Death on the Nile: Iconic pyramid in Giza becomes scene of SUICIDE after Egyptian man jumps
rt.com | 2020-03-08
An Egyptian man has reportedly committed suicide by falling from one of world's most iconic tourist attractions, the Pyramid of Khafre in Giza. | The incident happened on Sunday morning and is being investigated by police, local media reported citing a statement from the Tourism and Antiquities Ministry. It was not immediately clear why he chose to use the historical structure in ending his life. | The Pyramid of Khafre is the second-tallest and second-largest of the ancient Egyptian mega-tombs in Giza. It served as the burial place of the Fourth-Dynasty pharaoh Khafre. Measuring over 136m, just a few meters s…
rt.com/news/482596-egyptian-man-suicide-pyramid/

Upcoming event March 12th – Homelessness, Gentrification and Counterinsurgency in Oakland
Uhuru Movement | indybay.org | 2020-03-08
There are tens of thousands of African and Mexican people living in tents, under tarps and overpasses in California, the richest state in the US. | But these conditions can change rapidly with resources invested in programs in the hands of the African community like the Black Power Blueprint – www.facebook.com/BlackPowerBlueprint/ | Attend the event – Homelessness, Gentrification and Counterinsurgency, in Oakland on Thursday, March 12 at 7 pm. | Akwaaba Hall / 7911 MacArthur Blvd, Oakland CA (take the 57 bus, only blocks away from Eastmont Mall)…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/03/08/18831367.php

Stolen Legacy – Destruction of Negro Bar, California
Michael Harris | indybay.org | 2020-03-08
The sudden and untimely death of Honorable William Alexander Leidesdorff, Jr., "African Founding Father of California" sparked the ongoing challenge at Negro Bar, California.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/03/07/18831351.php

Crimes in Afghanistan: Fatou Bensouda's Investigative Mission
Dr. Binoy Kampmark | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-08
It seemed an unlikely prospect. The International Criminal Court has tended to find itself accused of chasing up the inhumane rogues of Africa rather than those from any other continent. It has also been accused of having an overly burdensome …
globalresearch.ca/crimes-afghanistan-fatou-bensouda-investigative-mission/5705815

Women contribute to Turkey's foreign trade
yenisafak.com | 2020-03-08
Nineteen women, working under the umbrella of Turkey's Foreign Economic Relations Board (DEIK), manages Turkey's foreign trade relations with several countries, the group said Saturday.DEIK's 19 country-based business councils include Canada, Italy, Brazil, and Mozambique."DEIK supports the rise of women in all areas of the business world," the group said.Chairwomen represent the commercial diplomacy mission of DEIK and the power of Turkish businesswomen in the world, it added.Nail Olpak, the head of DEIK, said the board is more powerful with chairwomen.The number of chairwomen rose to 19 from 14 in the last gene…
yenisafak.com/en/news/women-contribute-to-turkeys-foreign-trade-3513545

Rudy Giuliani's State Department Coup
Staff | truthdig.com | 2020-03-06
Imagine, just for the sake of argument, that the president of the United States was an arrogant, information-challenged, would-be autocrat with a soft spot for authoritarian leaders from China, Russia, and North Korea to Egypt (" my favorite dictator"), Saudi Arabia, and Turkey. And then, suppose that very president, while hollowing out the State Department and slamming its diplomats as "Deep State" troublemakers, were to name a voluble wheeler-dealer attorney as his unofficial, fr…
truthdig.com/articles/rudy-giulianis-state-department-coup/

Rudy Giuliani's State Department Coup
Staff | truthdig.com | 2020-03-06
Imagine, just for the sake of argument, that the president of the United States was an arrogant, information-challenged, would-be autocrat with a soft spot for authoritarian leaders from China, Russia, and North Korea to Egypt (" my favorite dictator"), Saudi Arabia, and Turkey. And then, suppose that very president, while hollowing out the State Department and slamming its diplomats as "Deep State" troublemakers, were to name a voluble wheeler-dealer attorney as his unofficial, fr…
truthdig.com/articles/rudy-giulianis-state-department-coup/

DR Congo: Agencies appeal for funding for refugee support and Ebola response
news.un.org | 2020-03-06
Urgent resources are needed to support countries in southern Africa and the Great Lakes region which are hosting more than 900,000 refugees and asylum seekers from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, and partners said in a $621 million appeal launched on Friday.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/03/1058841

The Neoliberal Plague
Rob Urie | counterpunch.org | 2020-03-06
For those who aren't familiar with Albert Camus' The Plague, disparate lives are brought together during a plague that sweeps through an Algerian city. Today, by way of the emergence of a lethal and highly communicable virus (Coronavirus), we— the people of the West, have an opportunity to reconsider what we mean to one another. The existential lesson is that through dread and angst we can choose to live, with the responsibilities that the choice entails, or just fade away.
counterpunch.org/2020/03/06/the-neoliberal-plague/

