Daily Archives: March 4, 2023

2023-03-04: News Headlines

unitedEditor (2023-03-03). Political crisis in Iran and Azerbaijan. uwidata.com Iran and Azerbaijan are currently going through a critical phase in their political relations, with tensions reaching an all-time high. Despite experiencing some political fluctuations over the past thirty years, the two nations have always held a dubious and apprehensive outlook towards each other. However, the past year has witnessed a further deterioration in their …

Anonymous669 (2023-03-03). France Is Considering Transferring Mirage 2000C Fighter Jets To Ukraine. southfront.org A Dassault M2000 Mirage, Armee de l'Air (French Air Force), takes off for a mission during Red Flag-Alaska 07-1 here on April 10. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Staff Sgt Joshua Strang) | France is considering the possibility of transferring Dassault Mirage fighter jets to Ukraine and training Ukrainian pilots in Poland, the country's Minister of the Armed Forces, Sébastien Lecornu, revealed during a hearing in the French Senate on February 28. | Senator Philippe Follio asked Lecornu whether it is plan…

auorinoco (2023-03-03). Africans Protest Against France, Receiving Macron With Photos of Putin. orinocotribune.com French President Macron's tour of Africa has provoked a wave of anger from the African people, confirming the decline of French influence in Africa. | This Wednesday, March 1, French President Emmanuel Macron arrived in Libreville, the capital of Gabon, at the beginning of a four-day tour of Africa; a trip that, according to French sources, seeks to establish a new "responsible relationship" with the African continent. | After Gabon, the French president will head to Angola, Congo-Brazzaville (the Republic of Congo), and the neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), where people took to the streets on Wedne…

Caitlin Johnstone (2023-03-03). It Is the mass media's job to help suppress anti-war movements. johnmenadue.com In a new article titled "European antiwar protests gain strength as NATO's Ukraine proxy war escalates,," The Grayzone's Stavroula Pabst and Max Blumenthal document the many large demonstrations that have been occurring in France, the UK, Germany, Greece, Spain, the Czech Republic, Austria, Belgium and elsewhere opposing the western empire's brinkmanship with Russia and proxy

Staff (2023-03-03). Lateral del PSG Achraf Hakimi, acusado formalmente de violación por la fiscalía francesa. cubadebate.cu Después de una semana de diligencias en torno al caso que publicó Le Parisien en torno a la denuncia presentada por una joven contra Achraf Hakimi por una presunta violación, el juez de instrucción ha acusado al lateral del Paris Saint Germain y le ha puesto bajo supervisión judicial.




Staff (2023-03-03). Grupo hotelero portugués anuncia su expansión hacia Cuba. cubadebate.cu La cadena hotelera Vila Galé -radicada en Portugal- ha confirmado su expansión hacia Cuba como parte de su proceso de crecimiento internacional. Gonàßalo Rebelo de Almeida, presidente ejecutivo de Vila Galé, adelantó que un hotel se localizaría en La Habana y el otro en uno de los icónicos cayos que bordean al archipiélago cubano.

WorkWeek (2023-03-04). Turkey Earthquake, Corruption & Erdogan, Ballad Of Harry Bridges & ILWU Mumia On WorkWeek. indybay.org WorkWeek covers the Turkey Earthquake, Corruption & Erdogan & Ballad Of Harry Bridges along with the ILWU Local 10 initiated Labor Community March for Mumia Abu-Jamal on 2/16/23.

WSWS (2023-03-04). The global significance of the earthquake in Turkey and Syria. wsws.org The earthquake that has had such a devastating impact in Turkey and Syria is a global and historic event, that will have political consequences.

WSWS (2023-03-04). Official death toll in Turkish-Syrian earthquake exceeds 53,000. wsws.org Erdoğan and Turkish authorities continue to deny their responsibility in this historic catastrophe, which has officially claimed over 45,000 lives in Turkey.

