Daily Archives: March 29, 2022

2022-03-29: News Headlines

Editor (2022-03-29). Re-visiting Russiagate in light of the Ukraine war. mronline.org A lot of anti-empire commentary is rightly going into criticizing how the Obama administration paved the way to this conflict in Ukraine with its role in the 2014 coup and support for Kyiv's war against Donbass separatists.

Eds. (2022-03-29). Mariupol—Civilians denounce the crimes of the fighters of the neo-nazi Azov Regiment. mronline.org The information war around the Russian military operation in Ukraine is becoming increasingly insane, with the continued publication of false information (including via the hacking of Russian media sites) that must be debunked.

TASS (2022-03-29). UN calls for investigation into reports about torture of prisoners of war in Ukraine. tass.com It is important that any ill treatment that may happen is stopped immediately, Head of the United Nations Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine Matilda Bogner said…

TASS (2022-03-29). NATO took steps affecting Russia's security before Moscow's operation in Ukraine – Kremlin. tass.com The situation is quite concerning, Peskov said…

Juan Cole (2022-03-29). How Israel's Indiscriminate bombing of Gaza Endangers its Precious Hellenistic and Roman Archeological Heritage. juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — The Palestinian Gaza Strip doesn't stay on the world's mind the way some besieged cities in Ukraine do right now, but it is also surrounded, besieged, and blockaded by Israeli forces. This blockade is illegal in international law, since Israel is recognized as the Occupying authority over Gaza, which it …

Dave DeCamp (2022-03-29). Biden Appears to Reveal the US Is Training Ukrainian Troops in Poland. news.antiwar.com President Biden appeared to reveal on Monday that the US is training Ukrainian troops in Poland. Biden made the comments when trying to explain a recent gaffe. In Poland on Friday, President Biden told members of the 82nd Airborne Division that Ukrainians were "stepping up" against the Russian assault and said, "You're going to see …

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-03-29). Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: COVID-19 update. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Last week marked two years since the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 to be a pandemic. While infection rates and hospitalizations in the U.S. continue to decline, there are some areas of concern globally. "China, Hong Kong, Ireland, the U.K. and Denmark are seeing surges back up again," explains Dr. Gregory Poland, head of Mayo Clinic's Vaccine Research Group. "These countries, many of us experts believe, prematurely dropped mask-wearing and nonpharmaceutical interventions, and really have stopped pushing…

WSWS (2022-03-29). Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signs anti-democratic "Don't Say Gay" bill" wsws.org As part of the Republicans' fascistic midterm electoral strategy and continuing attacks on the democratic rights of the entire population, Republican legislatures have advanced nearly 200 anti-trans and anti-LGBTQ bills this year.

teleSUR- jaa -HIM (2022-03-29). Rusia halla cuerpos torturados con marcas nazis en Mariúpol. telesurtv.net El coronel general Mizíntsev detalló que los cadáveres fueron encontradas en sótanos de edificios de la ciudad.

Rodolfo Bueno (2022-03-29). Raíces nazis de la guerra contra Rusia. globalizacion.ca Hitler fue el séptimo afiliado al Partido Nazi, movimiento que creció como la espuma durante la crisis económica que asoló a la República de Weimar en la década de los veinte del siglo pasado. Hacia el 30 de enero de…

WSWS (2022-03-29). Stop Facebook's censorship of the SGP's anti-war video! wsws.org In an act of political censorship that must be widely opposed, Facebook deleted a popular anti-war video by the Sozialistische Gleichheitspartei (Socialist Equality Party, SGP) without providing any reason.

Staff (2022-03-29). Metáfora de la isla en fuga y otros mitos (anti)cubanos. cubadebate.cu Hoy hay coros en el metaverso entonando baladas nostálgicas sobre la emigración cubana. Politizando. Se asume el asunto como un indicador del fracaso del modelo socialista; como una derrota de la sociedad de la que, se presume, la gente o escapa, o se exilia. Tenemos el derecho a migrar y lo ejercemos. No es correcto justificar la decisión maldiciendo al país.

