(2022-03-08). CovertAction Bulletin Podcast: Ukraine Crisis Fueled by U.S. and NATO Expansion. covertactionmagazine.com [We are excited to introduce the new podcast team of CovertAction Bulletin, hosted by Rachel Hu and Chris Garaffa. They …
(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). Tears for Ukraine, Sanctions for Russia, Yawns for Yemen, Arms for Saudis: The West's Grotesque Double Standard. orinocotribune.com 
By Ahmed Abdulkareem — Mar 2, 2022 | The speed of Western retaliation over Russia's invasion of Ukraine has raised eyebrows among Yemenis who have endured a relentless bombing campaign and deadly air, land, and sea blockade for 2,520 consecutive days. | HAJJAH, YEMEN — "We're brutally bombed every day. So why doesn't the Western world care like it does about Ukraine?!!… Is it because we don't have blonde hair and blue eyes like Ukrainians?" Ahmed Tamri, a Yemeni father of four, asked with furrowed brows about the outpouring of international support and media coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine a…
(2022-03-08). Russia Says US Transferring Terrorists from Syria to Ukraine. orinocotribune.com Russia's Foreign Intelligence Service says the United States has been transferring Daesh terrorists from Syria to Ukraine. | The intelligence service said in a statement on Friday that the Daesh terrorists had undergone training in the US-held military base of al-Tanf in Syria. | "At the end of 2021, the Americans released from prisons… several dozen Daesh terrorists, including citizens of Russia and CIS countries. These individuals were sent to the US-controlled al-Tanf base, where they have undergone special training in subversive and terrorist warfare methods with a focus on the Donbass region," the statemen…
(2022-03-08). US sends more troops to Russia's borders, weighs sending anti-aircraft systems. wsws.org Amid warnings within the US military that the Russia-Ukraine war risks triggering a "superpower conflict" with Russia, the US is pouring arms into Eastern Europe.
(2022-03-08). World says 'No NATO war!'. iacenter.org March 7, 2022 Over 80 actions — in the U.S., around the world and in cyberspace — have been held or will be held in March to oppose U.S./NATO aggression in Russia and Ukraine. (unacpeace.org) These actions are taking place amidst an overwhelming barrage of pro-U.S./NATO and anti-Russian propaganda. The role of the U.S. media and politicians is to overwhelm and drown out any opposition. Under these conditions even a small force standing up to the barrage becomes a magnet to attract that opposition. Times Square, New York City, March 5. Photo: Brenda Ryan. In New York City on Times Square, a group of a…
(2022-03-08). US is Abandoning its "Helpers" in Afghanistan, Iraq, Ukraine, Everywhere! journal-neo.org 
The dismissive attitude of the US political and military establishment towards its foreign "helpers" is well known. This attitude became even more apparent after Joe Biden's recent appearance before the House of Representatives and Senate with his annual State of the Union Address, in which he described the people of Ukraine as Iranians. One could hardly attribute …
(2022-03-08). Studies warn Omicron BA.2 is the most dangerous COVID variant ever. wsws.org The scientific findings contradict the claims of the Biden administration and Republican and Democratic governors that it is safe to drop masking and resume in-person school classes.
(2022-03-08). Playing reckless politics on the rim of a volcano. wsws.org Trotsky's description of the world on the very eve of World War II acquires extraordinary relevance in the present situation. All the governments are behaving with staggering recklessness.
(2022-03-08). European powers escalate threats against Russia over Ukraine war. wsws.org As France places its nuclear forces on high alert, the EU's arming of Ukraine against Russia threatens to provoke all-out nuclear war between the major powers.
(2022-03-08). India refuses to condemn Russia over Ukraine invasion at special Quad summit. wsws.org India's precarious balancing between the US and Russia is becoming untenable amid the rapidly escalating US-NATO war drive against Russia.
(2022-03-08). Guests Danielle McLean on the State of US Journalism and Nolan Higdon on Solving Political Divisiveness. projectcensored.org To open this week's show, Mickey speaks with pathbreaking reporter Danielle McLean about the perilous state of US journalism, as conglomerate-owned newspapers shed reporters or devalue substantive local coverage in…
(2022-03-08). Anti-imperialist voice from the Spanish State on the crisis in Ukraine. iacenter.org March 7, 2022 In view of the intense international crisis exacerbating the confrontation between U.S.-NATO imperialism and Russia, and in light of the upcoming NATO Summit in Madrid this June, we in Workers World publish this Statement of the Coordinating Committee of Communist Nuclei* in the Spanish State, which is a NATO member. Some of the terms and acronyms are explained at the end. Translation: John Catalinotto. Zaragoza, Spain, Oct. 3, 2015. Credit: Pablo Ibáñez Once again we must confront confusion. Once again the media owned by the international oligarchy and the big Spanish banks and multinationals [mdas…
(2022-03-08). Canada's contradictions on Palestine. electronicintifada.net Preparing Ottawa's diplomats for change emerging from untenable status quo.
