Daily Archives: March 24, 2021

2021-03-24: News Headlines

Eds. (2021-03-24). Whose feminism? Palestine's feminism. mronline.org Palestinians affirm, yet again, that one cannot be a feminist while supporting gendered violence, settler-colonialism, indigenous dispossession, and apartheid. | Newswire…

_____ (2021-03-24). Migrant Worker Women Submit First Petition Against The US Under USMCA. popularresistance.org Maritza Perez and Adareli Ponce have filed the first-ever petition against the U.S. under the USMCA in a pivotal moment for the fight to end gender discrimination against migrant worker women on temporary labor migration programs. The petition was signed by a binational coalition of allies led by CDM. | Migrant worker women are denied jobs, channeled into lower-paying roles and exposed to gender-based violence at their workplace. They've fought for justice, demanding the U.S. government put in place enforcement measures that ensure equity and dignity for migrant worker women.

_____ (2021-03-24). Supreme Court Case On Farmworker Protections Could Harm All Regulation. popularresistance.org The legacy of Cesar Chavez has been getting another look in recent months. In January, President Joe Biden placed a bust of the 20th-century labor leader in the Oval Office, giving journalists the opportunity to reexamine how Chavez fought for farmworkers, while commentators on social media noted that Chavez's treatment of undocumented immigrants, at certain points during his life, complicates his image as a tireless champion of migrant laborers. | But a sinister reexamination of Chavez's legacy is also happening. A California labor regulation that resulted from his campaigning is under threat from the Supreme Co…

Jessica Buxbaum (2021-03-24). Viral Video Shows IDF Arresting Vegetable-Picking Palestinian Kids at Behest of Israeli Settlers. mintpressnews.com "There were [dozens] of soldiers around, and one of the soldiers dragged one of the children to the vehicle and the other soldiers followed and started to arrest them… We begged the soldiers to wait until the children's families could come and talk to their families, but that didn't help."

Earchiel Johnson (2021-03-24). Chicago activists back a new ordinance for serious police reform. peoplesworld.org CHICAGO — With the high-profile police murders of Laquan McDonald and Rekia Boyd in their past, the citizens of Chicago may be getting closer to establishing an elected police accountability council. The Chicago Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression and the Grassroots Alliance for Police Accountability have united around a compromise ordinance they want the …

Brasil de Fato (2021-03-24). Brazil's Supreme Court rules that Sérgio Moro was partial when convicting Lula. peoplesdispatch.org The 2nd Panel of the Federal Supreme Court (STF) confirmed on Tuesday March 23, with a result of 3 votes to 2, the existence misconduct by former judge Sergio Moro in the cases involving former president Luíz Inácio Lula da Silva of the Workers' Party (PT) in the Operation Car Wash case. This is the latest chapter in the legal battle of Lula, following a decision on March 8 which annulled the convictions against the ex-president and opened the doors for him to be a presidential candidate in 2022. | The latest ruling was thanks to a change in vote of the minister Carmen Lucía, who had voted, in 2018, when the proc…

Timothy Alexander Guzman (2021-03-24). Will Israel Use 'Bunker-Buster' Bombs Against Iran's Nuclear Program? globalresearch.ca Israel is extremely worried that Iran would develop a nuclear bomb …

Peoples Dispatch (2021-03-24). Palestinian prisoner Maher Abu Rayan launches hunger strike against Israeli medical neglect. peoplesdispatch.org 43-year-old Maher Abu Rayan is serving a 25-year prison term and is suffering from multiple health issues as a direct result of the extremely violent fashion in which he was arrested in 2003…

_____ (2021-03-24). A Community-Centered Response To Violence Against Asian Americans. popularresistance.org On March 16, eight people were killed at three different spas in North Georgia including six Asian women. We are heartbroken by these murders, which come at a time when Asian American communities are already grappling with the traumatic violence against Asian Americans nationwide, fueled by the United States' long history of white supremacy, systemic racism, and gender-based violence. | As we collectively grieve and respond to this tragedy, we must lead with the needs of those most directly impacted at the center: the victims and their families.

Amanda Abrams (2021-03-24). A new home for activists, and a new way of building in communities. nationofchange.org "If you're really interested in changing things—if you want to say you're being proactively anti-racist—you'll have to go out of your comfort zones and the confines of the project."

Abayomi Azikiwe (2021-03-24). Despite Official Denials Racist Violence Against Asians Continues in the United States. globalresearch.ca March is International Women's History Month and the threats towards oppressed …

splcenter (2021-03-24). Extremism in the Ranks: SPLC testifies to Congress about persistence of white supremacist activity in military. splcenter.org &nbsp…

Lily Galili (2021-03-24). Israel elections: Netanyahu has to marry strange bedfellows if he wants to form a government. middleeasteye.net Israel elections: Netanyahu has to marry strange bedfellows if he wants to form a government | The prime minister's chances of forming a government appear pinned on a Palestinian party and a racist Jewish supremacist | Wed, 03/24/2021 – 13: 29 | Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, leader of the Likud party, addresses supporters at the party campaign headquarters in Jerusalem (AFP) | The unbelievab…

Mustafa Abu Sneineh (2021-03-24). Mansour Abbas, the Islamist leader who could be Israel's kingmaker. middleeasteye.net Mansour Abbas, the Islamist leader who could be Israel's kingmaker | Abbas has called on Palestinians inside Israel to rethink their political alliances and be open to Jewish parties | Wed, 03/24/2021 – 15: 43 | Mansour Abbas, head of a conservative Islamic party, the United Arab List, or Raam, in its Hebrew acronym, 23 March 2021 (AFP) | Mansour Abbas, the Islamist, conservative…

Labor Video Project (2021-03-24). US Labor, The Fight Against Racist Attacks & Xenophobia With Kent Wong UCLA Labor Center. indybay.org WorkWeek interviews Kent Wong, Director of the UCLA Labor Center and a founder of the Asian Pacifica Labor Alliance. He discusses the growing racist attacks, the history of anti-Asian racism and xenophobia.