Daily Archives: March 31, 2022

2022-03-31: News Headlines

Rick Rozoff (2022-03-31). Pentagon pushes Slovakia to transfer S-300 missile systems to Ukraine. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Defense NewsMarch 30, 2022 Will Slovakia send Ukraine S-300 air defenses? The Pentagon is working on it. A top Pentagon official told lawmakers Wednesday the Biden administration is working to accommodate NATO ally Slovakia's offer to send more S-300 surface-to-air missile systems to Ukraine, following Russia's invasion. Slovakia has agreed to provide Ukraine with the …

Dean Baker (2022-03-31). Wages Up by $1.2 Trillion Since Biden Takes Office, $9,400 per Household. cepr.net If we hear more stories of hardship now, it is because of the decision by the media to give us more stories of hardship. It's a bit like reporting on a rise in homelessness in an area, without mentioning that much of the housing stock had been wiped out by a hurricane.

WSWS (2022-03-31). White House logs omit nearly eight hours of Trump calls during January 6 coup. wsws.org While there is no record of any phone calls made January 6, 2021, by Trump between 11: 17 a.m. and 6: 54 p.m., what calls are on the log reveal that Trump's efforts were entirely devoted to overturning the election of Biden and the US Constitution.

Staff (2022-03-31). US weighs largest ever draw from emergency oil reserves. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Mar. 31 (MNA) — The Biden administration is considering releasing up to 180 million barrels of oil over several months from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) in a bid to curb rising oil prices.

ecns.cn (2022-03-31). Chinese premier congratulates Costa on reelection as Portuguese PM. ecns.cn Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on Wednesday congratulated Antonio Costa on his reelection as the Portuguese prime minister.

Asere Constance Ichuma (2022-03-31). DRC expected to join the EAC in October 2022 officially. plusnews.ug On Tuesday March 29 ,the Heads of State from the East Afica agreed to allow Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to join the East African Community (EAC) as a member. This was done through a zoom meeting . While addressing journalists at the Minister of East Africa Community Affairs offices in Kampala ,Rt.Hon .Rebecca Alitwaala …

WSWS (2022-03-31). Prosecution rests in the trial of men charged with plot against the governor of Michigan. wsws.org Prosecutors rested their case on the 13th day of the trial of four men charged with plotting to kidnap and kill Democratic Governor Gretchen Whitmer.

WSWS (2022-03-31). Spain's PSOE-Podemos government arms Ukraine's neo-Nazi Azov Battalion. wsws.org The NATO powers' arming of neo-Nazi groups gives the lie to their claims to be defending "democracy and freedom" in Ukraine from Vladimir Putin's Russia.

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2022-03-31). "Wiki-Gate": Julian Assange Was Framed by the People Who Supported Him. globalresearch.ca Assange has been the object of an all out smear campaign by those who supported him. The Economist which granted Assange the New Media Award in 2008 intimates that he is an "enemy agent" responsible for "information anarchy … culminating in the destabilization of American democracy"

Khubaka, Michael Harris (2022-03-31). 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.

Khubaka, Michael Harris (2022-03-31). 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.

Khubaka, Michael Harris (2022-03-31). 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.

The Socialist Program (2022-03-30). U.S. Strategy vs. Russia: Regime Change, Encirclement, or Both? liberationnews.org Brian Becker, Esther Iverem, Nicole Roussell and Walter Smolarek discuss how Joe Biden deepened the war in Ukraine during a trip to Poland over the weekend when he declared that Russian president Putin "cannot remain in power."

Martha Grevatt (2022-03-30). The racist double standard on immigration. workers.org Haitians protest mass deportations, Miami, Sept. 22, 2021. President Joe Biden's March 25 announcement made in Brussels, Belgium, where he was attending a NATO meeting — that the U.S. would accept up to 100,000 Ukrainian refugees — is all over the news. His welcome exposes again the racist hypocrisy of . . . |

The Socialist Program (2022-03-30). Biden's New Budget Gives $31 Billion Gift to War Industry. liberationnews.org Walter Smolarek and Prof. Richard Wolff discuss the Biden administration's budget proposal for the coming year on Monday, proposing an enormous increase to the military budget as the new Cold War intensifies.