(2022-03-08). Israel kills three Palestinian youths in Jerusalem. electronicintifada.net Tear gas fired at ambulance trying to reach child.
(2022-03-08). The Crisis in Ukraine is a Planetary Crisis Provoked by the U.S. that Threatens Nuclear War. dissidentvoice.org Let us begin a conversation in response to what currently qualifies as the most profound question, the one that needs most urgently to be addressed if we are to have any chance of understanding what we conveniently refer to as the "Ukraine crisis." This is, more accurately, a planetary crisis—close in magnitude to the near-certainty …
(2022-03-08). Cutting Ties: The West, Ukraine, and the Russian Academy. dissidentvoice.org Working with Russian academics and institutions. The attack upon Ukraine by Russia. These are two features playing out heavily in university discussions. As typifies such chitchat, nuance features rather less than cant and sanctimony. As writer and lecturer Paolo Nori of Milano-Bicocca University stated after discovering that his course on Fyodor Dostoevsky would be cancelled …
(2022-03-08). PREVIEW: What to Look for in the February Consumer Price Index. cepr.net (The monthly Consumer Price Index (CPI) is scheduled for release by the Bureau of Labor Statistics on Thursday, March 10 at 8: 30 AM Eastern Time.) | Both the overall and core CPI rose by 0.6 percent in January. This brought the year-over-year inflation to 7.5 percent and 6.0 percent in the overall and core CPI, respectively. | While this continued the pattern of high monthly inflation rates, there is a reason for expecting some moderation in February. Most notably, we may finally be seeing vehicle prices beginning to level off and come down. In January, new vehicles prices were flat for the first time since March…
(2022-03-08). Transcript of 'Inflation Today' Webinar with Economists Joseph Stiglitz, Dean Baker, and Jason Furman. cepr.net On March 3, 2022, the Center for Economic and Policy Research convened three leading economists to look at some of the major issues relating to current inflation in the United States. The event can be viewed via the video directly below. A transcript of the event is also available below. Dean Baker is Senior Economist …
(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). Will ASEAN Survive the China-US Confrontation? journal-neo.org 
China has been actively pushing the US out of its place as "world hegemon" for a number of years now. Through soft power — lucrative trade agreements, economic aid, generous loans and investments — the PRC gains partners and allies across the world. The scale of China's "offensive" is such that the PRC is cooperating …
(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 …
(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.
(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.
(2022-03-08). Hershey factory workers organize to challenge two-tier pay, brutal conditions. liberationnews.org 
Workers at a Hershey candy manufacturing plant in Stuarts Draft, VA are now voting in an election to unionize and join the Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers' International Union, with the results to be counted on March 24.
(2022-03-08). Report confirms human rights violations committed after 2019 coup d'état in Bolivia. peoplesdispatch.org The report established that during the last quarter of 2019 under the coup-installed regime, mass human rights violations occurred including the violation of the right to life, personal integrity, freedom, personal security, judicial guarantees and due process, freedom of expression, freedom of association, among others…
(2022-03-08). How Dark Money Shaped The School Safety Debate. dailyposter.com 
(2022-03-08). An interview with Yaneer Bar-Yam on Omicron, BA.2 and the ongoing dangers of the coronavirus pandemic: Part 1. wsws.org Bar-Yam is a co-founder of the World Health Network, a global coalition of scientists and researchers and community groups that have come together to protect individuals and societies from harm caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
(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…
(2022-03-08). Breaking: Lt Gen Muhoozi announces retiring from army. plusnews.ug 
The UPDF Commander of land Forces, Lt Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba has Tuesday afternoon announced that he is retiring from the army after 28 years of service. Using his Twitter handle, Muhoozi who is also son to President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, said together with his soldiers they "have achieved so much." "After 28 years of service …
(2022-03-08). Ucraina, era tutto scritto nel piano della Rand Corp. globalresearch.ca Il piano strategico degli Stati uniti contro la Russia è stato elaborato tre anni fa dalla Rand Corporation (il manifesto, Rand Corp: come abbattere la Russia, 21 maggio 2019). La Rand Corporation, il cui quartier generale ha sede a …
(2022-03-08). From Afghanistan to Syria: Women's Rights, War Propaganda and the CIA. globalresearch.ca Western heads of state, UN officials, military spokespersons will invariably praise the humanitarian dimension of the October 2001 US-NATO led invasion of Afghanistan, which allegedly was to fight religious fundamentalists, help little girls go to school, liberate women subjected to the yoke of the Taliban.
