(2022-03-11). Zelensky rubbishes Biden's war on Russia. asiatimes.com 
What was the need for all that happened in the period since mid-December when Russia transmitted to Washington its demands for security guarantees? This question will haunt US President Joe Biden long after he retires from public life. The foreign-policy legacy of his presidency and the reputation of this much-vaunted 80-year-old politician with a half-century's …
(2022-03-11). Central gov't has deep concern for HK residents, fully supports COVID-19 fight: premier. ecns.cn The central government has deep concern for Hong Kong residents and fully supports their COVID-19 fight, Premier Li Keqiang said Friday.
(2022-03-11). Saturday 4/2: IndigeFest 2022: Celebrating Indigenous Cultures of the Americas. indybay.org Quarry Amphitheater, UC Santa Cruz…
(2022-03-11). Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa. wsws.org Thousands of South African dairy food workers continuing four-month strike over jobs and pay amidst media blackout are joined by South African Sibanye-Stillwater gold miners on pay strike; strikes continue throughout French healthcare system over low staffing levels and poor pay, joined by transport workers in Lyons opposed to restructuring; Iraqi oil production graduates in Basra and workers in oil field area demand jobs, while public sector workers walk out over wage arrears in Kurdistan…
(2022-03-11). Grand Rapids, MI: FRSO rallies for reproductive rights on International Women's Day. fightbacknews.org Grand Rapids, MI – On March 8, International Women's Day, Freedom Road Socialist Organization (FRSO) in Michigan organized a rally attended by 20 community members in defense of reproductive rights. Assembling in downtown Grand Rapids, speakers included Olivia Lashley in FRSO; Aly the Activist, chairwoman of the Royal Black Panther Party of Grand Rapids and Charli Karnstein, a member of the local Socialist Alternative chapter. | The rally was hosted by Barbara Howard, a member of FRSO, who began with a call for a united front to combat the attacks on abortion rights by the far right in Texas, Mississippi and Flo…
(2022-03-11). Saudi Arabia says oil refinery in Riyadh came under attack. en.mehrnews.com An oil refinery in Saudi Arabia's capital of Riyadh came under drone attack on Thursday, causing a small fire, a Saudi official in Energy Ministry said.
(2022-03-11). Cuba and the Ukraine Crises. indybay.org History repeats itself after all. What as the Cuban Missile Crisis left the world balancing on the precipice is exemplified by the Ukraine crisis. Starting in 1959, the USA stationed nuclear-tipped medium-range missiles in Italy and Turkey aimed at the USSR. The latter responded with medium-range nuclear-tipped missiles in Cuba in 1962.
(2022-03-11). Cuba, Nicaragua & Mexico Lead World Gender Parity in Parliaments. orinocotribune.com 
Latin America continues to lead over the rest of the world in parliamentary gender parity. | Cuba, Nicaragua and Mexico have been ranked 2nd, 3rd and 4th in the world, having achieved the highest proportion of women in parliament out of 189 countries. What's more, these three along with Rwanda and the United Arab Emirates are the only five countries in the world to have achieved gender parity in their lower or single legislative house (National Assembly, Congress, or Parliament) as of February 2022. | The Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) released its 2021 Women in Parliament report of countries with the best gende…
(2022-03-10). The life of a great marxist: Aijaz Ahmad (1941-2022). peoplesdispatch.org Born in Muzaffarnagar, in British India, Aijaz read extensively from an early age and allowed his mind to drift out of the qasba of his childhood. His father shared some radical books with him, which helped him to understand the world outside the doab region of the Indo-Gangetic Plain and the world beyond the confines of the capitalist system. From an early age, Aijaz Ahmad began to dream of internationalism and socialism. He studied in Lahore, Pakistan, where his family had migrated after the Partition in 1947-48, but these studies took place as much in the college classrooms as they did in the cafés and in the…
(2022-03-10). Prince William Under Fire For Racism After Claiming War Is 'Very Alien' In Europe, Leading People To Believe He Meant It Is Normal In Africa And Asia. moguldom.com Prince William, the Duke of Cambridge, is under fire for making some comments perceived as racist — again. He and his wife, Duchess Kate Middleton, visited London's Ukrainian Cultural Centre on Wednesday, March 9 in a show of solidarity with the war-torn country. "We're horrified … For our generation, it's very alien to see this …
