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Is Russia REALLY "fighting globalism" in Ukraine?

Catte Black
OffGuardian
Sat, 19 Mar 2022 06:27 UTC
russian flag
© Reuters / Jason Lee
Is the Ukraine invasion Putin moving against globalism?

It's becoming a very popular idea in alt media right now.

Alex Cristoforou says it overtly in his latest video. Catherine Austin Fitts and Karel van Wolferen suggest it in a recent conversation. As does the Daily Expose.

I would love it to be true. But currently it really doesn't look like it, and promoting that idea sans solid evidence can lead us into dangerous delusion.

Before we get accused of Russophobia (by people with short memories or long agendas) let me remind everyone we have been labeled "Russian trolls" ever since our launch because we have consistently defended Russia's actions both in Ukraine in 2014-16 and later in Syria and elsewhere.

I'm more than aware that Russia have long struggled with the existential threat offered by NATO and the US empire.
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Canadian railroad strike begins after workers locked out by employer, threatening supply chains

Sean Boynton
Global News
Sun, 20 Mar 2022 22:09 UTC
cp rail road canada
© Global NewsLooming CP Rail lockout could worsen supply chain issues in Alberta
CP Rail trains have ground to a halt across the country after thousands of workers began a long-anticipated strike early Sunday morning.

The strike involving nearly 3,000 engineers, conductors and other train employees took effect at 1 a.m. ET, after both the company and the workers' union dug in their heels over a long-simmering contract dispute.

The Teamsters Canada Rail Conference issued a release just before midnight saying a lockout was being initiated by management at the Calgary-based railway.

Comment: The super-centralized agribusiness model and supply chain is failing

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Israeli volunteers flock to West Bank's illegal settler outposts to avoid military service


The Cradle
Sun, 20 Mar 2022 21:56 UTC
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© Gershon Elinson/Flash90Settlers of the Bat Ayin settlement hold Israeli flags during a march on 21 June 2021.
On 17 March, Israeli media outlets reported that an organization with strong ties to settler right-wing organizations is recruiting young volunteers to 'protect' illegal settler farms in the occupied West Bank.

According to its website, Hashomer Yosh, which receives funding from at least two government ministries, recruits the volunteers to "protect Jewish farmers from vandalism, agricultural crime, and terrorism by the Arabs."

Israelis who sign up with the organization are then exempt from serving in the military. Several Israeli institutions, including universities, also collaborate with the organization by giving incentives to students who work with Hashomer Yosh.
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Standing strong: Locally-owned Burger King 'refuses' to close in Russia


RT
Sun, 20 Mar 2022 20:03 UTC
Burger King outlet in Moscow
© Getty Images / Pallava BaglaBurger King outlet in Moscow
Local partner has rejected demands from US corporate headquarters to cease operations

The operator of Burger King fast-food chain in Russia has "refused" to close its 800 restaurants in the country despite demands from company headquarters to shut down, Restaurant Brands International has said.

"We contacted the main operator of the business and demanded the suspension of Burger King restaurant operations in Russia. He has refused to do so," David Shear, President of Restaurant Brands International which owns the burger chain, said in a press release published on Thursday.

Comment: Burger King isn't the only company facing a local revolt:


Russian comedy troupe makes hay over the silliness of it all:




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Jack Posobiec asks why media doesn't care about the drug cartel war at US-Mexico border

James Anthony
The Post Millennial
Fri, 18 Mar 2022 01:07 UTC
Posobiec
© screenshotHuman Events Daily host Jack Posobiec
Human Events Daily host Jack Posobiec asked some pointed questions on Friday about why the US media is largely silent about the chaos erupting over the capture and extradition of Mexcian mafioso "El Huevo."

Posobiec noted on the show that mainstream media seems to be avoiding the story entirely, even though it's literally "five feet away" from US territory in some cases, and is having repercussions on the US side of the border as well.

"Juan Gerardo Trevino," aka "El Huevo", was arrested by Mexican authorities on Monday, and there have been violent retaliations by his fellow cartel members in Mexico since.

Posobiec comments:
"In the country that no one is talking about, a cartel leader, the leader of the Northeast Cartel, Juan Gerardo Trevino Chavez, 'El Huevo' his moniker, captured in northeast Mexico, deported to the United States. A US consulate comes under fire.

"And yet, I look across media in the United States, I can't find a thing. You go to media in Mexico; they're all talking about this story. Huge, huge news."

Comment: Cartels serve purposes beyond the obvious. That the US remains silent and hands off should offer a clue.

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6 dead after man 'deliberately' ploughs car through crowd at annual folklore parade in Belgium

Stephen Wynn-davies
Daily Mail
Sun, 20 Mar 2022 10:48 UTC
belgium parade
At least six people were killed and 12 people seriously injured when a car ploughed into a crowd at a carnival in Belgium
Several people were killed when a car crashed into a crowd gathering for a carnival in a small town in southern Belgium, in what emergency services have called a 'deliberate attack'.

At least six people died when the car hit a a group of about 150 people gathered at dawn on Sunday for celebrations in Strepy-Bracquegnies, which is 30 miles south of Brussels, according to a spokesman for the local emergency services.

