Hans Modrow, Harald Neuber (2022-03-20). "I feel like I've been transported back almost 80 years. indybay.org People are desperately fleeing from bombs and rockets. I feel transported back almost 80 years and become pensive. Europe had sworn to itself: Never again fascism! Never again war! The scars remain – at the age of 94, I feel them more strongly than ever.

Vanessa Grubbs, Jessica P Cerdeña, Amy L Non (2022-03-19). [Perspectives] The misuse of race in the search for disease-causing alleles. thelancet.com In her influential 2000 paper, Levels of Racism: A Theoretic Framework and a Gardener's Tale, Camara Phyllis Jones presented a theoretical framework for understanding racism through an allegory about a gardener with two flower boxes, one with rich and the other with poor soil. The gardener, who prefers red flowers, plants red blossoming seeds in fertile soil but pink blossoming seeds in poor soil (structural racism) and plucks pink blossoming seeds blown into fertile soil (personally mediated racism).

Misión Verdad (2022-03-19). 'Ukrainization' and Neonazism in Brazil under Bolsonaro's Watch. orinocotribune.com By Misión Verdad — Mar 18, 2022 | On March 13, the Russian army destroyed the training centers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine at the Yavoriv training camp and the town of Starichi, where foreign mercenaries and volunteers were trained. | The attack targeting that military facility in Lviv region was confirmed by the Russian Defense Ministry, which claimed that 180 mercenaries and a large batch of weapons had been destroyed. | After this attack, some foreigners who had gone to Ukraine to fight on the Ukrainian side decided to return home immediately. The images and videos of their testimonies began to circula…

WSWS (2022-03-19). Australian government sending second shipment of arms to Ukraine. wsws.org Defence and intelligence figures have acknowledged that the arms could end up in the hands of fascist Ukrainian militias, but insist that is a price worth paying as the US escalates the confrontation with Russia.

_____ (2022-03-19). Protests Erupt Following Israeli Killing Of Palestinians. popularresistance.org On Wednesday, March 16, hundreds of Palestinians took to the streets in the Qalandia refugee camp near occupied East Jerusalem to oppose the killing of a Palestinian man by the occupying Israeli forces a day earlier. Israeli forces fired tear gas and rubber coated bullets against the protesters. | 22-year-old Alaa Shaham was killed by Israeli forces on Tuesday, March 15 and at least six others were injured. The Israeli forces fired at people gathered to protest them storming the camp. | Israeli forces also killed at least two other Palestinian youths in similar incidents in the Balata refugee camp near Nablus and…

Editor2 (2022-03-19). Major Israeli Websites Crash in 'Largest-Ever Cyber Attack' Against Them, Officials Say. orinocotribune.com A number of major Israeli websites were downed for a while after a major cyber attack targeted them, said officials, alleging that services have since been restored. | The websites of the ministry of the interior, the ministry of military affairs and others were affected on Monday. | The ministries of health, justice, welfare were also targeted, as was the prime minister's office, according to Haaretz daily newspaper, which cited a source who described the incident as the "largest-ever cyber attack" carried out against Israel. | Users were unable to access websites with gov.il extensions for at least an hour. | I…

Staff (2022-03-19). Palestinian man shot by police after alleged stabbing attack. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Mar. 19 (MNA) — Israeli forces have reportedly shot and seriously injured a young Palestinian man after he allegedly stabbed a settler in the Old City of occupied al-Quds.

Anonymous669 (2022-03-19). Hackers Leak Documents Stolen From Israeli Mossad Chief (Video). southfront.org The official logo of the Open Hands hacking group. | On March 16, an anonymous Telegram channel released a video containing personal photos and documents belonging to Israeli Mossad chief David Barnea. | The Open Hands channel said that the information shown in the video were obtained during a lengthy intelligence operation that began in 2014. The channel released the video with English, Hebrew and Arabic translations. | The video contained personal photos of Barnea, flight tickets booked under his name, his ID card, tax…

Alaa Tartir (2022-03-19). La guerra entre Rusia y Ucrania saca a la luz la hipocresía de Europa sobre Palestina. globalizacion.ca Es sorprendente ver la inmediata respuesta europea, su capacidad de movilización y su elogio de la resistencia cuando esta es "blanca, rubia y de ojos azules". Antes de la invasión rusa de Ucrania, responsables políticos de la UE me preguntaban…

Staff (2022-03-19). Brazil Supreme Court judge bans Telegram messaging app. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Mar. 19 (MNA) — A Brazilian Supreme Court judge has ordered the shutdown of the popular messaging application Telegram in the country.

Marzieh Rahmani (2022-03-19). Ansarullah reject PGCC invitation for talks with SA in Riyadh. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Mar. 19 (MNA) — Mohammad Ali Al-Houthi, a Member of the Yemeni Supreme Political Council, and other Sanaa officials opposed the Persian Gulf Cooperation Council (PGCC) initiative of holding talks between Yemen's warring parties in Riadh.

Craig Murray (2022-03-19). Assange Extradition: On to the Next Hurdle. orinocotribune.com By Craig Murray — Mar 15, 2022 | With Julian still, for no rational reason, held in maximum security, the legal process around his extradition continues to meander its way through the overgrown bridlepaths of the UK's legal system. Today the Supreme Court refused to hear Julian's appeal, which was based on the grounds of his health and the effect upon it of incarceration in the conditions of the United States prison service. It stated his appeal had "no arguable legal grounds." | This is a setback which is, most likely, going to keep Julian in jail for at least another year. | The legal grounds which the Hig…

Vanessa Grubbs, Jessica P Cerdeña, Amy L Non (2022-03-19). [Perspectives] The misuse of race in the search for disease-causing alleles. thelancet.com In her influential 2000 paper, Levels of Racism: A Theoretic Framework and a Gardener's Tale, Camara Phyllis Jones presented a theoretical framework for understanding racism through an allegory about a gardener with two flower boxes, one with rich and the other with poor soil. The gardener, who prefers red flowers, plants red blossoming seeds in fertile soil but pink blossoming seeds in poor soil (structural racism) and plucks pink blossoming seeds blown into fertile soil (personally mediated racism).

WSWS (2022-03-19). Australian government sending second shipment of arms to Ukraine. wsws.org Defence and intelligence figures have acknowledged that the arms could end up in the hands of fascist Ukrainian militias, but insist that is a price worth paying as the US escalates the confrontation with Russia.

Hans Modrow, Harald Neuber (2022-03-19). "I feel like I've been transported back almost 80 years. indybay.org People are desperately fleeing from bombs and rockets. I feel transported back almost 80 years and become pensive. Europe had sworn to itself: Never again fascism! Never again war! The scars remain – at the age of 94, I feel them more strongly than ever.

Editor2 (2022-03-19). Major Israeli Websites Crash in 'Largest-Ever Cyber Attack' Against Them, Officials Say. orinocotribune.com A number of major Israeli websites were downed for a while after a major cyber attack targeted them, said officials, alleging that services have since been restored. | The websites of the ministry of the interior, the ministry of military affairs and others were affected on Monday. | The ministries of health, justice, welfare were also targeted, as was the prime minister's office, according to Haaretz daily newspaper, which cited a source who described the incident as the "largest-ever cyber attack" carried out against Israel. | Users were unable to access websites with gov.il extensions for at least an hour. | I…

Staff (2022-03-18). Take Action: Tell BC Government to pull Israeli Apartheid Wines Now! samidoun.net Click here to write a letter to British Columbia premier John Horgan and Finance Minister Selina Robinson. Tell them to pull Israeli apartheid wines from BC Liquor Stores! Samidoun is joining with the Canada Palestine Association, BDS Vancouver Coast Salish, the Canadian BDS Coalition and Coalition Against Israeli Apartheid (CAIA) Victoria to call on BC …

JANET (2022-03-18). If you care about Ukraine — disband NATO. iacenter.org By Sara Flounders March 17, 2022 Long before the Feb. 24 Russian intervention, the 2014 U.S.-backed fascist coup regime had reduced Ukraine to the poorest country, and with the highest rate of migration, in Europe. The International Monetary Fund restructured the economy and demanded austerity measures that gutted the pensions and cut social spending. Mass privatizations of socially owned property brought economic ruin. credit RT Now human trafficking in commercial sexual exploitation and forced labor, along with the buying of children from orphanages, is more widespread in Ukraine than any other European country…

_____ (2022-03-18). Black Caucus Fails On Ukraine. popularresistance.org On June 11, 2015, the late Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) member John Conyers made this statement about Ukraine. "House passed my amendment to prohibit assistance to Azov Battalion—a far-right white supremacist militia at front lines of Ukraine conflict." Conyers was right of course. The Azov Battalion was and is a core part of Ukraine's military. They have Nazi roots, as do many other organizations in that country. But after the Pentagon objected the amendment was stripped from the spending bill and never saw the light of day. | It is important to remember what Conyers tried to achieve the year after Bar…

Mark Gruenberg (2022-03-18). Independent vets group aims to counter right's clout in military. peoplesworld.org ALEXANDRIA, Va.—Remember the kids' game "Capture the flag?" Well, former Army Sgt. Linsay Rousseau and her colleagues at a relatively new veterans' group, Continue To Serve, want to "recapture the flag," so to speak, from the radical right. And the word "patriotism," too. The sergeant, one of four full-time staffers at the group, which seeks …

Editor (2022-03-18). The erasure of Palestine and the JNF. mronline.org The JNF is a case study of misrepresentations and fabrications to rationalize and justify profound immorality. There is a great deal of critical history documenting that antisemitism is not inevitable, intrinsic, or constant in history.

Kit Klarenberg (2022-03-18). Lowkey smeared by pro-Israel group in elite UK college. electronicintifada.net Rapper's Cambridge talk postponed because of lobby pressure.

Marzieh Rahmani (2022-03-18). Israel bases to be targeted if Iraq Kurdistan not remove them. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Mar. 18 (MNA) — The spokesman for Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) says the elite military force will not hesitate to strike other Israeli bases in Iraqi Kurdistan region if its officials do not dismantle them.

teleSUR, lvm, JGN (2022-03-18). Israel detiene a palestinos en Cisjordania ocupada. telesurtv.net El campo de refugiados de al-Arroub, en el distrito de Hebrón, fue invadido por los soldados israelíes.

WSWS (2022-03-18). Ahed's Knee from Israel, made "with a sense of urgency" wsws.org "Ahed's Knee" refers to Palestinian teenager Ahed Tamimi and the incident in December 2017 in the occupied West Bank for which she was later arrested and sentenced to eight months in prison.

Marzieh Rahmani (2022-03-18). Israel official proposes buying Greece islands for wartime. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Mar. 18 (MNA) — An Israeli official has reportedly floated the idea of buying uninhabited Greek islands in the Mediterranean Sea in order to evacuate and relocate Israeli settlers in case of a missile attack or natural disaster events.

Ali Abunimah (2022-03-18). What's Ukraine got to do with Palestine? electronicintifada.net Watch: Joseph Massad discusses the history and Western responses to the war.

Rann Miller (2022-03-18). Opinion: In A Racist Social Structure, There Are No Mistaken Identities. The Ryan Coogler Arrest Was On Brand. moguldom.com In January of this year, acclaimed film director Ryan Coogler was mistaken for a bank robber. Bank staffers at an Atlanta Bank of American branch mistakenly thought Coogler was staging a robbery, so they called cops, and the "Black Panther" director was detained by police, in handcuffs. Coogler had handed the bank teller a handwritten …

JANET (2022-03-18). U.S. racist hypocrisy on refugee crisis. iacenter.org By Betsey Piette March 16, 2022 Black immigrants in Ukraine. The disparate and often racist treatment of refugees of war is starkly apparent as the crisis unfolds in Ukraine. With 24/7 coverage, Western media has not missed an opportunity to garner sympathy for the nearly 2 million disproportionately white Ukrainians currently fleeing the war. No one is denying that their situation is devastating and heartbreaking. What is in question, however, is why the same Western media gave little to no coverage of the 1.5 million other Ukrainian refugees forced to flee their homes to escape bombing and shelling by their own…

Jenny Pierson (2022-03-18). Florida May Soon Use Digital Images of Ballots in Recounts—Will All Counties Make Them a Public Record? independentmediainstitute.org Florida's recounts have been notorious. The 2000 presidential election was decided when the U.S. Supreme Court stopped a recount, holding, in Bush v. Gore, that different counties were using different procedures, which was unconstitutional. In 2018, three statewide contests, including for the U.S. Senate, triggered simultaneous recounts. Some populous counties did not finish in time, …

Staff (2022-03-18). Irán, Ucrania, Venezuela: El negocio del sabotaje en la guerra multifactorial. cubadebate.cu El sabotaje ha sido parte inherente a la guerra no convencional que se ha instrumentado desde el Norte Global para alinear a los países que no se pliegan al supremacismo con el que ellos han concebido la geopolítica. Se trata de grupos de avanzada cuya misión es generar el caos y desestabilizar para incubar o intensificar crisis sociales.

