Daily Archives: March 30, 2021

2021-03-30: News Headlines

Peoples Dispatch (2021-03-30). Actions in 60 cities in solidarity with Asian community against racism, war. peoplesdispatch.org On March 27, activists in over 60 cities and towns across the United States held actions in solidarity with the Asian community in response to the horrific, racist and misogynist massacre that took place in Atlanta on March 16…

Liberation Staff (2021-03-30). VIDEO: "This racist violence is disgusting" — ANSWER organizer discusses success of March 27 day of action. liberationnews.org Photo: Protesters on March 27 in Honolulu, Hawaii Nicole Roussell, ANSWER Coalition national staff organizer, is interviewed by CGTN to discuss the nationwide day of protest held on Saturday, March 27 against anti-Asian violence. Roussell discusses how war-mongering propaganda and the long history of racism against Asians in the United States is fueling this crisis.

Peoples Dispatch (2021-03-30). Actions in 60 cities stand with Asian community against racism, war. peoplesdispatch.org On March 27, activists in over 60 cities and towns across the United States held actions in solidarity with the Asian community in response to the horrific, racist and misogynist massacre that took place in Atlanta on March 16. The actions were organized by the ANSWER Coalition and took place across the country, from big cities like New York City to small towns like Sequim, Washington. The demonstrations drew significant …

Editor (2021-03-30). Smash Georgia's anti-voting law. workers.org The Republican Party-dominated state government has pushed through a bill making Georgia the first state to pass a broad anti-voting law. This law drags voting protection for African Americans back to the racist norms before the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Losing the national presidential vote and two Senate seats . . . |

_____ (2021-03-30). Dominican Wall Of Anti-Haitianism Keeps Neocolonial Inequity Alive. popularresistance.org Like Palestinians in Israel and Latino, Asian and Muslim immigrants in the U.S., Haitians in the Dominican Republic are demeaned, harassed, and victimized in both extraordinary and mundane ways. | Pushed out of their homeland by centuries of neo-colonialism and exploitation, officially 751,080 Haitians call the Dominican Republic home. This is 7.3% of the official population. There are hundreds of thousands of other Haitians who are deemed "illegal" and do not appear in any statistics. | "Antihaitianismo," or anti-Haitian racism, is but one glaring symptom of the economic and political elites' mind-set in the Dom…

pyeverino (2021-03-30). Anti-Racist Movements in Brazil: Activist Series. dsausa.org This is a series, running every Friday 7 — 8 pm until May 7. RSVP Here Around the world, Black-led movements are raising the stakes in our collective struggles. This discussion series with leading Black and Indigenous militants from across Brazil spotlights their experiences in organizing against state violence, workplace exploitation, and structural racism everywhere…

John Stanton (2021-03-30). Biden's Shameful Push for War with China and Russia: Ignoring History, Denying Reality. counterpunch.org "One of the most delightful things about Americans is that they have absolutely no historical memory." — Zhou Enlai `In the autumn of 1862, the governments of France and Great Britain proposed to Russia, in a formal but not in an official way, the joint recognition by European powers of the independence of the Confederate

Yanis Iqbal (2021-03-30). Banality of Evil in Neo-fascist Times. dissidentvoice.org We live in dangerous times. Neo-fascism is on the rise in many parts of the world, combining the savagery of the market with authoritarian forms of xenophobia. The combinatorial power of individualizing cultural conformism and totalizing statism has resulted in a new "culture of silence", intended to reduce citizens to passive spectators of the misery …

Jessica Buxbaum (2021-03-30). An Old Green Colonial Trick: Israel Masking Land Grabs as Environmental Conservation. globalresearch.ca "More and more open areas in East Jerusalem are being designated …

Peoples Dispatch (2021-03-30). Palestinians renew their pledge to resist Israeli occupation on Land Day. peoplesdispatch.org Since 1976, March 30 is celebrated as land day (yom al-ard) by Palestinians vowing to fight against Israeli occupation of their land and for Palestinian refugees' right to return…

Richard C. Gross (2021-03-30). Good Intentions, Poor Results. counterpunch.org President Joe Biden must know now that the road to hell is paved with good intentions. All he has to do to confirm it is to look at America's mess on the southern border. It's biting him for being humane. Reverse the strict racist immigration policy of his predecessor and open the gates just a

splcenter (2021-03-30). Outrage in Georgia: Civil rights groups sue to block state's shameful new voter suppression law. splcenter.org &nbsp…

