(2022-03-17). Friday 3/18: Friday Night "Just Flicks" Film Series. indybay.org Monterey Peace and Justice Center, 1364 Fremont Blvd., Seaside, CA 93955…
(2022-03-17). In Video: Epic Fails Of Ukrainian Propaganda. southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | While the Ukrainian officials made a bet on the informational warfare, the ongoing military operations in Ukraine unveiled their complete incompetence. All the main provocations aimed at blaming the Russian military of inhumane actions against civilians and used by Zelenskiy as the pretext for yet another plea for more military supplies from the West were revealed before Mr Zelenskiy released his daily video appeals to his Western counterparts. | Even superficial analyses are sufficient to rev…
(2022-03-17). NATO, EU, Quad states besiege India over refusal to join anti-Russia crusade. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com The HinduMarch 17, 2022 Amid Ukraine crisis, Delhi receives a flurry of NATO allies and Quad partnersSuhasini Haidar Amidst a global call by NATO countries and western allies to join sanctions against Russia, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to hold back—to—back summits with Quad partners, including an in—person summit with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio …
(2022-03-17). Supreme Court: Torture at CIA Black Site Is 'State Secret'. orinocotribune.com 
By Marjorie Cohn — Mar 10, 2022 | In a scathing dissent, Neil Gorsuch accused the government of seeking dismissal of Abu Zubaydah's petition to avoid "further embarrassment for past misdeeds." | Abu Zubaydah, whom the CIA once mistakenly alleged was a top Al-Qaeda leader, was waterboarded 80-plus times, subjected to assault in the form of forced rectal exams, and exposed to live burials in coffins for hundreds of hours. Zubaydah sobbed, twitched and hyperventilated. During one waterboarding session, he became completely unresponsive, with bubbles coming out of his mouth. "He became so compliant that he would…
(2022-03-17). German population shows solidarity with Ukrainian refugees in Berlin, authorities display indifference. wsws.org As in 2015, when tens of thousands of people sought refuge from the wars in the Middle East, especially from Syria, working people in Berlin have responded with overwhelming solidarity to the arrival of Ukrainian refugees.
(2022-03-17). Tehran ready for final agreement if all of its red lines met. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Mar. 17 (MNA) — Iran's foreign minister tells his British counterpart that Tehran is prepared for the conclusion of a final agreement in Vienna if all of its red lines are observed.
(2022-03-17). "Give Us Our Money" SF UESF Teachers Demand Pay & Occupy SFSUD Offices To Get Back Pay. indybay.org Dozens of teachers, members of UESF and supporters rallied at the SFUSD district to demand their back pay. They also had a sleep until they get what is owed them.
(2022-03-17). San Antonio, Texas, officers assault protesters after fatal police shooting. wsws.org Police made at least one arrest and pepper-sprayed a crowd that gathered after three police officers fatally shot 27-year-old Kevin Johnson.
(2022-03-17). NATO, Pentagon strengthen military presence along Russia's western borders. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Defense NewsMarch 16, 2022 NATO launches analyses for hardening its eastern flank NATO military planners have begun weighing options for beefing up the defensive capabilities of vulnerable alliance members following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said Wednesday. Potential force changes spanning the land, air, naval and cyber domains are expected to be ready …
(2022-03-17). Representantes de Morena en El Fanguito: Cuba "nos motiva a la posibilidad de construir realidades mejores" cubadebate.cu "Sepan que México les tiene un profundo cariño y admiración. Ojalá pronto se acabe el bloqueo que ha impedido que la Revolución cubana se exprese en lo máximo. Su existencia nos motiva a la posibilidad de construir realidades mejores", dijo Citlalli Hernández Mora, Secretaria General del Partido Morena, quien junto a otros jóvenes mexicanos, visita Cuba.
(2022-03-17). Turkish doctors, health workers on nationwide strike for wages, safety. wsws.org Amid unprecedented inflation and falls in workers' living standards due to the pandemic and war, Turkish doctors have organized their largest strike ever.
