2022-03-17: News Headlines

àÅlvaro Verzi Rangel (2022-03-17). Colombia, aliado no OTAN de EE.UU., gendarme para la región. globalizacion.ca El presidente de Estados Unidos, Joe Biden, le informó este jueves a su homólogo colombiano Iván Duque su intención de convertir a Colombia en aliado principal no OTAN (MNNA, por sus siglas en inglés) un estatus especial que conlleva privilegios…

WSWS (2022-03-17). The US arming of Ukraine and the preparations for war. wsws.org Declaring "We started our assistance to Ukraine before this war began," President Joe Biden made clear that the United States has been pumping billions of dollars of weapons into Ukraine for years.

teleSUR, hvh, JDO (2022-03-17). Rusia rechaza declaraciones del presidente de EE.UU sobre Putin. telesurtv.net El Kremlin afirmó que las declaraciones de Biden son "absolutamente intolerables, inadmisibles e imperdonables".

WSWS (2022-03-17). Oppose USW threats and lies! Launch a national strike to overturn the government-dictated sellout contract! wsws.org The following statement was issued by the Oil Workers Rank-and-File Committee to oppose the sellout contract dictated by the Biden administration and the United Steelworkers union.

Nat Villasana, Sean Scantland (2022-03-17). Protesters condemn racist voting legislation in rural Georgia. liberationnews.org Anti-racist protesters joined a Board of Elections meeting on March 9 in Spalding County, Georgia to oppose local Republicans' new provision to eliminate Sunday voting.

Morning Star (2022-03-17). Facebook accused of boosting far-right BJP in Indian elections. peoplesworld.org Facebook has been accused of boosting Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Hindu chauvinist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in elections by offering it cheaper advertising deals. The social media giant charged the BJP a lower rate in nine of 10 elections, according to analysis by transparency watchdogs and press monitoring groups. This allowed the far-right governing …

Mark Gruenberg (2022-03-17). Donald Trump's fourth link to the Supreme Court: Ginni Thomas. peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON—During his four years in the Oval Office, Donald Trump catered to his right-wing supporters and used the Federalist Society, a right-wing judicial advocacy group, to name three justices to the U.S. Supreme Court—Brett Kavanaugh, Neil Gorsuch, and Amy Coney Barrett. They cemented the rightist majority on the nation's highest bench. What's lesser-known is Trump's …

WSWS (2022-03-17). Mask mandates end in nearly every US school district as pediatric death toll climbs. wsws.org The Democratic Party has fully signed on to the blatant "herd immunity" policies that the Republican Party, far-right groups and Donald Trump have been advocating since the beginning of the pandemic.

Our Reporter (2022-03-17). Opposition in Parliament, NUP boss petition US department secretary on human rights. plusnews.ug The Opposition in Parliament has petitioned the United States Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights and Labour, Lisa Petersen on the state of human rights in Uganda. Petersen, the US Ambassador to Uganda Natalie E. Brown and other officials on Thursday held a private meeting at Parliament with the Leader of Opposition, Mathias Mpuuga and …

Akio Tanaka (2022-03-17). Pacifica Members Voted for the New Bylaws. indybay.org Pacifica should accept the democratic vote of its members.

ecns.cn (2022-03-17). China's longest-spanning dual-purpose suspension bridge completed in Chongqing. ecns.cn Construction wrapped up on Tuesday at the Guojiatuo Yangtze River Bridge in southwest China's Chongqing city.

WSWS (2022-03-16). Details of St. Paul teachers union deal reveal austerity agreement. wsws.org The St. Paul deal must be stated for what it is: a sellout agreement which is entirely within the framework of austerity demanded by the Democratic Party.

