2022-03-04: News Headlines

Michael F. Brown (2022-03-04). Democrats deepen embrace of Israeli apartheid. electronicintifada.net Israel visits showcase bipartisan support for colonial violence and racism against Palestinians.

Joel Wendland-Liu (2022-03-04). Cops don't need more training. peoplesworld.org Force, violence, and death are possible outcomes of any encounter with police. But racism is decisive in shaping how police treat citizens. A report published this week by the Chicago Office of the Inspector General reveals that police in that city disproportionately target Black people and subject them to force. The report found that Black …

Staff (2022-03-04). Ukrainian American Journalist: Putin's Unjust War Is Emboldening Ukraine's Far-Right Movement. democracynow.org We speak with Ukrainian American journalist Lev Golinkin about the rise of the far right in Ukraine. Golinkin says Russian bombing of the sacred Jewish site of Babi Yar disproves Putin's claims that the invasion is about "denazification," and attacks on cities in eastern Ukraine show he does not care about Russian-speaking Ukrainians either. He also speaks about the neo-Nazi presence within his home country, saying, "Ukraine's far right is the primary benefactor on the Ukraine side of this war because they now get to attract people from all over the world, and they get to be seen as…

Alexander Rubinstein (2022-03-04). How Ukraine's Jewish President Made Peace With Neo-Nazi Paramilitaries. mintpressnews.com While Western media deploys Volodymyr Zelensky's Jewish heritage to refute accusations of Nazi influence in Ukraine, the president has ceded to neo-Nazi forces and now depends on them as front line fighters.

Adriaan Alsema (2022-03-04). Colombia's war crimes tribunal: 5,700 killed in political extermination. colombiareports.com Attempts to exterminate Colombia's Patriotic Union (UP) party cost the lives of more than 5,700 people, according to the war crimes tribunal. The latest number of victims of the political…

Paul Street (2022-03-04). Fifteen bad Ukraine narratives. canadiandimension.com Photo by Artem Kniaz/ Especially when deepened by the fog of war, idiocy comes in many mutually reinforcing forms. Let's examine and get past some problematic thinking on the Russian invasion of Ukraine. But first, let's proclaim some basic principles. The Ukraine crisis is a good focus for practising the art of detesting two things at the same time. | Just as one can hate both the neoliberal-capitalist Democratic Party and (imagine) the neofascist-capitalist Republican Party at the same time, one can simultaneously abhor both supremely dange…

Maureen Clare Murphy (2022-03-04). International silence fuels Israeli persecution. electronicintifada.net Deprived of a fair trial, jailed human rights defenders take plea deals.

Tamara Nassar (2022-03-04). Three Palestinians killed during Israeli attacks. electronicintifada.net Jerusalem families may remain in their homes, for now.

Staff (2022-03-04). 40 Things We Can Do and Know for People in Ukraine and the World. davidswanson.org By David Swanson Remarks at Code Pink event in Washington D.C. on March 3, 2022 Image Source. Send aid to Ukrainian friends and aid organizations. Send aid to organizations helping refugees leaving Ukraine. Send aid especially that will reach those being refused help for racist reasons. Share the remarkable media coverage of war victims in …

Natalia Marques (2022-03-03). Racism, hypocrisy, and lies: What to watch out for in Western media coverage of Ukraine. peoplesdispatch.org Before the Russian military escalation in Ukraine, the people of NATO countries felt apprehensive at best about the possibility of military involvement of their own governments in the conflict.

Berry Craig (2022-03-03). Kentucky Republicans dishonestly claim race education bill isn't whitewashed history. peoplesworld.org Kentucky state Sen. Max Wise (R-Campbellsville) evidently figured rubbing a smidgen of whitewash off Senate Bill 138 would convince critics that his legislation isn't really aimed at gagging teachers and whitewashing history. It still is, of course. SB 138, like its companions (House Bills 14, 18, and 487), limits classroom discussion of systemic racism. As such, all …

_____ (2022-03-03). Israel Defends Kiev's Nazi Authorities. journal-neo.org Russia's recognition of the independence of the LPR and DPR caused some confusion in Tel Aviv, where at first nobody was in a hurry to make a statement. Moreover, after intense consultations in Israel's Foreign Ministry and National Security Council, local officials were forbidden to provide comments by the ruling coalition, leaving the Jewish nation-state in a very uneasy situation. …

Editor2 (2022-03-03). Understanding Ukrainian Nazism. orinocotribune.com By Lucas Leiroz — Feb 26, 2022 | In the West, media outlets are claiming that Russia's agenda to "denazify" Ukraine is unfounded. At the same time, public opinion in Western countries is totally alienated from the Ukrainian reality, tending to believe only what is reported by the hegemonic media. The result of this is strong disapproval of the Russian attitude based on the lie that there is no trace of Nazism in contemporary Ukraine. In this sense, it is urgent that quality information be disseminated to the Western audience to avoid the proliferation of lies about the Ukrainian reality. | On almost every TV…

Isheka N. Harrison (2022-03-03). Congresswoman Maxine Waters Leads Effort For Policy Action Against Anti-Black Home Appraisals. moguldom.com Congresswoman Maxine Waters is on a mission to help end racial discrimination in home appraisals. The longtime California representative wrote a letter announcing her intention to propose legislation to combat the issue to Marcia Fudge, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) as well as the Appraisal Subcommittee, the Appraisal Foundation, …

WSWS (2022-03-03). Canada's Deputy Prime Minister carries Ukrainian fascist banner at Toronto demonstration. wsws.org Freeland's brandishing of a fascist symbol has been greeted with silence in the corporate media because it cuts across the narrative that the imperialist powers are arming "democratic" forces in Ukraine.

