Monthly Archives: March 2023

2023-03-19: News Headlines

JANET (2023-03-19). International Working Women'S Day March 8 in pictures. iacenter.org By Kathy Durkin March 18, 2023 European socialists established this special day in 1910 to build solidarity among women workers around the world. They knew that in order to achieve real liberation for women workers and oppressed people that an anti-capitalist struggle must be waged, and that only socialism could ensure their rights would be upheld and expanded. During this International Women's History Month, Workers World sends solidarity to women workers, people of all genders and oppressed people around the world. Click to view slideshow. [* FULL CAPTION: Women in Manila, the Philippines fight for workers' rig…

Kathy Durkin (2023-03-18). International Working Women's Day on March 8 in pictures. workers.org European socialists established this special day in 1910 to build solidarity among women workers around the world. They knew that in order to achieve real liberation for women workers and oppressed people that an anti-capitalist struggle must be waged, and that only socialism could ensure their rights would be upheld . . . |

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-03-19). Consumer Health: Don't let the time change get you down. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org For much of the U.S. and many places around the world, daylight saving time begins Sunday, March 12, when clocks are turned forward one hour. Sleep provides the foundation for all your daily habits and decisions. Getting enough quality rest each night is essential for optimal health. Regularly sleeping less than seven hours per night is associated with weight gain, diabetes, high blood pressure, stroke and depression. Lack of sleep also can affect your immune system and heart health. But a time shift ‚Äï…

Anonymous103 (2023-03-18). Military Situation In Syria On March 18, 2023 (Map Update). southfront.org Click to see full-size image | On March 18, the Russian Ministry of Defense recorded no cases of hostilities and ceasefire violations in the Idlib region in the past 24 hours; | On March 18, SAA artillery shelled positions of Turkish-backed forces in Afes; | On March 17, the SDF announced that nine of its fighters were killed in two helicopter crashes while on their way to the Iraq's Kurdistan region; | Commander of the IRGC's Quds Force reportedly visited Syria's Aleppo and Latakia for the second tim…

Trinity Tran (2023-03-18). The SVB and Signature Bank Crashes Show Why We Need Public Banking. truthout.org The recent collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) and Signature Bank — the second and third largest bank failures in U.S. history respectively — has laid bare the vulnerability of the private banking sector. With over 563 federally insured banks toppling between 2001 and 2023, it's impossible to ignore: The status quo is unsustainable. Amid this financial turbulence, the need for public banking has… |

Anonymous669 (2023-03-18). Russian Drones Hit Three M777, Two M109 Howitzers & RM-70 MRL Of Kiev Forces (Videos). southfront.org MOSCOW REGION, RUSSIA — JUNE 25, 2019: A ZALA Lancet-3 attack drone developed by Kalashnikov Concern on display at the Army 2019 International Military Technical Forum at Patriot Park. Marina Lystseva/TASS | The Russian military has destroyed more of Ukraine's newly-acquired artillery systems with its advanced loitering munitions. | Between March 15 and 18, Russian sources shared videos documenting six recent strikes with Lancet and KUB-BLA loitering munitions against artillery systems of Kiev f…




_____ (2023-03-19). US Terrorist Attack on Nord Stream Pipelines and Tectonic Weapons in Turkey. journal-neo.org

Dr. C. Stephen Frost (2023-03-19). Iraq War Based on Fake Intelligence: "Sexed up" Report on the Death of Weapons Inspector Dr. David Kelly: Lord Hutton Findings challenged by Medical Doctors. globalresearch.ca It was not only the intelligence which had been "sexed up", the Hutton Report, which assumed suicide without proof, had "sexed up" its findings to implement a coverup.

