Daily Archives: March 9, 2022

2022-03-09: News Headlines

Khubaka, Michael Harris (2022-03-09). California Assembly Bill 1655 – Juneteenth Paid Holiday for the State of California. indybay.org One block from Old Sacramento Supreme Court Chambers the auction block of "enslaved" prisoners of war were sold. All along the American River Parkway, in the shadow of the early California State Capitol construction, enslavement of people of African Descent, Genocide of Indigenous Nations, Kanakas, Mexicans, Chileans and anybody with melanin pigmentated skin were not a citizen in 1849. Throughout the State same song…

WSWS (2022-03-09). European Union employs double standards on refugees from Ukraine, discriminates against non-Ukrainians. wsws.org The discrimination based on skin colour and national origin of refugees from Ukraine shows the hypocrisy of European refugee policy.

WSWS (2022-03-09). Jury seated in federal trial of four who plotted to kidnap and kill Michigan Governor Whitmer. wsws.org The plot was hatched at the height of a nationwide campaign by the far right that had been mobilized by President Donald Trump and other Republican Party officials to overturn public health restrictions implemented throughout the country to combat the spread of COVID-19 that began in early 2020.

Rick Rozoff (2022-03-09). Albania: NATO upgrades air base in city once named after Stalin. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Balkan InsightFebruary 28, 2022 In Albanian City Once Named 'Stalin', a Base for NATO Developed under Italian fascist occupation, renamed 'Stalin City' under communism, and condemned to poverty with the transition to capitalism, the central Albanian city of Kucova is now set to become synonymous with NATO. Three years after the Western military alliance announced …

Walker Bragman (2022-03-09). How Pro-Business "Law And Economics" Interests Pushed The Courts Right. dailyposter.com

Morteza Ahmadi Al Hashem (2022-03-09). Activating capacities require promoting regional coop. en.mehrnews.com Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) said that activation of regional capacities for creating lasting stability is required developing and promoting regional cooperation in 13th government.

_____ (2022-03-08). Ukraine Is A Pawn In The United States' Fight To Prevent A Multipolar World. popularresistance.org This week, Clearing the FOG speaks with Brian Becker, a leader of the Party for Socialism and Liberation and the host of The Socialist Program, for a socialist perspective of the war in Ukraine. Becker discusses why it was a mistake for Russia to invade and how it has shored up support for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) even though Russia has legitimate security concerns and the United States did not appear to be willing to stop provoking an invasion. He also talks about the real racism exposed by this war, the impact of the media misinformation campaign on people on the left and the current state…

Berry Craig (2022-03-08). Kentucky GOP moves to gag teachers and whitewash history. peoplesworld.org Kentucky state Sen. Max Wise (R-Campbellsville) evidently figured rubbing a smidgen of whitewash off Senate Bill 138 would convince critics that his legislation isn't really aimed at gagging teachers and whitewashing history. It still is, of course. SB 138, like its companions (House Bills 14, 18, and 487), limits classroom discussion of systemic racism. As such, all …

WSWS (2022-03-08). The German state tries to cover its tracks in latest far-right trial. wsws.org Between August 2018 and March 2021, hundreds of threatening letters were sent to artists, lawyers and politicians under the acronym NSU 2.0, which is a reference to the neo-Nazi terrorist group National Socialist Underground responsible for the murder of nine immigrants and a policewoman.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-03-08). Fascists from Europe and Terrorists from the Middle East Support the Bandera Nazis: Russian Communist Party Statement. libya360.wordpress.com The CPRF resolutely condemns the attempt to internationalize the military conflict in Ukraine and the involvement in the hostilities of outright Nazis and terrorists from Europe and the Middle East. The CPRF initially assessed the military conflict in Ukraine as a struggle against the neo-Nazis who seized power in a coup d'état in February 2014….

