle Begue (2022-03-27). Red Cross warns Colombia crime is on the rise. america.cgtn.com The Red Cross is sounding the alarm about the ongoing violence in Colombia. And more than 52,000 people, leaving their homes to escape armed groups in 2021. Find out more.

oneworld.press (2022-03-26). The Chinese Foreign Minister's South Asian Sojourn Was Historic. oneworld.press The extremely complicated international conditions brought about by the US-led West's unprecedented response to Russia's ongoing special military operation in Ukraine, which Moscow commenced to ensure the integrity of its national security red lines there, has made it more urgent than ever for truly neutral countries like China to work closer together with its likeminded South Asian partners in the interests of global peace.

oneworld.press (2022-03-26). Highlights From The Russian Defense Ministry's Latest Briefing On Ukraine. oneworld.press Westerners might not have been aware of this important event due to their governments' censorship of Russian media so the author took it upon himself to share the highlights from this briefing with the intent of breaking through that '(anti-)democratic firewall'.

David Swanson (2022-03-26). VIDEO: Rising Tensions Over Ukraine. warisacrime.org

Michael Welch (2022-03-26). NATO-Russia Proxy War: Revealing Signs of a Fading America: Scott Ritter, Michael Hudson. globalresearch.ca "Joe Biden looked Vladimir Putin in the eye last June and threatened him with massive sanctions should he act on Ukraine. He had months to sit down with his inner circle and say, "how do we prepare for this?" Nothing the U.S. and its allies are doing has taken the Russians by surprise. NOTHING! They anticipated EVERYTHING! And they have a plan in response." | — Scott Ritter…

Rick Rozoff (2022-03-26). Opinion: Ukraine crisis could heal China-India rift. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Comments condescending and admonitory toward India have been deleted. Global TimesMarch 26, 2022 Ukraine crisis mirrors China-India common interests: Global Times editorial China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed on Friday that Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi visited India. Indian media reported that Wang met with Indian National Security Advisor Ajit Doval and …

JANET (2022-03-26). Sanctions Kill Campaign: End the Ukraine war. iacenter.org March 25, 2022 This March 17 statement issued by the Sanctions Kill Campaign links to a petition: solidaritycenter.ourpowerbase.net/civicrm/petition/sign?sid=28&reset=1 The Sanctions Kill Campaign is a broad coalition of social justice, solidarity and peace forces, focused on exposing the devastating impact of U.S. sanctions on civilian populations globally. Credit: sanctionskill.org 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 fam…

Rick Rozoff (2022-03-26). More NATO members support troop deployment to Ukraine — Polish prime minister. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com UkrinformMarch 25, 2022 More NATO members support peace mission in Ukraine — Morawiecki The number of NATO members supporting the deployment of a NATO-led peacekeeping mission in Ukraine is growing. Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said this during his visit to Brussels, Ukrinform reports, referring to RMF24. "We already know from the media from the …

Rick Rozoff (2022-03-26). Biden, Blinken, Austin met with Ukrainian defense, foreign ministers in Warsaw. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Interfax-UkraineMarch 26, 2022 Biden met with Kuleba, Reznikov in Warsaw — CNN U.S. President Joe Biden met with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba and Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov in Warsaw, CNN reported…. "Biden's visit to Europe has been entirely focused on the war. But the talks with Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba and Defense Minister …

Rick Rozoff (2022-03-26). Georgian soldiers continue to die in Ukraine as Kiev, opposition push direct involvement. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Agenda.geMarch 26, 2022 Fourth Georgian volunteer dies in war in Ukraine A fourth Georgian volunteer has died in combat action near the Ukrainian city of Irpin, the Georgian Foreign Ministry confirmed to Radio Liberty on Saturday. Two Georgian fighters, David Ratiani and Gia Beriashvili, were also killed on March 18 during the military hostilities near …

Rick Rozoff (2022-03-26). Former land forces commander: Poland should seize Kaliningrad. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com NoviniteMarch 26, 2022 Polish General: Warsaw has the Right to Claim Kaliningrad Also see: Ukrainian National Security Council says Kaliningrad, Karelia, Kurils not Russian Former commander of Poland's ground forces, Waldemar Skrzypczak, said the Kaliningrad region was "under Russian occupation since 1945". According to him, this territory was never Russian but historically belonged to Prussia …

Rick Rozoff (2022-03-26). "Sacred commitment": Biden repeatedly invokes NATO collective military action clause in Poland. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Polish RadioMarch 26, 2022 'Your freedom is ours,' Biden tells Poles, NATO's Article 5 'is a sacred commitment' "Your freedom is ours," Biden said during a meeting with his Polish counterpart Andrzej Duda at the presidential palace in Warsaw. He reiterated his stance that NATO's Article 5 guarantee of mutual defence between allies "is a …

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2022-03-26). "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.

