Daily Archives: March 17, 2023

2023-03-17: News Headlines

Steve Melendez (2023-03-17). American Indian Genocide Museum at Austin Expo. indybay.org We are here today at the SXSW Conference and Expo here in Austin, Texas telling our story because we know if we don't, no one else will. We are here today to bring awareness that past injustices are still being experienced today. We are here today to bring awareness that the racism of the past is still the cornerstone of American laws. Gone perhaps are the scalp bounties paid for Indian men, women, and children but, on the other hand, not one treaty has ever been honored.

_____ (2023-03-16). San Francisco Considers $5 Million Reparations Payouts. popularresistance.org San Francisco, California – These were some of the more than 100 recommendations made by a city-appointed reparations committee tasked with the thorny question of how to atone for centuries of slavery and systemic racism. And the San Francisco Board of Supervisors hearing the report for the first time Tuesday voiced enthusiastic support for the ideas listed, with some saying money should not stop the city from doing the right thing. | Several supervisors said they were surprised to hear pushback from politically liberal San Franciscans apparently unaware that the legacy of slavery and racist policies continues to…

Jessica Buxbaum (2023-03-16). Title VI Complaint Filed Against George Washington University Over "Hostile Environment of Anti-Palestinian Racism" mintpressnews.com Discrimination against Palestinians at George Washington University is an institutional problem deeply rooted in the administration and powerful entities that support it.

thecommunists (2023-03-16). Israel elections — even more racism and even nastier fascists. thecommunists.org It is a truism that the inhumanity of zionism knows no bounds. The inhumanity of its adherents is matched only by their immense stupidity, and by the unflinching certainty that their Israel project will fail and fall. Before the most recent Israeli elections, many people assumed that the zionist government could not get any more …

PACBI (2023-03-16). Palestinians Urge Dan David Prize Recipients To Help Dismantle Israeli Apartheid by Rejecting Complicit Award. bdsmovement.net

Ramzy Baroud (2023-03-16). Israel's Supreme Court is No Friend of the Palestinian People. dissidentvoice.org 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 wider 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, the likes of Mark Ruffalo, about …




Ramzy Baroud (2023-03-16). Israel Protests Should Not Be Confused With the Palestinian Struggle for Equality. mintpressnews.com Ramzy Baroud sheds light on the ongoing protests in Israel and their limited impact on the country's inherently racist institutions and ongoing military occupation and apartheid in Palestine.

Staff (2023-03-16). 1 April, Vancouver: Boycott Israeli Wines/Commemorate Palestine Land Day. samidoun.net Saturday, April 1, 2 pm BC Liquor Store 1108 Pacific Blvd. (Yaletown) Vancouver FB event page: Boycott Israeli Wines/Commemorate Palestinian Land Day (Cover photo by Michael YC Tseng) Join us to mark Palestinian Land Day and call out the BC Government and corporations complicit in war crimes profiteering off Israeli apartheid wines. Major international and …

teleSUR, JGN (2023-03-17). Presidente sirio afirma que tercera guerra mundial ya está en curso. telesurtv.net Al Assad dijo que "por eso las guerras tienden a ser subsidiarias; por eso hoy en día Zelenski está librando una guerra en nombre de Occidente con su ejército de nazis".

Anonymous103 (2023-03-16). Downing US Drones Saves Thousands Of Lives. southfront.org Illustrative Image. Photo made in Donetsk after Ukrainian killed civiliansOnly a few days before the downing, Kiev regime forces conducted numerous attacks on civilian settlements in the Donbass. Apart from the regular indiscriminate shelling, the Neo-Nazi junta is using US-made PGMs (precision-guided munitions) to attack the people of Donbass, with NATO drones providing the targeting data. | Written by Drago Bosnic, independent geopolitical and military analyst | As we all know now, on March 14, a United States Air…

teleSUR, JDO (2023-03-16). Siria respalda lucha de Rusia contra el nazismo. telesurtv.net Se reúnen los presidentes Bashar al Assad y Vladimir Putin. Ambas naciones mantendrán cooperación técnico-militar.

ecns.cn (2023-03-17). Officials call for improved health system. ecns.cn Central government officials on Thursday called for efforts to ramp up the detection capability for COVID-19 infections, fix the "short planks" in the country's health system and wage a patriotic health movement to improve hygiene.