_____ (2022-03-18). Extradition Looms For Assange After Court Refuses To Hear His Appeal. popularresistance.org The British judicial system has erected still another barrier to Julian Assange's freedom. On March 14, the U.K. Supreme Court refused to hear Assange's appeal of the U.K. High Court's ruling ordering his extradition to the United States. If extradited to the U.S. for trial, Assange will face 17 charges under the Espionage Act and up to 175 years in prison for revealing evidence of U.S. war crimes. | With no explanation of its reasoning, the Supreme Court denied Assange "permission to appeal" the High Court's decision, saying that Assange's appeal did not "raise an arguable point of law." The court remanded the c…

Editor (2022-03-18). Sanctions anyone? Imperialist contradiction or the unintended consequence of involuntary decolonization. mronline.org In support of the white supremacist Ukrainian puppet government, many U.S. and European companies have been withdrawing from doing business in Russia.

Mark Gruenberg (2022-03-18). Independent vets group aims to counter right's clout in military. peoplesworld.org ALEXANDRIA, Va.—Remember the kids' game "Capture the flag?" Well, former Army Sgt. Linsay Rousseau and her colleagues at a relatively new veterans' group, Continue To Serve, want to "recapture the flag," so to speak, from the radical right. And the word "patriotism," too. The sergeant, one of four full-time staffers at the group, which seeks …

Hans Modrow, Harald Neuber (2022-03-18). "I feel like I've been transported back almost 80 years. indybay.org People are desperately fleeing from bombs and rockets. I feel transported back almost 80 years and become pensive. Europe had sworn to itself: Never again fascism! Never again war! The scars remain – at the age of 94, I feel them more strongly than ever.

teleSUR, lvm, JGN (2022-03-18). Israel detiene a palestinos en Cisjordania ocupada. telesurtv.net El campo de refugiados de al-Arroub, en el distrito de Hebrón, fue invadido por los soldados israelíes.

WSWS (2022-03-18). Ahed's Knee from Israel, made "with a sense of urgency" wsws.org "Ahed's Knee" refers to Palestinian teenager Ahed Tamimi and the incident in December 2017 in the occupied West Bank for which she was later arrested and sentenced to eight months in prison.

Staff (2022-03-18). Irán, Ucrania, Venezuela: El negocio del sabotaje en la guerra multifactorial. cubadebate.cu El sabotaje ha sido parte inherente a la guerra no convencional que se ha instrumentado desde el Norte Global para alinear a los países que no se pliegan al supremacismo con el que ellos han concebido la geopolítica. Se trata de grupos de avanzada cuya misión es generar el caos y desestabilizar para incubar o intensificar crisis sociales.

A Guest Author (2022-03-17). 'What is it that needs to be done?' A conversation with anti-apartheid freedom fighter Lassy Chiwayo. workers.org This interview was conducted by Workers World correspondent Ted Kelly at Robben Island, off the western coast of South Africa. Lassy Chiwayo is an African National Congress member, former political prisoner, uMkhonto weSizwe freedom fighter and former mayor of Mbombela, capital of the Mpumalanga province. He served as the consul-general . . . |

Sara Flounders (2022-03-17). If you care about Ukraine — disband NATO. workers.org Long before the Feb. 24 Russian intervention, the 2014 U.S.-backed fascist coup regime had reduced Ukraine to the poorest country, and with the highest rate of migration, in Europe. The International Monetary Fund restructured the economy and demanded austerity measures that gutted the pensions and cut social spending. Mass privatizations . . . |

Marie Kelly (2022-03-17). Traditions of health: Black midwives and doulas against racism. workers.org A Black midwife delivering a baby in the 1950s in the rural South. Midwifery on the African continent can be traced back to antiquity. The tombs of queens in Africa depict midwives assisting at the births of royalty. This is significant because it indicates midwives were held in the highest . . . |

teleSUR, ACH, JGN (2022-03-17). 103 años de una leyenda musical: Nat King Cole. telesurtv.net Nat King Cole inició su carrera como cantante en su adolescencia en clubes de jazz de Chicago. Su talento rápidamente lo catapultó a la fama, plataforma que usó para la lucha contra el racismo.

Dana Sanchez (2022-03-17). Ukraine's Zelensky Uses Martin Luther King Jr's Name Before Congress To Lobby For What Experts Call World War III. moguldom.com The name of Martin Luther King Jr., who was anti-war and promoted nonviolent resistance to fight racism, was used by Volodymyr Zelensky in his address to Congress on March 16 as the Ukraine president asked for more U.S. military aid, causing a firestorm on Twitter. Zelensky invoked Dr. King's words from his "I have a dream" …

Yasemin Y. Celikkol (2022-03-17). Calling Ukraine "Relatively Civilized" Invokes a Racist Ranking of Europeanness. truthout.org CBS senior foreign correspondent Charlie D'Agata's contrast of Ukraine, which he described as "relatively civilized, relatively European," with Iraq and Afghanistan, where "conflict has been raging for decades," went viral and offended millions around the globe. This dangerous comment was a sobering reminder of the persisting racism, Islamophobia and colonial mentalities still propagated by mainstream media. While people from the Middle East expressed their shock and disappointment at being…

_____ (2022-03-17). St. Louis's Movement-Backed Mayor Promised To Close An Infamous Jail. popularresistance.org St. Louis, Missouri‚Äâ-‚Äâ"What is the delay in closing the Workhouse?" moderator Maquis Govan asks Mayor Tishaura Jones at a virtual town hall on "re-envisioning public safety" February 8. | The event was co-organized by Action St. Louis, an affiliate of the Movement for Black Lives. The group's 501 ©4 arm, Action St. Louis Power Project, endorsed Jones during her 2021 mayoral run. The Rev. Michelle Higgins opened the event by thanking Jones warmly for "valuing and loving the constituents of this city in this way: taking the time to listen to our questions directly." | Now,…

_____ (2022-03-17). How Neo-Nazis Are Pushing To 'Ukrainize' Brazil. popularresistance.org Sà£o Paulo, Brazil — During the last two weeks, a small group of Brazilian bolsonaristas became social media celebrities as they crossed the border into Ukraine to fight against Russia — posing with assault rifles on Instagram, reciting prayers to the special forces, and sharing video monologues praising the brotherhood of people from around the world who had gathered in a training base near the Ukrainian city of Lviv to kill Russian "communists." The group's inexperience was demonstrated by the fact that most of their social media posts included their geo-location information. | This all change…

_____ (2022-03-17). Neo-Nazis In Ukraine Fake Incidents To Gain More 'Western' Support. popularresistance.org The notorious Azov Battalion, also known as the Azov Regiment, posted this video earlier this week on its Telegram channel. It announced that it had destroyed three Russian armored vehicles and four infantry fighting vehicles, and killed "many infantry." Then it released a picture of a dead man in uniform, purported to be a Russian general whom it had killed. It is difficult to verify these claims. | The city of Mariupol, which has a population of 500,000, is primarily being defended by the Azov Battalion. | Mariupol is also where the Azov Battalion, which is part of the Ukrainian National Guard and thus subordin…

José Manuel Blanco Diaz (2022-03-17). Deranged Russophobia: Ukrainian Journalist Proposes Exterminating Russian Children. orinocotribune.com Russophobia is out of control at the moment, as evidenced by a Ukrainian journalist who openly proposed, on national television, that if Russian children were killed, they would never grow up, and thus Russia would disappear. | The comments were made by Fakhrudin Sharafmal, an anchor for Ukraine's Channel 24, on Tuesday, March 15. Sharafmal considered it appropriate and pertinent, during programming seen by thousands of Ukrainians, to propose a "final solution" to the current conflict between Ukraine and Russia. Sharafmal endorsed the strategy of Adolf Eichmann while a photo of the well-known Nazi, the architect…

Ali Abunimah (2022-03-17). Israel lobby group ADL rehabilitates Hitler's accomplices in Ukraine. electronicintifada.net Western governments don't want their people to know they are supporting Nazis.

Robert Parry (2022-03-17). U.S. Congress Admits Nazi Role in Ukraine. globalresearch.ca Carefully documented article by the late Robert Parry, first posted on GR in June 2015. Read carefully. Of relevance to the ongoing crisis in Ukraine. | "Rather than fully inform its readers about a crisis that has the potential of …

John Feffer (2022-03-17). Will Ukraine write the alt-right's epitaph? nationofchange.org Most of the leaders of the alt-right are scrambling to distance themselves from Vladimir Putin. It might be too late.

WSWS (2022-03-17). Ukrainian news anchor quotes Adolf Eichmann, calls for genocide against Russians. wsws.org The comments broadcast on Ukrainian television testify to the leading role played by fascists in the conflict with Russia.

Rick Rozoff (2022-03-17). "Imperative": Kosovo petitions Biden for fast-tracked NATO membership. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Note how the very Reuters that in 1999 dutifully echoed claims by the U.S. and NATO, as did all other major government and private news sources, that NATO bombarded a European nation for 78 days because of the "worst genocide since Hitler" and "200,000 young Albanian men missing and presumed killed" now writes — almost …

Peoples Dispatch (2022-03-17). Protests erupt in occupied territories and Negev desert following Israeli killing of Palestinians. peoplesdispatch.org Earlier this week, the Israeli security forces killed at least three Palestinians, including one teenager, in separate incidents in the occupied West Bank and in the Negev desert…

Ana Vraƒçar (2022-03-17). Imprisoned Palestinian health activist Shatha Odeh is a beacon of resistance globally. peoplesdispatch.org Imprisoned health activist Shatha Odeh continues to persist in the struggle for the right to health and women's rights as she sends letter from prison for International Women's Day…

Nat Villasana, Sean Scantland (2022-03-17). Protesters condemn racist voting legislation in rural Georgia. liberationnews.org Anti-racist protesters joined a Board of Elections meeting on March 9 in Spalding County, Georgia to oppose local Republicans' new provision to eliminate Sunday voting.

Betsey Piette (2022-03-17). U.S. racist hypocrisy on refugee crisis. workers.org Black immigrants in Ukraine. The disparate and often racist treatment of refugees of war is starkly apparent as the crisis unfolds in Ukraine. With 24/7 coverage, Western media has not missed an opportunity to garner sympathy for the nearly 2 million disproportionately white Ukrainians currently fleeing the war. No one . . . |

_____ (2022-03-17). Sanctions: The Unintended Consequence Of Involuntary Decolonization. popularresistance.org In support of the white supremacist Ukrainian puppet government, many US and European companies have been withdrawing from doing business in Russia. The supposed purpose of such sanctions is, of course, to strangle a country's economy and its people into submission to the will of imperialists. And yes, sanctions kill, particularly in countries that do not have access to certain goods, necessary materials and complex technological services and need to import them. But there is also another aspect of sanctions, and that is the looting via the "confiscation" of assets belonging to the sanctioned country. Theft and p…

Mark Gruenberg (2022-03-17). Donald Trump's fourth link to the Supreme Court: Ginni Thomas. peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON—During his four years in the Oval Office, Donald Trump catered to his right-wing supporters and used the Federalist Society, a right-wing judicial advocacy group, to name three justices to the U.S. Supreme Court—Brett Kavanaugh, Neil Gorsuch, and Amy Coney Barrett. They cemented the rightist majority on the nation's highest bench. What's lesser-known is Trump's …

teleSUR, hvh, JDO (2022-03-17). Defensa de expdte. de Honduras apelará extradición a EE.UU. telesurtv.net El abogado Félix Ávila, uno de los que representa a Juan Orlando Hernández, anunció que el recurso de apelación será interpuesto en tres días.

Staff (2022-03-17). Juez autoriza la extradición del expresidente hondureño Juan Orlando Hernández a Estados Unidos. cubadebate.cu "El juez (Edwin Ortez) de Extradición de Primera Instancia resuelve conceder solicitud de extradición remitida por la Corte del Distrito Sur de Nueva York para el expresidente de la República Juan Orlando Hernández Alvarado", dijo a los periodistas el portavoz de la Corte Suprema de Justicia, Melvin Duarte…

Marjorie Cohn (2022-03-17). Supreme Court: Torture at CIA Black Site Is 'State Secret'. orinocotribune.com By Marjorie Cohn — Mar 10, 2022 | In a scathing dissent, Neil Gorsuch accused the government of seeking dismissal of Abu Zubaydah's petition to avoid "further embarrassment for past misdeeds." | Abu Zubaydah, whom the CIA once mistakenly alleged was a top Al-Qaeda leader, was waterboarded 80-plus times, subjected to assault in the form of forced rectal exams, and exposed to live burials in coffins for hundreds of hours. Zubaydah sobbed, twitched and hyperventilated. During one waterboarding session, he became completely unresponsive, with bubbles coming out of his mouth. "He became so compliant that he would…

A Guest Author (2022-03-17). 'What is it that needs to be done?' A conversation with anti-apartheid freedom fighter Lassy Chiwayo. workers.org This interview was conducted by Workers World correspondent Ted Kelly at Robben Island, off the western coast of South Africa. Lassy Chiwayo is an African National Congress member, former political prisoner, uMkhonto weSizwe freedom fighter and former mayor of Mbombela, capital of the Mpumalanga province. He served as the consul-general . . . |

Marie Kelly (2022-03-17). Traditions of health: Black midwives and doulas against racism. workers.org A Black midwife delivering a baby in the 1950s in the rural South. Midwifery on the African continent can be traced back to antiquity. The tombs of queens in Africa depict midwives assisting at the births of royalty. This is significant because it indicates midwives were held in the highest . . . |

teleSUR, ACH, JGN (2022-03-17). 103 años de una leyenda musical: Nat King Cole. telesurtv.net Nat King Cole inició su carrera como cantante en su adolescencia en clubes de jazz de Chicago. Su talento rápidamente lo catapultó a la fama, plataforma que usó para la lucha contra el racismo.