_____ (2023-03-03). Seismic Diplomacy: Erdogan and the Aftermath of the Turkish Earthquakes. strategic-culture.org President Erdogan may be instrumentalizing what happens in the aftermath to craft his P.R. campaign ahead of the next elections. | The setting: a cosy Ossetian restaurant owned by two Ossetian ladies close to Istiklal street, a very busy central area of Istanbul. | The players: a smatter of Istanbul intelligentsia — academics, media, liberal professionals, lawyers, highly educated, secular, very critical of the AKP ruling party. | The questions: during dinner, I asked the table their analysis of the state's response to the deadly earthquakes in Turkey, and how President Erdogan may be instrumentalizing what…




Arzu Geybullayeva (2023-03-03). Silent no more: Criticism of the state's inadequate earthquake response reaches football stadiums in Turkey. juancole.com Fans also called for the ruling AKP government to resign Written byArzu Geybullayeva Screenshot from Besiktas football club's official YouTube channel video of the stadium. ( Globalvoices.org ) — It was an unforgettable moment as fans of one of Turkey's main football teams, Besiktas, started throwing thousands of plush bear toys onto the Vodafone …

Rick Rozoff (2023-03-03). 3/4 of Ukraine's eastern border: Poland, Romania, Turkey discuss defending Ukraine, NATO summit. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Polish RadioMarch 3, 2023 Polish, Romanian, Turkish national security advisers discuss support for Ukraine National security advisers from Poland, Romania and Turkey have met for talks to discuss support for Ukraine, an upcoming NATO summit and trilateral cooperation, according to officials. Poland's Jacek Siewiera, Romania's Ion Oprisor and Turkey's Seyfullah Hacƒ±màºftàºoƒülu met in Warsaw on …

Staff (2023-03-03). Headlines for March 3, 2023. democracynow.org German Chancellor to Hold Confidential Talks with Biden Amid Tensions over Arming Ukraine, Blinken Presses Russia's Lavrov to Return to New START Nuclear Treaty, Belarus Jails Dissidents Including Nobel Laureate Ales Bialiatski, Cambodian Opposition Leader Kem Sokha Found Guilty of Treason, Sentenced to 27 Years, Israeli Troops Fatally Shoot 15-Year-Old Palestinian, Emmanuel Macron Embarks on African Tour Amid Tensions over French Presence in Ex-Colonies, Walgreens Won't Dispense Abortion Pills in States Where Abortion Is Still Legal After GOP Threats, Eli Lilly Lowers Price of Insulin After Intense P…

Alexander Rubinstein (2023-03-04). Top Biden officials address pro-war rally led by Ukrainian Nazi supporters. thegrayzone.com USAID's Samantha Power joined EU and US officials rallied at the Lincoln Memorial at a pro-war demonstration organized by a clique of Ukrainian activists that have described themselves as "true Banderites" and "Right Sektor's Washington DC branch." High-ranking Biden foreign policy officials including USAID Administrator Samantha Power and Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Karen Donfried observed the first anniversary of Russia's military operation in Ukraine at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC. There, on February 25, …

ecns.cn (2023-03-04). Cargo hub for China-Europe freight trains inaugurated in China's Shenyang. ecns.cn A new cargo consolidation hub for the China-Europe freight trains on Saturday was put into operation in Shenyang, capital of northeast China's Liaoning Province.




ecns.cn (2023-03-04). No fundamental strategic disagreements or conflicts between China, Europe: spokesperson. ecns.cn There is no fundamental strategic disagreement or conflict between China and Europe, a Chinese spokesperson said Saturday.

Richard Horton (2023-03-04). [Comment] Offline: The willing versus the legitimate. thelancet.com The largest land war in Europe since World War 2. Yet NATO insists that it is not at war with Russia in Ukraine. The evidence suggests otherwise. An expanding supply of missiles, ammunition, tanks, and air defence systems is proof of direct involvement of NATO in the Russia—Ukraine conflict. Make no mistake: western countries are at war with Russia. NATO claims that such a view is Russian disinformation. A correct diagnosis of the true nature of this war matters because of the implications for Ukrainian, European, and global security—and survival.

Hamilton Coalition To Stop The War. (2023-03-04). March 4 Demonstrations Against Sanctions. popularresistance.org In solidarity with the Syrian people, suffering the unjust and unilateral coercive economic measures taken by the US and its European allies, the End the Siege Campaign has been established in cooperation between different popular movements and activists in the Arab world, Europe, and North America. | The End The Siege Campaign launches its first international action this Saturday, March 4, 2023, in a series of synchronous protests in Jordan, Palestine, Egypt, Yemen, Tunisia, Canada, Morocco, Lebanon, UK, Slovakia, Ireland, and Germany. The event in Canada will take place at noon this Saturday in front of the US…

