Daily Archives: March 2, 2023

2023-03-02: News Headlines

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-03-02). Black History Month – Dr. Lionel Kankeu Fonkoua, helping at-risk patients and increasing diversity in clinical trials. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Dr. Lionel Kankeu Fonkoua Black History Month is a month for all people to celebrate and learn about the diverse and important contributions of Black Americans to American society and culture, as well as to reflect on the ongoing fight against racism, inequity, and discrimination. The Mayo Clinic News Network is profiling several Mayo Clinic physicians who are focused every day on achieving health equity through their work. Meet Dr. Lionel Kankeu Fonkoua, an oncologist with…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-03-02). 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,…

cameron orr (2023-03-01). Don't miss March 8th International Women's Day event. cpusa.org As the Supreme Court embraces a false "color blind" approach to addressing systemic and individual racism— including attacks on affirmative action in schools and the workplace, and while 35 states are attempting to legislate reality out of how Black history, race, gender, and other aspects of Black folks' lives are taught, African American women …

Leanna First-Arai (2023-03-01). Billions Are Available to Tackle Environmental Racism. Where Is the Money Going? truthout.org Two years after President Biden's bold commitment to center under-resourced communities and racial justice in curbing the climate crisis, the funding capable of doing so is materializing — millions at a time — and on an almost daily basis. The record level of public money is intended for projects that address structural racism, such as the disproportionate concentration of high-emitting power… |

Fight Back (2023-03-02). MN protests upcoming SBI meeting to demand divestment from Israel. fightbacknews.org Saint Paul, MN – In lively spirits backed by a score of endorsing car horns, over 50 Palestine solidarity and anti-war activists demonstrated in front of the Minnesota Governor's Mansion on February 25, demanding that the Minnesota State Board of Investment (SBI) divest from apartheid Israel, as it did from apartheid South Africa. | The action was initiated by the Anti-War Committee in the lead up to the SBI's Thursday meeting, where the Anti-War Committee will deliver this demand to the Board, speaking on behalf of over a thousand Minnesotans who have signed onto their petition to divest. | The Minnesota State B…




KATIE (2023-03-02). Apartheid Israel out of AU – PAPSN Statement. bdsmovement.net

Maximillian Alvarez (2023-03-01). Rail workers of the world, unite! therealnews.com From unions in the United States fighting to save our supply chain from the destruction wrought by corporate tycoons, Wall Street vampires, and bought-off politicians, to the National Union of Rail, Maritime, and Transport Workers (RMT) leading the fight against austerity politics and ruling-class union busting in the United Kingdom, to rail workers with the General Confederation of Labour (CGT) in France joining their compatriots in the streets in a general strike against President Emmanuel Macron's neoliberal attack on the country's beloved pension system, rail workers around the world are fighting differ…

Svante Myrick (2023-03-01). All Communities Must Speak Out Against Anti-Semitism. otherwords.org

Ali Abunimah (2023-03-01). Israeli calls for genocide met with shrugs in Washington and Brussels. electronicintifada.net Senior Israeli minister calls for Huwwara to be "wiped out."

Phyllis Bennis, In These Times. (2023-03-01). We Need To Cut The Military Budget, But Don't Trust The Far Right To Do It. popularresistance.org Since Republicans took control of the House of Representatives earlier this year, the so-called "Freedom Caucus"‚Äâ—‚Äâthe badly misnamed right-fringe of the congressional GOP‚Äâ—‚Äâhas been flexing its influence. | Caucus members are deeply invested in an agenda that would increase inequality and enrich corporations and billionaires, strip hard-won rights from people of color, immigrants, women, and the LGBTQ community, destroy the environment to enrich fossil fuel companies and slash social investment for the po…




Chris Walker (2023-03-01). Critics Decry "Fascist" GOP Bill That Would Dismantle Florida Democratic Party. truthout.org A Republican lawmaker in Florida has proposed a bill that would effectively dismantle the Democratic Party, a move that would disenfranchise millions of voters in the state. Senate Bill 1248, sponsored by Republican state Senator Blaise Ingoglia, is titled "The Ultimate Cancel Act," a reference to right-wing grievances about so-called cancel culture. The bill doesn't mention the Democratic Party… |

David Cronin (2023-03-02). Absurd and cruel: New evidence on how the EU aims to please Israel. electronicintifada.net Olivér Várhelyi used flimsy excuses to punish cancer patients.

