(2023-03-09). Black History Month: Dr. Michele Halyard on a lifetime commitment to health equity, inclusion and diversity. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Dr. Michele Halyard Black History Month is commemorated every February. It's a month for all people to celebrate and learn about diverse and important contributions of African Americans to American society and culture, as well as to reflect on the ongoing fight against racism, inequity and discrimination. Mayo Clinic News Network is highlighting Mayo Clinic physicians who are focused every day on achieving health equity, inclusion and diversity through their work. Meet Dr. Michele Halyard,…
(2023-03-08). Community rallies against environmental racism, opposes Roof Depot demolition. fightbacknews.org Minneapolis, MN – On Sunday, March 5, residents of the south Minneapolis neighborhood of East Phillips and supporters marched to celebrate community and fight against an environmentally racist project. | The city of Minneapolis, with support from Mayor Jacob Frey, plans to expand its existing public works yard in the neighborhood by demolishing the Roof Depot building. The Roof Depot is a former EPA Superfund site and within the Minneapolis Southside Green Zone, an area identified by the city as having "high levels of environmental pollution" and "racial, political, and economic marginalization." | The city's pro…
(2023-03-08). Brussels: No to normalization and racism, yes to return and liberation! samidoun.net 
The Palestinian people today are facing a multifaceted attack inside and outside occupied Palestine. Palestinians are under siege, confronting daily killings, invasions, home demolitions, bombings of Gaza, land confiscation, mass arrests, settlement building and denial of the right to return for over 75 years. This reality means that it is more critical than ever to …
(2023-03-08). Denuncian racismo en represión contra mujeres indígenas en Perú. telesurtv.net El lanzamiento de gas lacrimógeno por parte de la Policía Nacional a mujeres aimaras y sus bebés ha generado indignación.
(2023-03-09). Phone Zap! Tell UC Davis Chancellor May We Don't Want Another Proud Boy Hate Rally! indybay.org Phone Zap! Call and email UC Davis Chancellor Gary S. May and refuse to let our taxes and student fees be used to pay for a Turning Point USA hate rally! Charlie Kirk says trans people need to be "took care of!" At the last TPUSA event at UC Davis, Proud Boys attacked students and community members. Enough is enough!
(2023-03-08). South Africa downgrades Israeli Embassy over Ongoing Apartheid (and they should know). juancole.com 
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — The Middle East Eye reports that the South African parliament has voted to downgrade the Israeli embassy in Pretoria to liaison status. The resolution was introduced by the tiny center-left National Freedom Party, which has only two seats in parliament. Its passage was assured, however, when the African National Congress …
(2023-03-08). South African downgrades Israeli Embassy over Ongoing Apartheid (and they should know). juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — The Middle East Eye reports that the South African parliament has voted to downgrade the Israeli embassy in Pretoria to liaison status. The resolution was introduced by the tiny center-left National Freedom Party, which has only two seats in parliament. Its passage was assured, however, when the African National Congress …
(2023-03-08). Scholar Sophie Grace Chappell Withdraws From Ethics Conference in Apartheid Israel. bdsmovement.net 
(2023-03-08). Boycott Tour demands an end to Toulouse-Tel Aviv "twinning" relationship. samidoun.net 
On Saturday, 4 March, the Collectif Palestine Vaincra — a member of the Samidoun Network — organized a Boycott Tour in the city center of Toulouse, France, bringing together several dozen people to raise awareness in Toulouse about the campaign to bring an end to the "twinning" or "sister city" relationship with apartheid Tel Aviv. …
(2023-03-09). VIDEO: Germany prosecutes citizen for condemning aid to Ukrainian Nazis. thegrayzone.com The Grayzone's Max Blumenthal interviews Heinrich Bàºcker, founder of Berlin's COOP Antiwar Cafe, about his prosecution at the hands of the German state for publicly denouncing Germany's military aid to a Ukrainian government that reveres World War II-era Nazi collaborators and incorporates neo-Nazi battalions into its military. Bàºcker also discusses that state of the German antiwar movement as it gathers momentum following mass protests after the February 24 first anniversary of the Ukraine proxy war.
(2023-03-08). Ukrainian government spends millions on monuments and streets to honor Nazi collaborators and neofascists. wsws.org The most conservative estimates put the cost for the all-out war by the Ukrainian authorities against all public symbols, monuments and names that are associated with Russia, the October revolution and Soviet history, or leftist ideology, at 1 billion Euros.