Ali Abunimah (2022-03-29). Holocaust survivor backs war crimes case against Israel's Benny Gantz. electronicintifada.net "The Ziada family suffered a painful loss due to the decision of Israeli commanders to bomb civilian targets," says Jacques Bude.

Karl Grossman (2022-03-29). When Hitler could have been removed. nationofchange.org "Western leaders kept saying they that were afraid to aggravate Hitler and they thought, well, if they are not showing any resistance then eventually he'll stop."

Rick Rozoff (2022-03-29). Hungary: Sunday election a referendum on war or peace. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Hungarian Telegraphic OfficeMarch 29, 2022 Orbán: Risk of being dragged into war at stake "Ruining ourselves isn't help, regardless of how our hearts beat as one with the Ukrainians," the prime minister said in a video on Facebook. Orbán said the demand by Ukrainians and the Hungarian left to "simply turn off the energy pipelines …

TASS (2022-03-29). Developers unveil pilot version of Russian alternative to Instagram. tass.com Rossgram users will be able to upload photos and videos from their smartphones, as well as videos from other platforms such as YouTube, Dailymotion and Vimeo…

TASS (2022-03-29). No free gas supplies for Europe, Kremlin spokesman says. tass.com No payment, no gas, the Kremlin spokesman emphasized…

Anonymous103 (2022-03-28). Metabiota Connection, Hunter Biden And Biolabs In Ukraine. southfront.org Click to see full-size image | Written by Piero Messina | Marija Zakharova, the Director of the Information and Press Department of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, launched from her twitter profile precise accusations against Hunter Biden, the son of the US president, and his involvement in biolabs in Ukraine. Zakharova has created a real timeline that explains what has happened in Ukraine since the fall of the USSR until today. A real indictment against the financial elites and the Pentagon's lea…

Ann Brown (2022-03-28). Bishop Talbert Swan: Joe Biden Deported 30,000 Haitians But Welcomes 100,000 Ukrainians. moguldom.com The White House has announced that the U.S. will welcome 100,000 Ukrainians who have fled their country due to the Russian invasion, which was launched on Feb. 24. While the gesture could be viewed as humanitarian, some see it as a political move. The U.S. is more invested in the European country of Ukraine than, …

Rick Rozoff (2022-03-28). African nations condemn Ukraine's recruiting mercenaries for "international legion" antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Deutsche WelleMarch 28, 2022 Ukraine's bid to recruit fighters from Africa sparks uproar Nigeria, Senegal and Algeria have criticized Ukraine's efforts to enlist international fighters as it resists the Russian invasion. Analysts say those who have responded to the call need to reconsider. Russia's war on Ukraine is barely two weeks old, but Kyiv is …

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2022-03-28). Ukraine Déjà Vu 1984: Political Egocentrism, Nuclear Narcissism and Political Maturity. transcend.org 25 Mar 2022 – In 1984 I went to the USSR with the Association of Humanistic Psychology as a citizen diplomat during the height of the Soviet-American nuclear arms race. That was the good old days when Reagan called the USSR "the Evil Empire." I put aside my shyness to become a speaker for Physicians for Social Responsibility on the psychology of the arms race.

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2022-03-28). Putin's Invasion of Ukraine. transcend.org 3 Mar 2022 – To a hammer, everything looks like a nail. To an empire, everything looks like a crisis to justify a multi-trillion-dollar military-industrial-security complex as dictatress of the world. The crisis du jour for the American empire is Russia's aggression against Ukraine.

WSWS (2022-03-28). Boris Romanchenko, 96-year-old concentration camp survivor, killed in Kharkiv bombing. wsws.org The only way to appropriately commemorate Romanchenko is through the struggle to build a socialist movement in the international working class to put an end to imperialist war, fascism, and the COVID-19 pandemic.

