Monthly Archives: March 2022

2022-03-12: News Headlines

WSWS (2022-03-12). WSWS publishes the Chinese translation of "The theoretical and historical origins of the pseudo-left" wsws.org This report by WSWS International Editorial Board Chairman David North is of great significance today to workers and young people in China as the crisis of capitalism intensifies with the threat of nuclear war, the surging COVID-19 pandemic and deepening social inequality in every country.

Staff (2022-03-12). US base in Erbil comes under drone attcaks. en.mehrnews.com Local media sources reported that the US military base in Iraq's Erbil was targeted by several drones.

Staff (2022-03-12). Russia lambasts US for claiming it could use CW in Ukraine. en.mehrnews.com Russian Ambassador to the United States Anatoly Antonov has described the recent US remarks that Russia may use chemical weapons in Ukraine as another attempt to demonise Russia.

_____ (2022-03-11). In Praise Of 'Whataboutism'. popularresistance.org Anyone who speaks out against imperialism, capitalism, or racism with concrete examples of the terrible harm they do, can expect to be charged with the dreaded term "whataboutism." Like clockwork, the act of revealing American crimes will result in an accusation that is used to silence dissent. When war propaganda prevails regarding Ukraine or any other place where the hegemon is doing its dirty work, it is reasonable to ask probing questions. Why are the deaths of 14,000 people killed by Ukraine's civil war swept under the rug? Why is it forbidden to ask about the U.S. destruction of Libya? But once having asked…

Liberation Staff (2022-03-11). The Working Class Must Reject the New Cold War: 5 Points of Unity. liberationnews.org The Party for Socialism and Liberation is advancing five basic points that can serve to unite those who oppose U.S. imperialism and support peace.

Kevin Mwanza (2022-03-11). Russia: The US Must Explain Bioweapons Research In Ukraine, We Have Proof. moguldom.com Russia says it found proof during its "special operation in Ukraine" that the U.S. was working with Ukrainian laboratories to develop bioweapons. The U.S. denied the renewed Russian accusations, calling the claims "laughable" and counter claiming that Moscow may be laying groundwork to use chemical warware in Ukraine, according to a Reuters report. "We confirm …

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2022-03-11). Nuclear War is "On the Table". Build Awareness. Say No to Joe Biden's $1.2 Trillion Nuclear Weapons Program! globalresearch.ca Will the US launch "Mini-nukes" against Iran in Retaliation for Tehran's "Non-compliance"?

WSWS (2022-03-11). US media continues coverup of State Department admission of biological weapons labs in Ukraine. wsws.org For three days, major news outlets in the US have refused to report on the extraordinary acknowledgement by Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland on Tuesday that there are "biological research facilities" in Ukraine.

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2022-03-11: News Headlines

WSWS (2022-03-11). US media continues coverup of State Department admission of biological weapons labs in Ukraine. wsws.org For three days, major news outlets in the US have refused to report on the extraordinary acknowledgement by Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland on Tuesday that there are "biological research facilities" in Ukraine.

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…

_____ (2022-03-10). Lebanon's Economic Collapse. popularresistance.org A friend in Beirut asked me teasingly as we walked the darkened streets, "Are you happy now? You wanted degrowth and you're getting it." He was referencing the economic crisis and recession Lebanon is experiencing — although he knows very well the stark difference between this deep recession and degrowth. Recession happens when growth dependent economies stop growing, i.e., GDP goes into the negative. This typically ends up in the loss of jobs, economic uncertainty, and sometimes austerity measures with long-term impacts. Degrowth, on the other hand, is an intentional shift in economic activity, revolving a…

_____ (2022-03-10). Germany Deserves A Big Share Of Blame For The Disaster In Ukraine. popularresistance.org Nobody is talking about the blame that must be shouldered by the German government for the crisis and humanitarian disaster in Ukraine. | Sure Russia is guilty of a huge war crime in invading Ukraine, Surely too, the US must be blamed for creating the situation which led Russia and its autocratic leader Vladimir Putin to decide it had to invade to prevent Ukraine from being pulled into the US orbit with the goal that it would ultimately become a base for US offensive weapons — even nuclear weapons — on Russia's border — something the US would never allow to happen anywhere in its self-proclaimed…

_____ (2022-03-10). Victoria Nuland: Ukraine Has 'Biological Research Facilities'. popularresistance.org Self-anointed "fact-checkers" in the U.S. corporate press have spent two weeks mocking as disinformation and a false conspiracy theory the claim that Ukraine has biological weapons labs, either alone or with U.S. support. They never presented any evidence for their ruling — how could they possibly know? and how could they prove the negative? — but nonetheless they invoked their characteristically authoritative, above-it-all tone of self-assurance and self-arrogated right to decree the truth, definitively labelling such claims false. | Claims that Ukraine currently maintains dangerous biological weapon…

Martin Rizzo-Martinez & Daniel Stonebloom (2022-03-10). Challenging Colonialism s01e03 Full Episode (+p.iv). indybay.org s01e03 Weapons of Mass Destruction Full Episode: Removing Dams and Restoring Salmon Duration 1: 47: 56 | Challenging Colonialism amplifies Indigenous perspectives on issues of concern to native Californian communities.

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