(2022-03-08). Omicron, BA.2 and the ongoing dangers of the coronavirus pandemic. wsws.org Part one of an interview with Professor Yaneer Bar-Yam of the World Health Network.
(2022-03-08). How to Debunk the West's Xinjiang "Genocide" Lies in 2 Minutes. newatlas.report March 8, 2022 (The New Atlas) — Just how hard (or easy) is it to cut through Western propaganda and daily headlines accusing China of "genocide" in Xinjiang against its ethnic Uyghur minority? Very easy. In fact it takes less than 2 minutes to actually follow media citations to what are ultimately dead ends or …
(2022-03-08). 'Reckoning' with the Economic Marginalization of Native Americans. inequality.org
(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.
(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. …
(2022-03-08). Tomgram: Karen Greenberg, Old Wars on a New Planet. warisacrime.org This article originally appeared at TomDispatch.com. To receive TomDispatch in your inbox three times a week, click here. Exactly what we needed: an invasion that sends us into the grimmest parts of our Cold War past just as the planet's scientists are warning us that our future is all-too-desperately at stake. Count on one thing: in …
(2022-03-08). Australian PM denounces China and announces $10 billion nuclear submarine base. wsws.org Morrison, who has supported every US-led invasion, declared that Russia and China constitute an "arc of autocracy" that is threatening the "rules-based international order."
(2022-03-08). New degree in economics, finance and data science is first of its kind in the UK. imperial.ac.uk Imperial has launched the UK's first degree to allow students to study economics and finance, combined with data science.
(2022-03-08). Over 600 students at Australian National University test COVID-positive one week after return to campus. wsws.org "Is the 'vibrant on campus experience' worth the health of the #ourANU community? It's only Day 2 of semester! We are not meeting our duty of care for students."
(2022-03-08). Women's Day 2022: Women's Rights in Afghanistan, "A Justification for War" globalresearch.ca Remember the deluge of political concern over the subjugation of Afghan women at the time of the October 2001 invasion? The tsunami of documentaries, articles, books on their plight, contributing to the justification of another invasion…
(2022-03-08). Women's Rights and Social Justice: Julia Ward Howe's 1870 Anti-War Mother's Day Proclamation, A Day of Peace. globalresearch.ca Julia Ward Howe was a humanist who cared about suffering people, a feminist, a social justice activist & suffragette, and it was because of her anti-war commitment that she wrote the famous "Mother's Day Proclamation" 5 years after the Civil War, which resulted in 600,000 dead American soldiers…
(2022-03-08). Stop the War Coalition demos offer no way forward. wsws.org The Stop the War Coalition is adapting itself to the relentless anti-Russian war drive, foregrounding the anti-Putin records of its leaders and downplaying criticisms of NATO and the imperialist powers.
(2022-03-08). Canada's Trudeau visits Europe to plot escalation of war drive against Russia. wsws.org In a lying statement before his departure, the Prime Minister asserted that Canada and NATO are trying to avoid triggering a direct military clash with Russia.
(2022-03-08). How Pakistan Could Find a Development-First Path to Peace in Balochistan. independentmediainstitute.org The disappearances and killings of Baloch activists living in Pakistan and abroad under mysterious circumstances have made headlines in recent years. The surge in cases relating to these "enforced disappearances" highlights the urgency for Pakistan to resolve the grievances felt by the people of the region as it tries to forge an identity away from …
(2022-03-08). Norfolk Southern derailment forces partial suspension of Amtrak service. wsws.org By overloading trains and shortchanging track maintenance, the freight railroads are degrading rail infrastructure and compromising public safety.
(2022-03-08). The Doomsday Project, Deep Events, and the Shrinking of American Democracy. Prof. Peter Dale Scott. globalresearch.ca Militarization, the progressive shrinking of public politics, the rule of law and the requirements of covert U.S. operations abroad.
(2022-03-08). Extremists threaten to kill Colombia's constitutional judges. colombiareports.com Far-right group "Aguilas Negras" reportedly sent a death threat to judges of Colombia's Constitutional Court for legalizing abortion. According to newspaper El Espectador, the death threat that was sent to…
(2022-03-08). Since 9-11 America's Insane Foreign Policy — Continued Under Obama — Has Killed a Million and Created ISIS. globalresearch.ca This article was first published in September 2014 following the launching of Obama's bombing campaign against Syria and Iraq. | These are the US-NATO led wars which are upheld by the media as peace-keeping operations. Double standards with regard to the …