(2023-03-09). Saturday 3/11: ILWU 10 Meeting On Mumia & Report From Trip To South Africa. indybay.org ILWU Local 10 Henry Schmidt Room | 400 North Point St. | San Francisco…
(2023-03-09). Tunisia's wave of racist attacks: 'I'm afraid. I can just disappear'. juancole.com 
Amelia Smith amyinthedesert ( Middle East Monitor ) — One student in Tunis fears most for his female colleagues; a story is circulating that Tunisian men pretending to be police are approaching sub-Saharan African women, luring them away and then raping them. Another student, Modeste from Benin, says he and his friends recently …
(2023-03-09). 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,…
(2023-03-08). US Shoots Itself in the Foot in Africa. libya360.wordpress.com Ann Garrison In Africa as in the rest of the world, US machinations undermine its goals and bring other nations together as they seek to protect themselves from a desperate empire. The US can't seem to understand that the rest of the world, including Africa, doesn't like to be pushed around. African nations' refusal to reinforce US foreign…
(2023-03-09). Saturday 3/11: ILWU 10 Meeting On Mumia & Report From Trip To South Africa. indybay.org ILWU Local 10 Henry Schmidt Room | 400 North Point St. | San Francisco…
(2023-03-09). Tunisia's wave of racist attacks: 'I'm afraid. I can just disappear'. juancole.com Amelia Smith amyinthedesert ( Middle East Monitor ) — One student in Tunis fears most for his female colleagues; a story is circulating that Tunisian men pretending to be police are approaching sub-Saharan African women, luring them away and then raping them. Another student, Modeste from Benin, says he and his friends recently …
(2023-03-09). 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,…
(2023-03-08). US Shoots Itself in the Foot in Africa. libya360.wordpress.com Ann Garrison In Africa as in the rest of the world, US machinations undermine its goals and bring other nations together as they seek to protect themselves from a desperate empire. The US can't seem to understand that the rest of the world, including Africa, doesn't like to be pushed around. African nations' refusal to reinforce US foreign…
(2023-03-08). South Africa downgrades Israeli Embassy over Ongoing Apartheid (and they should know). juancole.com 
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — The Middle East Eye reports that the South African parliament has voted to downgrade the Israeli embassy in Pretoria to liaison status. The resolution was introduced by the tiny center-left National Freedom Party, which has only two seats in parliament. Its passage was assured, however, when the African National Congress …
(2023-03-08). South African downgrades Israeli Embassy over Ongoing Apartheid (and they should know). juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — The Middle East Eye reports that the South African parliament has voted to downgrade the Israeli embassy in Pretoria to liaison status. The resolution was introduced by the tiny center-left National Freedom Party, which has only two seats in parliament. Its passage was assured, however, when the African National Congress …
(2023-03-08). From civil rights to transplant awareness, advocate continues to make a difference. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org As America celebrates Black History Month, one civil rights activist is celebrating a new lease on life. Dr. Shirley Green-Reese received a kidney transplant in June 2022 at Mayo Clinic in Florida. Her kidney transplant is only one chapter in an incredible life story. Dr. Green-Reese is no stranger to turning challenges into triumphs. In 1963, at the age of 13, she was one of 15 young African American girls who were arrested for peacefully…
(2023-03-08). Curious Case of "Mandela's Lawyer" Illustrates Media Bias. dissidentvoice.org 
The story is not about Irwin Cotler lying. It's about the media embracing a biographical detail because they support the US empire and Zionism. Seven years ago, the South African ambassador to Venezuela Pandit Thaninga Shope-Linney stated plainly that "Irwin Cotler was not Nelson Mandela's lawyer." Three years later Max Blumenthal pointed out that "in …