_____ (2023-03-03). On the geopolitical background to Wang Yi's meeting with Yoshimasa Hayashi, the Japanese Foreign Ministe. journal-neo.org In NEO's recent comments on the visit to a number of European nations by Wang Yi, Director of the Office of the Central Foreign Affairs Commission of the Chinese Communist Party, which took place between 15 and 23 February this year, the author focused on the certain topical aspects of the relations between China, the …

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2023-03-03). Iran and Bolivia United Against the Unilateral Hegemony of the US. orinocotribune.com By Sdenka Saavedra Alfaro — Feb 26, 2023 | The fight for a common front framed in the multilateralist vision, which strengthens the peoples with conscience and worldview against the hegemonic American and European terrorism, which only thinks of invasions, interference, looting and exploitation of natural resources at the cost of death, pain, misery; It is the fundamental strategy in the relations between the countries that today face the blows and the inhuman sanctions of the policies and pressures of imperialism, such is the case of the Islamic Republic of Iran that with its 44 years of resistance has been…

ecns.cn (2023-03-04). No fundamental strategic disagreements or conflicts between China, Europe: spokesperson. ecns.cn There is no fundamental strategic disagreement or conflict between China and Europe, a Chinese spokesperson said Saturday.

Richard Horton (2023-03-04). [Comment] Offline: The willing versus the legitimate. thelancet.com The largest land war in Europe since World War 2. Yet NATO insists that it is not at war with Russia in Ukraine. The evidence suggests otherwise. An expanding supply of missiles, ammunition, tanks, and air defence systems is proof of direct involvement of NATO in the Russia—Ukraine conflict. Make no mistake: western countries are at war with Russia. NATO claims that such a view is Russian disinformation. A correct diagnosis of the true nature of this war matters because of the implications for Ukrainian, European, and global security—and survival.

Hamilton Coalition To Stop The War. (2023-03-04). March 4 Demonstrations Against Sanctions. popularresistance.org In solidarity with the Syrian people, suffering the unjust and unilateral coercive economic measures taken by the US and its European allies, the End the Siege Campaign has been established in cooperation between different popular movements and activists in the Arab world, Europe, and North America. | The End The Siege Campaign launches its first international action this Saturday, March 4, 2023, in a series of synchronous protests in Jordan, Palestine, Egypt, Yemen, Tunisia, Canada, Morocco, Lebanon, UK, Slovakia, Ireland, and Germany. The event in Canada will take place at noon this Saturday in front of the US…

_____ (2023-03-03). On the geopolitical background to Wang Yi's meeting with Yoshimasa Hayashi, the Japanese Foreign Ministe. journal-neo.org In NEO's recent comments on the visit to a number of European nations by Wang Yi, Director of the Office of the Central Foreign Affairs Commission of the Chinese Communist Party, which took place between 15 and 23 February this year, the author focused on the certain topical aspects of the relations between China, the …

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2023-03-03). Iran and Bolivia United Against the Unilateral Hegemony of the US. orinocotribune.com By Sdenka Saavedra Alfaro — Feb 26, 2023 | The fight for a common front framed in the multilateralist vision, which strengthens the peoples with conscience and worldview against the hegemonic American and European terrorism, which only thinks of invasions, interference, looting and exploitation of natural resources at the cost of death, pain, misery; It is the fundamental strategy in the relations between the countries that today face the blows and the inhuman sanctions of the policies and pressures of imperialism, such is the case of the Islamic Republic of Iran that with its 44 years of resistance has been…

Rick Rozoff (2023-03-03). Arctic, Baltic: Pentagon integrates Finland, Sweden to confront "global and regional challenges" antibellum679354512.wordpress.com U.S. European CommandMarch 3, 2023 USEUCOM, Finland and Sweden sign final report of Enhanced Cooperation Study U.S. European Command Deputy Commander Lt. Gen. Steven Basham hosted Swedish Chief of Joint Operations Lt. Gen. Carl-Johan Edstrà∂m and Finnish Deputy Chief of Staff for Strategy Maj. Gen. Janne Jaakkola in Stuttgart, Germany, Mar. 1 to endorse the …

Stephen Alomes (2023-03-03). A time for leadership: winning the pandemic war first. johnmenadue.com In the early 1940s 'phony war', before Pearl Harbour in December 1941, many Australians were not interested in the ongoing European war, even given our troops in Greece and North Africa. In 2023, in reverse, while the Covid-19 war continues, 'pandemic fatigue' has taken over, as if we are 'post-war', that is 'post-Covid'. Numerous 'presenters'

WSWS (2023-03-03). Financial markets signal more interest rates hikes to come. wsws.org Wage suppression is the objective of all the central banks with the European Central Bank chief economist Philip Lane making it clear that even if inflationary pressures start to fade it will continue "for the next several years."

