2022-03-21: News Headlines

Andrew Korybko (2022-03-21). Why Did U.S. Prioritize Containing Russia Over China? moderndiplomacy.eu Experts are scrambling to explain why the U.S. prioritized containing Russia over China despite most prior indicators very strongly suggesting that it would prioritize the second scenario. U.S. President Joe Biden largely continued his predecessor Donald Trump's muscular approach towards the People's Republic up until around last fall, when the latest tensions in Europe became …

Staff (2022-03-21). Rusia presenta nota de protesta diplomática por los comentarios de Biden sobre Putin. cubadebate.cu La Cancillería rusa manifestó al embajador de Washington, John Sullivan, que las declaraciones del presidente estadounidense, Joe Biden, sobre su homólogo Vladimir Putin, pusieron las relaciones bilaterales al borde de la ruptura. En una nota de protesta entregada este lunes Rusia señaló que las palabras de Biden son inaceptables e indignas de un estadista de tan alto rango.

teleSUR, DRL (2022-03-21). Conferencia EE.UU.-Cuba llama a Biden a normalizar relaciones. telesurtv.net Movimientos estadounidenses de solidaridad con Cuba protagonizaron una Conferencia de Normalización entre ambos países.

Rick Rozoff (2022-03-21). Serbia won't be dragged into broader European war: president. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com B92March 21, 2022 Vuƒçiƒá: Serbia to respond to Pri≈°tina and Podgorica; Far-reaching consequences follow Serbian President Aleksandar Vuƒçiƒá said that Serbia would respond to Pristina and Montenegro tomorrow. He said at the pre-election rally in Kikinda that all the effects of the war in Ukraine and everything that is happening in Europe and the world …

_____ (2022-03-21). India's Ruling Bharatiya Janata Party Strengthens its Positions. journal-neo.org The beginning of March in India marked the end of almost a month of continuous voting, including Parliamentary by-elections in five states: Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Uttarakhand, Manipur and Goa. In terms of population, these states rank 1st, 15th, 18th, 24th and 26th respectively out of India's 28 states and 8 union territories (including the capital …

WSWS (2022-03-21). Labor Party wins South Australian election on back of COVID disaster. wsws.org The Liberal vote plummeted straight after the reopening of the state's borders on November 23, which soon led to the pandemic taking off.

Our Reporter (2022-03-21). New Speaker of Parliament to be elected on Friday. plusnews.ug By Constance Ichuma Asere The National Resistance Movement (NRM) has set 22 March as a date for expression of interest for the position of Speaker of Parliament .The Central Executive Committee will later convene on Wednesday and caucus on Thursday and the election of the new speaker will be on friday…

Adriaan Alsema (2022-03-21). Colombia's election chief orders recount of congressional election results. colombiareports.com Colombia's top election official ordered a recount of disputed congressional election results. National Registrar Alexander Vega ordered the recount of the Senate election results at the request of President Ivan…

Adriaan Alsema (2022-03-21). Public confidence in Colombia's elections collapsed: observers. colombiareports.com Public confidence in Colombia's electoral process collapsed due to "an accumulation of errors," according to election observers. The crisis followed congressional elections of which the results are still being disputed…

Justine Medina, Jacob Buckner (2022-03-21). Amazon Labor Union builds community coalition to organize retail giant in Staten Island. peoplesworld.org STATEN ISLAND, N.Y.—The union election for Amazon workers at the company's JFK8 warehouse here is set to begin this Friday, March 25th. If the Amazon Labor Union is successful and the workers vote to unionize, it will be a historic victory. It would be the first union at Amazon anywhere in the United States. And …

Staff (2022-03-21). Trump asegura que volverá a la Casa Blanca en 2024. cubadebate.cu El expresidente Donald Trump prometió a sus seguidores que regresará a la Casa Blanca en 2024, durante un discurso pronunciado en Florida durante el fin de semana. "Con el apoyo de todos en esta sala, recuperaremos la Cámara, recuperaremos el Senado y recuperaremos nuestro país", dijo Trump. "Y luego, lo más importante, en 2024, vamos a recuperar nuestra hermosa Casa Blanca", agregó.

