2022-03-22: News Headlines

_____ (2022-03-22). Venezuela: A Model Of Resistance To US Intervention. popularresistance.org Unlike Ukraine, Venezuela successfully resisted the violent US-led coup attempt in 2014, and in other years, by right wing forces and the hybrid war being waged against it. Venezuela is recovering despite the ongoing economic blockade. Now, because the United States needs oil, the Biden administration has started talking to the Maduro government and there is hope that relations between the two countries may resume. For an update on this situation, as well as the future of Venezuela's US-based oil company CITGO, the status of Venezuela's gold in the Bank of London, the demise of Juan Guaido, and the kidnapping of…

DLI (2022-03-22). China did not "blink" on Blinken's threats before the Biden-Xi phone call. indybay.org Prior to the March 18 phone meeting between US President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping, the US mainstream media(MSM) widely highlighted US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken's sharply-worded "warning" to China on "consequences" if China did not commit to stop the alleged "military aid to Russia" on its Ukraine war. To any fair and balanced observer, this hypocritical "warning" before an important meetings between the leaders of the world's two largest political and economic countries, is a sure sign that the USA empire–desperate in its bumbling handling of the disastrous Ukraine war crisis–is tryin…

WSWS (2022-03-22). White House plans major escalation of NATO's proxy war with Russia. wsws.org One month since the outbreak of the war in Ukraine, US President Joe Biden will this week begin a tour of the continent in an effort to mobilize NATO in a major escalation of the conflict against Russia.

_____ (2022-03-22). Concerning an Assassination Attempt on Song Young-gil. journal-neo.org On March 7, 2022, on the eve of the presidential elections in South Korea, the leader of the Democratic Party, Song Young-gil, was campaigning in Seoul's Sinchon district and became the victim of an assassination attempt. The attacker approached him from behind and hit him on the head several times with a hammer wrapped in …

José Manuel Blanco Diaz (2022-03-22). Colombia's Uribe Accuses Venezuela for Election Debacle, Minister for Defense Responds. orinocotribune.com This Sunday, March 20, Venezuela's Minister for Defense Vladimir Padrino reacted firmly to accusations issued by Colombia's former president, àÅlvaro Uribe, following the defeat suffered by Uribe's party in the March 13 Colombian parliamentary elections. | Accusation and manipulation | According to Uribe's accusation, Venezuela's General Directorate of Military Counterintelligence (DGCIM) was behind the alleged fraud that occurred in Colombia's March 13 elections. | "Venezuela's penetration contributed to the electoral fraud in Colombia," wrote Uribe yesterday. With this statement Uribe expressed frustratio…

WSWS (2022-03-22). East Timor's presidential election goes to second round. wsws.org A plummeting turnout and the decline in Fretilin's vote reflect bitter infighting within the Timorese ruling elite, as well as escalating hostility among poverty stricken ordinary people towards the entire political establishment.

WSWS (2022-03-22). Macron presents militarist, class war program in French presidential elections. wsws.org The incumbent cynically uses the war NATO is waging against Russia on Ukrainian soil as a pretext to justify vastly intensifying the unpopular policies of his first term.

WSWS (2022-03-22). Ultra-right takes control of Northern California county through recall election. wsws.org Pro-Trump militia groups and a Connecticut multimillionaire joined forces in the effort using fascistic demagogy against coronavirus restrictions.

Ann Brown (2022-03-22). Majority-Black Tennessee Town Loses Financial Control As Big Ford Plant Moves In. moguldom.com Mason, Tennessee, a majority Black, majority Democratic Party town, is fighting to protect its sovereignty from white conservatives. The town, whose population of 1,510 is almost 72 percent Black, has been in dire financial straits for the last few years. In a Republican-led effort to take control of the economy, a deal has been made …

Editor (2022-03-22). The rise of Ilhan Omar: Lessons from a self-portrait. mronline.org Shamus Cooke assesses the record of Representative Ilhan Omar and what her autobiography reveals about her political trajectory.

_____ (2022-03-21). The End of United States' World Hegemony Looms Large. journal-neo.org Last week the Chinese Premier Chou En Lai had a telephone conversation with United States president Joe Biden. The Chinese have provided an extensive report on the conversation. It appears that the main reason for the telephone call, initiated by Biden, was to pressure the Chinese not to assist Russia its present confrontation with Ukraine. …

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.

