(2022-03-04). Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa. wsws.org South African Clover Foods workers to continue strike over wages and job cuts until their demands are met, while gold miners closer to strike action; strikes and protests in health care sector across Spain and France over jobs and conditions; two 24-hour strikes over jobs and pensions bring London underground to halt…
(2022-03-04). Born of NATO's first war: Kosovo to apply for membership in the bloc. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com ReutersMarch 3, 2022 Kosovo parliament urges government to start NATO membership bid Kosovo's parliament approved a resolution on Thursday asking the government to start negotiations on NATO membership following Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Kosovo has been guarded by NATO troops since 1999 when a war between ethnic Albanians and Serb forces ended, but the country …
(2022-03-04). Iranian, Russian delegations hold bilateral meeting in Vienna. en.mehrnews.com The delegations of Iran and Russia held a bilateral meeting at Coburg Hotel in Austrian capital of Vienna on Thursday.
(2022-03-04). Premature good news not substitute good agreement: FM spox. en.mehrnews.com Referring to the ongoing talks in Austrian capital of Vienna, Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman said that premature good news does not substitute good agreement.
(2022-03-04). Slovakia declares state of emergency as NATO troops, missiles due to arrive. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Slovak SpectatorMarch 3, 2022 Slovakia declares state of emergency, arrival of NATO troops confirmed Slovakia is deciding on the potential expulsion of Russian diplomats. The Foreign Ministry warns against travelling to Moldova and some regions of Belarus and Russia. A state of emergency applies in Slovakia as of noon on February 26. It was declared …
(2022-03-04). The Ukraine War and the "Good" Refugee. dissidentvoice.org These people are not people we are used to… these people are Europeans. — Kiril Petkov, Bulgarian Prime Minister, Associated Press, March 1, 2022 In the history of accepting refugees, countries have shown more than an erratic streak. Universal human characteristics have often been overlooked in favour of the particular: race, cultural habits, religion. Even …
(2022-03-04). Russian Defense Ministry summons Croatian defense attaché over mercenaries in Ukraine. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com InterfaxMarch 3, 2022 Croatian defense attaché summoned to Russian Defense Ministry over arrival of 200 mercenaries in Ukraine The defense attaché of the Croatian embassy to Russia was summoned to the Russian Defense Ministry on Thursday to be informed of the arrival of about 200 mercenaries in Ukraine, Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said. …
(2022-03-04). International censorship mounted against Russian state-affiliated media outlets. wsws.org A campaign of censorship against Russian state-backed media sources has been led by the European Union and embraced by tech companies, social media platforms and cable television providers.
(2022-03-04). En partes de Europa, ahora es un crimen apoyar la guerra de Rusia en Ucrania. multipolarista.com La Unión Europea dice que representa la libertad y la democracia, pero varios miembros de la UE y la OTAN, como la República Checa y Eslovaquia, ahora dicen que es un delito apoyar la guerra de Rusia en Ucrania, punible con años de prisión. Letonia tiene una línea directa de la policía para denunciar a los ciudadanos sospechosos de simpatizar con Moscú.
(2022-03-04). Ukraine says Russia taken control of Zaporizhzhia Plant. en.mehrnews.com It's another heavy day into the conflict between Ukraine and Russia, as media reported early Friday that Europe's largest nuclear power plant Zaporizhzhia has been faced shelling and subsequently caught fire.
(2022-03-04). German, Italian, Romanian air force chiefs meet at Black Sea air base. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Nine O'Clock NewsMarch 3, 2022 Air Force Chiefs of Romania, Italy and Germany meet at Mihail Kogalniceanu Military Air Base The Air Force Chiefs of Romania, Italy and Germany had, on Thursday, an informal meeting at the 57th Mihail Kogalniceanu Military Air Base (southeastern Romania). The Chief of Staff of the Air Force, Major General …
(2022-03-04). Declara»õia PSL privind interven»õia militarƒÉ a Rusiei àÆn Ucraina. liberationnews.org 
Amenin»õarea rƒÉzboiului poate fi àÆnvinsƒÉ doar prin solidaritatea interna»õionalƒÉ àÆntre popoarele lumii »ôi printr-o luptƒÉ hotƒÉrâtƒÉ àÆmpotriva imperialismului american, care trebuie sƒÉ impunƒÉ abolirea NATO. FƒÉrƒÉ rƒÉzboi cu Rusia!
(2022-03-04). French President Macron backs NATO war drive against Russia. wsws.org On Wednesday night, in a prime time address to the nation, Emmanuel Macron spoke on the rapidly escalating war between Russia and NATO's puppet regime in Ukraine.