(2023-03-08). Headlines for March 8, 2023. democracynow.org Israeli Forces Kill 6 Palestinians in Jenin Raid, as Settlers Attack Palestinian Family in Huwara, Wagner Group Says It Seized Eastern Bakhmut; NYT Reports Pro-Ukrainian Group Sabotaged Pipelines, Russia Jails Blogger Dmitry Ivanov over Criticism of War on Ukraine, Georgians Take to the Streets over Proposed "Foreign Agents" Law, 3 Mada Masr Journalists on Trial Amid Ongoing Egyptian Crackdown on Press, Spain Advances Gender Parity Bill, Malnutrition in Pregnant and Breastfeeding Women and Girls on the Rise, 5 Women Sue Texas for Denying Them Abortions, Gigi Sohn Withdraws FCC Nomination After Vicious…
(2023-03-08). January 6th Was Always A Very Clear Government Operation & Important TN Bill/Dioxin Follow Up. thelastamericanvagabond.com Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (3/8/23). As always, take the information discussed in the video below and research it for yourself, and come to your own conclusions. Anyone telling you what the truth
(2023-03-08). An Army of Women is Building Venezuela's Housing Revolution. libya360.wordpress.com Andreína Chávez Alava The women from Caracas' Antímano Parish have trained themselves to build homes for their families as part of Venezuela's Great Housing Mission, created by Hugo Chávez in 2011. (Andreína Chávez Alava / Venezuelanalysis) In Caracas, an army of self-trained women are working to build their own homes while they transform the reality around them….
(2023-03-08). Brazil: Landless Women Denounce Repression at the National Day of Struggle. libya360.wordpress.com MST MST in Pará On Wednesday, there were several incidents of repression against women by the police and private security forces In mobilization all over the country, the National Day of Struggle of Landless Women gathered in 22 states and the Federal District, with marches, occupations of lands and public agencies and a series of…
(2023-03-08). Environmental –°atastrophe at Nord Stream. libya360.wordpress.com Orienrtal Review Baltic harbour porpoise According to European scientists, the undermining of the Nord Stream gas pipeline led to an ecological disaster in the Baltic Sea. The consequences of this sabotage vary, but the cumulative damage to nature is enormous. An immediate consequence of the pipelines' explosion was the death of marine animals. According to Research…
(2023-03-08). Even After U.S. Empire's Vileness is Exposed, its Agents Uphold the Cult of NATO. libya360.wordpress.com Rainer Shea There's an explanation for why even after the United States has been exposed a thousand times over as a perpetrator of war crimes, and its ruling institutions have betrayed its own people by engineering horrors like the Ohio chemical spill, there are still actors who uphold the lies that let it continue committing…
(2023-03-08). How the U.S. and Canada are Wooing Latin America and the Caribbean to Front for their Plan to Invade Haiti. libya360.wordpress.com Travis Ross U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Canadian Foreign Minister Mélanie Joly hold a press conference on Oct. 27, 2022 in Ottawa to both hide and signal their desire to militarily intervene in Haiti. Photo: Blair Gable/AP Photo Part I On Jan. 23-24, 2023, heads of state and government met at the seventh…
(2023-03-08). International Women's Day Founder Clara Zetkin on Fascism: A Lesson for Today. libya360.wordpress.com Sharon Black On many holidays recognizing people's struggles and their leaders — for example, the civil rights movement and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. — the present-day celebrations are both sweet and sour. The only reason for formal recognition is that protests and struggle made it so — and this is a victory. But the…
(2023-03-08). La Via Campesina: International Working Women's Day. libya360.wordpress.com #8M23: "By rebelling, we sow popular peasant feminism, build food sovereignty, and organize against crises and violence!" La Via Campesina is calling for global solidarity actions on 8th March 2023, the International Working Women's Day. As peasants, landless women, indigenous women, fisherfolk, pastoralists, farmworkers, migrants, and diversity organizations within La Via Campesina, we acknowledge the specific…
