2022-03-30: News Headlines

Dan Cohen (2022-03-30). Ukraine's Propaganda War: International PR Firms, DC Lobbyists and CIA Cutouts. indybay.org Dan Cohen reveals the network of foreign strategists, Washington DC lobbyists, and intelligence-linked media outlets behind Ukraine's public relations blitz.

WSWS (2022-03-30). Canadian workers denounce US-NATO war drive against Russia and Putin's invasion of Ukraine. wsws.org In contrast to the pro-war propaganda pumped out by the corporate-controlled media on a daily basis, working people across Canada have no enthusiasm for the aggressive warmongering of American and Canadian imperialism.

Editor (2022-03-29). Ukrainian forces want to surrender and Azov forces started shooting at them — they are at war with each other. mronline.org U.S. Navy veteran and independent journalist, Patrick Lancaster, has been making regular reports from Ukraine since the beginning of the crisis. His reports reveal that what is happening on the ground is not what Western corporate media would have you believe.

Dave DeCamp (2022-03-29). Biden Appears to Reveal the US Is Training Ukrainian Troops in Poland. news.antiwar.com President Biden appeared to reveal on Monday that the US is training Ukrainian troops in Poland. Biden made the comments when trying to explain a recent gaffe. In Poland on Friday, President Biden told members of the 82nd Airborne Division that Ukrainians were "stepping up" against the Russian assault and said, "You're going to see …

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2022-03-29). "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.

Brittani Banks (2022-03-29). 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 …

Staff (2022-03-29). La vasta red internacional a cargo de la propaganda de guerra ucraniana. cubadebate.cu Desde que comenzó la ofensiva rusa dentro de Ucrania, el ejército ucraniano ha cultivado una imagen de un pequeño ejército valiente que enfrenta al Goliat ruso. Para reforzar la percepción del temple militar ucraniano, Kiev ha producido un flujo constante de sofisticada propaganda dirigida a agitar el apoyo público y oficial de los países occidentales.

Karl Grossman (2022-03-29). When Hitler could have been removed. nationofchange.org "Western leaders kept saying they that were afraid to aggravate Hitler and they thought, well, if they are not showing any resistance then eventually he'll stop."

Rodolfo Bueno (2022-03-29). Raíces nazis de la guerra contra Rusia. globalizacion.ca Hitler fue el séptimo afiliado al Partido Nazi, movimiento que creció como la espuma durante la crisis económica que asoló a la República de Weimar en la década de los veinte del siglo pasado. Hacia el 30 de enero de…

Reynard Loki (2022-03-29). It's Time for Charles Koch to Testify About His Climate Disinformation Campaign. independentmediainstitute.org For more than two decades, Koch-controlled foundations spent more than $150 million to stymie government action on climate change. By Elliott Negin, Independent Media Institute 12 min read The U.S. House Oversight and Reform Committee kicked off its investigation of the fossil fuel industry's decades-long climate change disinformation campaign last fall by inviting top executives …

PWIKRAWMD (2022-03-29). People's World is a key resource against weapons of mass disinformation. peoplesworld.org According to a recently conducted Pew Research Center survey, a large majority of Americans are getting their news from digital devices. The share of people who prefer to get their news online has been growing steadily for years. In 2010 People's World was ahead of the curve, as it often is, in making the transition …

_____ (2022-03-29). Lies and Times: How The New York Times Gives Cover to Fascists. popularresistance.org A "newspaper of record" is a major newspaper with a large circulation whose editorial and news-gathering functions are considered authoritative. In this country, that newspaper has been the New York Times. It is believed that librarians began to refer to The New York Times (NYT) as the "newspaper of record" in 1913 when it became the first U.S. newspaper to publish an index of the subjects covered in its pages. Regardless of how it became known as the authoritative source for editorial and news content, it is time that we stop calling the NYT the "newspaper of record" now, especially during this conflict in Ukrai…

Anonymous103 (2022-03-29). Russia Has Killed Civilians In Ukraine. Kyiv's Defense Tactics Add To The Danger — The Washington Post. southfront.org SouthFront: The U.S. seems to have realized what a monster it has raised in Ukraine. Nazism is the same at…

_____ (2022-03-29). President Putin Did Not Emerge Out Of A Clear Blue Sky. popularresistance.org It has now been over a month since Vladimir Putin ordered Russian military forces to invade Ukraine. In this short amount of time, a tidal wave of sentimental gush has emerged from Western countries that has glossed over even the most modest criticism of the Ukrainian government while vilifying Putin and his country to an extent that is increasingly trespassing into the realm of the absurd. This narrative, disseminated by Washington, its allies, and its minions in the corporate-owned media, has been so predictable as to be bordering on self-parody, with some going so far as to draw parallels between Putin and Ado…

TASS (2022-03-29). UN calls for investigation into reports about torture of prisoners of war in Ukraine. tass.com It is important that any ill treatment that may happen is stopped immediately, Head of the United Nations Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine Matilda Bogner said…

Our Reporter (2022-03-29). Desire Mirembe Murder Case: Court assessors find accused guilty. plusnews.ug Court assessors have asked Mukono High court Judge Henry Kaweesa Isabirye to find Matthew Kirabo guilty for the murder of his late girlfriend, Desire Mirembe, a former Makerere University medical student. Robert Sseguya and Grace Nakandi told the High court on Monday morning that after carefully reviewing and examining all the evidence in the matter, …

TASS (2022-03-29). Developers unveil pilot version of Russian alternative to Instagram. tass.com Rossgram users will be able to upload photos and videos from their smartphones, as well as videos from other platforms such as YouTube, Dailymotion and Vimeo…

TASS (2022-03-29). NATO took steps affecting Russia's security before Moscow's operation in Ukraine – Kremlin. tass.com The situation is quite concerning, Peskov said…

TASS (2022-03-29). No free gas supplies for Europe, Kremlin spokesman says. tass.com No payment, no gas, the Kremlin spokesman emphasized…

Juan Cole (2022-03-29). How Israel's Indiscriminate bombing of Gaza Endangers its Precious Hellenistic and Roman Archeological Heritage. juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — The Palestinian Gaza Strip doesn't stay on the world's mind the way some besieged cities in Ukraine do right now, but it is also surrounded, besieged, and blockaded by Israeli forces. This blockade is illegal in international law, since Israel is recognized as the Occupying authority over Gaza, which it …

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