_____ (2021-03-28). How Palestine Is A Critical Feminist Issue. popularresistance.org Within minutes, the signatures started coming in, not as a trickle but a surge – from the US and Palestine, but also from England, Ireland, Australia, Argentina, Sweden, Canada, Kenya, Italy and more. | On 15 March, to mark Women's History Month, the newly formed Palestinian Feminist Collective (PFC) had just launched its first public action: a pledge and open letter asking US women, feminist organisations, social and racial justice groups, and people of conscience to adopt Palestinian liberation as a critical feminist issue.

Peoples Dispatch (2021-03-28). Around the World in 8 Minutes: Argentines honor martyrs of coup. peoplesdispatch.org In this episode of Around the World in 8 minutes, we look at the National Day of Remembrance in Argentina which marks the anniversary of the US-backed coup in 1976. We also look at the latest in the legal proceedings against Algerian journalist Khalid Drareni and the persecution of anti-racism activists in the United States…

teleSUR (2021-03-28). Egypt: Ever Given To Be Refloated in the Next 24-48hr. telesurenglish.net The container ship "Ever Given" on Sunday could be ungrounded in the next 24 to 48 hours with the help of today's high tide, which will facilitate the refloating operations. | RELATED: | The ship has been stranded at the Suez Canal southern end for the past six days due to a combination of human errors and a sandstorm. | Chairman of the Egyptian Suez Canal Authority (SCA) Osama Rabie announced the ship had moved 30 degrees to the…

Leon Kunstenaar (2021-03-28). Ethiopians Protest Junta and Foreign Interference. indybay.org San Francisco's Ethiopians Protest TPLF Junta and Say "hands Off" to Foreign Countries…

MEE, agencies (2021-03-28). Suez Canal: Sisi orders preparations to lighten stranded ship's load. middleeasteye.net Suez Canal: Sisi orders preparations to lighten stranded ship's load | Some movement, but experts say authorities face two-week wait if unable to dislodge ship on Sunday | Sun, 03/28/2021 – 12: 25 | A view of earth-moving equipment excavating sand near the bow of the Ever Given container ship stuck in the Suez Canal (AFP) | Egypt's President Abdel Fatah el-Sisi ordered the Suez Canal Autho…

MEE, agencies (2021-03-28). Sudan signs deal with rebel faction for future peace talks. middleeasteye.net Sudan signs deal with rebel faction for future peace talks | Khartoum has made it a priority to establish peace with the SPLM-N rebel faction and settle internal conflicts | Sun, 03/28/2021 – 15: 40 | Sudan's head of state, General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, signed the "declaration of principles" with Abdelaziz al-Hilu, head of Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N) (AFP) | Sudan s…

Peter Koenig (2021-03-28). Libya — Why Was Muammar Gaddafi Killed — May We Never Forget. globalresearch.ca This article was originally published on GR in May 2017. | The Text below is the transcript of the interview between Alex Knyazev of Russia TV24 and Peter Koenig. | Questions Russia TV24: What were the reasons Mr. Gaddafi was …

Michael Harris (2021-03-28). Kickoff for Negro Bar State Historic Park Junior Ranger Program. indybay.org Early California Pan African Pioneers, both free and enslaved were a key part of the California Gold Rush. Our California Buffalo Soldiers were the early California Park Rangers and initial stewards of the land in an unsurpassed way.

Ricardo Vaz (2021-03-27). Cape Verde greenlights Venezuelan gov't envoy extradition to U.S. mronline.org The Cape Verde Supreme Court has approved a request to extradite Venezuelan government envoy Alex Saab to the U.S. | Newswire…

_____ (2021-03-27). New Global Alliance Defends UN Charter. popularresistance.org A new alliance called the "Groups of Friends in Defense of the Charter of the United Nations" has formed in a clear act of resistance to the unilateral and aggressive policies of the United States and its junior partners. Representatives of the alliance reside fully in the Global South. Nations spearheading the initiative include the DPRK, Iran, Algeria, Angola, Belarus, Bolivia, Cambodia, Cuba, Eritrea, Laos, Nicaragua, Saint Vincent, and the Grenadines, Syria, Venezuela, and Palestine in addition to the largest of the developing countries, Russia and China.