(2023-03-08). Nord Stream Attack: 'Officials' Throw More Chaff to Hide the Real Perpetrators. libya360.wordpress.com Moon of Alabama Right at the same moment the New York Times publishes a shoddy 'officials say' story about alleged intelligence about the Nord Stream terror attack the Germany weekly Die Zeit, which has strong U.S. secret services ties, comes up with an equally unbelievable tale of a 'Ukrainian owned' sailing boat playing the major role in the attack: …
(2023-03-08). Russia Announces a New Strategy for Deterring NATO Aggression. libya360.wordpress.com Drago Bosnic Amid incessant NATO aggression and escalation of hostilities within Russia, now also including US-backed Kiev regime terrorists targeting schoolchildren, Moscow has started revamping the doctrinal approach to the use of its strategic arsenal. Rather curiously, the new document, published by the "Military Thought" magazine run by the Russian Ministry of Defense, attracted little attention in Western…
(2023-03-08). State-Sanctioned Violence in Peru and the Role of Canadian Mining. libya360.wordpress.com Kirsten Francescone Protests against the Tía María copper mining project in Islay, Arequipa Region, Peru. Photo by Diario Correo. Canadian firms benefit from state-sanctioned police protection and impunity at the expense of human rights and the environment. On January 18, 2023, as thousands of Peruvians were taking to the streets in Lima to denounce the…
(2023-03-08). War Returns to the Heart of Europe: Talk of Conscription is Back on the Agenda. libya360.wordpress.com Europe is continuing its suicidal mad dash towards the militarisation of society. After a year of war in Ukraine, almost everywhere there is talk of reintroducing compulsory military service, reopening a debate that was thought to be definitively closed and that had led almost all European countries to abandon compulsory military service. In Italy, rumors…
(2023-03-08). Why is Norway the Glove that Fits the USA's Hand? libya360.wordpress.com Pà•l Steigan Stoltenberg visits Obama at the White House 21/10/2011. Muammar Gadaffi was liquidated the day before 20/10/2011 in Libya. In the sequel to his revelation of Norway's and USA's role in blowing up the Nord Stream pipelines, Seymour Hersh addresses the long standing tradition of Norway's secret and illegal collaboration with USA. He shows that Norway…
(2023-03-08). Brussels: No to normalization and racism, yes to return and liberation! samidoun.net 
The Palestinian people today are facing a multifaceted attack inside and outside occupied Palestine. Palestinians are under siege, confronting daily killings, invasions, home demolitions, bombings of Gaza, land confiscation, mass arrests, settlement building and denial of the right to return for over 75 years. This reality means that it is more critical than ever to …
(2023-03-08). The brutality of normalization: Palestinian Authority "security" forces attack martyr's funeral in Nablus. samidoun.net 
The Palestinian Authority's ongoing policy of "security coordination" with the occupation was once again revealed and on full display on Wednesday, 8 March. PA forces fired stun grenades and tear gas at the funeral of the martyr Abdel-Fattah Kharousheh, resistance fighter and former Palestinian prisoner, assassinated yesterday with five of his comrades (Tariq Natour, Ziyad …
(2023-03-08). Ataque armado deja unos 50 muertos en Nigeria. telesurtv.net Benue, uno de los principales productores de alimentos de Nigeria, ha registrado en los últimos años casos de violencia entre los agricultores locales y los pastores fulanis, debido a la escasez de tierra y recursos.
(2023-03-08). This International Women's Day, Iranian Feminists Are at the Front Lines. truthout.org On International Women's Day, the world is at a turning point. On the one hand, we are facing the global rise of authoritarianism and fascism. On the other hand, popular uprisings for a democratic existence against authoritarianism and imperialism have been emerging in various parts of the world, with popular resistance persisting from Myanmar to Sudan and from Ukraine to Iran. |
(2023-03-08). Jimmy Carter's Man in Sudan. juancole.com Strasbourg, France (Special to Informed Comment) — I am not quite able to remember the first time I met President Carter, but I do remember when I first went to see him at his home in Plains. It was the fall of 2016 and I was thirty-six. I had been a mid-level staffer at The …