Nicholas Stender (2022-03-30). Biden's budget cements turn towards war, police. liberationnews.org President Joe Biden unveiled his 2023 budget, calling for dramatically increased funding for war and the police while allocating all-too-little funding for social services.

_____ (2022-03-30). Global Food Shortages: How Does Your Garden (Or Pantry) Grow? popularresistance.org "President Joe Biden and other leaders of the world's major industrialized democracies pledged action on Thursday [March 24] to address food shortages caused by Russia's war on Ukraine," Politico reports. | Biden says food shortages "are going to be real," although he seems to see them as an opportunity to increase US grain production and food exports rather than a real threat to Americans' own well-being. | After a year of continuing his predecessor's "trade war" policies, Biden seems to be getting some free trade religion, which is nice, but he may be under-estimating the scope of the problem. | The Russian inv…

_____ (2022-03-30). How did Biden Decide to Rob Europeans Blind? journal-neo.org Forced by Kiev's neo-Nazis and their mass murder of Donbas residents, Moscow's special operation to denazify and demilitarize Ukraine has been going on for a month. Many people in the world hope that this absolutely avoidable conflict will end soon. However, the US and NATO, which initiated this confrontation between the Slavic nations in order …

Rick Rozoff (2022-03-30). Biden's colossal military budget, global bellicosity won't save him from domestic crisis. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Global TimesMarch 29, 2022 Biden mired in credibility crisis on Ukraine amid attempt to seek defense spending boostFanning war to divert internal conflicts won't work or make US greatBy Wang Qi and Liu Xuanzun The White House on Monday asked Congress for an $813 billion national defense in 2023, including $773 billion for the Pentagon, …

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-03-30). Ukraine: U.S. Wants More War. libya360.wordpress.com Fabrizio Casari The various meetings held in Europe under different acronyms but among the same countries shared in common the formal homage to the commander-in-chief of the West, Joe Biden, and the substantial, though not shouted, dissent of the countries that do not belong to the magic circle of the NATO command structure, i.e. those…

Rick Rozoff (2022-03-30). Editorial: Annual military spending approaching $1 trillion and U.S. still feels insecure. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Global TimesMarch 29, 2022 US can't buy 'absolute security' with sky-high military spending: Global Times editorial On Monday local time, US President Joe Biden submitted to Congress the president's budget proposal for fiscal year 2023, in which the proposal of $813.3 billion in defense and national security spending have attracted public attention. This is "among …

WSWS (2022-03-30). Russia, Ukraine hold peace negotiations as US continues to ratchet up tensions. wsws.org Tuesday's peace talks came just days after a visit by US President Joe Biden to Warsaw, in which one highly provocative statement followed another.

Mark Gruenberg (2022-03-30). Biden budget: Hike the military, defuse protests by taxing the rich. peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON—Tax the rich to reduce the nation's yearly budget deficit but give the military more than ever. Taxing the rich and making corporations pay more, not padding the military, is the big takeaway Democratic President Joe Biden wants voters—and some centrist lawmakers—to get from his proposed $5.8 trillion spending plan for the fiscal year starting …

Martha Grevatt (2022-03-30). Historic vote: Victory to the Amazon Labor Union! workers.org Workers at Amazon's JFK8 warehouse in Staten Island, New York, are voting March 25-30 in a historic union representation election, supervised by the National Labor Relations Board. If the Amazon Labor Union (ALU) wins the vote, it will be either the first or second — depending on results of a . . . |

Peoples Dispatch (2022-03-30). The choice before France: More right-wing policies or new approach to wealth redistribution? peoplesdispatch.org Researcher and political activist Aurélie Dianara talks to Peoples Dispatch on the upcoming French elections and the prospects of Emmanuel Macron, the far-right and the left…

