WSWS (2022-03-10). Pseudo-left International Marxist Tendency provides cover for imperialist powers in conflict with Russia. wsws.org The IMT's role amid the current war drive is to repackage with "Marxist" phraseology the propaganda of the US State Department and other NATO countries that they have no intention of militarily intervening against Russia.

ecns.cn (2022-03-10). US's practice of disseminating disinformation about China on the Ukraine issue is despicable and malicious. ecns.cn Lately, the US has been disseminating disinformation about China on the Ukraine issue, with the attempt to shift blame, stoke confrontation and profit from the issue. The practice is despicable and malicious.

Dan Cohen (2022-03-10). US Admits to Funding Biological Laboratories in Ukraine, with Dilyana Gaytandzhieva. mintpressnews.com State Department official Victoria Nuland admitted that the US government is funding biological laboratories in Ukraine, confirming what Washington has long dismissed as "Russian propaganda." Correspondent Dan Cohen interviews journalist Dilyana Gaytandzhieva, who has investigated these facilities in Eastern Europe.

Edward Curtin (2022-03-10). Let Us Speak of the "Unspeakable" to Prevent its Use: On the Edge of a Nuclear Abyss. globalresearch.ca Two days after Russia attacked Ukraine and the day before Vladimir Putin put Russia on nuclear alert, I wrote a little …

Lambert Strether (2022-03-10). Discerning Volodymyr Zelensky. mronline.org In this extremely short and simplistic post, I will do what it says on the tin: Scrape away the already deeply impacted layers of wartime propaganda. I propose to do this in the old-fashioned American way: By following the money.

WSWS (2022-03-10). Live updates: American workers and youth speak out against US imperialism and Russian militarism in Ukraine. wsws.org In the hours and days ahead, the World Socialist Web Site will be posting statements against war from workers and young people across the United States. Anti-war sentiment is censored from the corporate media. Post your statements on social media to show the world that the US population does not want war using the hashtag #SpeakOutAgainstWW3.

JANET (2022-03-09). U.S.-NATO imperialism pushes Ukraine to the front line. iacenter.org March 8, 2022 By Manuel Raposo Raposo is the editor of the Portuguese Marxist web magazine jornalmudardevida.net and was a key organizer of the 2004 Portuguese session of the People's Tribunal on the crimes of imperialism during the invasion and occupation of Iraq. Translation: John Catalinotto. Italy, 2018. March 4 — In the deluge of propaganda regarding Russia's military intervention in Ukraine, the people of the U.S. and the European Union have the opportunity to see, in a mirror, the actions of their governments during the last few decades. The same goes for the Portuguese authorities and each of the Eu…

_____ (2022-03-09). On Speculations about the Similarities between Taiwan and Ukraine. journal-neo.org There is a growing discourse about the striking parallels in the situations around Taiwan and Ukraine. Proponents of geopolitics revive the basic tenet of its modern edition, which was originated by Alfred Thayer Mahan and Halford Mackinder. With certain variations, both of them had, over a hundred years ago, proposed the hypothesis of an irreducible …

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2022-03-09). "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.

JANET (2022-03-09). International Working Women's Day means solidarity. iacenter.org By Kathy Durkin March 8, 2022 International Working Women's Day is commemorated around the world on March 8. Two words signify its essence: solidarity and struggle. Ontario Federation of Labor Established in 1910 at an International Women's Socialist Conference in Copenhagen, this special day was intended to broaden global solidarity and strengthen ties among women workers. IWWD's socialist founders deplored the terrible working conditions faced by women workers, as they poured into factories in the U.S., Europe and elsewhere. They noted the strikes and massive demonstrations held by women immigrants in New York…

Climate Nexus (2022-03-09). Solar projects transform abandoned coal mines in Virginia. peoplesworld.org Six abandoned coal mines in southwest Virginia are being transformed into solar energy installations as part of an effort by the Nature Conservancy, The Washington Post reports. TNC hopes the project can be a model for similar sites nationwide. The conservation group views the Appalachian Mountains as one of the most critical regions on the …

WSWS (2022-03-09). Omicron BA.2 subvariant fuels new global surge of the pandemic. wsws.org Contrary to the narrative spun by the corporate media that COVID-19 is now "endemic" and a stable "new normal" has been reached, reality has come crashing down once again in the third year of this unprecedented crisis.

Khubaka, Michael Harris (2022-03-09). California Assembly Bill 1655 – Juneteenth Paid Holiday for the State of California. indybay.org One block from Old Sacramento Supreme Court Chambers the auction block of "enslaved" prisoners of war were sold. All along the American River Parkway, in the shadow of the early California State Capitol construction, enslavement of people of African Descent, Genocide of Indigenous Nations, Kanakas, Mexicans, Chileans and anybody with melanin pigmentated skin were not a citizen in 1849. Throughout the State same song…

WSWS (2022-03-09). Omicron BA.2 subvariant fuels new global surge of the pandemic. wsws.org Contrary to the narrative spun by the corporate media that COVID-19 is now "endemic" and a stable "new normal" has been reached, reality has come crashing down once again in the third year of this unprecedented crisis.

Khubaka, Michael Harris (2022-03-09). California Assembly Bill 1655 – Juneteenth Paid Holiday for the State of California. indybay.org One block from Old Sacramento Supreme Court Chambers the auction block of "enslaved" prisoners of war were sold. All along the American River Parkway, in the shadow of the early California State Capitol construction, enslavement of people of African Descent, Genocide of Indigenous Nations, Kanakas, Mexicans, Chileans and anybody with melanin pigmentated skin were not a citizen in 1849. Throughout the State same song…

Workers World New York bureau (2022-03-08). World says 'No NATO war!'. workers.org Over 80 actions — in the U.S., around the world and in cyberspace — have been held or will be held in March to oppose U.S./NATO aggression in Russia and Ukraine. (unacpeace.org) These actions are taking place amidst an overwhelming barrage of pro-U.S./NATO and anti-Russian propaganda. The role of the . . . |

New Atlas (2022-03-08). How to Debunk the West's Xinjiang "Genocide" Lies in 2 Minutes. newatlas.report March 8, 2022 (The New Atlas) — Just how hard (or easy) is it to cut through Western propaganda and daily headlines accusing China of "genocide" in Xinjiang against its ethnic Uyghur minority? Very easy. In fact it takes less than 2 minutes to actually follow media citations to what are ultimately dead ends or …

Julie Lévesque (2022-03-08). From Afghanistan to Syria: Women's Rights, War Propaganda and the CIA. globalresearch.ca Western heads of state, UN officials, military spokespersons will invariably praise the humanitarian dimension of the October 2001 US-NATO led invasion of Afghanistan, which allegedly was to fight religious fundamentalists, help little girls go to school, liberate women subjected to the yoke of the Taliban.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-03-08). Russia's Judo Kick to the Western Financial Gut. libya360.wordpress.com Pepe Escobar Washington's sanctions on Moscow will destroy Europe, not Russia. The battlefield is drawn. The official Russian blacklist of hostile sanctioning nations includes the US, the EU, Canada and, in Asia, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, and Singapore (the only one from Southeast Asia). Notice how that 'international community' keeps shrinking. The Global South should be aware…

C.J. Polychroniou (2022-03-08). Noam Chomsky: A No-Fly Zone Over Ukraine Could Unleash Untold Violence. truthout.org As war rages on in Ukraine, diplomacy continues to take a back seat in spite of the heartbreaking devastation Russia's invasion has wrought.

Kathy Durkin (2022-03-08). International Working Women's Day means solidarity. workers.org International Working Women's Day is commemorated around the world on March 8. Two words signify its essence: solidarity and struggle. Ontario Federation of Labor Established in 1910 at an International Women's Socialist Conference in Copenhagen, this special day was intended to broaden global solidarity and strengthen ties among women workers. . . . |

Editor2 (2022-03-08). Russia Says US Transferring Terrorists from Syria to Ukraine. orinocotribune.com Russia's Foreign Intelligence Service says the United States has been transferring Daesh terrorists from Syria to Ukraine. | The intelligence service said in a statement on Friday that the Daesh terrorists had undergone training in the US-held military base of al-Tanf in Syria. | "At the end of 2021, the Americans released from prisons… several dozen Daesh terrorists, including citizens of Russia and CIS countries. These individuals were sent to the US-controlled al-Tanf base, where they have undergone special training in subversive and terrorist warfare methods with a focus on the Donbass region," the statemen…

_____ (2022-03-08). US Officials Meet Maduro, Fail To Drive Wedge Between Venezuela And Russia. popularresistance.org Mexico City, Mexico — A high-level United States (US) government delegation that visited Venezuela on Saturday failed to produce an agreement with the government of Nicolás Maduro. | News of the delegation was first broken by the New York Times, which described the trip as the highest-level visit by US officials in years. Outlets subsequently reported that no agreement was reached. Caracas had not publicly commented on the meeting at the time of writing. | According to Reuters, the US team was led by White House Latin America adviser Juan González and made "maximalist" demands concerning electoral guarantee…

New Atlas (2022-03-08). US-funded Uyghur "Right Org" Hires Advocate FOR Genocide in Xinjiang. newatlas.report March 9, 2022 (The New Atlas) — The US accuses China of "genocide" in its western Xinjiang region. However, China had been reacting to US-sponsored separatism including a years-long campaign of deadly terrorism and militancy. So-called "human rights" groups funded by the US government are in fact separatist organizations sponsored by Washington hiding behind the …

Peoples Dispatch (2022-03-08). The war in Ukraine and ways of seeing. peoplesdispatch.org Following the Russian attack on Ukraine, the media coverage and a range of responses have revealed some stark facts about corporate media as well as western institutions. Some of these orientalist perspectives have been harshly criticized from the Third world.