Maha Hussaini (2021-03-30). Land Day: Palestinians mark the 45th anniversary. middleeasteye.net Land Day: Palestinians mark the 45th anniversary | Palestinian farmers say they face constant threats while working on family lands due to Israel's annexation policies | Tue, 03/30/2021 – 11: 09 | Iyad Abughleiba, a Palestinian farmer, finds it increasingly difficult to work on his land in the Gaza Strip due to Israel's annexation policies. (MEE/Sanad Latifa) | On 30 March 1976, six Palestinians we…

Lubna Masarwa (2021-03-30). Land Day anniversary: Thousands demonstrate across Israel, Gaza, West Bank. middleeasteye.net Land Day anniversary: Thousands demonstrate across Israel, Gaza, West Bank | Thousands laid wreaths on the graves of those killed in 1976, as Israeli forces arrest dozens across the West Bank | Tue, 03/30/2021 – 13: 07 | A Palestinian demonstrator stands in front of an Israeli policeman during a protest marking Land Day in the northern occupied West Bank village of Sebastia on 30 March 2021 (Reuter…

Ali Harb (2021-03-30). US judge dismisses lawsuit linking Palestine solidarity group to 'terrorism'. middleeasteye.net US judge dismisses lawsuit linking Palestine solidarity group to 'terrorism' | Judge dismissed argument that US Campaign for Palestinian Rights was liable for militant attacks because of its support for BDS as 'not convincing' | Tue, 03/30/2021 – 23: 41 | Palestinian rights activists in Washington protest against Israel's plans to annex parts of the West Bank, 3 July 2020 (MEE/File photo) | A US judge has dismiss…

MEE staff (2021-03-30). Palestine elections: Marwan Barghouti announces independent election list. middleeasteye.net Palestine elections: Marwan Barghouti announces independent election list | Jailed Palestinian leader's list is 'essentially Fatah in nature' but also includes national figures and independents | Tue, 03/30/2021 – 18: 55 | Graffiti depicting popular Palestinian prisoner Marwan Barghouti can be found throughout the occupied West Bank (AFP/File photo) | Palestinian political prisoner and veteran Fatah party lead…

Jonathan Cook (2021-03-30). Israel election: The Far-right is Triumphant: The Only Obstacle Left is Netanyahu. dissidentvoice.org As 13 parties struggle with Israel's complex post-election maths, seeking alliances that can assure them power, the most significant outcome of the vote is easily missed. The religious fundamentalists and settler parties — Israel's far right — won an unprecedented and clear-cut victory last week. Even on the most cautious assessment, these parties together hold 72 …

Jonathan Cook (2021-03-30). Five Lessons From Israel's Election. zcomm.org With the triumph of the far-right in Israel, the backing of "peace partners" in the Gulf, and no likely obstruction from the White House whoever its occupant, the Palestinians have become a non-issue…

IJV Canada (2021-03-30). IJV Welcomes New Antisemitism Definition Signed by 200 Global Experts. zcomm.org "It takes much more than definitions to effectively dismantle antisemitism. But if governments and institutions feel the need to endorse a definition, the JDA is undoubtedly a far better option."

Dave DeCamp (2021-03-30). New Report Reaffirms US Recognition of Golan Heights as Israeli Territory. news.antiwar.com On Tuesday, the State Department

Staff (2021-03-30). Will we stand up for Black trans lives, too? therealnews.com Last summer, during what some have called the largest social justice uprising in United States history, the lives of Black trans people were ignored. While many rightly raged against the murders of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor, few know the names of Black trans people like Kim Wirtz, who have also been murdered by a racist policing and prison system. In Baltimore, trans activists from the LGBTQ organization Baltimore Safe Haven protested, demanding an end to police violence and an end to the erasure of the Black trans community. The Real News' Eddie Conway talks to activists on the ground in Baltimore ab…

Peoples Dispatch (2021-03-30). Palestine receives critical batch of 100,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses from China. peoplesdispatch.org China on Monday, March 29, donated 100,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses to the occupied Palestinian territories. The Chinese Sinopharm vaccine will primarily be used to vaccinate medical workers, the elderly and the people in the high-risk category. Besides China, the Palestinian Authority (PA), which runs the administration in the occupied West Bank, has also received vaccines from other sources, including 60,000 doses from the United Nations COVAX initiative and 60,000 Russian Sputnik V doses which were delivered to Hamas-run Gaza via the United Arab Emirates. | The PA's health minister Mai al-Kaila said that "these…

South Front (2021-03-30). Video: No Time for Israel to Celebrate Election "Victory" globalresearch.ca Israel had no time to enjoy the successful election and Benjamin …