(2023-03-31). Covering (Up) Antiwar Protest in US Media. scheerpost.com 
(2023-03-30). Israeli Airstrikes Hit Damascus, Two Syrian Soldiers Wounded. news.antiwar.com Israeli airstrikes hit Damascus early Thursday morning and wounded two Syrian soldiers, Syria's SANA news agency has reported. The report said explosions were heard in Damascus at 1: 30 am, and a Syrian military source said Syrian air defenses were "confronting hostile targets." Besides the two wounded soldiers, material damage was reported as well. The Israeli …
(2023-03-30). Israeli Airstrikes Hit Damascus for Second Night in a Row. news.antiwar.com Israeli airstrikes targeted the Syrian capital of Damascus early Friday morning for the second day in a row, marking the fifth time in March that Israel bombed Syria. Syria's state news agency SANA reported that Syrian air defenses "intercepted hostile targets" in the airspace of Damascus. There was no mention of any casualties or damage …
(2023-03-30). Milley Says the US Should Attack Iran's IRGC Quds Force. news.antiwar.com Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley told Congress on Wednesday that the US should be targeting Iran's Quds Force, a branch of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), following a drone attack in Syria that killed a US contractor. "We do know that the Iranian Revolutionary Guard [Corps], and specifically their …
(2023-03-31). Covering (Up) Antiwar Protest in US Media. scheerpost.com
(2023-03-30). Israeli Airstrikes Hit Damascus, Two Syrian Soldiers Wounded. news.antiwar.com Israeli airstrikes hit Damascus early Thursday morning and wounded two Syrian soldiers, Syria's SANA news agency has reported. The report said explosions were heard in Damascus at 1: 30 am, and a Syrian military source said Syrian air defenses were "confronting hostile targets." Besides the two wounded soldiers, material damage was reported as well. The Israeli …
(2023-03-30). Israeli Airstrikes Hit Damascus for Second Night in a Row. news.antiwar.com Israeli airstrikes targeted the Syrian capital of Damascus early Friday morning for the second day in a row, marking the fifth time in March that Israel bombed Syria. Syria's state news agency SANA reported that Syrian air defenses "intercepted hostile targets" in the airspace of Damascus. There was no mention of any casualties or damage …
(2023-03-30). Milley Says the US Should Attack Iran's IRGC Quds Force. news.antiwar.com Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley told Congress on Wednesday that the US should be targeting Iran's Quds Force, a branch of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), following a drone attack in Syria that killed a US contractor. "We do know that the Iranian Revolutionary Guard [Corps], and specifically their …
(2023-03-30). Russia Says It Will Keep Notifying US of Missile Tests. news.antiwar.com Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov said Thursday that Russia will continue notifying the US of its missile tests despite its suspension of New START, the last nuclear arms control treaty remaining between Washington and Moscow. Earlier this week, the US said it would stop sharing New START data with Russia since Moscow suspended its …
(2023-03-30). Taiwan, China Must Do Everything to Avoid War: Former President Ma. news.antiwar.com Former Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou told a Chinese official Thursday that Beijing and Taipei must do everything possible to avoid a war. Ma met with Song Tao, the head of China's Taiwan Affairs Office, in the Chinese city of Wuhan. Ma arrived in China on Monday, making him the first former or sitting Taiwanese leader …
(2023-03-30). Turkey's Parliament Ratifies Finland's NATO Membership. news.antiwar.com The Turkish parliament on Thursday unanimously ratified Finland's NATO membership, clearing the final hurdle to Helsinki joining the Western military alliance. Finland's ascension into NATO significantly expands the alliance's territory on Russia's border, as the Finnish-Russian border is over 800 miles long. The Russian military has plans to expand its presence in the region in …
(2023-03-30). World Court Rules US Illegally Froze Some Iranian Assets. news.antiwar.com The UN's top court on Thursday ruled that the US violated international law by freezing assets owned by Iranian companies. The International Court of Justice (ICJ) ordered Washington to pay compensation to Tehran, but the amount has yet to be determined, and the court has no way of enforcing its rulings. Iran brought the case …
(2023-04-01). [Comment] Offline: Here is how we avoid collapse. thelancet.com WHO is celebrating health for all on World Health Day (April 7). The agency's messages are important and familiar—that all people deserve good health in a peaceful, prosperous, and sustainable world; that health is an essential human right; and that universal health coverage is the means to that end. No one could argue with WHO's intentions. But there is an important missing truth. The planet and the life it nurtures are under threat from our own greed, exploitation, and mendacity. Unless the dangers humans have created are addressed, health for all will be nothing more than whimsical fantasy.
