Giorgio Manfredi (2022-03-11). The AFL-CIO's Nazi Friendly Union in Ukraine. covertactionmagazine.com The AFL-CIO recently hosted a fundraiser by the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) which aimed to support labor organizations in …

Benjamin Norton (2022-03-11). La OTAN está armando y entrenando nazis en Ucrania, mientras EEUU inunda con armas al vecino de Rusia. multipolarista.com La OTAN está enviando armas y entrenadores para ayudar a los neo-nazis del movimiento Azov en Ucrania a luchar contra Rusia. Hay varios informes sobre el apoyo de los gobiernos occidentales a los extremistas de extrema derecha ucranianos.

Zoe Alexandra (2022-03-11). ALBA Movements fortifies its commitment to build internationalism and La Patria Grande. peoplesdispatch.org The platform of social movements will hold its third continental assembly at the end of April in Buenos Aires, Argentina where it will discuss its six principles of struggle…

Fight Back (2022-03-11). Grand Rapids, MI: FRSO rallies for reproductive rights on International Women's Day. fightbacknews.org Grand Rapids, MI – On March 8, International Women's Day, Freedom Road Socialist Organization (FRSO) in Michigan organized a rally attended by 20 community members in defense of reproductive rights. Assembling in downtown Grand Rapids, speakers included Olivia Lashley in FRSO; Aly the Activist, chairwoman of the Royal Black Panther Party of Grand Rapids and Charli Karnstein, a member of the local Socialist Alternative chapter. | The rally was hosted by Barbara Howard, a member of FRSO, who began with a call for a united front to combat the attacks on abortion rights by the far right in Texas, Mississippi and Flo…

Fight Back (2022-03-11). Chicago: International Women's Day celebration. fightbacknews.org Chicago, IL – Freedom Road Socialist Organization-Chicago held an annual International Women's Day celebration at the Grand Ballroom in the Woodlawn community on the South Side of Chicago. 40 people attended, some from Woodlawn, and others from around the city, including a delegation of Brown Berets, Chicano and Chicana activists, from Little Village. The venue is in the same building as the offices of the Chicago Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression. | The program was filled with speakers and poets. Organizations represented included the Malaya movement of the Philippines, fighting against the fascis…

WSWS (2022-03-11). As inflation surges, Spanish unions and Podemos slash real wages. wsws.org The union bureaucracies and the Socialist Party-Podemos government in Spain are carrying out the impoverishment of the working class via inflation.

WSWS (2022-03-11). Democratic Socialists of America-backed candidates line up behind war drive, denounce DSA. wsws.org All the claims of the DSA that the Democratic Party can be reformed through a pressure campaign are exposed in the entire course of events around the war drive against Russia.

A Guest Author (2022-03-11). Mark International Working Women's Day/Support Workers World. workers.org In the spirit of International Working Women's Day, March 8, Workers World hails women workers and oppressed people around the world, as well as in the U.S. In 1910, the International Socialist Women's Conference in Copenhagen declared March 8 International Working Women's Day. People of all genders commemorate this special . . . |

WSWS (2022-03-11). SEP (Australia) deregistered under anti-democratic electoral laws. wsws.org Despite this blatant political censorship, the SEP will stand candidates in the federal election, if and when it is called, and conduct the broadest possible campaign for a genuine socialist alternative.

Benjamin Norton (2022-03-11). Mexico's President AMLO condemns EU Parliament as 'corrupt reactionary coup-plotters'. multipolarista.com The European Parliament condemned Mexico's left-wing President Andrés Manuel López Obrador for his "populist rhetoric" against the biased corporate media. He responded by blasting the EU body as a reactionary interventionist gang of coup-plotters, declaring, "we are no longer a colony of anyone"

WSWS (2022-03-11). Australia: Flight attendants' union orchestrating sell out of Qantas workers. wsws.org The Flight Attendants Association of Australia has declared its support for a cost-cutting enterprise agreement previously rejected by 97 percent of workers, after the airline threatened to tear up the existing deal.

Alexander Rubinstein (2022-03-10). How Ukraine's Jewish President Zelensky Made Peace with neo-Nazi Paramilitaries on Front Lines of war with Russia. orinocotribune.com By Alexander Rubinstein and Max Blumenthal — March 4, 2022 | While Western media deploys Volodymyr Zelensky's Jewish heritage to refute accusations of Nazi influence in Ukraine, the president has ceded to neo-Nazi forces and now depends on them as front line fighters. | Back in October 2019, as the war in eastern Ukraine dragged on, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky traveled to Zolote, a town situated firmly in the "gray zone" of Donbas, where over 14,000 had been killed,

Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J. S. Davies (2022-03-10). How the U.S. has empowered and armed neo-Nazis in Ukraine. nationofchange.org Right now, Ukrainians are united in their resistance to Russia's invasion, but we should not be surprised when the U.S. alliance with neo-Nazi proxy forces in Ukraine, including the infusion of billions of dollars in sophisticated weapons, results in similarly violent and destructive blowback.

Vijay Prashad (2022-03-10). The life of a great marxist: Aijaz Ahmad (1941-2022). peoplesdispatch.org Born in Muzaffarnagar, in British India, Aijaz read extensively from an early age and allowed his mind to drift out of the qasba of his childhood. His father shared some radical books with him, which helped him to understand the world outside the doab region of the Indo-Gangetic Plain and the world beyond the confines of the capitalist system. From an early age, Aijaz Ahmad began to dream of internationalism and socialism. He studied in Lahore, Pakistan, where his family had migrated after the Partition in 1947-48, but these studies took place as much in the college classrooms as they did in the cafés and in the…

WSWS (2022-03-10). Fascist Three Percenter militia member found guilty on all five counts in first federal January 6 trial. wsws.org Guy Reffitt, 49, faces decades in prison for storming the Capitol with a gun and zip ties in furtherance of former President Donald Trump's failed coup.

Benjamin Norton (2022-03-10). Twitter allows death threats against Russians in new Ukraine war policy. multipolarista.com Twitter updated its terms of service to allow users to call for the deaths of Russian politicians and soldiers, due to the war in Ukraine. This comes soon after US Senator Lindsey Graham called for assassinating President Vladimir Putin, and Facebook greenlighted support for Ukrainian Nazis.

Alexander Rubinstein, Max Blumenthal (2022-03-10). How Ukraine's Jewish President, Volodymyr Zelensky, Made Peace with Neo-Nazi Paramilitaries on Front Lines of War with Russia. towardfreedom.org While Western media deploys Volodymyr Zelensky's Jewish heritage to refute accusations of Nazi influence in Ukraine, the president has ceded to neo-Nazi forces and now depends on them as frontline fighters, report Alexander Rubinstein and Max Blumenthal.

Benjamin Norton (2022-03-10). NATO is arming and training Nazis in Ukraine, as US floods Russia's neighbor with weapons. multipolarista.com NATO is sending weapons and trainers to help neo-Nazis in Ukraine's white-supremacist Azov movement fight Russia. This follows numerous reports of Western government support for Ukrainian far-right extremists.

The Socialist Program (2022-03-10). Ukraine War: Russia, the United States, and the Nature of Imperialism. liberationnews.org As the world enters a new phase of major power conflict, it is crucial to understand the character of the Russian government and the role it plays on the world stage.

The Socialist Program (2022-03-10). Lee Camp — CENSORED. liberationnews.org Brian is joined by Lee Camp, a writer, comedian, activist and journalist. For eight years Lee hosted the television show "Redacted Tonight", but this anti-war, anti-imperialist program has now been shut down along with all the shows on RT America amid the anti-Russia frenzy sweeping the country.

Fight Back (2022-03-10). Tampa: International Women's Day protest opposes attacks on reproductive freedom. fightbacknews.org Tampa, FL – In light of the continuing attacks on reproductive and women's rights, both here in Florida and across the country, members of Freedom Road Socialist Organization (FRSO), and other organizations in the Tampa area held a rally this past Saturday, March 5 on the corner of Bearss and Florida Avenues. | Florida's abortion ban, just passed by the legislature, would ban people from seeking abortions after 15 weeks, and makes no exception for survivors of assault, incest or trafficking. Protesters shouted chants of, "Racist, sexist, anti-gay: GOP go away" and, "Pro-life, that's a lie, they don't care if peo…

WSWS (2022-03-10). Live updates: American workers and youth speak out against US imperialism and Russian militarism in Ukraine. wsws.org In the hours and days ahead, the World Socialist Web Site will be posting statements against war from workers and young people across the United States. Anti-war sentiment is censored from the corporate media. Post your statements on social media to show the world that the US population does not want war using the hashtag #SpeakOutAgainstWW3.

Morteza Ahmadi Al Hashem (2022-03-10). New Vietnamese amb. submits credentials to Amir-Abdollahian. en.mehrnews.com The newly-appointed ambassador of Socialist Republic of Vietnam submitted a copy of his credential to Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian on Thursday.

WSWS (2022-03-10). Amsterdam Hermitage ends "Russian avant-garde: Revolution in art" exhibit. wsws.org The reactionary cancellation of a Russian art exhibit falls in line with prevailing anti-Russian hysteria in Europe after the Kremlin's invasion of Ukraine.

WSWS (2022-03-10). The anti-democratic targeting of Russian pianist Alexander Malofeev. wsws.org The cancellations of concerts by Malofeev in Vancouver and Montreal are inexcusable and reactionary. They only encourage and deepen the anti-Russian frenzy gripping certain social layers.

Matt Sedlar (2022-03-10). Repair of the US Postal Service is Within Reach. cepr.net Newton County Enterprise | ArcaMax | Vermont Daily Chronicle | Manistee News Advocate | Hill Country News | Fixing a sabotaged institution is not always easy. In the case of the US Postal Service (USPS), relief is imminent.

_____ (2022-03-10). Russia and Japan: a Difficult Balance in a Challenging Environment. journal-neo.org On February 7, 2022, US Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel, in a video message posted on Twitter, expressed support for Japan on the issue of ownership of the Southern Kuril Islands, stating that "the United States supports Japan on the issue of the Northern Territories and has recognized Japanese sovereignty over the four disputed Islands …

Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J. S. Davies (2022-03-10). How the U.S. has empowered and armed neo-Nazis in Ukraine. nationofchange.org Right now, Ukrainians are united in their resistance to Russia's invasion, but we should not be surprised when the U.S. alliance with neo-Nazi proxy forces in Ukraine, including the infusion of billions of dollars in sophisticated weapons, results in similarly violent and destructive blowback.

WSWS (2022-03-10). Fascist Three Percenter militia member found guilty on all five counts in first federal January 6 trial. wsws.org Guy Reffitt, 49, faces decades in prison for storming the Capitol with a gun and zip ties in furtherance of former President Donald Trump's failed coup.

Fight Back (2022-03-10). Tampa: International Women's Day protest opposes attacks on reproductive freedom. fightbacknews.org Tampa, FL – In light of the continuing attacks on reproductive and women's rights, both here in Florida and across the country, members of Freedom Road Socialist Organization (FRSO), and other organizations in the Tampa area held a rally this past Saturday, March 5 on the corner of Bearss and Florida Avenues. | Florida's abortion ban, just passed by the legislature, would ban people from seeking abortions after 15 weeks, and makes no exception for survivors of assault, incest or trafficking. Protesters shouted chants of, "Racist, sexist, anti-gay: GOP go away" and, "Pro-life, that's a lie, they don't care if peo…

WSWS (2022-03-10). Live updates: American workers and youth speak out against US imperialism and Russian militarism in Ukraine. wsws.org In the hours and days ahead, the World Socialist Web Site will be posting statements against war from workers and young people across the United States. Anti-war sentiment is censored from the corporate media. Post your statements on social media to show the world that the US population does not want war using the hashtag #SpeakOutAgainstWW3.

