2024-03-27: News Headlines

Dave DeCamp (2024-03-27). US, Japan to Strengthen Military Ties in Buildup Aimed at China. news.antiwar.com Next month, the US and Japan are expected to announce the most significant change to their military alliance since the 1960s as the US is bolstering its forces in the region to prepare for a future war with China. According to Financial Times, the US and Japan will unveil a plan to restructure the US …

Ariadna Eljuri (2024-03-27). Thirteen Candidates Set to Contend in Venezuela's July 28 Elections. orinocotribune.com A total of 13 candidates will compete on July 28 in Venezuela's presidential elections, the president of the National Electoral Council (CNE), Elvis Amoroso, indicated this Tuesday. | In a press conference, Amoroso reported that 37 political organizations and parties were involved in the application process which took place between March 21 and 25. | The candidates are Luis Eduardo Martínez, Daniel Ceballos, Antonio Ecarri, Juan Carlos Alvarado, José Brito, Benjamín Rausseo, Javier Bertucci, Claudio Fermín, Luis Ratti, Enrique Márquez, Nicolás Maduro, Manuel Rosales, and Eduardo González Urrutia. | Amoroso stated…

Binoy Kampmark (2024-03-27). Distinctions Without Difference: The Security Council on Gaza Passes. dissidentvoice.org The UN Security Council presents one of the great contradictions of power in the international system. On the one hand vested with enormous latitude in order to preserve international peace and security, it remains checked, limited and, it can be argued, crippled by an all too regular use of the veto by members of the …

WSWS (2024-03-27). Australia: SEP electoral members call on workers and youth to help put a socialist anti-war party on the ballot. wsws.org "They're trying to make it harder for minority parties to exist—it's crazy. I'm for our voices being heard, normal people, not the billionaires sponsoring all the other parties."

greenleft.org.au (2024-03-27). First Nations peace walk against AUKUS takes aim at Labor. greenleft.org.au

Federico Fuentes (2024-03-27). Ksenia Kagarlitsky: 'The left needs to show solidarity with Russian anti-war political prisoners'. greenleft.org.au Boris Kagarlitsky's daughter, Ksenia Kagarlitsky, and others inside and outside Russia, are spearheading a global campaign to demand her father's release. She spoke with Green Left's Federico Fuentes about the campaign and the need for solidarity with all political prisoners in Russia.

greenleft.org.au (2024-03-27). Australian Greens MPs, unionists sign on to demand Russian anti-war activist Boris Kagarlitsky's freedom. greenleft.org.au

Ryan Black (2024-03-27). Cut Off War Funds By Stopping The Congressional Discharge Petition. progressivehub.net JOHN V. WALSH | ANTIWAR.COM

Misión Verdad (2024-03-27). Treason and Scandal Among Opposition Candidates. orinocotribune.com In Venezuela, the process of registering presidential candidates for the July elections was carried out with significant drama, intrigue, and betrayals among the ranks of the various oppositions. | Manuel Rosales, leader of the Un Nuevo Tiempo (UNT) party and current governor of the state of Zulia, closed the registration day for opposition candidates, last in a long list of 12 figures from various spectrums of anti-Chavismo. | The closing of the process was decided by the controversy surrounding two names—Manuel Rosales and Corina Yoris—and by the various indications that there were apparent "problem…

teleSUR, MER (2024-03-27). Presidente de Venezuela: vamos a hacer respetar la soberanía del pueblo. telesurtv.net El mandatario expresó que los venideros comicios son los que, en los últimos 60 años, se han visto con mayor diversidad ideológica, política y pluralidad.

teleSUR, YSM (2024-03-27). Cuba rechaza intentos de acudir a violencia en Venezuela. telesurtv.net Rodríguez precisó que Venezuela tiene derecho a desarrollar su proceso electoral "sin injerencias ni imposiciones".

teleSUR, JCM (2024-03-27). Venezuela rechaza injerencia de Colombia en asuntos internos. telesurtv.net Consideró un pronunciamiento de la Cancillería de Colombia sobre las elecciones en el país suramericano como un acto de grosera injerencia en asuntos que solo le competen a los venezolanos.

csmonitor.com (2024-03-27). NBC sought a conservative voice. But its employees didn't want Ronna McDanielNBC News cut ties March 26 with former Republican National Committee chief Ronna McDaniel less than a week after hiring her as an on-air political contributor, a decision that followed a furious protest by some of its journalists and commentators.

Comment: This story shows how American MSM that only serves both Dems and Repubs has gotten stupider from year-to-year.

aa.com.tr (2024-03-27). Top UN court likely to issue tough decision against Israel for ongoing attacks on Gaza The world court will rule on the requested additional measures in the coming days, which may include criticism of Israel as well as requests for additional monitoring reports, according to the KAN broadcaster report.

newcoldwar.org (2024-03-27). Hezbollah retaliates against Israeli atrocities in Gaza with strikes on military bases Lebanon's Hezbollah resistance movement has conducted multiple operations against Israeli military outposts in the northern part of the 1948 occupied territories, expressing its unwavering support for Palestinians in Gaza amid a genocidal war.

ca.news.yahoo.com (2024-03-27). Palestinians drown trying to reach Gaza aid air-dropped by US into seaThe Pentagon confirmed that three of the 18 packages it air-dropped on Monday had parachute malfunctions and fell into the water just off the coast of the Strip. However, US officials did not confirm if any Gazans were killed while trying to reach the aid.

firstpost.com (2024-03-27). Teens in Gaza hoping to be killed to end their "nightmare" : UN – Firstpost A spokesman for the UN children's agency said on Tuesday that the situation in the war-torn Gaza is so bad that teens are increasingly expressing their desire to be quickly murdered in order to end the "nightmare".
  "The unspeakable is regularly said in Gaza," said James Elder, spokesman for the United Nations children's agency UNICEF.

teleSUR, DRL (2024-03-27). Fiscalía de Venezuela confirma detención de sujetos que buscaban generar violencia. telesurtv.net El fiscal general de Venezuela, Tarek William Saab, desvinculó las detenciones de la víspera al proceso electoral en marcha.

teleSUR, JCM, MER (2024-03-27). CNE de Venezuela ofrece balance de inscripciones de candidatos. telesurtv.net El CNE de Venezuela indicó que son 13 los candidatos que fueron inscritos para los venideros comicios presidenciales.

teleSUR, DRL (2024-03-27). Autoridades turcas detienen 150 presuntos terroristas. telesurtv.net Durante los operativos fueron capturados 2919 sospechosos. De estos; 692 fueron detenidos. Se dictó decisión de control judicial para 531 y continúan 187 procesos judiciales.

teleSUR, YSM (2024-03-27). Nicaragua saluda al presidente Nicolás Maduro en momentos de batalla. telesurtv.net El texto reitera las certezas de que, junto a Nicaragua, Venezuela alcanzará todas las victorias.

Joe Allen (2024-03-27). "Uncommitted" Is the Antiwar Movement Breaking into Mainstream U.S. politics? counterpunch.org Aaron Bushnell, an active-duty airman based in San Antonio, Texas stood outside the Israeli Embassy in Washington, D.C. on Sunday, February 25th, and announced to the world: "I'm an active-duty member of the United States Air Force. And I will no longer be complicit in genocide. I'm about to engage in an extreme act of protest, but

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