(2022-03-22). Russia threatens rupture of diplomatic ties with US amidst growing frictions within the oligarchy. wsws.org NATO's economic warfare and military intervention in Ukraine are accompanied by stepped-up efforts at regime change in Moscow.
(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…
(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…
(2022-03-22). US Congress Admits Nazi Role in Ukraine. orinocotribune.com 
Editorial note: Orinoco Tribune does not generally publish articles that are over 10 days old. However, in this case an exception is being made, as the subject matter of the following piece remains as significant today as at the time of its publication. | By Robert Parry — 12 June 2015 | "Rather than fully inform its readers about a crisis that has the potential of becoming a nuclear showdown between the United States and Russia, the [NY] Times has chosen to simply be a fount of State Department propaganda, often terming any reference to Kiev's Nazi storm troopers to be "Russian propaganda." | Now, however,…
(2022-03-22). French presidential candidates present programs in scripted TV "debate" wsws.org The candidates' presentation only underlined their unity on policies of mass infection on COVID-19 and support for NATO action against Russia in Ukraine.
(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.
(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). War as crisis accelerator. indybay.org Opportunistic parts of the German left are already sorting themselves into NATO supporters and cheerleaders of hollow Western values, who are peddling the stale bourgeois-liberal ideology one last time before the Western states also sink into barbarism.
(2022-03-22). CIA Director William F. Burns—Capo of World's biggest spreader of lies and misinformation—is spreading the big lie that Russia's invasion of Ukraine was "unprovoked" mronline.org 
CIA Director Bill Burns testified before the Senate Intelligence committee in early March that Russia and Vladimir Putin were "losing the information war over its war in Ukraine."
(2022-03-22). Russia-Ukraine Conflict: the European Union Navigates Between two Waters. orinocotribune.com By Yoselina Guevara L. — Mar 19, 2022 | The conflict between Russia and Ukraine is making visible the lack of a solid strategy of its own within the European Union. The organization increasingly resembles a ship sailing between two waters but whose decisions are subordinated to the distant helmsman in Washington. However, all this stems from the lack of a concrete definition of the European interest, a union held together by weak strings and a clearly non-existent integration. The EU has not been able to develop a coherent foreign and defense policy, yet it is only now that it is feeling the threat of a war…
(2022-03-21). Civilians evacuate Mariupol and reveal the fighting methods of the Azov regime's Neo-Nazis. mronline.org 
On March 18, 2022, we went to the western part of Marioupol where the fighting between the Russian army, the DPR (Donetsk People's Republic) people's militia and the neo-Nazi Azov regiment is still raging.
(2022-03-21). Hitchens' Razor and Ukrainian Propaganda. libya360.wordpress.com Marinella Correggia Is it permissible to doubt allegations without evidence? Hitchens' Razor is defined as the methodological principle for which "what is supported without evidence can be refuted without evidence". In reality, the Latins already said it: the burden of proof is on those who affirm something, not on those who deny it. Bertrand Russell…
(2022-03-21). China: No Room for Legal Discussion about Russian Special Operation. libya360.wordpress.com Lucas Leiroz The western media is trying to turn the conflict in Ukraine into a legal discussion, putting "violators of international law" on one side and "defenders of justice and legality" on the other. Obviously, this type of narrative is extremely problematic, considering that the very "illegality" of the Russian intervention in the conflict is…
(2022-03-21). Ukraine war: Georgian combat deaths climb. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Civil GeorgiaMarch 21, 2022 Three Georgian Volunteer Fighters Killed in Ukraine Gia Beriashvili and Davit Ratiani were killed early on March 18 on the Irpin front, northwest of Kyiv…. "Dato [Davit Ratiani] [helped] a French soldier with an injured leg to reach the assembly point. A mine blast killed Dato on the spot." A vigil …
