Daily Archives: March 14, 2022

2022-03-14: News Headlines

Liberation Staff (2022-03-14). Why we should oppose a "no-fly zone" over Ukraine (downloadable pamphlet). liberationnews.org The Party for Socialism and Liberation is distributing this pamphlet across the country to combat the pro-war frenzy being promoted by the media and ruling class politicians…

Vijay Prashad (2022-03-14). Understanding the War in Ukraine. orinocotribune.com By Vijay Prashad — Mar 9, 2022 | The war between Russia and Ukraine began much before February 24, 2022—the date provided by the Ukrainian government, NATO and the United States for the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. According to Dmitry Kovalevich, a journalist and a member of a now-banned communist organization in Ukraine, the war actually started in the spring of 2014 and has never stopped since. | He writes to me from the south of Kyiv/Kiev, Ukraine, and recounts an anecdote: "What's there at the front line?" asks one person. "Our troops are winning as usual!" comes the response. "Wh…

Staff (2022-03-14). Tomorrow at 7pm (EST) — Webinar 'Ukraine Crisis: Which is the Cause, Russia or US/NATO?'. orinocotribune.com Tomorrow, Monday, March 14th, Orinoco Tribune is co-sponsoring a webinar about the conflict in Ukraine. | This panel brings together peace activists in Canada and the U.S.A. to share and discuss one of our time's most critical historical crises. Since Russia's "special military operation" began in Ukraine on February 24th, we have been bombarded by mainstream media, giving us a distorted and perplexing picture of this crisis. Hysterical demonization of Russia, the Trudeau Liberal government's heavy political and military support of the Ukrainian government, and the mainstream media's dishonest reporting have gene…

Anonymous103 (2022-03-14). War In Ukraine Day 18: Russia And Allies Consolidate Forces In Donbass And Succeed. southfront.org Click to see full-size image | On March 13, there were several important military events on the Ukrainian front lines which marked important successes of Russian forces. | There was a

Ali Abunimah (2022-03-14). Carrefour joins forces with Israeli settlement profiteers. electronicintifada.net EU seeks more "opportunities for cooperation" with apartheid regime.

Miko Peled (2022-03-14). On the Origins of "Genocide": What We Learn from Amnesty's Report on Israeli Apartheid. mintpressnews.com The biggest lie perpetrated by Zionists is that Israel is somehow a response to the crime against humanity perpetrated against Jews by Nazi Germany. In fact, Israel is itself a crime that needs to be pointed out.

Oakland Privacy (2022-03-14). Wednesday 4/13: Oakland Privacy: Fighting Against the Surveillance State. indybay.org Please email contact@oaklandprivacy.org a few days before the meeting to get up-to-date location information or obtain Zoom meeting access info.

_____ (2022-03-14). UK and US Jointly Develop Biological Weapons. journal-neo.org Documentary evidence of Washington's aggressive plans for developing and manufacturing biological weapons in secret US biological laboratories in Ukraine, banned by international conventions, has been uncovered during the Russian special operation to denazify and demilitarize Ukraine, and it is frankly horrifying! Although suspicions of such US activities have already been repeatedly published by many media …

rebekah (2022-03-14). Cracking Down on Russian Oligarchs Means Cracking Down on U.S. Tax Havens. inequality.org

isabella (2022-03-14). Stopping Traffic to Fund Excluded Workers. inequality.org

Staff (2022-03-14). OMG, War Is Kind of Horrible. davidswanson.org By David Swanson For decades, the U.S. public seemed largely indifferent to most of the horrible suffering of war. The corporate media outlets mostly avoided it, made war look like a video game, occasionally mentioned suffering U.S. troops, and once in a blue moon touched on the deaths of a handful of local civilians as …

Matt Sedlar (2022-03-14). Envision Healthcare Hits the Skids. cepr.net The American Prospect | Envision Healthcare—the private equity—owned emergency medicine group with some 70,000 health care professionals

Rick Rozoff (2022-03-14). Beijing, Delhi, Moscow partnership: Primakov's Strategic Triangle belatedly emerging? antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Times of IndiaMarch 14, 2022 Pressure on China, India to distance themselves from RussiaChidanand Rajghatta ==== The Strategic Triangle Russia-India-China Triangle — From Russian Perspective Primakov: The man who created multipolarity ==== The United States is urging China not to help Russia out in the Ukraine crisis amid growing apprehension in Washington over whether Beijing …