(2022-03-17). Ukrainian news anchor quotes Adolf Eichmann, calls for genocide against Russians. wsws.org The comments broadcast on Ukrainian television testify to the leading role played by fascists in the conflict with Russia.
(2022-03-17). Saturday 3/19: No World Order — Call for Assembly of Disassembly. indybay.org Gather 6: 30 PM on Saturday 3/19 at Oscar Grant Plaza in downtown Oakland—bring your friends and party favors. | Masks are great for more than one reason…
(2022-03-17). Military Situation In Ukraine On March 17, 2022 (Map Update). southfront.org 
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(2022-03-17). Fear psychosis, arrests, and deafening silence in Kashmir. peoplesdispatch.org At least 35 journalists in Kashmir have faced police interrogation, raids, threats, physical assault, or fabricated criminal cases for their reporting since the Indian government downgraded the state into two union territories in August 2019. Dozens more have been placed on The ongoing a…
(2022-03-17). Deranged Russophobia: Ukrainian Journalist Proposes Exterminating Russian Children. orinocotribune.com Russophobia is out of control at the moment, as evidenced by a Ukrainian journalist who openly proposed, on national television, that if Russian children were killed, they would never grow up, and thus Russia would disappear. | The comments were made by Fakhrudin Sharafmal, an anchor for Ukraine's Channel 24, on Tuesday, March 15. Sharafmal considered it appropriate and pertinent, during programming seen by thousands of Ukrainians, to propose a "final solution" to the current conflict between Ukraine and Russia. Sharafmal endorsed the strategy of Adolf Eichmann while a photo of the well-known Nazi, the architect…
(2022-03-17). The huge gap between how serious nuclear war is and how seriously it's being taken. mronline.org 
Sometimes I'm not sure what presents a greater threat to humanity, nuclear war or the colossal stupidity that has made it possible.
(2022-03-17). Destruction of the Amazon Package approved with urgency. mronline.org 
The Brazilian government remains firm in its objective of handing over indigenous lands, which make up 12% of Brazilian territory, to private hands, preferably agribusiness and mining.
(2022-03-17). Why is the West Launching a Mercenary War? journal-neo.org 
Even in an era of moral decline of the autochthonous population, the rulers of the Roman Empire relied on mercenaries when military service turned from prestigious to onerous for their own citizens. The Persians also relied during the crisis of their empire on Greek mercenaries, who represented the most combat-ready troops of Darius III in …
(2022-03-17). Per un Mondo Senza Guerra e Senza I Pensieri della Guerra / For a World BEYOND War and Beyond War Thinking. davidswanson.org Di David Swanson, World BEYOND War, il 16 di marzo 2022 Il pericolo di un'apocalisse nucleare è più alto di quanto non lo sia mai stato. Non esisterebbe senza militari. Il pericolo dell'apocalisse climatica è più alto di quanto non lo sia mai stato, se non è già garantito. Senza le forze armate sarebbe notevolmente …
(2022-03-17). Unifor, Canada's largest industrial union, announces Jerry Dias under investigation just days after he quits as its president. wsws.org That the Unifor executive moved to a secret, independent, external investigation almost immediately after receiving a written complaint against Dias indicates not just that the charges against him are very serious. It suggests they are supported by a large body of evidence and are highly damaging to the union bureaucracy as a whole.
(2022-03-17). Suspect apprehended in multiple killings of the homeless in Washington, D.C. and New York City. wsws.org Gerald Brevard III was arrested in southeast Washington, D.C. on Tuesday morning following a multi-state manhunt.
(2022-03-17). Mask mandates end in nearly every US school district as pediatric death toll climbs. wsws.org The Democratic Party has fully signed on to the blatant "herd immunity" policies that the Republican Party, far-right groups and Donald Trump have been advocating since the beginning of the pandemic.