(2023-04-01). [Correspondence] Japan's role for a peaceful and healthier world. thelancet.com I read Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's Comment about Japan's vision for the G7 Hiroshima Summit with great interest.1 However, former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe also published Comments before the G7 Ise-Shima Summit.
(2023-03-31). Friday 4/21: Contest Deadline for Contra Costa Youth – Art & Writing Challenge 2023. indybay.org Mt. Diablo Peace and Justice Center | 1035 Carol Lane | Lafayette, CA 94549…
(2023-03-31). Regional countries need dialogue to safeguard peace. ecns.cn Regional countries should promote dialogue and cooperation to safeguard peace in the South China Sea and firmly oppose external interference, according to attendees at the Boao Forum for Asia.
(2023-03-31). Thursday 5/18: Inequality and Instability — Peace Based Approach. indybay.org Online event…
(2023-03-30). 'Divide and Rule' Becomes 'Unite and Cooperate' When Xi, Putin, Raisi, Farhan Al-Saud et al Set the New Global Rules. strategic-culture.org We are yet to mull and muse as to how China has succeeded in bringing peace to the two countries which the USA has always tried to drive a wedge in between. | After it agreed with Saudi Arabia in December 2022 to purchase its oil in Chinese yuan and not only in dollars any more, and while Russia has also been cooperating with Saudi Arabia with great success as regards the oil business and with Iran, too within the Shanghai Organization for Cooperation (SCO) together with China, China has managed to clinch a historic reconciliation of Iran and Saudi Arabia despite the unrelenting efforts by the USA to wreak havoc…
(2023-03-30). Premier Li urges safeguarding peaceful, stable environment for development. ecns.cn Chinese Premier Li Qiang on Thursday urged efforts to jointly safeguard a peaceful and stable environment for development and inject more certainty into the volatile global environment.
(2023-03-30). China's certainty a mainstay of world peace, development: premier. ecns.cn Chinese Premier Li Qiang said Thursday that in uncertain events, China's certainty is a mainstay that safeguards world peace and development, a fact that was true in the past, and even more so in the future and at present.
(2023-03-30). Chinese Official Warns McCarthy Meeting With Taiwanese President Would Be 'Provocation'. scheerpost.com 
A potential visit with Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen "seriously violates the One China principle, harms China's sovereignty and territorial integrity, and destroys peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait," said one official.
(2023-03-30). Caricature of North Korea in U.S. Media Obscures Kim Regime's Adaptive Response to Sanctions and Economic Achievements of Country. covertactionmagazine.com In advance of a webinar hosted by the Canadian chapter of the Universal Peace Federation (UPF), which describes itself as a global network of peacemakers, to which I was invited to speak in February 2023, I was asked four important questions. The mainstream media would not ask me such questions. Is there something wrong with …
(2023-03-30). New old financial crisis & China's peace plan. indybay.org Since Silicon Valley Bank, Silvergate Corporation, and Signature Bank all toppled within a week in the U.S., and now First Republic Bank has also run into trouble, there are increasing signs that the next big financial crisis, which was only postponed in 2019 by tons of freshly printed central bank money, could now erupt with force. $9 trillion has been injected into the "U.S. market" since 2019.