(2022-03-10). Leading Marxist philosopher and activist Aijaz Ahmad dies at 81. peoplesdispatch.org 
Leading Marxist philosopher and political commentator Aijaz Ahmad died on Wednesday, March 9, at his home in California, US. He was 81 years old and had been undergoing treatment for some time. He was discharged from hospital a few days before his demise. | Born in 1941 in India, Ahmad's family moved to Pakistan after partition where he completed his education. After completing his Masters in English literature from Lahore, he taught at different universities across the world, including at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, and was working with University of California in the US at the time of his death. | A…
(2022-03-10). Protests mount against rising food prices in southern Iraq. peoplesdispatch.org Hundreds of Iraqis on Wednesday, March 9, took to the streets in protest against the rise in prices of food commodities, including wheat and other food grains and essential cooking items like oil and flour over the course of the last week. The protests took place predominantly in the neglected southern regions of Iraq, also the epicenter of the massive anti-government protests in 2019. The Iraqi government in the meantime announced several measures to control the prices of essential food items and to provide some relief to ordinary Iraqis dealing with acute shortages and exorbitant prices of basic goods. | Accord…
(2022-03-10). Lebanon's Economic Collapse. popularresistance.org A friend in Beirut asked me teasingly as we walked the darkened streets, "Are you happy now? You wanted degrowth and you're getting it." He was referencing the economic crisis and recession Lebanon is experiencing — although he knows very well the stark difference between this deep recession and degrowth. Recession happens when growth dependent economies stop growing, i.e., GDP goes into the negative. This typically ends up in the loss of jobs, economic uncertainty, and sometimes austerity measures with long-term impacts. Degrowth, on the other hand, is an intentional shift in economic activity, revolving a…
(2022-03-10). Health ministry investigating flu virus in schools. plusnews.ug 
The Minister of Health, Dr Jane Ruth Aceng, has asked the public for patience with the COVID-19 taskforce as it investigates the mysterious human flu virus in institutions of learning. Aceng was responding to a matter of national importance raised by the Bugiri Woman MP, Hon. Agnes Taaka, who said that the ministry was denying …
(2022-03-10). From pacifism to a party of war: The political evolution of Germany's Greens. wsws.org While Petra Kelly, the party's first spokeswoman, had herself photographed with flowers in her hair, Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock now appears in front of the cameras wearing a steel helmet.
(2022-03-10). Aurat March in Pakistan completes five years, opposition launches "Modesty March" peoplesdispatch.org 
The annual Aurat Azadi Jalsa or Women's Freedom March held in Pakistan on International Women's Day has successfully gathered massive global attention in the last five years, and an equal amount of opposition from conservative groups at home.
(2022-03-10). Aumenta a 63 cifra de fallecidos por atentado en Pakistán. telesurtv.net El mismo día del atentado, el autodenominado Estado Islámico se adjudicó el hecho.
(2022-03-10). On the Ethics of Preemptive Strikes. journal-neo.org 
The South Korean presidential candidate Yoon Suk-yeol recently stated that he thought a preemptive strike against the DPRK would be justified, since, if the latter were to launch a rocket armed with a nuclear warhead against Seoul, it would be almost impossible to intercept it—é The only option would be to forestall the attack. This statement …
(2022-03-10). Conservative candidate elected South Korean president with razor-thin majority. peoplesdispatch.org In a major blow to the ruling Democratic Party in South Korea and the Korean peace process, the right-wing opposition candidate Yoon Suk-yeol has won the presidential election. The final results declared on Thursday, March 10, People Power Party's Yoon won 48.56% of the votes, over 47.83% won by Democratic Party's Lee Jae-Myung. The voter turnout stood at 77.1%. | The difference of a mere 0.7% makes it the closest margin of South Korea's presidential election. The center-left Justice Party's Sim Sang-jung came a distant third with 2.38% of the votes, while the nine other candidates in the race had less than a per…