(2022-04-02). Sanctions on Russia boomerang — Biden promises food shortages. iacenter.org By Sara Flounders March 31, 2022 March 27 "Food shortages — it's going to be real," President Joe Biden said in Brussels March 25. "The price of the sanctions is not just imposed upon Russia. It's imposed upon an awful lot of countries as well, including European countries and our country as well." This ominous warning, reported around the world, was delivered at a NATO press conference. As Biden spoke, workers' actions in Spain, Greece, Italy, France and Germany confronted soaring prices for fuel and food. From truckers to farmers on tractors, roads were blocked. Fishing people organized on boats. The pric…
(2022-04-02). Nuclear Posture Review: Biden administration abandons no first use pledge. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Defense OneMarch 30, 2022 Biden's Nuke Review Omits 'No First Use', Kills Naval Cruise Missile The president, who pledged during the campaign to use nuclear weapons only in response to a similar attack, declined to set that as U.S. policy. President Joe Biden has walked back from his longtime preferred policy of "no first use" …
(2022-04-02). Rethinking ASEAN ties with U.S., signs of another Cold War may be in the air. ecns.cn It is correct that U.S. President Joe Biden's invitation to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) for a summit at the White House on March 28-29 was postponed, supposedly due to conflicting schedules.
(2022-04-02). Biden afirma que 30 países apoyan su plan para liberar petróleo. telesurtv.net Joe Biden anunció el jueves que liberaría un millón de barriles diarios de crudo durante seis meses de sus reservas estratégicas.
(2022-04-02). Biden administration announces end of Title 42 anti-asylum policy, issues a fast pass for Ukrainian refugees. wsws.org The lifting of Title 42 is no victory for asylum. Instead, it is to cover up the hypocrisy of the Biden administration as it allows Ukrainian refugees in, while demanding Latin American countries increase attacks on migrants making the journey north.
(2022-04-02). US to Work With Allies to Send Soviet-Made Tanks to Ukraine. news.antiwar.com A US official told The New York Times on Friday that the Biden administration will work with allies in Europe The move marks an escalation in Western military aid to Ukraine. Until now, the US and its NATO allies have provided Ukraine with thousands of shoulder-fired anti-tank and anti-aircraft missiles but have held off on sending more advanced weapons over concerns of provoking Russia. | The US official wouldn't specify how many tanks will be sent or what countries the…
(2022-04-02). Illegally Imprisoned Venezuelan Diplomat Faces US Court Amid a Shifting Global Context. orinocotribune.com By Roger D. Harris — Mar 31, 2022 | Alex Saab's April 6 hearing takes place in the setting of a mercurial world situation, where events in Ukraine may have indirect bearing on his case and on the larger US economic war against Venezuela. | In a world where the US believes it makes the rules and the rest of humanity must follow its orders — what President Biden euphemistically calls the "
(2022-04-02). Chinese premier congratulates Abela on reelection as Maltese PM. ecns.cn Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on Friday congratulated Robert Abela on his reelection as the Maltese prime minister.
(2022-04-02). Amazon Labor Union wins election at Amazon warehouse in New York City. wsws.org While the ALU claims to be independent, its orientation is to the trade union apparatus, a section of which sees such initiatives as a means to somehow revive support for thoroughly discredited organizations.
(2022-04-02). "McKinseyGate" scandal hits Macron ahead of French presidential election. wsws.org The US-based consultancy firm is under investigation by the French Senate for evading hundreds of millions of euros in corporate tax.
(2022-04-02). [Perspectives] A fortunate man? thelancet.com In 1966, the writer John Berger and his regular collaborator the photographer Jean Mohr spent about 6 weeks living with and observing the daily work of a general practitioner called John Eskell, who practised in the village of St Briavels in Gloucestershire's Forest of Dean in the UK. Berger was already well known as a novelist and art critic, and he went on to win the Booker Prize in 1972. Mohr was a Swiss photojournalist noted for his work highlighting humanitarian issues, such as the plight of refugees.