(2023-03-08). Palestinian Children's Art Exposes Israel's Cultural Genocide. dissidentvoice.org 
The following text tells the whole story of what pro-Palestinian communities around the world are fighting for, and what pro-Israelis are fighting against: "We are delighted to report that Chelsea and Westminster Hospital has removed a display of artwork designed by children from Gaza." That was the summary of a news report published on the …
(2023-03-08). Boycott Tour demands an end to Toulouse-Tel Aviv "twinning" relationship. samidoun.net On Saturday, 4 March, the Collectif Palestine Vaincra — a member of the Samidoun Network — organized a Boycott Tour in the city center of Toulouse, France, bringing together several dozen people to raise awareness in Toulouse about the campaign to bring an end to the "twinning" or "sister city" relationship with apartheid Tel Aviv. …
(2023-03-09). VIDEO: Germany prosecutes citizen for condemning aid to Ukrainian Nazis. thegrayzone.com The Grayzone's Max Blumenthal interviews Heinrich Bàºcker, founder of Berlin's COOP Antiwar Cafe, about his prosecution at the hands of the German state for publicly denouncing Germany's military aid to a Ukrainian government that reveres World War II-era Nazi collaborators and incorporates neo-Nazi battalions into its military. Bàºcker also discusses that state of the German antiwar movement as it gathers momentum following mass protests after the February 24 first anniversary of the Ukraine proxy war.
(2023-03-08). Ukrainian government spends millions on monuments and streets to honor Nazi collaborators and neofascists. wsws.org The most conservative estimates put the cost for the all-out war by the Ukrainian authorities against all public symbols, monuments and names that are associated with Russia, the October revolution and Soviet history, or leftist ideology, at 1 billion Euros.
(2023-03-08). Palestinian Children's Art Exposes Israel's Cultural Genocide. dissidentvoice.org The following text tells the whole story of what pro-Palestinian communities around the world are fighting for, and what pro-Israelis are fighting against: "We are delighted to report that Chelsea and Westminster Hospital has removed a display of artwork designed by children from Gaza." That was the summary of a news report published on the …
(2023-03-08). Sanctions on Syria: Australia's Complicity in Policide. dissidentvoice.org 
In 1998, the United Nation's humanitarian coordinator in Iraq, Denis Halliday, resigned in protest against UN Security Council sanctions on Iraq, using the term 'genocide' when he explained reasons for his resignation. Before Halliday's resignation, the US ambassador to the UN, Madeleine Albright had been asked if she thought the deaths of 500,000 Iraqi children …
(2023-03-08). Women's Day 2023: Mainstream Media Islamophobia and Women's Rights in Muslim Countries. globalresearch.ca First published by Global Research in March 2015. We repost this for 2023 International Women's Day. | Some years ago, I had an engaging discussion with one of my very insightful students of Philosophy in my university. She asked me whether …
(2023-03-08). International Women's Day Has a Radical History Rooted in Socialism. truthout.org March 8 marks International Women's Day around the world, seeking to end gender discrimination, violence and abuse. We start the show by looking at the day's roots in socialism, and what it means for the movement for reproductive justice in the United States. Our guest is Nancy Krieger, renowned professor of social epidemiology at Harvard University's School of Public Health and director of the… |
(2023-03-08). Gender wage gap narrows, but work discrimination remains. ecns.cn Despite progress being made in narrowing the income gap between men and women in the past few years, many women still face impediments to their career development based on factors such as gender discrimination and marital status, according to a recent report.
