(2022-03-09). Russia — US: Two Worlds, Two Policies. journal-neo.org 
While many pundits around the world engage in endless debate that it is the West, led by the United States that is decaying in its impotent rage, which is to blame for fueling the largest military conflict in Europe of recent years, the more pertinent question is: how and when will the West stop pitting …
(2022-03-09). US Enriches itself at the Expense of the EU Paralized by the Price Shock. journal-neo.org 
Europe has been shaken by galloping gas prices in recent months, leading to financial and socio-political instability in the Old World. There are several reasons for this, one of them being the politics of domestic European speculators, who wanted to get rich quick when, as a result of their blatant Russophobic policies, European officials managed …
(2022-03-09). US ramps up "financial war" on Russia as generals call for no-fly zone. wsws.org The United States and European Union ramped up their "financial war" against Russia Tuesday, announcing major measures to restrict Russian oil and gas imports.
(2022-03-09). European Union employs double standards on refugees from Ukraine, discriminates against non-Ukrainians. wsws.org The discrimination based on skin colour and national origin of refugees from Ukraine shows the hypocrisy of European refugee policy.
(2022-03-09). Russian-backed cable news network RT America shuts down. wsws.org Following the pattern of censorship imposed across Europe, the US television news and talk show channel RT America, which is funded by the Russian government, was shut down on March 3.
(2022-03-09). Reactions in Germany to the webinar: "Fight Covid! Save Lives! Stop the Drive to World War III!" wsws.org Workers from Germany comment on the February 26 international online webinar of the World Socialist Web Site, "Fight Covid! Save Lives! Stop the Drive to World War III!" and draw political conclusions.
(2022-03-09). President Maduro: Russia-Ukraine Conflict Could Spread to Other Regions. orinocotribune.com Monday, March 7, 2022, the president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, met at night with members of the nation's high political and military command, the Council of Vice Presidents, and the Superior General Staff of the Bolivarian National Armed Force, to carry out an analysis of the world geopolitical situation in response to the operation that Russia is carrying out in Ukraine. He also confirmed the meeting between his administration and US government officials, providing some initial details. | In a televised broadcast on Monday night after 10: 30 p.m., Venezuela's president said that, according to intelligence rep…
(2022-03-09). Academic boycott of Russia: Science in the service of German war policy. wsws.org Punishing Russian academics and students for a government policy that is rejected by a large proportion of them has no progressive content whatsoever. On the contrary, it is an aggressive act, accompanied by a furious anti-Russia campaign in culture and public life, designed to demonise everything Russian and to put science at the service of foreign and war policy.
(2022-03-09). Foreign corporations exit Russia to provoke economic collapse. wsws.org The pullout is hitting virtually every sector of the economy—finance, aviation, automotive, energy, technology, telecommunications, service, entertainment, food production, fashion, and consumer goods.
(2022-03-09). Australia's Socialist Alliance lines up behind imperialist war drive against Russia. wsws.org A politically insidious role is being played by the pseudo-left groups such as Socialist Alliance that falsely claim to be socialist but, despite token criticisms of the US, align themselves with the NATO war drive against Russia.
(2022-03-09). Backing Biden's war drive, USW boasts its deal for 30,000 oil workers "does not add to inflationary pressures" wsws.org In a war-mongering statement calling for a ban on Russian oil imports, the United Steelworkers president praised the agreement, which will impose a deep cut in real wages for refinery workers and their families.