José Manuel Blanco Diaz (2022-03-17). Deranged Russophobia: Ukrainian Journalist Proposes Exterminating Russian Children. orinocotribune.com Russophobia is out of control at the moment, as evidenced by a Ukrainian journalist who openly proposed, on national television, that if Russian children were killed, they would never grow up, and thus Russia would disappear. | The comments were made by Fakhrudin Sharafmal, an anchor for Ukraine's Channel 24, on Tuesday, March 15. Sharafmal considered it appropriate and pertinent, during programming seen by thousands of Ukrainians, to propose a "final solution" to the current conflict between Ukraine and Russia. Sharafmal endorsed the strategy of Adolf Eichmann while a photo of the well-known Nazi, the architect…

John Feffer (2022-03-17). Will Ukraine write the alt-right's epitaph? nationofchange.org Most of the leaders of the alt-right are scrambling to distance themselves from Vladimir Putin. It might be too late.

WSWS (2022-03-17). Ukrainian news anchor quotes Adolf Eichmann, calls for genocide against Russians. wsws.org The comments broadcast on Ukrainian television testify to the leading role played by fascists in the conflict with Russia.

Hans Modrow, Harald Neuber (2022-03-17). "I feel like I've been transported back almost 80 years. indybay.org People are desperately fleeing from bombs and rockets. I feel transported back almost 80 years and become pensive. Europe had sworn to itself: Never again fascism! Never again war! The scars remain – at the age of 94, I feel them more strongly than ever.

Nat Villasana, Sean Scantland (2022-03-17). Protesters condemn racist voting legislation in rural Georgia. liberationnews.org Anti-racist protesters joined a Board of Elections meeting on March 9 in Spalding County, Georgia to oppose local Republicans' new provision to eliminate Sunday voting.

Betsey Piette (2022-03-17). U.S. racist hypocrisy on refugee crisis. workers.org Black immigrants in Ukraine. The disparate and often racist treatment of refugees of war is starkly apparent as the crisis unfolds in Ukraine. With 24/7 coverage, Western media has not missed an opportunity to garner sympathy for the nearly 2 million disproportionately white Ukrainians currently fleeing the war. No one . . . |

Mark Gruenberg (2022-03-17). Donald Trump's fourth link to the Supreme Court: Ginni Thomas. peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON—During his four years in the Oval Office, Donald Trump catered to his right-wing supporters and used the Federalist Society, a right-wing judicial advocacy group, to name three justices to the U.S. Supreme Court—Brett Kavanaugh, Neil Gorsuch, and Amy Coney Barrett. They cemented the rightist majority on the nation's highest bench. What's lesser-known is Trump's …

Staff (2022-03-17). Juez autoriza la extradición del expresidente hondureño Juan Orlando Hernández a Estados Unidos. cubadebate.cu "El juez (Edwin Ortez) de Extradición de Primera Instancia resuelve conceder solicitud de extradición remitida por la Corte del Distrito Sur de Nueva York para el expresidente de la República Juan Orlando Hernández Alvarado", dijo a los periodistas el portavoz de la Corte Suprema de Justicia, Melvin Duarte…

teleSUR, hvh, JDO (2022-03-17). Defensa de expdte. de Honduras apelará extradición a EE.UU. telesurtv.net El abogado Félix Ávila, uno de los que representa a Juan Orlando Hernández, anunció que el recurso de apelación será interpuesto en tres días.

Marjorie Cohn (2022-03-17). Supreme Court: Torture at CIA Black Site Is 'State Secret'. orinocotribune.com By Marjorie Cohn — Mar 10, 2022 | In a scathing dissent, Neil Gorsuch accused the government of seeking dismissal of Abu Zubaydah's petition to avoid "further embarrassment for past misdeeds." | Abu Zubaydah, whom the CIA once mistakenly alleged was a top Al-Qaeda leader, was waterboarded 80-plus times, subjected to assault in the form of forced rectal exams, and exposed to live burials in coffins for hundreds of hours. Zubaydah sobbed, twitched and hyperventilated. During one waterboarding session, he became completely unresponsive, with bubbles coming out of his mouth. "He became so compliant that he would…

_____ (2022-03-16). In Solidarity With Haitian Workers And Migrants. popularresistance.org The Black Alliance for Peace (BAP) declares its support for garment workers in Haiti and stands with the Haitian people who, migrating from the country for economic or political reasons, have faced racism, hostility, and terror abroad. We also condemn the neo-colonial political economic policies of the U.S. government, its international allies, and the multinational corporations who have created Haiti's imperial crisis by continuing to undermine the sovereignty and independence of the Haitian people. | Early in the year, garment workers launched protests at the Caracol Industrial Park in Haiti's northeast region.

ecns.cn (2022-03-16). Taiwan's future cannot rely on 'empty promises' from external forces: spokesperson. ecns.cn A Chinese mainland spokesperson on Wednesday said that the future of China's Taiwan region, as well as Taiwan compatriots' security and wellbeing, lies in the peaceful development of relations across the Taiwan Strait and national reunification, rather than "empty promises" from external forces.

Reem Zubaidi (2022-03-16). Israeli Apartheid on full display amid Ukraine refugee crisis. liberationnews.org Israel reinstated a ban on Palestinian family unification in an explicit attempt to ensure a Jewish demographic majority, while at the same time relocating Ukrainian Jewish refugees to Israel where they have full Israeli citizenship.

Abdoulie Njai, Micaela Torres, Margareta Matache (2022-03-16). Ukraine: The refugee double standard. nationofchange.org This war has unleashed new, overt, and cruel manifestations of racism on the continent, revealing longstanding double standards at the global level.

Margaret Kimberley (2022-03-16). In Praise of 'Whataboutism'. orinocotribune.com By Margaret Kimberley — Mar 9, 2022 | The word "whataboutism" is used to silence and insult opponents of U.S. imperialism. It should be embraced as a means of revealing what is too often kept hidden. | Anyone who speaks out against imperialism, capitalism, or racism with concrete examples of the terrible harm they do, can expect to be charged with the dreaded term "whataboutism." Like clockwork, the act of revealing American crimes will result in an accusation that is used to silence dissent. | When war propaganda prevails regarding Ukraine or any other place where the hegemon is doing its dirty work, it is…

ecns.cn (2022-03-16). Racism still endangers Asian American women: USA Today. ecns.cn A year after the Atlanta spa shootings, misogynistic racism still endangers Asian American women in the United States, an opinion piece published on USA Today has said.

WSWS (2022-03-16). Manchester Evening News dubs Ukrainian World War II Nazi collaborator a "hero" wsws.org From the moment the article was published on the MEN's online site on March 5, hundreds denounced it on social media for promoting someone who had clearly fought alongside Hitler's army.

Benjamin Norton (2022-03-16). Presentador ucraniano llama al genocidio de los rusos, citando al nazi Adolf Eichmann. multipolarista.com En vivo por televisión, un presentador del Canal 24 de Ucrania citó al criminal de guerra nazi Adolf Eichmann, arquitecto del Holocausto, llamando a "exterminar" a los niños rusos para provocar el genocidio del pueblo de Rusia.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-03-16). Behind the Azov-Brazil Connection: How Neo-Nazis Are Pushing to "Ukrainize" Brazil. libya360.wordpress.com Brian Mier A small group of Brazilian bolsonaristas have become social media celebrities as they crossed the border into Ukraine to fight against Russia, but as Brian Meir reports, Ukrainian Neo-Nazi groups have had influence in Brazil for years. SàÉO PAULO —During the last two weeks, a small group of Brazilian bolsonaristas became social media celebrities as…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-03-16). Beware the Ides of March… Russia Defeated and Putin Assassinated? libya360.wordpress.com Finian Cunningham By the end of this month, as the Western media messaging goes, Russia will be defeated by the NATO-backed Ukrainian rag-tag of NeoNazi brigades. Russia's military intervention in Ukraine takes war to a new level of information warfare. Over the past three weeks, Western mainstream media has unleashed a tsunami of false information and…

Staff (2022-03-16). Semiótica del Nazi-Fascismo. cubadebate.cu Odio, miedo y orden para la inmovilidad. No hay que esperar a que la burguesía se asuste para que se muestre nazi-fascista. La ideología de la clase dominante posee, de nacimiento, filigranas de odio empapadas en miedo de clase, que trabajan sistemáticamente en todo el espectro, objetivo y subjetivo, de sus dominios.

Brian Mier (2022-03-16). Brazilian neo-Nazis see Ukraine as their model: Behind the fascist campaign to 'Ukrainize' Brazil. multipolarista.com Brazilian neo-Nazis and supporters of far-right President Jair Bolsonaro have spent years collaborating with violent fascists in Ukraine, and even launched a campaign to "Ukrainize" Brazil.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-03-16). Israel's Links to Ukraine's Thriving Neo-Nazi Movement. libya360.wordpress.com Editorial Comment: Zionism, like Nazism, must be exposed and challenged. Nazis have always had a close alliance with Zionists and Islamists. These extremist ideologies, as with all forms of fascism, flourish within imperialism and cannot be defeated without dismantling imperialism. Zionism and Anti-Semitism: The Real Resistance The Hidden History of Zionism Part I: Unholy Alliance Part…

Benjamin Norton (2022-03-16). Ukrainian TV host calls for genocide of Russians, quoting Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann. multipolarista.com Live on TV, a presenter for Ukraine's Channel 24 quoted Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann, an architect of the Holocaust, calling for "exterminating" Russian children to bring about genocide of the people of Russia.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-03-16). Under the Wolfsangel: The Truth about Radical Ideologies in Ukraine. libya360.wordpress.com Olga Sukharevskaya A cursory look at the documents regarding the foundation of the Ukrainian state would make it appear quite European and democratic, which is exactly the reason why many might have dismissed Vladimir Putin's talk about neo-Nazis in Ukraine as rhetoric and propaganda. The truth, however, is much more complicated and cannot be summarized…

Miko Peled (2022-03-16). Israel Apologists Hurl Familiar Antisemitism Charges in Post-Speech Ambush of Amnesty Director. mintpressnews.com WASHINGTON — A typical DC storm has been brewing since Paul O'Brien, executive director of Amnesty International USA, spoke last Wednesday at the Women's National Democratic Club (WNDC) in Washington. O'Brien gave an excellent talk about Amnesty International's The woman asking the question represented a Zionist organization and repeatedly claimed that cal…

Kungu Al-Mahadi Adam (2022-03-16). Muhoozi returns home after successful meeting with Rwanda's Kagame. plusnews.ug The UPDF Commander Land Forces, Lt Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba has Wednesday returned from Rwanda after a successful three day visit. Muhoozi travelled to Rwanda on Monday morning to Kigali to resolve all outstanding issues between Rwanda and Uganda. While in Rwanda, he held talks with President Paul Kagame, paid respects to genocide victims at the …

Staff (2022-03-16). Iran backs OIC's endeavors towards fighting Islamophobia. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Mar. 16 (MNA) — Iran's Permanent Ambassador to the United Nations Majid Takht-Ravanchi said that the country backs the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC)'s endeavors towards fighting Islamophobia.

WSWS (2022-03-16). Reports expose UK, US arming of Ukraine military including fascist forces. wsws.org Officially, the UK commenced "bilateral military assistance" to Kiev in October 2014, shortly after the Maidan coup but unofficial military ties go back to 1991.

WSWS (2022-03-16). Virginia Thomas, wife of right-wing Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, admits to participating in January 6 "Stop the Steal" rally. wsws.org "Ginni" Thomas played an active role in the fascist conspiracy headed by Donald Trump to overturn the 2020 presidential election.

Staff (2022-03-16). Growing solidarity in France and around the world confronts anti-Palestinian repression. samidoun.net Less than one week after French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin announced via Twitter that he had officially dissolved, or banned, two Palestinian liberation advocacy groups, the Collectif Palestine Vaincra and the Comite Action Palestine, international outrage at French repression and solidarity with the groups is on the rise. While the Israeli embassy in France lauds …

Anonymous669 (2022-03-16). US Plans To Sell F-15 Multirole Fighter Jets To Egypt. southfront.org An Israeli Air Force F-15 fighter jet flies during an aerial demonstration. (photo credit: AMIR COHEN — REUTERS) | On March 15, US Central Command (CENTCOM) head Gen. Frank McKenzie revealed that the US is planning to approve the sale of F-15 fighter jets to Egypt. | The commander told the Senate Armed Services Committee that the impending deal for the jets followed a drawn-out process."In the case of Egypt, I think we have good news in that we're going to provide them with F-15s, which was a long, hard sl…

teleSUR, JDO (2022-03-16). Liga àÅrabe exige detener el genocidio israelí contra palestinos. telesurtv.net Dicha organización condena los asentamientos ilegales, las demoliciones de viviendas, los desplazamientos y las detenciones diarias.