FECFFP (2023-03-02). Monday 3/6: Jewish Fast in Solidarity With Palestinians. indybay.org 456 Montgomery Street between California and Sacramento | Across street from the Israeli Consulate…

Juan Cole (2023-03-02). Israel's Ahmadinejad: Smotrich calls for Palestinian Town to be Wiped off the Map. juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — The Israeli minister of finance, Bezalel Smotrich, who is also the civil administrator of the Palestinian West Bank in the Defense Ministry, called Wednesday for the Palestinian town of Huwwara to be "wiped out of existence." Smotrich was at a conference held by the financial newspaper TheMarker, and was asked …

Middle East Monitor (2023-03-02). Israeli PM Netanyahu's idea of workable Peace excludes Palestinian Independence. juancole.com By Mohammad Makram Balawi | — ( Middle East Monitor ) — Benjamin Netanyahu has always been an open book. Although the Israeli prime minister is skilled at twisting facts and rewriting history when necessary, he has been very clear on his relations with the Palestinians since day one. The US cannot claim that it …

Chris Walker (2023-03-01). Critics Decry "Fascist" GOP Bill That Would Dismantle Florida Democratic Party. truthout.org A Republican lawmaker in Florida has proposed a bill that would effectively dismantle the Democratic Party, a move that would disenfranchise millions of voters in the state. Senate Bill 1248, sponsored by Republican state Senator Blaise Ingoglia, is titled "The Ultimate Cancel Act," a reference to right-wing grievances about so-called cancel culture. The bill doesn't mention the Democratic Party… |

David Cronin (2023-03-02). Absurd and cruel: New evidence on how the EU aims to please Israel. electronicintifada.net Olivér Várhelyi used flimsy excuses to punish cancer patients.

FECFFP (2023-03-02). Monday 3/6: Jewish Fast in Solidarity With Palestinians. indybay.org 456 Montgomery Street between California and Sacramento | Across street from the Israeli Consulate…

Juan Cole (2023-03-02). Israel's Ahmadinejad: Smotrich calls for Palestinian Town to be Wiped off the Map. juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — The Israeli minister of finance, Bezalel Smotrich, who is also the civil administrator of the Palestinian West Bank in the Defense Ministry, called Wednesday for the Palestinian town of Huwwara to be "wiped out of existence." Smotrich was at a conference held by the financial newspaper TheMarker, and was asked …

Middle East Monitor (2023-03-02). Israeli PM Netanyahu's idea of workable Peace excludes Palestinian Independence. juancole.com By Mohammad Makram Balawi | — ( Middle East Monitor ) — Benjamin Netanyahu has always been an open book. Although the Israeli prime minister is skilled at twisting facts and rewriting history when necessary, he has been very clear on his relations with the Palestinians since day one. The US cannot claim that it …

Robert Inlakesh (2023-03-02). Israeli Army Helps Settlers Carry Out A Pogrom Against Palestinians In Hawara. thelastamericanvagabond.com On Sunday evening Israeli settlers stormed the town of Hawara, near the West Bank city of Nablus, burning down Palestinian homes, vehicles, killing one and injuring hundreds. The attack has been labelled as a pogrom, which was backed by the Israeli military. Around 64 Palestinians have been killed and thousands injured, so far this year,

Staff (2023-03-02). Headlines for March 2, 2023. democracynow.org Top U.S. and Russian Diplomats Meet Briefly at G20 Talks as Ukraine War Rages On, Finland Advances Bid to Join NATO as Turkey Holds Up Sweden's Bid, U.S. Approves $619 Million Sale of High-Tech Weapons to Taiwan, U.S. Air Force Relieves Six Officers over Safety Lapses at North Dakota Nuclear Base, Israeli Protesters Opposed to Judicial Overhaul Met with Police Violence, "Repugnant": U.S. Condemns Israeli Minister's Call to "Erase" Palestinian Town of Huwara, U.S. Spy Agencies Reject Claims That "Havana Syndrome" Was Caused by Foreign Power, Protests Erupt in Greece…

Staff (2023-03-02). Surviving a Pogrom: Palestinian in Huwara Decries Israeli Settler Attack as "Ethnic Cleansing" democracynow.org On Sunday, Israeli settlers ransacked and torched Palestinian homes in Huwara, near the occupied West Bank city of Nablus, killing at least one Palestinian resident and injuring dozens of others. The Israeli human rights group B'Tselem has accused Benjamin Netanyahu's government of backing a pogrom in Huwara. Israeli Minister of Finance Bezalel Smotrich said Wednesday that Huwara needs to be "wiped out" and that the state of Israel should do it. In response, 22 Israeli international law experts sent a letter to Israel's attorney general demanding an immediate investigation against Sm…

teleSUR, odr, YSM (2023-03-02). Muere un joven palestino herido por Israel en Cisjordania. telesurtv.net Mahmoud Jamal Hamdan, recibió disparos durante un asalto del Ejército israelí al campo de refugiados donde se encontraba.