(2022-03-09). Black Alliance For Peace Statement On International Women's Day. popularresistance.org As the world's eyes are on Ukraine on this International Women's Day, March 8, 2022, we are reminded of the disproportionate impact that war and militarism have on women. This is a reality that the women of the global South are acutely aware of because of the steady assaults on the humanity of peoples in the South executed by the U.S./EU/NATO Axis of Domination. The militarized terror of the Axis of Domination in the service of their economic elites have been even more intensely felt by the women of Africa and the African Diaspora. | The socialist groundings of the day were expressed in its early unfolding. Indee…
(2022-03-08). CovertAction Bulletin Podcast: Ukraine Crisis Fueled by U.S. and NATO Expansion. covertactionmagazine.com [We are excited to introduce the new podcast team of CovertAction Bulletin, hosted by Rachel Hu and Chris Garaffa. They …
(2022-03-08). Ukraine Is A Pawn In The United States' Fight To Prevent A Multipolar World. popularresistance.org This week, Clearing the FOG speaks with Brian Becker, a leader of the Party for Socialism and Liberation and the host of The Socialist Program, for a socialist perspective of the war in Ukraine. Becker discusses why it was a mistake for Russia to invade and how it has shored up support for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) even though Russia has legitimate security concerns and the United States did not appear to be willing to stop provoking an invasion. He also talks about the real racism exposed by this war, the impact of the media misinformation campaign on people on the left and the current state…
(2022-03-08). Tears for Ukraine, Sanctions for Russia, Yawns for Yemen, Arms for Saudis: The West's Grotesque Double Standard. orinocotribune.com 
By Ahmed Abdulkareem — Mar 2, 2022 | The speed of Western retaliation over Russia's invasion of Ukraine has raised eyebrows among Yemenis who have endured a relentless bombing campaign and deadly air, land, and sea blockade for 2,520 consecutive days. | HAJJAH, YEMEN — "We're brutally bombed every day. So why doesn't the Western world care like it does about Ukraine?!!… Is it because we don't have blonde hair and blue eyes like Ukrainians?" Ahmed Tamri, a Yemeni father of four, asked with furrowed brows about the outpouring of international support and media coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine a…
(2022-03-08). Russia Says US Transferring Terrorists from Syria to Ukraine. orinocotribune.com Russia's Foreign Intelligence Service says the United States has been transferring Daesh terrorists from Syria to Ukraine. | The intelligence service said in a statement on Friday that the Daesh terrorists had undergone training in the US-held military base of al-Tanf in Syria. | "At the end of 2021, the Americans released from prisons… several dozen Daesh terrorists, including citizens of Russia and CIS countries. These individuals were sent to the US-controlled al-Tanf base, where they have undergone special training in subversive and terrorist warfare methods with a focus on the Donbass region," the statemen…
(2022-03-08). US sends more troops to Russia's borders, weighs sending anti-aircraft systems. wsws.org Amid warnings within the US military that the Russia-Ukraine war risks triggering a "superpower conflict" with Russia, the US is pouring arms into Eastern Europe.
(2022-03-08). World says 'No NATO war!'. iacenter.org March 7, 2022 Over 80 actions — in the U.S., around the world and in cyberspace — have been held or will be held in March to oppose U.S./NATO aggression in Russia and Ukraine. (unacpeace.org) These actions are taking place amidst an overwhelming barrage of pro-U.S./NATO and anti-Russian propaganda. The role of the U.S. media and politicians is to overwhelm and drown out any opposition. Under these conditions even a small force standing up to the barrage becomes a magnet to attract that opposition. Times Square, New York City, March 5. Photo: Brenda Ryan. In New York City on Times Square, a group of a…
(2022-03-08). US is Abandoning its "Helpers" in Afghanistan, Iraq, Ukraine, Everywhere! journal-neo.org 
The dismissive attitude of the US political and military establishment towards its foreign "helpers" is well known. This attitude became even more apparent after Joe Biden's recent appearance before the House of Representatives and Senate with his annual State of the Union Address, in which he described the people of Ukraine as Iranians. One could hardly attribute …
(2022-03-08). European powers escalate threats against Russia over Ukraine war. wsws.org As France places its nuclear forces on high alert, the EU's arming of Ukraine against Russia threatens to provoke all-out nuclear war between the major powers.
(2022-03-08). India refuses to condemn Russia over Ukraine invasion at special Quad summit. wsws.org India's precarious balancing between the US and Russia is becoming untenable amid the rapidly escalating US-NATO war drive against Russia.