(2022-04-02). Western imperialism faces its weaknesses. iacenter.org April 1, 2022 By Manuel Raposo March 28 The author is editor of the Portuguese web magazine, jornalmudardevida.net. Translation: John Catalinotto. The G7 is united. The rest of the world is trying to avoid being towed behind them. A key element of the West's propaganda war against Russia is the argument that what is at stake is a confrontation between Democracy and Autocracy. The argument, extending beyond the Ukraine conflict, includes China and tries to convince people that there is a conspiracy of dictatorships and autocracies around the world with the goal of undermining and overthrowing Western democratic re…
(2022-04-02). "Democratization" and Anti-Semitism in Ukraine: When Neo-Nazi Symbols become "The New Normal" globalresearch.ca In the Ukraine parliament, extremist symbols are on display. The flags of France, the UK, Canada, hang alongside those of the Neo-Nazi Svoboda party together with two White supremacist flags.
(2022-04-02). Democratic-led Congress provides meager increase to education funding in 2022 budget. wsws.org More funding was allocated to the military ($782 billion) than all other discretionary programs combined ($730 billion).
(2022-04-02). Gold Mining Town of Negro Bar Cemetery and 2022 Armed Forces Day Celebration. indybay.org The Negro Bar Cemetery was originally associated with the Negro Bar Gold Rush Era Mining Town, which is a California State Historical Site. Across Lake Natoma, a newly developed project area set aside within the vast Folsom Lake Recreational Area managed by California State Parks to honor early pioneers of African Descent along today's American River Parkway during the California Gold Rush Era (1840-1875) is under another round of effort to distort, destroy and/or disregard authentic California History.
(2022-04-02). 2022 California Armed Service Day – Tribute to United States Colored Troops. indybay.org AB 1655, is on the way to an official California Juneteenth Holiday to begin sharing our authentic contribution toward saving the Union while fighting for freedom. In July of 1862, Congress passed the Militia Act of 1862. It had become an "indispensable military necessity" to call on America's African descent population to help save the Union.
(2022-04-02). United States Colored Troops Congressional Gold Medal Act. indybay.org The Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate shall make appropriate arrangements for the presentation, on behalf of Congress, of a gold medal of appropriate design to the African Americans who served with Union forces during the Civil War, collectively, in recognition of their bravery and outstanding service during the Civil War.
(2022-04-02). Intoxicating scenery of the Nyang River in Spring. ecns.cn Peach flowers are in full blossom along the Nyang River in Nyingchi, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region. March 31, 2022. The Nyang River is one of the major tributaries of the Yarlung Zangbo River.
(2022-04-02). Turkish forces shell northern Syrian city of Ayn Issa, injuires reported – TV. tass.com Artillery and mortar fire was coming from the border security zone, created by the Turkish troops in 2019, Syria's Alikhbaria TV reported…
(2022-04-02). Europe has no robust alternative to paying for Russian gas in rubles – expert. tass.com Leonardo Paz Neves of the Fundacao Getulio Vargas foundation believes, the new payment rules for Russian gas will cause no turmoil on the global energy market…
(2022-04-02). US blacklists 120 organizations from Russia, Belarus. tass.com A document uploaded to the US Federal Register says those organizations were determined to be "acting contrary to the national security interests or foreign policy of the United States"
(2022-04-01). Russia Presents New Evidence on Ukraine Biolabs, Comments on Links to Biden and US. dissidentvoice.org 
© Getty Images / Andrew Brookes The Russian military has presented documents showing Ukraine's interest in using drones to deliver weaponized pathogens developed in US-funded biolabs. Names of US officials involved in the biolabs projects, and the role the current US president's son played in the program, were also made public during the special briefing on Thursday. …
(2022-04-01). Oliver Stone Documents the Past to Illuminate the Present. dissidentvoice.org 
The timing of the March 2022 release of this digital streaming documentary could not be more auspicious. For anyone wanting to understand how we arrived at a new Cold War with the second Irish-Catholic Democratic president in U.S. history, Joseph Biden, spewing belligerent absurdities about Ukraine, Russia, and Vladimir Putin, and leading a charge toward …
(2022-04-01). Despite US Empire's Stranglehold on Information, Most of the World has Little Trouble Spotting the Villain. orinocotribune.com By Daniel Patrick Welch — Mar 19, 2022 | Biden is a killer. Here's why | Joe Biden's vitriol against Vladimir Putin is so shocking to the ear that it calls your sanity into question when you listen. Did I hear this right? Is this true? He's calling Putin a 'thug' and a 'war criminal'? | ‚Ä¢ Not only is Biden directly implicated in bringing this war to fruition—this great plan of the CIA for years: to bait and bleed, to goad Russia into war with Ukraine. His administration fostered the coup that led to this. His administration funded the Nazis knowingly—openly paid for the destructio…
(2022-04-01). Latest U.S. 'war for oil' fuels global warming. iacenter.org By Betsey Piette March 30, 2022 'Bomb train' transporting liquified natural gas rolls through Hudson Valley, New York, community as school bus passes nearby. Is the U.S./NATO-instigated war with Russia, taking place on the battlefield of Ukraine, yet another "war for oil" — or a war over control of global sales of natural gas? At an emergency NATO summit in Brussels March 25, President Joe Biden announced the U.S. will accelerate liquified natural gas (LNG) exports to Europe, sending an additional 15 billion cubic meters (bcm) of LNG shipments on seagoing tankers in 2022, on top of 2021 exports of 22 bcm. B…
(2022-04-01). Message to Attorney General Garland: lead, follow, or get the hell out of the way! nationofchange.org If Garland indicates he has not conducted an investigation of Trump and he has no plans to do so, even after receiving the Jan. 6 committee's full report, Biden should fire him immediately and begin the search for a new, highly competent individual who will properly conduct the Justice Dept. business.
