(2023-03-28). Youth Organizers Are Uniting Marginalized Communities to Stop Atlanta's Cop City. truthout.org A crowd of youth organizers have mastered this call and response chant, a unanimous voice talking back to a potential Cop City. Nearing the end of Defend the Atlanta Forest's Week of Action, the energy from the In Defense of Black Lives rally held at the Atlanta Police Foundation Headquarters is palpable. There is laughter, chanting, a fire of hope that electrifies the air — folks have just… |
(2023-03-29). Israel Protests: "Democracy" in an Apartheid Regime? globalresearch.ca
(2023-03-28). Randall Robinson (1941-2023) on Haiti's Unbroken Agony, from U.S. Coups to Haiti's "Debt" to France. democracynow.org 
We continue to remember the lawyer and human rights activist Randall Robinson, the founder of the racial justice group TransAfrica, who died last week at age 81. Robinson was a leader in the U.S. movement against South African apartheid and was a prominent critic of U.S. policy in Haiti, including the U.S.-backed coup against President Jean-Bertrand Aristide in 2004. Democracy Now! spoke to Robinson in 2007 about that episode and how foreign powers have interfered in Haiti throughout the country's history, beginning with the slave revolt against France that established Haiti as the first free republic in th…
(2023-03-28). The Preparation of a New World War: Reconstituting the Nazi-Nippon Axis. libya360.wordpress.com Thierry Meyssan Japan's PM Kishida offers support to Kyiv The United States is pushing its European Union allies to prepare for a Third World War. They have no choice but to fight it if they want to emerge victorious from the "Thucydides trap". Unless all this commotion is just a staging to "keep" the allies…
(2023-03-29). Chinese mainland affirms real benefits for Taiwan compatriots after reunification. ecns.cn A Chinese mainland spokesperson on Wednesday affirmed that Taiwan compatriots will enjoy real benefits after the country's reunification.
(2023-03-29). Ma Ying-jeou mourns victims of Nanjing Massacre. ecns.cn Ma Ying-jeou, former chairman of the Chinese Kuomintang party, visits the Memorial Hall of the Victims in Nanjing Massacre by Japanese Invaders and expresses deep condolence for the compatriots who lost their lives in the massacre in Nanjing, east China's Jiangsu Province, March 29, 2023.
(2023-03-28). 'Unfriendly' West Triggers Consolidation Of Russian Elite. southfront.org 
Click to see the full-size image | The claim that sanctions, the ICC arrest warrant against President Putin, and other unfriendly actions by the West have had no effect on Russian political reality is fundamentally false. | After the collapse of the USSR, the new economic elites of Russia aligned themselves firmly with the West. Flattering themselves that they would be whole-heartedly embraced by the Western global aristocracy, they felt little solidarity with their less-fortunate compatriots, and were happy to enable the…
(2023-03-28). Roger Waters V. the Machine: Inside the Pink Floyd Frontman's Battle For Free Speech in Germany. mintpressnews.com 
After being blacklisted as "anti-Semitic," Roger Waters has embarked upon a legal battle against German authorities over his support for BDS, criticism of the Israeli government and support for the Palestinian people.
(2023-03-28). Racial discrimination, inequality getting worse in U.S.: report. ecns.cn Racial discrimination and inequality are worsening in the United States, said a report released by China's State Council Information Office on Tuesday.
(2023-03-28). Netanyahu Delays Judicial Overhaul While Further Empowering Israel's Far Right. truthout.org Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has agreed to delay a push to overhaul and weaken Israel's judiciary until the next parliamentary session. The retreat came after months of unprecedented mass protests and a general strike on Monday that shut down much of Israel. Netanyahu had earlier fired his defense minister, Yoav Gallant, for suggesting a delay to judicial changes. In a concession to… |
(2023-03-28). Rallies, Clashes Roil Israel as Netanyahu "Pauses" Gutting of Judiciary, and Far Right urges use of "Gasoline and Guns" on Protesters. juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — The Israeli newspaper Arab 48 reports that clashed broke out Monday evening between centrist protesters against the Netanyahu government and far right thugs. Some 10,000 fascists gathered in front of the courthouse in Jerusalem to support Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's plan to weaken the judiciary. Some got into shouting matches …
(2023-03-28). Palestinians to Pay the Price as Netanyahu Pauses Judicial Overhaul While Further Empowering Far Right. democracynow.org 
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has agreed to delay a push to overhaul and weaken Israel's judiciary until the next parliamentary session. The retreat came after months of unprecedented mass protests and a general strike on Monday that shut down much of Israel. Netanyahu had earlier fired his defense minister, Yoav Gallant, for suggesting a delay to judicial changes. In a concession to his far-right governing allies, Netanyahu has also agreed to establish a new national guard under the control of Itamar Ben-Gvir, the ultranationalist national security minister who was once convicted of racist inci…