Staff (2022-03-21). Las redes sociales imponen su relato. cubadebate.cu øEn qué nuevo mundo geopolítico estamos? øQué consecuencias planetarias está teniendo la guerra de Ucrania? øEn qué medida China podría ser excluida a su vez, a pesar de su gigantismo, del funcionamiento "occidental" del mundo? øQué está pasando con la información y las mentiras sobre este conflicto? øQué ocurre, en particular, con el funcionamiento de las redes sociales que aparecían como las grandes plataformas democratizadoras para acceder a una información de mejor calidad?

Our Reporter (2022-03-21). FDC mourns fallen Speaker of Parliament. plusnews.ug By Constance Ichuma Asere The Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) has joined the entire country to mourn the death of the Speaker of Parliament and Member of Parliament for Omoro County , the Rt.Hon.Jacob Oulanya Lo'kori who passed away from a hospital in Seattle ,United States of America (USA) where he was receiving treatment from …

Staff (2022-03-21). Democratic & Victorious? Zelensky Bans Ukrainian Opposition Parties. orinocotribune.com This Sunday, March 20 the president of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky outlawed the activity of 10 opposition parties while martial law is in force, which was decreed after the conflict in the country began. | Through a video, the Ukrainian president announced the suspension of activities of some opposition parties and political structures, after accusing them of being linked to Russia, in a move that contradicts the statesmanship and democratic imagery that the US and the EU have been trying to build around Zelensky. | He said in the video: "The National Security and Defense Council has decided, given the large-scal…

WSWS (2022-03-21). Canadian Pacific locks out 3,000 railroad workers across Canada. wsws.org While business groups and provincial premiers are lining up to demand that rail workers be stripped of their right to strike by anti-democratic government legislation, CP Rail workers are determined to fight brutal working conditions and demanding a mass movement against North America's sixth-largest rail company.

Tim Wheeler (2022-03-21). Latinos cheated in Washington State voter map. peoplesworld.org YAKIMA—Washington State is guilty of gerrymandering to deny Latino voters representation in the state legislature according to a pending lawsuit filed Jan.19 by the Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund (MALDEF). The lawsuit assails a district map approved by the legislature that is 50.2% Hispanic as a "faàßade" of a map that fairly embraces …

WSWS (2022-03-21). Columbus, Ohio police officer cleared of wrongdoing after killing 16-year-old Ma'Khia Bryant. wsws.org No charges will be filed against the Columbus, Ohio police officer who shot and killed a 16-year-old girl last year.

ecns.cn (2022-03-21). Wild panda captured playing in river. ecns.cn Photo shows a wild giant panda playing in a river in Wuping county, Mianyang, southwest China's Sichuan Province, March 19, 2022. A ranger spotted the panda while patrolling at the Xuebaoding national nature reserve in Sichuan.

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2022-03-21). Waltzing Toward Armageddon with the Merchants of Death. transcend.org 14 Mar 2022 – The Cold War, 1945-1989, was a Bacchanalia for arms manufacturers, the Pentagon, the CIA, the diplomats who played one country off another, and the global corporations able to equate predatory capitalism with freedom. The doctrine of permanent war dominated our lives then–and now.

Juan Cole (2022-03-20). Happiness Apartheid: UN Ranks Israel 9th for Happiness, Occupied Palestinian Territories 122nd. juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — The UN World Happiness Report for 2021 ranks Israel as the 9th happiest country in the world, but lists the Palestinian territories as the 122nd. Yet, both societies are ruled by the same government, the government of Israel. The annual report is brought out by the United Nations Sustainable Development …

ecns.cn (2022-03-20). Xi has candid, in-depth exchange of views with Biden. ecns.cn Chinese President Xi Jinping had a video call with U.S. President Joe Biden at the request of the latter on Friday. The two Presidents had a candid and in-depth exchange of views on China-U.S. relations, the situation in Ukraine, and other issues of mutual interest.

