Daily Archives: March 31, 2023

2023-03-31: News Headlines

WSWS (2023-03-30). Israel's protest leaders enter talks to stabilise Netanyahu government. wsws.org Equally committed to the Zionist project, Jewish supremacy and the suppression of the Palestinians within a system of apartheid rule, along with the enrichment of Israel's corporate elite, the protest leaders fear Netanyahu's measures will destroy Israel's democratic fig leaf.

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2023-03-31). 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.

Amiad Horowitz (2023-03-30). Useful Nazis? The rehabilitation of fascists is happening again. peoplesworld.org In April 1945, the Soviet Army invaded Berlin, the then-capital of Nazi Germany. After weeks of battle, the German government surrendered, and Germany was divided into four occupation zones, (American, British, French, and Soviet). In the Soviet Zone, which was situated in eastern Germany, a program of "de-Nazification" immediately began. Members of Hitler's Nazi Party …

David Cronin (2023-03-31). Normal rules don't apply to EU anti-Semitism chief. electronicintifada.net Lobby rises above turmoil at Berlin "summit."




Jessica Buxbaum, Mintpress News. (2023-03-30). Inside Roger Waters' Battle For Free Speech In Germany. popularresistance.org Roger Waters is facing pushback from Germany. City authorities have canceled his upcoming concert over claims the Pink Floyd frontman is anti-Semitic. Yet activists say his experience is not an isolated incident when it comes to support for Palestine. | In February, Frankfurt's City Council canceled Waters's concert scheduled for May 28, stating in a press release that the musician "is considered one of the most widely spread anti-Semites in the world." City officials cited Waters' advocacy for a cultural boycott of Israel as one of the reasons for his alleged anti-Semitism. When reached for comment, Frankfurt Ci…

Olivier Uwishema (2023-04-01). [Correspondence] Rwanda's health-care transformation: a case study for war-torn countries. thelancet.com As the world commemorates the 29th anniversary of Rwanda's genocide against the Tutsi people in 1994, now is an excellent moment to reflect on the remarkable progress the country has made in its health-care system. Despite the devastating loss of life and infrastructure in the aftermath of the Tutsi genocide, Rwanda has been able to rebuild its health-care system and provide its citizens with access to quality care. This progress is a powerful lesson for countries in war conflicts and a testament to the resilience and determination of the Rwandan people.

Petteri Muukkonen (2023-04-01). [Correspondence] Geography education to help understand discrimination in climate change and health. thelancet.com Thilagawathi A Deivanayagam and colleagues1 have highlighted that the effects of climate change are not equally distributed around the world, creating discrimination related to climate change and health. The authors mentioned briefly that the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change recognises education as one way to address this issue.2 However, the problem is so large and multidimensional that it should be answered with cross-disciplinary solutions. The effects of climate change vary across countries and regions due to differences in geography, history, and economic development.

ecns.cn (2023-03-31). Comicomment: U.S. summit makes a mockery of democracy. ecns.cn The United States, with its tattered version of "American-style democracy," hosted the second so-called "Summit for Democracy" this week. However, the country is plagued by chronic issues such as money in politics, racial discrimination, gun and police violence, and wealth polarization. Human rights legislation and justice have suffered an extreme regression, further undermining the basic rights and freedoms of the American people.




WSWS (2023-03-30). The slanderous campaign of "Our Harvard Can Do Better" against Professor John Comaroff. wsws.org The group doesn't document any of its sweeping claims. What "sexual violence crisis"? What administration complicity in "harassment, misogyny, and discrimination"?