Staff (2023-03-16). Chapeando: Se calentó La Peña del Titán con el #TeamAsere (+ Podcast). cubadebate.cu No hay modo de separar el patriotismo cubano de lo que está sucediendo con el equipo Cuba en el Clásico Mundial, el #TeamAsere, pero hay que esperar el domingo con emoción serena. El odio no podrá contra el amor, ni en Miami. Porque, incluso allí, hay más cubanos dignos que indignos.

Margaret Anna Alice (2023-03-17). The Weaponization of "Anti-Semitism". Requiem for a Smear Victim: Clemens Arvay. globalresearch.ca

Reiner Fuellmich (2023-03-17). Video: Imminent 5G Induced Genocide: Vaccinated Vulnerable To 5G Kill Grid's Deadly Tech! — Dr. Reiner Fuellmich. globalresearch.ca

Zane McNeill (2023-03-16). Arizona Governor Vetoes Bill Banning Critical Race Theory. truthout.org Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs (D) recently vetoed a Republican-backed education bill that would ban public K-12 schools from teaching critical race theory (CRT) to students. CRT is a legal academic discipline that began in the 1980s. In 2020, the far right co-opted the term CRT, weaponizing it as a boogeyman in the latest culture war pushed by Republicans. Currently, more than 18 states have enacted… |

Michael F. Brown (2023-03-17). Fascism grips Israel yet US clings to two-state fantasy. electronicintifada.net New York keeps investment in Israel Bonds as a State Department spokesperson confirms an Israeli settler attacked a US citizen.

WSWS (2023-03-16). New Zealand government barely acknowledges anniversary of Christchurch far-right terror attack. wsws.org The government has sought to suppress public discussion about the country's worst mass shooting and the connection between shooter Brenton Tarrant's fascist ideology and the positions promoted by the political establishment.

Staff (2023-03-16). Chapeando: Se calentó La Peña del Titán con el #TeamAsere (+ Podcast). cubadebate.cu No hay modo de separar el patriotismo cubano de lo que está sucediendo con el equipo Cuba en el Clásico Mundial, el #TeamAsere, pero hay que esperar el domingo con emoción serena. El odio no podrá contra el amor, ni en Miami. Porque, incluso allí, hay más cubanos dignos que indignos.

Margaret Anna Alice (2023-03-17). The Weaponization of "Anti-Semitism". Requiem for a Smear Victim: Clemens Arvay. globalresearch.ca

Reiner Fuellmich (2023-03-17). Video: Imminent 5G Induced Genocide: Vaccinated Vulnerable To 5G Kill Grid's Deadly Tech! — Dr. Reiner Fuellmich. globalresearch.ca

Zane McNeill (2023-03-16). Arizona Governor Vetoes Bill Banning Critical Race Theory. truthout.org Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs (D) recently vetoed a Republican-backed education bill that would ban public K-12 schools from teaching critical race theory (CRT) to students. CRT is a legal academic discipline that began in the 1980s. In 2020, the far right co-opted the term CRT, weaponizing it as a boogeyman in the latest culture war pushed by Republicans. Currently, more than 18 states have enacted… |

Michael F. Brown (2023-03-17). Fascism grips Israel yet US clings to two-state fantasy. electronicintifada.net New York keeps investment in Israel Bonds as a State Department spokesperson confirms an Israeli settler attacked a US citizen.

WSWS (2023-03-16). New Zealand government barely acknowledges anniversary of Christchurch far-right terror attack. wsws.org The government has sought to suppress public discussion about the country's worst mass shooting and the connection between shooter Brenton Tarrant's fascist ideology and the positions promoted by the political establishment.

Staff (2023-03-17). Headlines for March 17, 2023. democracynow.org Yellen Declares, "Our Banking System Is Sound," as Wall Street Props Up First Republic Bank, Iran Agrees to Stop Arming Yemen's Houthis in Pact with Saudi Arabia, Poland and Slovakia Will Send Fighter Jets to Ukraine, U.N. Inquiry on Ukraine Finds Wide Evidence of Russian War Crimes, China Urges Diplomatic End to War in Ukraine as Xi Jinping Plans Trip to Kremlin, Biden Approves Sale of 220 Tomahawk Cruise Missiles to Australia , White House Threatens to Ban TikTok Unless Chinese Owners Sell Stakes, Israeli Forces Kill 4 More Palestinians in Jenin Ahead of Security Talks in Egypt, Macron Pushes…

teleSUR- hvh, DRL (2023-03-17). Israelíes protestan contra la reforma judicial del Gobierno. telesurtv.net Las protestas de esta jornada se llevan a cabo en el denominado "Día de Resistencia a la Dictadura".