Princess Harmony (2023-03-18). Drugs and the 'War on Drugs': Weapons against workers and oppressed. workers.org The history of the use of drugs — legal and illicit — against the working class and its movement is a long one. The "War on Drugs" — officially declared on June 17, 1971, but a staple of U.S. policy since the 1950s and amplified in 1973 — really acts . . . |

Fight Back (2023-03-18). Denver students continue push for campus demilitarization with speakout. fightbacknews.org Denver, CO — On March 15, students at Auraria Campus in Denver gathered to voice support for a resolution that would prohibit their campus police from obtaining military weapons from the Pentagon's 1033 Program. The resolution comes after a yearlong fight led by Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) to pressure administration to agree to the ban. | The Pentagon 1033 Program is a way for police departments to acquire military equipment from the Pentagon at low prices. While Auraria Campus Police Department (ACPD) claims they only use the program to acquire items such as office supplies, they notably did at…

Ann Wright, Popular Resistance. (2023-03-18). Don't Let The Media Cheerlead Us Into More Wars Like It Did in Iraq. popularresistance.org Twenty years ago on this coming weekend, I was in Mongolia as the Deputy US Ambassador. After writing a Dissent Cable in early March 2003 on the pending U.S. war on Iraq to my boss Secretary of State Colin Powell, I made the decision to resign from the U.S. government as it was poised to invade, occupy and destroy the sovereign state of Iraq. I was one of three U.S. diplomats who resigned—Brady Kiesling and John Brown resigned before me. | For months, the Bush administration attempted to get the U.S. public to believe that Saddam Hussein was hiding weapons of mass destruction and therefore was a threat to t…

Mojmir Babacek (2023-03-18). Psychotronic and Electromagnetic Weapons: Remote Control of the Human Nervous System. globalresearch.ca Note to readers: please click the share buttons above | This incisive article by Mojmir Babajek predicted more than 10 years ago, what is happening today, namely the development of informational weapons and the remote control of the human brain. | It …

_____ (2023-03-19). US Terrorist Attack on Nord Stream Pipelines and Tectonic Weapons in Turkey. journal-neo.org

Dr. C. Stephen Frost (2023-03-19). Iraq War Based on Fake Intelligence: "Sexed up" Report on the Death of Weapons Inspector Dr. David Kelly: Lord Hutton Findings challenged by Medical Doctors. globalresearch.ca It was not only the intelligence which had been "sexed up", the Hutton Report, which assumed suicide without proof, had "sexed up" its findings to implement a coverup.

Princess Harmony (2023-03-18). Drugs and the 'War on Drugs': Weapons against workers and oppressed. workers.org The history of the use of drugs — legal and illicit — against the working class and its movement is a long one. The "War on Drugs" — officially declared on June 17, 1971, but a staple of U.S. policy since the 1950s and amplified in 1973 — really acts . . . |

Fight Back (2023-03-18). Denver students continue push for campus demilitarization with speakout. fightbacknews.org Denver, CO — On March 15, students at Auraria Campus in Denver gathered to voice support for a resolution that would prohibit their campus police from obtaining military weapons from the Pentagon's 1033 Program. The resolution comes after a yearlong fight led by Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) to pressure administration to agree to the ban. | The Pentagon 1033 Program is a way for police departments to acquire military equipment from the Pentagon at low prices. While Auraria Campus Police Department (ACPD) claims they only use the program to acquire items such as office supplies, they notably did at…

Ann Wright, Popular Resistance. (2023-03-18). Don't Let The Media Cheerlead Us Into More Wars Like It Did in Iraq. popularresistance.org Twenty years ago on this coming weekend, I was in Mongolia as the Deputy US Ambassador. After writing a Dissent Cable in early March 2003 on the pending U.S. war on Iraq to my boss Secretary of State Colin Powell, I made the decision to resign from the U.S. government as it was poised to invade, occupy and destroy the sovereign state of Iraq. I was one of three U.S. diplomats who resigned—Brady Kiesling and John Brown resigned before me. | For months, the Bush administration attempted to get the U.S. public to believe that Saddam Hussein was hiding weapons of mass destruction and therefore was a threat to t…

Mojmir Babacek (2023-03-18). Psychotronic and Electromagnetic Weapons: Remote Control of the Human Nervous System. globalresearch.ca Note to readers: please click the share buttons above | This incisive article by Mojmir Babajek predicted more than 10 years ago, what is happening today, namely the development of informational weapons and the remote control of the human brain. | It …

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2023-03-18: News Headlines

Staff (2023-03-17). President Maduro: 'Revolution is Alternative to Rottenness of Capitalism'. orinocotribune.com This Wednesday, March 15, the president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, stated that the Bolivarian Revolution is an alternative to the decadent capitalist system of the world, during a ceremony as part of the commemoration of the 10th anniversary of the death of Commander Hugo Chávez. The president led a massive popular march that carried Hugo Chávez's cadet saber from the Military Academy to Barracks 4F (El Cuartel de la Montaña), where the remains of the leader of the Bolivarian Revolution rest. | "Let us show that ethically and morally, the Bolivarian Revolution is an alternative to the rottenness of savage neol…