Chris Walker (2023-03-30). Ginni Thomas Raised Nearly $600,000 in Anonymous Funds for Right-Wing Group. truthout.org A group once led by far right activist Ginni Thomas, spouse of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, received nearly $600,000 in anonymous donations to oppose progressive cultural causes, a new report from The Washington Post details. From 2019 until the start of 2022, fledgling right-wing group Crowdsourcing for Culture and Liberty received funds through a "fiscal sponsorship" — an arrangement… |

John Wojcik (2023-03-30). April 4 Wisconsin court race critical for abortion rights and 2024 election nationwide. peoplesworld.org There has never been a judicial election anything like the one underway now in Wisconsin. The candidate who wins the swing seat in the race is expected to determine the future of abortion rights in Wisconsin and very possibly whether the fascist Republican right is able to win the presidential election in 2024. The candidates, …

Munther Khalaf Mufleh, Orinoco Tribune. (2023-03-30). Palestinian Prisoners' Movement Victory. popularresistance.org After the escalation of Zionist attacks against the achievements gained by the prisoners' movement over the years, and the attempts of the fascist Ben Gvir to seize our rights by enacting laws and policies such as the laws for the execution of prisoners, revocation of nationality, and deportation of prisoners and former prisoners, as well as the attacks on the achievements of daily life of the prisoners' movement, such as cutting access to water, setting brief times for bathing and the imposition of dozens of punitive measures, such as repeated transfer and isolation, led the prisoners' movement to take action.




Alex Kane (2023-03-31). Jamaal Bowman and Bernie Sanders Urge the Biden State Department to Investigate Israeli Use of US Weapons. globalresearch.ca

Angela (2023-03-31). Sunday 4/16: Q&A Discussion of the film "Marketing the Israeli Occupation – Part One" indybay.org Zoom (Registration link is below)…

Jonathan Cook (2023-03-31). Israel's Crisis Is About Who Gets to Play Tyrant: The Generals or Religious Thugs. globalresearch.ca

Ramzy Baroud (2023-03-31). 'Israel Is (Not) Back to Africa': How African Countries Are Challenging Israeli Plot on the Continent. orinocotribune.com By Ramzy Baroud — Mar 22, 2023 | The scene of Israeli Ambassador, Sharon Bar-Li, along with other Israeli delegates, being Unable to fahom the breakdown of its diplomatic and political efforts, Tel Aviv respon…




Steven Sahiounie (2023-03-31). The Beginning of the End of Israel. globalresearch.ca

teleSUR, dcdc, JDO (2023-03-31). Conmemoran con masivas marchas el Día de la Tierra Palestina. telesurtv.net Evocan el aniversario 47 de la efeméride. Palestinos ratifican la unidad del pueblo y su voluntad de recuperar los territorios invadidos por Israel.

teleSUR, JGN (2023-03-31). øPor qué se celebra el Día de la Tierra Palestina?>. telesurtv.net Los palestinos reclaman todo el territorio de Cisjordania junto a la Franja de Gaza, territorio bloqueado por Israel calificado como crimen de guerra.

teleSUR, nama, JDO (2023-03-31). Continúan en Siria condenas a ataque israelí con misiles. telesurtv.net Cancillería siria asevera que la agresión constituye un intento de Israel de huir de su fragmentación política interna.




Anonymous669 (2023-03-31). Israel Attacks Syria's Damascus For Second Time In Less Than 24 Hours (Videos). southfront.org Illustrative image. Source: the Israeli Air Force. | A series of Israeli airstrikes hit the outskirts of Damascus, early on March 31, marking the second such attack on the Syrian capital in less than 24 hours. | Citing a military source, the state-run Syrian Arab News Agency reported that Israeli warplanes launched "salvos of missiles" at a position near Damascus from the direction of the occupied Golan Heights just after midnight."Syrian air defenses intercepted the missiles and shot down a numb…

Michael F. Brown (2023-03-30). Judicial overhaul delay lands on backs of Palestinians. electronicintifada.net President Biden and most congressional Democrats lack the courage to stop funding Israel.

Ruwaida Amer (2023-03-30). Palestine refugees from Syria lose hope in Gaza. electronicintifada.net Conditions have worsened significantly since Israel's 2014 attack.