Eva Bartlett (2023-03-01). Dr. Marwa Osman On Recent Developments in Occupied Palestine. ingaza.wordpress.com Following our mid-February conversation, I spoke again with Lebanese journalist and political commentator, Dr. Marwa Osman, about recent developments in occupied Palestine. Among the things discussed were: -The new Israeli law passed in the Knesset that legitimizes the deportation & ethnic cleansing of Palestinians by revoking their citizenship and residency. -The near-daily resistance acts against…

Anonymous669 (2023-03-01). Israel Threatens Syria Over Hezbollah Deployment At Former Russian Intelligence Base In Daraa. southfront.org File image. | On February 28, the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) warned the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) against allowing Lebanon's Hezbollah to establish a presence on the strategic Tell al-Hara hilltop in leaflets which were dropped over the southern Syrian governorates of Daraa and al-Qunitra. | Tell al-Hara, which is located in the western Daraa countryside, hosts a large signal intelligence base that was once operated by the Russian Main Intelligence Directorate, commonly known by its previous abbreviation GRU,…

Fayha Shalash (2023-03-01). After Helping Earthquake Victims, This Palestinian Was Killed by an Israeli Rampage. globalresearch.ca

Miko Peled (2023-03-01). Miko Peled: Netanyahu and Ben-Gvir have all but guaranteed a new Intifada will soon erupt. greenleft.org.au Benjamin Netanyahu, the Prime Minister of Israel, will be remembered as the reckless politician who gave Itamar Ben-Gvir the green light to set a fire that will consume Palestine and cause death and destruction, the scale of which has never been seen before, writes Miko Peled.

Miko Peled (2023-03-01). By Recognizing Israel, Muslim Countries Are Betraying the Palestinian Cause. mintpressnews.com KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA — The Arab, Muslim and many of the "Non-Aligned" member countries were once staunch supporters of the Palestinian cause. However, in the world that exists today, this is no longer the case. One after the other, the Arab states are falling into the trap of normalizing relations with Israel. Many African nations …

Mohammed Samaana (2023-03-01). Violence will continue in the Mideast as Long as the US runs interference for Israeli Squatting and its Pogroms against Palestinians. juancole.com Belfast (Special to Informed Comment) — I was horrified to watch the February 22 Israeli army assault on Nablus where I was born. I grew up on its outskirts and completed my secondary education there. I yearn for its beautiful old city, renowned for Turkish baths, a traditional olive-oil soap industry and old markets filled …

People's Dispatch. (2023-03-01). Thousands Of Palestinians March To Protest Settler Violence. popularresistance.org Thousands of Palestinians in Israel took to the streets on Tuesday, February 28, to denounce the attacks by Israeli settlers on Palestinian homes and properties in Nablus on Sunday. At least one person was killed in the attacks and around 400 others were wounded. | Palestinian gathered in the north Israeli town of Sakhnin following a call by the Arab Higher Follow Up Committee, an umbrella organization of Arab groups in Israel. | They called the attack on Palestinians a "pogrom" and accused Israeli occupation forces of being participants in the attack. A similar protest held in solidarity with the Palestinian vic…

Peoples Dispatch (2023-03-01). Thousands of Palestinians march to protest settler violence in the occupied territories. peoplesdispatch.org Israel released all eight settlers accused of the violence in Nablus on Sunday within hours of their arrest. At least one Palestinian died and close to 400 were wounded in the Israeli settler violence…

Rajaa Salah (2023-03-01). A life interrupted at 18 begins again. electronicintifada.net After nearly 20 years in Israeli detention, Ahmed Abu Jazar wants to make up for lost time.

Sam Husseini (2023-03-01). State Dept: Israel in Charge of When We'll Enforce US Bans on Foreign Aid Over Its Nuclear Weapons Program. globalresearch.ca

Staff (2023-03-01). Israeli Minister Calls For Genocidal Violence Against Palestinians of Nablus. youtube.com "The village of Huwara [Nablus, Palestine] should be wiped out." Earlier today, Israel's Minister of Finance, Bezalel Smotrich called for genocidal violence against Palestinians of Nablus.

Staff (2023-03-01). Israeli Military Uses Baby and Father as Human Shields in Palestine Raid. youtube.com Footage has emerged of the Israeli military using a baby and father as human shields during their raid of Aqabat Jabr refugee camp in Jericho, Palestine.

Labor Video Project (2023-03-02). E. Palestine EPA Cover-up & SF Hunters Point/Treasure Island Connection with Greg Schwartz. indybay.org WorkWeek interviews investigative journalist Greg Schwartz about the connection between the East Palestine EPA hiring of Tetra Tech and the connection between Tetra Tech's record of fraud and retaliation of whistleblowers at the supposed clean-up at Hunters Point and Treasure Island. He also exposes that Black Rock and Vanguard Group are the top two shareholders of the Norfolk Southern Railway and Tetra Tech.

WSWS (2023-03-02). The East Palestine disaster: A crime of capitalism. wsws.org The poisoning of East Palestine, Ohio, is not merely an environmental catastrophe. It is a man-made disaster which raises fundamental questions about the structure of the society which produced it.