Tyler Torrez (2023-03-17). How Denmark is Financing the Israeli Occupation. indybay.org The Danes are turning their backs on human rights. In 2015, they refused to buy Elbit System's Israeli guns, because the manufacturer continues to supply almost all of the IDF's equipment, which is used against the Palestinians, military or not, with the resultant widely reported collateral damage. Now, the government is negotiating the purchase of the ATMOS howitzer without a second thought, and seems to have the approval of the very people who were opposed to it in 2015!

Judy Greenspan (2023-03-16). Youth lead protest supporting Palestinian resistance. workers.org Palestinian youth and their supporters demonstrate in front of the Israeli Consulate in San Francisco. Photo credit: Savannah Kuang It felt like the very bricks of the building housing the Israeli Consulate in San Francisco shook with the anger and ferocity of Palestinian youth who blocked traffic, chanting in support . . . |

Ahmed Dremly (2023-03-16). Hollywood Beach, the photo studio Israel keeps bombing. electronicintifada.net Three times, Israel has bombed Muhammad Hajjaj's photography studio. Three times he has rebuilt.

Ali Abunimah (2023-03-16). Egged on by Israel, France bans Salah Hammouri from speaking. electronicintifada.net Rights groups condemn government harassment aimed at stopping human rights lawyer from speaking out.

Anonymous669 (2023-03-16). Elite Undercover Israeli Force Kills Four Palestinians In New Jenin Raid (18+ Videos). southfront.org Screengrab, via Twitter. | On March 16, four Palestinians, including a teenager, were killed by undercover Israeli officers during a raid in the Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank. | The Israel Defense Forces, Shin Bet security service and police said in a joint statement that members of the elite Yamam counter-terrorism unit "neutralized" two wanted Palestinian gunmen inside Jenin after receiving intelligence about their whereabouts. | The gunmen were identified as Yusuf…

Anonymous669 (2023-03-16). Israeli Defense Minister Vows Perpetrators of Megiddo Junction Bombing 'Will Regret It'. southfront.org Defense Minister Yoav Gallant is seen with IDF Chief of Staff, Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi (right) during a briefing at the 91st territorial division base, at the Biranit camp on the Lebanon border, March 16, 2023. (Elad Malka/Israeli Defense Ministry) | On March 16, Israeli Defense Minister Defense Minister Yoav Gallant issued a warning to "whoever is responsible" for the recent northern Israeli highway bombing without mentioning the prime suspect, Lebanon's Hezbollah. | The bombing too…

Aseel Mousa (2023-03-16). Undocumented in Gaza struggle without Israeli-issued IDs. electronicintifada.net Without official IDs, Palestinians in Gaza find their lives restricted.

Juan Cole (2023-03-16). Israeli President cautions against Complacency and Warns of Real Possibility of Civil War. juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — All of a sudden, civil war is on the minds of prominent Israeli politicians, who warn that if the current impasse between the government of Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and the Israeli people is not resolved, it could come to that. Last Sunday an estimated half a million demonstrators came …

Maureen Clare Murphy (2023-03-16). Israeli death squad kills four in Jenin. electronicintifada.net Video shows undercover forces shooting man's head at close range.

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2023-03-16). US, EU Do Not Condemn Israeli Crimes: Imran Khan to Al Mayadeen. orinocotribune.com In an exclusive interview for Al Mayadeen, Imran Khan touches on the situation in Pakistan, his assassination attempt, Western interference, and several other files. | Al Mayadeen Media Network conducted an interview with the former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan as part of Zeinab Al Saffar's The Proximate Aspect program. | The interview comes a few days after the Islamabad police in Lahore showed up at the former premier's residence in Lahore and

Sharon Zhang (2023-03-16). Poll: Democrats Sympathize With Palestine Over Israel For the First Time. truthout.org For the first time in Gallup's history of polling on Israel's violent occupation of Palestine, Democrats now sympathize more with Palestine than they do with Israel, new polling finds. In a poll released Thursday, Gallup found that Palestinians now hold an 11-point lead in Democrats' sympathies over Israelis, with 49 percent of respondents sympathizing with Palestine and 38 percent with Israel. |