Kathy Durkin (2023-03-18). International Working Women's Day on March 8 in pictures. workers.org European socialists established this special day in 1910 to build solidarity among women workers around the world. They knew that in order to achieve real liberation for women workers and oppressed people that an anti-capitalist struggle must be waged, and that only socialism could ensure their rights would be upheld . . . |

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-03-18). Consumer Health: Don't let the time change get you down. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org For much of the U.S. and many places around the world, daylight saving time begins Sunday, March 12, when clocks are turned forward one hour. Sleep provides the foundation for all your daily habits and decisions. Getting enough quality rest each night is essential for optimal health. Regularly sleeping less than seven hours per night is associated with weight gain, diabetes, high blood pressure, stroke and depression. Lack of sleep also can affect your immune system and heart health. But a time shift ‚Äï…

Peoples Dispatch (2023-03-17). Working class slams the 'anti-worker' budget in the UK. peoplesdispatch.org Trade unions, left parties, and civil society organizations in the UK have denounced the Spring Budget 2023, delivered by Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt on Wednesday, March 15. The Chancellor and the Tory party have claimed that the Budget sets forth a growth plan for the country that will help avoid recession and halve the soaring inflation this year. However, trade unions have condemned that it fails to tackle the ongoing public sector pay disputes and neglects the overwhelming demand for an increase in wages at par with inflation. | It has been further criticized on the grounds that it calls for an in…

_____ (2023-03-17). The Government Bailed Out The Banks; How About A People's Bailout? popularresistance.org The March 10 collapse of Silicon Valley Bank sent shockwaves throughout the world economy. Since then, the US government moved quickly and decisively to bailout the bank's depositors to the tune of USD 151 billion. The collapse of SVB, a bank utilized heavily by the tech industry and venture capitalists, is the second largest bank failure in US history. Signature Bank, based out of New York, also failed quickly afterwards as SVB's crash triggered distrust in the banking system across the nation. The US government also bailed out Signature, spending USD 70 billion to ensure that the bank's depositors had access to…

_____ (2023-03-17). Troubling Questions Over U.S. Drone Crash Near Crimea… An Inevitable Collision Made in Washington. strategic-culture.org

Anonymous669 (2023-03-17). SDF Says Commander Of Its Anti-Terror Unit Was Killed In Northern Iraq Helicopter Crash. southfront.org The SDF's YAT commander Sherfan Kobani. Via Twitter. | On March 17, the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) said that the commander of its Anti-Terror Unit, known as the YAT, was killed along with eight of the unit's fighters when two helicopters crashed earlier this week in Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region. | According to a statement by the Kurdish-led group, the helicopters crashed on March 15 during bad weather while en route to the city of Suleimaniyah. | The group added that its fig…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-03-17). The US MQ-9 Drone Was a Legitimate Target. libya360.wordpress.com Scott Ritter An MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aerial vehicle MQ-9 Drone Incident: Biden's Dangerous Escalation A US surveillance drone crashed off the coast of Crimea after an encounter with a Russian fighter aircraft. What does this incident say about the current state of the war in Ukraine and where Russia and the US might go from…

Jake Johnson (2023-03-17). Two Trains Derail in Arizona and Washington as Congress Sits on Safety Bill. truthout.org Two trains operated by BNSF derailed in Washington state and Arizona on Thursday as the rail industry and its Republican allies in Congress fight bipartisan safety legislation introduced in the wake of the toxic crash in East Palestine, Ohio. The Associated Press reported that the Washington derailment spilled 5,000 gallons of diesel fuel on tribal lands along Padilla Bay. |

Tanupriya Singh (2023-03-17). 'This is class war': Tech companies and US Federal Reserve oversee major job losses. peoplesdispatch.org Meta has announced plans to cut 10,000 jobs this year amid a wave of mass layoffs by other US-based tech firms since 2022. Meanwhile, the US Federal Reserve has warned of a rise in unemployment due to a further hike in interest rates…