(2023-03-08). International Women's Day: Roots in Radical History, Labor & Reproductive Rights. democracynow.org 
March 8 marks International Women's Day around the world, seeking to end gender discrimination, violence and abuse. We start the show by looking at the day's roots in socialism, and what it means for the movement for reproductive justice in the United States. Our guest is Nancy Krieger, renowned professor of social epidemiology at Harvard University's School of Public Health and director of the Interdisciplinary Concentration on Women, Gender, and Health. She's also co-founder and chair of the Spirit of 1848 Caucus in the American Public Health Association, which links social justice and p…
(2023-03-08). This International Women's Day, Iranian Feminists Are at the Front Lines. truthout.org On International Women's Day, the world is at a turning point. On the one hand, we are facing the global rise of authoritarianism and fascism. On the other hand, popular uprisings for a democratic existence against authoritarianism and imperialism have been emerging in various parts of the world, with popular resistance persisting from Myanmar to Sudan and from Ukraine to Iran. |
(2023-03-08). International Women's Day Founder Clara Zetkin on Fascism: A Lesson for Today. libya360.wordpress.com Sharon Black On many holidays recognizing people's struggles and their leaders — for example, the civil rights movement and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. — the present-day celebrations are both sweet and sour. The only reason for formal recognition is that protests and struggle made it so — and this is a victory. But the…
(2023-03-08). DeSantis, number two GOP presidential candidate, rolls out fascism in Florida. peoplesworld.org 
TALLAHASSEE, Fla.—A year before the March 5, 2024, Florida Republican presidential primary, the state's radical right-wing Republican governor, Ron DeSantis, is pitching himself as what could be called the not-Donald Trump version of Donald Trump. But in one key respect, DeSantis is very like Trump, says a Floridian teachers' union leader who's had to battle …
(2023-03-09). Friday 3/10: Hands Off Hawara | Hands Off Palestine. indybay.org Israeli Consulate | 456 Montgomery Street | San Francisco…
(2023-03-09). Autorizan proceso penal ordinario contra Jeanine àÅñez en Bolivia. telesurtv.net El ministro de Justicia, Iván Lima, comunicó que "el juez Israel Claros autoriza el inicio de investigación penal".
(2023-03-09). ONU pide cesar escalada de violencia en Cisjordania. telesurtv.net El enviado de Naciones Unidas destacó que "estamos en medio de un ciclo de violencia que debe detenerse inmediatamente".
(2023-03-08). Israel: A Fractured Civil Society. journal-neo.org 
The current situation in Israel is so complex and tense that the local media is increasingly focusing on whether and when a civil war is about to start. Even the mere mention of such a turn of events would have been dismissed in the blink of an eye not long ago. But, as the sages […] | –°–æ–æ–±—â–µ–Ω–∏–µ
(2023-03-08). Face the facts: Israel relies on settler violence. electronicintifada.net Far-right and liberals all have blood on their hands.
(2023-03-08). A Mass Wave Of Israeli Army Refusal Could Be A Transformative Moment. popularresistance.org During the Second Intifada, as the Israeli army was killing thousands of Palestinians in its effort to suppress the uprising, I was part of a movement of Israeli youth and soldiers who refused to serve in the army. From the age of 18 to 20, I spent 21 months under arrest and in prison, alongside many others, in protest of the occupation and its brutal policies. It was one of the largest campaigns of conscientious objection seen in Israel — one that, until recently, seemed very unlikely to occur at such a scale again. | Over the past two weeks, however, and for the first time in two decades, a new movement o…
(2023-03-08). Fierce Battle In Jenin Leaves Six Palestinian Dead, Four Israelis Wounded (Videos). southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image. Source: the Israeli Defense Forces. | A fierce battle broke out in Jenin on March 7 when an Israeli force stormed the West Bank's refugee camp to hunt down a Palestinian man blamed for a recent deadly shooting attack. | Palestinian officials said that the man, 49-year-old Abdel Fattah Hussein Kharousha, was killed in the operation. The Israeli Shin Bet security agency said that Kharousha, a Hamas member from the Askar refugee camp near Nablus, was the gunman who opene…
(2023-03-08). Hezbollah Uncovered Israeli Spying Device In South Lebanon (Video). southfront.org 
File image. | On March 6, Hezbollah announced that it had uncovered an Israeli spying device near the separation line in south Lebanon. | In a brief statement, Hezbollah said that the device, which was disguised as a rock, was planted by Israeli soldiers near the al-Abad site in the outskirts of the town of Houla. The group didn't provide any further information on the device. | Several similar spying devices were uncovered in south Lebanon, the heartland of Hezbollah, in the past. Some of the devices included…
(2023-03-08). Satellite Images Show Heavy Damage At Syria's Aleppo Airport After Recent Israeli Strikes. southfront.org 
Illustrative image. Source: the Israeli Air Force. | On March 8, Israel's ImageSat International released satellite images showing the aftermath of the recent Israeli strikes on Aleppo International Airport in northern Syria. | The strikes, which took place early on
(2023-03-08). UN Official Condemns Israeli Airstrike on Syria's Aleppo Airport. news.antiwar.com A UN official for Syria has condemned an Israeli airstrike on Syria's Aleppo International Airport, which put the airport out of service and halted aid flights into the city that had been arriving for earthquake relief. El-Mostafa Benlamlih, the UN's resident coordinator for Syria, said the airstrike suspended UN humanitarian aid flights into Aleppo, a …
(2023-03-08). Daily Round Up — Protests continue in France over pension reforms & other stories. peoplesdispatch.org In today's episode, we look at protests continuing in France over pension reforms, Israeli airstrikes hit quake-hit Syria, 23 Cop City protesters charged with domestic terrorism in the US and Palestinian prisoners complete 20 days of civil disobedience.