Editor2 (2022-03-08). Russia Says US Transferring Terrorists from Syria to Ukraine. orinocotribune.com Russia's Foreign Intelligence Service says the United States has been transferring Daesh terrorists from Syria to Ukraine. | The intelligence service said in a statement on Friday that the Daesh terrorists had undergone training in the US-held military base of al-Tanf in Syria. | "At the end of 2021, the Americans released from prisons… several dozen Daesh terrorists, including citizens of Russia and CIS countries. These individuals were sent to the US-controlled al-Tanf base, where they have undergone special training in subversive and terrorist warfare methods with a focus on the Donbass region," the statemen…

JANET (2022-03-08). World says 'No NATO war!'. iacenter.org March 7, 2022 Over 80 actions — in the U.S., around the world and in cyberspace — have been held or will be held in March to oppose U.S./NATO aggression in Russia and Ukraine. (unacpeace.org) These actions are taking place amidst an overwhelming barrage of pro-U.S./NATO and anti-Russian propaganda. The role of the U.S. media and politicians is to overwhelm and drown out any opposition. Under these conditions even a small force standing up to the barrage becomes a magnet to attract that opposition. Times Square, New York City, March 5. Photo: Brenda Ryan. In New York City on Times Square, a group of a…

New Atlas (2022-03-08). How to Debunk the West's Xinjiang "Genocide" Lies in 2 Minutes. newatlas.report March 8, 2022 (The New Atlas) — Just how hard (or easy) is it to cut through Western propaganda and daily headlines accusing China of "genocide" in Xinjiang against its ethnic Uyghur minority? Very easy. In fact it takes less than 2 minutes to actually follow media citations to what are ultimately dead ends or …

Julie Lévesque (2022-03-08). From Afghanistan to Syria: Women's Rights, War Propaganda and the CIA. globalresearch.ca Western heads of state, UN officials, military spokespersons will invariably praise the humanitarian dimension of the October 2001 US-NATO led invasion of Afghanistan, which allegedly was to fight religious fundamentalists, help little girls go to school, liberate women subjected to the yoke of the Taliban.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-03-08). Russia's Judo Kick to the Western Financial Gut. libya360.wordpress.com Pepe Escobar Washington's sanctions on Moscow will destroy Europe, not Russia. The battlefield is drawn. The official Russian blacklist of hostile sanctioning nations includes the US, the EU, Canada and, in Asia, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, and Singapore (the only one from Southeast Asia). Notice how that 'international community' keeps shrinking. The Global South should be aware…

New Atlas (2022-03-08). US-funded Uyghur "Right Org" Hires Advocate FOR Genocide in Xinjiang. newatlas.report March 9, 2022 (The New Atlas) — The US accuses China of "genocide" in its western Xinjiang region. However, China had been reacting to US-sponsored separatism including a years-long campaign of deadly terrorism and militancy. So-called "human rights" groups funded by the US government are in fact separatist organizations sponsored by Washington hiding behind the …

WSWS (2022-03-07). COVID-19 infection rates and deaths on the rise in Germany. wsws.org Although war propaganda has shouldered the pandemic out of the news, the coronavirus is still running rampant in Germany and worldwide.

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2022-03-07). Doubling Down on Double Standards — The Ukraine Propaganda Blitz. transcend.org 4 Mar 2022 – What a strange feeling it was to know that the cruise missile shown descending towards an airport and erupting in a ball of flame was NOT fired by US or British forces. This was Russia's war of aggression, not 'ours'. This was not an approved orgy of destruction and emphatically not to be celebrated.

William Rivers Pitt (2022-03-07). Russia's Disinformation Machine Runs So Deep, Some Don't Know War Is Happening. truthout.org

Amy Goodman (2022-03-07). Repression of Protesters Intensifies in Russia as More Than 13,000 Are Arrested. truthout.org We speak to Russian activist and historian Ilya Budraitskis after over 5,000 antiwar protesters were detained on Sunday as part of a sweeping crackdown on Russian civil society and the media. Activists in Russia are relying on alternative outlets such as social media for information, as the Russian government continues to censor major news outlets. Writers and independent news outlets such as Novaya Gazeta have faced the threat of criminal investigations for spreading so-called disinformation,…

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2022-03-07). Severing the Russian Hemisphere as Problematic Global Lobotomy? transcend.org 7 Mar 2022 – Engendering a Transformative Dynamic through the Potential of Meta-Discourse – 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.

Staff (2022-03-07). Senior US Officials to Meet with Government of President Nicolás Maduro: More NYT Fake News? orinocotribune.com Caracas, March 6, 2022 ( The first paragraph of the NYT hit piece claims that "senior US officials are traveling to Venezuela on Saturday to meet with the government of President Nicolás Maduro, according to people familiar with the matter, as the Biden ad…

Staff (2022-03-07). 'Senior US Officials to Meet with Government of President Nicolás Maduro:' More NYT Fake News? orinocotribune.com Caracas, March 6, 2022 (OrinocoTribune.com)—Yesterday, the New York Times (NYT) published a news piece signed by hardcore antichavista journalist Anatoly Kurmanaev, about an alleged visit of Washington top officials to Venezuela, in an attempt to weaken the solid alliance between Caracas and Moscow amid the Ukrainian conflict. | The NYT hit piece reads in its first paragraph that "senior US officials are traveling to Venezuela on Saturday to meet with the government of President Nicolás Maduro, according to people familiar with the matter, as the Biden administration steps up efforts to separate Russia from…

Marzieh Rahmani (2022-03-07). Initiatives on agenda to accelerate reaching result in Vienna. en.mehrnews.com Stating that initiatives are on agenda to accelerate reaching a result in Vienna, Iranian top security official said that securing the interests of the Iranians is the only factor influencing Iran's interaction with the P4+1.

_____ (2022-03-07). Ukrainian Security Services Arrest Young Communist Leaders. popularresistance.org On Sunday, March 6, the Ukrainian security services arrested Mikhail Kononovich and his brother Aleksandr Kononovich. Both are from the leadership of the Leninist Communist Youth Union of Ukraine (LKSMU). The press service of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) stated on Sunday that the Kononovich brothers were arrested from capital Kiev and put in jail. The SBU has accused them of being propagandists with pro-Russian and pro-Belarusian views with the goal of destabilizing the internal situation in Ukraine and create the "necessary information picture" for Russian and Belarusian channels. The World Federation o…

Adri Nieuwhof (2022-03-07). Dutch universities boycott Russia, but bow to Israel lobby. electronicintifada.net Smear campaign derails effort to shed light on ties with anti-Palestinian groups.

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2022-03-07). So This Is What It Looks Like When the Corporate Media Opposes a War. transcend.org 28 Feb 2022 – Having worked inside mainstream U.S. media during the beginning of the "War on Terror" and run-up to the U.S. invasion of Iraq, the differences in today's war coverage are dizzying to me. Major American media outlets oppose military aggression… unless the United States is doing it.

Whitney Webb (2022-03-07). Ukraine and the New Al Qaeda. orinocotribune.com By Whitney Webb — Mar 2, 2022 | The eruption of war between Russia and Ukraine appears to have given the CIA the pretext to launch a long-planned insurgency in the country, one poised to spread far beyond Ukraine's borders with major implications for Biden's "War on Domestic Terror" | As the conflict between Ukraine and Russia continues to escalate and dominate the world's attention, the increasing evidence that the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is and has been working to create and arm an insurgency in the country has received considerably little attention considering its likely consequences. This is…

Khubaka, Michael Harris (2022-03-07). California Assembly Bill 1655 – Juneteenth Paid Holiday for the State of California. indybay.org One block from Old Sacramento Supreme Court Chambers the auction block of "enslaved" prisoners of war were sold. All along the American River Parkway, in the shadow of the early California State Capitol construction, enslavement of people of African Descent, Genocide of Indigenous Nations, Kanakas, Mexicans, Chileans and anybody with melanin pigmentated skin were not a citizen in 1849. Throughout the State same song…

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2022-03-07). Doubling Down on Double Standards — The Ukraine Propaganda Blitz. transcend.org 4 Mar 2022 – What a strange feeling it was to know that the cruise missile shown descending towards an airport and erupting in a ball of flame was NOT fired by US or British forces. This was Russia's war of aggression, not 'ours'. This was not an approved orgy of destruction and emphatically not to be celebrated.

WSWS (2022-03-07). COVID-19 infection rates and deaths on the rise in Germany. wsws.org Although war propaganda has shouldered the pandemic out of the news, the coronavirus is still running rampant in Germany and worldwide.

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2022-03-07). Severing the Russian Hemisphere as Problematic Global Lobotomy? transcend.org 7 Mar 2022 – Engendering a Transformative Dynamic through the Potential of Meta-Discourse – 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.