Mike Adams (2023-03-02). Eight Alarming Cover-ups and Contradictions in the East Palestine Train Wreck Chemical Nightmare Now Spreading Across Multiple States. globalresearch.ca

Michael Jansen (2023-03-02). Zionist Project Has Always Been Colonisation and Exclusion of Indigenous Palestinians. globalresearch.ca

Gideon Polya (2023-03-01). Zionists Attack Palestinian Writers and Australian Free Speech. dissidentvoice.org The acclaimed Palestinian writers Susan Abulhawa and Mohammed El-Kurd were invited to the Adelaide Writers' Festival, South Australia, but have encountered a storm of false defamation from Zionists, pro-Zionist Mainstream media and pro-Zionist politicians. Susan Abulhawa has also been falsely defamed for her humane, pro-peace views on the appalling Ukraine War. The eminent anti-racist Jewish …

Khalil Bendib (2023-03-01). Cartoon: The Other Palestinians. otherwords.org

Samidoun Deutschland (2023-03-01). Announcing the launch of the International Campaign to Liberate the Remains of Palestinian Martyrs. samidoun.net Announcing the launch of the international campaign to liberate the remains of Palestinian martyrs held in the morgues and "cemeteries of numbers" of the Zionist occupation Call to action, 11 March through 18 March 2023 "We will not abandon the last duty we owe our sons, to bury them with dignity" — Azhar Abu Srour, …

Staff (2023-03-01). Over 30 Years: Pre-Oslo Prisoners — profiles of Mohammed Adel Daoud, Mahmoud Abu Kharabish and Bashir Abdullah al-Khatib. 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 2: Ibrahim Bayadseh, Ahmad Abu Jaber, Samir Abu Nima Week 1: Mohammed Al-Tus, Ibrahim Abu Mokh, Walid Daqqa This week, we will highlight the Palestinian …

SAM (2023-03-01). New Biden Immigration Rule Echoes Trump-Era Racist Policies. progressivehub.net IMANI STEPHENS | PRISM…

Esther Schrader (2023-03-01). 'Day of Reckoning': Nikole Hannah-Jones among speakers at Alabama conference on Black women's health disparities. splcenter.org

Amy Goodman (2023-03-01). Conservative Supreme Court Justices Question Biden's Student Debt Plan. truthout.org The Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday in two challenges to the Biden administration's student debt relief plan, which could give tens of millions of federal borrowers up to $20,000 of relief. During arguments, several conservative justices expressed skepticism over the Biden administration's student debt relief plan, while liberal Justice Sonia Sotomayor blasted the Republican states who… |

F. Douglas Stephenson (2023-03-01). End the "Citizens United" Ruling with a "Democracy for All Amendment" juancole.com Gainesville, Fl. (Special to Informed Comment) — In the United States government has been privatized by the Citizens United ruling of the SCOTUS. Government is now really up for sale and auctioned off to the highest campaign contributors.The Supreme Court 'Citizen's United' decision opened the floodgates for big money in our politics, allowing giant corporations …

Mark Gruenberg, John Wojcik (2023-03-01). Protests at SCOTUS as justices move to kill debt relief for 26,000,000. peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON—The Trump-appointed right wingers on the Court questioned the legality of President Biden's plan to wipe out more than $400 billion in student debt, making it likely that the Supreme Court will kill his plan to forgive the loans of tens of millions of borrowers. The Chief Justice accused the president of acting without congressional …

Staff (2023-03-01). Student Debt Relief in Jeopardy as Conservative Supreme Court Justices Question Biden's Plan. democracynow.org The Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday in two challenges to the Biden administration's student debt relief plan, which could give tens of millions of federal borrowers up to $20,000 of relief. During arguments, several conservative justices expressed skepticism over the Biden administration's student debt relief plan, while liberal Justice Sonia Sotomayor blasted the Republican states who brought one of the lawsuits. We're joined by Eleni Schirmer, who organizes with the Debt Collective and is a writer and postdoctoral fellow at Concordia University's Social Justice Centre in Montr…

teleSUR (2023-03-01). Brazil Frees Over 100 Prisoners for Jan 8 Coup Attacks. telesurenglish.net On Tuesday, Brazil's Federal Supreme Court Judge Alexandre de Moraes ordered the provisional release of more than 100 people who had been detained following the January 8 coup attacks in Brasília against the three branches of government. | RELATED: | The decision concerns 102 people who will be able to return to their hometowns with some conditions upon their release with charges. | They will have to wear electro…

WSWS (2023-03-01). US Supreme Court poised to overturn Biden administration's limited student debt relief plan. wsws.org Currently, some 43 million borrowers in the United States owe over $1.7 trillion in student federal loan debt representing a massive and looming financial burden for a significant section of the working class.

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