Daily Archives: March 6, 2022

2022-03-06: News Headlines

_____ (2022-03-06). The Focus On Russia Distracts From What The US Government Is Doing. popularresistance.org The current escalation of the conflict between the United States and Russia, two nations with the most nuclear weapons, places the world in great danger of a major war. It is the people of Ukraine who are bearing the brunt of this violence, which the United States government claims is "unprovoked," but comes after more than eight years of direct intervention in the country, including a coup in 2014 led by the US. It is the people of the world who will need to rise up together to demand an end to this and all wars. | Ukraine is being targeted by the United States as part of a plan to surround Russia militarily thr…

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 …

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…

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

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.

ecns.cn (2022-03-05). 11 million new jobs, improvements for flexibly employed unveiled in report. ecns.cn It stated that the government aims to create more than 11 million new jobs in urban areas this year and to keep the unemployment rate in urban areas under 5.5 percent.

sputniknews (2022-03-05). Replacement for Air Force One Faces Over a Year in Delays. sputniknews.com Breaking Defense reported Friday that Boeing estimates the VC-25B program is running 17 months behind schedule. Boeing's VC-25B is a military version of their 747-8 commercial airliner, but modified for use as a United States Air Force One.

Codepink (2022-03-05). Solidarity with Russian anti-war protestors. zcomm.org Join us as we stand with the people of Ukraine and the protestors inside Russia to say: Stop the War…

Anonymous669 (2022-03-05). Greater Idlib: Syrian Army Artillery Rain Hell On Militant Positions. southfront.org Photo: RIA Novosti / Ulyana Solovyeva | On March 5, the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) shelled the northwestern region of Greater Idlib where many terrorist groups are present and active. | According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, the army's artillery fired dozens of shells at the outskirts of the towns of Kansafra, Sufuhon and Fleifel in the southern Idlib countryside and the town of al-Zeyarah in the northwestern countryside of Hama. | The London-based monitoring group noted that Russian drones were flying…

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). Declassified papers reveal extent of US military aid to Ukraine — media. rt.com Washington has gone to great lengths to prepare Kiev "to wage a hybrid war against Russia," a major US news outlet has said | The US has drastically increased its shipments of lethal aid to Ukraine since late last year, including weapons and gear for urban combat, the Washington Post According to the Pentagon's paperwork, from as early as December Washington had been actively equipping the Kiev government w…

Anonymous103 (2022-03-05). Military Situation In Syria On March 6, 2022 (Map Update). southfront.org Click to see full-size image | On March 5, the Russian Ministry of Defence recorded no hostilities and ceasefire violations in the Idlib region in the past 24 hours; | On March 5, clashes between YPG and Turkish-backed forces were reported near Maraanaz; | On March 5, the US coaliton sent a convoy of weapons and logistical aid consisting of 30 trucks to its military bases in Hasaka countryside; | On March 5, SAA artillery shelled positions of Turkish-backed forces in Kansafra village; | On March 5…

WSWS (2022-03-05). Ex-Japanese Prime Minister Abe suggests Japan host US nuclear weapons. wsws.org Abe, who remains highly influential in Japanese politics, has seized on the current war crisis in Ukraine to further his right-wing nationalist agenda of remilitarization.

WSWS (2022-03-05). Who gets NATO's weapons in Ukraine? wsws.org The primary beneficiaries of these weapon deliveries, both politically and militarily, are far-right forces in Ukraine and internationally, who are being strengthened and emboldened.

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