Amy Goodman (2022-03-16). No-Fly Zone in Ukraine Would Be "Direct Involvement in the War," Experts Warn. truthout.org Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky continues to demand the U.S. and NATO allies impose a no-fly zone over Ukraine, an idea that President Biden has rejected even as a growing number of Republicans embrace the idea despite the risk it could draw the U.S. directly into the war against Russia and possibly spark a nuclear confrontation. Stephen Wertheim, a senior fellow in the American Statecraft Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, co-authored an open letter signed by foreig…

WSWS (2022-03-16). Right-wing candidate narrowly wins South Korean presidential election. wsws.org Yoon's election is the result above all of the deep unpopularity of the Moon administration, which is responsible for the social crisis produced by the COVID-19 pandemic…

WSWS (2022-03-16). Passage of anti-democratic bill banning discussion of sexual orientation in Florida schools triggers student walkouts. wsws.org Republican Governor Ron DeSantis has pledged to sign the "Parental Rights in Education" bill, dubbed the "Don't Say Gay" bill by its opponents, following the bill's passage last week by the state Senate.

Katherine Woolf, Mayuri Gogoi, Christopher A. Martin, Padmasayee Papineni, Susie Lagrata, Laura B. Nellums, I.Chris McManus, Anna L. Guyatt, Carl Melbourne, Luke Bryant, Amit Gupta, Catherine John, Sue Carr, Martin D. Tobin, Sandra Simpson, Bindu Gregary, Avinash Aujayeb, Stephen Zingwe, Rubina Reza, Laura J. Gray, Kamlesh Khunti, Manish Pareek, UK-REACH Study Collaborative Group (2022-03-16). [Articles] Healthcare workers' views on mandatory SARS-CoV-2 vaccination in the UK: A cross-sectional, mixed-methods analysis from the UK-REACH study. thelancet.com Only one in six of the HCWs in this large, diverse, UK-wide sample favoured mandatory vaccination. Building trust, educating, and supporting HCWs who are hesitant about vaccination may be more acceptable, effective, and equitable.

Editor (2022-03-16). The ominous omnibus: Pentagon wins, workers lose. workers.org A $1.5 trillion "omnibus" spending bill, which President Joe Biden is expected to sign, passed the House and Senate March 10. Over half the money in the Consolidated Appropriations Act — $782 billion, a $42 billion increase over fiscal 2021 — is going for Pentagon spending. Of course NATO, the . . . |

Dean Baker (2022-03-16). As the Fed Prepares to Raise Rates, the Inflation Hawks are Running Wild. cepr.net We are seeing higher inflation primarily because of factors that have nothing to do with Biden's stimulus package. We would not be better off if we faced slightly lower inflation with another 3 million people out of work.

WSWS (2022-03-16). Silence in the media and Labour "left" on Assange's extradition danger. wsws.org The Biden administration intends to prosecute Assange for charges under the Espionage Act with a potential sentence of 175 years in prison. This would be served in barbaric conditions, that previous judgements acknowledged could drive him to suicide.

WSWS (2022-03-16). Support strike action at Canadian Pacific! For a united movement of North American railroaders against wage cuts and brutal working hours! wsws.org What is needed is a united struggle, bringing together workers across the Class I railroads in North America independent of both the union bureaucracy and the Biden and Trudeau governments.

teleSUR, SH (2022-03-16). Joe Biden anunciará 800 millones de dólares en ayuda militar a Ucrania. telesurtv.net Con la nueva ayuda se elevará a 1.000 millones de dólares la asistencia anunciada por Washington a Kiev en la última semana.

_____ (2022-03-16). How America will Make Money from War in Europe. journal-neo.org When the US President Joe Biden announced, on March 8, his decision to ban imports of Russian oil and gas to the US, he opened up a potential business opportunity for the US LNG gas business to expand further into Europe and beyond. While Biden's decision does not automatically apply to Europe, given how Europe …

WSWS (2022-03-16). Australia launches legal action against Russia over MH17 downing. wsws.org The Dutch-Australian case, undoubtedly launched in close consultation with the Biden administration, further demonstrates the lengths to which the US and its allies are prepared to go in their reckless war drive against Russia.