Anonymous669 (2023-03-30). New Israeli Attack On Damascus Leaves Two Syrian Soldiers Wounded (Videos). southfront.org An Israeli F-16 fighter jet en route to an exercise in Germany in an undated photograph. (Israel Defense Forces) | Early on March 30, a series of Israeli airstrikes hit the Syrian capital, Damascus, according to the Syrian Arab News Agency. | A military source told the state-run agency that Israeli warplanes launched several missiles at the capital from the direction of the occupied Golan Heights. Syrian air defenses confronted the missiles and shot down some of them,…

Anonymous669 (2023-03-31). Israel Attacks Syria's Damascus For Second Time In Less Than 24 Hours (Videos). southfront.org Illustrative image. Source: the Israeli Air Force. | A series of Israeli airstrikes hit the outskirts of Damascus, early on March 31, marking the second such attack on the Syrian capital in less than 24 hours. | Citing a military source, the state-run Syrian Arab News Agency reported that Israeli warplanes launched "salvos of missiles" at a position near Damascus from the direction of the occupied Golan Heights just after midnight."Syrian air defenses intercepted the missiles and shot down a numb…

Michael F. Brown (2023-03-30). Judicial overhaul delay lands on backs of Palestinians. electronicintifada.net President Biden and most congressional Democrats lack the courage to stop funding Israel.

Ruwaida Amer (2023-03-30). Palestine refugees from Syria lose hope in Gaza. electronicintifada.net Conditions have worsened significantly since Israel's 2014 attack.

Anonymous669 (2023-03-30). New Israeli Attack On Damascus Leaves Two Syrian Soldiers Wounded (Videos). southfront.org An Israeli F-16 fighter jet en route to an exercise in Germany in an undated photograph. (Israel Defense Forces) | Early on March 30, a series of Israeli airstrikes hit the Syrian capital, Damascus, according to the Syrian Arab News Agency. | A military source told the state-run agency that Israeli warplanes launched several missiles at the capital from the direction of the occupied Golan Heights. Syrian air defenses confronted the missiles and shot down some of them,…

Anonymous765 (2023-03-30). Israel Escalates Against Syria, Lebanon. southfront.org |

Dave DeCamp (2023-03-30). Israeli Airstrikes Hit Damascus, Two Syrian Soldiers Wounded. news.antiwar.com Israeli airstrikes hit Damascus early Thursday morning and wounded two Syrian soldiers, Syria's SANA news agency has reported. The report said explosions were heard in Damascus at 1: 30 am, and a Syrian military source said Syrian air defenses were "confronting hostile targets." Besides the two wounded soldiers, material damage was reported as well. The Israeli …

Dave DeCamp (2023-03-30). Israeli Airstrikes Hit Damascus for Second Night in a Row. news.antiwar.com Israeli airstrikes targeted the Syrian capital of Damascus early Friday morning for the second day in a row, marking the fifth time in March that Israel bombed Syria. Syria's state news agency SANA reported that Syrian air defenses "intercepted hostile targets" in the airspace of Damascus. There was no mention of any casualties or damage …

Mike Walter (2023-03-30). The Heat: Israel Political Crisis. america.cgtn.com Mass protests in Israel force the government to put a temporary hold on a controversial plan to reform the judiciary. What happens next? For months, hundreds of thousands of Israelis have been taking to the streets across the country to protest what they say are …

Mothers on the March (2023-03-30). Friday 3/31: Free Palestine! indybay.org Israeli Consulate | 456 Montgomery | San Francisco…

Peoples Dispatch (2023-03-30). Israel bombs Syria yet again, injuring two soldiers. peoplesdispatch.org This is the second such strike on Syria in the past week. Israeli airstrikes on the Aleppo airport in recent weeks have caused delays in relief delivery to earthquake-affected regions in Syria…

Razi Nabulse (2023-03-30). Why the Main Players Behind the Israeli Protest Movement Are Bringing the Confrontation to a Head. globalresearch.ca