Anand Naidoo (2023-03-04). The Heat: U.S.-Germany Relations. america.cgtn.com The German Chancellor meets with U.S. President Biden at the White House. What was on the agenda? German Chancellor Olaf Scholz met with President Biden in Washington on Friday. The meeting took place as both leaders are heavily engaged in supporting Ukraine in its conflict …

Benjamin Wehrmann (2023-03-04). Solar power battery installations increase exponentially in Germany. juancole.com ( Clean Energy Wire ) — The number of household solar power storage installations has grown exponentially over the past four years, with a year-on-year growth of 52 percent in 2022, Germany's Solar Power Association BSW Solar has said. "Half of private home owners say they would consider storing their homemade solar power," a survey …

Anand Naidoo (2023-03-03). The Heat: Nord Stream Investigation. america.cgtn.com Did the United States sabotage the Nord Stream gas pipelines connecting Russia and Germany? It's been five months since a series of explosions damaged Russia's Nord Stream pipelines in the Baltic Sea. Despite numerous investigations, it's yet to be determined who's responsible. But a report …

WSWS (2023-03-03). German Foreign Minister Baerbock presents "feminist" war policy. wsws.org The project, as absurd as it is reactionary, has two goals: it is intended to obscure the real character of Germany's war policy and mobilize better-off sections of the middle class, who are fixated on questions of identity politics, for German imperialism.

krish-rad_ind (2023-03-03). Seymour Hersh tells Rania Khalek the U.S. is at war against Germany. theduran.com

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-03-03). Reality Based People Can Fact Check the 'Fact-Checkers'. libya360.wordpress.com Moon of Alabama People wave Russian flags as Vladimir Putin takes the stage to deliver a speech during a patriotic concert. | AFP | FAKTENFINDER Stavroula Pabst, a writer in Greece, has published an interesting piece on the nefarious purpose of fact-checking and 'dis-information' debunking. Guy Debord's Warning of "The Role of the Expert": A…

Roger McKenzie (2023-03-03). Greek rail workers stage 24-hour strike after deadly train crash kills 43. peoplesworld.org Rail workers in Greece staged a 24-hour strike Thursday in protest over what they describe as a dangerous failure to modernize the Greek railway system and the lack of public investment in the network. This comes days after the country's deadliest rail crash in northern Greece which killed at least 43 people when a train …

Rick Rozoff (2023-03-03). Moldova: NATO assuming control of civilian as well as military sector. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com NATOMarch 3, 2023 NATO and the Republic of Moldova launch Professional Development Programme for civil servants On Tuesday (28 February 2023), NATO and the Republic of Moldova inaugurated a Professional Development Programme for Moldovan civil servants and institutions in the security and defence sector. The launch event brought together Moldovan officials, the NATO Liaison Office …

Alicja Ptak (2023-03-03). Only 3% of medium and large firms in Poland have diversity management document. notesfrompoland.com Only 3% of large and medium-sized firms in Poland have a specific diversity management strategy document, a The study, which was based on a survey of 800 businesses, noted that only one third reported having taken any action towards diversity management, with the aim of supporting people with disabilities, carers, as well as in relation t…

Daniel Tilles (2023-03-03). Polish opposition parties call for referendum on abortion law. notesfrompoland.com

GUEST (2023-03-03). The extreme sound of Polish heritage. notesfrompoland.com By Jan B?aszczak | Only one Polish band has ever had an album reach the top 50 of the US Billboard 200 chart. But if you asked most Poles who it was, they probably would not know. | The answer is Behemoth, who hail from a Polish extreme metal scene that has achieved great international success despite relatively little mainstream attention and has become one of the most significant ambassadors of Polish culture abroad despite, unlike many other cultural exports, receiving no support from public institutions. | Decades of success: | What is more, their success seems impervious to the changes taking place a…

_____ (2023-03-04). Seymour Hersh: U.S. Bombed Nord Stream to Prolong the Ukraine Proxy War. strategic-culture.org The Pulitzer-winning journalist discusses the fallout from his report exposing how the US blew up the Nord Stream 2 pipelines. | By Aaron MATÉ | Seymour Hersh joins Aaron Maté to discuss his report on how the Biden administration bombed the Nord Stream 2 gas pipelines, which blew up not only a vital Russian-German infrastructure project but a key off-ramp to peace in Ukraine.