Litsa Chatzivasileiou (2021-03-27). The Windigo Disease of Resource Capitalism and Global Dispossession of Indigenous Peoples. dissidentvoice.org This is a version of a speech given outside the headquarters of ReconAfrica in Vancouver BC on Water Day — March 22, 2021. We are on stolen CS·∏µwxñwú7mesh (Squamish), Stó: l≈ç and S…ôlÃìiÃÅlw…ôta î/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) and x ∑m…ôŒ∏k ∑…ôyÃì…ôm (Musqueam) land and what is happening here today, the assault of Indigenous peoples and the invasion of their territories by …

The Conversation (2021-03-27). Ten years after the Arab Spring, Libya has another chance for peace. juancole.com By Brian McQuinn | — Ten years ago, the United Nation's no-fly zone over Libya marked the beginning of the Libyan revolution and the West's bombing campaign. I spent much of the war embedded with the fighters in Misrata, Libya's third-largest city, studying the insurgency. The fighting stopped with the death of Col. Moammar Gadhafi, …

Geoff Watts (2021-03-27). [Obituary] David Allenberg Katzenstein. thelancet.com Virologist and HIV researcher who was devoted to tackling HIV in Zimbabwe. Born in Hartford, CT, USA, on Jan 3, 1952, he died of COVID-19 in Harare, Zimbabwe, on Jan 24, 2021, aged 69 years.

MEE, agencies (2021-03-27). Suez Canal: Strong winds 'not main reason' behind ship's grounding claims official. middleeasteye.net Suez Canal: Strong winds 'not main reason' behind ship's grounding claims official | Authorities in Egypt called in Smit Salvage this week to free the 400-metre-long Ever Given container ship | Sat, 03/27/2021 – 10: 50 | Smit Salvage said it hopes heavier tugboats, dredging, and a high tide will free the vessel (Reuters) | The chief of Egypt's Suez Canal Authority said on Saturday that tec…

MEE, agencies (2021-03-27). Suez Canal: Dutch firm hopes to free ship by early next week. middleeasteye.net Suez Canal: Dutch firm hopes to free ship by early next week | Authorities in Egypt called in Smit Salvage this week to free the 400-metre-long Ever Given container ship | Sat, 03/27/2021 – 10: 50 | Smit Salvage said it hopes heavier tugboats, dredging, and a high tide will free the vessel (Reuters) | A Dutch firm tasked with moving a giant container ship stuck in the Suez Canal has said i…

MEE correspondent (2021-03-27). Upper Egypt in agony as families mourn victims of train crash. middleeasteye.net Upper Egypt in agony as families mourn victims of train crash | Egyptians unite in solidarity amid slow and insufficient government response | Sat, 03/27/2021 – 14: 49 | People inspect the damage after two trains collided near the city of Sohag, Egypt, 26 March 2021 (Reuters) | Dozens of families from across impoverished Upper Egypt stood for hours in front of the Tahta General Hospital…

MEE, agencies (2021-03-27). Building collapse in Egypt's Cairo leaves at least 18 dead. middleeasteye.net Building collapse in Egypt's Cairo leaves at least 18 dead | The deadly collapse comes a day after a deadly train crash killed 19 people | Sat, 03/27/2021 – 23: 14 | Egypt has suffered several deadly building collapses and industrial fire accidents in recent years (Reuters) | The death toll from a building collapse in the Egyptian capital Cairo on Saturday has risen to 18, state media said…

Leon Kunstenaar (2021-03-27). Ethiopians Protest Junta and Foreign Interference. indybay.org San Francisco's Ethiopians Protest TPLF Junta and Say "hands Off" to Foreign Countries…