Staff (2023-03-30). Masar Badil: We demand the cancellation and boycott of the "Israel Universities Festival" in Brazil! samidoun.net The Masar Badil, the Palestinian Alternative Revolutionary Path Movement, condemns the "Israel Universities Festival," a normalization fair being organized at Unicamp — Campinas State University in Brazil on April 3, 2023. This is a Zionist event hostile to the Palestinian people and their rights, and we urge those responsible at the university to cancel this …

teleSUR, odr, YSM (2023-03-30). Siria denuncia nuevo ataque aéreo por parte de Israel. telesurtv.net El ataque se produjo alrededor de las 01H20 (hora local) y dejó dos efectivos heridos.

teleSUR, YSM (2023-03-30). Siguen las protestas contra reforma judicial en Israel. telesurtv.net Los disturbios continúan a pesar de que el Gobierno anunció el aplazamiento de la revisión del texto para fines de abril.

Michael Jansen (2023-03-30). Israeli Protesters Fixated on Themselves and Israel's Flawed Democracy. globalresearch.ca

Angela (2023-03-31). Saturday 4/1: Free virtual screening of the documentary film "Britain in Palestine 1917-1948" indybay.org Zoom (Registration link is below)…

Middle East Children's Alliance (2023-03-31). Sunday 4/30: Voices of Palestinian Resistance: Commemorating 75 Years of Nakba. indybay.org Sydney Goldstein Theater, San Francisco (near Civic Center BART)…

Editor (2023-03-30). The Indigenous People, again. mronline.org It is not strange that the US, Canada, and Australia do not sympathize with the Palestinians because they themselves were settlers too who wiped out whole cultures and confiscated their land.

Jake Johnson (2023-03-30). Fiery Derailment of Train Carrying Ethanol Forces Evacuations in Minnesota. truthout.org A BNSF train carrying ethanol derailed and caught fire early Thursday morning in Raymond, Minnesota, forcing residents living near the crash site to evacuate. U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, who has faced backlash for responding inadequately to the disaster in East Palestine, Ohio, said the Federal Railroad Administration is "on the ground' in Raymond following the derailment. |

KATIE (2023-03-30). The 47th Anniversary of Palestinian Land Day. bdsmovement.net

Staff (2023-03-30). Free the Land, Free Walid Daqqah! Take action to liberate imprisoned Palestinian writer with rare cancer. samidoun.net Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network urges all organizations and communities advocating for justice in Palestine to join the campaign to free Walid Daqqah, Palestinian writer, thinker and political prisoner. One of the longest-held Palestinian prisoners, he was diagnosed on 18 December 2022 with myelofibrosis, a rare form of bone marrow cancer that requires a bone …

Staff (2023-03-30). Land Day 2023: From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free! samidoun.net We mark the 47th Palestinian Land Day on 30 March 2023. On this occasion, the Palestinian people throughout Palestine, from the river to the sea and everywhere in exile and diaspora, express their unity and consistent dedication to the liberation of all of the land of Palestine. This day underlines the reality: that the land …

The Associated Press (2023-03-30). Mexico: Despite 'Coup,' Castillo Legal President of Peru. latinorebels.com Mexico's president said Wednesday that Peru's ousted president, Pedro Castillo, remains "the legal and legitimate president" of that country and that he was jailed as part of a "coup," saying that Peru's current government is "racist" and had jailed Castillo because he is Indigenous.

teleSUR, dcdc, JCM (2023-03-30). Corte Suprema de Brasil debate Marco Civil de Internet. telesurtv.net Participaron representantes de empresas que operan redes sociales como Google, Facebook y Twitter, entre otros funcionarios relacionados con la comunicación.

Rusty Sloan (2023-03-31). Proposed Texas bills would undermine voting rights for millions. liberationnews.org The most alarming of these bills, SB 2, would increase the charge of illegal voting from a Class A Misdemeanor to a second-degree felony, placing it on equal footing with manslaughter, aggravated assault and robbery.

Zara Haq (2023-03-30). Here's How New Mexico is Leading the Way for Voting Rights. aclu.org Voting is the cornerstone of our democracy, and protecting that right is one of the central obligations of our government. Due to partisan gridlock in Congress, the federal government has not acted to restore some of the original protections of the New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham just signe…

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