(2022-03-08). French Withdrawal from Mali Will Redraw the Political Map of West Africa. libya360.wordpress.com Ramzy Baroud Finally, France will be leaving Mali, nearly a decade after the original military intervention in 2013. The repercussions of this decision will hardly be confined to this West African nation, but will likely spread to the entirety of the Sahel Region; in fact, the whole of Africa. France's decision to end its military presence in…
(2022-03-08). Anti-imperialist voice from the Spanish State on the crisis in Ukraine. iacenter.org March 7, 2022 In view of the intense international crisis exacerbating the confrontation between U.S.-NATO imperialism and Russia, and in light of the upcoming NATO Summit in Madrid this June, we in Workers World publish this Statement of the Coordinating Committee of Communist Nuclei* in the Spanish State, which is a NATO member. Some of the terms and acronyms are explained at the end. Translation: John Catalinotto. Zaragoza, Spain, Oct. 3, 2015. Credit: Pablo Ibáñez Once again we must confront confusion. Once again the media owned by the international oligarchy and the big Spanish banks and multinationals [mdas…
(2022-03-08). The Danger of a World Ruled by NATO: Interview with àÅngeles Maestro. libya360.wordpress.com Carlos Aznarez àÅngeles Maestro is a leading figure in Spain when it comes to internationalist and solidarity activism. A former communist deputy, today she is not only highly critical of the positions of that party but also denounces its permanent ideological retreats. She has denounced with all her might the Psoe-Podemos compromise, and now that…
(2022-03-08). Arms Flood Into Ukraine As US, NATO Pursue Proxy War Over Peace. thedissenter.org 
FIM-92 Stinger missile fired by Marines during Arctic exercise. US government has provided Stinger missiles to Ukraine. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Cody J. Ohira/Released)[EDITOR'S NOTE: While this newsletter typically focuses on whistleblower stories, during the Russia-Ukraine war we are giving space to more nuanced coverage that counters the constant calls from Western media pundits for further escalation.]This article was funded by paid subscribers of The Dissenter Newsletter. Become a
(2022-03-08). On a Grim and Bloody International Women's Day, Let's Build Feminist Solidarity. truthout.org 
On this International Women's Day, as the world watches a historic and bloody war unfold in Europe — while people in the United States and Europe largely continue to ignore the suffering of the millions of Black and Brown people who have been rendered stateless by war, corruption and the climate crisis, many of them women — we need to fortify ourselves, pump up our optimism and bolster our resolve to fight for a better world. | Women are always vulnerable to sexual violence and ab…
(2022-03-08). Burning Globalist structures to save the Globalist 'Liberal Order'. mronline.org 
Biden, finally, has his foreign policy 'success': Europe is walling itself off from Russia, China, and the emerging integrated Asian market.
(2022-03-08). Russia's Judo Kick to the Western Financial Gut. libya360.wordpress.com Pepe Escobar Washington's sanctions on Moscow will destroy Europe, not Russia. The battlefield is drawn. The official Russian blacklist of hostile sanctioning nations includes the US, the EU, Canada and, in Asia, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, and Singapore (the only one from Southeast Asia). Notice how that 'international community' keeps shrinking. The Global South should be aware…
(2022-03-08). Canada's Trudeau visits Europe to plot escalation of war drive against Russia. wsws.org In a lying statement before his departure, the Prime Minister asserted that Canada and NATO are trying to avoid triggering a direct military clash with Russia.
(2022-03-08). Fascists from Europe and Terrorists from the Middle East Support the Bandera Nazis: Russian Communist Party Statement. libya360.wordpress.com The CPRF resolutely condemns the attempt to internationalize the military conflict in Ukraine and the involvement in the hostilities of outright Nazis and terrorists from Europe and the Middle East. The CPRF initially assessed the military conflict in Ukraine as a struggle against the neo-Nazis who seized power in a coup d'état in February 2014….