The Neoliberal Plague
Rob Urie | counterpunch.org | 2020-03-06
For those who aren't familiar with Albert Camus' The Plague, disparate lives are brought together during a plague that sweeps through an Algerian city. Today, by way of the emergence of a lethal and highly communicable virus (Coronavirus), we— the people of the West, have an opportunity to reconsider what we mean to one another. The existential lesson is that through dread and angst we can choose to live, with the responsibilities that the choice entails, or just fade away.
counterpunch.org/2020/03/06/the-neoliberal-plague/

'Something is Going On': A white worker wakes up to racist police violence
Chris Butters | peoplesworld.org | 2020-03-06
The author explains that this poem was part of the program at the New York CPUSA African-American History Celebration, Feb. 29. (Video of the event available here.) At the celebration, Gwen Carr (mother of Eric Garner) spoke eloquently about her long-time leadership of Mothers of the Movement, the organization of African-American mothers whose sons and …
peoplesworld.org/article/something-is-going-on-a-white-worker-wakes-up-to-racist-police-violence/

'Something is Going On': A white worker wakes up to racist police violence
Chris Butters | peoplesworld.org | 2020-03-06
The author explains that this poem was part of the program at the New York CPUSA African American History Celebration, Feb. 29. (Video of the event available here.) At the celebration, Gwen Carr (mother of Eric Garner) spoke eloquently about her long-time leadership of Mothers of the Movement, the organization of African-American mothers whose sons …
peoplesworld.org/article/something-is-going-on-a-white-worker-wakes-up-to-racist-police-violence/

Join the Palm Sunday rallies for refugees on April 5
Duncan Roden | greenleft.org.au | 2020-03-06
Refugees & migrants Kerry SmithIssue 1256 AustraliaMarch 6, 2020There are still 400 refugees and asylum seekers in Papua New Guinea and Nauru. With the US deal close to exhausted, those remaining have few hopes of resettlement. After almost seven years their situation is increasingly desperate. | Those in PNG have been moved into…
greenleft.org.au/content/join-palm-sunday-rallies-refugees-april-5

Those Shoes Were Made by a Uighur Detainee
Jasmin Malik Chua | thenation.com | 2020-03-05
Those Shoes Were Made by a Uighur Detainee…
thenation.com/article/world/xinjiang-cotton-forced-labor/

Deadlock broken, South Sudan on road to 'sustainable peace', but international support still key
news.un.org | 2020-03-04
Positive developments in South Sudan have "moved the country further along the road to sustainable peace", the top UN official there told Security Council members on Wednesday.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/03/1058621

After Biden's Super Tuesday Surge, Sanders Campaign Faces Questions About African-American Support
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-03-04
On Super Tuesday, former Vice President Joe Biden swept the South and Midwest, winning Virginia, North Carolina, Arkansas, Alabama, Tennessee, Oklahoma, Massachusetts, Minnesota and Texas, propelled by a huge majority of African-American votes in several states. We host a roundtable discussion on the results with Barbara Ransby, historian, author and activist; Rev. Dr. William Barber, co-chair of the Poor People's Campaign and president of Repairers of the Breach; and Elie Mystal, the justice correspondent for The Nation.
www.democracynow.org/2020/3/4/super_tuesday_african_american_voters_roundtable

Doctors Without Borders: Cheap Coronavirus Diagnostic Kits Needed in War-Torn Areas & Refugee Camps
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-02-28
Across the U.S., officials report a severe shortage of test kits for coronavirus. New York officials say they're preparing their own kits, after kits distributed by the Centers for Disease Control failed validation tests. Meanwhile, new cases of coronavirus continue to spring up worldwide, with Nigeria reporting its first case and one of Iran's vice presidents testing positive. We discuss how MSF USA, or Doctors Without Borders USA, is responding to coronavirus, with the organization's executive director, Avril BenoàÆt.
www.democracynow.org/2020/2/28/avril_benoit_msf_usa_coronavirus

Headlines for February 28, 2020
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-02-28
California Monitoring 8,400 People for Coronavirus as Fears of Pandemic Grow, Syrian Airstrike Kills 33 Turkish Soldiers in Idlib, Escalating Tensions, New Justice Department Task Force Seeks to Strip Naturalized Immigrants of Citizenship, Joe Biden's Campaign Walks Back False Claims of Arrest in 1970s South Africa, Democratic Superdelegates Overwhelmingly Oppose Bernie Sanders Campaign, Mike Bloomberg Refuses to Apologize for Spying on Muslims, As NYC Mayor, Mike Bloomberg Called for Cuts to Social Security "Ponzi Scheme", ProPublica: Mike Bloomberg Advised Billionaire Sackler Family on Opioid Crisis, Emails Sho…
www.democracynow.org/2020/2/28/headlines