(2023-03-30). Spain's PSOE-Podemos government calls for "social peace" as mass protests sweep France. wsws.org While imposing pension cuts in Spain, the PSOE and Podemos are terrified of an eruption of class struggles in Spain like the current mass movement in France against Macron.
(2023-03-30). Azerbaijan deploys troops against Nagorno-Karabakh, Armenia, Russian peacekeepers. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com PanArmenian.netMarch 30, 2023 Azerbaijani military blocks Armenia-Karabakh road The Azerbaijani armed forces blocked the Armenia-Nagorno Karabakh (Artsakh) road between the villages of Aghavno and Tegh overnight, the Karabakh police said in a statement on Thursday, March 30. A new dirt road from Tegh to the village of Kornidzor in Armenia's Syunik province is already ready, …
(2023-03-31). Daily Round-up | Saudi Arabia joins SCO & other stories. peoplesdispatch.org In today's episode of the Daily Round-up, we look at Saudi Arabia joining SCO; , Chad nationalizes oil assets, US senate repeals Iraq wars' authorizations, and Colombia announces conference to promote Venezuelan dialogue.
(2023-03-31). President Maduro: Half of PDVSA-Crypto Corruption Detainees Confessing, New Detainees in CVG & PDVSA. orinocotribune.com 
The president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, demanded that the investigatory bodies of the state were to find all resources and assets held by the mafias and groups involved in the recently unveiled corruption network, in order for it to be reinvested into the state and in attention to the Venezuelan population. "They have to guarantee it," he said, "that all the wealth stolen from the people will be found and reinvested." | Maduro called for the resources to be redistributed so that "we can put them into social programs for our people." The announcement was made this Wednesday, March 29, during the opening of the…
(2023-03-31). Continúa lucha contra la corrupción en Venezuela. telesurtv.net La Policía Nacional contra la Corrupción informó sobre el inicio de la segunda fase del operativo especial 'Caiga quien caiga'.
(2023-03-31). Entregan a Unesco expediente de postulación del joropo venezolano. telesurtv.net Se hizo entrega del expediente con el cual Venezuela postula al Joropo Venezolano como Patrimonio de la Humanidad.
(2023-03-30). Venezuela: Prosecutors Charge 23 in Anti-Corruption Drive. venezuelanalysis.com The highly publicized operation has led to more arrests as well as an audit of petcoke exports.
(2023-03-30). Incautada parte de bienes a exfuncionarios y empresarios detenidos por corrupción en Venezuela. cubadebate.cu El presidente de la República Bolivariana de Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro Moros, informó que las autoridades han logrado incautar parte de las riquezas malhabidas por exfuncionarios y empresarios capturados por su vinculación a los recientes casos de corruptelas quienes se han acogido a la figura legal de la delación para contar todos los hechos.
(2023-03-30). PDVSA-Crypto Corruption Case Detainees Officially Charged. orinocotribune.com 
A presentation hearing of 23 people allegedly involved in the "PDVSA-Crypto" corruption plot was held, comprising 20 officials from Petróleos de Venezuela (PDVSA), the National Superintendence of Crypto-assets (Sunacrip), and other businessmen, as well as three judges accused of plots in the judiciary. | Venezuelan Attorney General, Tarek William Saab, announced via social media that the detainees were presented this Tuesday, March 28, before the Second Control Judge. Nine public officials, ten businessmen, and one former deputy were presented, as well as three judges also accused of corruption. Saab pointed out…
(2023-03-30). President Petro To Convene International Conference to Promote Venezuelan Dialogue, US & Opposition On Board. orinocotribune.com
(2023-03-30). Venezuela Shoots Down 11th Narco Jet of 2023. orinocotribune.com
(2023-03-30). Presidente Maduro ratifica compromiso en lucha anticorrupción. telesurtv.net El jefe de Estado destacó que no se detendrán en la lucha contra los bandidos y la corruptela.