(2022-03-08). President Maduro Alerts That War Could Extend Throughout the World. libya360.wordpress.com Kawsachun News President Nicolas Maduro expresses grave concern that the conflict in Ukraine could expand and could turn into a Third World War. He warns of a media campaign and economic measures that aim to aggravate conditions and extend the scenario of war beyond Ukraine, to Europe, and beyond Europe to other regions of the…
(2022-03-08). US Officials Meet Maduro, Fail To Drive Wedge Between Venezuela And Russia. popularresistance.org Mexico City, Mexico — A high-level United States (US) government delegation that visited Venezuela on Saturday failed to produce an agreement with the government of Nicolás Maduro. | News of the delegation was first broken by the New York Times, which described the trip as the highest-level visit by US officials in years. Outlets subsequently reported that no agreement was reached. Caracas had not publicly commented on the meeting at the time of writing. | According to Reuters, the US team was led by White House Latin America adviser Juan González and made "maximalist" demands concerning electoral guarantee…
(2022-03-08). The Ukraine War And The 'Good' Refugee. popularresistance.org In the history of accepting refugees, countries have shown more than an erratic streak. Universal human characteristics have often been overlooked in favor of the particular: race, cultural habits, religion. Even immigration nations, such as the United States and Australia, have had their xenophobic twists and turns on the issue of who to accept, be they victims of pogroms, war crimes, genocide, or famine. | The Russian attack on Ukraine has already produced refugees in the hundreds of thousands. By March 2, with the war one week old, 874,000 people were estimated to have left Ukraine. The UN High Commissioner fo…
(2022-03-08). Russians Say, Don't Hate Us For What Our Leaders Have Done. popularresistance.org As a U.S. diplomat who resigned from the U.S. government in 2003 in opposition to Bush's war on Iraq, I hoped at the time that all Americans would not be vilified by the world for the actions of the Bush administration. | As hard as it might be for some, I plead that we not vilify Russians for the actions of their political leaders. I hope that we can be as generous to peace-seeking Russians as the world was to anti-war Americans. | I have visited Russia twice in the past six years and I know the Russians I spoke with, and I would guess that most Russians, do not want war and object to Putin's war on Ukraine. | T…
(2022-03-08). Biden Bans Oil Imports From Russia: 3 Things To Know About Heavy New Backdoor Tax On Black America. moguldom.com President Joe Biden announced a ban on all Russian oil imports on Tuesday, March 8 as part of U.S. sanctions over the invasion of Ukraine, warning that gas prices will go up further and Americans will pay at the pump. "Putin's war is already hurting American families at the gas pump," Biden said at a …
(2022-03-08). Russians Turn To Tether USDT As Ruble Collapses, Now Worth Less Than 1 Cent. moguldom.com Russians, rattled by the effect of sanctions on their local currency, the ruble, are turning to U.S. dollar-pegged stablecoin Tether, pushing its price up as much as 30 percent since President Vladimir Putin invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24. The Tether (USDT)-ruble trading pair witnessed inflation in the days after the attack, crossing for the first …
(2022-03-08). Citi: Investors Are Buying Bitcoin In Anticipation Of Russian Buying, We're Seeing Low Russian Volume. moguldom.com Investors are buying Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies in anticipation that Russians will switch to digital currencies to avoid the effect of Western sanctions imposed in response to the invasion of Ukraine. Sanctions include freezing Russia's cash reserves. The ruble has sunk to record lows against the dollar, with 1 ruble currently worth $0.0094. The Russian …
(2022-03-08). America shoots its own dollar empire in economic attack on Russia. mronline.org 
Empires often follow the course of a Greek tragedy, bringing about precisely the fate that they sought to avoid. That certainly is the case with the American Empire as it dismantles itself in not-so-slow motion.
(2022-03-08). Western Hypocrisy Over Recent Events Shows No Limits. journal-neo.org 
Last Thursday evening a senior Republican (US) official issued what must count as one of the most outrageous tweets issued by a senior politician. Lindsey Graham tweeted "is there a Brutus in Russia? Is there a more successful Colonel Stauffenberg in the Russian military? The only way this ends is for somebody in Russia to …
(2022-03-08). Ukrainian government refuses Russia's offer to evacuate civilians trapped in war zones as humanitarian situation worsens. peoplesdispatch.org Russia renewed its ceasefire offer on March 8 after Ukraine refused a similar offer on Monday to provide a humanitarian corridor for millions of Ukrainians stranded inside war zones in Kiev, Kharkiv, Mariupol and other major cities…
(2022-03-08). Biden admitted in 1997 NATO expansion would cause Russian 'hostile reaction'. multipolarista.com 
Current US President Joe Biden admitted in a 1997 talk at the Atlantic Council that eastward NATO expansion into the Baltic states would cause a "vigorous and hostile reaction" by Russia.