Staff (2022-03-07). 'Senior US Officials to Meet with Government of President Nicolás Maduro:' More NYT Fake News? orinocotribune.com Caracas, March 6, 2022 (OrinocoTribune.com)—Yesterday, the New York Times (NYT) published a news piece signed by hardcore antichavista journalist Anatoly Kurmanaev, about an alleged visit of Washington top officials to Venezuela, in an attempt to weaken the solid alliance between Caracas and Moscow amid the Ukrainian conflict. | The NYT hit piece reads in its first paragraph that "senior US officials are traveling to Venezuela on Saturday to meet with the government of President Nicolás Maduro, according to people familiar with the matter, as the Biden administration steps up efforts to separate Russia from…

Marzieh Rahmani (2022-03-07). Initiatives on agenda to accelerate reaching result in Vienna. en.mehrnews.com Stating that initiatives are on agenda to accelerate reaching a result in Vienna, Iranian top security official said that securing the interests of the Iranians is the only factor influencing Iran's interaction with the P4+1.

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2022-03-07). So This Is What It Looks Like When the Corporate Media Opposes a War. transcend.org 28 Feb 2022 – Having worked inside mainstream U.S. media during the beginning of the "War on Terror" and run-up to the U.S. invasion of Iraq, the differences in today's war coverage are dizzying to me. Major American media outlets oppose military aggression… unless the United States is doing it.

Khubaka, Michael Harris (2022-03-07). California Assembly Bill 1655 – Juneteenth Paid Holiday for the State of California. indybay.org One block from Old Sacramento Supreme Court Chambers the auction block of "enslaved" prisoners of war were sold. All along the American River Parkway, in the shadow of the early California State Capitol construction, enslavement of people of African Descent, Genocide of Indigenous Nations, Kanakas, Mexicans, Chileans and anybody with melanin pigmentated skin were not a citizen in 1849. Throughout the State same song…

Media Lens (2022-03-06). Doubling Down On Double Standards: The Ukraine Propaganda Blitz. dissidentvoice.org The American population was bombarded the way the Iraqi population was bombarded. It was a war against us, a war of lies and disinformation and omission of history. That kind of war, overwhelming and devastating, waged here in the US while the Gulf War was waged over there.' ((Howard Zinn, 'Power, History and Warfare', Open Magazine …

SF015 (2022-03-06). Difference In Treatment Of Captives And Fortitude Of The Russian Soldiers (Videos, 18+). southfront.org Any war is a loss of life for soldiers and civilians, and of course there are prisoners of war (POW) on all sides. | The treatment of enemy civilians and of their POWs has always been the best expression of the moral qualities and outlook of the parties to the conflict. To the same extent, behavior toward POWs, as well as the behavior of the POWs themselves, is indicative of the characteristic features of the domestic propaganda of the opposing sides. It is enough to recall the examples of World War II, military conflic…

teleSUR (2022-03-06). Belarus, Russia Discuss Cooperation in the Situation in Ukraine. telesurenglish.net Belarus Foreign Minister, Vladimir Makei, spoke today via telephone with his Russian counterpart, Sergei Lavrov, about the situation arising as a result of Moscow's military operation in Ukraine. | RELATED: | During the exchange, the foreign ministers referred to the possibility of cooperating to counter information attacks and the deliberate dissemination of fake news about recent events. | Makey and Lavrov highlighted as a sign o…

ecns.cn (2022-03-06). Cease-fire declared in 2 Ukrainian cities. ecns.cn Russia declared a partial ceasefire in two Ukrainian cities on Saturday to allow safe passages for civilians fleeing the fighting, Russia's Defense Ministry said.The cease-fire came as Putin signed into law on Friday a bill introducing jail terms of up to 15 years for fake news on the Russian army.

Dean Baker (2022-03-06). The Opera Singer and the Sanctions. cepr.net For every one of these stars whose case may get written up in the New York Times there are tens of thousands of retail clerks and factory workers who lose their job because of sanctions.

_____ (2022-03-06). Putin, Lenin, Imperialism And The (Real) History Of Ukraine. popularresistance.org The people of this country suffer, I've always thought, from a general ignorance of history. This is because with vast oceans for borders, and ever-friendly neighbors, and no experience of being invaded, living in a country that has always urged assimilation including the acceptance of "American exceptionalism," schooled through an educational system that avoids teaching U.S. history with any degree of credibility so as not to upset anybody, they've never been encouraged to think critically about the past. To ask questions. To raise objections—not necessarily about what happened, but about how to interpret…

Staff (2022-03-06). EU comments on warplanes for Kiev. rt.com Ukraine insists it needs jet fighters to repel the Russian attack | European Council President Charles Michel has said that the bloc's military aid to Ukraine will not include jet fighters, which Kiev has insisted it badly needs to fend off the ongoing Russian invasion. | "The European Union is definitely not at war with Russia. A war is what Russia has launched against Ukraine, a country very friendly and very close to the EU. That is why we support Ukraine on all levels," Michel said in an interview with several European newspapers on Saturday. | The chief of the EU's top political body confirmed that the EU…

Media Lens (2022-03-06). Doubling Down On Double Standards: The Ukraine Propaganda Blitz. dissidentvoice.org The American population was bombarded the way the Iraqi population was bombarded. It was a war against us, a war of lies and disinformation and omission of history. That kind of war, overwhelming and devastating, waged here in the US while the Gulf War was waged over there.' ((Howard Zinn, 'Power, History and Warfare', Open Magazine …

SF015 (2022-03-06). Difference In Treatment Of Captives And Fortitude Of The Russian Soldiers (Videos, 18+). southfront.org Any war is a loss of life for soldiers and civilians, and of course there are prisoners of war (POW) on all sides. | The treatment of enemy civilians and of their POWs has always been the best expression of the moral qualities and outlook of the parties to the conflict. To the same extent, behavior toward POWs, as well as the behavior of the POWs themselves, is indicative of the characteristic features of the domestic propaganda of the opposing sides. It is enough to recall the examples of World War II, military conflic…

sputniknews (2022-03-06). Belarusian Defence Ministry Denies Resignation of Chief of General Staff. sputniknews.com MINSK (Sputnik) – Ukrainian reports alleging that Belarusian Chief of General Staff Viktor Gulevich has stepped down because of unwillingness to fight in Ukraine are fake news, the Belarusian defence ministry said on Sunday.

Staff (2022-03-06). US sends delegation to Venezuela — media. rt.com The alleged meeting with the government Washington considers 'illegitimate' comes amid efforts to replace Russian oil | Senior US officials reportedly traveled to Venezuela to meet with President Nicolás Maduro's government as Russia's conflict with Ukraine continues. Citing multiple unnamed sources "familiar with the matter," the New York Times

Staff (2022-03-06). EU comments on warplanes for Kiev. rt.com Ukraine insists it needs jet fighters to repel the Russian attack | European Council President Charles Michel has said that the bloc's military aid to Ukraine will not include jet fighters, which Kiev has insisted it badly needs to fend off the ongoing Russian invasion. | "The European Union is definitely not at war with Russia. A war is what Russia has launched against Ukraine, a country very friendly and very close to the EU. That is why we support Ukraine on all levels," Michel said in an interview with several European newspapers on Saturday. | The chief of the EU's top political body confirmed that the EU…

_____ (2022-03-05). Is This Russian Propaganda? popularresistance.org We're risking a very fast, very radioactive World War 3 to defend the "democracy" of a nation whose government bans opposition parties, imprisons political opponents, shuts down opposition media, and takes all its orders from Washington due to a US-backed coup in 2014. | "Defending Ukrainian democracy" makes as much sense as "Defending Mongolian seaports". | The powers responsible for destroying Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, Syria and Yemen are the same powers we're trusting to carefully navigate extremely delicate nuclear brinkmanship escalations without ending the world. | "Relax, nobody's gonna start a nuclear war…

_____ (2022-03-05). On The Predictable Demise Of RT America. popularresistance.org The closure of RT America follows effective censorship of the channel. The ultimate decision to close was made following a cut off of service by DirecTV and Roku. Big Tech firms were also increasingly targeting RT. Reuters reported: "Tech companies in recent days have moved to restrict Russian state-controlled media including RT and Sputnik in response to requests from governments and calls to prevent the spread of Russia propaganda." | Many will try to argue that the developments in the U.S. are completely different from the European Commission recently banned RT and Sputnik. | But it more clearly highlights the…

WSWS (2022-03-05). How Germany's "new foreign policy epoch" was prepared. wsws.org The justifications given by Chancellor Olaf Scholz for tripling the military budget amid Putin's aggression against Ukraine are nothing but lying propaganda.

Staff (2022-03-05). Kremlin defends harsh 'fake military news' law. rt.com Russia says it was properly responding to the "information war" waged against the country | The Kremlin has insisted that making it illegal to spread "fake news" about its ongoing military offensive in Ukraine was a proper response to the alleged propaganda war waged by the West. | The harsh measures were "necessary and urgently needed during these difficult times," Dmitry Peskov, spokesman for President Vladimir Putin, told reporters on Saturday, citing "an information war waged against our country." | "Given the state of the information war [against Russia], we had to adopt a law of appropriate severity, whi…

WSWS (2022-03-05). The hysterical anti-Russian campaign and the US-NATO drive to war with Russia. wsws.org Media outlets, academics, and scientists who ought to know better have lapped up the pro-war propaganda of the imperialist powers, according to which the world was a peaceful paradise until Putin sent Russian troops into Ukraine.