(2022-03-04). Film industry, festival officials join anti-Russian campaign: What are they signing up for? wsws.org Various global film industry and film festival officials have stumbled over themselves in recent days to join the anti-Russian hysteria.
(2022-03-04). German Left Party backs war drive against Russia. wsws.org The Left Party plays a key role in implementing aggressive German military policy by cloaking it in peace-loving slogans to slip it past enormous popular opposition to war.
(2022-03-04). War In Ukraine Day 8: Russian Forces Make More Gains In Southeast Amid Stalemate Near Kharkiv (Videos). southfront.org 
On March 3, clashes between the Russian Armed Forces and the Ukrainian military was reported to the west of Kyiv….
(2022-03-04). U.S., Russia establish military hotline to prevent miscalculation. ecns.cn The United States and Russia have established a military hotline aimed at preventing miscalculation during the ongoing Russia-Ukraine military conflict, U.S. media outlets reported Thursday.
(2022-03-04). Russian Forces Secure Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, Expand Control Zone Near Kyiv (Video). southfront.org 
In the morning of March 4, the Ukrainian authorities that remain in Zaporizhzhia Region confirmed that Russian forces have established control of Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant located at the town of Enerdogdar. The Ukrainian side added that the plant is manned by local workers and the facility works without incidents. | Russian troops established control of the facility and secured it after a series of clashes with the Ukrainian Army and so-called territorial defense units. These units had positions just in the vicinity of the plant. This allowed Zelensky government to speculate that the Russian advance may en…
(2022-03-04). Humanitarian aid from Russia arrive in the Kharkiv region. ecns.cn Over 30 tons of humanitarian aid have been delivered to residents of Ukraine from the Belgorod region on Wednesday, March 2, 2022.
(2022-03-04). 40 Things We Can Do and Know for People in Ukraine and the World. warisacrime.org 
By David Swanson Remarks at Code Pink event in Washington D.C. on March 3, 2022 Image Source. Send aid to Ukrainian friends and aid organizations. Send aid to organizations helping refugees leaving Ukraine. Send aid especially that will reach those being refused help for racist reasons. Share the remarkable media coverage of war victims in …
(2022-03-04). The war in Ukraine: The questions that must be asked. wsws.org The deep-rooted and essential causes of a war are revealed not in how a war begins but in how it develops and to what it leads.
(2022-03-04). Hypocritical, despicable for U.S. to discredit China through Ukraine issue: spokesperson. ecns.cn The U.S. side has repeatedly spread false information related to the Ukraine issue to smear and discredit China in order to shirk their own responsibility, which is hypocritical and despicable, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson said Friday.
(2022-03-03). NATO floods Ukraine with weapons. wsws.org In a global weapons-running program without precedent in post-World War II history, more than 20 countries, including members of NATO and the European Union, are funneling weapons, such as aircraft and missiles, to Ukraine for use in NATO's proxy war with Russia.
(2022-03-03). Russia Prevents Washington from Unleashing Biological Warfare. journal-neo.org 
In view of the unrest that US intelligence services have been actively initiating lately, whether in Central Asia, Transcaucasia or other areas bordering Russia and China, the risk of a biological disaster from multiple secret military biological laboratories deployed by the US in potentially politically and socially unstable regions is objectively increasing. In this regard, …
(2022-03-03). Russia's Invasion of Ukraine: Outing the Iraq War White Washers. dissidentvoice.org The guilty can be devious in concealing their crimes, and their role in them. The greater the crime, the more devious the strategy of deception. The breaking of international law, and the breaching of convention, is a field replete with such figures. Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine has presented a particularly odious grouping, a good …
(2022-03-03). Black Refugee Lives Matter: U.N. urged to act on Ukraine border racism. peoplesworld.org 
An international coalition of renowned human rights lawyers has launched an urgent appeal to the United Nations to act over "abominable" racism at Ukraine's borders. Black people and other ethnic minorities fleeing Ukraine are facing "two wars"—one inflicted by the Russians and another over racial discrimination by Ukrainian and Polish officials, the new coalition said …
(2022-03-03). Where is Lenin when we need him? peoplesworld.org 
One can draw historical parallels only so far before they break down. No two time periods are exactly alike, but sometimes one can see striking similarities between them. That is true about the current war in Ukraine and World War I. Though much is different today than in the 1914-18 period, similarities exist. History teachers usually highlight …
(2022-03-03). No nuclear weapons, no war. greenleft.org.au Russia possesses the largest stockpile of nuclear weapons. The US has only slightly less. This makes the escalating crisis in the Ukraine all the more terrifying, argues Markela Panegyres.