Morteza Ahmadi Al Hashem (2022-03-10). New Vietnamese amb. submits credentials to Amir-Abdollahian. en.mehrnews.com The newly-appointed ambassador of Socialist Republic of Vietnam submitted a copy of his credential to Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian on Thursday.

WSWS (2022-03-10). The anti-democratic targeting of Russian pianist Alexander Malofeev. wsws.org The cancellations of concerts by Malofeev in Vancouver and Montreal are inexcusable and reactionary. They only encourage and deepen the anti-Russian frenzy gripping certain social layers.

WSWS (2022-03-10). Amsterdam Hermitage ends "Russian avant-garde: Revolution in art" exhibit. wsws.org The reactionary cancellation of a Russian art exhibit falls in line with prevailing anti-Russian hysteria in Europe after the Kremlin's invasion of Ukraine.

Matt Sedlar (2022-03-10). Repair of the US Postal Service is Within Reach. cepr.net Newton County Enterprise | ArcaMax | Vermont Daily Chronicle | Manistee News Advocate | Hill Country News | Fixing a sabotaged institution is not always easy. In the case of the US Postal Service (USPS), relief is imminent.

_____ (2022-03-10). Russia and Japan: a Difficult Balance in a Challenging Environment. journal-neo.org On February 7, 2022, US Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel, in a video message posted on Twitter, expressed support for Japan on the issue of ownership of the Southern Kuril Islands, stating that "the United States supports Japan on the issue of the Northern Territories and has recognized Japanese sovereignty over the four disputed Islands …

JANET (2022-03-09). Fight xenophobia ‚àí a form of war. iacenter.org March 8, 2022 The U.S.- and NATO-instigated conflict in Ukraine is rooted in the quest to plunder and profit off Russia's vast wealth in natural gas and oil. This has been a major pillar of U.S. imperialism's quest to rebuild its global empire since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. The imperialists will do whatever it takes to gain new markets to make profits, even with the global threat of nuclear war. Russia has had the right to protect its borders as the rise of neofascist elements inside Ukraine has been a constant threat to its sovereignty since 2014, resulting in the breakaway of the People's Repu…

Rick Rozoff (2022-03-09). Albania: NATO upgrades air base in city once named after Stalin. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Balkan InsightFebruary 28, 2022 In Albanian City Once Named 'Stalin', a Base for NATO Developed under Italian fascist occupation, renamed 'Stalin City' under communism, and condemned to poverty with the transition to capitalism, the central Albanian city of Kucova is now set to become synonymous with NATO. Three years after the Western military alliance announced …

WSWS (2022-03-09). Ukrainian neo-Nazis torture Jewish anti-war MMA athlete. wsws.org The apparent kidnapping and torture of an anti-war athlete signals an increasingly violent assault on democratic rights by Ukraine's far-right.

Kathy Durkin (2022-03-09). Despite U.S. blockade, Socialist Cuba combats COVID-19. workers.org Juan Antonio Quintanilla, permanent Cuban envoy to the United Nations, adamantly stated that this Caribbean nation will stay on its socialist path, despite continual U.S. aggression via the blockade. In a speech to the U.N. in Geneva March 3, he emphasized that this is the Cuban people's will and that . . . |

_____ (2022-03-09). Black Alliance For Peace Statement On International Women's Day. popularresistance.org As the world's eyes are on Ukraine on this International Women's Day, March 8, 2022, we are reminded of the disproportionate impact that war and militarism have on women. This is a reality that the women of the global South are acutely aware of because of the steady assaults on the humanity of peoples in the South executed by the U.S./EU/NATO Axis of Domination. The militarized terror of the Axis of Domination in the service of their economic elites have been even more intensely felt by the women of Africa and the African Diaspora. | The socialist groundings of the day were expressed in its early unfolding. Indee…

Tanya Wadhwa (2022-03-09). Maduro announces reactivation of dialogue with the opposition after meeting with US government. peoplesdispatch.org The dialogue process between the socialist government of President Nicolas Maduro and the opposition had been suspended since October 2021. Meanwhile, the diplomatic relations between Venezuela and the US had been suspended since January 2019…

JANET (2022-03-09). International Working Women's Day means solidarity. iacenter.org By Kathy Durkin March 8, 2022 International Working Women's Day is commemorated around the world on March 8. Two words signify its essence: solidarity and struggle. Ontario Federation of Labor Established in 1910 at an International Women's Socialist Conference in Copenhagen, this special day was intended to broaden global solidarity and strengthen ties among women workers. IWWD's socialist founders deplored the terrible working conditions faced by women workers, as they poured into factories in the U.S., Europe and elsewhere. They noted the strikes and massive demonstrations held by women immigrants in New York…

Peoples Dispatch (2022-03-09). "You strike a woman, you strike a rock!" peoplesdispatch.org Over the past several years, working class movements across the world have taken to the streets and plazas on March 8, International Working Women's Day in recognition of the day as an important day of struggle and resistance and to further the cause of women's liberation. The day which corporations and NGOs have attempted to dilute into a day to give presents to women and recognize their achievements has radical roots. It was established by socialist women in the heat of militant labor and internationalist organizing in order to highlight women's centrality in the struggle to overthrow class based oppression, as…

WSWS (2022-03-09). Reactions in Germany to the webinar: "Fight Covid! Save Lives! Stop the Drive to World War III!" wsws.org Workers from Germany comment on the February 26 international online webinar of the World Socialist Web Site, "Fight Covid! Save Lives! Stop the Drive to World War III!" and draw political conclusions.

WSWS (2022-03-09). Australia's Socialist Alliance lines up behind imperialist war drive against Russia. wsws.org A politically insidious role is being played by the pseudo-left groups such as Socialist Alliance that falsely claim to be socialist but, despite token criticisms of the US, align themselves with the NATO war drive against Russia.

Peoples Dispatch (2022-03-09). Reclaiming the radical roots of International Working Women's Day. peoplesdispatch.org The day was established by socialist women in order to highlight women's centrality in the struggle to overthrow class based oppression, as well as to end the unique oppression faced by women.

_____ (2022-03-09). The American Empire Self-Destructs. popularresistance.org The basic assumption of economic and diplomatic forecasting is that every country will act in its own self-interest. Such reasoning is of no help in today's world. Observers across the political spectrum are using phrases like "shooting themselves in their own foot" to describe U.S. diplomatic confrontation with Russia and allies alike. But nobody thought that The American Empire would self-destruct this fast. | For more than a generation the most prominent U.S. diplomats have warned about what they thought would represent the ultimate external threat: an alliance of Russia and China dominating Eurasia. America's…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-03-09). Sanctions on Russia are Shaking the World, Including the West which Imposed Them. libya360.wordpress.com Elijah J. Magnier "We cannot replace Russian gas overnight," Germany announced, followed by France to confirm that "its stockpile of gas will not be enough if Russia stops supplying us." Hungary did not hesitate to reveal that "its economy and local currency will collapse if energy-related sanctions are imposed on Russia." Finland confirmed that it…

_____ (2022-03-09). Black Alliance For Peace Statement On International Women's Day. popularresistance.org As the world's eyes are on Ukraine on this International Women's Day, March 8, 2022, we are reminded of the disproportionate impact that war and militarism have on women. This is a reality that the women of the global South are acutely aware of because of the steady assaults on the humanity of peoples in the South executed by the U.S./EU/NATO Axis of Domination. The militarized terror of the Axis of Domination in the service of their economic elites have been even more intensely felt by the women of Africa and the African Diaspora. | The socialist groundings of the day were expressed in its early unfolding. Indee…

Tanya Wadhwa (2022-03-09). Maduro announces reactivation of dialogue with the opposition after meeting with US government. peoplesdispatch.org The dialogue process between the socialist government of President Nicolas Maduro and the opposition had been suspended since October 2021. Meanwhile, the diplomatic relations between Venezuela and the US had been suspended since January 2019…

Peoples Dispatch (2022-03-09). "You strike a woman, you strike a rock!" peoplesdispatch.org Over the past several years, working class movements across the world have taken to the streets and plazas on March 8, International Working Women's Day in recognition of the day as an important day of struggle and resistance and to further the cause of women's liberation. The day which corporations and NGOs have attempted to dilute into a day to give presents to women and recognize their achievements has radical roots. It was established by socialist women in the heat of militant labor and internationalist organizing in order to highlight women's centrality in the struggle to overthrow class based oppression, as…

WSWS (2022-03-09). Australia's Socialist Alliance lines up behind imperialist war drive against Russia. wsws.org A politically insidious role is being played by the pseudo-left groups such as Socialist Alliance that falsely claim to be socialist but, despite token criticisms of the US, align themselves with the NATO war drive against Russia.

WSWS (2022-03-09). Reactions in Germany to the webinar: "Fight Covid! Save Lives! Stop the Drive to World War III!" wsws.org Workers from Germany comment on the February 26 international online webinar of the World Socialist Web Site, "Fight Covid! Save Lives! Stop the Drive to World War III!" and draw political conclusions.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-03-08). Fascists from Europe and Terrorists from the Middle East Support the Bandera Nazis: Russian Communist Party Statement. libya360.wordpress.com The CPRF resolutely condemns the attempt to internationalize the military conflict in Ukraine and the involvement in the hostilities of outright Nazis and terrorists from Europe and the Middle East. The CPRF initially assessed the military conflict in Ukraine as a struggle against the neo-Nazis who seized power in a coup d'état in February 2014….

WSWS (2022-03-08). The German state tries to cover its tracks in latest far-right trial. wsws.org Between August 2018 and March 2021, hundreds of threatening letters were sent to artists, lawyers and politicians under the acronym NSU 2.0, which is a reference to the neo-Nazi terrorist group National Socialist Underground responsible for the murder of nine immigrants and a policewoman.

Ana Santoyo (2022-03-08). Celebrating International Women's Day. liberationnews.org IWD means acknowledging the root cause of women's oppression—class society—and its centrality to the system that oppresses our working class today—capitalism.