'An early morning carnival opening ceremony was taking place, when the car approached a crowd in what looked like a deliberate attack', the spokesman added.

'The driver tried to get away, but was arrested by the police. He is currently in custody.'

Comment: Some details on the Strepy carnival from Atlas Obscura:
Nearly 1000 "Gilles," traditionally male and ranging in age anywhere from toddler to elder, appear in a heavy overstuffed, vibrant costume consisting of clogs and bells. In the morning they wield sticks to ward off evil while donning a disconcerting wax mask with green glasses, the latter of which is swapped for hats decorated with towering white ostrich plumes in the afternoon.
Les Gilles
© Jean-Pol Grandmont CC BY-SA 3.0Les Gilles with oranges
Les Gilles
© Jean-Pol Grandmont CC BY-SA 3.0Les Gilles with oranges
Virtually nothing about the dress, customs, rituals, or reception has changed across centuries. Though written accounts of the Gilles date back to the 18th century, extensive scholarly efforts have produced no answers as to the original source of this authentically Walloon tradition.
Other car ramming incidents in recent years:

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Western countries told to give up cars on Sundays because 'Russia'


RT
Sat, 19 Mar 2022 13:24 UTC
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© Getty Images / David McNew
Car-free Sundays in cities, working from home up to three days a week and using cost-efficient public transport - are just some of the recommendations made by the International Energy Agency (IEA) to the world. The 10-point action plan aims at cutting back on oil consumption "in the face of the emerging global energy crisis triggered by Russia's invasion of Ukraine."

According to IEA estimates, the actions it suggests, should they be implemented globally, could help reduce oil consumption by 2.7 million barrels per day (bpd) within four months, which would be equivalent to more than half of Russia's exports. It is estimated that the world consumes nearly 100 million barrels daily.

Among the measures to be implemented immediately, especially by developed nations, are the reduction of speed limits on highways by at least 10 kilometers per hour, as well as so-called car-free Sundays, with every such day helping to save approximately 380,000 barrels of oil, the global energy watchdog claims.
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Reality Check: "100 day vaccines" are NOT possible.

Kit Knightly
OffGuardian
Fri, 11 Mar 2022 07:47 UTC
covid-19 coronavirus
Neatly nestled behind the Ukraine headlines plastered all over the front pages, this past week has seen the World Health Organization meeting to discuss the global legislation to empowering the WHO to combat "future pandemics".

The first consultation was held on March 1st. The EU passed a motion authorizing the bloc to negotiate such a treaty on March 3rd.

Nobody knows exactly what the hypothetical international regulations - dubbed the "Pandemic Treaty" - would entail, but there are hints.

It's almost certainly going to involve some kind of international vaccine passport, possible based on the SMART Health Cards currently rolling out all across the US.

It's also interesting to note that this treaty is being developed in parallel to the UK "reforming" their Human Rights Act 1998 into a new "UK bill of rights" which seeks to prevent the "abuse" of "rights culture" and place a new emphasis on "social responsibility".

However, the specifics will remain a mystery until the final proposal is published later this year.
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Lowkey smeared by pro-Israel group in elite UK college

Kit Klarenberg
The Electric Intifada
Fri, 18 Mar 2022 00:00 UTC
Lowkey
© Martyn Wheatley/ZUMA PressLowkey has long been regarded as an enemy by Israel's supporters
The rapper and campaigner Lowkey was smeared by a pro-Israel group before a planned visit to one of Britain's best-known colleges.

On 15 March, Lowkey gave a talk via Zoom arranged by the Palestine Solidarity Society at Cambridge University.

The talk - titled "The Israel Lobby's War Against You" - was supposed to take place on campus a week earlier. The night before it was scheduled, however, Lowkey was contacted by the organizers, who informed him the event had been postponed.

The postponement followed pressure exerted by the Cambridge University Jewish Society.
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A Russian strike kills foreign fighters in Ukraine

Nicolas Niarchos
The Nation
Tue, 15 Mar 2022 00:00 UTC
Damage
© TelegramDamage from Russian air strike
Two German volunteer fighters said many of their fellow foreign legionnaires had been killed in the bombing and estimated the death toll at over 200.

A Russian air strike on a military base in the far west of Ukraine on Sunday was Moscow's closest attack yet to NATO territory. The International Peacekeeping and Security Center, near the town of Novoyavorivsk, is only 12 miles from the Polish border, and was hosting up to 1,000 foreign fighters, who had crossed the border to fight in the newly formed Ukrainian Foreign Legion. According to Ukrainian officials, at least 35 people were killed in the strike and some 134 were wounded. The Russian government says that, in fact, it killed 180 foreign fighters. "The destruction of foreign mercenaries who arrived on the territory of Ukraine will continue," a representative of the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement online.

The Ukrainians have vehemently denied the Russian reports that foreign fighters were killed. At a press briefing in the city of Lviv on Monday, Maksym Kozytskyy, the governor of the region, said, "There are no casualties among foreign fighters. These are fakes propagated by the Russian government." According to him, Russian planes over the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov fired some 30 rockets at the base, and Ukraine's air defenses intercepted all but eight.
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