2022-03-28: News Headlines

Kenya Elliott (2022-03-28). Right wing Senators turn Supreme Court hearings into spectacle of racism and bigotry. liberationnews.org Jackson, who would be the first Black woman to serve on the Supreme Court, was subjected to outlandish attacks by Republican senators.

_____ (2022-03-28). Russia's Invasion Of Ukraine Signifies The End Of An Era Of Unipolar American Power. popularresistance.org While the U.S. may still be powerful militarily and able to coerce allies in South America, the almost sole domination which the U.S. exercised with great glee after the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 is coming to an end. The Russian operation in Ukraine is not the cause of this shift, but it is certainly speeding it up. For years, the world has watched as the U.S. and NATO expanded up to Russia's borders, and even beyond to places like Colombia; bombed and invaded one nation after another (e.g., Serbia, Iraq (twice), Afghanistan, Libya, Syria, Somalia, Yemen) at will and with complete impunity; and flaunte…

_____ (2022-03-28). Why Is India Going On A General Strike On March 28-29? popularresistance.org India's industrial workers, employees, farmers and agricultural laborers will observe a two-day general strike on March 28-29, 2022 under the slogan 'Save People, Nation'. This means that not only will the country's vast manufacturing sector workforce stop work, but all banks, other financial institutions, government and public sector offices, transport, construction, ports and docks, government scheme workers, educational institutions, etc will remain closed. Rural areas are likely to see mass protests by farmers and agricultural workers. By all estimates, it is going to be a historic protest action involving up…

WSWS (2022-03-28). Millions of Indian workers to join 2-day general strike against Modi's ruinous pro-investor policies. wsws.org Across India there is immense social anger over mass joblessness, endemic poverty, the lack of basic public services and the ruling elite's "profits before lives" pandemic policy.

WSWS (2022-03-28). Millions of Indian workers to join two-day general strike against Modi's ruinous pro-investor policies. wsws.org Across India there is immense social anger over mass joblessness, endemic poverty, the lack of basic public services and the ruling elite's "profits before lives" pandemic policy.

Rick Rozoff (2022-03-28). More Kurds killed in Turkey's ongoing war in Iraq. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Xinhua News AgencyMarch 28, 2022 Turkey's drone attack kills 3 PKK members in northern Iraq At least three members of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) were killed in a Turkish armed drone attack in northern Iraq, Turkey's Defense Ministry said on Monday. The PKK members were "neutralized" in the area of Turkey's "Operation Claw-Lightning," …

Staff (2022-03-28). US logistics convoy targeted in southern Iraq. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Mar. 28 (MNA) — Iraqi news sources on Monday reported that a US military logistics convoy was targeted in Dhi Qar province on Sunday.

Ramona Wadi (2022-03-28). The US Should Remember that Israel's Squatter-Settlements in Palestine are War Crimes. juancole.com ( Middle East Monitor ) — US Ambassador to Israel, Tom Nides, engaged in further diplomatic contradictions, as he fluctuated between asserting the Biden administration's stance purportedly against Israeli settlement expansion, yet making concessions for earlier encroachment upon Palestinian land. "We can't do stupid things that impede us from a two-state solution," Nides reportedly told …

Fight Back (2022-03-28). Florida State University's Graduate Assistants United demands change policies around COVID-19. fightbacknews.org Tallahassee, FL- On March 22, Florida State University's Graduate Assistants United (GAU) marched to Wescott and demanded FSU change their policies around COVID-19. | "Florida State University wants GAs basically to come to work, be overworked, underpaid and just die on their own dime and do nothing about it. There are a lot of things on this campus that are impacting GA safety in particular," said Jordan Lenchitz, grievance officer for GAU. Lenchitz went on to explain how COVID-19 threatened both teachers' livelihoods and ability to financially support themselves. "We're here today to let the university know tha…

Staff (2022-03-28). Fire reported at new Kuwait airport project (+VIDEO). en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Mar. 28 (MNA) — A fire broke out Monday at an under-construction new terminal at Kuwait International Airport, authorities said.

teleSUR, JDO (2022-03-28). Rusia y Ucrania anuncian que retoman sus negociaciones. telesurtv.net Se prevé que ambas delegaciones se reúnan el 29 y 30 de marzo en Turquía.

ecns.cn (2022-03-28). Forest fires near Chernobyl plant cover over 10,000 hectares: Ukrainian ombudswoman. ecns.cn Forest fires, which broke out around the Chernobyl nuclear power plant due to hostilities, cover more than 10,000 hectares, Ukrainian Ombudswoman Lyudmyla Denisova said Sunday.