(2023-03-29). The banking crisis: Will it push the working class or fascism to rise up? — a WW commentary. workers.org 
The capitalist ruling class is worried that the banking crisis, which began less than a month ago with the collapse of the Silicon Valley Bank and quickly spread, could ultimately mushroom into a global financial crisis bigger than the crash of 2008. All talk of a "soft landing" has ended. . . . |
(2023-03-29). ICC Charges Putin With War Crimes; US And Israeli Leaders Enjoy Impunity. popularresistance.org On March 17, a little more than one year after Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Karim Khan, chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), announced that the Pre-Trial Chamber (PTC) had issued an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin for the commission of war crimes in Ukraine. The PTC also issued an arrest warrant for Maria Lvova-Belova, commissioner for children's rights in the Office of the President of the Russian Federation, for the same war crimes. | While the U.S. celebrates the arrest warrant against Putin, it has pressured the ICC to refrain from prosecuting Israelis and Americans…
(2023-03-29). Friday 3/31: Free Palestine! indybay.org Israeli Consulate | 456 Montgomery | San Francisco…
(2023-03-29). For Israelis, Ethnic Cleansing of Palestinians Is Fine, but Judicial Reform Is a Red Line. orinocotribune.com By Miko Peled — Mar 27, 2023 | The successful mobilization of hundreds of thousands of Israelis to stand up against the Netanyahu government is proof of one thing: Israelis do not want to end the oppression and killing of Palestinian people. | Israeli society has never seen such ongoing massive anti-government protests. So it is clear that had Israelis wanted to, they could have mobilized around lifting the brutal and inhumane blockade Israel has imposed on Palestinians living in the Gaza Strip, or the release of political prisoners or any of the myriad mechanisms Israel uses to oppress and terrorize Palesti…
(2023-03-29). The banking crisis: Will it push the working class or fascism to rise up? — a WW commentary. workers.org The capitalist ruling class is worried that the banking crisis, which began less than a month ago with the collapse of the Silicon Valley Bank and quickly spread, could ultimately mushroom into a global financial crisis bigger than the crash of 2008. All talk of a "soft landing" has ended. . . . |
(2023-03-29). ICC Charges Putin With War Crimes; US And Israeli Leaders Enjoy Impunity. popularresistance.org On March 17, a little more than one year after Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Karim Khan, chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), announced that the Pre-Trial Chamber (PTC) had issued an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin for the commission of war crimes in Ukraine. The PTC also issued an arrest warrant for Maria Lvova-Belova, commissioner for children's rights in the Office of the President of the Russian Federation, for the same war crimes. | While the U.S. celebrates the arrest warrant against Putin, it has pressured the ICC to refrain from prosecuting Israelis and Americans…
(2023-03-29). Friday 3/31: Free Palestine! indybay.org Israeli Consulate | 456 Montgomery | San Francisco…
(2023-03-29). For Israelis, Ethnic Cleansing of Palestinians Is Fine, but Judicial Reform Is a Red Line. orinocotribune.com By Miko Peled — Mar 27, 2023 | The successful mobilization of hundreds of thousands of Israelis to stand up against the Netanyahu government is proof of one thing: Israelis do not want to end the oppression and killing of Palestinian people. | Israeli society has never seen such ongoing massive anti-government protests. So it is clear that had Israelis wanted to, they could have mobilized around lifting the brutal and inhumane blockade Israel has imposed on Palestinians living in the Gaza Strip, or the release of political prisoners or any of the myriad mechanisms Israel uses to oppress and terrorize Palesti…
(2023-03-29). Muere joven palestino gravemente herido por fuerzas israelíes. telesurtv.net Pocas horas después de la muerte de Lolah, al menos seis palestinos resultaron heridos por colonos israelíes.
(2023-03-28). ICC Charges Putin With War Crimes While US and Israeli Leaders Enjoy Impunity. scheerpost.com 
(2023-03-28). Netanyahu Has Taken Israel to the Abyss. What Is His Exit Strategy? globalresearch.ca
(2023-03-28). Headlines for March 28, 2023. democracynow.org 39 Asylum Seekers Die in Fire at Mexican Immigration Detention Center Near U.S. Border, U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees Says Biden Asylum Proposal Violates International Law, Six Killed, Including Three Students, in Shooting at Nashville, TN, Elementary School, Israel's Netanyahu Agrees to Delay Far-Right Judicial Reforms Amid Massive Protests, U.S. Aircraft Carrier Arrives in South Korea as North Korea Ramps Up Nuclear Weapons Production, Taliban Arrests Leader of Campaign to Educate Afghan Women and Girls, Massive Strikes and Protests Across France Demanding Macron Restore Pension Benefits, Haitian-Ch…
(2023-03-28). Realizan huelga en rechazo a reforma judicial en Israel. telesurtv.net El presidente de Israel, Isaac Herzog, instó al primer ministro a detener la polémica reforma judicial que divide al país.