JANET (2022-03-03). NYC: Sat 3/5 at 3pm Rally: Stop NATO War on Russia! No Sanctions! No War! iacenter.org Emergency Anti-War Demonstration Stop NATO War on Russia! No Sanctions! No War! Saturday, March 5 — 3pm Times Square (North End, 7th Ave & 46 St) The corporate media speaks with one voice against Russia. There is NO mention that the U.S. commanded NATO military alliance has pumped tons of lethal weapons and U.S. advisors into Ukraine for eight years. Since the 2014 U.S.- backed coup in Kiev, the U.S. has aided fascist forces in relentlessly shelling the 1,200 mile Russian border to target the Peoples' Republics of Lugansk and Donetsk, killing over 14,000 people in the Russian-speaking Donbass region. Over a…

JANET (2022-03-03). The war on Donbass: why we must all stand against fascism. iacenter.org March 2, 2022 The people of the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics celebrating Russia's recognition of the independence of their republics, Feb. 21. This lightly edited opinion piece by journalist, author and activist Fra Hughes first appeared in the Arab independent media satellite Al Mayadeen, Feb. 26. The Donbass people, much like the Palestinian people, continued to resist the dominance of global capitalism that supports fascism in Ukraine for eight years. For those who claim President [Vladimir] Putin is a megalomaniac sociopath, intent on drawing Europe and the U.S. into some kind of Machiavellian war…

Kit Klarenberg (2022-03-03). Why should Palestine be taboo for a UK art gallery? electronicintifada.net Israel lobby demanded dismissal of Whitworth chief.

Ramzy Baroud (2022-03-03). On Palestine's Everyday Victories: Why Israel is No Longer the Exception. dissidentvoice.org Can Israel be pressured? Or is Tel Aviv the only exception to the global political order in which every country, big or small, is subjected to pressures and subsequent change in attitude and behavior? Several events, in recent days, bring the question of Israel's legal and moral accountability to the fore. On February 21, Israel's …

In Defense of Liberation! (2022-03-03). Happy Women's Liberation Month, Stand with the Sudanese People, Denounce + Defund NATO, and More! anchor.fm What's going on folks? So this episode is quite a hodgepodge of many different subjects. We begin with a discussion about women's liberation month, and we make our way into discussion of the ongoing resistance movement in Sudan. Then we talk about the issues facing people of Palestine, Nepal, Yemen, and plenty of places across the world while the US empire is hyper focused on condemning Russia, they continue to fund, arm, train, and allow for the Saudi Arabian, UAE, Israeli, and other regimes to oppress and exploit people every day. We must build a mass movement to end all forms of oppression, today. Long live re…

Anonymous (2022-03-03). Palestine in Pictures: February 2022. electronicintifada.net A monthly roundup of photographs documenting Palestine, Palestinian life, politics and culture, and international solidarity with Palestine.

Staff (2022-03-03). Why is French president Emmanuel Macron asking to ban the Collectif Palestine Vaincra? samidoun.net The Collectif Palestine Vaincra learned through media reports about the desire of French Minister of the Interior Gérald Darmanin to dissolve two pro-Palestinian organizations — including our Collectif — "at the request of Emmanuel Macron," the president of France. This announcement took place a few hours before the annual dinner of the CRIF (Representative Council …

Staff (2022-03-03). Palestinian national amputee soccer team arrives in Tehran. en.mehrnews.com Palestinian national amputee soccer team on Thursday arrived at Tehran's Imam Khomeini airport to participate in the West Asian Championship qualifiers.

_____ (2022-03-03). Ukraine Exposes White Supremacist Foreign Policy. popularresistance.org By now everyone knows that Ukraine's flag is blue and yellow. It is impossible to miss as the Empire State Building in New York, the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, and the Eiffel Tower in Paris have all been bathed in those colors. Nearly every city and town across the United States has followed suit and politicians ranging from local legislators to members of congress shout "Stand with Ukraine!" at every opportunity. | Yet it must be pointed out that those blue and yellow motifs and pleas for solidarity are all about white supremacy. Ukraine is upheld as a bastion of "civilization" which is supposed to put it off l…

Staff (2022-03-03). US to regret if Vienna talks fail: Shamkhani. en.mehrnews.com Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Ali Shamkhani said that if the negotiations in Vienna fail, the US government will feel another failure as it has failed to seize the opportunity of using diplomacy.

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