In Defense of Liberation! (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). 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). Twin Cities Takes To The Streets For International Women's Day. popularresistance.org Minneapolis, MN – Around 60 people gathered in Mayday Plaza on Sunday, March 6, for an International Women's Day protest organized by the Twin Cities district of the Freedom Road Socialist Organization. Demands for reproductive rights and healthcare for all, justice for missing and murdered indigenous women and two-spirit people, an end to gender-based violence, queer and trans liberation, and justice for all stolen lives were raised. The demonstrators also stood in solidarity with Twin Cities educators preparing to strike, signs reading "Victory to the educators!" dotted the crowd gathered in the square, and sim…

Fight Back (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…

Fight Back (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…

Editor (2022-03-08). Dan Siegel on Banning the Constitution. scheerpost.com By Dan Siegel / Original to ScheerPost | The U.S. is experiencing one of its periodic waves of book banning, with legislators, governors, and even country music singers leading crusades to protect our children from harmful feelings and the discomfort caused by exposure to the written word. Politicians in Tennessee, who seem determined to finally come up with an issue on which they can claim national leadership, are banning the Pulitzer Prize winning graphic novel "Maus" because of its, yes, graphic depictions of the Holocaust. Trigger Warning! The Holocaust was violent, horrible, disgusting, obscene, and up…

Brittani Banks (2022-03-08). How Union Workers Safeguard American Democracy. independentmediainstitute.org The guard shacks, razor-wire fences and gun-toting soldiers struck fear into Cynthia Overby when she traveled with an American university group behind the Iron Curtain in 1971. Even worse was the utter despair she witnessed in people living under the weight of authoritarianism, a memory that inspired her lifelong commitment to safeguarding liberty at home. …

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-03-08). Women Take on the Empire: The Revolutionary Women of Palestine. libya360.wordpress.com Sumedha Chatterjee This women's day let us remember the contribution of women who have been fighting the settler colonial Israeli regime. From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free! Seldom has a gun wielding female soldier not been sexualized in pop culture or otherwise. Instagram is filled with accounts dedicated to conventionally attractive…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-03-08). The American Empire Self-Destructs. libya360.wordpress.com Michael Hudson But nobody thought that it would happen this fast. Empires often follow the course of a Greek tragedy, bringing about precisely the fate that they sought to avoid. That certainly is the case with the American Empire as it dismantles itself in not-so-slow motion. The basic assumption of economic and diplomatic forecasting is…

Murray Horton (2022-03-08). New Zealand Increasingly Sucked into Vortex of U.S. Empire under Fake Progressive Leadership of Jacinda Ardern. covertactionmagazine.com Pro-imperial thrust governed by decades-long membership in the Five Eyes, an electronic spying agreement between the U.S., UK, Canada, Australia …

Michael Hudson (2022-03-08). America shoots its own dollar empire in economic attack on Russia. mronline.org Empires often follow the course of a Greek tragedy, bringing about precisely the fate that they sought to avoid. That certainly is the case with the American Empire as it dismantles itself in not-so-slow motion.

Huitzilopochtli Marron (2022-03-08). San Diego-based coalition marches to close migrant concentration camps. liberationnews.org "The money that is being used in these centers should be going to the community, the arts…instead of the inhumane conditions that exist in the centers," said Salvadoran migrant Hever Alberto Mendoza, incarcerated in the OMDC.

Ann Brown (2022-03-08). Unsealed Documents Show Johnson & Johnson Funded Study That Injected Black Inmates With Asbestos. moguldom.com Johnson & Johnson is in hot water again after recently unsealed documents revealed that the pharmaceutical and consumer healthcare products giant funded experiments done on mostly Black male prison inmates in which the men were injected with asbestos. The company faces about 38,000 lawsuits and a multibillion-dollar settlement over allegations that its baby powder caused ovarian …

_____ (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…

WSWS (2022-03-08). The German state tries to cover its tracks in latest far-right trial. wsws.org Between August 2018 and March 2021, hundreds of threatening letters were sent to artists, lawyers and politicians under the acronym NSU 2.0, which is a reference to the neo-Nazi terrorist group National Socialist Underground responsible for the murder of nine immigrants and a policewoman.

In Defense of Liberation! (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…

Ana Santoyo (2022-03-08). Celebrating International Women's Day. liberationnews.org IWD means acknowledging the root cause of women's oppression—class society—and its centrality to the system that oppresses our working class today—capitalism.

Fight Back (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…

Fight Back (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…

Brittani Banks (2022-03-08). How Union Workers Safeguard American Democracy. independentmediainstitute.org The guard shacks, razor-wire fences and gun-toting soldiers struck fear into Cynthia Overby when she traveled with an American university group behind the Iron Curtain in 1971. Even worse was the utter despair she witnessed in people living under the weight of authoritarianism, a memory that inspired her lifelong commitment to safeguarding liberty at home. …

Murray Horton (2022-03-08). New Zealand Increasingly Sucked into Vortex of U.S. Empire under Fake Progressive Leadership of Jacinda Ardern. covertactionmagazine.com Pro-imperial thrust governed by decades-long membership in the Five Eyes, an electronic spying agreement between the U.S., UK, Canada, Australia …

Huitzilopochtli Marron (2022-03-08). San Diego-based coalition marches to close migrant concentration camps. liberationnews.org "The money that is being used in these centers should be going to the community, the arts…instead of the inhumane conditions that exist in the centers," said Salvadoran migrant Hever Alberto Mendoza, incarcerated in the OMDC.

_____ (2022-03-07). Does Germany Support the Nazi Regime in Kiev? journal-neo.org Recent developments around Russia's special operation to denazify and demilitarize Ukraine have dotted the I's in terms of showing the true political face of the current leaders of many countries and their attitude towards neo-Nazism and the revival of an atmosphere of fascist intimidation of people. While it has been clear to everyone what the …

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2022-03-07). Vandana Shiva on the Dangers of Philanthrocapitalism. transcend.org 28 Feb 2022 – Physicist, ecologist and prolific author Vandana Shiva discusses her new book, "Philanthrocapitalism and the Erosion of Democracy," which identifies a new form of colonialism turning us away from each other and the Earth.

WSWS (2022-03-07). Australia's floods: An indictment of capitalism. wsws.org The floods have laid bare the failure of governments—Coalition and Labor—to protect the population from such disasters and the necessity for the socialist transformation of society.

Fight Back (2022-03-07). Leninism: The Marxism of the current era. fightbacknews.org So far in our series on theory, we've looked at the historical emergence of Marxism. But by the time Marx finished writing Capital, capitalism was still developing and changing. The fundamental characteristics of the capitalist mode of production haven't changed. Commodity production and exploitation of workers' surplus value by the capitalists remain the driving force of the capitalist system. And it remains a system plagued by regular cycles of crises of overproduction, pushing poor and working-class people further down while the rich get richer and richer. But by the beginning of the 20th century the internal…

_____ (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…

Staff (2022-03-07). PSUV Congress Emphasizes Ethics & Fight Against Corruption. orinocotribune.com "Zero tolerance for corruption and the moral rottenness of a few," Venezuela's President Nicolás Maduro said at the Fifth Congress of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) on Saturday. "If they are involved in acts of corruption, in criminal acts, wherever they are, whatever they have been," added the head of state, "they will be taken to court and to prison, and punished with the greatest penalties." | PSUV President Maduro recalled that the Venezuelan government, in recent months, has detained mayors, deputies, and other public officials involved in gasoline trafficking, and others implicated in drug t…

teleSUR (2022-03-07). Congress of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela Begins. telesurenglish.net Several delegates filled the largest theater in the city of Caracas to participate in the inaugural session of the Congress of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), the largest political party in Latin America, founded by former Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez. | RELATED: | The Congress aims to update the party line to the new objectives outlined by the Venezuelan President, Nicolás Maduro, for the next 8 years, summarized i…

Fight Back (2022-03-07). Twin Cities takes to the streets for International Women's Day. fightbacknews.org Minneapolis, MN – Around 60 people gathered in Mayday Plaza on Sunday, March 6, for an International Women's Day protest organized by the Twin Cities district of the Freedom Road Socialist Organization. Demands for reproductive rights and healthcare for all, justice for missing and murdered indigenous women and two-spirit people, an end to gender-based violence, queer and trans liberation, and justice for all stolen lives were raised. The demonstrators also stood in solidarity with Twin Cities educators preparing to strike, signs reading "Victory to the educators!" dotted the crowd gathered in the square, and sim…

Eds. (2022-03-07). Notes from the Editors for the April 2022 issue of Monthly Review. mronline.org As we write these notes at the beginning of March 2022, the eight-year limited civil war in Ukraine has turned into a full-scale war. This represents a turning point in the New Cold War and a great human tragedy. By threatening global nuclear holocaust, these events are also now endangering the entire world. To understand the origins of the New Cold War and the onset of the current Russian entry into the Ukrainian civil war, it is necessary to go back to decisions associated with the creation of the New World Order made in Washington when the previous Cold War ended in 1991.

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2022-03-07). (Franàßais) La Chute de Poutine — Un Déjà -vu. transcend.org J'ai travaillé par intermittence en Union Soviétique dans les années 1970 et 1980 et j'ai observé le crash de l'Empire Soviétique — de l'intérieur. Il y avait trois causes principales: la perte de valeur du rouble, la perte de la guerre en Afghanistan et la perte de confiance du peuple.

Ted Kelly (2022-03-07). War-fueled racism and xenophobia rising 80 years after 'Internment'. workers.org People who knew about this sordid anniversary in the history of the United States empire marked it Feb. 19. On that infamous day in 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, which resulted in the mass incarceration of nearly everyone of Japanese ancestry who resided within the United . . . |

Peoples Dispatch (2022-03-07). School teachers across Hungary gear up for major protests. peoplesdispatch.org The conservative government in Hungary led by Viktor Orban is trying to restrict teachers' strikes by issuing a special decree calling for mandatory teaching services in schools citing the COVID-19 crisis…

Sharon Zhang (2022-03-07). Greene Bought Oil, Defense Stocks While Complaining About War Profiteers. truthout.org New On February 22, Greene bought stocks in defense industry giant Lockheed Martin and military supplier Caterpillar. She also bought between $1,000 and $15,000 worth of stock in Chevron and NextEra Energy,…

_____ (2022-03-07). Does Germany Support the Nazi Regime in Kiev? journal-neo.org Recent developments around Russia's special operation to denazify and demilitarize Ukraine have dotted the I's in terms of showing the true political face of the current leaders of many countries and their attitude towards neo-Nazism and the revival of an atmosphere of fascist intimidation of people. While it has been clear to everyone what the …

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2022-03-07). Vandana Shiva on the Dangers of Philanthrocapitalism. transcend.org 28 Feb 2022 – Physicist, ecologist and prolific author Vandana Shiva discusses her new book, "Philanthrocapitalism and the Erosion of Democracy," which identifies a new form of colonialism turning us away from each other and the Earth.

Fight Back (2022-03-07). Leninism: The Marxism of the current era. fightbacknews.org So far in our series on theory, we've looked at the historical emergence of Marxism. But by the time Marx finished writing Capital, capitalism was still developing and changing. The fundamental characteristics of the capitalist mode of production haven't changed. Commodity production and exploitation of workers' surplus value by the capitalists remain the driving force of the capitalist system. And it remains a system plagued by regular cycles of crises of overproduction, pushing poor and working-class people further down while the rich get richer and richer. But by the beginning of the 20th century the internal…

WSWS (2022-03-07). Australia's floods: An indictment of capitalism. wsws.org The floods have laid bare the failure of governments—Coalition and Labor—to protect the population from such disasters and the necessity for the socialist transformation of society.

teleSUR (2022-03-07). Congress of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela Begins. telesurenglish.net Several delegates filled the largest theater in the city of Caracas to participate in the inaugural session of the Congress of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), the largest political party in Latin America, founded by former Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez. | RELATED: | The Congress aims to update the party line to the new objectives outlined by the Venezuelan President, Nicolás Maduro, for the next 8 years, summarized i…

Fight Back (2022-03-07). Twin Cities takes to the streets for International Women's Day. fightbacknews.org Minneapolis, MN – Around 60 people gathered in Mayday Plaza on Sunday, March 6, for an International Women's Day protest organized by the Twin Cities district of the Freedom Road Socialist Organization. Demands for reproductive rights and healthcare for all, justice for missing and murdered indigenous women and two-spirit people, an end to gender-based violence, queer and trans liberation, and justice for all stolen lives were raised. The demonstrators also stood in solidarity with Twin Cities educators preparing to strike, signs reading "Victory to the educators!" dotted the crowd gathered in the square, and sim…

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2022-03-07). (Franàßais) La Chute de Poutine — Un Déjà -vu. transcend.org J'ai travaillé par intermittence en Union Soviétique dans les années 1970 et 1980 et j'ai observé le crash de l'Empire Soviétique — de l'intérieur. Il y avait trois causes principales: la perte de valeur du rouble, la perte de la guerre en Afghanistan et la perte de confiance du peuple.