(2022-04-01). RWDSU likely headed for defeat as turnout declines in second vote at Amazon plant in Bessemer, Alabama. wsws.org Despite a year-long campaign and the backing of the Biden administration's NLRB, the RWDSU was incapable of significantly increasing its vote.
(2022-04-01). World wants peace, Biden threatens war. iacenter.org By John Catalinotto March 29, 2022 March 29 — Recent polls show that a majority of people in the U.S. fear that the current crisis might escalate to a war with Russia, a war they want no part of. (cbs42.com, March 28) Despite avalanche of anti-Russia propaganda, revulsion for wider war exists among workers in the U.S. Here, protest in South Bronx, New York, March 26. President Joe Biden's comments made March 26 in Warsaw — threatening regime change in Moscow — certainly did nothing to alleviate those fears. The taste of danger remained even after his cohorts immediately walked back Biden's comme…
(2022-04-01). Why we oppose Biden's Warsaw speech and Putin's war. cpusa.org 
As the bombs drop and the war rages on into the fifth week of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, President Biden dramatically escalated the danger of a wider conflict by calling for Vladimir Putin's removal. "For God's sake, this man cannot remain in power," quipped Biden at the end of a much-touted speech in Warsaw. …
(2022-04-01). Family Members of Emmett Till and Ida B. Wells Respond to Anti-Lynching Law. truthout.org President Biden signed the Emmett Till Antilynching Act into law on Tuesday, culminating efforts to make lynching a federal crime that started over a century ago. We're joined by Emmett Till's cousin and best friend, Reverend Wheeler Parker Jr., who was 16 years old when he witnessed Till's abduction from his great-uncle's home in Money, Mississippi, prior to his brutal killing. Parker recalls the night of Till's abduction and says, almost 70 years later, he is "thankful" for the new law, while acknowledging that "it shouldn't have taken that long." We also speak with author and public historian Michelle Duster,…
(2022-04-01). More guns, less butter: Biden's World War III budget. wsws.org On Monday, the White House announced the largest US military budget in American history, focused overwhelmingly on preparations to fight a war with Russia and China.
(2022-04-01). John Kiriakou: Biden Is Denying CIA Torture Victims Their Day in Court. scheerpost.com Detainees on arrival to Camp X-Ray, the holding facility at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba.[US DoD] | Click to subscribe on: Reports regarding five Guantanamo Bay detainees who were victims of the
(2022-04-01). Pdte. de México se reúne con enviado de Biden para el Clima. telesurtv.net Entre los temas que trataron figuran la generación de energías limpias y el fortalecimiento de las empresas estatales energéticas mexicanas.
(2022-04-01). Ucrania, Biden pide más guerra. globalizacion.ca Las conversaciones en Turquía parecen poder abrir destellos de diálogo entre Rusia y Ucrania, pero sería una ingenuidad imperdonable hacerse ilusiones sobre una negociación rápida y un acuerdo en un futuro próximo. | Las dificultades también tienen que ver con la…
(2022-04-01). Staten Island Amazon Workers Pull Into The Lead. popularresistance.org In initial vote tallies today, Amazon warehouse workers in New York are ahead by hundreds of votes in favor of forming a union, while in Alabama the election is too close to call, pending a court hearing. | The vote at Amazon's mammoth warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama, was a rerun of the election last April that the union lost by more than 2 to 1. The results of that election were thrown out after the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) ruled that Amazon had illegally interfered with the vote. | This time, out of 2,375 valid ballots, 993 workers at the fulfillment center voted against joining the Retail, Wholesal…
(2022-04-01). Brazilian officials resign en masse to boost Pres. Bolsonaro. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 01 (MNA) — Ten members of the Brazilian President's cabinet have resigned from their positions, along with three other top officials, in a move designed to help boost the far-right leader's re-election prospects.