Rick Rozoff (2022-03-05). China responds to Pentagon official's criticism over Ukraine. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Global TimesMarch 4, 2022 Chinese FM questions US role in Ukraine crisis amid the latter's smears on China The US has been spreading disinformation and using the Ukraine crisis to smear China. Its rumor mongering in order to shift its own responsibilities is hypocritical and despicable, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson said on Friday amid …

Ana Perdigón (2022-03-05). Did Russia Burn Down the Nuclear Power Plant in Zaporizhia, Ukraine? (Fake News). orinocotribune.com Fake news and distorted news about the ongoing Russian military operation in Ukraine have become prevalent in the Western and pro-Western media. This was evidenced once more when several media reports accused Russia of setting fire to the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine. | These reports were denied by the Russian Ministry of Defense, which clarified that on Friday, March 4, Ukrainian military units tried to start a fire at the Zaporizhia nuclear plant, located in the city of Energodar in south-east Ukraine. The power plant area is under the control of the Russian military personnel there. | Russian Defe…

WSWS (2022-03-05). Conductor Valery Gergiev sacked from Munich Philharmonic Orchestra. wsws.org The brutal sacking of world-renowned conductor Valery Gergiev in Munich on Tuesday is the high point of an unprecedented smear campaign against all things Russian.

Dean Baker (2022-03-05). NYT Fact-Check Goes Full Loon Tune to Trash Biden. cepr.net In his State of the Union Address, President Biden claimed the economy creating over 6.5 million jobs in his first year in office, which he said was the most ever. The New York Times boasted about fact-checking this claim. It rated it "partially true." The fact-check said: "Biden is correct on the numbers. But the …

Dean Baker (2022-03-05). NYT Fact-Check Goes Full Looney Tunes to Trash Biden. cepr.net In his State of the Union Address, President Biden claimed the economy creating over 6.5 million jobs in his first year in office, which he said was the most ever. The New York Times The fact-check said: "Biden is correct on the numbers. But the government only started collecting this [sic] data in 1939." | Okay folks, at the start of 1939, when the government started publishing this series, we had fewer than 30 million jobs by this measure (non-farm, payroll employment). An…

Dean Baker (2022-03-05). How Does the Washington Post Know that Republicans Have "Concerns" About Federal Spending? cepr.net The way this should be reported is simply to tell readers what the Republicans say, for example refer to "complaints," rather than try to tell us what they think.

Staff (2022-03-05). Declassified papers reveal extent of US military aid to Ukraine — media. rt.com Washington has gone to great lengths to prepare Kiev "to wage a hybrid war against Russia," a major US news outlet has said | The US has drastically increased its shipments of lethal aid to Ukraine since late last year, including weapons and gear for urban combat, the Washington Post According to the Pentagon's paperwork, from as early as December Washington had been actively equipping the Kiev government w…

_____ (2022-03-05). Could This Be Russiagate's Checkmate? popularresistance.org Well, it only took six years. Six years for the Democratic Party to weaponize Russiagate into not just a way to blame and shame Black voters for the spectacular loss that Hillary Clinton suffered against The-Candidate-Who-Couldn't-Have-Ever-Won-If-Hillary-Had- Actually-Campaigned-Like-She-Wanted-to-Earn-People's-Votes-Instead-Of-Thinking- She-Was- Entitled-To-Them: Donald Trump. Six years of US corporate media mouthpieces telling Americans that Hillary lost because Black voters were duped by Rainbow Bernie Bikini posts, shoe ads, and "Like if You Love Jesus" posts that convinced them to either not vote, or to vot…

sputniknews (2022-03-05). Two Months On: What's Happening With Met Police Probe Into 'Partygate' Scandal? sputniknews.com In late January, London's Metropolitan Police announced a criminal investigation into allegations of parties in Downing Street during COVID lockdowns between 2020 and 2021. The investigation came after the police received evidence from a separate inquiry on the alleged parties, conducted by senior civil servant Sue Gray.

Terra Manca, Franàßoise Baylis, Flor M Munoz, Karina A Top (2022-03-05). [Comment] Prioritise research on vaccines for pregnant and breastfeeding women. thelancet.com Pregnant women, their fetuses, and infants are at increased risk of severe disease and death from many vaccine-preventable diseases, including COVID-19.1,2 However, they are typically excluded from pre-implementation vaccine research aimed at generating robust data in support of evidence-informed decision making. This was initially the case with COVID-19 vaccines. In 2019, the PREVENT Working Group published 22 recommendations on how to include pregnant and breastfeeding women in vaccine research and implementation for emerging infections.

WSWS (2022-03-05). The hysterical anti-Russian campaign and the US-NATO drive to war with Russia. wsws.org Media outlets, academics, and scientists who ought to know better have lapped up the pro-war propaganda of the imperialist powers, according to which the world was a peaceful paradise until Putin sent Russian troops into Ukraine.

WSWS (2022-03-05). How Germany's "new foreign policy epoch" was prepared. wsws.org The justifications given by Chancellor Olaf Scholz for tripling the military budget amid Putin's aggression against Ukraine are nothing but lying propaganda.

Staff (2022-03-05). Kremlin defends harsh 'fake military news' law. rt.com Russia says it was properly responding to the "information war" waged against the country | The Kremlin has insisted that making it illegal to spread "fake news" about its ongoing military offensive in Ukraine was a proper response to the alleged propaganda war waged by the West. | The harsh measures were "necessary and urgently needed during these difficult times," Dmitry Peskov, spokesman for President Vladimir Putin, told reporters on Saturday, citing "an information war waged against our country." | "Given the state of the information war [against Russia], we had to adopt a law of appropriate severity, whi…

Rick Rozoff (2022-03-05). China responds to Pentagon official's criticism over Ukraine. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Global TimesMarch 4, 2022 Chinese FM questions US role in Ukraine crisis amid the latter's smears on China The US has been spreading disinformation and using the Ukraine crisis to smear China. Its rumor mongering in order to shift its own responsibilities is hypocritical and despicable, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson said on Friday amid …

WSWS (2022-03-05). Conductor Valery Gergiev sacked from Munich Philharmonic Orchestra. wsws.org The brutal sacking of world-renowned conductor Valery Gergiev in Munich on Tuesday is the high point of an unprecedented smear campaign against all things Russian.

Staff (2022-03-05). Declassified papers reveal extent of US military aid to Ukraine — media. rt.com Washington has gone to great lengths to prepare Kiev "to wage a hybrid war against Russia," a major US news outlet has said | The US has drastically increased its shipments of lethal aid to Ukraine since late last year, including weapons and gear for urban combat, the Washington Post According to the Pentagon's paperwork, from as early as December Washington had been actively equipping the Kiev government w…

sputniknews (2022-03-05). Two Months On: What's Happening With Met Police Probe Into 'Partygate' Scandal? sputniknews.com In late January, London's Metropolitan Police announced a criminal investigation into allegations of parties in Downing Street during COVID lockdowns between 2020 and 2021. The investigation came after the police received evidence from a separate inquiry on the alleged parties, conducted by senior civil servant Sue Gray.

Mickey Z. (2022-03-04). What Imaginary Incubators Can Teach Us About Ukraine. dissidentvoice.org (my book from 2004) When I write or post about the blatant propaganda swirling around the situation in Ukraine, some people get angry… at me. They don't want to accept the truth so they take my highly-researched analysis personally. In turn, some will even attack me personally. I've been doing this a long time so …

Jeremy Kuzmarov (2022-03-04). If the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) Is Subverting Democracy—Why Aren't Some of the Left Media Calling It Out? covertactionmagazine.com NED's history should lead to it being renamed the "National Endowment for Attacking Democracy," as journalist Stephen Kinzer suggests. On …

Joe Glenton (2022-03-04). Racist rhetoric about which refugees deserve help needs to stop now. thecanary.co There are " The tweet claimed: The refugees from Ukraine are coming from an environment which is in its cultural, religious, and historica…

Staff (2022-03-04). Russia criminalizes 'disinformation' about army. rt.com Moscow has also accused Washington of launching an information war over the conflict in Ukraine | Russian lawmakers have approved legislation that could see people put behind bars for up to 15 years if found guilty of peddling so-called false information about the actions of the army, amid Moscow's military operation in Ukraine. | On Friday, the lower chamber of Russia's parliament voted to introduce the law to heavily penalize citizens spreading fake allegations against the country's armed forces. | The chairman of the State Duma, Vyacheslav Volodin, weighed in on the move, insisting that it is needed "to pro…

Graham MacPhee (2022-03-04). Neoliberalism Is Normalizing Extreme-Right Discourse in the UK. truthout.org One of the most familiar tactics of populist demagogues when under pressure is to shift the agenda away from reality and into a fantasy world of accusation, smears, false equivalences and conspiracy theories. | This erodes the boundary between

Global Research News (2022-03-04). Selected Articles: The QR Code: "Apocalypse", COVID Vaccine and the "Mark of the Beast" globalresearch.ca By "Biblical phrasing" is used to provide "self-legitimation" (cognitive dissonance) to the enforcement of far-reachi…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-03-04). War, NATO and the New World Order. libya360.wordpress.com Fernando Rivero 1.- War and U.S. Military Doctrine: The armed conflict in Europe is directly related to U.S. military planning. The "Third Offset Strategy", the "Interim Strategic National Security Guidance" and the advent of the NATO "Strategic Concept" of 2022, outline the US military plan for global domination. The Third Offset Strategy, proposed by Secretary…

WSWS (2022-03-04). German Left Party backs war drive against Russia. wsws.org The Left Party plays a key role in implementing aggressive German military policy by cloaking it in peace-loving slogans to slip it past enormous popular opposition to war.