(2022-03-03). Caspian Sea: Azerbaijan, Pakistan consolidate Ankara-Baku-Islamabad axis. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Azeri Press AgencyMarch 2, 2022 Pakistani delegation visited the Azerbaijan Naval Forces On March 2, the commander of the Azerbaijan Naval Forces, Rear Admiral Subhan Bakirov met with a delegation led by the Chief of the Naval Academy of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, Rear Admiral Shifaat Ali Khan. The Pakistani delegation is on an …
(2022-03-03). Why is French president Emmanuel Macron asking to ban the Collectif Palestine Vaincra? samidoun.net The Collectif Palestine Vaincra learned through media reports about the desire of French Minister of the Interior Gérald Darmanin to dissolve two pro-Palestinian organizations — including our Collectif — "at the request of Emmanuel Macron," the president of France. This announcement took place a few hours before the annual dinner of the CRIF (Representative Council …
(2022-03-03). Women rise up in France as March 8 approaches. peoplesdispatch.org Women workers in the health, care and social sectors in France are launching a campaign in the run-up to March 8, International Women's Day, to demand an end to austerity and violence against women. The trade union confederations, Union Syndicale Solidaires, General Confederation of Labour (CGT), and Unitary Trade Union Federation (FSU), have announced a strike in key sectors for March 8. | At the same time, workers' organizations from the health and social sectors — SUD Santé Sociaux, CGT, and French Confederation of Management — General Confederation of Executives (CFE/CGC), as well as the Associati…
(2022-03-03). VIDEO: Iran's Taremi continues to shine in FC Porto. en.mehrnews.com Iranian légionnaire Mehdi Taremi who plays for FC Porto of Portugal socred a goal and assisted another to play a major role in his team's 2-1 win against Sporting FC in Portugal Primeira Liga on Wed. evening.
(2022-03-03). The War Will Not End With Russian Control of Ukraine: It's Just the Beginning. libya360.wordpress.com Elijah J. Magnier "It is time for the US nuclear weapons in Europe to return back to America." The Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov summed up the Russian roadmap beyond Ukraine. This means that the Russian battle has begun because America has strategic nuclear forces in NATO bases spread across the European continent, including Turkey…
(2022-03-03). Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian news sites not available. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com March 3: Interfax and RIA Novosti are currently online. Several Russian, Ukrainian and Belarusian online news sites are out of operation. They include: 112 Ukraine, which is/was affiliated with the television station of the same name recently shut down by the Ukrainian government. It's position was pro-Ukrainian, anti-Russian and contained more information on events in …
(2022-03-03). After NATO meeting, Blinken to visit Baltic states, Poland, Moldova. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Radio PolandMarch 3, 2022 US state secretary to visit Poland US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is expected to visit Warsaw on Saturday for talks with Polish government officials and military leaders about Russia's war against Ukraine. The US Department of State said in a statement on Wednesday that Blinken would travel to Belgium, Poland, …
(2022-03-03). NATO to more than double troops in Estonia — DM. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com ANI/SputnikMarch 1, 2022 NATO to double military contingent in Estonia: Estonian Defense Minister NATO allies will double their military presence in Estonia within the next two to three months to ensure "deterrence" on the eastern flank, Estonian Defense Minister Kalle Laanet said on Tuesday. "Within the next two-three months, NATO allies will double their military …
(2022-03-03). Russia as a Distraction from Backyard Tyranny. dissidentvoice.org 
The Liberal government abetted by the NDP and complicit media used the draconian Emergencies Act to send in the gendarmes to crush the human rights of the demonstrators. Soon after another flash point occurred in Europe and the media transferred its focus to the big enemy elsewhere.
(2022-03-03). By banning Russian media outlets, EU exposes its discomfort with alternative narratives of the Ukrainian crisis. peoplesdispatch.org In an unprecedented move, the European Commission has banned Russian news outlets RT and Sputnik across the EU, calling them 'Kremlin Media Machines' and accusing them of indulging in pro-Russia propaganda…
(2022-03-03). Dilyana Gaytandzhieva: Why is the Pentagon Funding Bio-Labs in Ukraine & Around Eurasia? libya360.wordpress.com Hard-hitting investigative journalist Dilyana Gaytandzhieva discusses her groundbreaking work uncovering diplomatically protected international arms traffic from Western governments to terrorists as well as her discovery of Pentagon-funded bio-laboratories scattered throughout Eurasia. She learned how the whole of Eastern Europe was involved in a network for arming terrorists with weapons paid for by the USA, UAE,…
(2022-03-03). Japanese government imposes sanctions on Russia. wsws.org The ruling and opposition parties in Japan are united in condemning Russia while providing a cover for Washington's predatory actions in Europe.