Staff (2022-03-06). Video: Mohammed Khatib of Samidoun on "Dictators and Fascist Regimes" samidoun.net Mohammed Khatib, Europe coordinator of the Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network, joined the International League of Peoples' Struggle for an international online event on "Dictators and Fascist Regimes" on Saturday, 5 March 2022. "Fascism is on the rise. To fight this, we must link all the peoples' struggles against fascism all over the world." Speakers: …

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2022-03-06). Sleeping With The Third Reich: America's Unspoken "Alliance" with Nazi Germany against the Soviet Union. globalresearch.ca Without US support to Nazi Germany, the Third Reich would not have been able to wage war on the Soviet Union. Germany's oil production was insufficient to wage a major military campaign. Throughout the war, the Third Reich relied on regular shipments of crude oil from US Standard Oil owned by the Rockefeller family.

Gretchen Fournier (2022-03-06). Las criptomonedas, haciendo de Puerto Rico un paraíso perdido. peoplesworld.org En su libro La Batalla por el paraíso, Puerto Rico y el Capitalismo del Desastre (2018) Naomi Klein, una reconocida periodista, dice "entre los escombros del huracán María, los puertorriqueños y los puertopians ultra ricos están enfrascados en una lucha irreconciliable por cómo rehacer la Isla". Hoy en el 2022 esas palabras resuenan más que …

Fight Back (2022-03-06). PSUV 5th Congress held in Venezuela: Resistance, Rebirth, Revolution! fightbacknews.org Caracas, Venezuela – The United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) opened their 5th Congress, March 5, with music and a cheering crowd, followed by serious speeches of the PSUV leaders. The international delegation, including the Freedom Road Socialist Organization, with ambassadors from People's Korea, China, South Africa, Cuba, Russia, Bolivia, Palestine and Nicaragua, were welcomed by every speaker. | Diosdado Cabello, first vice-president of the PSUV, described the 1572-plus delegates representing the workers, indigenous, Afro-Venezuelan, women and youth sectors participating. Women are more than half the de…

_____ (2022-03-06). Putin, Lenin, Imperialism And The (Real) History Of Ukraine. popularresistance.org The people of this country suffer, I've always thought, from a general ignorance of history. This is because with vast oceans for borders, and ever-friendly neighbors, and no experience of being invaded, living in a country that has always urged assimilation including the acceptance of "American exceptionalism," schooled through an educational system that avoids teaching U.S. history with any degree of credibility so as not to upset anybody, they've never been encouraged to think critically about the past. To ask questions. To raise objections—not necessarily about what happened, but about how to interpret…

Staff (2022-03-06). EU comments on warplanes for Kiev. rt.com Ukraine insists it needs jet fighters to repel the Russian attack | European Council President Charles Michel has said that the bloc's military aid to Ukraine will not include jet fighters, which Kiev has insisted it badly needs to fend off the ongoing Russian invasion. | "The European Union is definitely not at war with Russia. A war is what Russia has launched against Ukraine, a country very friendly and very close to the EU. That is why we support Ukraine on all levels," Michel said in an interview with several European newspapers on Saturday. | The chief of the EU's top political body confirmed that the EU…

Staff (2022-03-06). Video: Mohammed Khatib of Samidoun on "Dictators and Fascist Regimes" samidoun.net Mohammed Khatib, Europe coordinator of the Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network, joined the International League of Peoples' Struggle for an international online event on "Dictators and Fascist Regimes" on Saturday, 5 March 2022. "Fascism is on the rise. To fight this, we must link all the peoples' struggles against fascism all over the world." Speakers: …

Staff (2022-03-06). Boris Johnson sets out '6-point plan for Ukraine'. rt.com The British prime minister said that the West should do more for Kiev though "it is not a NATO conflict" | The British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, has set out his six-point "plan for Ukraine," arguing that while this is "not a NATO conflict," the international community should do more to support Kiev as it faces the "Russian aggression." | Moscow does not consider its attack on Ukraine as an act of aggression saying that its "special military operation" aiming to "demilitarize" and "denazify" Ukraine, to protect Donbass and to defend Russia's own security amid NATO's expansion eastward. | In a guest essay f…

Toby Blomé (2022-03-06). MARCH for PEACE in UKRAINE; Global Day of Action. indybay.org Co-sponsored by CODEPINK & Democratic Socialists of America, and other allies. | Join us in a march through the streets of San Francisco to Stand in Solidarity for Peace in Ukraine. Our shared demands are:…

Staff (2022-03-06). EU comments on warplanes for Kiev. rt.com Ukraine insists it needs jet fighters to repel the Russian attack | European Council President Charles Michel has said that the bloc's military aid to Ukraine will not include jet fighters, which Kiev has insisted it badly needs to fend off the ongoing Russian invasion. | "The European Union is definitely not at war with Russia. A war is what Russia has launched against Ukraine, a country very friendly and very close to the EU. That is why we support Ukraine on all levels," Michel said in an interview with several European newspapers on Saturday. | The chief of the EU's top political body confirmed that the EU…

_____ (2022-03-05). Ukraine War: Who's To Blame And What's The Solution? A Socialist View. popularresistance.org Intense bombing and fighting continues throughout Ukraine as Russia's war enters its second week. Western countries have imposed a sanctions regime on Russia that is battering the economy and hitting workers the hardest. Eugene Puryear and Brian Becker discuss the latest on the war and explore the essential historical context, establishing five basic principles and points of unity for progressive forces in the West. They also discuss how the question of war and imperialism has served as an essential litmus test for socialists in the past.

Anonymous103 (2022-03-05). War In Ukraine Day 9: Russia Focuses Forces On Battlefield, Counter-Attacks In Information Sphere. southfront.org Click to see full-size image | Day 9 of the war in Eastern Europe demonstrated that the world has changed completely and irrevocably. Nine day of the Russian operation on the territory of the former USSR republic, which was founded by Vladimir Lenin in 1919, destroyed at least eight years of the global elite's Overton Window aspirations resulted in the creation of an alternative reality with renewed Nazi criteria of dividing society into slaves and masters. | On March 4, there were a number of notable events on the front line…

sputniknews (2022-03-05). Plumes of Smoke Seen in Mariupol as Multiple Blasts Heard Near City, Sputnik Correspondent Says. sputniknews.com Mariupol is currently being blockaded by forces from the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics amid the ongoing Russian special operation to demilitarise and "de-Nazify" Ukraine.

sputniknews (2022-03-05). Russian Attack Helicopters Destroy Ukrainian Armoured Vehicles — Video. sputniknews.com Since 24 February, Russia has been conducting a special military operation in Ukraine to demilitarise and "de-Nazify" the country. The Russian Defence Ministry underscores that only Ukrainian military infrastructure is being targeted with high-precision weapons and that civilians are out of danger.

Staff (2022-03-05). Kremlin reveals goal of Ukraine offensive. rt.com Russia is seeking guarantees for its own security, according to Moscow | Russia's armed forces have no intention of partitioning Ukraine as part of its military operation into the country, the Kremlin has claimed, as Moscow continues to attack its neighbor. | Speaking as part of an interview with Sky News Arabia on Friday, Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov set out Russia's objectives in the Eastern European nation. | "After the 2014 coup d'état, Ukraine has become influenced by Nazi ideology. We want to free her from this ideology," he claimed. | Peskov went on, arguing that "the presence of NATO infrastruc…

sputniknews (2022-03-05). Zelensky Wanted to Use Nuclear Plant Provocation to Make West Impose No-Fly Zone – Ex-Ukrainian PM. sputniknews.com Earlier this week, Nikolay Azarov praised Vladimir Putin's decision to start a special operation in Ukraine, saying the Russian head of state had saved thousands of lives in the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics (DPR and LPR). Putin said the operation is meant to "de-Nazify" and demilitarise Kiev.

Editor (2022-03-05). Understanding Ukrainian Nazism. mronline.org In the West, media outlets are claiming that Russia's agenda to "denazify" Ukraine is unfounded. At the same time, public opinion in Western countries is totally alienated from the Ukrainian reality, tending to believe only what is reported by the hegemonic media.

_____ (2022-03-05). How Ukraine's Jewish President Made Peace With Neo-Nazi Paramilitaries. popularresistance.org Back in October 2019, as the war in eastern Ukraine dragged on, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky traveled to Zolote, a town situated firmly in the "gray zone" of Donbas, where over 14,000 had been killed, mostly on the pro-Russian side. There, the president encountered the hardened veterans of extreme right paramilitary units keeping up the fight against separatists just a few miles away. | Elected on a platform of de-escalation of hostilities with Russia, Zelensky was determined to enforce the so-called Steinmeier Formula conceived by then-German Foreign Minister Walter Steinmeier which called for election…

Yanis Varoufakis (2022-03-05). Our New Cloud-Based Ruling Class. zcomm.org Capital is everywhere, yet capitalism is on the wane…

Seth Galinsky (2022-03-05). NY meeting: Defend Ukraine, Cuba's socialist revolution! themilitant.com NEW YORK — "Tens of thousands of workers and others in Ukraine are throwing themselves into defending the sovereignty of their country. They are putting up a fierce resistance, against a murderous invasion by Vladimir Putin's regime in Russia aimed at conquering and obliterating their nation," Militant editor John Studer told a special meeting of over 100 people in New York City Feb. 27. "We want to join their defense, using the Militant and the Socialist Workers Party campaigns to tell the truth about what is unfolding there and the need for Putin's forces to be defeated." | Studer participated in three…

John Studer (2022-03-05). Join 'Militant' drive! Fight Moscow's war on Ukraine! themilitant.com In response to Moscow's invasion of Ukraine, the Militant has launched a timely and needed international drive to expand the reach of the paper, win 1,600 new subscribers, sell 1,600 books by Socialist Workers Party and other revolutionary leaders presenting a communist program and marking the lessons from past working-class struggles, and to raise $165,000 for a Militant Fighting Fund for the paper. The campaign is already off and running and goes through May 17. We're asking our readers to join in! | In response to the first major war on the European continent in decades, with consequences for the toilers world…

Dennis Thomas, Peter G Gibson (2022-03-05). [Comment] Gefapixant for chronic cough. thelancet.com Chronic cough is responsible for a decrease in quality of life. Chronic cough affects approximately 5—10% of the global population1,2 and might be complicated by incontinence, cough syncope, and dysphonia, leading to social embarrassment and subsequent social isolation and depression or anxiety.3,4 In some people, cough is associated with a treatable underlying disease such as allergic rhinitis, asthma, or gastro-oesophageal reflux disease. Many of these individuals might respond to treatments targeting the primary cause.

WSWS (2022-03-05). Eastern European governments at forefront of NATO war drive against Russia. wsws.org Eastern European ruling elites fan the flames of the NATO proxy war against Russia and maneuver to secure their own predatory interests.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-03-05). How Russia Will Counterpunch the U.S.- EU Declaration of War. libya360.wordpress.com Pepe Escobar The unelected, uber-Kafkaesque EU machine in Brussels has chosen to commit a triple hara-kiri by grandstanding as abject vassals of the Empire, destroying any remaining French and German sovereignty impulses and imposing alienation from Russia-China. Only self-sufficiency affords total independence. And the Big Picture has also been keenly understood by the Global South….