_____ (2022-03-20). Was Bombing Of Mariupol Theater Staged By Ukrainian Azov Extremists? popularresistance.org Western media have reported that Russia's military deliberately attacked the Donetsk Academic Regional Drama theater in Mariupol, Ukraine, claiming that it was filled with civilians and marked with signs reading "children" on its grounds. | The supposed bombing took place just as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky appealed to US Congress for a no fly zone, fueling the chorus for direct military confrontation with Russia and apparently inspiring President Joseph Biden to brand Vladimir Putin, the Russian president, as a "war criminal." | A closer look reveals that local residents in Mariupol had warned three d…

JANET (2022-03-20). LIVE THIS WEDNESDAY 3/23 @ 7:30PM Eastern — Biden's Threat: Nuclear War or Sanctions. iacenter.org REGISTER NOW! Join the International Action Center WEDNESDAY MARCH 23rd at 7: 30PM EST for a livestream event. The fires of war have been lit in Ukraine. The U.S. corporate media fans the flames despite the best efforts of anti-war activists around the world attempt to extinguish them. Now President Biden has poured gasoline on an already volatile situation by issuing this ultimatum: there will either be sanctions or there will be nuclear war. This threat means that, no matter what, the U.S. is hell-bent on making Ukrainians and Russians suffer. It means that the U.S. and NATO is holding all of Europe hostage in o…

_____ (2022-03-20). Sanctions against Biden End his Career. journal-neo.org By launching information warfare and sanctions against undesirable countries and politicians, the United States clearly did not consider that these same weapons could very well punish the US, its American "stability", as well as knock many politicians of this "empire of lies" off pedestal. So, once Moscow, in response to the White House's insinuations, blacklisted …

ecns.cn (2022-03-20). Xi stresses joint China-U.S. efforts for world peace, tranquility. ecns.cn China and the U.S. must not only guide their relations forward along the right track, but also shoulder their share of international responsibilities and work for world peace and tranquility, Chinese President Xi Jinping said in a video call with U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday at the latter's request.

Our Reporter (2022-03-20). Bobi Wine Vs Smack fracus continues. plusnews.ug By Constance Ichuma Asere During the Saturday parents' Annual General Meeting (AGM) which was held at , St Mary's College,Kisubi (SMACK) on March 19 , Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu (Bobi Wine) ,a former presidential aspirant in the 2021 general elections raised a complaint about the suspension of his son Solomon Sekayi Kampala under un clear circumstances …

Adriaan Alsema (2022-03-20). Duque seeks to ease tensions in Colombia after bungled elections. colombiareports.com Colombia's President Ivan Duque called an emergency meeting over the contested results of the congressional elections. In a statement, Duque said he would invite electoral authorities, independent observers and political…

Middle East Monitor (2022-03-20). Palestine tops Chilean president's Agenda in first Statements after taking Office. juancole.com By Eman Abusidu | — ( Middle East Monitor ) — Last Friday, thirty-six-year-old Gabriel Boric, the youngest Chilean president ever to have been elected, officially became the president of Chile after winning Chile's presidential elections last December. His victory represents a major revival for Chile's progressive left and a new era for Chile and …

Fidel Castro Ruz (2022-03-20). Fidel Castro's Message against Nuclear War: "In a Nuclear War the 'Collateral Damage' would be the Life of All Humanity." globalresearch.ca A forceful message calling for World peace and the survival of humankind.

Zahir Ebrahim, Project Humanbeingsfirst (2022-03-20). Manufacturing Dissent – Making the Public Mind. indybay.org Book Announcement. Engineering Consent in free open democratic societies entails manufacturing both consent and dissent based on target demographics.

Fatima El-Tayeb (2022-03-20). To Treat All Refugees Like Human Beings, Europe Must Confront Its Racism. truthout.org The reactions to Russian President Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine emphasize the exceptionality of this event, its disruptiveness and its potentially massive global implications. World War II is a frequent reference point. Not since then, the understanding seems to be, has Europe seen anything like this. In the Western press in particular, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is frequently compared to Winston Churchill, as the face and voice of the democratic powers resisting the onslaught…

Rick Rozoff (2022-03-20). Opinion: China won't be coerced by U.S. diktat over Ukraine. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Global TimesMarch 20, 2022 China 'won't be coerced by US' on its ties with RussiaBy Yang Sheng and Wan Hengyi After the video call between Chinese and US top leaders, the US side and Western media are trying to hype a narrative that Washington is warning Beijing that any attempt "to provide military support" to …

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