(2022-03-09). Black Alliance For Peace Statement On International Women's Day. popularresistance.org As the world's eyes are on Ukraine on this International Women's Day, March 8, 2022, we are reminded of the disproportionate impact that war and militarism have on women. This is a reality that the women of the global South are acutely aware of because of the steady assaults on the humanity of peoples in the South executed by the U.S./EU/NATO Axis of Domination. The militarized terror of the Axis of Domination in the service of their economic elites have been even more intensely felt by the women of Africa and the African Diaspora. | The socialist groundings of the day were expressed in its early unfolding. Indee…
(2022-03-09). California Assembly Bill 1655 – Juneteenth Paid Holiday for the State of California. indybay.org One block from Old Sacramento Supreme Court Chambers the auction block of "enslaved" prisoners of war were sold. All along the American River Parkway, in the shadow of the early California State Capitol construction, enslavement of people of African Descent, Genocide of Indigenous Nations, Kanakas, Mexicans, Chileans and anybody with melanin pigmentated skin were not a citizen in 1849. Throughout the State same song…
(2022-03-08). Cuba, Nicaragua And Mexico Lead World Gender Parity In Parliaments. popularresistance.org Cuba, Nicaragua and Mexico have been ranked 2nd, 3rd and 4th in the world, having achieved the highest proportion of women in parliament out of 189 countries. What's more, these three along with Rwanda and the United Arab Emirates are the only five countries in the world to have achieved gender parity in their lower or single legislative house (National Assembly, Congress, or Parliament) as of February 2022. | The Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) released its 2021 Women in Parliament report of countries with the best gender balance in parliament this week. Cuba, with 53.4% of women holding seats in the National As…
(2022-03-08). The American Empire Self-Destructs. libya360.wordpress.com Michael Hudson But nobody thought that it would happen this fast. Empires often follow the course of a Greek tragedy, bringing about precisely the fate that they sought to avoid. That certainly is the case with the American Empire as it dismantles itself in not-so-slow motion. The basic assumption of economic and diplomatic forecasting is…
(2022-03-08). French Withdrawal from Mali Will Redraw the Political Map of West Africa. libya360.wordpress.com Ramzy Baroud Finally, France will be leaving Mali, nearly a decade after the original military intervention in 2013. The repercussions of this decision will hardly be confined to this West African nation, but will likely spread to the entirety of the Sahel Region; in fact, the whole of Africa. France's decision to end its military presence in…
(2022-03-08). Persecuted leader of South Africa's shack dweller movement assassinated while on bail. peoplesdispatch.org The 29-year-old deputy chairperson of Abahlali baseMjondolo's eKhenana occupation was killed in Durban by four gunmen, allegedly led by the son of the local chief of the ruling ANC, against whom a police case had already been filed for an earlier attack on Sunday.
(2022-03-08). 450 Arab and Foreign Extremists from Idlib Arrive in Ukraine. libya360.wordpress.com Al Mayadeen Almost 450 extremists from various nationalities arrive to Idlib to fight against Russian troops, after leaving Syria and passing through Turkey. Close to 450 extremist Arab and foreign nationals have arrived in Ukraine from Idlib to fight against Russia's forces, less than only three days after they left Syria, passing through Turkey. Relatives of…
(2022-03-08). Russia's Judo Kick to the Western Financial Gut. libya360.wordpress.com Pepe Escobar Washington's sanctions on Moscow will destroy Europe, not Russia. The battlefield is drawn. The official Russian blacklist of hostile sanctioning nations includes the US, the EU, Canada and, in Asia, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, and Singapore (the only one from Southeast Asia). Notice how that 'international community' keeps shrinking. The Global South should be aware…
(2022-03-08). Fascists from Europe and Terrorists from the Middle East Support the Bandera Nazis: Russian Communist Party Statement. libya360.wordpress.com The CPRF resolutely condemns the attempt to internationalize the military conflict in Ukraine and the involvement in the hostilities of outright Nazis and terrorists from Europe and the Middle East. The CPRF initially assessed the military conflict in Ukraine as a struggle against the neo-Nazis who seized power in a coup d'état in February 2014….
(2022-03-08). US is Abandoning its "Helpers" in Afghanistan, Iraq, Ukraine, Everywhere! libya360.wordpress.com Vladimir Platov The dismissive attitude of the US political and military establishment towards its foreign "helpers" is well known. This attitude became even more apparent after Joe Biden's recent appearance before the House of Representatives and Senate with his annual State of the Union Address, in which he described the people of Ukraine as Iranians. One…
(2022-03-08). President Maduro Alerts That War Could Extend Throughout the World. libya360.wordpress.com Kawsachun News President Nicolas Maduro expresses grave concern that the conflict in Ukraine could expand and could turn into a Third World War. He warns of a media campaign and economic measures that aim to aggravate conditions and extend the scenario of war beyond Ukraine, to Europe, and beyond Europe to other regions of the…
(2022-03-08). Nuclear-capable B-52s deployed to NATO's eastern flank. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Air Forces in Europe — Air Forces AfricaMarch 7, 2022 Bomber Task Force Europe: Bombers Trek through Europe for Multinational Integrations B-52 Stratofortress bomber aircraft from 5th Bomb Wing, Minot, North Dakota, conducted a long range integration flight through Europe connecting with Germany and Romania, March 4, 2022. The B-52s took off from RAF Fairford …
(2022-03-08). US Officials Meet Maduro, Fail To Drive Wedge Between Venezuela And Russia. popularresistance.org Mexico City, Mexico — A high-level United States (US) government delegation that visited Venezuela on Saturday failed to produce an agreement with the government of Nicolás Maduro. | News of the delegation was first broken by the New York Times, which described the trip as the highest-level visit by US officials in years. Outlets subsequently reported that no agreement was reached. Caracas had not publicly commented on the meeting at the time of writing. | According to Reuters, the US team was led by White House Latin America adviser Juan González and made "maximalist" demands concerning electoral guarantee…
(2022-03-08). Don't sell your land, you will benefit from it when Museveni is gone- Kabuleta tells Ugandans. plusnews.ug 
The National Economic Empowerment Dialogue (NEED) leader, Joseph Kabuleta has rallied Ugandans to guard their land jealously and avoid the temptation of selling it. Kabuleta said land is a priceless natural resource which will help Ugandans overcome poverty in future when the current government led by President Yoweri Museveni is out of power. The former …
(2022-03-08). Analysis: Muhoozi's attempt to retire from 'own' army could hit a dead end. plusnews.ug 
On Tuesday, the Uganda People's Defense Forces (UPDF) Commander Land Forces, Lt Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba announced his retirement from the army, a move that has since stirred mixed reactions from members of the public. In the announcement he made on Twitter, Gen Muhoozi who is also President Yoweri Museveni's son and his Special Advisor on …