(2022-03-21). NATO Patriot missile system deployed to Slovakia. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com ReutersMarch 20, 2022 Slovakia starts deploying Patriot air defence system — minister The Patriot air defence system has started arriving in Slovakia from NATO partner countries and the deployment will continue in the coming days, Slovakia's defence minister said on Sunday. The system will be operated by German and Dutch troops and will initially be …
(2022-03-21). European Union boosts aid for Ukrainian war effort by ‚Ǩ1 billion. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Interfax-UkraineMarch 21, 2022 EU to increase military aid for Ukraine to EUR 1 bln The European Union will increase assistance to procure weapons for Ukraine up to EUR 1 billion, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock has announced, Die Zeit reported. "Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said in Brussels that the EU would increase financial aid for …
(2022-03-21). U.S. denounces Russia over Bosnia's NATO membership. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Agence France-PresseMarch 18, 2022 US condemns Russian 'threat' to Bosnia over NATO bid The United States has denounced "dangerous" comments by Russia's ambassador to Bosnia, who issued a tacit threat to the Balkan country over its proposed bid to join NATO. *** The country is ruled by a rotating tripartite presidency, with Croat and Muslim …
(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). U.S. F-16s sent to Croatia as part of NATO eastern flank buildup. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Air Force MagazineMarch 18, 2022 Aviano F-16 Fighters Deploy to Croatia After Drone Crash A pair of F-16s deployed from Aviano Air Base, Italy, to Croatia on March 16, taking part in agile combat employment exercises and bolstering NATO's southeastern flank, the Air Force announced. The F-16 fighters' arrival comes just a few days after …
(2022-03-21). Consortium of NATO, EU nations pledge to modernize Ukrainian air defenses. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Georgia, Ireland and Sweden are members of NATO's Partnership for Peace and have provided the alliance with troops for, as one example, Afghanistan. Since 2020 Georgia and Sweden, like Ukraine and Finland, have been NATO Enhanced Opportunities Partners. The others are NATO member states. ==== Interfax-UkraineMarch 21, 2022 Western countries sign joint statement on urgent …
(2022-03-21). Africa Supports Russia's Operation in Ukraine and Advocates a Revival of the Non-Aligned Movement. libya360.wordpress.com Vladimir Danilov And a significant number of those who have supported Moscow's position are countries of the African continent, whose citizens have considerable combat experience and were among the first to declare their willingness to join Russia's special operation. It is Africans who have personally confronted terrorists supported by the collective West for years that…
(2022-03-21). NATO/Russia Conflict in Ukraine: The West's Spinal Cord Reaction Will Prove Extremely Self-Destructive. transcend.org Since Russia's foolish and totally unacceptable war on Ukraine started, there no longer seems to be any limit to what can be said about Russians and Russia and what can be done to isolate the country and its people economically, culturally, socially, financially and in the media. The word 'Putin' explains everything as if by magic.
(2022-03-21). Obama defense secretary Leon Panetta says NATO is in a "proxy war" with Russia. mronline.org 
Leon Panetta, the former US secretary of defense and CIA director under Barack Obama and White House chief of staff under Bill Clinton, said Thursday that the United States is involved in a proxy war with Russia in Ukraine.
(2022-03-21). Lockheed and Raytheon—Today's 'Masters of War'. transcend.org 18 Mar 2022 – That the U.S./NATO-instigated war in Ukraine could result in a WWIII is of major concern for all of humanity. Yet for some global billionaires — today's 'masters of war' — this conflict is an opportunity to further boost profits.
(2022-03-21). Opposition political parties banned in Ukraine and 'unified information policy' imposed. peoplesdispatch.org Zelensky justified the ban on mostly left and anti-NATO parties in the country by claiming that they had alleged links with Russia, despite the fact that most of these parties have publicly opposed Russian intervention…
(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…
(2022-03-21). NATO Is Arming and Training Nazis in Ukraine, as US Floods Russia's Neighbor with Weapons. transcend.org 11 Mar 2022 – NATO is sending weapons and trainers to help neo-Nazis in Ukraine's white-supremacist Azov movement fight Russia. This follows numerous reports of Western government support for Ukrainian far-right extremists.