(2022-03-17). Tuesday 3/22: "How Marxists Think" – Online Reading & Discussion Group. indybay.org Online via Zoom | To register: bit.ly/RevSheWrote…
(2022-03-17). Las 3 de día: Las noticias más destacadas del 16 de marzo (+ Podcast). cubadebate.cu øQué tal si hablamos sobre la filiación asistida, qué es y cómo se regula en el nuevo Código de la Familia? También comentamos del recibimiento de Díaz-Canel en el Palacio de la Revolución a los participantes en el Coloquio Patria.
(2022-03-17). Universidad Manuel "Piti" Fajardo anuncia nueva carrera en su programa de estudios. cubadebate.cu El hecho noticioso trascendió durante el encuentro de agasajo de la alta casa docente y el Ministerio de Educación Superior a los periodistas que atienden el sector, en ocasión de celebrarse el martes la jornada por el aniversario 130 de la fundación del periódico Patria por el héroe nacional José Martí.
(2022-03-17). Oppose USW threats and lies! Launch a national strike to overturn the government-dictated sellout contract! wsws.org The following statement was issued by the Oil Workers Rank-and-File Committee to oppose the sellout contract dictated by the Biden administration and the United Steelworkers union.
(2022-03-17). Delegación de Morena realiza visita a Cuba. cubadebate.cu De acuerdo con el sitio web del Partido Comunista de Cuba (PCC), durante su estancia sostendrán encuentros con dirigentes de la organización política, el Gobierno, la Unión de Jóvenes Comunistas y representantes de sectores sociales.
(2022-03-17). Exorcizar a Venezuela, bendecir a Irán y que EE.UU. pegue una. globalizacion.ca De esta guerra civil europea saldrá seguramente el bosquejo de un nuevo orden mundial. Algunos de los participantes del juego están, yo diría, algo angustiados. El presidente norteamericano detenta una imagen negativa del 58% pero, para su tranquilidad, es la…
(2022-03-17). Thursday 3/24: On Having Fearlessly Curious Conversations in Divided Times. indybay.org
(2022-03-17). Colombia, aliado no OTAN de EE.UU., gendarme para la región. globalizacion.ca El presidente de Estados Unidos, Joe Biden, le informó este jueves a su homólogo colombiano Iván Duque su intención de convertir a Colombia en aliado principal no OTAN (MNNA, por sus siglas en inglés) un estatus especial que conlleva privilegios…
(2022-03-17). ☺️ En Zona de Arte Live: Robertico àÅguila y el talento de actuar. cubadebate.cu Robertico àÅguila está dando pasos firmes en la actuación. Su rostro está por estos días en la telenovela Tú y anteriormente disfrutamos de su talento en "Vuelve a mirar" cuando le dio vida al personaje de Machete (joven). Con este carismático actor conversaremos justo a las 10.30 am vía Facebook Live en Zona de Arte, un espacio de Cubadebate TV.
(2022-03-17). Front pages of Iran's English dailies on March 17. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Mar. 17 (MNA) — Here are the front pages of Iran's English language dailies on Thursday, March 17.
(2022-03-17). Canciller cubano sostuvo encuentro con participantes extranjeros en el Coloquio Internacional Patria. cubadebate.cu Rodríguez recibió a los delegados de Argentina, Brasil, México, Venezuela, España, Líbano y Estados Unidos que en la Casa de las Américas debatieron sobre redes sociales, manipulación de las opiniones por parte de los medios hegemónicos y la necesidad de la construcción de plataformas digitales para defender las causas dignas del mundo.
(2022-03-17). Briefing on Iran's daily developments. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Mar. 17 (MNA) — The following are the Islamic Republic of Iran's latest developments in the last 24 hours.
(2022-03-17). Pacifica Members Voted for the New Bylaws. indybay.org Pacifica should accept the democratic vote of its members.
(2022-03-17). "I feel like I've been transported back almost 80 years. indybay.org People are desperately fleeing from bombs and rockets. I feel transported back almost 80 years and become pensive. Europe had sworn to itself: Never again fascism! Never again war! The scars remain – at the age of 94, I feel them more strongly than ever.