Peoples Dispatch (2022-03-16). Day after Erbil strike, Iran claims to have foiled Israeli sabotage at its Fordow nuclear facility. peoplesdispatch.org Reports in Middle East Eye as well as some US media outlets claimed that Israel has been operating anti-Iranian bases in Iraqi Kurdistan and was responsible for the attack on Iran's drone facility in Tabriz a few weeks back…

Abdul Rahman (2022-03-16). Israel's opposes Iran nuclear deal to limit its strength as regional power. peoplesdispatch.org Israel has undertaken numerous efforts to prevent the revival of the Iran nuclear deal as it sees integration of Iranians in international politics as the most significant regional challenge to its occupation of Palestine and the Syrian Golan, as well as to its status as a regional hegemon…

Ramona Wadi (2022-03-16). Not all Refugees are Equal: Plight of Palestinians Displaced by Israel Worsening. juancole.com ( Middle East Monitor ) — Financial support for the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) is dwindling, despite the renewed mandates and financial contribution pledges by world leaders. "The almost unanimous political support expressed by the UN General Assembly to the Agency is not translated into matching financial resources," UNRWA's Commissioner-General, …

Staff (2022-03-16). Amplify Palestine: Support Samidoun Deutschland's Sound System Fundraiser! samidoun.net Ten years have passed since Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network was founded to be a voice for the Palestinian prisoners' movement everywhere and to broadcast their struggle for freedom to the world. Help Samidoun Deutschland today to keep their voice loud and clear! To make sure we fill the cities of Germany and Europe with …

Rachel Hu (2022-03-16). A year after the Atlanta spa shootings, why are Asian Americans still under attack? liberationnews.org March 16th marks the one-year anniversary the racist mass murder of eight Asian women in Atlanta. This sparked actions across the country, moving tens of thousands of Asian Americans and all those outraged by the massacre into the streets.

Marjorie Cohn (2022-03-16). Extradition Looms for Assange After UK Supreme Court Refuses to Hear His Appeal. truthout.org The British judicial system has erected still another barrier to Julian Assange's freedom. On March 14, the U.K. Supreme Court refused to hear Assange's W…

PANEL: Race, Class,, the Struggle for Reproductive Rights (2022-03-16). PANEL: Race, Class, and the Struggle for Reproductive Rights. peoplesworld.org "We're Not Going Back" — CLASS, RACE AND THE STRUGGLE FOR REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS The stakes could not be higher as reactionary attacks on reproductive rights intensify. Over 30 states are ready to outlaw legal abortion access if the Supreme Court overturns Roe v Wade. African Americans, Latinas, and other people of color, as well as …

teleSUR, hvh, JCM (2022-03-16). Inicia audiencia de extradición a expresidente hondureño. telesurtv.net Juan Orlando Hernández se convierte en el primer expresidente hondureño en ser acusado de extradición a EE.UU.

SF015 (2022-03-16). Mass Grave In Mariupol. Who May Buried There And Why. southfront.org An official representative of the DPR said at an urgent briefing on the morning of 16 March that information had been received from various sources that another falsification had been carried out by the Ukrainian leadership in the city of Mariupol. | This time, the office of the Ukrainian President set the task for the Ukrainian armed forces' command to discredit the actions of the Russian forces by showing the Western public the mass graves of civilians allegedly killed as a result of artillery shellin…

Juan Cole (2022-03-16). Top 7 Ways Iran evaded US Sanctions that Putin could Follow. juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — The sorts of sanctions and boycotts the United States and its allies are placing on Russia resemble those applied by Washington to Iran off and on in the past decade, though so far the measures in place against Tehran are still far more severe than what has been done to …

Human Rights Watch (2022-03-16). Saudi Arabia: Mass Execution of 81 Men: Rampant Abuses in Criminal Justice System, lack of Fair Trials. juancole.com Human Rights Watch — (Beirut) — Saudi authorities' execution of 81 men on March 12, 2022 was its largest mass execution in years despite recent promises to curtail its use of the death penalty, Human Rights Watch said today. Rampant and systemic abuses in Saudi Arabia's criminal justice system suggest it is highly unlikely that …

Peoples Dispatch (2022-03-16). Day after Erbil strike, Iran claims to have foiled Israeli sabotage at its Fordow nuclear facility. peoplesdispatch.org Reports in Middle East Eye as well as some US media outlets claimed that Israel has been operating anti-Iranian bases in Iraqi Kurdistan and was responsible for the attack on Iran's drone facility in Tabriz a few weeks back…

Rachel Hu (2022-03-16). A year after the Atlanta spa shootings, why are Asian Americans still under attack? liberationnews.org March 16th marks the one-year anniversary the racist mass murder of eight Asian women in Atlanta. This sparked actions across the country, moving tens of thousands of Asian Americans and all those outraged by the massacre into the streets.

WSWS (2022-03-16). Reports expose UK, US arming of Ukraine military including fascist forces. wsws.org Officially, the UK commenced "bilateral military assistance" to Kiev in October 2014, shortly after the Maidan coup but unofficial military ties go back to 1991.

Reem Zubaidi (2022-03-16). Israeli Apartheid on full display amid Ukraine refugee crisis. liberationnews.org Israel reinstated a ban on Palestinian family unification in an explicit attempt to ensure a Jewish demographic majority, while at the same time relocating Ukrainian Jewish refugees to Israel where they have full Israeli citizenship.

ecns.cn (2022-03-16). Racism still endangers Asian American women: USA Today. ecns.cn A year after the Atlanta spa shootings, misogynistic racism still endangers Asian American women in the United States, an opinion piece published on USA Today has said.

Abdoulie Njai, Micaela Torres, Margareta Matache (2022-03-16). Ukraine: The refugee double standard. nationofchange.org This war has unleashed new, overt, and cruel manifestations of racism on the continent, revealing longstanding double standards at the global level.

WSWS (2022-03-16). Manchester Evening News dubs Ukrainian World War II Nazi collaborator a "hero" wsws.org From the moment the article was published on the MEN's online site on March 5, hundreds denounced it on social media for promoting someone who had clearly fought alongside Hitler's army.

Staff (2022-03-16). Semiótica del Nazi-Fascismo. cubadebate.cu Odio, miedo y orden para la inmovilidad. No hay que esperar a que la burguesía se asuste para que se muestre nazi-fascista. La ideología de la clase dominante posee, de nacimiento, filigranas de odio empapadas en miedo de clase, que trabajan sistemáticamente en todo el espectro, objetivo y subjetivo, de sus dominios.

ecns.cn (2022-03-16). Taiwan's future cannot rely on 'empty promises' from external forces: spokesperson. ecns.cn A Chinese mainland spokesperson on Wednesday said that the future of China's Taiwan region, as well as Taiwan compatriots' security and wellbeing, lies in the peaceful development of relations across the Taiwan Strait and national reunification, rather than "empty promises" from external forces.

Miko Peled (2022-03-16). Israel Apologists Hurl Familiar Antisemitism Charges in Post-Speech Ambush of Amnesty Director. mintpressnews.com WASHINGTON — A typical DC storm has been brewing since Paul O'Brien, executive director of Amnesty International USA, spoke last Wednesday at the Women's National Democratic Club (WNDC) in Washington. O'Brien gave an excellent talk about Amnesty International's The woman asking the question represented a Zionist organization and repeatedly claimed that cal…

Kungu Al-Mahadi Adam (2022-03-16). Muhoozi returns home after successful meeting with Rwanda's Kagame. plusnews.ug The UPDF Commander Land Forces, Lt Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba has Wednesday returned from Rwanda after a successful three day visit. Muhoozi travelled to Rwanda on Monday morning to Kigali to resolve all outstanding issues between Rwanda and Uganda. While in Rwanda, he held talks with President Paul Kagame, paid respects to genocide victims at the …

Staff (2022-03-16). Iran backs OIC's endeavors towards fighting Islamophobia. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Mar. 16 (MNA) — Iran's Permanent Ambassador to the United Nations Majid Takht-Ravanchi said that the country backs the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC)'s endeavors towards fighting Islamophobia.

WSWS (2022-03-16). Virginia Thomas, wife of right-wing Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, admits to participating in January 6 "Stop the Steal" rally. wsws.org "Ginni" Thomas played an active role in the fascist conspiracy headed by Donald Trump to overturn the 2020 presidential election.

Hans Modrow, Harald Neuber (2022-03-16). "I feel like I've been transported back almost 80 years. indybay.org People are desperately fleeing from bombs and rockets. I feel transported back almost 80 years and become pensive. Europe had sworn to itself: Never again fascism! Never again war! The scars remain – at the age of 94, I feel them more strongly than ever.

teleSUR, JDO (2022-03-16). Liga àÅrabe exige detener el genocidio israelí contra palestinos. telesurtv.net Dicha organización condena los asentamientos ilegales, las demoliciones de viviendas, los desplazamientos y las detenciones diarias.

Ramona Wadi (2022-03-16). Not all Refugees are Equal: Plight of Palestinians Displaced by Israel Worsening. juancole.com ( Middle East Monitor ) — Financial support for the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) is dwindling, despite the renewed mandates and financial contribution pledges by world leaders. "The almost unanimous political support expressed by the UN General Assembly to the Agency is not translated into matching financial resources," UNRWA's Commissioner-General, …

teleSUR, hvh, JCM (2022-03-16). Inicia audiencia de extradición a expresidente hondureño. telesurtv.net Juan Orlando Hernández se convierte en el primer expresidente hondureño en ser acusado de extradición a EE.UU.

PANEL: Race, Class,, the Struggle for Reproductive Rights (2022-03-16). PANEL: Race, Class, and the Struggle for Reproductive Rights. peoplesworld.org "We're Not Going Back" — CLASS, RACE AND THE STRUGGLE FOR REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS The stakes could not be higher as reactionary attacks on reproductive rights intensify. Over 30 states are ready to outlaw legal abortion access if the Supreme Court overturns Roe v Wade. African Americans, Latinas, and other people of color, as well as …

SF015 (2022-03-16). Mass Grave In Mariupol. Who May Buried There And Why. southfront.org An official representative of the DPR said at an urgent briefing on the morning of 16 March that information had been received from various sources that another falsification had been carried out by the Ukrainian leadership in the city of Mariupol. | This time, the office of the Ukrainian President set the task for the Ukrainian armed forces' command to discredit the actions of the Russian forces by showing the Western public the mass graves of civilians allegedly killed as a result of artillery shellin…

Human Rights Watch (2022-03-16). Saudi Arabia: Mass Execution of 81 Men: Rampant Abuses in Criminal Justice System, lack of Fair Trials. juancole.com Human Rights Watch — (Beirut) — Saudi authorities' execution of 81 men on March 12, 2022 was its largest mass execution in years despite recent promises to curtail its use of the death penalty, Human Rights Watch said today. Rampant and systemic abuses in Saudi Arabia's criminal justice system suggest it is highly unlikely that …

Juan Cole (2022-03-16). Top 7 Ways Iran evaded US Sanctions that Putin could Follow. juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — The sorts of sanctions and boycotts the United States and its allies are placing on Russia resemble those applied by Washington to Iran off and on in the past decade, though so far the measures in place against Tehran are still far more severe than what has been done to …

Staff (2022-03-15). The Amarneh Family: Palestinians resisting Israeli imprisonment and Palestinian Authority "security coordination" samidoun.net For the Amarneh family of Yabad, southwest of Jenin, involvement in the Palestinian struggle for liberation is a part of life — as is political imprisonment in Israeli occupation prisons. However, the Amarnehs, like many Palestinians resisting Zionist colonialism, apartheid and occupation, face not only the direct colonial imprisonment of the occupation forces but also …

Brian Mier (2022-03-15). Behind the Azov-Brazil Connection: How Neo-Nazis Are Pushing to "Ukrainize" Brazil. mintpressnews.com A small group of Brazilian bolsonaristas have become social media celebrities as they crossed the border into Ukraine to fight against Russia, but as Brian Meir reports, Ukrainian Neo-Nazi groups have had influence in Brazil for years.

Robert Inlakesh (2022-03-15). Israel's Links to Ukraine's Thriving Neo-Nazi Movement. mintpressnews.com Although there is no concrete evidence of a direct Israeli government link with the Azov Battalion or other neo-Nazi groups in Ukraine, there are clearly Israeli citizens who are directly aiding them.

_____ (2022-03-15). US, NATO, Russia, Ukraine And The Whiteness Of Empire. popularresistance.org The US has poured weapons, military advisors, and political operatives into Ukraine for years. It has long coveted Ukraine for NATO. So in 2014 the US arranged a coup, with neo-nazi help, against the democratically elected president. The people in the Donbas region in the east resisted that coup and formed the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics in self-defense. The illegitimate government in Kiev attacked them, aided by their neo-nazi militias and supported by the US. By the end of 2021 the war had cost 14,000 lives; 11,000 had been Ukrainians opposing the coup. | These Ukrainians resisted Kiev's ban on their…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-03-15). Why is the West Silent About Ukrainian Neo-Nazi Movements, Azov Battalion, & Bandera Legacy? libya360.wordpress.com Ekaterina Blinova French President Emmanuel Macron claimed in his Wednesday address to the nation that Russia's special operation to demilitarise and "de-Nazify" Ukraine is "not a fight against Nazism", thus joining the chorus of political leaders and media outlets in the West who downplay or altogether deny the problem of Ukrainian ultra-nationalism. Ukraine's ultra-nationalist and…

Staff (2022-03-15). Zelenski dice a los ucranianos que se olviden de una posible entrada de la OTAN. cubadebate.cu El presidente de Ucrania, Volodomir Zelenski, ha lamentado este martes que a pesar de haber escuchado "durante años" que "las puertas" de la OTAN estaban "supuestamente abiertas" en realidad no lo están y ha pedido a sus compatriotas que confíen en ellos mismos. Ha quedado claro que Ucrania no es miembro de la OTAN, dijo el presidente ucraniano.