Ed Holt (2023-03-04). [World Report] Experts warn over potential for measles in Ukraine. thelancet.com Ukraine has a history of large outbreaks, and experts say that the disruptions brought by Russia's invasion could trigger new cases. Ed Holt reports.

noreply (2023-03-04). Friday's Guilty Pleasure. . smoothiex12.blogspot.com Sparks' sarcasm is contagious, while incomparable Cate Blanchett does her mesmerizing dance. Love it. Friday, and I need a detox from "KGB style trained" Russian "spy". Still am shaking my head in disbelief.

Peoples Dispatch (2023-03-04). G20 foreign ministers' meeting ends without a joint communique because of disagreements regarding Ukraine war. peoplesdispatch.org Both China and Russia expressed concerns over western countries' attempts to compromise the real objective of the G20 by using the forum to push their geopolitical agenda…

WSWS (2023-03-04). German Chancellor Scholz pushes for rearmament and war against Russia. wsws.org On Thursday, on the anniversary of his speech proclaiming a "new era" in foreign policy, Scholz again delivered a government statement in the Bundestag. It lived up to his war speech a year ago, which initiated the massive arms deliveries to Ukraine and the largest German rearmament since Hitler.

_____ (2023-03-03). Beware the Tricks and Trickery from the Fools of Foreign Policy. journal-neo.org Before I begin, let me say that we are all tired of rehashing the extent and character of western propaganda via corporate or elite-controlled media and channels. But we must be vigilant in calling them out, and in forcing through the dissenting view on Russia and other key subjects. With that, I give you another …

_____ (2023-03-03). Zelensky's Comic Insults… Gimme HIMARS, Tanks, F-16s and Now America's Sons & Daughters. strategic-culture.org The glib talk of people dying for no good cause, but rather only for a clique of clowns and their imperial circus, is the ultimate sick joke. | Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky sparked indignation and outrage this week with his grim warning that America's sons and daughters will end up fighting and dying if Russia is not defeated in Ukraine. | His presumptuous comments were made at a press conference on February 24 but only gained notoriety this week, provoking howls of derision and disgust. The reckless insanity of the war in Ukraine — and the catastrophe it is leading to — has become unbearable…

Anonymous103 (2023-03-03). Assessing Results Of Ukraine's Terrorist Attack In Russian Border Village. southfront.org

Anonymous103 (2023-03-03). Disabled Man, Called By SBU A Russian Spy, Killed In Ukrainian Prison. southfront.org Click to see full-size image | On January 17, 2023, SouthFront

Anonymous103 (2023-03-03). Kiev Made Big Mistake By Attacking Bryansk. southfront.org Illustrative ImageThe aim was to provoke Moscow in order to demand more help from the West, but the consequences may be disastrous for the neo-Nazi regime. | Written by Kiev has crossed a new red line in the conflict. On March 2, Ukrainian terrorists invaded the non-militarized territory of the Russian Federation, killing and hurting civilians in Bryansk oblast &#15…

Anonymous103 (2023-03-03). Russia Just Announced New Strategy On Deterring NATO Aggression. southfront.org

Anonymous103 (2023-03-03). Russian Aircraft Shot Down In Russian Rear In DPR. southfront.org Click to see full-size image | A military aircraft was shot down over the town of Yenakiyevo, Gorlovsky district, Donetsk region. The head of the city administration confirmed the incident, calling on the local residents to go out from the streets. | The footage from the area confirmed that the aircraft was shot down, caught fire and fell in the fields near the city. The aircraft was reportedly hit by anti-aircraft missile. The pilots ejected from the aircraft. | Presumably, the downed fighter is a Su-34 of the Russ…

Anonymous669 (2023-03-03). Iran Is Seeking S-400 Air Defense System From Russia — Report. southfront.org S-400 systems. FILE IMAGE: Alexey Malgavko / Sputnik | Iran is seeking the S-400 air defense system from Russia, The sources said that the possible acquisition of the sophisticated air defense system by Tehran would speed up an Israeli decision on a possible attack on Iranian nuclear sites. Russia ha…