(2023-03-08). Israeli Army Raids Jenin, Kills 6 Palestinians. orinocotribune.com The Israeli army killed six Palestinians and injured 11 more during a raid on the Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank on March 7, Palestinian state news agency WAFA According to eyewitnesses, Israeli soldiers besieged a house with Palestinian resistance fighters holed up inside while an Israeli Apache helicopter fired missiles at the home. |
(2023-03-08). Headlines for March 8, 2023. democracynow.org Israeli Forces Kill 6 Palestinians in Jenin Raid, as Settlers Attack Palestinian Family in Huwara, Wagner Group Says It Seized Eastern Bakhmut; NYT Reports Pro-Ukrainian Group Sabotaged Pipelines, Russia Jails Blogger Dmitry Ivanov over Criticism of War on Ukraine, Georgians Take to the Streets over Proposed "Foreign Agents" Law, 3 Mada Masr Journalists on Trial Amid Ongoing Egyptian Crackdown on Press, Spain Advances Gender Parity Bill, Malnutrition in Pregnant and Breastfeeding Women and Girls on the Rise, 5 Women Sue Texas for Denying Them Abortions, Gigi Sohn Withdraws FCC Nomination After Vicious…
(2023-03-08). Fuerzas israelíes asesinan a seis palestinos en Jenín, Cisjordania. telesurtv.net Las autoridades sanitarias señalaron que dos de los heridos están en estado crítico tras recibir impactos de proyectiles.
(2023-03-08). Siria condena el ataque de Israel contra el aeropuerto de Alepo. telesurtv.net El ente llamó la atención sobre la gravedad del hecho, que puso fuera de servicio a la instalación.
(2023-03-09). Dioxins likely in East Palestine — EPA refuses to test. workers.org 
Controlled release of burning chemicals continues in East Palestine, Ohio. Why hasn't President Joe Biden taken time to visit East Palestine, Ohio, following the disastrous derailment of a Norfolk Southern train there on Feb. 3? He was probably made aware that the train had been carrying vinyl chloride, among other . . . |
(2023-03-09). Monday 3/13: From Hunters Point To E. Palestine Prosecute & Jail Tetra Tech & Norfolk Southern CEOs. indybay.org San Francisco Federal Building | 450 Golden Gate | San Francisco, CA…
(2023-03-09). Norfolk Southern's "six point plan" for rail safety: More PR damage control after East Palestine, Ohio derailment. wsws.org The "six point plan," which commits the railroad to practically nothing concrete, is meant in part to give CEO Alan Shaw talking points at a Senate hearing on the derailment today.
(2023-03-08). On International Women's Day 2021: Palestinian Women on the Front Lines of the Liberation Struggle. globalresearch.ca March 8, 2023, International Women's Day: | This article was first published two years ago on the 8th of March 2021. | Today on international Women's Day 2023, we express our solidarity.Our thoughts are with the people of Palestine and the women …
(2023-03-08). Just miles from East Palestine, Shell Oil poisons Pennsylvania town. liberationnews.org 
Beaver, Pennsylvania, 30 minutes from East Palestine, Ohio, sees billows of smoke and flame coming from Shell-owned plant.