Anonymous103 (2022-03-05). War In Ukraine Day 9: Russia Focuses Forces On Battlefield, Counter-Attacks In Information Sphere. southfront.org Click to see full-size image | Day 9 of the war in Eastern Europe demonstrated that the world has changed completely and irrevocably. Nine day of the Russian operation on the territory of the former USSR republic, which was founded by Vladimir Lenin in 1919, destroyed at least eight years of the global elite's Overton Window aspirations resulted in the creation of an alternative reality with renewed Nazi criteria of dividing society into slaves and masters. | On March 4, there were a number of notable events on the front line…

Staff (2022-03-05). Kremlin reveals goal of Ukraine offensive. rt.com Russia is seeking guarantees for its own security, according to Moscow | Russia's armed forces have no intention of partitioning Ukraine as part of its military operation into the country, the Kremlin has claimed, as Moscow continues to attack its neighbor. | Speaking as part of an interview with Sky News Arabia on Friday, Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov set out Russia's objectives in the Eastern European nation. | "After the 2014 coup d'état, Ukraine has become influenced by Nazi ideology. We want to free her from this ideology," he claimed. | Peskov went on, arguing that "the presence of NATO infrastruc…

WSWS (2022-03-05). Eastern European governments at forefront of NATO war drive against Russia. wsws.org Eastern European ruling elites fan the flames of the NATO proxy war against Russia and maneuver to secure their own predatory interests.

Ben Norton (2022-03-04). US Sanctions on Russia Over Ukraine Also Target Venezuela, Nicaragua, Cuba. orinocotribune.com By Benjamin Norton — Feb 28, 2022 | President Joe Biden's top Latin America advisor, Juan S. Gonzalez, admitted that US sanctions against Russia aim to hurt Venezuela, Nicaragua, and Cuba as well. The three socialist governments condemned NATO aggression for creating the crisis in Ukraine. | President Joe Biden's top Latin America advisor has admitted that US sanctions against Russia over Ukraine intentionally seek to hurt Venezuela, Nicaragua, and Cuba as well. | The United States imposed a series of harsh sanctions on Russia following Moscow's recognition of the independence of the Donetsk and Lugansk Peop…

Alexander Rubinstein (2022-03-04). How Ukraine's Jewish president Zelensky made peace with neo-Nazi paramilitaries on front lines of war with Russia. thegrayzone.com While Western media deploys Volodymyr Zelensky's Jewish heritage to refute accusations of Nazi influence in Ukraine, the president has ceded to neo-Nazi forces and now depends on them as front line fighters. Back in October 2019, as the war in eastern Ukraine dragged on, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky traveled to Zolote, a town situated firmly in the "gray zone" of Donbas, where over 14,000 had been killed, mostly on the pro-Russian side. There, the president encountered the hardened veterans of …

_____ (2022-03-04). How Russia Will Counterpunch the U.S./EU Declaration of War. strategic-culture.org Only self-sufficiency affords total independence. And the Big Picture has also been keenly understood by the Global South. | One of the key underlying themes of the Russia/Ukraine/NATO matrix is that the Empire of Lies (copyright Putin) has been rattled to the core by the combined ability of Russian hypersonic missiles and a defensive shield capable of blocking incoming nuclear missiles from the West, thereby ending Mutually Assured Destruction (M.A.D.) | This has led the Americans to nearly risk a hot war to be able to place hypersonic missiles that they still don't have on Ukraine's western borders, and so be w…

Paul Street (2022-03-04). Fifteen bad Ukraine narratives. canadiandimension.com Photo by Artem Kniaz/ Especially when deepened by the fog of war, idiocy comes in many mutually reinforcing forms. Let's examine and get past some problematic thinking on the Russian invasion of Ukraine. But first, let's proclaim some basic principles. The Ukraine crisis is a good focus for practising the art of detesting two things at the same time. | Just as one can hate both the neoliberal-capitalist Democratic Party and (imagine) the neofascist-capitalist Republican Party at the same time, one can simultaneously abhor both supremely dange…

JANET (2022-03-04). Stop NATO War on Russia! Info for rallies and webinars. iacenter.org Stop NATO War on Russia! No Sanctions! No War! Find antiwar actions here: unac.notowar.net/national-call-to-action- nowarwithrussia/ AND HERE The corporate media speaks with one voice against Russia. There is NO mention that the U.S. commanded NATO military alliance has pumped tons of lethal weapons and U.S. advisors into Ukraine for eight years. Since the 2014 U.S.- backed coup in Kiev, the U.S. has aided fascist forces in relentlessly shelling the 1,200 mile Russian border to target the Peoples' Republics of Lugansk and Donetsk, killing over 14,000 people in the Russian-speaking Donbass region. Over a t…

Alexander Rubinstein (2022-03-04). How Ukraine's Jewish President Made Peace With Neo-Nazi Paramilitaries. mintpressnews.com While Western media deploys Volodymyr Zelensky's Jewish heritage to refute accusations of Nazi influence in Ukraine, the president has ceded to neo-Nazi forces and now depends on them as front line fighters.

Staff (2022-03-04). Ukrainian American Journalist: Putin's Unjust War Is Emboldening Ukraine's Far-Right Movement. democracynow.org We speak with Ukrainian American journalist Lev Golinkin about the rise of the far right in Ukraine. Golinkin says Russian bombing of the sacred Jewish site of Babi Yar disproves Putin's claims that the invasion is about "denazification," and attacks on cities in eastern Ukraine show he does not care about Russian-speaking Ukrainians either. He also speaks about the neo-Nazi presence within his home country, saying, "Ukraine's far right is the primary benefactor on the Ukraine side of this war because they now get to attract people from all over the world, and they get to be seen as…

Betsey Piette (2022-03-04). Global supply chain: Rail industry prioritizes profits over safety. workers.org The global supply chain crisis, fueled by the COVID-19 pandemic, has laid bare systemic problems within global capitalism — when and where goods are produced to how they are transported and the growing disparity between the bosses' wealth versus the wages and benefits paid to millions of workers throughout this . . . |

WSWS (2022-03-04). Sri Lankan action committee holds a successful online meeting in defence of Julian Assange. wsws.org Speakers insisted that the fight to release Julian Assange depends on a political movement of the working class based on socialist policies and in opposition to the capitalist system and all its institutions.

WSWS (2022-03-04). UK attendees speak on WSWS webinar "Fight Covid! Save lives! Stop the drive to World War III!" wsws.org Workers and youth in Britain who attended Saturday's World Socialist Web Site international online webinar, "Fight Covid! Save lives! Stop the drive to World War III!", have spoken to the WSWS about their thoughts on the important event. We publish further responses here.

deweylaura (2022-03-04). Marxist IQ: Women in history. cpusa.org The Marxist IQ for Women's History Month is dedicated to women who struggle for democracy, socialism, and peace. 1. International Women's Day was first established by the Socialist International (Second International) in solidarity with an early twentieth-century strike of women workers in a. London. b. Berlin. c. New York. d. Paris. 2. Women …

Joris Leverink (2022-03-04). Planting seeds of opposition: Cabral's cultural front. roarmag.org Image: Bertina Lopes' painting "Tribute to Amílcar Cabral" (1973) overlaid with the portrait of Amílcar Cabral | From the 1950s to the early '70s, uprisings across Africa saw workers, peasants, artists and intellectuals taking up arms against their European oppressors. In the Lusophone colonies and provinces — then under the control of Portugal's dictator António de Oliveira Salazar — revolutionary leaders like Amílcar Cabral advocated for a socialism rooted in African culture. From the humanist literature of his native Cape Verde to the radical imaginary of the Harlem Renaissance and Négritude, art w…

Staff (2022-03-04). Sanctions on tycoon's empire dropped except for yacht and jet. rt.com A special license has authorized transactions involving Alisher Usmanov's assets, except for his yacht and jet | The US Treasury has withdrawn businessman Alisher Usmanov's companies from sanctions lists, on the same day it imposed them, leaving only his superyacht and private aircraft blocked. | Announcing on March 3 that Usmanov had been put on the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC)'s Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons list, the Treasury described Usmanov as an "affiliate" of Russian president Vladimir Putin and "one of Russia's wealthiest billionaires with vast holdings across multiple…

ecns.cn (2022-03-04). (Two Sessions Voice) Justin Lin calls for favorable policies for enterprises. ecns.cn In an interview with China News Service, Justin Yifu Lin, member of the Standing Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and dean of Institute of New Structural Economics of Peking University, has called for making bigger cakes.

Nick Turse (2022-03-04). The River of Refugees becomes a Flood as 84 Million flee War, Violence and Tyranny. juancole.com ( Tomdispatch.com ) — We live on a planet in motion, a world of collision and drift. This was once an Earth of super-continents — Gondwana, Rodinia, Pangea. The eastern seaboard of the United States sidled up against West Africa, while Antarctica cozied up to the opposite side of the African continent. But nothing in …

Staff (2022-03-04). Hungarian PM says countries can't count on NATO to protect them. rt.com Viktor Orban gave an interview on relations with the EU and sanctions against Russia | Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on Friday morning that he felt he couldn't count on the Western bloc when it comes to real action concerning the country's security. | "NATO will protect us when we are ready to defend ourselves. Anyone who thinks NATO will protect us is wrong," he Orban praised the fact that Hungary had managed to…

Alexander Rubinstein (2022-03-04). How Ukraine's Jewish president Zelensky made peace with neo-Nazi paramilitaries on front lines of war with Russia. thegrayzone.com While Western media deploys Volodymyr Zelensky's Jewish heritage to refute accusations of Nazi influence in Ukraine, the president has ceded to neo-Nazi forces and now depends on them as front line fighters. Back in October 2019, as the war in eastern Ukraine dragged on, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky traveled to Zolote, a town situated firmly in the "gray zone" of Donbas, where over 14,000 had been killed, mostly on the pro-Russian side. There, the president encountered the hardened veterans of …

JANET (2022-03-04). Stop NATO War on Russia! Info for rallies and webinars. iacenter.org Stop NATO War on Russia! No Sanctions! No War! Find antiwar actions here: unac.notowar.net/national-call-to-action- nowarwithrussia/ AND HERE The corporate media speaks with one voice against Russia. There is NO mention that the U.S. commanded NATO military alliance has pumped tons of lethal weapons and U.S. advisors into Ukraine for eight years. Since the 2014 U.S.- backed coup in Kiev, the U.S. has aided fascist forces in relentlessly shelling the 1,200 mile Russian border to target the Peoples' Republics of Lugansk and Donetsk, killing over 14,000 people in the Russian-speaking Donbass region. Over a t…

Paul Street (2022-03-04). Fifteen bad Ukraine narratives. canadiandimension.com Photo by Artem Kniaz/ Especially when deepened by the fog of war, idiocy comes in many mutually reinforcing forms. Let's examine and get past some problematic thinking on the Russian invasion of Ukraine. But first, let's proclaim some basic principles. The Ukraine crisis is a good focus for practising the art of detesting two things at the same time. | Just as one can hate both the neoliberal-capitalist Democratic Party and (imagine) the neofascist-capitalist Republican Party at the same time, one can simultaneously abhor both supremely dange…

Staff (2022-03-04). Ukrainian American Journalist: Putin's Unjust War Is Emboldening Ukraine's Far-Right Movement. democracynow.org We speak with Ukrainian American journalist Lev Golinkin about the rise of the far right in Ukraine. Golinkin says Russian bombing of the sacred Jewish site of Babi Yar disproves Putin's claims that the invasion is about "denazification," and attacks on cities in eastern Ukraine show he does not care about Russian-speaking Ukrainians either. He also speaks about the neo-Nazi presence within his home country, saying, "Ukraine's far right is the primary benefactor on the Ukraine side of this war because they now get to attract people from all over the world, and they get to be seen as…

Alexander Rubinstein (2022-03-04). How Ukraine's Jewish President Made Peace With Neo-Nazi Paramilitaries. mintpressnews.com While Western media deploys Volodymyr Zelensky's Jewish heritage to refute accusations of Nazi influence in Ukraine, the president has ceded to neo-Nazi forces and now depends on them as front line fighters.