Rick Rozoff (2023-03-17). Turkey delivers Bayraktar drones for war in Mali, region. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Turkish Bayraktar TB2 combat drones have been employed with deadly efficiency against Russia and Russian allies in Ukraine, Nagorno-Karabakh, Armenia, Libya, Syria, Iraq and Tajikistan and have been sold to Ethiopia and Morocco for use against Tigray and Western Sahara, respectively. — RR ==== Hàºrriyet Daily NewsMarch 17, 2023 Mali gets new batch of drones …

Matthew Ehret (2023-03-17). Bail-ins, Bail-outs and Other forms of Self-Mutilation: Lobotomized Economists Clash on the Deck of the Titanic. thelastamericanvagabond.com As the geniuses running the western financial bubble (sometimes called an "economy") continue to double down on their obsession to pump a dead financial system with ever more trillions in stimulus spending, arguments are raging among brainwashed economists living in denial over the oncoming systemic collapse. The failure of Silicon Valley Bank, Signature Bank, and

Staff (2023-03-17). Blood and Treasure: Documenting the Costs of Iraq War from Civilian Casualties to Trillions Spent. democracynow.org With the 20th anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq on March 20, we speak with Oxford University international relations professor Neta Crawford, who says the region is still reeling from the impact of the war. "The story continues. It's not over," she says. Crawford is co-director of the Costs of War Project at Brown University, where her latest report pegs the cost of U.S. wars in Iraq and Syria since 2003 at nearly $2.9 trillion. Since the U.S. invaded Iraq in 2003 under the false pretext of preventing Saddam Hussein from developing weapons of mass destruction, more than half a million peo…

Princess Harmony (2023-03-18). Drugs and the 'War on Drugs': Weapons against workers and oppressed. workers.org The history of the use of drugs — legal and illicit — against the working class and its movement is a long one. The "War on Drugs" — officially declared on June 17, 1971, but a staple of U.S. policy since the 1950s and amplified in 1973 — really acts . . . |

Fight Back (2023-03-18). Denver students continue push for campus demilitarization with speakout. fightbacknews.org Denver, CO — On March 15, students at Auraria Campus in Denver gathered to voice support for a resolution that would prohibit their campus police from obtaining military weapons from the Pentagon's 1033 Program. The resolution comes after a yearlong fight led by Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) to pressure administration to agree to the ban. | The Pentagon 1033 Program is a way for police departments to acquire military equipment from the Pentagon at low prices. While Auraria Campus Police Department (ACPD) claims they only use the program to acquire items such as office supplies, they notably did at…

Ann Wright, Popular Resistance. (2023-03-18). Don't Let The Media Cheerlead Us Into More Wars Like It Did in Iraq. popularresistance.org Twenty years ago on this coming weekend, I was in Mongolia as the Deputy US Ambassador. After writing a Dissent Cable in early March 2003 on the pending U.S. war on Iraq to my boss Secretary of State Colin Powell, I made the decision to resign from the U.S. government as it was poised to invade, occupy and destroy the sovereign state of Iraq. I was one of three U.S. diplomats who resigned—Brady Kiesling and John Brown resigned before me. | For months, the Bush administration attempted to get the U.S. public to believe that Saddam Hussein was hiding weapons of mass destruction and therefore was a threat to t…

infobrics (2023-03-17). US blackmails Switzerland to boost military support to Ukraine. infobrics.org US authorities violate Switzerland's principle of neutrality and insist that all countries should send their weapons to Ukraine.

infobrics (2023-03-17). The Arctic: Eurasia's Final Pivot. infobrics.org Realpolitik and the lessons of history might prompt the world's major powers to lay down their weapons in some regions and/or in some sectors, preferring to join forces for the good of humanity. One of these regions is undoubtedly the Arctic, where cooperation over competition might lead, one day, to make the long-dreamed-of Bering Strait crossing a reality, writes Valdai Club expert Emanuel Pietrobon…

Peoples Dispatch (2023-03-17). US and NATO allies were responsible for nearly 65% of global arms exports in 2018-22. therealnews.com This story originally appeared in The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) has released data showing that NATO members US and France were responsible for more than half of all heavy weapons supplied worldwide in the period between 2018 and 2022. The data was released by SIPRI on Monday, March 13. | As…

Staff (2023-03-17). Surge in Global Weapons Sales: Top Ten Exporters of Major Arms. globalresearch.ca

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