Rick Rozoff (2022-03-14). U.S. pressures China over Russia-NATO conflict: no respect, no cooperation. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Global TimesMarch 14, 2022 China, US keep dialogue, but 'no respect, no cooperation'By Yang Sheng, Wan Lin and Wang Wenwen Edited China's top diplomat Yang Jiechi met US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan in the Italian capital of Rome Monday to exchange views on China-US relations and other international and regional issues of common‚ÄÇconcern. Chinese …

Rick Rozoff (2022-03-14). U.S. federal agency calls on Biden to grant Major non-NATO Ally status to Ukraine, Georgia, Moldova, Finland Sweden. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Commission on Security and Cooperation in EuropeMarch 12, 2022 Helsinki Commission urges US President to designate Georgia, Ukraine as Major Non-NATO Allies The Helsinki Commission, an independent U.S. government agency tasked with promoting human rights and security in Europe, has called on the Biden administration to upgrade the United States' defense relationship with Ukraine. The …

Rick Rozoff (2022-03-14). Ex-SecGen: NATO should have given membership plans to Georgia, Ukraine, intervened in war in 2008. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Agenda.geMarch 14, 2022 NATO ex-Sec-Gen Rasmussen: not granting Ukraine, Georgia MAP in 2008 "a mistake" It was a mistake by NATO not to grant Ukraine and Georgia their Membership Action Plans (MAP) back in 2008, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, the former Secretary-General of the alliance, said in an interview with the Georgian service of Radio Free …

Rick Rozoff (2022-03-14). NATO condemns elections in Abkhazia. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Agenda.geMarch 14, 2022 NATO refuses to recognise elections in occupied Abkhazia NATO does not recognise the legitimacy of the elections held on Saturday in the Russian-occupied Georgian region of Abkhazia, Javier Colomina, The NATO Secretary General Special Representative for the Caucasus and Central Asia, said on Monday. "The Alliance continues to support Georgia's sovereignty and …

Rick Rozoff (2022-03-14). NATO details military buildup along Russia's western flank. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com NATOSupreme Headquarters Allied Powers EuropeMarch 13, 2022 NATO Allies send reinforcements to the Eastern Flank …Allies have increased readiness and vigilance across Europe to defend and protect all Allies. In recent weeks, Allies have deployed thousands more troops to the eastern, central and south eastern part of the Alliance and placed more on standby. Since …

Rick Rozoff (2022-03-14). Norway: NATO holds strike force drills ahead of large-scale Arctic war games. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com NATOAllied Command OperationsMarch 14, 2022 Exercise Brilliant Jump 22 — a keystone exercise for NATO's Response Force Exercise Brilliant Jump 22, currently underway in southern Norway, is the cornerstone exercise for the Rapid Reaction Corps (RRC) France as the NATO Response Force (NRF) Land Component Command (LCC) for 2022. During the exercise, RRC — France …

Rick Rozoff (2022-03-14). French nuclear aircraft carrier, strike group active on NATO's eastern flank. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com NATOAllied Air CommandMarch 14, 2022 French carrier aircraft support NATO mission to secure Allied airspace The French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle and its associated Carrier Strike Group (CSG) are contributing to air patrols with Allies over NATO's Eastern Flank, as part of its current CLEMENCEAU 22 deployment in the Mediterranean. The Charles de Gaulle …

Rick Rozoff (2022-03-14). Azerbaijani armed forces train for new war in Caucasus. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Trend News AgencyMarch 14, 2022 Azerbaijani army conducts firing exercises The Land Forces of the Azerbaijani Army conducted firing exercises from heavy machine guns and automatic grenade launchers in accordance with the combat training plan for 2022, Trend reports via the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry. According to the ministry, before the exercises, the units fulfilled the …

_____ (2022-03-14). Shamanism and Politics in South Korea. journal-neo.org After publishing the materials about the traces of shamanism in Yoon Suk-yeol's case, the author received many comments asking him to clarify this case in more detail. Therefore, it was decided to offer some more insights on such issues as shamanism and politics in South Korea. Despite traditional role and popularity in the society, the …

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2022-03-14). On the Edge of a Nuclear Abyss. transcend.org 10 Mar 2022 – To grasp this possibility within the context of Ukraine, we need to put aside all talk of morality, rights, international law, and think in terms of great power politics. When a great power feels its existence is threatened, might makes right. You simply can't understand world politics without thinking at this level. It is a means of clarifying the causes of wars.

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2022-03-14). Russia-Ukraine: Western Media Are Acting as Cheerleaders for War. transcend.org 4 Mar 2022 – Journalists are cheering on the arming of militias and civilians making improvised explosives — acts they usually treat as terrorism. It's suddenly sexy to make IEDs — at least, if the media consider you white, European and "civilised".