Betsey Piette (2022-03-04). Global supply chain: Rail industry prioritizes profits over safety. workers.org The global supply chain crisis, fueled by the COVID-19 pandemic, has laid bare systemic problems within global capitalism — when and where goods are produced to how they are transported and the growing disparity between the bosses' wealth versus the wages and benefits paid to millions of workers throughout this . . . |

WSWS (2022-03-04). Sri Lankan action committee holds a successful online meeting in defence of Julian Assange. wsws.org Speakers insisted that the fight to release Julian Assange depends on a political movement of the working class based on socialist policies and in opposition to the capitalist system and all its institutions.

deweylaura (2022-03-04). Marxist IQ: Women in history. cpusa.org The Marxist IQ for Women's History Month is dedicated to women who struggle for democracy, socialism, and peace. 1. International Women's Day was first established by the Socialist International (Second International) in solidarity with an early twentieth-century strike of women workers in a. London. b. Berlin. c. New York. d. Paris. 2. Women …

WSWS (2022-03-04). UK attendees speak on WSWS webinar "Fight Covid! Save lives! Stop the drive to World War III!" wsws.org Workers and youth in Britain who attended Saturday's World Socialist Web Site international online webinar, "Fight Covid! Save lives! Stop the drive to World War III!", have spoken to the WSWS about their thoughts on the important event. We publish further responses here.

Staff (2022-03-04). Sanctions on tycoon's empire dropped except for yacht and jet. rt.com A special license has authorized transactions involving Alisher Usmanov's assets, except for his yacht and jet | The US Treasury has withdrawn businessman Alisher Usmanov's companies from sanctions lists, on the same day it imposed them, leaving only his superyacht and private aircraft blocked. | Announcing on March 3 that Usmanov had been put on the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC)'s Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons list, the Treasury described Usmanov as an "affiliate" of Russian president Vladimir Putin and "one of Russia's wealthiest billionaires with vast holdings across multiple…

ecns.cn (2022-03-04). (Two Sessions Voice) Justin Lin calls for favorable policies for enterprises. ecns.cn In an interview with China News Service, Justin Yifu Lin, member of the Standing Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and dean of Institute of New Structural Economics of Peking University, has called for making bigger cakes.

Nick Turse (2022-03-04). The River of Refugees becomes a Flood as 84 Million flee War, Violence and Tyranny. juancole.com ( Tomdispatch.com ) — We live on a planet in motion, a world of collision and drift. This was once an Earth of super-continents — Gondwana, Rodinia, Pangea. The eastern seaboard of the United States sidled up against West Africa, while Antarctica cozied up to the opposite side of the African continent. But nothing in …

Staff (2022-03-04). Hungarian PM says countries can't count on NATO to protect them. rt.com Viktor Orban gave an interview on relations with the EU and sanctions against Russia | Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on Friday morning that he felt he couldn't count on the Western bloc when it comes to real action concerning the country's security. | "NATO will protect us when we are ready to defend ourselves. Anyone who thinks NATO will protect us is wrong," he Orban praised the fact that Hungary had managed to…

The Socialist Program (2022-03-03). Ukraine War: Who's to Blame and What's the Solution? A Socialist View. liberationnews.org Eugene Puryear and Brian Becker discuss the latest on the war and explore the essential historical context, establishing five basic principles and points of unity for progressive forces in the West.

JANET (2022-03-03). The war on Donbass: why we must all stand against fascism. iacenter.org March 2, 2022 The people of the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics celebrating Russia's recognition of the independence of their republics, Feb. 21. This lightly edited opinion piece by journalist, author and activist Fra Hughes first appeared in the Arab independent media satellite Al Mayadeen, Feb. 26. The Donbass people, much like the Palestinian people, continued to resist the dominance of global capitalism that supports fascism in Ukraine for eight years. For those who claim President [Vladimir] Putin is a megalomaniac sociopath, intent on drawing Europe and the U.S. into some kind of Machiavellian war…

JANET (2022-03-03). NYC: Sat 3/5 at 3pm Rally: Stop NATO War on Russia! No Sanctions! No War! iacenter.org Emergency Anti-War Demonstration Stop NATO War on Russia! No Sanctions! No War! Saturday, March 5 — 3pm Times Square (North End, 7th Ave & 46 St) The corporate media speaks with one voice against Russia. There is NO mention that the U.S. commanded NATO military alliance has pumped tons of lethal weapons and U.S. advisors into Ukraine for eight years. Since the 2014 U.S.- backed coup in Kiev, the U.S. has aided fascist forces in relentlessly shelling the 1,200 mile Russian border to target the Peoples' Republics of Lugansk and Donetsk, killing over 14,000 people in the Russian-speaking Donbass region. Over a…

WSWS (2022-03-03). Canada's Deputy Prime Minister carries Ukrainian fascist banner at Toronto demonstration. wsws.org Freeland's brandishing of a fascist symbol has been greeted with silence in the corporate media because it cuts across the narrative that the imperialist powers are arming "democratic" forces in Ukraine.

_____ (2022-03-03). Israel Defends Kiev's Nazi Authorities. journal-neo.org Russia's recognition of the independence of the LPR and DPR caused some confusion in Tel Aviv, where at first nobody was in a hurry to make a statement. Moreover, after intense consultations in Israel's Foreign Ministry and National Security Council, local officials were forbidden to provide comments by the ruling coalition, leaving the Jewish nation-state in a very uneasy situation. …

Editor2 (2022-03-03). Understanding Ukrainian Nazism. orinocotribune.com By Lucas Leiroz — Feb 26, 2022 | In the West, media outlets are claiming that Russia's agenda to "denazify" Ukraine is unfounded. At the same time, public opinion in Western countries is totally alienated from the Ukrainian reality, tending to believe only what is reported by the hegemonic media. The result of this is strong disapproval of the Russian attitude based on the lie that there is no trace of Nazism in contemporary Ukraine. In this sense, it is urgent that quality information be disseminated to the Western audience to avoid the proliferation of lies about the Ukrainian reality. | On almost every TV…

_____ (2022-03-03). Capitalism, Nationalism, And Copaganda. popularresistance.org In a room filled with maskless war criminals and Ukrainian flags, President Joe Biden said, in perhaps the most obvious sentence ever spoken in that chamber, that he was a capitalist. That's not shocking to anyone, but it is a wonder that he had to say it, given that every other element of his speech was so focused on protecting American capitalism and imperialism. From defending NATO, to arguing for a more productive U.S. economy, to shouting out the CEO of Intel (who was, inexplicably, in the room for the speech), Biden doubled down on his campaign promise that "nothing would fundamentally change." | Biden took…

Ann Brown (2022-03-03). Remembering Black Nationalist Jaramogi Agyeman (Albert Cleage), Pastor Of The Shrine Of The Black Madonna: 7 Things To Know. moguldom.com Albert Cleage, who later changed his name to Jaramogi Agyeman, was the paster of The Shrine of The Black Madonna, where he encouraged Black Nationalism. The Shrine of the Black Madonna is a pan-African Orthodox Christian Church in Detroit that became the location of many significant 20th century Black civil rights activities. In 2021, the …

WSWS (2022-03-03). Climate change is triggering a humanitarian crisis, UN report finds. wsws.org The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's latest report is an indictment of global capitalism's utter failure to address climate change.

deweylaura (2022-03-03). The Young Communist League in Great Britain is growing — here's why. cpusa.org Over 30 years on from the dissolution of the Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB), British communism has reached a new juncture, characterized by defiance of the anti-communist myths of the past and faith that Marxism-Leninism is the political path best suited to turning the looming contradictions in contemporary capitalism — climate collapse and …

Tina Landis (2022-03-03). Socialist planning could reverse sober findings in new UN climate report. liberationnews.org Capitalist governments can only give incentives for corporations to implement emission-reduction technologies in hopes that profit-driven corporations will "do the right thing."

Brittani Banks (2022-03-03). The War-Profiteering Gangsters Will Kill Us All Unless We Unite Against Them. independentmediainstitute.org I figured something out after tossing and turning all night. We on the left often make the mistake of still looking upon Russia as a somewhat socialist enterprise. Of course, it isn't. The Soviet Union ended in 1991. Russia is an unadulterated neoliberal capitalist gangster's paradise, modeled during the time of its horrific restructuring under …

Nathan King (2022-03-03). President Biden delivers first State of the Union address. america.cgtn.com U.S. President Joe Biden used his first State of the Union speech in front of US lawmakers to call Russian President Vladimir Putin a dictator and vowed to stand with Ukraine.

Staff (2022-03-03). Lavrov makes Napoleon and Hitler comparison over Ukraine. rt.com Washington succeeded in bending Europe to its will, Russia's top diplomat said | Washington has succeeded where Europe-conquering dictators of the past have failed, as evidenced by its ability to bend the policies of European governments to its will, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov alleged on Thursday. | "I can't help but make these comparisons. In the past, Napoleon and Hitler had the goal to subjugate Europe. Now the Americans have subjugated it," he remarked. | As an example of Washington deciding "what's best" for Europe, Lavrov mentioned the lengthy American campaign to torpedo the Nord Stream 2 ga…

Eliza M. Schmid (2022-03-03). The 'destructive prophets' astride the field of history: Hitler was only one. peoplesworld.org Oy vey! Not another book about Adolf Hitler!! So many books about him have been written, but the study by Dr. Frederick (Fritz) Redlich is special, examining mostly Hitler's mental and physical illnesses in addition to giving a thorough report of his personal life throughout the course of the Second World War. It's not a …

Rick Rozoff (2022-03-03). Serbian parliament president: When Hitler entered Ukraine, the U.S. did not declare war. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com B92March 2, 2022 "We have died for the sake of others; they aren't against Russia, but against Serbia" ==== Also see: Serbia is only free country in Europe, only one not obeying NATO's orders — official Serbia: West plans to oust Russia from UN, trigger total collapse of existing order ==== Speaker of the National …

Rick Rozoff (2022-03-03). Serbia is only free country in Europe, only one not obeying NATO's orders — official. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com B92March 3, 2022 "Serbia proves to be the only free country in Europe" ==== Also see: Serbian parliament president: When Hitler entered Ukraine, the U.S. did not declare war Serbia: West plans to oust Russia from UN, trigger total collapse of existing order ==== Minister Vulin added that today is the seventh day in which …

_____ (2022-03-03). Ukraine Exposes White Supremacist Foreign Policy. popularresistance.org By now everyone knows that Ukraine's flag is blue and yellow. It is impossible to miss as the Empire State Building in New York, the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, and the Eiffel Tower in Paris have all been bathed in those colors. Nearly every city and town across the United States has followed suit and politicians ranging from local legislators to members of congress shout "Stand with Ukraine!" at every opportunity. | Yet it must be pointed out that those blue and yellow motifs and pleas for solidarity are all about white supremacy. Ukraine is upheld as a bastion of "civilization" which is supposed to put it off l…

_____ (2022-03-03). Western Media Accuse China Of Wanting To Do What US Does To Other Countries. popularresistance.org Last month, the Washington Post (2/15/22) ran an opinion piece by David Von Drehle claiming that, "in a sense, the alliance of democracies" (by which he means the US and its partners) fell "into a fitful sleep" at the end of the Cold War. "What began as a happy dream of perpetual peace," he contended, "changed in recent years to a nightmare," featuring "Communist empire-building in China." | The notion that there was a "happy dream of perpetual peace at the end of the Cold War" that only recently became a nightmare because of international bad guys like China suggests that Von Drehle himself has been not merely s…

In Defense of Liberation! (2022-03-03). Happy Women's Liberation Month, Stand with the Sudanese People, Denounce + Defund NATO, and More! anchor.fm What's going on folks? So this episode is quite a hodgepodge of many different subjects. We begin with a discussion about women's liberation month, and we make our way into discussion of the ongoing resistance movement in Sudan. Then we talk about the issues facing people of Palestine, Nepal, Yemen, and plenty of places across the world while the US empire is hyper focused on condemning Russia, they continue to fund, arm, train, and allow for the Saudi Arabian, UAE, Israeli, and other regimes to oppress and exploit people every day. We must build a mass movement to end all forms of oppression, today. Long live re…

David P. Goldman (2022-03-03). Reliving the nightmare of 1914. asiatimes.com World War I had no good guys and no winners. France rightly sought the return of the provinces Germany had annexed in 1870. Russia rightly feared that German influence would sever its industrial centers and tax base in the Western parts of it its empire; England feared that Germany would encroach on its overseas empire; Germany …

Allen Forrest (2022-03-03). Russia as a Distraction from Backyard Tyranny. dissidentvoice.org The Liberal government abetted by the NDP and complicit media used the draconian Emergencies Act to send in the gendarmes to crush the human rights of the demonstrators. Soon after another flash point occurred in Europe and the media transferred its focus to the big enemy elsewhere.