(2022-03-08). Ukrainian Activist: War Brings Rise in Sexual Violence and Anti-Trans Oppression. truthout.org 
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky released a video on Monday to admonish Russia for breaking promises to let Ukrainian citizens evacuate safely through "humanitarian corridors," as Russian forces have continued to lay siege to civilian centers. We go to western Ukraine to speak with Olena Shevchenko, Ukrainian human rights and LGBTI activist who recently fled the Russian military assault on Kyiv with her parents and has been helping to evacuate others. Vulnerable communities such as disa…
(2022-03-08). Noam Chomsky: A No-Fly Zone Over Ukraine Could Unleash Untold Violence. truthout.org 
As war rages on in Ukraine, diplomacy continues to take a back seat in spite of the heartbreaking devastation Russia's invasion has wrought.
(2022-03-08). The war in Ukraine and ways of seeing. peoplesdispatch.org Following the Russian attack on Ukraine, the media coverage and a range of responses have revealed some stark facts about corporate media as well as western institutions. Some of these orientalist perspectives have been harshly criticized from the Third world.
(2022-03-08). Ucraina, era tutto scritto nel piano della Rand Corp. globalresearch.ca Il piano strategico degli Stati uniti contro la Russia è stato elaborato tre anni fa dalla Rand Corporation (il manifesto, Rand Corp: come abbattere la Russia, 21 maggio 2019). La Rand Corporation, il cui quartier generale ha sede a …
(2022-03-08). Australian PM denounces China and announces $10 billion nuclear submarine base. wsws.org Morrison, who has supported every US-led invasion, declared that Russia and China constitute an "arc of autocracy" that is threatening the "rules-based international order."
(2022-03-08). Stop the War Coalition demos offer no way forward. wsws.org The Stop the War Coalition is adapting itself to the relentless anti-Russian war drive, foregrounding the anti-Putin records of its leaders and downplaying criticisms of NATO and the imperialist powers.
(2022-03-08). Dallas rallies against war with Russia. fightbacknews.org Dallas, Texas – On March 6, over 30 anti-war protesters showed up at the Grassy Knoll in downtown Dallas to condemn NATO's involvement in Ukraine, its hostility to Russia, and to call for the disbanding of NATO. The protest was called by the Dallas Anti-War Committee, CODEPINK Dallas, Dallas Peace and Justice Center, Communist Party USA, Democratic Socialist of America, and Party for Socialism and Liberation. Signs present at the protest included "Peace in Ukraine! No to NATO!" "No to NATO expansion" and "Abolish NATO!" | "Over the past couple of weeks, a war has broken out between Russia and Ukraine. The Am…
(2022-03-08). South Florida activists rally against war, NATO. fightbacknews.org Hollywood, FL- Anti-war activists gathered along Young Circle in downtown Hollywood Saturday evening to demand "Peace not escalation" in Ukraine. | The 15 activists held a large, hand-painted banner that read, "No war with Russia. Peace in Ukraine," as others held "Crisis in Ukraine, made in the USA," and "Honk for peace," signs. | The rally was met with enthusiastic honks of approval and peace signs from cars and passersby, both. In fact, one woman who passed the large banner shouted from her car, "I am Ukrainian, thank you for doing this!" | After the sign-waving, the group gathered to hear speeches providing…
(2022-03-08). Slovakian Prime Minister meets student tech entrepreneurs at Imperial. imperial.ac.uk The Prime Minister of Slovakia, Eduard Heger, met with Imperial students to discuss entrepreneurship, technology and innovation.