Staff (2022-03-26). India largest troop contributor to UN peacekeeping in cumulative terms: Meenakashi Lekhi. aninews.in New York [US], September 8 (ANI): Highlighting the importance of the UN peacekeeping missions, Union Minister of State (MoS) for External Affairs Meenakashi Lekhi on Wednesday informed the member states that India is the largest troop contributor to the peacekeeping operations since their inception.

ecns.cn (2022-03-26). Chinese FM calls for long-term vision, win-win cooperation in ties with India. ecns.cn Visiting Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi said here on Friday that China and India should stick to their own development paths and join hands to safeguard peace and stability both in the region and in the world.

Rick Rozoff (2022-03-26). Kosovo thugocracy waged premeditated attack on Serbs — Belgrade. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Anadolu AgencyMarch 26, 2022 Serbia says Kosovo premier decided to attack SerbsAlbin Kurti violated Brussels agreement, wants to destroy peace in Kosovo, says President Aleksandar Vucic Serbia's president said Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti has decided to attack the Serbs. "On the request of Albin Kurti, Biljana Stevanovic was removed from the Kosovo institutions of …

JANET (2022-03-26). Suspending U.S.-ROK military exercises, decreasing military tensions on Korean Peninsula. iacenter.org By G. Dunkel March 24, 2022 This statement was written by a collaboration of U.S. and South Korean peace groups, joining many colleagues in the U.S., South Korea and around the world to amplify our very urgent call. It will be sent to President Biden and President Moon in early April 2022. We, the civil society groups in the United States, South Korea and around the world, listed herein, urge the governments of the ROK (Republic of Korea, aka South Korea) and the United States to suspend the combined military exercises and to instead actively pursue a path to peace. We are deeply concerned about the recent increa…

Redefine Z (2022-03-26). Saturday 3/26: Fremont: #People Not Profit! Global Climate Strike. indybay.org Irvington Park, 41825 Blacow Rd, Fremont, CA 94538 | Masks recommended. Peaceful march for climate justice.

_____ (2022-03-26). TruePublica wins IMA 'political reporting' award of the year. truepublica.org.uk TruePublica: We are very pleased to announce that the editor of TruePublica has won the Independent Media Association award for political reporting of the year. The Independent Media Association operates as a cooperative, dedicated to promoting the work of independent media in the UK that supports news organisations that are run in the public interest. Its …

Ali Salam (2022-03-26). Dozens of Palestinians Suffocate at Weekly Kufur Qaddoum March. imemc.org Israeli soldiers opened fire with tear gas canisters toward the Palestinian protestors, injuring dozens of protestors in the northern West Bank village of Kufur Qaddoum, east of Qalqilia, Quds Press reported. It said that dozens of Palestinian civilians suffered the toxic effects of tear gas inhalation, during the army's suppression of the non-violent procession. Every …

teleSUR (2022-03-26). Role of Prensa Latina, Telesur in Media Warfare Recognized. telesurenglish.net The executive secretary of ALBA-TCP, Sacha Llorenti, acknowledged the role of media outlets such as Prensa Latina and Telesur in the fight against corporate media aggression on countries of the bloc striving for Latin American integration. | RELATED: | Llorenti made these statements during a visit to Prensa Latina's main office in Havana, where he underlined the vitality and validity of the Bolivarian Alternative for t…

JANET (2022-03-26). In South Korea, the right wing roosts and rallies. iacenter.org By Danny O'Brien March 25, 2022 As the United States military apparatus once again flexes its muscles and bares its teeth to the world, we see in its wake an international mobilization of imperialism and a hopping onto the bandwagon of warmongering. On March 9, right-wing candidate and former prosecutor Yoon Suk-yeol of the People's Power Party won the presidency of the Republic of Korea (South Korea or ROK) in a narrow margin of 48.6% to 47.8% against Lee Jae-myung, the Democratic Party candidate. Yoon's party, despite its name, is not to be confused with a party concerned with the power of the people. There was…

WSWS (2022-03-26). USW tries to isolate striking Richmond, CA Chevron workers just as strike slows west coast production. wsws.org Over 500 oil workers at Chevron's Richmond refinery in Northern California are entering the second week of their strike. While Chevron profits from rising prices and the drive to war with Russia, workers are under immediate danger of being sold out by the United Steel Workers.