(2022-03-21). Bits Of Interest From The War In Ukraine. popularresistance.org Below are various bits of interest from the war in Ukraine. In two draft treaties, which Russia had sent to the U.S. and EU in December, it demanded written declarations that the Ukraine would never join NATO. The U.S. and the EU publicly rejected that demand. It was a major reason for Russia to start its intervention. Consider the above in light of this interview Zelensky gave yesterday to CNN. He said, "I requested them personally to say directly that we are going to accept you into NATO in a year or two or five. Just say it directly and clearly or just say no the response was very clear, you are not going to b…
(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…
(2022-03-21). United Nations as a Potemkin Institution Faced with Potemkin Crises? transcend.org Potential of AI to Enable a Transformative Dynamic through Meta-Discourse – As noted previously, the current global campaign of sanctions against Russia curiously recalls the psychosurgical procedure of lobotomy — much favoured in the USA and the UK subsequent to World War II during the Cold War period.
(2022-03-21). New Great Game: Can Venezuela Negotiate an End to Deadly US Sanctions? mintpressnews.com Now that Russia's moves in Eastern Europe have re-ignited the 'Great Game' of a previous era, Venezuela, Cuba and others, though thousands of miles away, are finding themselves at the heart of the budding new Great Game…
(2022-03-21). Russia Eliminates 80 More Radicals And Mercenaries In Strike On Ukraine. southfront.org 
Captured Ukrainian battle tank | On March 21, the Russian Armed Forces announced that they launched a strike with high-precision air-launched cruise missiles on the training center for foreign mercenaries and Ukrainian nationalist formations at the Novaya Lyubomirka combined-arms training ground in Rivne Region. More than 80 mercenaries and nationalists were reportedly eliminated. | Additionally, a strike with cruise missiles destroyed the ammunition depot and the headquarters of the mechanized brigade of the Ukrai…
(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. …
(2022-03-21). Mapping Faultlines: As war drags on, countries look to protect their interests. peoplesdispatch.org In this episode of Mapping Faultlines, NewsClick's Prabir Purkayastha talks about the latest on the global economic front as the Russia-Ukraine war continues. He talks about the positions taken by countries such as India and China, as well the new developments and alignments as many countries try to take a careful position.
(2022-03-21). Sign on: End Sanctions & War. iacenter.org SanctionsKill Campaign Statement on Ukraine Conflict END ALL WARFARE — NO SANCTIONS Sign on — click here The SanctionsKill Campaign is a broad coalition of social justice, solidarity, and peace forces focused on exposing the devastating impact of US sanctions on civilian populations globally. Sanctions are not a substitute for war The current regime of sanctions against Russia is not a substitute for war, but a form of warfare. Sanctions kill many thousands just as bombs do. Sanctions create hyperinflation, artificial famines, social upheavals, and health crises that punish civilian populations. As US…
(2022-03-21). The Middle East and the War in Ukraine. orinocotribune.com By As'ad AbuKhalil — Mar 16, 2022 | Gulf Arab regimes, and other developing countries, will adjust to a new world where power is shifting. It is no longer the world the US shaped after the Cold War | It is premature to determine the exact shape of the world in the wake of the Russian military intervention in the Ukraine. At the risk of repeating dreaded cliches, it is clear that the world order has been irrevocably altered.
(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…
(2022-03-21). Much wants more and loses all. indybay.org It is the West that cannot imagine a life without money and the resultant luxuries. Sanctions or no sanctions, Western companies will sooner or later (I bet: sooner) resume business with Russia because — as everybody in the West knows — "money makes the world go round".
(2022-03-21). Opposition Political Parties Banned In Ukraine. popularresistance.org In yet another assault on dissenting political views in Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelensky issued a ban on the activities of major opposition political parties in the country after alleging that they have links with Russia. He also announced the merger of all TV channels in the country in the name of implementing a "unified information policy", thus creating a government monopoly over the medium. | Citing the need to maintain the unity of the country, Zelensky claimed in a statement that "the National Security and Defense Council decided, given the full-scale war unleashed by Russia and the political ties that…
(2022-03-21). The Canadian Pacific lockout and UK ferry mass sackings: Ruling class ruthlessness in response to growing class struggle. wsws.org The ruling class is moving ever-more ferociously to impose austerity and suppress workers' struggles in the name of the "national interest" and preparations for war with Russia.