(2022-04-01). In April 10's presidential election, French voters face a crucial choice. peoplesdispatch.org Exit polls indicate that Emmanuel Macron has a significant lead ahead of the first round. Far-right candidate Marine Le Pen and left-wing candidate Jean-Luc Mélenchon are trying to qualify for the second round…
(2022-04-01). Against all odds, workers win first Amazon union in US. peoplesdispatch.org 
On April 1, Amazon workers could be seen The union has been fighting to organize workers in the Staten Island warehouse since April 2021. After a year battling vicious union-busting on the part of Amazon and gathering support of agitated workers, union organizers won their union election…
(2022-04-01). Union wins at Staten Island Amazon, too close to call in Alabama. peoplesworld.org 
BROOKLYN, N.Y.—Workers at the Staten Island Amazon warehouse scored a historic victory today by winning their vote to unionize with the independent Amazon Labor Union. Meanwhile, the vote at the Bessemer, Alabama, warehouse is too close to call because of the large number of challenged ballots. The NLRB Brooklyn office covers elections at Amazon's JFK8 …
(2022-04-01). Pdta. hondureña recibe credenciales de embajadora venezolana. telesurtv.net El Gobierno hondureño afirmó que el restablecimiento de relaciones con Venezuela es parte del respeto al Derecho Internacional.
(2022-04-01). New York City Mayor Eric Adams's first three months: Operating as a ruthless law-and-order frontman for big business. wsws.org Many of the new Democratic mayor's policies recall those of Republican Rudy Giuliani in the 1990s.
(2022-04-01). New book argues mandatory voting will fulfill America's promise of democracy. nationofchange.org Miles Rapoport and E.J. Dionne say a healthier political culture and more representative government will result when all eligible citizens vote.
(2022-04-01). After Bullets Fly On Miami Beach, Mayor Sets Spring Break Curfew Some Consider Anti-Black. moguldom.com Miami Beach Mayor Dan Gelber said he is not planning to implement another curfew this weekend like the one imposed last weekend after gun violence broke out among massive spring break crowds — but that could change. "It won't happen this weekend unless there's some metric or something happens that changes our mind. We're not …
(2022-04-01). Video: Artist-Turned-Politician Shyne Takes On Colonial Slavemaster Britain. moguldom.com Former Bad Boy Records artist-turned-politician Moses "Shyne" Barrow has joined the chorus of voices calling for reparations from the British monarchy. "Right now we're in the midst of taking the United Kingdom to court for reparations," Shyne said during an interview snippet that was shared on Twitter. "As we know in Belize, the Transatlantic Slave …
(2022-04-01). Russian Pinpoint Strike Wipes Out Ukrainian S-300 Air-Defense System (Video). southfront.org 
Illustrative image. | On April 1, the Russian Ministry of Defense released footage of a recent strike on an air-defense position of the Ukrainian military. | The pinpoint strike wiped out two transporter erector launchers (TELs) of the S-300 long range air-defense system. The TELs were likely of the 5P85D or 5P85S types, which are associated with Ukraine's ageing S-300PS systems. | The air defense position, which was apparently detected by a drone, was likely struck by a heavy air-launched guided munition, a cruise missil…
(2022-04-01). Russian Pinpoint Strike Wipes Out Ukrainian S-300 Air-Defense System (Video). southfront.org Illustrative image. | On April 1, the Russian Ministry of Defense released footage of a recent strike on an air-defense position of the Ukrainian military. | The pinpoint strike wiped out two transporter erector launchers (TELs) of the S-300 long range air-defense system. The TELs were likely of the 5P85D or 5P85S types, which are associated with Ukraine's ageing S-300PS systems. | The air defense position, which was apparently detected by a drone, was likely struck by a heavy air-launched guided munition, a cruise missil…