Marzieh Rahmani (2022-03-16). VIDEO: Biden sparks laughter by calling Harris 'first lady'. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Mar. 16 (MNA) — Joe Biden sparked laughter at an event on Equal Pay Day on Tuesday by mistakenly calling Kamala Harris the first lady.

Sharon Zhang (2022-03-16). Biden Calls Out Oil and Gas Companies as Oil Prices Drop But Gas Remains High. truthout.org As crude oil prices are dropping, President Joe Biden is demanding that gas prices be lowered to ease the impact on the public. | On Wednesday, Biden tweeted a chart showing the current discrepancy between oil price and gas price trends. "Oil prices are decreasing, gas prices should too,"

Ju-Hyun Park (2022-03-16). What does Yoon Seok-yeol's presidency mean for South Korea? peoplesdispatch.org Last week's presidential elections in South Korea saw 77% of the country's 44 million eligible voters mobilize to the polls. The race remained too close to call until 98% of votes had been counted early the next day. With a lead of less than one percent of the vote, the narrowest margin in Korean history, Yoon Seok-Yeol of the right-wing People Power Party Yoon's victory marks a return to power for the S…

WSWS (2022-03-16). Virginia Thomas, wife of right-wing Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, admits to participating in January 6 "Stop the Steal" rally. wsws.org "Ginni" Thomas played an active role in the fascist conspiracy headed by Donald Trump to overturn the 2020 presidential election.

_____ (2022-03-16). Former Top Pentagon Advisor Col. Doug Macgregor On Russia-Ukraine War. popularresistance.org Former senior advisor the Secretary of Defense Col. Doug Macgregor joins Max Blumenthal and Aaron Mate for a candid, live discussion of the Russia-Ukraine war and his time in the Trump administration when an Afghan withdrawal was sabotaged and conflict with Iran and Syria continued.

Lindsay Koshgarian (2022-03-16). Our Military Budget Is More Lopsided Than Ever. otherwords.org Congress recently announced a bipartisan budget deal to fund the federal government through 2022. It's a lopsided budget if there ever was one. | Even after America's longest war in Afghanistan ended last year, military spending isn't going down. In fact, it's skyrocketing upwards — from $740 billion in the last budget set under Trump to $782 billion in this deal. | The same new budget offers just $730 billion to meet urgent domestic needs at home. | That means that even during a pandemic, supply chain crisis, and painful inflation, we'll put more resources into the military and war than public health, educ…

Miko Peled (2022-03-16). Israel Apologists Hurl Familiar Antisemitism Charges in Post-Speech Ambush of Amnesty Director. mintpressnews.com WASHINGTON — A typical DC storm has been brewing since Paul O'Brien, executive director of Amnesty International USA, spoke last Wednesday at the Women's National Democratic Club (WNDC) in Washington. O'Brien gave an excellent talk about Amnesty International's The woman asking the question represented a Zionist organization and repeatedly claimed that cal…

Kungu Al-Mahadi Adam (2022-03-16). FDC, Balyeku and other leaders wish Oulanyah speedy recovery. plusnews.ug Opposition political party, Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) and various leaders have on Wednesday wished a speedy recovery to the Speaker of Parliament, Jacob Oulanyah who is currently receiving specialised treatment at a Seattle based hospital in the U.S. He was rushed to America on February 3, 2022 aboard a chartered Uganda Airlines' Airbus A330-800 …

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-03-16). Under the Wolfsangel: The Truth about Radical Ideologies in Ukraine. libya360.wordpress.com Olga Sukharevskaya A cursory look at the documents regarding the foundation of the Ukrainian state would make it appear quite European and democratic, which is exactly the reason why many might have dismissed Vladimir Putin's talk about neo-Nazis in Ukraine as rhetoric and propaganda. The truth, however, is much more complicated and cannot be summarized…