Morteza Ahmadi Al Hashem (2022-03-15). UN makes Mar. 15 "Intl. Day to Combat Islamophobia" en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Mar. 15 (MNA) — The United Nations on Tuesday has issued a resolution designating March 15 as "International Day to Combat Islamophobia".

Chris Walker (2022-03-15). Ginni Thomas, Wife of Clarence Thomas, Attended "Stop the Steal" Rally on Jan. 6. truthout.org Ginni Thomas, a far right activist and wife of conservative Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, admitted in an interview published on Monday that she attended the "Stop the Steal" rally that preceded the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol building. | Thomas told The Washington Free Beacon

teleSUR, DRL (2022-03-15). Ejército y policía de Israel asesinan a tres jóvenes palestinos. telesurtv.net Otros seis jóvenes fueron heridos por disparos de las fuerzas de ocupación israelíes en dos zonas distintas de Palestina.

WSWS (2022-03-15). Iran's attack on Irbil confirms widening of US/Russia conflict to the Middle East. wsws.org Iran's attack on Irbil marks a significant escalation in the ongoing tensions between Tehran and Israel, and by extension the US.

Staff (2022-03-15). IRGC Quds Force commander says Erbil attack was decisive. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Mar. 15 (MNA) — The IRGC Quds Force Commander Brigadier General Esmaeil Ghaani has described the recent IRGC missile attack on an Israeli base in Erbil of Iraq as a decisive action that taught a good lesson to the regime.

_____ (2022-03-15). Iran Unleashes its Fury against US and Israel in Retaliation for Provocations. journal-neo.org Endless provocations and subversive actions of the US and Israel against Iran lead to the Iranian people getting increasingly bitter towards the two countries and their representatives. Following the blatant US assassination operation against Iranian General Qasem Soleimani, commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) special forces, killed on the night of January 3, 2020 …

Staff (2022-03-15). Palestinian writer Khaled Barakat addresses letter to German court as he appeals political ban. samidoun.net On Friday, 11 March, Palestinian writer Khaled Barakat's appeal against the political ban imposed upon him by Berlin immigration authorities in June 2019 was brought before a German court. Barakat is fighting back against the Berlin immigration office's imposition of a political ban on him, barring him from participating in political and social events and …

Ann Brown (2022-03-15). White Nationalist Hispanics: 5 Things To Know About The Rising Trend In America. moguldom.com More Latinos in the U.S. are adopting far-right extremism. The rise in the number of white nationalist Hispanics is reflected in a few things including an increase in Hispanic Americans who identify as white. The trend is "part of the mutation that takes place as the racist fringe tries to become more mainstream," said Brian …

_____ (2022-03-15). UK Supreme Court Refuses Assange Appeal. popularresistance.org Julian Assange, the publisher of WikiLeaks, has been denied his petition to appeal the High Court's decision to extradite him to the United States, where he faces up to 175 years in prison for publishing U.S. state secrets that revealed evidence of American war crimes. The next possible step for Assange to forestall extradition is to ask the High Court to hear a cross appeal against the lower court's judgement. Assange's attorneys on Monday indicated that that would likely be their next step. Assange won in the magistrate's court in January 2021. That court decided not to extradite Assange based on his mental sta…

Chris Hedges (2022-03-15). Chris Hedges: Waltzing Toward Armageddon with the Merchants of Death. mintpressnews.com Putin played into the hands of the war industry. He gave the warmongers what they wanted. He fulfilled their wildest fantasies. There will be no impediments now on the march to Armageddon.

_____ (2022-03-15). Waltzing Toward Armageddon With The Merchants Of Death. popularresistance.org The Cold War, from 1945 to 1989, was a wild Bacchanalia for arms manufacturers, the Pentagon, the CIA, the diplomats who played one country off another on the world's chess board, and the global corporations able to loot and pillage by equating predatory capitalism with freedom. In the name of national security, the Cold Warriors, many of them self-identified liberals, demonized labor, independent media, human rights organizations, and those who opposed the permanent war economy and the militarization of American society as soft on communism. | That is why they have resurrected it. | The decision to spurn the pos…

Mark Weisbrot (2022-03-15). Biden's Sanctions on Afghanistan. zcomm.org The economic sanctions imposed by the United States and its allies are causing widespread, severe hunger in this desperately poor country…

Arturo Domínguez (2022-03-15). Biden, Democrats Not Interested in Defunding the Police (OPINION). latinorebels.com While using certain crime statistics as a rationale to "re-fund the police" is dishonest, so is the notion that Democrats are taking anything away from law enforcement. Under President Biden, police have received billions in funding with little to no accountability or transparency.

Amjed Jaaved (2022-03-15). "Accidental" launching of missile into Pakistan's air space. moderndiplomacy.eu A "supersonic flying object", believed to be a version of the Brahmos missile, flew into Pakistan's air space at debatable altitude near air corridors of airliners, before falling near Mian Chunu (Khanewal, Multan ), a strategic location. Pakistan expressed its ennui to the United Nations 'secretary general and the German chancellor. Pakistan's foreign minister alleged …

Amy Westervelt (2022-03-15). The U.S. Government Doesn't Control Domestic Oil Production. But It Should. zcomm.org The oil and gas industry won't increase production because it's enjoying the profits from high prices…

Michael Sainato (2022-03-15). More than 1,000 Hershey's Workers Vote on Plan to Unionize. zcomm.org The Pennsylvania-based candy brand has hired union-busting consultants as workers fight for better pay and conditions…

Eileen Flanagan (2022-03-15). When complex and ambitious demands undermine a good campaign. zcomm.org In trying to spur a green jobs program in Philadelphia, Earth Quaker Action Team learned valuable lessons about crafting effective demands…

Kate Aronoff (2022-03-15). Oil Companies Are Making a Fortune From Soaring Prices. zcomm.org ConocoPhillips, Chevron, and other oil companies are paying negative taxes on huge profits…

Boaventura de Sousa Santos (2022-03-15). Why Europe Needs to Take a Hard Look at Itself. zcomm.org They will go down in history as Europe's most mediocre leaders since the end of the Second World War…

Joe DeManuelle-Hall (2022-03-15). Texas Union Activists Fight 'Microtransit' Privatization. zcomm.org When "microtransit," the new rage in transit privatization, showed up in Denton, Texas, union activists decided to fight back…

Hector Luis Alamo (2022-03-15). No Charges Against Chicago Cops in Shooting Deaths of Adam Toledo and Anthony Alvarez. latinorebels.com The Chicago Police officers involved in last year's shooting deaths of 13-year-old Adam Toledo and 22-year-old Anthony Alvarez will not face criminal charges, Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx said on Tuesday.

Eric Zuesse (2022-03-15). Who actually CAUSED this war in Ukraine? moderndiplomacy.eu On 24 February 1990, U.S. President George Herbert Walker Bush secretly informed German Chancellor Helmut Kohl at Camp David, that though Bush and all of his agents such as Secretary of State James Baker had verbally promised the Soviet Union's leader Mikhail Gorbachev that (as Baker put it) NATO would not expand "one inch to …

Noam Chomsky (2022-03-15). Peace Talks in Ukraine "Will Get Nowhere" If US Keeps Refusing to Join. zcomm.org The means are understood. If the will is there, it is possible to avert catastrophe and to move on to a much better world…

Staff (2022-03-15). The Amarneh Family: Palestinians resisting Israeli imprisonment and Palestinian Authority "security coordination" samidoun.net For the Amarneh family of Yabad, southwest of Jenin, involvement in the Palestinian struggle for liberation is a part of life — as is political imprisonment in Israeli occupation prisons. However, the Amarnehs, like many Palestinians resisting Zionist colonialism, apartheid and occupation, face not only the direct colonial imprisonment of the occupation forces but also …

Brian Mier (2022-03-15). Behind the Azov-Brazil Connection: How Neo-Nazis Are Pushing to "Ukrainize" Brazil. mintpressnews.com A small group of Brazilian bolsonaristas have become social media celebrities as they crossed the border into Ukraine to fight against Russia, but as Brian Meir reports, Ukrainian Neo-Nazi groups have had influence in Brazil for years.

Robert Inlakesh (2022-03-15). Israel's Links to Ukraine's Thriving Neo-Nazi Movement. mintpressnews.com Although there is no concrete evidence of a direct Israeli government link with the Azov Battalion or other neo-Nazi groups in Ukraine, there are clearly Israeli citizens who are directly aiding them.

Staff (2022-03-15). Zelenski dice a los ucranianos que se olviden de una posible entrada de la OTAN. cubadebate.cu El presidente de Ucrania, Volodomir Zelenski, ha lamentado este martes que a pesar de haber escuchado "durante años" que "las puertas" de la OTAN estaban "supuestamente abiertas" en realidad no lo están y ha pedido a sus compatriotas que confíen en ellos mismos. Ha quedado claro que Ucrania no es miembro de la OTAN, dijo el presidente ucraniano.

teleSUR, DRL (2022-03-15). Ejército y policía de Israel asesinan a tres jóvenes palestinos. telesurtv.net Otros seis jóvenes fueron heridos por disparos de las fuerzas de ocupación israelíes en dos zonas distintas de Palestina.

WSWS (2022-03-15). Iran's attack on Irbil confirms widening of US/Russia conflict to the Middle East. wsws.org Iran's attack on Irbil marks a significant escalation in the ongoing tensions between Tehran and Israel, and by extension the US.

Staff (2022-03-15). Palestinian writer Khaled Barakat addresses letter to German court as he appeals political ban. samidoun.net On Friday, 11 March, Palestinian writer Khaled Barakat's appeal against the political ban imposed upon him by Berlin immigration authorities in June 2019 was brought before a German court. Barakat is fighting back against the Berlin immigration office's imposition of a political ban on him, barring him from participating in political and social events and …

Ali Abunimah (2022-03-14). Carrefour joins forces with Israeli settlement profiteers. electronicintifada.net EU seeks more "opportunities for cooperation" with apartheid regime.

Miko Peled (2022-03-14). On the Origins of "Genocide": What We Learn from Amnesty's Report on Israeli Apartheid. mintpressnews.com The biggest lie perpetrated by Zionists is that Israel is somehow a response to the crime against humanity perpetrated against Jews by Nazi Germany. In fact, Israel is itself a crime that needs to be pointed out.

George Yancy (2022-03-14). Anti-Black Racism Is Global. So Must Be the Movement to End It. truthout.org In her book, Killing Rage: Ending Racism, the late bell hooks communicates the weight of what feels like an axiomatic truth: "All black people in the United States, irrespective of their class status or politics, live with the possibility that they will be terrorized by whiteness." As we bear witness to the authoritarian violence imposed upon Ukraine by Vladimir Putin's deployment of Russia's military might, and to his perverse fantasy of a "New Russia," we must never forget that anti-Black racism in the U.

_____ (2022-03-14). UK and US Jointly Develop Biological Weapons. journal-neo.org Documentary evidence of Washington's aggressive plans for developing and manufacturing biological weapons in secret US biological laboratories in Ukraine, banned by international conventions, has been uncovered during the Russian special operation to denazify and demilitarize Ukraine, and it is frankly horrifying! Although suspicions of such US activities have already been repeatedly published by many media …

Rick Rozoff (2022-03-14). WSJ: State Department veteran calls for heavily-armed NATO troops in western Ukraine. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com The author, Ludovic Hood, identifies himself as a fifteen-year veteran of the State Department and currently Special Advisor to Vice President Harris for the Middle East and North Africa and Senior Advisor to the Office of the Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism at the State Department. Wall Street JournalMarch 13, 2022 Send NATO …

Ann Brown (2022-03-14). Will Wells Fargo Be Busted Again? During Mortgage Refinancing Boom, Bank Rejects About 50% Of Black Applicants. moguldom.com Over the last few years, Wells Fargo has been hit with several racial discrimination lawsuits. According to a new report, Wells Fargo rejected half its Black applicants in the mortgage refinancing boom of 2020. It seems the banking giant hasn't changed its policies. Will this lead to more lawsuits? Nationwide, only 47 percent of Black …

Yoselina Guevara (2022-03-14). Russophobia and Discrimination is the New Pandemic. orinocotribune.com By Yoselina Guevara — Mar 11, 2022 | "All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights and, endowed as they are with reason and conscience, should behave towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood." | -Universal Declaration of Human Rights | It is unacceptable for countries that claim to be civilized or that call themselves developed to discriminate against someone just because they are Russian, whether by birth or naturalization, and suddenly single them out publicly as an enemy. Hundreds of transnational communication entities have been aiming their heaviest artillery to generate a Russop…

WSWS (2022-03-14). As federal trial opens, prosecutor lays out evidence of fascist plot to kidnap and murder Michigan Governor Whitmer. wsws.org In his opening argument on Wednesday, Assistant US Attorney Jonathan Roth outlined evidence that the plotters planned to kidnap Governor Whitmer at her vacation home in Elk Rapids, Michigan, hogtie her, blow up a nearby bridge and kill any police who sought to stop them.