Mike Ludwig (2022-03-30). Destruction of Amazon Rainforest Accelerates as Elections Loom in Brazil. truthout.org Jair Bolsonaro, Brazil's far right president, is launching a reelection bid and currently

_____ (2022-03-30). Iraq: the Main Battle is Yet to Come. journal-neo.org Since Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr won Iraq's widely boycotted elections last October, there has been a steady stream of news reports, forecasts and analyses claiming that this could be the beginning of the end of Iranian interference in Iraqi affairs. While such estimates are certainly optimistic, they are perhaps somewhat naive and misguided. Iran remains the …

Brittani Banks (2022-03-30). New Book Argues Mandatory Voting Will Fulfill America's Promise of Democracy. independentmediainstitute.org American democracy is facing grave and unprecedented tests in our time, many political pundits, election officials and voting advocates have said. A majority of Republicans believe partisan propaganda that the 2020 presidential election was stolen. The angriest pro-Donald Trump partisans have threatened election officials as never before. A new cottage industry of 2020-denying conspiracy theorists …

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-03-30). Elections in Haiti: Legitimizing Imperialism and Killing Democracy? libya360.wordpress.com Kevin Edmonds Montana Accord Signatories (Photo: HaàØti Liberté) As the white rulers of Haiti push for illegitimate elections, can the "Montana Accord"- an agreement among some civil society groups to return democracy to Haiti — offer a way out of the country's neocolonial predicament? If you were to read (and believe) mainstream reporting on Haiti,…

W. T. Whitney Jr. (2022-03-30). Progressive coalition campaigning in Colombia promises real change. peoplesworld.org On March 24, Gustavo Petro and Francia Márquez registered as presidential and vice-presidential candidates in Colombia for elections taking place on May 29. On behalf of the Historic Pact coalition, Petro stated that "today is the first day of a campaign that promises to actually change the history of Colombia." He was, in effect, proposing …

WSWS (2022-03-30). Following Saarland state election, SPD prepares social attacks. wsws.org The election result is not a vote for the policies of the Social Democratic Party, but an expression of the bankruptcy of a political system that no longer gives voters the opportunity to even begin to influence politics with their ballot paper.

WSWS (2022-03-30). Federal judge declares Trump illegally conspired to overthrow the Constitution. wsws.org In a scathing ruling Monday, US District Judge David Carter wrote that had Eastman and Trump's plan succeeded, it would have "permanently ended the peaceful transition of power" and undermined the Constitution.

ecns.cn (2022-03-30). Democracy not shield for 'Taiwan independence': FM spokesperson. ecns.cn

William Rivers Pitt (2022-03-30). Funds for COVID Testing, Treatment, Vaccines Are Evaporating. Congress Must Act. truthout.org Three weeks ago, congressional Democrats Upon consideration, I could grudgin…

Fight Back (2022-03-30). Commentary: Tallahassee Mayor John Dailey and the LGBTQ+ community. fightbacknews.org Tallahassee, FL – Congratulations, Tallahassee. A "100" score on the 2021 Municipal Equality Index is something to be proud of. | Apparently, taking credit for the accomplishments of LGBTQ+ activists and community members is something to be proud of as well. | Both pictures used by the Tallahassee Democrat in their article "

ecns.cn (2022-03-30). Chinese envoy calls on DRC to strengthen governance. ecns.cn A Chinese envoy called on the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to strengthen governance in the eastern part of the country and enhance security through development.

ecns.cn (2022-03-30). Circular railway in Guiyang put into service. ecns.cn Ring road fast railway is officially put into operation today in Guiyang, marking the first inter-city ring rail line in Guizhou…

Our Reporter (2022-03-30). Three schools closed over clashes in Koboko. plusnews.ug Three secondary schools in Koboko municipality have been closed indefinitely following clashes among students. The affected are Koboko Public Secondary School, Koboko Parents Secondary School and Nyangilia Secondary School. The decision to close the school was reached in a meeting involving Koboko District LC 5 Chairperson, Ashraf Mambo, the municipal and security officials. According to …

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