(2022-03-21). Giving in to anti-Russian prejudice, New York Philharmonic cancels appearances by conductor Tugan Sokhiev. wsws.org The Philharmonic attempted to obscure its capitulation to chauvinism and war fever in a number of confusing, self-contradictory ways.
(2022-03-21). Ukrainian Leftist Criticizes Western War Drive with Russia: US Is Using Ukraine as 'Cannon Fodder'. transcend.org 15 Mar 2022 – A left-wing peace activist raised in Ukraine explains how the US government created the crisis, backing two coups in a decade, fueling a devastating civil war, and exploiting his nation as a proxy against Russia.
(2022-03-21). Hedges: The Lie of American Innocence. scheerpost.com 
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| 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…
(2022-03-21). The Angry Arab: The Middle East & the War in Ukraine. orinocotribune.com By As'ad AbuKhalil — Mar 16, 2022 | Gulf Arab regimes, and other developing countries, will adjust to a new world where power is shifting. It is no longer the world the US shaped after the Cold War | It is premature to determine the exact shape of the world in the wake of the Russian military intervention in the Ukraine. At the risk of repeating dreaded cliches, it is clear that the world order has been irrevocably altered.
(2022-03-21). How the US Expands the European Conflict to China. journal-neo.org 
The US has been using war and geo-political conflicts to advance its global influence more explicitly than any other state for the past three decades or so. The Russia-Ukraine conflict — which is primarily an outcome of the same US strategy and stands to bring the US some tangible benefits — is yet another opportunity …
(2022-03-21). Biggest Oil Giants Made 'Eye-Popping' $205 Billion in Profits in 2021: Report. transcend.org 15 Mar 2022 – While millions have been hurt by surging gas prices, a new report from a government watchdog group shows 25 of the world's biggest fossil fuel corporations in 2021 collectively pulled in $205 billion in profits. Now, fossil fuel giants are trying to "cash in on inflation and the crisis in Ukraine," said one critic.
(2022-03-21). Ukraine War: Three Academic Perspectives. transcend.org 17 Mar 2022 – The following discussion resulted from three separate interviews. There was no interaction among the three of us. I wonder whether this war is best described as 'Russo-Ukrainian War' or simply as 'Ukrainian War' or 'Russo-U.S. Proxy War.' It seems an amalgam of all three.
(2022-03-21). Albania in turmoil as fuel and food prices skyrocket. peoplesdispatch.org Albania is witnessing widespread protests due to rising fuel and food prices. Protests started in the second week of March and have intensified over the last week in different parts of the country. On Saturday, March 19, a major mobilization took place in the capital city of Tirana where thousands marched from the Skanderbeg Square to the prime minister's office. In some places, police action was used to suppress the protests. More than 200 protesters were also arrested last week. | The ongoing war in Ukraine has resulted in a massive rise in fuel prices across Europe, including in Albania, which has led to steep…
(2022-03-21). Humanitarian Flights for Ukraine Loaded with Weapons, Protesting Airport Workers Claim. orinocotribune.com By Akash Maurya — | Airport workers in Italy claim "humanitarian" cargo from Pisa was actually aimed at fuelling the conflict | One of Italy's largest trade unions has called for a protest outside the Pisa airport on Saturday, after receiving a tip from some employees that Ukraine relief flights were transporting weapons and ammunition, not food and medicine. | Several workers at the Galileo Galilei airport refused to load one of the cargo flights advertised as carrying humanitarian aid to Ukraine. The crates did not contain food and medication b…
(2022-03-21). Siemens workers in Germany speak out against war. wsws.org Workers speak about the impact of the Ukraine war and the threat of a third world war.