(2022-03-03). The G5 Sahel Group — Clearly Just an Illusion. journal-neo.org 
The vast Sahel region, stretching across Africa from Senegal to Sudan, has long been the continent's powder keg. National governments have been able to secure peace here and as a result millions of citizens in Mali, Niger, Burkina-Faso and the other Sahel nations have been forced from their homes and flee en masse to Europe's …
(2022-03-03). It's a jailable crime to support Russia's Ukraine war in EU members Slovakia and Czech Republic. multipolarista.com The European Union claims to represent freedom and democracy, but EU/NATO members Czech Republic and Slovakia made it a crime for citizens to support Russia's war in Ukraine, punishable with years in prison. Latvia has a police hotline and encourages people to report neighbors suspected of sympathizing with Moscow.
(2022-03-03). Conflict between Russia and Ukraine may lead to global wheat shortage. peoplesdispatch.org 
The conflict between Russia and Ukraine has also shaken up the global commodities market. Russia is the world's largest exporter of wheat, with Ukraine in fourth place. Together, they account for 30 percent of global wheat exports, 19 percent of corn exports, and 80 percent of sunflower oil exports. | According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), in 2021 alone the Russians produced 88.9 million tons of wheat, behind only the European Union, China, and India. Ukraine was the fifth largest producer of wheat in 2021, at 29 million tons. | Last Tuesday the price of wheat reached a 14…
(2022-03-03). The war on Donbass: why we must all stand against fascism. iacenter.org March 2, 2022 The people of the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics celebrating Russia's recognition of the independence of their republics, Feb. 21. This lightly edited opinion piece by journalist, author and activist Fra Hughes first appeared in the Arab independent media satellite Al Mayadeen, Feb. 26. The Donbass people, much like the Palestinian people, continued to resist the dominance of global capitalism that supports fascism in Ukraine for eight years. For those who claim President [Vladimir] Putin is a megalomaniac sociopath, intent on drawing Europe and the U.S. into some kind of Machiavellian war…
(2022-03-03). Benchmark Price for Venezuelan Oil Tops $80 (+Oil Production Increase). orinocotribune.com The benchmark price for Venezuelan oil climbed above $80 dollars per barrel yesterday, March 1, influenced by geopolitical tensions between Russia, the United States, and the European Union. Prices are also affected by problems in the supply chains of capital and consumer goods, by OPEC's decision to raise output by only 400,000 barrels per day, and by the demand for more fuel caused by the awakening of the economy of industrialized nations experiencing an easing in pandemic-related restrictions. | Prior to the closing of the markets, the Venezuelan Ministry for Petroleum displayed various prices of national crud…
(2022-03-03). Serbian parliament president: When Hitler entered Ukraine, the U.S. did not declare war. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com B92March 2, 2022 "We have died for the sake of others; they aren't against Russia, but against Serbia" ==== Also see: Serbia is only free country in Europe, only one not obeying NATO's orders — official Serbia: West plans to oust Russia from UN, trigger total collapse of existing order ==== Speaker of the National …
(2022-03-03). Borrell calls emergency meeting with NATO head, FMs of U.S., Britain,Canada, EU. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Rustavi2March 3, 2022 Josep Borrell invites European, British, Canadian and US foreign ministers and NATO chief to emergency meeting High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy invites European, British, Canadian and US foreign ministers and NATO chief to emergency meeting. "I called an extraordinary Foreign Affairs Council on Friday and invited …
(2022-03-03). Serbia is only free country in Europe, only one not obeying NATO's orders — official. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com B92March 3, 2022 "Serbia proves to be the only free country in Europe" ==== Also see: Serbian parliament president: When Hitler entered Ukraine, the U.S. did not declare war Serbia: West plans to oust Russia from UN, trigger total collapse of existing order ==== Minister Vulin added that today is the seventh day in which …
(2022-03-03). Pdta. de teleSUR condena censura de RT y Sputnik en la UE. telesurtv.net La periodista rechazó el bloqueo de Sputnik y RT en empresas tecnológicas como Google, Facebook, Youtube e Instagram.
(2022-03-03). Canada extends deployment of artillery unit in Latvia. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Ottawa CitizenMarch 2, 2022 Canadian military to extend stay of artillery unit in Latvia Canada will extend the stay of an artillery unit it is sending to Latvia as part of efforts to bolster NATO in the wake of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The deployment of the unit, with 120 personnel, was only to …