(2023-03-23). The Pajaro Levee Break, Immigrants, Labor & Climate Crisis With PVFT1936's Pamela Sexton. indybay.org PVFT Local 1936 Delegate Pamela Beth Sexton adult education teacher talks about the effect of the broken levee on the immigrant farmworker community, systemic racism and the role these farmworkers play in our economy.
(2023-03-22). Corvallis Against Fascism: Five Years of Nazi Tears. itsgoingdown.org Five year analysis and reflection on antifascist organizing and community self-defense by Corvallis Antifa. Download PDF HERE This October, Corvallis Antifa will turn five years old. While this pales in comparison to the decades-long tenures of some other Torch Network groups like CenTex-ARA and Rose City Antifa, we recognize that we have outlasted a lot…
(2023-03-22). Israel Protests Should Not Be Confused With the Palestinian Struggle for Equality. orinocotribune.com By Ramzy Baroud — Mar 16, 2023 | As hundreds of thousands throughout Israel joined anti-government protests, questions began to arise regarding how this movement would affect, or possibly merge, into the broader struggle against the Israeli military occupation and apartheid in Palestine. | Pro-Palestine media outlets shared, with obvious excitement, news about statements made by Hollywood celebrities, like Mark Ruffalo, about the
(2023-03-22). Ukraine's "Neo-Nazi Summer Camp". Military Training for Young Children, Para-military Recruits. globalresearch.ca The Azov battalion supported by its Western partners is not only involved in para-military operations in Donbass, it is also running a Summer Camp military training project for young children.
(2023-03-22). Ukraine and the Lessons of the Iraq War. fpif.org Leaving aside the manufactured justifications, the United States invaded Iraq in 2003 to reassert U.S. power in the Middle East and reduce the influence of Iran. It wasn't terrorism or yellow cake or even Saddam Hussein's appalling human rights abuses that motivated one of the most tragic of U.S. foreign policy blunders. | It was geopolitics, stupid. | According to the fevered imaginations of Donald Rumsfeld, Dick Cheney, and their neocon compatriots, Saddam would be the first domino to fall, followed by other autocrats (Bashar al-Assad in Syria, Muammar Qaddafi in Libya) until, boom, democracy upended the ayatol…
(2023-03-22). The US' Meddling In Ethiopia's Transitional Justice Process Aims To Predetermine The Outcome. thealtworld.com This provocation can be described as yet another example of the US' infamous "humanitarian imperialism" whereby it weaponizes humanitarian issues like transitional justice for the purpose of advancing its imperialist interests. In this case, the US wants to revise history in order to retroactively extend a degree of false credence to its debunked claims of "genocide" against Tigrayans, delegitimize the Government Of Ethiopia as a result, and thus weaken its authority as part of the long-term plot to "Bosnify" this cosmopolitan country. | The Ethiopian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) reacted angrily to the State…
(2023-03-22). No, Mr. Smotrich, Palestinians are not New in History, and all Nationalisms are Modern, including the Israeli. juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — Bezalel Smotrich in a speech in Paris over the weekend maintained that there are no Palestinians and that the whole notion of Palestine is no older than a century. This cliocide, a form of genocide involving wiping out the history of a people, has been a common narrative among Zionists …
(2023-03-23). Black Residents Of Cancer Alley Sue Local Government. popularresistance.org A discrimination lawsuit filed Tuesday in the Eastern District of Louisiana alleges that the St. James Parish Council steered polluting facilities into Black neighborhoods along the Mississippi River. As a result, Black residents there are forced to breathe in more pollution and face a higher risk of related health problems, according to the suit filed by Inclusive Louisiana, Mount Triumph Baptist Church, and RISE St. James. | "We're being ignored and we have to do whatever we have to do to stop it," said Myrtle Felton, a lifelong resident of St. James Parish and co-founder of Inclusive Louisiana, a community gro…
(2023-03-22). Black residents of Cancer Alley sue local government for discrimination in siting chemical facilities. nationofchange.org "We're being ignored and we have to do whatever we have to do to stop it."
(2023-03-22). Community Defense Organizations Disrupt Transphobic Rally in Jefferson City, Missouri. itsgoingdown.org Report on counter-mobilization against a far-Right anti-trans rally in Jefferson City, Missouri. A coalition of Missouri and Kansas-based leftist organizations came together on Monday, March 20th, to intervene in an aggressive and genocidal rally to ban trans health care in Missouri. The rally was organized by various far-Right and fascist organizations dedicated to vilifying and…
(2023-03-23). Sunday 4/2: The U.S. & Israel: Old Dilemmas, New Problems. indybay.org 1187 Franklin Street, San Francisco, CA 94109 | Unitarian Universalist Association of San Francisco…
(2023-03-23). UK drowns criticism of Netanyahu with trade deal. electronicintifada.net Israeli prime minister visits London under a cloud of obfuscation.