Staff (2022-03-03). Hungary weighs in on reasons for Ukraine war. rt.com Russia was not afforded security guarantees, says President Viktor Orban, and energy cooperation with Moscow must continue | War in Ukraine was inevitable, because the US and NATO didn't provide the security guarantees required by Russia, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on Thursday. | He added that "there were no arguments for curbing our energy cooperation with Russia," despite the ongoing military conflict. | "NATO is steadily expanding eastward, and Russia likes it less and less. The Russians put forward two demands: Ukraine should declare its neutrality and NATO shouldn't accept Ukraine. The Rus…

Staff (2022-03-03). Hungary weighs in on reasons for Ukraine war. rt.com Russia was not afforded security guarantees, says President Viktor Orban, and energy cooperation with Moscow must continue | War in Ukraine was inevitable, because the US and NATO didn't provide the security guarantees required by Russia, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on Thursday. | He added that "there were no arguments for curbing our energy cooperation with Russia," despite the ongoing military conflict. | "NATO is steadily expanding eastward, and Russia likes it less and less. The Russians put forward two demands: Ukraine should declare its neutrality and NATO shouldn't accept Ukraine. The Rus…

WSWS (2022-03-03). Canada's Deputy Prime Minister carries Ukrainian fascist banner at Toronto demonstration. wsws.org Freeland's brandishing of a fascist symbol has been greeted with silence in the corporate media because it cuts across the narrative that the imperialist powers are arming "democratic" forces in Ukraine.

WSWS (2022-03-03). Climate change is triggering a humanitarian crisis, UN report finds. wsws.org The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's latest report is an indictment of global capitalism's utter failure to address climate change.

deweylaura (2022-03-03). The Young Communist League in Great Britain is growing — here's why. cpusa.org Over 30 years on from the dissolution of the Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB), British communism has reached a new juncture, characterized by defiance of the anti-communist myths of the past and faith that Marxism-Leninism is the political path best suited to turning the looming contradictions in contemporary capitalism — climate collapse and …

Staff (2022-03-03). Lavrov makes Napoleon and Hitler comparison over Ukraine. rt.com Washington succeeded in bending Europe to its will, Russia's top diplomat said | Washington has succeeded where Europe-conquering dictators of the past have failed, as evidenced by its ability to bend the policies of European governments to its will, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov alleged on Thursday. | "I can't help but make these comparisons. In the past, Napoleon and Hitler had the goal to subjugate Europe. Now the Americans have subjugated it," he remarked. | As an example of Washington deciding "what's best" for Europe, Lavrov mentioned the lengthy American campaign to torpedo the Nord Stream 2 ga…

TPAFHHWOO (2022-03-03). The 'destructive prophets' astride the field of history: Hitler was only one. peoplesworld.org Oy vey! Not another book about Adolf Hitler!! So many books about him have been written, but the study by Dr. Frederick (Fritz) Redlich is special, examining mostly Hitler's mental and physical illnesses in addition to giving a thorough report of his personal life throughout the course of the Second World War. It's not a …

Fight Back (2022-03-02). Seattle says 'No' to war with Russia! fightbacknews.org Seattle, WA — Braving the freezing cold and rain, around 70 to 80 people gathered at Westlake Park, February 26, to demand no more U.S. wars. The rally, hosted by Freedom Road Socialist Organization (FRSO) Seattle alongside several endorsing organizations, featured speakers calling for an end to U.S. intervention and military action in Ukraine as events in the region unfold at a breakneck pace. | The rally was endorsed Party for Socialism and Liberation, About Face Veterans, Serve the People Tacoma, Anakbayan Seattle, Cascadian Workers Association and Party of Communists USA. Along with FRSO, these organiza…

JANET (2022-03-02). Attacked for telling the truth on Ukraine. iacenter.org By Luis Lopez March 1, 2022 Facebook banned me for a month. Why? Cause I posted two pictures of Ukraine Nazis, armed by the U.S. and NATO. (tinyurl.com/2p8uc3ee) They are part of the Ukraine army that has bombed and attacked the people of Donetsk and Donbass and Lugansk, just like we have fascists in the U.S. military, police and national guard. We know that Ukraine has lithium and titanium used to build batteries for electric cars and metal for jets. The U.S. and NATO want those resources, including Russian oil. This is what this war is about. If you try to post opposition to the big lies in the media, you get b…

A Guest Author (2022-03-02). Letter to the Editor: Attacked for telling the truth on Ukraine. workers.org Dear Editors, Facebook banned me for a month. Why? Cause I posted two pictures of Ukraine Nazis, armed by the U.S. and NATO. (tinyurl.com/2p8uc3ee) They are part of the Ukraine army that has bombed and attacked the people of Donetsk and Donbass and Lugansk, just like we have fascists in . . . |

JANET (2022-03-02). 10 Points Every Workers Should Know about NATO, Russia and Ukraine. iacenter.org By Danny O'Brien March 2, 2022 The U.S.-commanded NATO military alliance has spent 8 years funneling tons of advanced weapons and fascist armed groups into eastern Ukraine along the 1,200 mile border with Russia. The constant U.S./NATO backed attacks have resulted in over 14,000 deaths of civilians in Ukraine. These facts on the U.S./NATO military alliance's criminal and provocative role in Ukraine must be exposed. NATO expansion: The North Atlantic Treaty Organization is a military alliance under U.S. command. In 1990, U.S. Secretary of State James Baker promised leaders of the still-existing Soviet Union that N…

WSWS (2022-03-02). NATO's proxy war on Russia and the death of the Corbynite "left" wsws.org The rump of the Socialist Campaign Group of Labour MPs died on their knees, cowering before party leader Sir Keir Starmer's pro-NATO witch-hunt aimed at silencing anti-war sentiment in the working class.

A Guest Author (2022-03-02). The war on Donbass: why we must all stand against fascism. workers.org The people of the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics celebrating Russia's recognition of the independence of their republics, Feb. 21. This lightly edited opinion piece by journalist, author and activist Fra Hughes first appeared in the Arab independent media satellite Al Mayadeen, Feb. 26. The Donbass people, much like the . . . |

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-03-02). The Right to Wage War Against Fascist Attack. libya360.wordpress.com The International The Soviet flag over the Reichstag, 1945 "Politics have no relation to morals" — Niccolo Machiavelli War is an egregious task. No modern country in world history knows this fact more profoundly than Russia. With all throughout its history fighting against invaders which include Mongol invasion of Kievan Rus' in the 13th century ,…

scorinoco (2022-03-02). Dmitri Kovalevich from Ukraine in Conversation with The International. orinocotribune.com The International Magazine interviewed Dmitri Kovalevich, a Ukrainian journalist and activist of the banned communist organization Borotba. | The organization was banned in 2014 for active protests against pro-US coup and against legalization of neo-Nazism. It was banned along with the Communist Party of Ukraine. It acts illegally in Ukraine and legally in the Donbass republics (Donetsk and Lugansk). His organization supported Donbass rebels in the civil conflict which has continued since the coup in 2014. | The International: How would you explain the events unfurling in Ukraine right now? | Dmitri Kovalevich: T…

Staff (2022-03-02). Sean Penn tweets about escaping from Ukraine on foot. rt.com The double Oscar winner said he and his crew had to walk miles on foot to reach the Polish border | Hollywood star Sean Penn took to social media to share his thrilling story of how he fled Ukraine in the wake of the Russian invasion of the country. | Penn arrived in Kiev last week to film material for a documentary about tensions surrounding Ukraine, which he had been working on for several months. | The actor was even present at a Ukrainian government press conference last Thursday, just hours after Moscow announced its "special operation" to demilitarize and "denazify" the Kiev government, which it accused…

Anonymous669 (2022-03-02). Infamous Turkish-Affiliated Syrian Tank Hunter To Travel To Ukraine To Fight Russian Forces. southfront.org Suheil al-Hammoud, screen grab from: youtu.be/DLN7oXJ_w04 | An infamous tank hunter of Turkish-backed forces in Syria is reportedly attempting to travel to Ukraine to fight Russian forces there. | The militant, Suheil al-Hammoud, first expressed his desire to fight in Ukraine on February 25, just a day after the beginning of the Russian special military operation which is meant to "demilitarize" and "denazify" the country. In a tweet, al-Hammoud asked his follower on Twitter how he could get to Ukraine to fight the…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-03-02). Understanding Ukrainian Nazism. libya360.wordpress.com Lucas Leiroz Participants of an annual event in honor of Stepan Bandera march through Kyiv, Ukraine on Jan. 1, 2021. (Genya Savilou/AFP) Moscow is right in its concern to denazify Ukraine. It is a measure that should be taken in coalition by several countries. In the West, media outlets are claiming that Russia's agenda to…

WSWS (2022-03-02). Thousands die in Spain as PSOE-Podemos declares pandemic measures over. wsws.org The death toll and the incalculable impact on the lives and health of Spain's population are a result of the criminal policy of "herd immunity" pursued by the Socialist Party (PSOE)-Podemos government.

Chris Walker (2022-03-02). Democratic Socialist Greg Casar Wins Primary in Progressive Texas District. truthout.org Greg Casar, a progressive Democratic candidate running in Texas's 35th congressional district, cruised to an easy victory in his primary election on Tuesday, defeating three other candidates and attaining a victory margin well over the 50 percent threshold needed to advance to the general election. |

Staff (2022-03-02). Headlines for March 2, 2022. democracynow.org Russian Assault on Ukrainian Cities Intensifies; Airstrike Hits Kyiv Holocaust Memorial, Ukrainian Refugee Crisis Mounts as Over 800,000 People Flee in One Week, U.N. Launches Humanitarian Appeal for Ukraine; More Companies Impose Penalties on Russia, Biden Closes Off U.S. Airspace to Russia over Invasion of Ukraine, Greg Casar Wins Texas Congressional Primary; Jessica Cisneros Heads to Runoff Against Henry Cuellar, Legal Groups Sue Texas for Targeting Parents Who Seek Lifesaving Healthcare for Trans Kids, U.S. to Shift COVID Strategy as More States Ease or End Restrictions, Another 169 Suspected Indigenous Grave…

Stephen Bryen (2022-03-02). Why did Russia fire a missile at Babi Yar? asiatimes.com Babi Yar (–ë–∞–±–∏–π –Ø—Ä) is the name of a ravine in Kiev. The word Yar in Russian is translated as a ravine or stream. The name Babi is the short name for a Babyushka, or old woman. So Babi Yar is an old woman's stream or ravine where the washing was done. Babi Yar is also the …

Caitlin A. Johnstone (2022-03-02). Every U.S. enemy Is Hitler: Notes from the Edge of The Narrative Matrix. mronline.org It's just incredible how even after all this time, after all those wars, after all those lies, it's not even occurring to most mainstream westerners to investigate whether the U.S. could possibly have had anything to do with starting the war in Ukraine.