Staff (2022-03-14). IRGC thwarts Israeli plot to do act of sabotage at Fordow. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Mar. 14 (MNA) — The Iranian IRGC intelligence said in a statement on Monday that a team that was seeking to carry out an act of sabotage at Fordow nuclear site was arrested.

Morteza Ahmadi Al Hashem (2022-03-14). Large scale cyber attack targeted Israeli government websites. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Mar. 14 (MNA) — Several Israeli government websites went down on Monday, prompting suspicious of a cyber attack.

Staff (2022-03-14). VIDEO: Aftermath of targeted Mossad headquarters by IRGC. en.mehrnews.com Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) on Sunday targeted the Israeli centers in Erbil with precision-guided missiles.

Editor (2022-03-14). How to avoid police brutality in Israel? Don't be an Arab. mronline.org Alya Zoabi has advocated for countless Palestinian families whose loved ones have been attacked by Israeli forces. But the injustice of the Israeli system hit home last month when her own brother was beaten and arrested by Israeli police in Jerusalem.

Abdul Rahman (2022-03-14). Iran fires missiles in Erbil in Iraq, claims Israeli bases were targets. peoplesdispatch.org Muqtada al-Sadr, whose party emerged as the largest party in last year's parliamentary elections in Iraq, initially condemned the attack but later issued a statement asking for investigation into Iranian claims of Israeli bases in the country…

Staff (2022-03-14). Buena Fe acompaña al "pagador de promesas", en El Cobre de Santiago de Cuba (+ Video). cubadebate.cu Omar Quintero Montes de Oca, "el pagador de promesas", está en El Cobre, en Santiago de Cuba. Cumpliendo también su promesa, el cantautor cubano Israel Rojas lo acompaña. "En el Cobre de Santiago de Cuba. Con Omar, un hombre que nos ha unido en la fe del amor a la vida. Un hombre valiente", se lee en un post de Facebook de Buena Fe.

Editor (2022-03-14). Supreme Court says torture at CIA Black Site is a "State Secret" mronline.org Former CIA Director Mike Pompeo wrote in a declaration that although the enhanced interrogation techniques are no longer classified, the location of the CIA black site in question remains a state secret. Pompeo maintained that soliciting information about the involvement of Polish nationals in Zubaydah's treatment could compromise national security.

Rick Rozoff (2022-03-14). NATO details military buildup along Russia's western flank. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com NATOSupreme Headquarters Allied Powers EuropeMarch 13, 2022 NATO Allies send reinforcements to the Eastern Flank …Allies have increased readiness and vigilance across Europe to defend and protect all Allies. In recent weeks, Allies have deployed thousands more troops to the eastern, central and south eastern part of the Alliance and placed more on standby. Since …

Kevin Gosztola (2022-03-14). UK Supreme Court Slams Door On Assange Appeal, Extradition May Be Authorized. thedissenter.org Supreme Court in the United Kingdom (Photo:

Ali Abunimah (2022-03-14). Carrefour joins forces with Israeli settlement profiteers. electronicintifada.net EU seeks more "opportunities for cooperation" with apartheid regime.

Miko Peled (2022-03-14). On the Origins of "Genocide": What We Learn from Amnesty's Report on Israeli Apartheid. mintpressnews.com The biggest lie perpetrated by Zionists is that Israel is somehow a response to the crime against humanity perpetrated against Jews by Nazi Germany. In fact, Israel is itself a crime that needs to be pointed out.

_____ (2022-03-14). UK and US Jointly Develop Biological Weapons. journal-neo.org Documentary evidence of Washington's aggressive plans for developing and manufacturing biological weapons in secret US biological laboratories in Ukraine, banned by international conventions, has been uncovered during the Russian special operation to denazify and demilitarize Ukraine, and it is frankly horrifying! Although suspicions of such US activities have already been repeatedly published by many media …

Rick Rozoff (2022-03-14). WSJ: State Department veteran calls for heavily-armed NATO troops in western Ukraine. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com The author, Ludovic Hood, identifies himself as a fifteen-year veteran of the State Department and currently Special Advisor to Vice President Harris for the Middle East and North Africa and Senior Advisor to the Office of the Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism at the State Department. Wall Street JournalMarch 13, 2022 Send NATO …

WSWS (2022-03-14). As federal trial opens, prosecutor lays out evidence of fascist plot to kidnap and murder Michigan Governor Whitmer. wsws.org In his opening argument on Wednesday, Assistant US Attorney Jonathan Roth outlined evidence that the plotters planned to kidnap Governor Whitmer at her vacation home in Elk Rapids, Michigan, hogtie her, blow up a nearby bridge and kill any police who sought to stop them.

Morteza Ahmadi Al Hashem (2022-03-14). Large scale cyber attack targeted Israeli government websites. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Mar. 14 (MNA) — Several Israeli government websites went down on Monday, prompting suspicious of a cyber attack.

Staff (2022-03-14). IRGC thwarts Israeli plot to do act of sabotage at Fordow. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Mar. 14 (MNA) — The Iranian IRGC intelligence said in a statement on Monday that a team that was seeking to carry out an act of sabotage at Fordow nuclear site was arrested.

Staff (2022-03-14). VIDEO: Aftermath of targeted Mossad headquarters by IRGC. en.mehrnews.com Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) on Sunday targeted the Israeli centers in Erbil with precision-guided missiles.

Rick Rozoff (2022-03-14). NATO details military buildup along Russia's western flank. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com NATOSupreme Headquarters Allied Powers EuropeMarch 13, 2022 NATO Allies send reinforcements to the Eastern Flank …Allies have increased readiness and vigilance across Europe to defend and protect all Allies. In recent weeks, Allies have deployed thousands more troops to the eastern, central and south eastern part of the Alliance and placed more on standby. Since …

_____ (2022-03-13). Number of Extremists and Neo-Nazis in Europe will Increase at Ukraine's Expense. journal-neo.org Fleeing from wars, armed conflicts and various militant activities, migrants from Africa and Asia continue to make risky attempts to enter the EU by various means, often using risky and perilous routes. However, streams of refugees in Europe have increased in recent days amid the events in Ukraine. So, after the outright genocide of the Russian-speaking …

Editor2 (2022-03-13). When Western Media Saw Ukraine's Neo-Nazis. orinocotribune.com Editorial note: Orinoco Tribune does not generally publish articles that are over 10 days old. However, in this case an exception is being made, as the subject matter of the following piece remains as significant today as at the time of its publication. | By Robert Parry — Aug. 10, 2014 | The New York Times reported almost in passing on Sunday (Aug. 10) that the Ukrainian government's offensive against ethnic Russian rebels in the east has unleashed far-right paramilitary militias that have even raised a neo-Nazi banner over the conquered town of Marinka, just west of the rebel stronghold of Donetsk. | That…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-03-13). Number of Extremists and Neo-Nazis in Europe Will Increase as They Flee Ukraine. libya360.wordpress.com Vladimir Odintsov Fleeing from wars, armed conflicts and various militant activities, migrants from Africa and Asia continue to make risky attempts to enter the EU by various means, often using risky and perilous routes. However, streams of refugees in Europe have increased in recent days amid the events in Ukraine. So, after the outright genocide of the Russian-speaking…

Staff (2022-03-13). Fuerzas iraníes impactaron centros de entrenamiento del Mossad. cubadebate.cu Fuerzas militares de élite de Irán emplearon este domingo misiles locales de alta precisión en ataques a dos centros de entrenamiento de la agencia de espionaje israelí (Mossad), en la ciudad iraquí de Erbil. El Cuerpo de Guardianes de la República Islámica desmintió informes occidentales que aludían a un supuesto impacto en zonas cercanas al consulado de EEUU.

Anonymous103 (2022-03-13). Military Situation In Iraq On March 13, 2022 (Map Update). southfront.org Click to see full-size image | On March 13, IRGC Aerospace Forces attacked Israeli secret places near the US new consulate north of Erbil with at least 10 ballistic missiles; | On March 13, Masrour Barzani, the prime minister of KRG condemned the missile attack at Erbil; | On March 13, Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi condemned the missile attack at Erbil; | On March 13, a U.S. logistical convoy was targeted by an IED attack in the Dhi Qar province; | On March 13, two U.S. logistical convoys…

Anonymous669 (2022-03-13). Iranian Sources Reveal New Information On The Target Of Erbil Missile Strike. southfront.org File image. | The target of the

Ramona Wadi (2022-03-13). Palestinian Refugee Families expelled from Israel can't Come Home, but 100K Ukrainians Admitted. juancole.com By Ramona Wadi | — ( Middle East Monitor )- Once again, Israel feels entitled to play the humanitarian card, with only Palestinians pointing out its selectivity when it comes to opening its doors to refugees. In February, The Jerusalem Post reported that 10,000 Jewish Ukrainian refugees would be entering Israel. The move was confirmed …

Staff (2022-03-13). VIDEO: Squash Champ Ali Faraj :'Let's Talk About Palestine'. en.mehrnews.com Squash championship Ali Faraj who clinched the world squash tournament for Optasia held in London's Wimbledon sympathized with Ukrainians while drawing the attention towards the suffering of Palestinians.

_____ (2022-03-13). Why Falling Hate Group Numbers Don't Necessarily Mean Less Hate. popularresistance.org Though 2021 started with a deadly siege on the United States Capitol by hundreds of far-right rioters trying to overturn the presidential election results, the number of hate and anti-government groups in the U.S. declined last year for the third year in a row, according to a report released this week by the Southern Poverty Law Center in Montgomery, Alabama. | The SPLC counted a total of 733 hate groups last year, significantly lower than the 2018 peak of 1,021. It found that the number of anti-government groups also fell, from 566 in 2020 to 488 in 2021. | But SPLC says that doesn't necessarily mean there's les…

_____ (2022-03-13). Number of Extremists and Neo-Nazis in Europe will Increase at Ukraine's Expense. journal-neo.org Fleeing from wars, armed conflicts and various militant activities, migrants from Africa and Asia continue to make risky attempts to enter the EU by various means, often using risky and perilous routes. However, streams of refugees in Europe have increased in recent days amid the events in Ukraine. So, after the outright genocide of the Russian-speaking …

Editor2 (2022-03-13). When Western Media Saw Ukraine's Neo-Nazis. orinocotribune.com Editorial note: Orinoco Tribune does not generally publish articles that are over 10 days old. However, in this case an exception is being made, as the subject matter of the following piece remains as significant today as at the time of its publication. | By Robert Parry — Aug. 10, 2014 | The New York Times reported almost in passing on Sunday (Aug. 10) that the Ukrainian government's offensive against ethnic Russian rebels in the east has unleashed far-right paramilitary militias that have even raised a neo-Nazi banner over the conquered town of Marinka, just west of the rebel stronghold of Donetsk. | That…

sputniknews (2022-03-13). Tensions in Jerusalem Flare Up But Will It Lead to New Confrontation Between Israel & Hamas? sputniknews.com In recent weeks, Israel has carried out a number of arrests in the east of the disputed city and the West Bank. Several Palestinians have been shot dead amid clashes with the IDF, and a Ramallah-based political analyst says it is just a matter of time until the situation spirals out of control.

teleSUR, DRL (2022-03-13). Irán confirma ataque a centro israelí en Irak. telesurtv.net La unidad de élite del ejército iraní justificó el ataque por un reciente asesinato de sus efectivos a manos de Israel.

GIWUSA (2022-03-13). South African Striking Clover Workers Occupy IDC Offices. indybay.org South African striking Clover workers today occupied the IDC offices to call for the removal of the billionaire Israeli Wertheim family from control of the largest dairy in South Africa and for it to be run by the workers under workers control…

Staff (2022-03-13). Iran reportedly suspends Tehran-Riyadh talks temporarily. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Mar. 13 (MNA) — Sources close to Iran's Supreme National Security Council announced that the talks between Iran and Saudi Arabia have been temporarily suspended.