_____ (2022-03-08). The Ukraine War And The 'Good' Refugee. popularresistance.org In the history of accepting refugees, countries have shown more than an erratic streak. Universal human characteristics have often been overlooked in favor of the particular: race, cultural habits, religion. Even immigration nations, such as the United States and Australia, have had their xenophobic twists and turns on the issue of who to accept, be they victims of pogroms, war crimes, genocide, or famine. | The Russian attack on Ukraine has already produced refugees in the hundreds of thousands. By March 2, with the war one week old, 874,000 people were estimated to have left Ukraine. The UN High Commissioner fo…

New Atlas (2022-03-08). US-funded Uyghur "Right Org" Hires Advocate FOR Genocide in Xinjiang. newatlas.report March 9, 2022 (The New Atlas) — The US accuses China of "genocide" in its western Xinjiang region. However, China had been reacting to US-sponsored separatism including a years-long campaign of deadly terrorism and militancy. So-called "human rights" groups funded by the US government are in fact separatist organizations sponsored by Washington hiding behind the …

New Atlas (2022-03-08). How to Debunk the West's Xinjiang "Genocide" Lies in 2 Minutes. newatlas.report March 8, 2022 (The New Atlas) — Just how hard (or easy) is it to cut through Western propaganda and daily headlines accusing China of "genocide" in Xinjiang against its ethnic Uyghur minority? Very easy. In fact it takes less than 2 minutes to actually follow media citations to what are ultimately dead ends or …

Tamara Nassar (2022-03-08). Israel kills three Palestinian youths in Jerusalem. electronicintifada.net Tear gas fired at ambulance trying to reach child.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-03-08). Women Take on the Empire: The Revolutionary Women of Palestine. libya360.wordpress.com Sumedha Chatterjee This women's day let us remember the contribution of women who have been fighting the settler colonial Israeli regime. From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free! Seldom has a gun wielding female soldier not been sexualized in pop culture or otherwise. Instagram is filled with accounts dedicated to conventionally attractive…

Peoples Dispatch (2022-03-08). Palestinian detainees across Israel protest harsh measures in prison, administrative detention. peoplesdispatch.org Hundreds of administrative detainees have been boycotting Israeli court hearings, interrogation sessions and health check-ups to protest their detention. They have also been disobeying security checks and other prison rules to highlight the oppressive conditions…

Peoples Dispatch (2022-03-08). US to close Red Hill facility that poisoned Hawaii's water supply and other stories. peoplesdispatch.org Today we look at a missile attack by Israeli on Syria, the Pentagon's decision to shut down the Red Hill tank farm in Hawai'i, and more…

Peoples Dispatch (2022-03-08). At least 2 civilians killed in another unprovoked Israeli attack inside Syria. peoplesdispatch.org Monday's attack near Damascus was the second such instance of Israeli aggression inside Syria within a fortnight, taking the total number of deaths to five apart from causing substantial material damage…

Staff (2022-03-08). Israel detecta primer caso de polio en 30 años. cubadebate.cu El Ministerio de Salud de Israel anunció que identificó un caso de una mutación del virus de la poliomielitis en una niña de cuatro años, proveniente de Jerusalén que no había sido vacunada contra la enfermedad. La pequeña posiblemente se infectó al estar en contacto con una persona inmunodeprimida que fue vacunada contra la poliomielitis.

Staff (2022-03-08). Al Ard (Doc) Film Festival in Sardinia features Palestine films, including "Fedayin: Georges Abdallah's Fight" samidoun.net The Al Ard (Doc) Film Festival opens in Cagliari, Sardinia, on Wednesday, 9 March and continues through Saturday, 12 March. The 18th edition of the festival features a wide variety of films, talks and an art exhibition by Palestinian artist Malak Mattar from Gaza, Palestine. Among the selection of films being screened is "Fedayin: Georges …

Jonathan Kuttab (2022-03-08). Canada's contradictions on Palestine. electronicintifada.net Preparing Ottawa's diplomats for change emerging from untenable status quo.

splcenter (2022-03-08). 'Good Trouble': SPLC joins voting rights marchers in Selma, Alabama, for 'Bloody Sunday' commemoration. splcenter.org

Rick Rozoff (2022-03-08). French troops, armor en route to Romanian Black Sea base. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com NATOSupreme Headquarters Allied Powers EuropeMarch 8, 2022 France sends troops and equipment to Romania Deployment of French forces to Romania as part of the NATO Response Force's (NRF) efforts in the eastern flank of the Alliance is currently underway. The French deployment, which includes units from the 27th Alpine Hunters Battalion (27th BCA), 126th Infantry …

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