Anonymous669 (2023-03-03). Russian Lancet Drones Take Out Two More Ukrainian M109 Howitzers (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 | On March 2, news sources released videos documenting recent Russian strikes on two M109 self-propelled 155 mm howitzers of Kiev forces within the special military operation zone in Ukraine. | The howitzers were targeted with Lancet loitering munitions. At least one of the howitzers was repor…

Answer Coalition (2023-03-03). Atlanta event April 1 featuring Eugene Puryear: Peace in Ukraine – No to Endless U.S. Wars! answercoalition.org Peace in Ukraine – No to Endless U.S. Wars!, Fund People's Needs, Not the War Machine!: | , Featured speaker: Eugene Puryear, journalist and organizer with ANSWER Coalition: | , Atlanta, GA, Saturday, April 1 – 1pm ET, The Neighborhood Church (1561 McLendon Ave NE): | The moment is now to inaugurate a new, multi-national, grassroots movement to demand an end to the war in Ukraine. There is no road to peace if the U.S. government policy remains to obstruct negotiations and send endless weapons into the war zone to escalate its war against Russia. | We must begin to build a peace movem…

Dave DeCamp (2023-03-03). Israel Says Its Window to Attack Iran Is Closing Due to Russian Support. news.antiwar.com Israeli officials are claiming Russia might provide Iran with S-400 air defense systems, and because of that, Israel's window to launch an attack on Iran is closing, Bloomberg reported on Thursday. The report cited anonymous people in the US and Israel who said the prospect of Iran acquiring the S-400 system could accelerate plans for …

Dave DeCamp (2023-03-03). Russia Says It Suspended New START Treaty Because the US Helped Ukraine Attack Strategic Sites. news.antiwar.com Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov said Thursday that one of the reasons Moscow suspended its participation in the New START treaty was because the US helped Ukraine attack a facility housing Russian nuclear weapons. New START is the last nuclear arms control treaty between the US and Russia and limits the deployment of warheads …

Eric Zuesse (2023-03-03). Why Russia's Invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022 Was Legal. dissidentvoice.org Under international law, "aggression" (or "aggressive war") has never yet been defined so as to separate it clearly from "defensive war" (or "defense"), and this murkiness is the U.N.'s most fundamental failure to-date, because the U.N. was supposed to have been formed in order to prevent a World War Three (WW III), which is impossible …

infobrics (2023-03-03). Russia — Africa Relations and the Emerging New World Order. infobrics.org Renaissance of Russian interest vis-à -vis Africa started much earlier than Russia — West relations collapsed due to Ukrainian war. And it was result of the realization that Africa will be increasingly important in decades to come…

infobrics (2023-03-03). Astronauts' Training Over in Russia, India on Track to Launch to Maiden Human Spaceflight Mission in 2024. infobrics.org Indian astronauts, who are a part of the potential team for a human space flight mission in 2024, have returned home after completing required training in Russia…

Larry Johnson (2023-03-03). Will China Send Weapons to Russia? sonar21.com Yes. I think they will. But not because Russia is running out of shells and rockets. Nope. I think China wants a chance to field test some of its weaponry…

noreply (2023-03-03). Some Necessary Admissions From People In The Field. smoothiex12.blogspot.com Scott and Judge Napolitano discuss this admission: Of course they didn't expect it, despite numerous warnings from people like Scott Ritter, Douglas Macgregor, Colonel Wilkerson, Daniel Davies and yours truly among very few others. I don't know what it will take to explain it to American politicians, most of who not only never served a day in the uniform, but cannot grasp even basic facts presented to them by Congressional Research Service in an easily digestible middle school book report form. Now, considering the fact, of which I am speaking ad nauseam, that the Russian Army didn't even combat deploy its mobili…

Otis Grotewohl (2023-03-03). The role of big investors in East Palestine and Ukraine. workers.org U.S. President Joe Biden made a surprise visit to Kiev Feb. 20 and met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. The trip was purposefully made to focus attention on the one-year anniversary of the U.S.- and NATO-led proxy war against Russia, and Biden promised large amounts of military aid to Zelensky's . . . |

WSWS (2023-03-03). Publisher agrees to an uncensored edition of Roald Dahl's books, but not before PEN America exposes its own hypocrisy. wsws.org Puffin has announced it will publish another edition of Dahl's books without changes, but not before the writers' advocacy group, PEN America, exposed itself as a phony opponent of censorship, given that it is a purveyor of Ukraine war propaganda and anti-Russian chauvinism.

