(2023-03-08). Is NATO Bluffing Or Is IT Beefing Up Forces to Back a Ukrainian Offensive? sonar21.com 
There is a lot of curious military activity involving NATO forces and equipment that is not receiving much media scrutiny. Let us start with the recent action by the U.S….
(2023-03-08). Saturday 3/18: Peace in Ukraine! Fund people's needs, not the war machine! indybay.org 24th & Mission Bart…
(2023-03-08). Top US military officials visit Middle East to ratchet up conflicts with Iran and Russia. wsws.org Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin's visit to Iraq on the eve of the 20th anniversary of the 2003 US invasion amounted to a return to the scene of a world-historic crime.
(2023-03-08). Military Situation In Bakhmut On March 8, 2023 (Map Update). southfront.org 
(2023-03-08). UN chief to meet Ukrainian president in Kiev. ecns.cn UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Kiev on Wednesday, a UN spokesman said.
(2023-03-08). UN Charter: Negotiations!, Good wars, bad wars? & Proxies. indybay.org The seriousness of the escalating conflict over NATO's expansion to Russia's borders, which has now led to war, has been clear to all involved since at least 1994. Russia has repeatedly warned that admitting Ukraine and Georgia to NATO would violate its elementary security interests and cross a red line.
(2023-03-08). From Vilnius to Kinshasa, Macron tries to puff up French imperialism. workers.org 
Lithuania, a new member of NATO on the Baltic Sea, doesn't have the air force its regime claims it needs. So the French government has sent a squadron of its armed forces' most advanced fighter planes to allegedly respond to Russian probes of NATO's air defenses, without any public limits . . . |
(2023-03-08). What did the new US Ambassador, Manuel Micaller, Jr., bring to Tajikistan? journal-neo.org 
While Tajikistan, one of the five Central Asian (CA) states, is not a significant trade and investment partner for the US due to the size of its economy and its geographical isolation, it remains nonetheless a unique and crucial springboard for Washington to counter Russia and China. American interest in Tajikistan stems primarily from the …
(2023-03-08). 300,000 federal workers confront Canada's union-backed Liberal government in struggle for real-terms pay increases. wsws.org Throughout the lengthy negotiations, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his Liberal government have maintained a hardline stance. They are determined to make the workers pay for the cost of the war with Russia and the massive bailout given to the financial elite at the onset of the pandemic.
(2023-03-08). Hungarian Parliamentary Delegation Backs Sweden's NATO Bid. news.antiwar.com A Hungarian parliamentary delegation visited Sweden on Tuesday and expressed support for the country's NATO bid but also told Swedish officials to stop telling "lies" about Hungary. Csaba Hende, the deputy speaker of Hungary's parliament, led the delegation and said most members of the Hungarian government support expanding NATO into Sweden. "We made it clear …