Staff (2023-03-16). Headlines for March 16, 2023. democracynow.org U.S. Tells Russia It Will Fly "Wherever International Law Allows" After Downing of Drone, Assad Welcomes New Russian Bases in Syria, Recognizes Russian Annexations in Ukraine, Swiss Central Bank Bails Out Credit Suisse Bank Amid Market Jitters, Democratic Senators Press for Criminal Probe of Silicon Valley Bank Executives, Federal Judge in Texas Hears Arguments in Case That Could Disrupt Abortion Access Nationwide, Massive Protests Continue in Israel as President Isaac Herzog Warns of "Civil War", Construction of New Indonesian Capital in Borneo Threatens Indigenous Lives, Rainforest and W…

Staff (2023-03-16). Israeli Forces Kill 4 Palestinians in Jenin Raid. youtube.com Israeli occupation forces killed 4 Palestinians in a raid on Jenin today. • Youssef Shreim, 29 (Hamas) • Nidal Amin Khazem, 28 (Palestinian Islamic Jihad) • Omar Awadin, 16 • Louay Al-Zughair, 37 Six more were wounded. VIDEO (sensitive content blurred): Israeli soldiers shoot the corpse of Nidal Amin Khazem. Support independent watchdog journalism! www.patreon.com/MintPressNews

teleSUR, jaa, JGN (2023-03-16). Venezuela derrota a Israel y avanza invicta en Clásico Mundial. telesurtv.net México avanzó con victoria ante Canadá. Puerto Rico continúa su paso a cuartos de final y elimina a República Dominicana.

Angela (2023-03-17). Saturday 3/18: Free virtual screening of the documentary film "Stitching Palestine" indybay.org Zoom (Registration link is below)…

Brett Wilkins (2023-03-16). Opponents Slam Government Approval of $31 Billion Railroad Merger. truthout.org federal regulators on Wednesday approved the first major railroad merger in more than two decades, a move that follows the East Palestine rail disaster and that critics warned would reduce competition, raise prices, cost jobs, and threaten safety. The Surface Transportation Board (STB) approved Canadian Pacific Railway Limited's proposed $31 billion acquisition of Kansas City Southern Railway… |

Staff (2023-03-16). 17 March, NYC: Demonstration: Condemn massacres in Jenin and Nablus and Honor the Martyrs! samidoun.net Friday, 17 March 5: 30 pm Outside the United Nations NYC Info: www.instagram.com/p/CptWkyIO5p0/ Join us this Friday March 17th as we take to the streets to condemn the latest massacres in Jenin and Nablus, honor our martyrs, defend the Palestinian right to resist & mobilize as part of the International Week of Action to Liberate the …

WSWS (2023-03-16). Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa. wsws.org Workers in Greece join further general strike and rallies after cutbacks lead to deadly train crash; UK workers walk out across different sectors as government announces budget increasing defence spending, cuts for workers; Palestinian Authority reneges on promised pay increase prompts walkout by teachers…

Jemima Pierre, Black Agenda Report. (2023-03-16). Farewell, Senior Brother: In Memory Of Kevin Alexander Gray. popularresistance.org I met Kevin Alexander Gray the only way I could have: through his writing. It was 2008. It was election year, the U.S. presidential race was in full swing, and Barack Obama was all the rage. On June 15th, soon after the first-term Illinois Senator had just secured enough delegates to clinch the Democratic Party nomination to run for president, Obama delivered his infamous "Father's Day Speech." In this speech, as the New York Times put it, Obama "Sharply Assail[ed] Absent Black Fathers." He did more than that: Obama conjured up some of the most invidious, insidious, and racist stereotypes about Black people in th…

Lydia Bates (2023-03-16). Centering community healing on second anniversary of Atlanta spa shootings. splcenter.org

The Associated Press (2023-03-17). Top Court Ruling Unleashes Permit Upheaval in Puerto Rico. latinorebels.com A ruling by Puerto Rico's Supreme Court has thrown into limbo hundreds of thousands of business and construction permits issued by a U.S. territory already struggling to attract investors amid an economic crisis.

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