(2023-03-08). International Women's Day: Palestinian women prisoners on the front lines of the liberation struggle. samidoun.net 
On International Women's Day 2023, Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network salutes Palestinian women, on the front lines of the liberation struggle, and demands the liberation of the 29 Palestinian women jailed behind occupation bars. Palestinian women prisoners — and all Palestinian women — are the samidaat, the steadfast ones who refuse to give up or …
(2023-03-08). Khader Adnan enters 32nd day of hunger strike for freedom. samidoun.net 
Palestinian prisoner Khader Adnan enters the 32nd day of his hunger strike for freedom on 8 March 2023. Adnan, 44, is married to Randa and the father of nine children, the youngest of which is one and a half years old and the oldest 14 years old. He is a former long-term hunger striker who …
(2023-03-08). Over 30 Years: Pre-Oslo Prisoners — Profiles of Juma'a Adam, Raed al-Sa'adi, Ibrahim and Mohammed Ighbariya. samidoun.net 
Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network is providing the materials for the third week of the educational campaign, Over 30 Years: Pre-Oslo Prisoners. Read the previous two sets of materials: Week 3: Mohammed Adel Daoud, Mahmoud Abu Kharabish and Bashir Abdullah al-Khatib Week 2: Ibrahim Bayadseh, Ahmad Abu Jaber, Samir Abu Nima Week 1: Mohammed Al-Tus, …
(2023-03-08). Solidarity with Palestine and Georges Abdallah at France's labour protests against pension reform. samidoun.net 
More than 3.2 million people demonstrated on Tuesday, 7 March in France according to the CGT labour federation, including 120,000 in Toulouse, on the sixth national strike day against the pension reform proposed by the Macron government at the expense of workers in France. As they have since the beginning of the mobilization, the Collectif Palestine …
(2023-03-08). The brutality of normalization: Palestinian Authority "security" forces attack martyr's funeral in Nablus. samidoun.net 
The Palestinian Authority's ongoing policy of "security coordination" with the occupation was once again revealed and on full display on Wednesday, 8 March. PA forces fired stun grenades and tear gas at the funeral of the martyr Abdel-Fattah Kharousheh, resistance fighter and former Palestinian prisoner, assassinated yesterday with five of his comrades (Tariq Natour, Ziyad …
(2023-03-08). Norfolk Southern offers pittance to cover East Palestine, Ohio residents' hotel costs after derailment. wsws.org The move is a fig leaf which will do nothing to alleviate the long-term effects of the disaster on residents, the health effects of which will linger for years.
(2023-03-08). Norfolk Southern offers pittance to cover East Palestine, Ohio residents' hotel costs. wsws.org The move is a fig leaf which will do nothing to alleviate the long-term effects of the disaster on residents, the health effects of which will linger for years.
(2023-03-08). Two Norfolk Southern rail accidents in four days in Ohio show nothing has been done after East Palestine disaster. wsws.org According to press reports, 46 year-old Louis Shuster was positioned outside of the locomotive when it collided with dump truck at crossing at a Cleveland steel mill.
(2023-03-09). Tunisia's wave of racist attacks: 'I'm afraid. I can just disappear'. juancole.com 
Amelia Smith amyinthedesert ( Middle East Monitor ) — One student in Tunis fears most for his female colleagues; a story is circulating that Tunisian men pretending to be police are approaching sub-Saharan African women, luring them away and then raping them. Another student, Modeste from Benin, says he and his friends recently …
(2023-03-08). Racist Rabinovich Foundation will reportedly end loyalty oaths. bdsmovement.net 
(2023-03-08). Warren, Sanders Want to Ban Racist Facial Recognition Tools From Government Use. truthout.org Democrats and progressives in Congress reintroduced a bill on Tuesday that would ban the government from using facial recognition technology as increasing surveillance and police violence pose a threat to marginalized communities. The bill would also prevent the government from using biometric technologies like voice and gait recognition, while providing individuals a legal pathway against having… |
(2023-03-08). 'Absolutely Bonkers': Inside Infowars' Money Machine. splcenter.org The text messages from Alex Jones' phone show how Infowars sowed hatred, fear and lies, while also selling products to its audience, some at markups as high as 900%.
(2023-03-09). China's national legislature holds 2nd plenary meeting of annual session. ecns.cn The first session of the 14th National People's Congress (NPC) held a plenary meeting Tuesday to hear work reports of the Standing Committee of the 13th NPC, the Supreme People's Court (SPC) and the Supreme People's Procuratorate (SPP), as well as an explanation on a reform plan of the State Council institutions.
(2023-03-08). Fiscalía de Perú ratifica pedido de prisión contra Pedro Castillo. telesurtv.net El juez supremo Juan Carlos Checkley prevé emitir su decisión el próximo 9 de marzo a las 15H00 (hora local).