Maicol David Lynch (2022-03-04). Guilty before proven innocent: An interview with Mexican actor Axel Arenas. peoplesworld.org MEXICO CITY—To many Americans, the world of Mexican cinema may be somewhat unknown outside of the realm of "narcoseries." Fact check: Not all great Mexican cinema is rooted around the themes of drugs, immigration, violence, and deportation. People's World sat down with Axel Arenas just days before he gave a press conference in early January, …

ecns.cn (2022-03-04). Hypocritical, despicable for U.S. to discredit China through Ukraine issue: spokesperson. ecns.cn The U.S. side has repeatedly spread false information related to the Ukraine issue to smear and discredit China in order to shirk their own responsibility, which is hypocritical and despicable, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson said Friday.

_____ (2022-03-04). Ukraine And The New Al Qaeda. popularresistance.org As the conflict between Ukraine and Russia continues to escalate and dominate the world's attention, the increasing evidence that the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is and has been working to create and arm an insurgency in the country has received considerably little attention considering its likely consequences. This is particularly true given that former CIA officials and a former Secretary of State are now openly saying that the CIA is following the "models" of past CIA-backed insurgencies in Afghanistan and Syria for its plans in Ukraine. Given that those countries have been ravaged by war as a direct…

_____ (2022-03-04). The Reincarnation Of The American Indian. popularresistance.org America's original sin of settler colonialism and indigenous genocide has left an indelible mark on the country to this day, especially on the remaining members of Native American tribes. Our revisionist retellings of this critical part of our history also continues to harm all of us and the land on which we live. Tribal leaders like Greg Sarris, who is serving his 15th term as Tribal Chairman of the Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria in California, however, understand that to chart a sustainable path forward, America needs not only to acknowledge its painful past but also root its future plans in indigenous k…

Editor (2022-03-04). Chairman Greg Sarris on the Reincarnation of the American Indian. scheerpost.com Greg Sarris, Tribal Chairman of the Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria. [Photo courtesy of Greg Sarris] | Click to subscribe on: America's original sin of settler colonialism and indigenous genocide has left an indeible mark on the country to this day, especially on the remaining members of Native American tribes. Our revisionist retellings of this critical par…

JANET (2022-03-04). Stop NATO War on Russia! Info for rallies and webinars. iacenter.org Stop NATO War on Russia! No Sanctions! No War! Find antiwar actions here: unac.notowar.net/national-call-to-action- nowarwithrussia/ AND HERE The corporate media speaks with one voice against Russia. There is NO mention that the U.S. commanded NATO military alliance has pumped tons of lethal weapons and U.S. advisors into Ukraine for eight years. Since the 2014 U.S.- backed coup in Kiev, the U.S. has aided fascist forces in relentlessly shelling the 1,200 mile Russian border to target the Peoples' Republics of Lugansk and Donetsk, killing over 14,000 people in the Russian-speaking Donbass region. Over a t…

Mickey Z. (2022-03-04). What Imaginary Incubators Can Teach Us About Ukraine. dissidentvoice.org (my book from 2004) When I write or post about the blatant propaganda swirling around the situation in Ukraine, some people get angry… at me. They don't want to accept the truth so they take my highly-researched analysis personally. In turn, some will even attack me personally. I've been doing this a long time so …

Jeremy Kuzmarov (2022-03-04). If the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) Is Subverting Democracy—Why Aren't Some of the Left Media Calling It Out? covertactionmagazine.com NED's history should lead to it being renamed the "National Endowment for Attacking Democracy," as journalist Stephen Kinzer suggests. On …

Staff (2022-03-04). Russia criminalizes 'disinformation' about army. rt.com Moscow has also accused Washington of launching an information war over the conflict in Ukraine | Russian lawmakers have approved legislation that could see people put behind bars for up to 15 years if found guilty of peddling so-called false information about the actions of the army, amid Moscow's military operation in Ukraine. | On Friday, the lower chamber of Russia's parliament voted to introduce the law to heavily penalize citizens spreading fake allegations against the country's armed forces. | The chairman of the State Duma, Vyacheslav Volodin, weighed in on the move, insisting that it is needed "to pro…

Global Research News (2022-03-04). Selected Articles: The QR Code: "Apocalypse", COVID Vaccine and the "Mark of the Beast" globalresearch.ca By "Biblical phrasing" is used to provide "self-legitimation" (cognitive dissonance) to the enforcement of far-reachi…

WSWS (2022-03-04). German Left Party backs war drive against Russia. wsws.org The Left Party plays a key role in implementing aggressive German military policy by cloaking it in peace-loving slogans to slip it past enormous popular opposition to war.

ecns.cn (2022-03-04). Hypocritical, despicable for U.S. to discredit China through Ukraine issue: spokesperson. ecns.cn The U.S. side has repeatedly spread false information related to the Ukraine issue to smear and discredit China in order to shirk their own responsibility, which is hypocritical and despicable, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson said Friday.

WSWS (2022-03-03). Is the pandemic really over? wsws.org Biden's State of the Union speech marked the climax of a weeks-long effort of the entire political establishment and corporate media to force the American population to "live with the virus" and accept a "new normal" of unending mass infections, debilitation and deaths.

Walter Smolarek (2022-03-03). War and hollow promises: Biden's State of the Union address. liberationnews.org President Biden delivered his first State of the Union address last night, an hour-long speech mixing the war-mongering propaganda and empty promises of change that have become so typical of the Democratic Party establishment.

WSWS (2022-03-03). Anti-Russian propaganda campaign intensifies in professional sports. wsws.org The Russian invasion of Ukraine has set into motion a chauvinist anti-Russian campaign that was prepared well in advance by the Biden administration.

Abdul Rahman (2022-03-03). By banning Russian media outlets, EU exposes its discomfort with alternative narratives of the Ukrainian crisis. peoplesdispatch.org In an unprecedented move, the European Commission has banned Russian news outlets RT and Sputnik across the EU, calling them 'Kremlin Media Machines' and accusing them of indulging in pro-Russia propaganda…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-03-03). Black Alliance for Peace: Brief Guide on the Situation in Ukraine. libya360.wordpress.com Within large sectors of the U.S. left, including many elements of the Black left, there is widespread confusion related to the Ukraine "crisis." Years of anti-Russia propaganda from the U.S. and its NATO allies, and the tendency to abstract the current Ukrainian situation from its historical and geo-strategic context, have created a climate of confusion….

Staff (2022-03-03). London Stock Exchange bars Russian firms from trading. rt.com Companies blacklisted and accused of close ties to Russia | The London Stock Exchange (LSE) has announced it is blocking trading in 27 corporations with close ties to Russia. The targeted firms include EN+, Gazprom, Lukoil, Rosneft and Sberbank. | The step, which comes into effect immediately and follows similar actions from other bourses, comes as part of Western efforts to cut Russia off from the international financial markets in response to Moscow's military operation in Ukraine. | Russian miners Polymetal and Evraz have also been ejected from the FTSE 100 after heavy share price losses following Western s…

Rick Rozoff (2022-03-03). Serbian parliament president: When Hitler entered Ukraine, the U.S. did not declare war. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com B92March 2, 2022 "We have died for the sake of others; they aren't against Russia, but against Serbia" ==== Also see: Serbia is only free country in Europe, only one not obeying NATO's orders — official Serbia: West plans to oust Russia from UN, trigger total collapse of existing order ==== Speaker of the National …

Eliza M. Schmid (2022-03-03). The 'destructive prophets' astride the field of history: Hitler was only one. peoplesworld.org Oy vey! Not another book about Adolf Hitler!! So many books about him have been written, but the study by Dr. Frederick (Fritz) Redlich is special, examining mostly Hitler's mental and physical illnesses in addition to giving a thorough report of his personal life throughout the course of the Second World War. It's not a …

Rick Rozoff (2022-03-03). Serbia is only free country in Europe, only one not obeying NATO's orders — official. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com B92March 3, 2022 "Serbia proves to be the only free country in Europe" ==== Also see: Serbian parliament president: When Hitler entered Ukraine, the U.S. did not declare war Serbia: West plans to oust Russia from UN, trigger total collapse of existing order ==== Minister Vulin added that today is the seventh day in which …

Staff (2022-03-03). Lavrov makes Napoleon and Hitler comparison over Ukraine. rt.com Washington succeeded in bending Europe to its will, Russia's top diplomat said | Washington has succeeded where Europe-conquering dictators of the past have failed, as evidenced by its ability to bend the policies of European governments to its will, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov alleged on Thursday. | "I can't help but make these comparisons. In the past, Napoleon and Hitler had the goal to subjugate Europe. Now the Americans have subjugated it," he remarked. | As an example of Washington deciding "what's best" for Europe, Lavrov mentioned the lengthy American campaign to torpedo the Nord Stream 2 ga…

Staff (2022-03-03). Radio station that hosted American & Russian presidents closes in Moscow. rt.com The platform has been accused of spreading "disinformation" about Russia's military attack on Ukraine | One of Moscow's most popular liberal media outlets will be shut, its board of directors has decided, after authorities restricted the broadcaster due to its coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. | Echo of Moscow's Editor-in-Chief Alexey Venediktov announced in a statement on Thursday that the agency's radio platform and website will cease to exist, following a "majority vote." | It comes after Russia's General Prosecutor's office ordered media regulator Roskomnadzor to block access to the outlet's radio…

Noam Chomsky (2022-03-03). Cuba's successful disregard for U.S. policies. mronline.org We have just commemorated the 20th anniversary of one of the mechanisms used to strangle Cuba, the control of the naval facilities at Guantanamo Bay, vital to Cuba's development.