WSWS (2022-03-16). An unoriginal hagiography of the Democratic Party: Michael Kazin's What it Took to Win. wsws.org Michael Kazin's book What It Took To Win: A History of the Democratic Party is as unoriginal as it is wrong…

Ann Brown (2022-03-16). WSJ Poll: Black Support For Democrats Is Collapsing, Inflation Causing Financial Strain. moguldom.com Black voters are losing their longstanding faith in the Democrats because of rising inflation, which hit its highest level in four decades. A new poll conducted by The Wall Street Journal found that Black women and Hispanic men had the highest levels of inflation worry among demographic groups. Nonwhite voters are more likely than white …

Anonymous669 (2022-03-16). Turkish Artillery, Combat Drones Target Kurdish-Held Areas In Northern & Northeastern Syria. southfront.org File image. | Turkish forces continue to escalate their attacks on Kurdish-held towns and villages in Syria's northern and northeastern regions. | On March 16, the artillery of the Turkish military and its proxies pounded the towns of Minaq, Maraanaz and al-Alqamiyah in the northern countryside of Aleppo. The three towns are held by the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF). However, the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) maintains a number of positions there. | According to the Hawar News Agency, which is affiliated wi…

Isheka N. Harrison (2022-03-16). Kelis' Husband Passes Away From Stomach Cancer At 37. moguldom.com Photographer Mike Mora, the husband of eight years of singer Kelis, has died from stomach cancer. He was 37. "Sadly, it's true that Mike Mora has passed away. We would ask all to respect Kelis and her family's privacy as of right now. Thank you," said Steve Satterhwaite of Red Light Management, which represents the …

Isheka N. Harrison (2022-03-16). Dr. Cornel West: America Is Breaking Down, Spiritual Decay Across Race And Gender, Across The Board. moguldom.com Renowned scholar, professor and philosopher Dr. Cornel West is not known for his tact. He stayed true to form when talking about the "spiritual decay" of America in a recent interview. "When you think of the secular these days, you think of careerism, opportunism, hedonism, egoism, individualism—and the ways in which science seems to be …

SF015 (2022-03-16). Mass Grave In Mariupol. Who May Buried There And Why. southfront.org An official representative of the DPR said at an urgent briefing on the morning of 16 March that information had been received from various sources that another falsification had been carried out by the Ukrainian leadership in the city of Mariupol. | This time, the office of the Ukrainian President set the task for the Ukrainian armed forces' command to discredit the actions of the Russian forces by showing the Western public the mass graves of civilians allegedly killed as a result of artillery shellin…

Sharon Zhang (2022-03-16). AOC Demands Accountability for High Gas Prices as Crude Oil Price Drops. zcomm.org "They don't want to spoil the dividend party. They're finally generating the cash their investors have expected them to do all along."

Ramona Wadi (2022-03-16). Not all Refugees are Equal: Plight of Palestinians Displaced by Israel Worsening. juancole.com ( Middle East Monitor ) — Financial support for the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) is dwindling, despite the renewed mandates and financial contribution pledges by world leaders. "The almost unanimous political support expressed by the UN General Assembly to the Agency is not translated into matching financial resources," UNRWA's Commissioner-General, …

Human Rights Watch (2022-03-16). Saudi Arabia: Mass Execution of 81 Men: Rampant Abuses in Criminal Justice System, lack of Fair Trials. juancole.com Human Rights Watch — (Beirut) — Saudi authorities' execution of 81 men on March 12, 2022 was its largest mass execution in years despite recent promises to curtail its use of the death penalty, Human Rights Watch said today. Rampant and systemic abuses in Saudi Arabia's criminal justice system suggest it is highly unlikely that …

Juan Cole (2022-03-16). Top 7 Ways Iran evaded US Sanctions that Putin could Follow. juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — The sorts of sanctions and boycotts the United States and its allies are placing on Russia resemble those applied by Washington to Iran off and on in the past decade, though so far the measures in place against Tehran are still far more severe than what has been done to …

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