SAM (2023-03-03). From Syria To Russia To Afghanistan, Sanctions Just Don't Work. progressivehub.net PHYLLIS BENNIS | IN THESE TIMES…

WSWS (2023-03-04). Inequality in Sweden reaches highest level in decades. wsws.org New data from the Swedish government's statistics agency—Statistics Sweden—shows that income inequality in the country is now higher than at any other point in time since the agency began collecting this information in 1975.

WSWS (2023-03-04). German talk show utilises atrocity propaganda to justify expansion of the Ukraine war. wsws.org With the growth of popular opposition to NATO's intensification of the war in Ukraine, war propaganda is assuming hysterical and grotesque forms.

Otis Grotewohl, Workers World. (2023-03-04). Ohio Community Confronts Company, Politicians After Train Wreck. popularresistance.org President Joe Biden's trip to Kiev, Ukraine, Feb. 20 shocked people living near East Palestine, Ohio, who have been devastated by a Feb. 3 toxic train derailment. The accident involved a 150-car train owned by Norfolk Southern, carrying dangerous and hazardous chemicals, which jackknifed due to a broken axle. | On Feb. 6, state authorities slowly released and burned dangerous chemicals, such as the cancer-causing vinyl chloride and others, into the air. Since then, people in the area have faced various health problems ranging from slight headaches and sore throats to coughing up and vomiting blood.

americanthinker (2023-03-03). Elon Musk: Ukraine's Fair-Weather Friend. americanthinker.com Elon Musk, the world's richest man, is now going AWOL from Ukraine's fight for survival.

americanthinker (2023-03-03). For Ukraine, maps and money tell a story. americanthinker.com And it's a story that should have Americans demanding more explanations from their government.

Anonymous103 (2023-03-03). President Of Ukraine: Americans Will Be Dying. southfront.org

Editor (2023-03-03). China's Peace Plan for Ukraine. scheerpost.com

infobrics (2023-03-03). Corruption scandals in Ukraine might spill over Biden family and Democratic party. infobrics.org The corruption factor in Ukraine and its American connection is not merely of interest to the police authorities: it has geopolitical and geoeconomic implications.

infobrics (2023-03-03). Borrell boasts how he broke EU's "taboo" of not wanting to send weapons. infobrics.org EU's diplomacy chief equalises assistance to French dairy farmers to sending arms to Ukraine.

Medea Benjamin, Marcy Winograd, Wei Yu (2023-03-03). Why Biden snubbed China's Ukraine peace plan. nationofchange.org President Biden and his coterie of neo-conservatives have no interest in peace if it means the U.S. concedes hegemonic power to a multi-polar world unbothered from the all-mighty dollar.

Otis Grotewohl (2023-03-03). Ohio/ Community confronts company and politicians after train wreck. workers.org President Joe Biden's trip to Kiev, Ukraine, Feb. 20 shocked people living near East Palestine, Ohio, who have been devastated by a Feb. 3 toxic train derailment. The accident involved a 150-car train owned by Norfolk Southern, carrying dangerous and hazardous chemicals, which jackknifed due to a broken axle. On . . . |

Rick Rozoff (2023-03-03). Video: presentation from 2014 on Ukraine and Transnistria. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com

Rick Sterling (2023-03-03). US Exceptionalism and the Wars in Syria and Ukraine. dissidentvoice.org Syria has been at war since 2011. The conflict is in a stalemate. US troops control nearly a third of the country. The US finances the operation and a secessionist army with oil and wheat they take from the area. It funds them and deprives the Syrian government from their own resources. In the northern …

Ross Domoney, The Real News Network. (2023-03-04). United Kingdom Teachers Join Strike Wave. popularresistance.org The strikes in Britain are growing and this time it's the teachers who have come out in force, demanding better wages amongst the cost of living crisis. On Feb. 1 up to 500,000 workers walked out in the UK, in one of the largest coordinated strike actions since the pensions dispute of 2011. It was a cross-union action which also saw train drivers going on strike as well as thousands of the government's own civil servants. The teachers are refusing to back down in their demands and have promised further strike action and disruption in the coming months. TRNN heads to a protest in central London and speaks directly…

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