(2022-03-17). The other side of the truth. indybay.org Without U.S. President Obama's breach of international law eight years ago, Putin's illegal military invasion probably would not have happened… It is time to stop settling for half-truths from one side or the other and tell the story of the conflict in a complete and balanced way.
(2022-03-17). Nationalist frenzy mounts to seize art of Russia's Morozov Collection on exhibit in Paris. wsws.org The exhibit demonstrates the imperishable link between the flowering of Russian and European culture in the decades before the 1917 October Revolution.
(2022-03-17). Saturday 3/26: Meetup: Learning from the Founder of Slaughter Free Cities. indybay.org Crescent Lawn, UC Berkeley | Center St, Berkeley, CA 94720 | If you cannot join in person you can join on Zoom at 11: 15am, the Zoom link is dxe.io/meetupzoom…
(2022-03-17). New York community group blasts NYPD's treatment of women. fightbacknews.org New York, NY – Members of New York Community Action Project (NYCAP) gathered on the cold and windy Sunday, March 13, after International Women's Day, to speak out and protest the New York Police Department's treatment of women in New York. | Jessica Schwartz told the crowd, "On a national level, police families face two to four times more prevalent instances of violence. A report from 2019 that reviewed the NYPD's disciplinary practices showed that cops are more lenient toward cops who commit domestic violence. In fact, officers received more severe punishment for 'discourtesy to a commanding officer' than for co…
(2022-03-17). Estonia: NATO boosts battle group troop strength. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com ERR NewsMarch 16, 2022 NATO troops stationed in Estonia rise to 1,700, majority British Estonia's Enhanced Forward Presence (eFP) NATO battlegroup has doubled in size and there are currently 1,700 troops stationed at Tapa military base. The battlegroup has been present in Estonia since 2017 and, until the start of 2022, it contained approximately 1,000 …
(2022-03-17). The US arming of Ukraine and the preparations for war. wsws.org Declaring "We started our assistance to Ukraine before this war began," President Joe Biden made clear that the United States has been pumping billions of dollars of weapons into Ukraine for years.
(2022-03-17). Headlines of Iran Persian dailies on March 17. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Mar. 17 (MNA) — Mehr News agency takes a look at the headlines of Iran's Persian-language dailies on Thursday, March 17.
(2022-03-17). Climate scientist Michael Mills describes the devastation of a nuclear detonation. wsws.org The World Socialist Web Site five years ago interviewed Michael Mills, an expert on the dangers of nuclear war. Today we are republishing that interview.
(2022-03-17). Australian establishment responds to latest UK judicial travesty against Assange with a stony silence. wsws.org The establishment parties and media do not want Assange's plight, or his exposure of US-led war crimes, to intrude on the frenzied wartime atmosphere they are whipping up against Russia over the Ukraine crisis.
(2022-03-17). Estonian military chief inspects U.S./NATO air, air defense exercise near Russian border. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com ERR NewsMarch 15, 2022 President Karis: Permanent NATO presence key to eastern flank defense The contribution of both NATO and non-NATO members to a large-scale air defense exercise, and their permanent and boosted presence, are crucial to Baltic Sea region security, President Alar Karis says. Making his remarks while visiting the U.S. and international Operation …
(2022-03-17). Australian flood victims in northwest Sydney reveal extent of the devastation. wsws.org "Russia isn't the best place to live in right now, nor is Ukraine, and we're not the best place either"
(2022-03-17). Ned Price says 11-month-old talks at 'very delicate stage'. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Mar. 16 (MNA) — Saying that Vienna talks are close to reaching a possible deal, the US State Department Spokesman said that the 11-month-old talks "are at a very delicate stage and remaining issues must be resolved.
(2022-03-17). Consejo de Ministro crea nuevo departamento para la atención a instituciones religiosas y asociaciones fraternales. cubadebate.cu Como parte del fortalecimiento de la estructura del Gobierno, el Consejo de Ministros aprobó la creación del Departamento de Atención a las Instituciones Religiosas y las Asociaciones Fraternales, con la misión de conducir y ejecutar las tareas administrativas relacionadas con estas entidades.