Staff (2022-03-03). IKEA closes shop in Russia. rt.com Furniture giant also shuts stores in Ukraine and halts sourcing in Belarus | Iconic Swedish furniture brand IKEA is closing all its stores in Russia, starting March 4, and pausing all its sourcing in Russia and Belarus as the war in Ukraine enters its second week. Stores in Kiev were already closed on Thursday, according to the company's "The war has both a huge human impact and is resulting in serious disruptions to supply chain and trading conditions, which is why the company groups have decided to temporarily pause IKEA op…

Ann Brown (2022-03-03). Fact Check: Biden Claimed 'We Reduced Black Poverty By Over 30 Percent'. moguldom.com During President Joe Biden's March 1 State of the Union address, he made claims about reducing Black poverty. "The estimate is that we've cut Black poverty by over 30 percent. We reduced child poverty more than 50 percent in the Black community," Biden said. Biden didn't go into details on how his administration did this, …

_____ (2022-03-03). Western Media Accuse China Of Wanting To Do What US Does To Other Countries. popularresistance.org Last month, the Washington Post (2/15/22) ran an opinion piece by David Von Drehle claiming that, "in a sense, the alliance of democracies" (by which he means the US and its partners) fell "into a fitful sleep" at the end of the Cold War. "What began as a happy dream of perpetual peace," he contended, "changed in recent years to a nightmare," featuring "Communist empire-building in China." | The notion that there was a "happy dream of perpetual peace at the end of the Cold War" that only recently became a nightmare because of international bad guys like China suggests that Von Drehle himself has been not merely s…

Sharon Zhang (2022-03-03). Trump's "Impenetrable" Border Wall Has Been Broken Through Over 3,000 Times. truthout.org The wall erected at the U.S.'s southern border under the direction of former President Donald Trump has been broken through thousands of times since it was put up, according to documents obtained by The Washington Post. | According to unpublished U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, supposed "smuggling gangs" from Mexico, as…

JANET (2022-03-03). NYC: Sat 3/5 at 3pm Rally: Stop NATO War on Russia! No Sanctions! No War! iacenter.org Emergency Anti-War Demonstration Stop NATO War on Russia! No Sanctions! No War! Saturday, March 5 — 3pm Times Square (North End, 7th Ave & 46 St) The corporate media speaks with one voice against Russia. There is NO mention that the U.S. commanded NATO military alliance has pumped tons of lethal weapons and U.S. advisors into Ukraine for eight years. Since the 2014 U.S.- backed coup in Kiev, the U.S. has aided fascist forces in relentlessly shelling the 1,200 mile Russian border to target the Peoples' Republics of Lugansk and Donetsk, killing over 14,000 people in the Russian-speaking Donbass region. Over a…

WSWS (2022-03-03). Canada's Deputy Prime Minister carries Ukrainian fascist banner at Toronto demonstration. wsws.org Freeland's brandishing of a fascist symbol has been greeted with silence in the corporate media because it cuts across the narrative that the imperialist powers are arming "democratic" forces in Ukraine.

WSWS (2022-03-03). Is the pandemic really over? wsws.org Biden's State of the Union speech marked the climax of a weeks-long effort of the entire political establishment and corporate media to force the American population to "live with the virus" and accept a "new normal" of unending mass infections, debilitation and deaths.

Walter Smolarek (2022-03-03). War and hollow promises: Biden's State of the Union address. liberationnews.org President Biden delivered his first State of the Union address last night, an hour-long speech mixing the war-mongering propaganda and empty promises of change that have become so typical of the Democratic Party establishment.

WSWS (2022-03-03). Anti-Russian propaganda campaign intensifies in professional sports. wsws.org The Russian invasion of Ukraine has set into motion a chauvinist anti-Russian campaign that was prepared well in advance by the Biden administration.

Staff (2022-03-03). London Stock Exchange bars Russian firms from trading. rt.com Companies blacklisted and accused of close ties to Russia | The London Stock Exchange (LSE) has announced it is blocking trading in 27 corporations with close ties to Russia. The targeted firms include EN+, Gazprom, Lukoil, Rosneft and Sberbank. | The step, which comes into effect immediately and follows similar actions from other bourses, comes as part of Western efforts to cut Russia off from the international financial markets in response to Moscow's military operation in Ukraine. | Russian miners Polymetal and Evraz have also been ejected from the FTSE 100 after heavy share price losses following Western s…

TPAFHHWOO (2022-03-03). The 'destructive prophets' astride the field of history: Hitler was only one. peoplesworld.org Oy vey! Not another book about Adolf Hitler!! So many books about him have been written, but the study by Dr. Frederick (Fritz) Redlich is special, examining mostly Hitler's mental and physical illnesses in addition to giving a thorough report of his personal life throughout the course of the Second World War. It's not a …

Staff (2022-03-03). Lavrov makes Napoleon and Hitler comparison over Ukraine. rt.com Washington succeeded in bending Europe to its will, Russia's top diplomat said | Washington has succeeded where Europe-conquering dictators of the past have failed, as evidenced by its ability to bend the policies of European governments to its will, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov alleged on Thursday. | "I can't help but make these comparisons. In the past, Napoleon and Hitler had the goal to subjugate Europe. Now the Americans have subjugated it," he remarked. | As an example of Washington deciding "what's best" for Europe, Lavrov mentioned the lengthy American campaign to torpedo the Nord Stream 2 ga…

Staff (2022-03-03). Radio station that hosted American & Russian presidents closes in Moscow. rt.com The platform has been accused of spreading "disinformation" about Russia's military attack on Ukraine | One of Moscow's most popular liberal media outlets will be shut, its board of directors has decided, after authorities restricted the broadcaster due to its coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. | Echo of Moscow's Editor-in-Chief Alexey Venediktov announced in a statement on Thursday that the agency's radio platform and website will cease to exist, following a "majority vote." | It comes after Russia's General Prosecutor's office ordered media regulator Roskomnadzor to block access to the outlet's radio…

Staff (2022-03-03). IKEA closes shop in Russia. rt.com Furniture giant also shuts stores in Ukraine and halts sourcing in Belarus | Iconic Swedish furniture brand IKEA is closing all its stores in Russia, starting March 4, and pausing all its sourcing in Russia and Belarus as the war in Ukraine enters its second week. Stores in Kiev were already closed on Thursday, according to the company's "The war has both a huge human impact and is resulting in serious disruptions to supply chain and trading conditions, which is why the company groups have decided to temporarily pause IKEA op…

JANET (2022-03-03). NYC: Sat 3/5 at 3pm Rally: Stop NATO War on Russia! No Sanctions! No War! iacenter.org Emergency Anti-War Demonstration Stop NATO War on Russia! No Sanctions! No War! Saturday, March 5 — 3pm Times Square (North End, 7th Ave & 46 St) The corporate media speaks with one voice against Russia. There is NO mention that the U.S. commanded NATO military alliance has pumped tons of lethal weapons and U.S. advisors into Ukraine for eight years. Since the 2014 U.S.- backed coup in Kiev, the U.S. has aided fascist forces in relentlessly shelling the 1,200 mile Russian border to target the Peoples' Republics of Lugansk and Donetsk, killing over 14,000 people in the Russian-speaking Donbass region. Over a…

WSWS (2022-03-03). Canada's Deputy Prime Minister carries Ukrainian fascist banner at Toronto demonstration. wsws.org Freeland's brandishing of a fascist symbol has been greeted with silence in the corporate media because it cuts across the narrative that the imperialist powers are arming "democratic" forces in Ukraine.

_____ (2022-03-02). The Provocative US Policy of Disinformation. journal-neo.org The development of information systems has led to a dramatic turnaround in information wars, especially between East and West. These wars have long been a war of ideologies, a war for minds, including for political advantage. In this regard, disinformation has been used increasingly actively, especially by the United States and its allies, which is …

Todd Smith (2022-03-02). The CIA Propaganda Verse: Putin's Ploy in "Context" dissidentvoice.org I don't feel safe in this World no more, I don't wanna die in a nuclear war, I wanna sail away to a distant shore and live like an Apeman — From the song "Apeman" by the Kinks, 1970 Considering the Chernobyl-like crisis bubbling over Ukraine in recent days, some questions arise like mushroom clouds …

teleSUR, mcs, JL (2022-03-02). Venezuela rechaza ante la ONU sanciones impuestas contra Rusia. telesurtv.net "Hacemos un llamado al cese de la propaganda de guerra y discursos de la intolerancia guiados por ideologías de odio", aseveró Moncada.