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2022-03-14). Unique Resource on the Russia/Ukraine Conflict 2022. transcend.org Mar 2022 – Better World Info provides a unique peace perspective on the current developments. At over 4,000 links, and growing daily, they feature the conflict from a Western/NATO perspective, Russian perspective, and independent viewpoints.

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2022-03-14). A Proposed Solution to the Ukraine War. transcend.org 7 Mar 2022 – An end to the invasion and war in Ukraine can only be guaranteed if Russia's security is itself guaranteed. Security is largely indivisible. Security for one state requires security for others, says the Los Alamos Study Group.

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2022-03-14). Nation-States Are Destroying the World — Could 'Bioregions' Be the Answer? transcend.org 7 Mar 2022 – From the border regions of South Asia to the Amazon rainforest, people are seeking new ways to organise societies that respect humans and nature.

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2022-03-14). Business as Usual in Munich: White Men Rule the World. transcend.org 7 Mar 2022 – A photograph from a CEO lunch at this year's Munich Security Conference yet again demonstrated who continues to run the world.

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2022-03-14). Stop the Ukraine War — Now! transcend.org 11 Mar 2022 – The war in Ukraine can and must be stopped now, before any more Ukrainians or Russians are killed and maimed, by declaring a ceasefire and then negotiating a peace. A decisive victory or defeat for either party is highly unlikely. Now — right now! — is the time for a ceasefire. There simply is no alternative to a negotiated peace.

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2022-03-14). Victoria Nuland: Ukraine Has "Biological Research Facilities," Worried Russia May Seize Them. transcend.org 9 Mar 2022 – The neocon's confession sheds critical light on the U.S. role in Ukraine, and raises vital questions about these labs that deserve answers.

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2022-03-14). Worthy and Unworthy Victims. transcend.org 7 Mar 2022 – Dividing the world into worthy and unworthy victims is a tactic used to justify our crimes and demonize our enemies. Conflicts will not be solved until all nations abide by international law and all victims are deemed worthy.

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2022-03-14). We Must Abolish Nuclear Weapons. transcend.org In addition to illegally invading Ukraine, Russian leaders have put their nuclear forces on high alert, thus illegally threatening nuclear war. This recent crisis emphasizes the urgent need for the world to somehow rid itself of nuclear weapons before human civilization is destroyed by them, together with much of the biosphere.

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2022-03-14). Nature as a Mode of Accumulation: Capitalism and the Financialization of the Earth. transcend.org 1 Mar 2022 – From Sep-Nov 2021, overlapping with the UN Climate Change Conference, three major developments in global finance marked a turning point in the financial expropriation of the earth and a shift in the economic paradigm to unlimited accumulation of total capital, which is now seen as including "natural capital."

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2022-03-14). Ruling Out Social Democracy as an Option and a Way to Rule It Back In. transcend.org 14 Mar 2022 – A decisive misunderstanding prolonging today ¥s mega crisis is the lingering belief that social democracy, as it existed in Europe during the thirty glorious years after World War II, and in a different form in the USA during the four terms of Franklin Roosevelt ¥s presidency, is a viable option in today ¥s world.

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2022-03-14). An Interview with Dr. Klaus Schlichtmann, a Short-listed Nominee for the Nobel Peace Prize 2022. transcend.org Robert Kowalczyk: Not many Germans recently have been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. Please explain the essence of your thoughts and why they are crucial at this moment in our world's history.

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2022-03-14). Arms Flood into Ukraine as US, NATO Pursue Proxy War over Peace. transcend.org 8 Mar 2022 – In the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the country has been flooded with weapons and military hardware from Europe and North America. The strategy significantly expands the growth prospects for military companies like Raytheon, Lockheed Martin, and Northrop Grumman.

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2022-03-14). Putin's Criminal Invasion of Ukraine Highlights Some Ugly Truths about U.S. and NATO. transcend.org 7 Mar 2022 – The fact that Putin is trying to justify the unjustifiable in Ukraine does not mean we must ignore the U.S. actions that fuel his narrative.