(2023-03-28). Primer ministro aplaza reforma judicial en Congreso de Israel. telesurtv.net Benjamin Netanyahu afirmó que ordenó la pausa de la controvertida legislación hasta después del receso de la Knesset (parlamento).
(2023-03-28). Israel protests to continue despite Netanyahu's "pause" of dictatorial legislation. wsws.org Netanyahu announced that the legislation would be "paused" to prevent "civil war". But only after negotiations with the far-right parties in his government, granting them a National Guard led by Jewish supremacistItamar Ben-Gvir.
(2023-03-28). General strike and mass protests stagger Israeli regime. wsws.org The political explosion in Israel is another expression of a widening global revolutionary crisis of capitalism.
(2023-03-29). Delaware River chemical spill impacts drinking water in the Philadelphia region. wsws.org While authorities, after days of inaction and mixed-messages, claim the water is safe to drink, one of the chemicals was also released in the East Palestine, Ohio derailment.
(2023-03-29). Medios informan que Baltimore se niega a tratar el agua contaminada del derrame tóxico de Ohio. cubadebate.cu La empresa estadounidense de gestión de residuos Clean Harbors abandonó este martes su plan para tratar en la ciudad de Baltimore las aguas contaminadas por el descarrilamiento de un tren en East Palestine, Ohio, informan medios locales.
(2023-03-28). The US Has Seen 50 Chemical Spills or Fires This Year, and It's Only March. truthout.org A spill at a factory outside Philadelphia that sent thousands of gallons of chemicals into the Delaware River has sparked worries among the area's residents over a major source of drinking water. One of the chemicals in the spill — butyl acrylate — was also on the 50-car train that derailed last month in East Palestine, Ohio, which spewed toxic fumes into the air as it burned for days. |
(2023-03-28). Cuba's Ties to Arab World: Al Mayadeen Interviews Cuba President (III). orinocotribune.com Cuban President Miguel-Diaz Canel touches in an interview for Al Mayadeen on the Palestinian and Lebanese resistance, the confrontation of Western imperialism, and his visit to Algeria. | During the third part of Al Mayadeen Media Network Chairman Ghassan Ben Jeddou's interview with Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel, the president discussed Algeria, the Palestinian cause, El Comandante, and former President Raul Castro in the context of Cuba, global liberation, and international revolution. | Diaz-Canel said that in this past year, Cuba endeavored on a journey across Western Asia and North Africa to restore direc…
(2023-03-29). ICC irreversibly crosses the line of legal decency. strategic-culture.org ICCis a disgrace to law in all its civilised forms. State parties should be encouraged to withdraw from it while it is still possible for them to avoid embarrassment by association. | Acting at the behest of its political controllers and paymasters, the racist International Criminal Court [ICC], whose principal activity since its founding in 2003 has been the malicious persecution of black African leaders, now, for a change, targets for judicial abuse a distinguished Eurasian figure. | Observers with an attention span of more than fifteen minutes (which would exclude the vast majority in the bamboozled Western co…
(2023-03-28). Enfado por agresión policial a futbolistas peruanos en España. telesurtv.net Testigos de los hechos califican de racista el ataque que derivó en una airada respuesta de los deportistas peruanos.
(2023-03-28). SPLC represents group suing to preserve Florida community's Black heritage. splcenter.org
(2023-03-28). SPLC urges Biden administration to abandon 'misguided' asylum rule. splcenter.org
(2023-03-28). 20 Years On, US Failure In Iraq Still Lingers On, With A Stronger Iran. southfront.org 
A US soldier runs at a coalition forces forward base near West Mosul, Iraq June 21, 2017 (Source: REUTERS)This is part of a larger context, beyond the Middle East: that of the decline of the US world order. | Written by Uriel Araujo, researcher with a focus on international and ethnic conflicts. | On March 19 Iran and Iraq signed a border security agreement during Ali Shamkhani, secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council (SNSC), visit to Baghdad. On that occasion, referring to Iranian Kurdish factions w…
(2023-03-28). In Video: 35 Years Ago Biden Came To Kremlin To Discuss INF Treaty. southfront.org
(2023-03-28). SCOTUS Denies Steven Donziger's Request for Appeal of Conviction in Chevron Case. truthout.org Environmental attorney Steven Donziger was joined by a number of U.S. Supreme Court observers on Monday in denouncing a decision by seven of the nine justices, who refused to consider Donziger's case regarding the appointment of three special prosecutors after he was charged with criminal contempt of court. A number of observers noted that a dissent was signed by two conservative judges… |
(2023-03-28). Video: Co-ed NATO expeditionary forces train for winter/Arctic warfare near Russian border. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com NATOSupreme Headquarters Allied Powers EuropeMarch 28, 2023 Video: How to survive in the winter wilderness with NATO's battlegroup Estonia …UK troops that make up part of NATO's multinational battlegroup in Estonia — with the United Kingdom as framework nation — train for on the Cold Weather Operator's Course…. This NATO battlegroup also includes contributions from …