Anonymous349 (2022-03-13). Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dreams About Death Of Putin. Russian Missiles Purge Camp With Foreign Mercenaries. southfront.org March 13 became the day of the intensification of Russian strikes on the military infrastructure of Ukraine and places of concentrations of foreign mercenaries and supplies that arrive to the country from its 'foreign partners'. | These strikes came amid even increased level of hysteria in MSM about the 'Russian aggression' against the 'peaceful Ukrainain government' that allegedly seeks a diplomatic settlement of the current situation. | To highlight the peaceful stance of the Kyiv government, it would be interesting to quote the March 12 statement of Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba: "The elimination of…

SF015 (2022-03-13). At Least 66 Ukrainian Army Servicemen And Foreigners Were Killed And Wounded Near Lviv. southfront.org Local authorities report that as a result of a Russian missile strike on the Yavoriv training range near Lviv, 9 Ukrainian army servicemen and foreign instructors were killed and 57 wounded. |

sputniknews (2022-03-13). At Least Six Killed, Several Injured After Kiev Forces Fire on Volnovakha Hospital – Medics. sputniknews.com Most of the doctors and patients, including women in labor from the maternity ward, survived by hiding in the basement. One of the doctors told Sputnik that during the time everyone was hiding in the basement, six babies were born.

sputniknews (2022-03-13). Death Toll Climbs to 61 in Wake of DR Congo Train Crash, Officials Confirm. sputniknews.com Late Thursday night, a train traveling from the town of Mueneditu to Lubumbashi, the third-largest city in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, derailed as the cars were traveling up a slope, triggering a multi-carriage crash, according to early reports from local administrators.

sputniknews (2022-03-13). Efforts to Repair Damaged Power Lines at Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant Continue – IAEA. sputniknews.com MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) says that, according to the Ukrainian regulator, work continues to repair the damaged power lines at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant (NPP).

sputniknews (2022-03-13). Russian Armed Forces Destroy Ukrainian Command Post in High-Precision Strike — Video. sputniknews.com Disabling Ukraine's military infrastructure remains one of the main goals of Moscow's ongoing special operation in the country. On Saturday, the Russian military's precision strikes disabled a military airfield and a major electronic intelligence centre located in the cities of Vasilkov and Brovary, respectively.

sputniknews (2022-03-13). 'Superhuman': Cristiano Ronaldo Breaks FIFA All-Time Record for Most Goals in Men's Football. sputniknews.com Manchester United's Cristiano Ronaldo, already a football sensation after winning three Premier League titles, two La Liga titles, two Serie A titles, and being a five-time winner of the Champions League, scored his 807th career goal at Old Trafford on Saturday, breaking FIFA's all-time record.

sputniknews (2022-03-13). Ukrainian Radicals Were Keeping 300 Monks and Civilians Hostage in Monastery, Russian MoD Says. sputniknews.com Russian forces have liberated the settlement of Nikolskoye, where members of the "Aidar" battalion set up an artillery position, an official statement confirmed.

sputniknews (2022-03-13). Woman in US Stabs Date in Revenge for…Assassination of IRGC Quds Force Chief Soleimani. sputniknews.com WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – A woman in the US state of Nevada has been charged with attempted murder after she stabbed her date in revenge for the assassination of Iranian top military official Qasem Soleimani, who was killed by a US drone attack in 2020, Henderson police said on Sunday.

TASS (2022-03-13). US to provide Ukraine additional military assistance worth $200 mln – Department of State. tass.com This package will include further defensive assistance to help Ukraine meet the armored, airborne, and other threats it is facing, Blinken said…

sputniknews (2022-03-13). Midterms: Kamala Harris Tells Democratic Voters 'They Got What They Ordered'. sputniknews.com Among the promises that the Biden-Harris team rolled out during their 2020 White House campaign were tackling the spread of coronavirus, increasing the distribution of vaccines, creating paths to citizenship for migrants, and improving the country's infrastructure, a majority of which were combined in the "Build Back Better" bill.

TASS (2022-03-13). Several rockets land near US consulate in northern Iraq – media. tass.com According to Erbil Governor Omid Khoshnaw, no casualties were reported as a result of the attack. Local authorities have launched an inquiry…

Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History (2022-03-13). Saturday 3/12: We Are Not Animals, Book Talk with Martin Rizzo-Martinez. indybay.org Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History | 705 Front St., Santa Cruz…

ecns.cn (2022-03-13). Employment, education high on government agenda this year. ecns.cn Employment, education and healthcare are high on the agenda this year so that people's livelihoods can be continuously improved, according to Premier Li Keqiang.

Freedom Socialist Party (2022-03-13). Sunday 3/27: Russian and U.S. Hands Off Ukraine! indybay.org New Valencia Hall, 747 Polk St. (at Ellis), San Francisco | (on #19, 31, 38, & 49 Muni lines, near Civic Center BART)…

TASS (2022-03-13). Situation around Ukraine may lead to World War III – Trump. tass.com In his opinion, Russia "is not going to stop" in achieving its goals, but the US administration does not have "anybody to talk to" Moscow, in particular to Russian President Vladimir Putin…

ecns.cn (2022-03-13). Beijing 2022 sets new standard for delivery of Games, says IPC president Parsons. ecns.cn Beijing 2008 changed the way the Summer Paralympics was delivered forever, and this will be the same with the Winter Paralympics, said International Paralympic Committee (IPC) president Andrew Parsons.

ecns.cn (2022-03-13). China provides 20 billion yuan in subsidies to grain planters. ecns.cn China has provided 20 billion yuan (about 3.16 billion U.S. dollars) from the central government budget to protect grain planters from rising prices of farming supplies, the Ministry of Finance said Friday.

ecns.cn (2022-03-13). China-Laos Railway puts freight transport on fast track. ecns.cn The freight volume of the China-Laos Railway has hit 1.2 million tonnes, as the landmark project of high-quality Belt and Road cooperation marked 100 days of operation Saturday.

ecns.cn (2022-03-13). Foreign companies show confidence in Chinese market. ecns.cn Despite the protracted pandemic and increasingly complex global environment, foreign companies are casting a vote of confidence in the Chinese economy as they continue to see opportunities amid the country's opening-up efforts.

ecns.cn (2022-03-13). Chinese scientists create fertile mouse without father. ecns.cn Chinese scientists bred a live rodent offspring derived from a single unfertilized oocyte, and the mouse grew into a fertile adult.

ecns.cn (2022-03-13). COVID-19 hospitalization, death rates among black Americans considerably higher than white Americans: study. ecns.cn Although black Americans are not substantially more likely to be diagnosed with COVID-19, their hospitalization and death rates are considerably higher than white Americans, according to a newly published study.

TASS (2022-03-13). Caracas remains Moscow's committed ally – Venezuelan top diplomat. tass.com The government of Venezuela remains a "committed ally" of Russia, Venezuelan Foreign Minister Felix Plasencia said in an interview with Turkey's Anadolu news agency…

TASS (2022-03-13). Russia, Ukraine working to give shape to main topics up for discussion – Kiev official. tass.com As soon as there are mutual legal frameworks, a meeting will be scheduled, the fourth round of talks, Mikhail Podolyak said…

ecns.cn (2022-03-13). Another flight carrying Chinese citizens evacuated from Ukraine arrives safely. ecns.cn At 9: 16 a.m. on Sunday, a temporary flight carrying Chinese citizens evacuated from Ukraine arrived in Jinan, east China's Shandong Province.

ecns.cn (2022-03-13). China's land-greening in 2021. ecns.cn The National Forestry and Grassland Administration released a bulletin on Friday, showcasing advances in the country's afforestation work in 2021.

American Indian Resource Center at UCSC (2022-03-13). Saturday 4/2: IndigeFest 2022: Celebrating Indigenous Cultures of the Americas. indybay.org Quarry Amphitheater, UC Santa Cruz…

ecns.cn (2022-03-13). CPC Central Committee, State Council congratulate Chinese delegation on Winter Paralympics achievements. ecns.cn The Communist Party of China Central Committee and China's State Council have sent a congratulatory message to the Chinese delegation for its "best in history" performance at the Beijing 2022 Paralympic Winter Games, scheduled to be concluded on Sunday.

ecns.cn (2022-03-13). In-orbit construction of China's space station going smoothly. ecns.cn Construction work on the core module of China's Tiangong space station is proceeding steadily, the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA) said on Friday.

ecns.cn (2022-03-13). China says willing to tackle U.S. regulatory issue via cooperation. ecns.cn China is willing to tackle the issue of inspection and investigation by U.S. regulators on relevant accounting firms through regulatory cooperation, the country's top securities regulator said Friday.

Khubaka, Michael Harris (2022-03-13). 2022 Africa Unity Day – San Diego Waterfront and African Museum. indybay.org Our "California Grown" gift to the world, the United Nations was founded in San Francisco, California, August 1943 and may help serve as "a featured platform for improving the safety and quality of life and livelihoods of people of African descent" and ensure the full political, economic and social inclusion in the societies where they live.

ecns.cn (2022-03-13). Putin, Macron, Scholz discuss Ukraine crisis over phone. ecns.cn Putin informed Macron and Scholz of "the real situation on the ground" in response to the issues raised by them "regarding the humanitarian situation on the territory of the military operation to protect Donbass," the Kremlin said.

ecns.cn (2022-03-13). 3rd mainland-aided COVID-19 isolation facility starts operation in Hong Kong. ecns.cn The third community isolation facility (CIF) in Hong Kong constructed with the support from the mainland has been put into operation immediately after it was handed over to the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government on Saturday.

ecns.cn (2022-03-13). All venues for Beijing Olympic, Paralympic Winter Games will open to public. ecns.cn All the venues for the Beijing Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games will open to the public after the Games, the organizers said on Saturday.

Fresno County Bicycle Coalition (2022-03-13). Sunday 5/22: The Soul of a Cyclist: Virtual Screening and Q&A with Filmmaker. indybay.org

ecns.cn (2022-03-13). Xi attending closing ceremony of Beijing Winter Paralympics. ecns.cn Chinese President Xi Jinping is attending the closing ceremony of the Beijing 2022 Paralympic Winter Games, held at the National Stadium in Beijing on Sunday night.

ecns.cn (2022-03-13). Concerns of all parties to Iran nuke talks must be addressed: Chinese envoy. ecns.cn China's Permanent Representative to the United Nations in Vienna Wang Qun said here Friday that the concerns and demands of all parties to the Iran nuclear talks must be addressed properly and that political dialogue and negotiations are the only solution.

ecns.cn (2022-03-13). China, India hold 15th corps commander level meeting. ecns.cn The 15th round China-India Corps Commander Level Meeting was held at Moldo-Chushul border meeting point on the Indian side on Friday, said China's Ministry of National Defense.

sputniknews (2022-03-13). Poll Shows Majority of Brits Want Prime Minister Boris Johnson to Resign. sputniknews.com The leader of the Conservative Party has seen his approval ratings fall during the coronavirus pandemic, with critics accusing the government of failing to respond quickly to the problem. Johnson's numbers have plunged even further due to several scandals involving Tory MPs as well as the politician himself.

ecns.cn (2022-03-13). China's express logistics activities expand in February. ecns.cn China's express logistics sector recorded stable growth in February as market demand and production gradually picked up, data from the China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing showed.

ecns.cn (2022-03-13). HKSAR gov't strives to reduce severe cases, deaths of COVID-19: officials. ecns.cn The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government assumes primary responsibility in fighting COVID-19 and will strive to stabilize the epidemic situation especially in reducing severe cases and deaths, senior officials have said.

ecns.cn (2022-03-13). U.S. to revoke Russia's most-favored nation status amid Ukraine crisis. ecns.cn The U.S. government will revoke Russia's most-favored nation trade status amid the Ukraine crisis, the White House said Friday, noting that it will work with Group of Seven (G7) countries and the European Union to roll out new sanctions.

ecns.cn (2022-03-13). Experts say innovation helps stabilize economy. ecns.cn China is committed to pursuing innovation-driven growth and accelerating its industrial upgrade this year amid multiple pressures and uncertainties, as high-quality development will remain a key to China's future, officials and experts said on Friday.

Rick Rozoff (2022-03-13). Biden directs $200 million more in military aid to Ukraine. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Interfax-UkraineMarch 12, 2022 USA to provide $200 mln in military aid to Ukraine — White House The United States will provide Ukraine with military assistance in the amount of up to $200 million, the relevant memorandum was signed by U.S. President Joseph Biden, the White House said. "By the authority vested in me as President …

sputniknews (2022-03-12). Greek Resident of DPR Thanks Russian Forces for Helping Civilians in Ukraine – Video. sputniknews.com Since 24 February Russia has been conducting a special operation in Ukraine, which is aimed at denazifying the country as well as stopping the genocide waged against the residents of two the breakaway regions — the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics. Kiev has rejected Moscow's accusations and called the operation a "full-scale invasion".

sputniknews (2022-03-12). Israel Records First Polio Case in 33 Years, Doctors Fear 'Outbreak' After Jerusalem Sewage Tests. sputniknews.com Israeli doctors have confirmed the first clinical case of polio in the country in more than 30 years, and now fear more cases may not yet have been detected after testing Jerusalem's sewage system.

Shane Quinn (2022-03-12). The Alarming Rise of Ukraine's Neo-Nazi MPs Since the 2014 "Pro-democracy Revolution" globalresearch.ca Over elapsing time from the February 2014 US-instituted "pro-democracy revolution", an ever expanding group of neo-Nazis has been elected to office in the Ukrainian parliament. Over the past five years of what the Washington Post calls "fledgling democracy"

Shane Quinn (2022-03-12). US and NATO's Ongoing Support for Neo-Nazis in Ukraine. globalresearch.ca First published by Global Research on April 16, 2019, this incisive article is of utmost relevance to an understanding of the Ukraine Crisis. . | What is happening in Ukraine has serious geopolitical implications and could potentially lead to a World …

WSWS (2022-03-12). Ukraine becomes an international rallying point for neo-Nazis and mercenaries. wsws.org Neo-Nazis and mercenaries from all over the world are being given the opportunity to fight, kill and gain experience under real war conditions in Ukraine.

Felix Abt (2022-03-12). CIA Behind Uyghur Propaganda and Scheme to Demonize and Destabilize China. covertactionmagazine.com The U.S. Government and its media echo chamber accuse China of committing genocide against Muslims in Xinjiang when, despite some …

GIWUSA (2022-03-12). South African Striking Clover Workers Occupy IDC Offices. indybay.org South African striking Clover workers today occupied the IDC offices to call for the removal of the billionaire Israeli Wertheim family from control of the largest dairy in South Africa and for it to be run by the workers under workers control…

teleSUR, jaa, MER (2022-03-12). Nueva represión israelí deja ocho palestinos heridos en Nablus. telesurtv.net En esta jornada, unos 24 palestinos fueron detenidos por fuerzas de Israel en Cisjordania ocupada.