Staff (2022-03-28). Las Reflexiones del Comandante en Jefe, 15 años después. cubadebate.cu Hace 15 años, Fidel nos sorprendía a todos, una vez más. El 28 de marzo de 2007 escribía la primera de sus Reflexiones. Golpeado por una enfermedad que puso en riesgo su vida, continuaba la batalla. Lo explicaría tres meses después, en su Reflexión sobre las reflexiones: "No inicié este trabajo como parte de un plan elaborado previamente, sino por un fuerte deseo de comunicarme con el protagonista principal de nuestra resistencia…".

WSWS (2022-03-28). Boris Romanchenko, 96-year-old concentration camp survivor, killed in Kharkiv bombing. wsws.org The only way to appropriately commemorate Romanchenko is through the struggle to build a socialist movement in the international working class to put an end to imperialist war, fascism, and the COVID-19 pandemic.

ecns.cn (2022-03-28). White House spokeswoman tests positive for COVID-19. ecns.cn White House principal deputy press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre announced on Sunday night that she had tested positive for COVID-19.

Peoples Dispatch (2022-03-28). Pakistan's parliament to take up no-confidence motion against PM Imran Khan on Thursday. peoplesdispatch.org The future of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf government is in doubt due to defections and the vacillating position of allies. The country is also facing a major economic crisis…

Staff (2022-03-28). Venezuela Participates in 20th Doha Forum. orinocotribune.com Venezuelan Foreign Affairs Minister Félix Plasencia arrived this Saturday, March 26, to Qatar, where he will participate in the 20th edition of the Doha Forum. Plasenca will deliver the message of peace that inspires the Bolivarian diplomacy of the Venezuelan government. | "We were received in the state of Qatar by Ambassador Rashid Mohsin A. Fetais in order to participate, on behalf of the people and the government of Venezuela, in the 20th edition of the Doha Forum," the minister wrote on his Twitter account. "We bring to the world a message of peace, fundamental principle of our Bolivarian diplomacy." | Fuimos…

_____ (2022-03-28). Awaiting New DPRK Satellites and New Sanctions. journal-neo.org Events have taken a new turn since the last report on the development of the DPRK's missile program, focusing on the launch of two supposedly medium-range missiles. In addition to US and South Korean calls to "cease missile provocations and come to the negotiating table," there have been clear signs of escalation. On March 7, …

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2022-03-28). War on Syria: Eleven Years of Carnage. transcend.org 22 Mar 2022 — "Hundreds of thousands have been killed, more than half of the pre-war population has been displaced. More than 100,000 are missing or forcibly disappeared. Syria's cities and infrastructure have been destroyed. The poverty rate is 90 percent; 14.6 million people depend on humanitarian aid."

WILPF South Bay (2022-03-28). Monday 4/4: 55th Anniversary Reading of MLK Jr's Speech "Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break the Silence" indybay.org Online via Zoom: us02web.zoom.us/j/82862619544?pwd=UmZob25qRnNmR2JDU1psbzZudElzUT09

Sandipan Talukdar (2022-03-27). Forest loss caused by climate change in India 'worse' than estimates. peoplesdispatch.org Climate change has caused a significant loss of forests in India and can become an even bigger problem beating earlier predictions. According to a new national-scale research conducted by the University of Reading, UK, and recently published in the journal The study, which observed the relationship between rainfall and temperature with forest loss, also suggests that the actual loss could be much higher than mentioned in official reports. | Alice Hau…

Staff (2022-03-27). Celebran aniversario 40 del Centro de Investigaciones Médico Quirúrgico. cubadebate.cu "El aniversario 40 del Centro de Investigaciones Médico Quirúrgico (CIMEQ) tiene la connotación especial de que estamos conmemorando un sueño hecho realidad por el empeño de nuestro Comandante en Jefe Fidel Castro Ruz. Rendimos homenaje a su legado y a quienes junto al General de Ejército Raúl Castro Ruz contribuyeron a consolidar esta prestigiosa institución de la salud pública y la ciencia cubanas".

Peoples Dispatch (2022-03-27). Political crisis in Pakistan, Argentines honor coup victims and other stories. peoplesdispatch.org Today we look at Pakistan's political scenario as PM Imran Khan faces a no-confidence motion, marches in Argentina to honour the victims of the coup, and more…

_____ (2022-03-27). Riyadh Reclaims its Place in Active International Politics. journal-neo.org Despite attempts by the current US administration to belittle the role of Saudi Arabia in international affairs and authority of the crown prince Mohammed bin Salman, Riyadh is confidently winning back the universal recognition and becoming an increasingly active participant of the recent events. For over seven decades of partnership Washington has been the major …

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