Vladimir Solovyov (2022-03-14). Diplomats Are Talking But the Guns Are Not Silent. covertactionmagazine.com Kiev and Moscow say they are moving towards a compromise amid the continuation of hostilities Against the backdrop of ongoing …

Sadiyah Garrett (2022-03-14). Ukraine crisis: US warns China against helping Russia. nationofchange.org The US says China will face harsh "consequences" if it aids Russia in its invasion of Ukraine, according to US media reports. Unnamed officials reportedly told multiple US news outlets that Russia asked China to provide military assistance after it began the invasion. The Chinese foreign ministry described the allegation as disinformation from the US. …

Sadiyah Garrett (2022-03-14). Poland feels the strain of Ukraine's refugees. nationofchange.org The kicks are high and the punches straight, but the Ukrainian children here are delivering them in an environment of peace: a karate class for new arrivals in eastern Poland. The 14 students are given the basic moves by a Polish teacher, who ensures there's plenty of laughter. For this hour at least, the trauma …

Anonymous349 (2022-03-14). Russia Delivers Military Equipment To People's Militia, Showcases Captured Ukrainian Warships (Video). southfront.org On March 14, the Russian Defense Ministry released a video showing the dlivery of military equipment to forces of the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republic. | According to the Russian side, the delivered equipment previously belonged to the Armed Forces of Ukraine and was captured during the military operation."Equipment and weapons, both Soviet-made and supplied by Western countries, after checking its technical condition and restoration, are transferred to units of the people's republics. | In the course of a special military operation, units of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation seized a large amount o…

SF015 (2022-03-14). Ways to Protect Your Data Privacy. southfront.org The data an individual creates and stores on their devices and systems that they use is the most valuable thing there is. Although applications and operating systems can be reinstalled, user-created data is one-of-a-kind. If it is misplaced or seen without permission, the consequences can be disastrous. Want to find out how to protect your data privacy? Then carry on reading. | Overall, the network of a firm may hold documents containing trade secrets, private details about employees or clients, or financial records. A person's social security number, credit card details, and bank details may be exposed through a…

Tanya Wadhwa (2022-03-14). Gabriel Boric takes office as Chile's new president. peoplesdispatch.org Gabriel Boric of the left-wing Approve Dignity coalition was sworn in as the president of Chile on March 11. 36-year-old Boric became the youngest president in the country's history, after winning the presidential run-off in December 2021. | During the investiture held at the Hall of Honor of the National Congress, in the city of Valparaíso, Boric received the presidential sash from the president of the Senate, àÅlvaro Elizalde, and O'Higgins' pickaxe from outgoing president, Sebastián Piñera, symbolizing the transfer of power. Following his inauguration, his majority women ministerial cabinet also took off…

Staff (2022-03-14). Russian Ambassador in Caracas: Russia in Favor of Caracas-Washington Rapprochement. orinocotribune.com The Russian ambassador to Venezuela, Sergey Mélik-Bagdasárov, considered that the recent visit to Caracas by a delegation from Washington to meet with the government of President Nicolás Maduro "is a sign that they have recognized their mistaken policies towards Venezuela." | For the Russian diplomat, economic and political measures against the Russian Federation have only one objective, which is to uphold the hegemony of the United States government in the world. | During the TV show Here with Ernesto Villegas hosted by the Minister for Culture broadcasted by Venezolana Television, Ambassador Mélik-Bagdasárov sa…

Campus Observer (2022-03-14). March for Abortion Rights in Berkeley: "This was Just the Beginning!" indybay.org Videos and photos of long and loud march that followed a rally on March 8, International Women's Day. | Videos are 15 to 27 seconds long…

teleSUR, jaa, JL (2022-03-14). Pdte. peruano presenta habeas corpus contra acusación. telesurtv.net El habeas corpus promovido por el abogado defensor Eduardo Pachas alega una vulneración del derecho a la libertad individual entre otras cuestiones.

Staff (2022-03-14). Iran to stay in talks until reaching strong agreement. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Mar. 14 (MNA) — The SNSC secretary says that Iran will remain in the Vienna Talks until reaching a "strong agreement" that meets all its legitimate and logical demands.

Kamal Iranidoost (2022-03-14). Iran's economy records 4.1% growth in 1st 9 months: CBI. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Mar. 14 (MNA) — Iran's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) witnessed a growth of 4.1% and 3.4% without oil in the first 9 months of the current Iranian calendar year of 1400 (from March 21, 2021 to Dec. 21, 2021), the Iranian Central Bank said Mon.

WSWS (2022-03-14). Nuclear winter—the long-suppressed reality of nuclear war. wsws.org This interview with scientist Steven Starr, an expert on the dangers of nuclear war, was conducted by the WSWS in 2017 and attains even greater significance today amid the escalating drive to World War III between the US-NATO powers and Russia.

ecns.cn (2022-03-14). Miao women make Batik painting in Sichuan. ecns.cn Villagers draw batik patterns at a workshop in Gulin County, Luzhou City, Sichuan Province. Batik, a craft inherited through generations among the Miao ethnic group has a history of more than 2,000 years.

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