Staff (2022-03-26). UN chief calls upon international community to use all tools to counter global terrorist threat in Afghanistan. aninews.in New York [US], September 8 (ANI): Emphasising that Afghanistan must never again be used as a platform or safe haven for terrorist organizations, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called upon the international community to act together and use all tools at its disposal to counter the global terrorist threat in the war-ravaged country.

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2022-03-26). Video: Imperial Conquest: America's "Long War" against Humanity. globalresearch.ca The world is at the crossroads of the most serious crisis in modern history. The US has embarked on a military adventure, "a long war", which threatens the future of humanity.

WSWS (2022-03-26). War, rearmament and "Green values" in Germany. wsws.org The "values-led" foreign policy of the Green Party's Annalena Baerbock did not last two months after she became foreign minister. Now she advocates the largest armaments drive since the Second World War, while her party colleague Vice Chancellor Robert Habeck genuflects before autocratic rulers in the Gulf.

Staff (2022-03-26). Pak journalist' union raises alarm over TTP's warning to scribes. aninews.in Islamabad [Pakistan], September 8 (ANI): A union of Pakistan journalists has expressed concern over the threat issued by the banned Tehreeki-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) to the media and urged the government to ensure the safety and security of journalists.

ecns.cn (2022-03-26). Retired navy solider makes warship models out of waste. ecns.cn Gao Mantang, a 68-year-old man from Qinhuangdao City, north China's Hebei Province, made more than 20 warship models out of waste materials by hand after retirement.

WSWS (2022-03-26). Biden's student debt scam: Restructuring debt, not forgiveness. wsws.org Those who hold student loan debt must be warned: the current proposal under consideration for "forgiveness" is actually a restructuring of student debt, a far cry from Biden's original pledge.

ecns.cn (2022-03-26). U.S., NATO should hold dialogue with Russia, rather than start new Cold War: spokesperson. ecns.cn The United States and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) should hold dialogue with Russia, rather than start a new Cold War, Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said Friday.

WSWS (2022-03-26). Australian high school students denounce major parties at climate rallies. wsws.org Young people attending rallies around the country expressed grave concerns about climate change, COVID-19, the growing threat of nuclear war and the overall social crisis caused by capitalism.

WSWS (2022-03-26). Crossing the psychological Rubicon: US-NATO risks nuclear war. wsws.org The real danger that the NATO-Russia war may lead to the use of nuclear weapons is now acknowledged widely. But rather than warning that this must be avoided at all costs, it is being treated by the US political establishment as a legitimate option.

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2022-03-26). Biggest Lie in World History: The Data Base is Flawed. There Never Was A Pandemic. The Covid Mandates including the Vaccine are Invalid. globalresearch.ca Fake science was supportive of this devastating agenda. The lies were sustained by a massive media disinformation campaign. The historic March 11, 2020 lockdown triggered economic and social chaos Worldwide. It was an act of "economic warfare": a war against humanity.

WSWS (2022-03-26). Exhibition at the German-Russian Museum in Berlin: "Postscript—'Eastern Workers' in the German Reich" wsws.org "Postscript—'Eastern Workers' in the German Reich" is on view until further notice. "Dimensions of a Crime. Soviet Prisoners of War in World War II" has been extended until June 26. Both exhibitions have now acquired even greater relevance.

WSWS (2022-03-26). Australian government accuses Russia of war crimes, buries its own atrocities in Afghanistan. wsws.org The Liberal-National government and the Labor Party, now condemning "Russian war crimes," are implicated in some of the worst outrages in US-led invasions.

eferrari10 (2022-03-26). Iran's Support for Venezuela Undermines US Sanctions, Says SOUTHCOM. orinocotribune.com The US Southern Command has admitted that Iran's support for Cuba and Venezuela has undermined the effects of Washington's sanctions against these countries. | US General Laura Richardson, head of SOUTHCOM, said on Thursday, March 24 in a session before the US Senate that Iran is expanding its economic and security relations with Cuba, Bolivia and Venezuela, which is neutralizing the effects of the sanctions that Washington and its allies impose on these countries. | General Richardson testified before the Senate Armed Services Committee, "Iran has expanded economic and security cooperation with Venezuela, Cuba a…

teleSUR, jaa, MER (2022-03-26). Argentina vence 3-0 a Venezuela en eliminatorias mundialistas. telesurtv.net Di María, Messi y De Paul fueron lo más destacado del encuentro por el conjunto Argentino.

teleSUR, MER (2022-03-26). Neutralizan nuevo ataque contra sistema eléctrico en Venezuela. telesurtv.net La autoridad venezolana indicó que un grupo de sujetos armados intentaron afectar la máquina #7 de Termozulia.

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