(2023-03-23). Continúan las protestas contra la reforma judicial en Israel. telesurtv.net Los manifestantes se congregaron frente la sede del Paralemento (Knesset) y del Aeropuerto Internacional Ben Gurion.
(2023-03-22). Israeli Army Intercepts Hamas Drone Over Gaza Strip. southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image. Via Twitter. | On March 22, the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) announced that the Iron Dome air defense system shot down a drone of the Hamas Movement over the Gaza Strip. | In a statement, the IDF said that the drone did not enter Israeli airspace.The Iron Dome's Tamir interceptor missiles were fired at the drone while it was flying over Gaza. According to the statement, the drone did not pose a threat to civilians in the area surrounding the strip. | P…
(2023-03-22). Landmine Blast Wounds Two Israeli Soldiers On Front With Lebanon (Videos). southfront.org 
File image. | On March 21, two Israeli soldiers were wounded when a landmine exploded for unknown reasons near the separation line with Lebanon. | In a statement, the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) said that the landmine exploded during "routine engineering activity," adding that there was no fear of the incident being an attack. An investigation to find out what set off the mine and why it was not detected by the soldiers had been launched. | The two wounded soldiers were taken to Galilee Medical Center in Nahariya. One…
(2023-03-22). Nasrallah Says Hezbollah Will Not Comment On Recent Northern Israel Bombing. southfront.org 
Hezbollah Secretary-General Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah during a televised speech on March 22. Source: Al-Manar TV. | On March 22, Hezbollah Secretary-General Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah said that the group will not comment on a recent bombing in northern Israel. | The bombing took place on the Route 65 highway at the Megiddo Junction on
(2023-03-22). Israeli Airstrikes Hit Syria's Aleppo Airport for Second Time This Month. news.antiwar.com Israeli airstrikes hit Syria's Aleppo airport early Wednesday for the second time this month as the region is still recovering from a devastating earthquake that hit Syria and Turkey on February 6. "At about 03: 55 am on Wednesday, the Israeli enemy launched an aerial act of aggression with a number of missiles from the direction of …
(2023-03-22). Israeli dramatist Hanoch Levin's 'Yaacobi & Leidental' in U.S. premiere. peoplesworld.org 
LOS ANGELES — Dear Reader, please indulge me for a moment to tell you my favorite Jewish joke—and it won't be the only time in this review that I'll be bordering on the politically incorrect: Two Jews meet on the street. One says, "Hey, would you believe it? My father just turned a hundred years …
(2023-03-22). How China's Iran-Saudi Deal Transforms Geopolitics. libya360.wordpress.com Scott Ritter Just a year ago, the US was in the ascendant when it came to Middle East politics, working to isolate Iran by helping to normalize relationships between Israel and the Mideast Gulf states. The reality just changed — literally overnight — after China successfully brokered a reconciliation between Saudi Arabia and Iran which,…
(2023-03-22). For the first time in US History, Sympathy for Palestinians has overtaken Sympathy for Israelis among Democrats. juancole.com 
US sympathy for Palestinians at unprecedented level as Israel's image is hit ( Middle East Monitor ) — For the first time in US history, sympathy for Palestinians has overtaken sympathy for Israelis among Democrats, according to the latest Gallup poll. Nearly half of Democrats — 49 per cent — have greater sympathy for Palestinians …
(2023-03-22). What The Saudi-Iran Deal Means For Palestine, Israel, US, And Mideast. popularresistance.org In a surprising development last weekend, Iran and Saudi Arabia agreed to restore normal relations, reopen embassies in each other's country, and reactivate security and trade agreements that have lain dormant. The agreement has the potential to shake up both regional and global politics, but could also mean a lot less than it initially seems. | It must be emphasized that this agreement, while certainly important, is not a cure-all for the Iranian-Saudi rivalry that has had such devastating effects across the region. That competition will still exist, as it existed before Saudi Arabia cut off relations with Iran…
(2023-03-22). Israel's Humiliating Expulsion from AU Summit Exposes Its Failed Diplomacy in Africa. mintpressnews.com
(2023-03-22). Liga àÅrabe condena la negación israelí de Estados vecinos. telesurtv.net Un ministro sionista presentó un mapa de Israel que incluye las fronteras del Reino Hachemita de Jordania y los territorios palestinos ocupados…
(2023-03-22). Denuncian detención de madres palestinas por parte de Israel. telesurtv.net Las fuerzas de ocupación de Israel contra Palestina han cobrado la vida de más de 85 palestinos asesinados desde principios de 2023.
(2023-03-22). Israel ataca aeropuerto en la ciudad siria de Alepo. telesurtv.net Damasco instó al Consejo de Seguridad de la Organización de las Naciones Unidas a condenar las acciones agresivas de Israel.