Peoples Dispatch (2022-03-12). Denmark offers official apology for racist social experiment on Greenlanders. peoplesdispatch.org As part of a social experiment program in 1951, the Danish government sent 22 Inuit children from Greenland to Denmark. Many of them remained separated from their families, lost their mother tongue and struggled with identity issues, facing severe trauma throughout their lives…

Medea Benjamin (2022-03-11). How the U.S. Has Empowered and Armed Neo-Nazis in Ukraine. zcomm.org The reality behind the propaganda is that the West and its Ukrainian allies have opportunistically exploited and empowered the extreme right in Ukraine…

Maureen Clare Murphy (2022-03-11). Israel doubles down on apartheid. electronicintifada.net Tel Aviv reinstates racist ban on Palestinian family unification.

Staff (2022-03-11). 30 March, NYC: Land Day march to #DefundRacism and #DefendPalestine. samidoun.net Wednesday, 30 March | 5 pm | 60 E 42nd St | New York, NY 10165 | Facebook: March against Zionist settler groups, in support of the Palestinian resistance, and for the liberation of Palestine, from the river to the sea.

_____ (2022-03-11). In Praise Of 'Whataboutism'. popularresistance.org Anyone who speaks out against imperialism, capitalism, or racism with concrete examples of the terrible harm they do, can expect to be charged with the dreaded term "whataboutism." Like clockwork, the act of revealing American crimes will result in an accusation that is used to silence dissent. When war propaganda prevails regarding Ukraine or any other place where the hegemon is doing its dirty work, it is reasonable to ask probing questions. Why are the deaths of 14,000 people killed by Ukraine's civil war swept under the rug? Why is it forbidden to ask about the U.S. destruction of Libya? But once having asked…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-03-11). Shameful Racism against Refugees Fleeing the Russia-Ukraine Conflict. libya360.wordpress.com Yoselina Guevara The current conflict between Russia and Ukraine has not only highlighted the fragility of peace on the pandemic-ravaged continent, it is also underlining the grim racist tinge that many Europeans and people of European descent tend to have. The numbers of refugees fleeing armed clashes on Ukrainian territory are staggering, close to 1.5…

Adriaan Alsema (2022-03-11). White supremacy in Colombia | Part 5: the racist war. colombiareports.com Racism aggravated the consequences of Colombia's armed conflict for black and indigenous peoples, according to the country's Truth Commission. The commission organized a two-day conference in the Caribbean city of…

_____ (2022-03-11). Breaking News from the All-Powerful Oligarchs of Oz. journal-neo.org The crisis in Ukraine has spun the world backward on its axis. Russian President Vladimir Putin's atypical military campaign, or denazification as some refer to it, has most western nations frantic for solutions. Unfortunately, the NATO and EU states don't bother to ask the right questions, let alone propose the correct answers. Now, with Russia …

Giorgio Manfredi (2022-03-11). The AFL-CIO's Nazi Friendly Union in Ukraine. covertactionmagazine.com The AFL-CIO recently hosted a fundraiser by the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) which aimed to support labor organizations in …

Benjamin Norton (2022-03-11). La OTAN está armando y entrenando nazis en Ucrania, mientras EEUU inunda con armas al vecino de Rusia. multipolarista.com La OTAN está enviando armas y entrenadores para ayudar a los neo-nazis del movimiento Azov en Ucrania a luchar contra Rusia. Hay varios informes sobre el apoyo de los gobiernos occidentales a los extremistas de extrema derecha ucranianos.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-03-11). Russophobia and Discrimination the New Pandemic. libya360.wordpress.com Yoselina Guevara Article 1: All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights and, endowed as they are with reason and conscience, should behave towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood. Universal Declaration of Human Rights It is unworthy for countries that claim to be "civilized" or that call themselves "developed"…

Fight Back (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…

Fight Back (2022-03-11). Chicago: International Women's Day celebration. fightbacknews.org Chicago, IL – Freedom Road Socialist Organization-Chicago held an annual International Women's Day celebration at the Grand Ballroom in the Woodlawn community on the South Side of Chicago. 40 people attended, some from Woodlawn, and others from around the city, including a delegation of Brown Berets, Chicano and Chicana activists, from Little Village. The venue is in the same building as the offices of the Chicago Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression. | The program was filled with speakers and poets. Organizations represented included the Malaya movement of the Philippines, fighting against the fascis…

_____ (2022-03-11). Palestinians Observe General Strike Denouncing Illegal Home Demolitions. popularresistance.org Palestinians in the occupied East Jerusalem neighborhood of Jabal al-Mukabir organized protests and observed a general strike on Thursday, March 10, against home demolitions planned by the Israeli municipal authorities. The Israeli municipality of Jerusalem reportedly plans to demolish around 800 Palestinian-owned homes in the area. Palestinians believe this is part of a much larger and long-running Israeli project of expulsion and ethnic cleansing of Palestinians from East Jerusalem in order to colonize and repopulate the area with Jewish Israelis, and ultimately to annex the occupied Palestinian territory into…

Peoples Dispatch (2022-03-11). Palestinians observe general strike denouncing illegal home demolitions in occupied East Jerusalem. peoplesdispatch.org Around 800 Palestinian homes are facing the threat of demolition by the Israeli municipality of Jerusalem which plans to replace them with 500 new illegal settlement units and a shopping mall…

Staff (2022-03-11). 12 March, Online Event: Women on the Frontlines: Political Prisoners from Palestine to the Philippines. samidoun.net Saturday, 12 March 4 pm Pacific/7 pm Eastern (13 March, 8 am Manila time) Register to join: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_0oLp… From Palestine to the Philippines lets join the movement to set political prisoners free. Following speakers will be highlighting the struggles and resistance of Women Political Prisoners in Palestine and the Philippines. Fides Lim is a writer …

Staff (2022-03-11). 11 March, Online Event: Before the Palestine 6, There Were the Holy Land 5: A Discussion on "Terror" Designation of Human Rights Groups in Palestine and the U.S. samidoun.net Friday 11 March 11: 30 am Pacific/2: 30 pm Eastern/9: 30 pm Palestine Watch on Patreon: patreon.com/civilfreedoms Or register on Zoom: bit.ly/HLF5Webinar Organized by the Coalition for Civil Freedoms Before the Palestine 6, There Were the Holy Land 5: A Discussion on "Terror" Designation of Human Rights Groups in Palestine and the U.S. Last October, the world was …

Jim Spellman (2022-03-11). Midterm primaries begin in U.S. as voting rights tug of war continues. america.cgtn.com Voting laws are a major issue in the U.S. with confidence in the electoral system at an all-time low. Midterm elections are around the corner, and this year is make or break for Democrats and Republicans. Find out more.

Ann Brown (2022-03-11). 7 Highlights And Takeaways From Minister Farrakhan's Saviours' Day Speech: 'Russia, This Will Be Your Undoing Too, All White Power Has To End'. moguldom.com Every year the Nation of Islam hosts Saviours' Day to commemorate the birth of NOI founder, Master Fard Muhammad, who was born on Feb. 26, 1877, in the holy city of Mecca, according to the NOI. In 1981 in Chicago, Minister Louis Farrakhan announced the rebirth of the Nation of Islam, which had been destroyed …

Giorgio Manfredi (2022-03-11). The AFL-CIO's Nazi Friendly Union in Ukraine. covertactionmagazine.com The AFL-CIO recently hosted a fundraiser by the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) which aimed to support labor organizations in …

Fight Back (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…

Staff (2022-03-11). 11 March, Online Event: Before the Palestine 6, There Were the Holy Land 5: A Discussion on "Terror" Designation of Human Rights Groups in Palestine and the U.S. samidoun.net Friday 11 March 11: 30 am Pacific/2: 30 pm Eastern/9: 30 pm Palestine Watch on Patreon: patreon.com/civilfreedoms Or register on Zoom: bit.ly/HLF5Webinar Organized by the Coalition for Civil Freedoms Before the Palestine 6, There Were the Holy Land 5: A Discussion on "Terror" Designation of Human Rights Groups in Palestine and the U.S. Last October, the world was …

Staff (2022-03-11). 12 March, Online Event: Women on the Frontlines: Political Prisoners from Palestine to the Philippines. samidoun.net Saturday, 12 March 4 pm Pacific/7 pm Eastern (13 March, 8 am Manila time) Register to join: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_0oLp… From Palestine to the Philippines lets join the movement to set political prisoners free. Following speakers will be highlighting the struggles and resistance of Women Political Prisoners in Palestine and the Philippines. Fides Lim is a writer …

Alexander Rubinstein (2022-03-10). How Ukraine's Jewish President Zelensky Made Peace with neo-Nazi Paramilitaries on Front Lines of war with Russia. orinocotribune.com By Alexander Rubinstein and Max Blumenthal — March 4, 2022 | While Western media deploys Volodymyr Zelensky's Jewish heritage to refute accusations of Nazi influence in Ukraine, the president has ceded to neo-Nazi forces and now depends on them as front line fighters. | Back in October 2019, as the war in eastern Ukraine dragged on, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky traveled to Zolote, a town situated firmly in the "gray zone" of Donbas, where over 14,000 had been killed,

Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J. S. Davies (2022-03-10). How the U.S. has empowered and armed neo-Nazis in Ukraine. nationofchange.org Right now, Ukrainians are united in their resistance to Russia's invasion, but we should not be surprised when the U.S. alliance with neo-Nazi proxy forces in Ukraine, including the infusion of billions of dollars in sophisticated weapons, results in similarly violent and destructive blowback.

Isheka N. Harrison (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 …

Florence CGTN (2022-03-10). Banned in Texas: Critical Race theory. america.cgtn.com Critical race theory, or CRT, has become a dividing line in America's classrooms. It has raised a fierce battle over how some of the most sensitive topics in American history are taught, like racism and slavery. In Texas, one school has now found itself …

Spencer Sunshine (2022-03-10). The Proud Boys Gained 29 Chapters in the Year Since Capitol Attack. truthout.org Even to casual observers, it's clear that white supremacist groups and their cousins, the militias, have been in full swing for years. And it's also clear that the departure of Donald Trump from the White House has not collapsed the far right. A newly released annual census of these groups by the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), "

Alexander Rubinstein, Max Blumenthal (2022-03-10). How Ukraine's Jewish President, Volodymyr Zelensky, Made Peace with Neo-Nazi Paramilitaries on Front Lines of War with Russia. towardfreedom.org While Western media deploys Volodymyr Zelensky's Jewish heritage to refute accusations of Nazi influence in Ukraine, the president has ceded to neo-Nazi forces and now depends on them as frontline fighters, report Alexander Rubinstein and Max Blumenthal.

WSWS (2022-03-10). Fascist Three Percenter militia member found guilty on all five counts in first federal January 6 trial. wsws.org Guy Reffitt, 49, faces decades in prison for storming the Capitol with a gun and zip ties in furtherance of former President Donald Trump's failed coup.

Ruwaida Amer (2022-03-10). Gaza's tower of dreams. electronicintifada.net Israel's destruction of al-Jawhara Tower left more than a physical absence.

Tamara Nassar (2022-03-10). Israel jails Salah Hammouri again. electronicintifada.net Michelle Bachelet urges Israel to drop "terrorist" designation against rights group.

Peoples Dispatch (2022-03-10). US Congress approves $1B for Israel's Iron Dome in govt. spending bill and other stories. peoplesdispatch.org Today we look at the military aid to Israel approved by the US Congress, the targeting of Sahrawi activist Aminatou Haidar with Pegasus, and more…

Staff (2022-03-10). 11 March, Berlin: Rally: we must defend our freedom of speech for Palestine. samidoun.net Rally: we must defend our freedom of speech On Friday 11.03.2022 at 10am Kirchstraàüe 6, 10557 Berlin The trial of Palestinian writer Khaled Barakat will be heard in a German court on March 11, 2022. Barakat is fighting the political ban imposed on him by the Berlin immigration office to participate in political and social …

Jonathan Cook (2022-03-10). The West's Hands in Ukraine Are as Bloody as Putin's. mintpressnews.com Ukrainians will pay the price to wear down Russia, just as Syrians, Libyans, Iranians, Yemenis, Venezuelans and Palestinians have paid the price as the U.S. has sought to attain the goals of its globe-spanning imperial project.

Fight Back (2022-03-10). Tampa: International Women's Day protest opposes attacks on reproductive freedom. fightbacknews.org Tampa, FL – In light of the continuing attacks on reproductive and women's rights, both here in Florida and across the country, members of Freedom Road Socialist Organization (FRSO), and other organizations in the Tampa area held a rally this past Saturday, March 5 on the corner of Bearss and Florida Avenues. | Florida's abortion ban, just passed by the legislature, would ban people from seeking abortions after 15 weeks, and makes no exception for survivors of assault, incest or trafficking. Protesters shouted chants of, "Racist, sexist, anti-gay: GOP go away" and, "Pro-life, that's a lie, they don't care if peo…

Staff (2022-03-10). US has no will for strong, defendable agreement in Vienna. en.mehrnews.com The secretary of the Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) said Thur. that the United States has no will to reach a strong and defendable agreement in Vienna.