WSWS (2022-03-02). Berlin demonstration against Ukraine war: From serious concerns to pro-NATO propaganda. wsws.org The demonstration was marked by political confusion, which was exploited by the organisers to promote an aggressive policy against Russia.

Staff (2022-03-02). Nonviolence Int'l in Kyiv: Resistance Mounts to Russian Invasion as 2,000 Civilian Deaths Reported. democracynow.org As a massive Russian military convoy approaches Kyiv while Russia intensifies attacks on civilian infrastructure across Ukraine, we get an update from Andre Kamenshikov, Ukraine director for Nonviolence International in the southern Kyiv suburbs. He says "people are holding out, and I think there is growing confidence that the Russian forces will not be able to take the city." He also says Russian President Putin is using the threat of NATO as propaganda to increase domestic public support of the war, and discusses why he won't be taking up arms as a nonviolent activist.

Chris Walker (2022-03-02). AOC Says US Should Treat All Asylum Seekers How We Treat Ukrainian Refugees. truthout.org On Tuesday night, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-New York) argued in favor of accepting Ukrainian refugees in the United States, emphasizing that asylum seekers from other parts of the world should be treated with similar respect. | Speaking to MSNBC host Rachel Maddow following President Joe Biden's State of the Union Address,

Caitlin A. Johnstone (2022-03-02). Every U.S. enemy Is Hitler: Notes from the Edge of The Narrative Matrix. mronline.org It's just incredible how even after all this time, after all those wars, after all those lies, it's not even occurring to most mainstream westerners to investigate whether the U.S. could possibly have had anything to do with starting the war in Ukraine.

Staff (2022-03-02). Russia reveals number of troops killed and injured in Ukraine. rt.com Nearly 500 of the country's soldiers have died amid the ongoing offensive, the Russian Defense Ministry has revealed | Some 498 Russian servicemen have been killed and nearly 1,600 wounded during the ongoing assault on Ukraine, Russia's military claimed on Wednesday. | The Defense Ministry refuted reports that there have been "countless" casualties, branding the claims as deliberate disinformation originating from the adversary. | According to Russian military estimates, Ukrainian army units and far-right paramilitaries have reportedly lost at least 2,870 soldiers, while a further 3,700 have sustained various…

Global Research News (2022-03-02). Selected Articles: Seven Fake News Stories Coming Out of Ukraine. globalresearch.ca By In just the last 48 hours dozens of stories, images, narratives and videos have circulated as being taken from the fighting in Ukraine, a huge …

Kevin Mwanza (2022-03-02). Fact Check: Nukes Were Ordered By Soviet Union During Cold War But Famous Soviet Navy Officer Didn't Follow Orders. moguldom.com In the wake of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, history reminds us of the Cold War and how the Soviet Union came close 60 years ago to a nuclear strike that was averted by the actions of a Soviet Navy officer who refused to follow orders. Russia invaded Ukraine in a large-scale military invasion on …

Staff (2022-03-02). Meta blocks all apps of Russia's Ria and Sputnik outlets. rt.com The media's parent company denounced the platform's move as "censorship" | Meta has blocked all the apps of Russia's Ria and Sputnik news outlets, along with several others, according to government media holding Rossiya Segodnya, which incorporates all the said outlets. | On Wednesday, Rossiya Segodnya issued a press release, saying that "Meta overnight shut off the apps of all the outlets" belonging to the holding. The statement went on to condemn the tech giant's action as "censorship." | Meta's decision coincided with the latest measures taken by Google, which saw Rossiya Segodnya's material and content res…

Anonymous103 (2022-03-02). Russia Bad, Qatar Good — FIFA's Hypocrisy. southfront.org (Photo by Matthew Ashton — AMA/Getty Images) | Written by Gavin O'Reilly | Since early last Thursday, in what has seemingly finally brought an end to the two-year long COVID-19 corporate media narrative, a Russian military intervention in neighbouring Ukraine, launched in response to almost nine years of NATO provocations following Kiev coming under the rule of the successive pro-Western governments of Petro Poroshenko and Voldymyr Zelensky since the 2014 Euromaidan colour revolution, has dominated media headlines worldw…

Mickey Z. (2022-03-02). A Pandemic of Testing, Hospital Kickbacks, and Medical Malpractice. dissidentvoice.org First, they made you fear the air itself. Then they told you only the experts know the way out of this mess. You chose to trust them and rely on them. And when someone showed you verifiable evidence that our "leaders" are psychopaths, you rejected it. You couldn't handle the truth. Life is just so …

JANET (2022-03-02). U.S.-instigated conflict threatens humanity. iacenter.org By Joe Piette March 1, 2022 Tens of thousands of essential workers lost their lives during the COVID-19 pandemic. Many were exposed when they were put in harm's way to do the work providing the goods and services, so that corporate owners could continue to gather their billions of dollars in profits. Demonstration against NATO, Chicago, Jan. 24. The print press and online media reporting devoted to praising the nurses, postal workers, meat-packers, grocery and other workers, and the wage increases they were given, was fleeting. As the pandemic seems to be waning, companies are eliminating COVID-19 wage increases…

_____ (2022-03-02). The Provocative US Policy of Disinformation. journal-neo.org The development of information systems has led to a dramatic turnaround in information wars, especially between East and West. These wars have long been a war of ideologies, a war for minds, including for political advantage. In this regard, disinformation has been used increasingly actively, especially by the United States and its allies, which is …

Todd Smith (2022-03-02). The CIA Propaganda Verse: Putin's Ploy in "Context" dissidentvoice.org I don't feel safe in this World no more, I don't wanna die in a nuclear war, I wanna sail away to a distant shore and live like an Apeman — From the song "Apeman" by the Kinks, 1970 Considering the Chernobyl-like crisis bubbling over Ukraine in recent days, some questions arise like mushroom clouds …

Staff (2022-03-02). Nonviolence Int'l in Kyiv: Resistance Mounts to Russian Invasion as 2,000 Civilian Deaths Reported. democracynow.org As a massive Russian military convoy approaches Kyiv while Russia intensifies attacks on civilian infrastructure across Ukraine, we get an update from Andre Kamenshikov, Ukraine director for Nonviolence International in the southern Kyiv suburbs. He says "people are holding out, and I think there is growing confidence that the Russian forces will not be able to take the city." He also says Russian President Putin is using the threat of NATO as propaganda to increase domestic public support of the war, and discusses why he won't be taking up arms as a nonviolent activist.

JANET (2022-03-02). U.S.-instigated conflict threatens humanity. iacenter.org By Joe Piette March 1, 2022 Tens of thousands of essential workers lost their lives during the COVID-19 pandemic. Many were exposed when they were put in harm's way to do the work providing the goods and services, so that corporate owners could continue to gather their billions of dollars in profits. Demonstration against NATO, Chicago, Jan. 24. The print press and online media reporting devoted to praising the nurses, postal workers, meat-packers, grocery and other workers, and the wage increases they were given, was fleeting. As the pandemic seems to be waning, companies are eliminating COVID-19 wage increases…

WSWS (2022-03-02). Berlin demonstration against Ukraine war: From serious concerns to pro-NATO propaganda. wsws.org The demonstration was marked by political confusion, which was exploited by the organisers to promote an aggressive policy against Russia.

Global Research News (2022-03-02). Selected Articles: Seven Fake News Stories Coming Out of Ukraine. globalresearch.ca By In just the last 48 hours dozens of stories, images, narratives and videos have circulated as being taken from the fighting in Ukraine, a huge …

Mickey Z. (2022-03-02). A Pandemic of Testing, Hospital Kickbacks, and Medical Malpractice. dissidentvoice.org First, they made you fear the air itself. Then they told you only the experts know the way out of this mess. You chose to trust them and rely on them. And when someone showed you verifiable evidence that our "leaders" are psychopaths, you rejected it. You couldn't handle the truth. Life is just so …

_____ (2022-03-01). Russian Gas and Ukraine: a Middle Eastern Perspective. journal-neo.org Hype in the West regarding Russia's plans to seize Kyiv and its other "schemes" garnered response and comments in the Middle Eastern political circles and media. Among these the US-driven propaganda narratives regarding Moscow's alleged intent to use its gas as a geopolitical weapon and about the gas stranglehold that Russia has allegededly put on …

_____ (2022-03-01). UN Admits Refugees Have Faced Racism At Ukraine Borders. popularresistance.org The United Nations has admitted that some non-Europeans refugees have faced discrimination while trying to flee to safety at Ukraine borders after their experiences were dismissed as lies and "Russian disinformation" by online commentators. | Filippo Grandi, the organization's High Commissioner for Refugees, acknowledged their plight during a press conference on Tuesday afternoon. | "You have seen reports in the media that there are different treatments — with Ukrainians and non-Ukrainians. Now our observations, and we possibly cannot observe every single post yet — but our observations is that these…