Sarah Anderson (2022-03-21). Progressive Caucus Urges Biden to Use 55 Tools in His Executive Action Toolbox. inequality.org

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2022-03-21). "Preemptive Nuclear War": The Historic Battle for Peace and Democracy. A Third World War Threatens the Future of Humanity. globalresearch.ca US nuclear doctrine consists in portraying nuclear weapons as a means of "self defense" rather than a "weapon of mass destruction". There are powerful financial interests behind Joe Biden's $1.3 trillion nuclear weapons program initiated under Obama.

Moderator (2022-03-21). Hedges: The Lie of American Innocence. scheerpost.com "Have a Nice Doomsday" [Original Illustration by Mr. Fish] |
| By The branding of Vladimir Putin as a war criminal by Joe Biden, who lobbied for the Iraq war and staunchly supported the 20 years of carnage in the Middle East, is one more example of the hypocritical moral posturing sweeping across the United States. It is unclear how anyone would try Putin for war crimes since Russia, like the United States, does not recognize the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court in The Hague. But justice is…

JANET (2022-03-21). 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…

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.

Marzieh Rahmani (2022-03-21). Biden to travel to Poland to discuss Ukraine crisis. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Mar. 21 (MNA) — United States President Joe Biden will travel to Poland on Friday (Mar 25) to meet with President Andrzej Duda for discussions over latest developments in Ukraine.

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…

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 …

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…

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 …

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…

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.

_____ (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 …

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.

rebekah (2022-03-21). The Future We Need: Economic Democracy. inequality.org

Staff (2022-03-21). Democratic & Victorious? Zelensky Bans Ukrainian Opposition Parties. orinocotribune.com On 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-scale…

Staff (2022-03-21). Fourteen killed in machete attack in DR Congo's Ituri. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Mar. 21 (MNA) — Fourteen people, including seven children, have been killed with machetes in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Red Cross has said, as a community leader blamed a notorious armed group for the bloody attack.

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 …

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.

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?

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 …

Isheka N. Harrison (2022-03-21). Congressional Candidate Nina Turner: American Descendants Of Enslaved People Deserve Reparations. moguldom.com Ohio Congressional candidate Nina Turner isn't known for being "politically correct" despite the fact that she's spent much of her life and career dedicated to public service. Instead, the Cleveland native speaks out boldly for what she believes is right and against what she believes is wrong. Turner was no different when she reiterated her …

Isheka N. Harrison (2022-03-21). Black America Responds To HBCU Hampton University Funding Free Housing And Tuition For Up To 100 International Students From Ukraine. moguldom.com Hampton University recently announced it would be offering free tuition, room and board to 50 to 100 international students from Ukraine due to ongoing war and devastation in the European country. "The collective Hampton University faculty, staff and students are heartbroken because the war-torn country of Ukraine must deal with atrocities like the bombing of …

_____ (2022-03-21). What Does A Just Food Future Look Like? popularresistance.org During a recent event at SXSW organized by Food Tank, Huston-Tillotson University, Oatly, and others, food system scholars and activists discussed the intersection of food, culture, and economics. | Cortlin Harrison, a barista at the first unionized Starbucks in Buffalo, New York and a member of Starbucks Workers United highlighted some of the deep inequities perpetuated by food corporations. "We were seeing partners who can't afford their rent, partners struggling with food insecurity," Harrison says. "Meanwhile we're seeing the corporate elite make billions of dollars in profit," | Panelists also pointed to man…

_____ (2022-03-21). Senator Sasse Calls Saudi Willingness To Trade Oil In Yuan A 'Big, Bad Thing'. popularresistance.org On Tuesday, The Wall Street Journal reported Saudi Arabia was in "active talks with Beijing to price some of its oil sales to China in yuan". | Much of the world is looking to bolster oil reserves amid what the International Energy Agency warned on Wednesday could be "the biggest supply crisis in decades", as evidence mounts that US and EU efforts to keep Russian gas out of Western vehicles and residences may ultimately backfire. | Sasse, who demanded on Fox that the US "rearm" the Ukrainian regime "constantly", and insisted that "defeating Vladimir Putin" is the only way to stop China from being able to "displac…

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.

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