(2023-03-22). "The Iran-Saudi deal is a fatal blow to the Arab-Israeli pact against Iran." globalresearch.ca
(2023-03-22). The State Of East Palestine, Ohio From The Eyes Of A Local. popularresistance.org Timothea is a long-time resident of East Palestine, Ohio and a victim of the Norfolk Southern train derailment. The train transporting toxic chemicals was 150 cars-long, 20-25% longer than the average length of trains in 2017, and it was operated by three conductors, with only 4 paid sick days each— just half of the national average. Of course, the release of 100,000 gallons of chemicals into a town only 3 square miles in size might have been avoided had our so-called "socialist" leaders fought for the rights of the railroad workers to secure a more favorable contract that was already years overdue. Now, Ti…
(2023-03-22). Solidarity With East Palestine/Hunters Point & Nationalize The Railroads: Action in SF. indybay.org A rally was held at the San Francisco Federal Building on March 13, 2023 to connect the toxic rail wreck disaster in East Palestine with the Hunters Point-Treasure Island toxic clean-up scandal. Over $1 billion was spent by the US government to pay for a clean-up of the radioactive dump site and Tetra Tech managers were charged and convicted with fraud in the clean-up. The company also retaliated against health and safety whistleblowers with terminations. It is presently being sued by the DOJ and the fired whistleblowers in San Francisco. The same company has been hired by Norfolk Southern railroad company to tes…
(2023-03-22). Gothenburg demonstrates for Palestine against the massacres. samidoun.net 
On Saturday, 18 March, over 200 people marched through the streets of Gothenburg, Sweden, in solidarity with the Palestinian people against massacres and attacks by the Zionist forces. The demonstration, organized by the coalition of Palestine organizations in the city, also came as part of the International Campaign to Liberate the Remains of Palestinian Martyrs. …
(2023-03-22). New York City demonstration demands liberation of the remains of Palestinian martyrs. samidoun.net 
On Friday, 17 March, demonstrators gathered in New York City outside the United Nations to demand the liberation of the remains of Palestinian martyrs and express solidarity with the Palestinian people and their struggle for liberation from the river to the sea. The demonstration, organized by Within Our Lifetime — United for Palestine and Samidoun …
(2023-03-22). On Arab Mother's Day: Palestinian mothers demand the return of their children; a message from women prisoners. samidoun.net 
On 21 March, Palestinians and Arabs celebrate Mother's Day, honoring the many contributions of mothers to the lives of their children and to society as a whole. In Palestine and in exile and diaspora, however, mothers face particular challenges and forms of oppression by the Zionist regime, from imprisonment to the destruction of their homes, …
(2023-03-22). Randa Musa, wife of Khader Adnan, urges popular action to free her husband and all Palestinian prisoners. samidoun.net 
As the Battle of Freedom or Martyrdom approaches, with seven leaders of the Palestinian prisoners' movement having launched a hunger strike in advance of the 2,000 prisoners scheduled to begin their strike Thursday, 23 March, Sheikh Khader Adnan is on his 46th day of hunger strike. In a press statement by Randa Musa, Adnan's wife, …
(2023-03-23). San Francisco labor opposes racist land ownership bill in Texas. workers.org 
San Francisco Recalling California's shameful history of prohibiting Chinese and Japanese residents from owning land in the state, the San Francisco Labor Council voted March 13 to condemn a similarly racist bill currently before the Texas state Senate. The vote by SFLC delegates was unanimous. Texas Senate Bill 147, if . . . |
(2023-03-23). General Strike Can Root Out "Taliban" Embedded in U.S. Government and Supreme Court. indybay.org Religious fanatics are taking away our rights and replacing them with god-given rights—this must be stopped…
(2023-03-22). Military Situation In Iraq On March 22, 2023 (Map Update). southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | Iraqi security forces arrested 10 ISIS terrorists in Kirkuk province, according to the Iraqi Intelligence Organization; | The PMU reportedly destroyed eight hideouts of ISIS and discovered three explosive packages in Kirkuk and Salahuddin provinces; | The secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, Ali Shamkhani met with Iraqi officials in Baghdad. Iran and Iraq signed a bilateral agreement on security cooperation during the visit. | MORE ON THE TOPIC: :…
(2023-03-22). NATO's two top military command inspect Military Outpost Iraq. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com NATOMarch 22, 2023 The Supreme Allied Commander Europe and the Chair of the NATO Military Committee visit NATO Mission Iraq On 20-21 March 2023, the Chair of the NATO Military Committee, Admiral Rob Bauer, and the Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR), General Christopher G. Cavoli, visited NATO Mission Iraq (NMI). During their visit they reviewed …