C.J. Polychroniou (2022-03-01). Noam Chomsky: US Military Escalation Against Russia Would Have No Victors. truthout.org Russia's invasion of Ukraine took much of the world by surprise. It is an unprovoked and unjustified attack that will go down in history as one of the major war crimes of the 21st century, argues Noam Chomsky in the exclusive interview for Truthout that follows. Political considerations, such as those cited by Russian President Vladimir Putin, cannot be used as arguments to justify the launching of an invasion against a sovereign nation. In the face of this horrific invasion, though, the U.S. mus…

teleSUR (2022-03-01). Google Bans Russia Today & Sputnik YouTube Channels In Europe. telesurenglish.net At the request of the European Union (EU), the Google tech company's brand in Europe blocked the YouTube channels of Russia Today (RT) and Sputnik, which the EU allegedly accused of spreading fake news to justify the Russian military operation in Ukraine. | RELATED: | Following this decision, the Russian outlets urged their audiences to move to the video platform Odysee, which guaranteed that it will not restrict an…

Anonymous Contributor (2022-03-01). Trial of 'Daily Stormer' Neo-Nazi Gabriel Sohier Chaput, aka Zeiger, Begins in Montreal. itsgoingdown.org Report from Jaggi Singh on the opening of the criminal trial against neo-Nazi and Daily Stormer author Gabriel Chaput, aka Zeiger. by Jaggi Singh for No Borders Media photo: @submedia February 28, 2022, Montreal — The first day of the criminal trial against neo-Nazi propagandist Gabriel Sohier Chaput (aka Zeiger) began earlier today. The prosecution…

sputniknews (2022-03-01). 'Extremely Uncomfortable': Russian Children Get Bullied in Norwegian Schools Over Ukraine Op. sputniknews.com Norway's Anti-Racist Centre has received a number of reports of incitement and abuse amid Russia's ongoing operation in Ukraine. Its general manager Linda Tinuke Strandmyr has called for school measures among different age groups to protect innocent children from political mobbing.

Nora Barrows-Friedman (2022-03-01). Podcast Ep 51: Defeating censorship on a UK campus. electronicintifada.net Palestinian teacher Shahd Abusalama and her lawyer Giovanni Fassina on academic freedom and resisting Israel lobby smear campaigns.

Matthew J.L. Ehret (2022-03-01). Eugenics and the Awakening of Sleeping Monsters. dissidentvoice.org In this presentation delivered to the Day 6 proceedings of the Coronavirus Grand Jury hearing organized by Dr. Reiner Fullmich and his team of international lawyers, Canadian Patriot Review Editor-in-Chief Matthew Ehret was asked to deliver remarks elucidating the origins of the quasi-science of eugenics, and its role in mis-shaping the 20th century. This exercise …

teleSUR (2022-03-01). Ukraine Threatens Belarus to Launch Preemptive Attack. telesurenglish.net On Tuesday, Alexey Danilov, Secretary of Ukraine's Security Council, noted that Kiev is considering launching preemptive missile strikes on Belarusian territory. | RELATED: | Ukraine's threat follows claims stating that Belarusian troops support Russian military operations against Kiev. However, Minsk has repeatedly refused any participation in the conflict. Moreover, there is no evidence proving the veracity of such claims…

_____ (2022-03-01). Russian Gas and Ukraine: a Middle Eastern Perspective. journal-neo.org Hype in the West regarding Russia's plans to seize Kyiv and its other "schemes" garnered response and comments in the Middle Eastern political circles and media. Among these the US-driven propaganda narratives regarding Moscow's alleged intent to use its gas as a geopolitical weapon and about the gas stranglehold that Russia has allegededly put on …

sputniknews (2022-03-01). 'Extremely Uncomfortable': Russian Children Get Bullied in Norwegian Schools Over Ukraine Op. sputniknews.com Norway's Anti-Racist Centre has received a number of reports of incitement and abuse amid Russia's ongoing operation in Ukraine. Its general manager Linda Tinuke Strandmyr has called for school measures among different age groups to protect innocent children from political mobbing.

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2022-02-28). US, UK, France Promised USSR Not to Expand NATO East of Germany, Newly Discovered Document Proves. transcend.org 21 Feb 2022 – A newly discovered document provides more evidence that Western governments broke their promise not to expand NATO eastward after German reunification. Notes from a 1991 meeting prove that the US, UK, France, and Germany assured the Soviet Union that NATO would not expand east.

Ali Abunimah (2022-02-28). Ukraine, Palestine and the propaganda of war. electronicintifada.net Western publics are being primed for another bloody calamity.

Anonymous103 (2022-02-28). War In Ukraine, The West's Propaganda War Is The End Of Democracy. southfront.org Tianjin explosion in China | Written by Piero Messina | Vladimir Putin has become "Putler", something halfway between Putin and Hitler. For the less aggressive, the Russian president is Vlad the Mad. "There has never been a genocide against the pro-Russian populations in Donbass. Nazi formations do not exist and have never existed in Ukraine and there has been no massacre in Odessa. Putin threatens the world and must be stopped." Western media is treating the Ukrainian crisis as if it were selling soap bars w…

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2022-02-28). War Propaganda about Ukraine Becoming More Militaristic, Authoritarian, and Reckless. transcend.org 27 Feb 2022 – Every useful or pleasing claim about the war, no matter how unverified or subsequently debunked, rapidly spreads, while dissenters are vilified as traitors or Kremlin agents.

Tracy Keeling (2022-02-28). Appalling racism comes to the fore as Russia invades Ukraine. thecanary.co Footage and reports suggest People of Colour trying to flee the Russian assault on Ukraine have been blocked from routes of escape. And some western media outlets have been grotesquely characterising the conflict as exceptional because it's happening within a 'civilised' country. | These are some of the appalling examples of racist actions and rhetoric that have been on display amid the conflict. | "No Blacks": | Videos circulated on social media suggested that People of Colour trying to board trains or get through borders have been struggling to do so. The #AfricansinUkraine hashtag showed some distressi…

Staff (2022-02-28). Australia blacklists Putin. rt.com A number of Moscow's high-ranking officials will also be hit with personal sanctions | Russian President Vladimir Putin and other top officials will not be welcome to visit Australia, Canberra has declared, in the wake of Moscow's military operation in Ukraine. | Prime Minister Scott Morrison revealed the measures in a statement on Sunday, arguing that "it is exceedingly rare to designate a head of state, and [that] reflects the depth of our concerns." | He added that the personal sanctions, which include a full asset freeze and a ban on entry, will also be imposed on Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, Defense Mi…

Peoples Dispatch (2022-02-28). Russia-Ukraine talks begin in Belarus amid growing international pressure on Russia. peoplesdispatch.org In an assault on free speech and freedom of the press, the European Union announced a ban on Russia Today (RT) and Sputnik news channels on Sunday after accusing them of spreading "toxic and harmful disinformation in Europe"

sputniknews (2022-02-28). 'Bribes, Fraud & Embezzlement': Leaked Doc Alleges Ericsson Paid $10.5 Million to Daesh in Iraq. sputniknews.com Revelations of vast management failures at Ericsson are contained in a 2019 internal report, obtained by the International Consortium of International Journalists [ICIJ] and shared with media partners, including the BBC, The Washington Post and The Guardian. The probe had focused on operations in 10 countries, including in Iraq from 2011 to 2019.

Staff (2022-02-28). Venezuela Advances Undefeated in FIBA World Cup 2023 Qualifiers. orinocotribune.com Undefeated, and with an exemplary performance in the qualifying round of the International Basketball Federation's (FIBA) World Cup 2023, the Venezuelan team advanced to the second round by beating the Paraguayan team 97-48. | The match was held at the Obras Sanitarias gym in Buenos Aires, Argentina, where the Venezuelan players made clear what they are made of. Venezuela's dominating play evidenced the team's desire to continue its non-stop advance towards the World Cup. | °Venezuela invicta! Nuestra selección nacional venció a Paraguay en el cierre de la segunda…

Guest Contributor (2022-02-28). Human rights and a divorce or civil partnership dissolution statement. ukhumanrightsblog.com Statement as 'conclusive evidence' The European Convention 1950 guarantees the right to a fair trial. Everyone knows that. At article 6.1 the Convention says: Right to a fair trial 1. In the determination of his civil rights and obligations or of any criminal charge against him, everyone is entitled to a fair and public hearing …

WSWS (2022-02-28). Three international studies of the origins of coronavirus refute the fabricated Wuhan "lab leak" claim. wsws.org Three just-released studies provide substantive evidence for the natural origin of SARS-CoV-2, with Huanan market in Wuhan, China the location of the first zoonotic (animal to human) transfer.

WSWS (2022-02-28). Three international studies into the origins of coronavirus refute the fabricated Wuhan "lab leak" claim. wsws.org Three just-released studies provide substantive evidence for the natural origin of SARS-CoV-2, with the Huanan market in Wuhan, China the location of the first zoonotic (animal to human) transfer.

Brittani Banks (2022-02-28). The Global Seafood Supply Is Being Contaminated by Microplastics, but Major News Outlets Are Silent. independentmediainstitute.org Click here for the book cover photo that you may use to accompany the article (the caption and credit can be found in the image's description field). Editor's note: Every year Project Censored publishes the "State of the Free Press," which highlights important news stories that the corporate media insufficiently covered and takes the temperature …