Peoples Dispatch (2022-03-02). Israeli court stays evictions of Palestinians in Sheikh Jarrah. peoplesdispatch.org The court also ordered the Palestinians to pay an annual symbolic rent, until the Israeli justice ministry which the court has tasked with resolving the ownership issue reaches a final decision…

Allison M. Prasch (2022-03-02). 'Freedom will triumph over tyranny,' Biden vows. asiatimes.com It was a familiar scene. The president of the United States strode down the aisle of the US House of Representatives to deliver the State of the Union address, the only constitutionally mandated instance of presidential speech. Usually, it serves to lay out the White House's policy agenda for the coming year, along with perceived …

Staff (2022-03-02). No troops & weapons for Ukraine, Hungary confirms. rt.com Budapest has reiterated its stance on war in Ukraine, stressing it won't allow any military aid to flow through its territory | Hungary will not allow transit nor supply weapons to Ukraine amid the ongoing military conflict with Russia, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said on Wednesday, reiterating Budapest's stance. | "We have decided, just like our allies, not to send troops, not to send weapons. And we do not allow the transit supply of lethal weapons through Hungary," the minister said during a meeting of the United Nations Human Rights Council. | Hungary has deployed additional troops to its ea…

VINS (2022-03-02). House Democrat Invests in Pharmaceutical Companies and Defense Contractors Despite Being Key Decision-Maker on Congressional Committee. projectcensored.org US House Representative John Yarmuth (D-KY) purchased tens of thousands of dollars in pharmaceutical and defense stocks in 2021. According to an August 2021 Sludge article, Rep. Yarmuth disclosed via…

Fight Back (2022-03-02). Seattle says 'No' to war with Russia! fightbacknews.org Seattle, WA — Braving the freezing cold and rain, around 70 to 80 people gathered at Westlake Park, February 26, to demand no more U.S. wars. The rally, hosted by Freedom Road Socialist Organization (FRSO) Seattle alongside several endorsing organizations, featured speakers calling for an end to U.S. intervention and military action in Ukraine as events in the region unfold at a breakneck pace. | The rally was endorsed Party for Socialism and Liberation, About Face Veterans, Serve the People Tacoma, Anakbayan Seattle, Cascadian Workers Association and Party of Communists USA. Along with FRSO, these organiza…

WSWS (2022-03-02). NATO's proxy war on Russia and the death of the Corbynite "left" wsws.org The rump of the Socialist Campaign Group of Labour MPs died on their knees, cowering before party leader Sir Keir Starmer's pro-NATO witch-hunt aimed at silencing anti-war sentiment in the working class.

A Guest Author (2022-03-02). Letter to the Editor: Attacked for telling the truth on Ukraine. workers.org Dear Editors, Facebook banned me for a month. Why? Cause I posted two pictures of Ukraine Nazis, armed by the U.S. and NATO. (tinyurl.com/2p8uc3ee) They are part of the Ukraine army that has bombed and attacked the people of Donetsk and Donbass and Lugansk, just like we have fascists in . . . |

WSWS (2022-03-02). Thousands die in Spain as PSOE-Podemos declares pandemic measures over. wsws.org The death toll and the incalculable impact on the lives and health of Spain's population are a result of the criminal policy of "herd immunity" pursued by the Socialist Party (PSOE)-Podemos government.

VINS (2022-03-02). House Democrat Invests in Pharmaceutical Companies and Defense Contractors Despite Being Key Decision-Maker on Congressional Committee. projectcensored.org US House Representative John Yarmuth (D-KY) purchased tens of thousands of dollars in pharmaceutical and defense stocks in 2021. According to an August 2021 Sludge article, Rep. Yarmuth disclosed via…

_____ (2022-03-01). The Ukraine Crisis With Dan Cohen And Scott Ritter. popularresistance.org As the Ukraine crisis escalates, correspondent Dan Cohen is joined by former United Nations Weapons Inspector Scott Ritter. They contextualize the history of NATO deceptions, provocations, and the 7-year war on Donbas that led up to Russia's invasion to "de-Nazify" Ukraine. Ritter compares the military capabilities of the US, NATO, and Russia, and explains how the US has armed neo-Nazi militias.

The Socialist Program (2022-03-01). War Intensifies as Russia-Ukraine Negotiations Open. liberationnews.org Brian Becker, Esther Iverem, Nicole Roussell and Walter Smolarek discuss the war in Ukraine, which continues to rage as the world is engulfed in a crisis that has the potential to reconfigure global politics in fundamental ways.

Editor2 (2022-03-01). Moscow Claims This is Culmination of 8 Year Ukrainian war. orinocotribune.com Russia's Foreign Ministry says it wants to end the 8-year bloodbath in Donbass that both Ukraine and the West turned a blind eye to | The West spent eight years ignoring the "sea of blood" in Donbass while arming Ukraine, and now claims Moscow is the aggressor when it stepped in to end the conflict, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told RT on Thursday. | Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a military operation in Ukraine in the early hours of Thursday, claiming it was necessary to "demilitarize and de-nazify" the neighbor. Kiev accused Russia of aggression, while the US, EU and NATO hav…

sputniknews (2022-03-01). Prof: Russian Spec Op to De-Militarise & De-Nazify Ukraine Fully Justified Under International Law. sputniknews.com Russia has put its nuclear deterrence forces on high alert as the UK threatened Moscow with a conflict with NATO and the EU's announced provision of lethal weapons to Kiev, including fighter planes, howitzers and Stingers amid Moscow's special operation in Ukraine.

WSWS (2022-03-01). Germany's Left Party closes ranks with federal government and NATO on Ukraine. wsws.org The Left Party is playing a particularly nasty role, cloaking its support for NATO aggression and government policy with white doves of peace to take advantage of widespread anti-war sentiment for its reactionary aims.

Dave DeCamp (2022-03-01). Hungary Will Not Allow Weapons for Ukraine to Transit Its Territory. news.antiwar.com Breaking from other NATO members, Szijjarto warned weapons deliveries bound for Ukraine could be targeted by Russia. "The reason for making this decision is that such deliveries might become targets of hostile military action," he said. | Szijjarto said Hungary, which shares a small border with Ukraine, made the decision on the basis of national security a…

JANET (2022-03-01). Disband NATO — the U.S. war provocateur: What the workers should know about NATO, Russia and Ukraine. iacenter.org By Danny O'Brien February 28, 2022 What is NATO? NATO, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, is strictly a military alliance, commanded and mostly equipped by the U.S.; it was founded in 1949, in the aftermath of WWII, when hundreds of thousands of U.S. troops occupied Western Europe. NATO's purpose was to enforce capitalist control of Western Europe, which was challenged by workers' movements, and to confront the Soviet Union. NATO began with 12 member states. For their defense against NATO, the Soviet Union and the Eastern European countries that had overthrown capitalism established the Warsaw Pact in 1955.

WSWS (2022-03-01). David North speaks on the NATO-Russia war on Turkey's KİTABA DAİR. wsws.org David North, the Chairman of the International editorial board of the World Socialist Web Site, spoke with Turkey's KİTABA DAİR on his book, The Russian Revolution and the Unfinished 20th Century, and the rapidly intensifying conflict between Russia and NATO over Ukraine.

Anonymous Contributor (2022-03-01). Trial of 'Daily Stormer' Neo-Nazi Gabriel Sohier Chaput, aka Zeiger, Begins in Montreal. itsgoingdown.org Report from Jaggi Singh on the opening of the criminal trial against neo-Nazi and Daily Stormer author Gabriel Chaput, aka Zeiger. by Jaggi Singh for No Borders Media photo: @submedia February 28, 2022, Montreal — The first day of the criminal trial against neo-Nazi propagandist Gabriel Sohier Chaput (aka Zeiger) began earlier today. The prosecution…

teleSUR (2022-03-01). Anonymus Website Hacked After Threatened Russia With Cyberwar. telesurenglish.net After the Russian military operation was launched in Ukrainian territory on February 24, the Anonymous hacker collective started targetting Moscow's websites, media, the military, and various government agencies last Friday. | RELATED: | Killnet is a hacking group that has allegedly brought down a key website related to Anonymous, alongside the neo-Nazi Ukrainian Right Sector paramilitary group and Ukrainian Preside…

sputniknews (2022-03-01). EU Will Wage Total Economic & Financial War Against Russia, French Finance Minister Says. sputniknews.com On Monday, Paris vowed to identify Russians who have properties in France so that they might be included in the EU sanctions list due to links with the Russian authorities in connection with the ongoing special operation conducted by Moscow to "demilitarise and denazify" Ukraine.

sputniknews (2022-03-01). Israeli Citizen Trying to Flee Ukraine Killed by Kiev Forces. sputniknews.com Israel's Foreign Ministry has estimated that several thousand Israeli citizens remain to date in Ukraine, where Russia is conducting a special military operation to demilitarise and denazify Ukraine, following a request of the Donetsk and Lugansk people's republics to defend them from Kiev's aggression.

sputniknews (2022-03-01). Sputnik Czech Republic Website No Longer Accessible in the Country. sputniknews.com Earlier, Sputnik Polska became unavailable to users in Poland, as over the weekend, multiple Sputniks, including Sputnik International, Sputnik German SNA, Sputnik Ceska Republika reported large-scale DDoS attacks amid Russia's ongoing special operation to demilitarize and denazify Ukraine.

sputniknews (2022-03-01). Syria's UN Envoy: Escalation in Ukraine Stems From West's Non-Compliance With Obligations to Russia. sputniknews.com Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine on February 24. President Putin stated that its goal was the "demilitarization" and "denazification" of Ukraine in order to protect people "who for eight years have been subjected to abuse, genocide by the Kiev regime." In response, the West initiated a massive campaign to put pressure on Russia.

Staff (2022-03-01). Ucrania: la historia del Batallón Azov. cubadebate.cu El Batallón Azov opera como una empresa para la guerra. Tiene su página de reclutamiento donde ensalza la gloria de sus muertos en la campaña del Donetsk. Su símbolo es el Wolfsangel, de inconfundible linaje nazi y prohibido en Alemania.

sputniknews (2022-03-01). Nordics to Assist Ukraine With Arms Amid Russia's Demilitarisation Op. sputniknews.com All four Nordic nations have announced lethal weapons assistance to Ukraine amid Russia's operation to 'de-Nazify' the country, effectively breaking away with their decades-old tradition of not sending arms to countries in conflict.

WSWS (2022-03-01). In war speech, German Chancellor Scholz triples defense budget to rearm against Russia. wsws.org The Socialist Equality Party and the World Socialist Web Site condemn the war offensive announced yesterday by Chancellor Olaf Scholz in the German parliament (Bundestag) and supported by all Bundestag parties.

ecns.cn (2022-03-01). The Lancet calls for greater awareness on depression in new report. ecns.cn A recent report on depression issued by The Lancet pointed out that about five percent of the world's adult population on average suffer from depression every year and that this global health crisis is being neglected.