Anonymous103 (2022-03-28). In Video: Testimonies Of Civilians In Mariupol. southfront.org

Anonymous103 (2022-03-28). Nazi Commanders Failed To Escape From Mariupol, As Russian, DPR Advance Accelerated. southfront.org Click to see full-size image | The joint Russian and DPR forces are claiming new victories in the city of Mariupol. Most of the district of the city were moped up. Clashes continue in the center of Mariupol. The main stronghold of the AFU, including nationalist Azev regiment, is the area of the Azovstal. | According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, a Ukrainian Mi-8 helicopter was shot down in the region of Mariupol, five kilometers from the coastline over the Sea of Azov. It was heading for the emergency evacuation of t…

WSWS (2022-03-28). Socialist Equality Party holds successful event against imperialism and war. wsws.org "The war is the reactionary response of Russian nationalism to NATO's decades of aggression," said Christoph Vandreier, chairman of the SGP, at the beginning of the discussion.

Editor (2022-03-28). Capitalism's crimes against nature — interview with author Jeff Sparrow. mronline.org Australian socialist Jeff Sparrow is a writer, broadcaster and Guardian Australia columnist. He spoke to climate activist Martin Empson about his book, 'Crimes Against Nature—Capitalism and Global Heating.'

Jose Cortes for Congress (2022-03-28). Socialist Jose Cortes obtains ballot access and full voter guide statement. liberationnews.org Jose Cortes, a member of the Party for Socialism and Liberation will officially be on the ballot with a full voter guide statement on June 7.

_____ (2022-03-28). Fed Inflation Lies, Russia Sanctions and a New World Order. journal-neo.org The Federal Reserve and most other world central banks are lying about how interest rates affect inflation. It's no small matter, as it clearly is being used to usher in a global economic depression, this time far worse than in the 1930s, using Russia as the scapegoat to blame, as the powers that be prepare …

WSWS (2022-03-28). Stop Canada's sixth pandemic wave! Build the Cross-Canada Educators Rank-and-File Safety Committee! wsws.org We call on all teachers and staff to build a network of rank-and-file committees, independent of the corporatist trade unions, to fight for a Zero-COVID policy in schools and to counter the attempts of the ruling elites to lead the world's population into the maelstrom of a Third World War. The war that must be fought is the war against COVID-19.

Tanya Wadhwa (2022-03-28). Argentina remembers 46th anniversary of the US-backed civic-military coup. peoplesdispatch.org This March 24, on the Day of Remembrance for Truth and Justice, after a pause of two years due to the COVID-19 pandemic, hundreds of thousands of Argentines took to the streets across the country to pay homage to the victims of the last military dictatorship…

WSWS (2022-03-28). Australian university union helps managements drag out industrial bargaining. wsws.org Having suppressed opposition to the destruction of tens of thousands of jobs and the forced return to unsafe campuses, the NTEU is further holding back any industrial action, even within the narrow confines of the enterprise bargaining regime.

Staff (2022-03-28). Big Pharma vs. Little Cuba: por qué los cubanos confían en las vacunas y cómo están ayudando a vacunar al mundo. cubadebate.cu Las vacunas cubanas contra la Covid-19 han sido acreedoras de la "Medalla de los Inventores de la Organización Mundial de la Propiedad Intelectual (OMPI); reconocimiento que recibirán este lunes. Como homenaje a nuestros científicos y al pueblo que ha acompañado este logro de la ciencia cubana, Cubadebate tradujo y reproduce este artículo publicado en The Conversation y escrito por una investigadora canadiense.

Emily Apple (2022-03-28). Massive solidarity for Lowkey as pro-Israel group tries to get him chucked off Spotify. thecanary.co People are standing in solidarity with rapper Lowkey after he became the latest target for a pro-Israeli group. We Believe in Israel is trying to get the performer banned from Spotify. | But it isn't going well for the pro-Zionist group, because people are showing they will not be silenced in their support for Lowkey and the Palestinian struggle. | In particular, the group has | Lowkey is a passionate and eloquent d…

Ramona Wadi (2022-03-28). The US Should Remember that Israel's Squatter-Settlements in Palestine are War Crimes. juancole.com ( Middle East Monitor ) — US Ambassador to Israel, Tom Nides, engaged in further diplomatic contradictions, as he fluctuated between asserting the Biden administration's stance purportedly against Israeli settlement expansion, yet making concessions for earlier encroachment upon Palestinian land. "We can't do stupid things that impede us from a two-state solution," Nides reportedly told …

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