2023-03-13: News Headlines

Peoples Dispatch (2023-03-14). The second-largest bank failure in US history reveals double standard. peoplesdispatch.org On March 10, the Silicon Valley Bank collapsed in the second-largest bank failure in US history, topped only by the 2008 recession-era failure of Washington Mutual. SVB, which was founded in 1983 and was the go-to bank for tech startups and other venture capitalists, was the sixteenth-largest US bank according to assets. | The bank failure has sent the US economy reeling, with many working people concerned about the impact this could have on their paychecks, personal savings, and whether or not a 2008-like crisis could be provoked. | US authorities have attempted to employ a crisis control strategy, with US Presi…

Newsclick (2023-03-13). India's GDP overestimated? With Aunindyo Chakravarty. peoplesdispatch.org India's GDP growth has not been matched by a similar growth in key sectors of the economy. This indicates that India's fabled GDP growth rate is more a mirage than reality, says senior journalist Aunindyo Chakravatry…

Peoples Dispatch (2023-03-13). Anti-fascists in Bulgaria protest bid to relocate Monument to the Soviet Army. peoplesdispatch.org Russophobia has spiked across Europe as the Russia-NATO war in Ukraine continues. Right-wing groups and governments in Eastern Europe have intensified their attempts at decommunization…

Peoples Dispatch (2023-03-13). Fire in Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh leaves thousands homeless. peoplesdispatch.org Close to 12,000 Rohingya refugees were rendered homeless and more than 2,000 shelters in a refugee camp in Bangladesh's Cox's Bazar were destroyed after a fire on Sunday, March 5…

Peoples Dispatch (2023-03-13). At least 30 migrants missing after boat capsizes in Mediterranean Sea. peoplesdispatch.org At least 30 migrants are missing or presumed dead in the Mediterranean Sea after another boat capsized off the coast of Libya on Sunday, March 12. At least 17 people were reportedly rescued by private merchant ships, in collaboration with European border control agency FRONTEX. | According to reports, the boat had 47 passengers on board and was traveling from Libya to Italy. It capsized around 110 miles northwest of Benghazi, after rescue operations had already begun. | According to a statement issued by the Italian coast guard, the rescue operation—which was delayed due to bad weather—was ongoing wit…

M.K. Bhadrakumar (2023-03-13). Foreign devils on road to Afghanistan. peoplesdispatch.org Looking ahead, the real danger is that, having failed to get the Taliban to bend while also unable to build an anti-Taliban resistance movement or incite the Central Asian states to decouple from Moscow and Beijing, the US and its allies may now be left with the only remaining option, which is to create anarchical conditions in Afghanistan where there are no winners…




Peoples Dispatch (2023-03-13). Why are the people of Swaziland protesting the upcoming parliamentary elections? peoplesdispatch.org The Communist Party of Swaziland is continuing to organize actions protesting the upcoming parliamentary elections in the country. Swaziland is the last remaining monarchy in Africa, and the people of the country have been facing brutal repression for resisting the king's rule.

The Dissenter (2023-03-13). March to Iraq War, 20 Years Later: March 13, 2003. thedissenter.org The Dissenter Newsletter recalls each day in the timeline of events that led up to the US invasion of Iraq on March 19, 2003, twenty years ago…

African Stream (2023-03-13). Africa's Forgotten War in Mozambique. towardfreedom.org Mozambique's civil war has seen 24 countries send in troops to protect the resource-rich north. But while insurgents have been beaten back and gas fields secured, the local population faces a humanitarian disaster. African Stream takes a look at Africa's forgotten war.

Unicorn Riot (2023-03-13). Manuel 'Tortuguita' Terán's Independent Autopsy Report Released at Press Conference. unicornriot.ninja

Unicorn Riot (2023-03-13). Triple Bank Collapse hits Silicon Valley & NY amid Economic Downturn. unicornriot.ninja

José Luis Granados Ceja (2023-03-13). Venezuela's Maduro Confirms No Early Elections, Gov't Hardens Stance Against US-EU Demands. venezuelanalysis.com "We do not care what imperialism or the oligarchies think about the political, social, and economic life of Venezuela," said Maduro.




Nancy Rosenbloom (2023-03-13). COVID-19 is Not Over for People Who Are Incarcerated. aclu.org

imperial.ac.uk (2023-03-13). Laser-driven creation of high-energy ions boosts next-gen accelerators. imperial.ac.uk

imperial.ac.uk (2023-03-13). Flagship entrepreneurial competition celebrates a decade of innovation. imperial.ac.uk The Venture Catalyst Challenge, Imperial's flagship entrepreneurial competition for early-stage ventures, is celebrating its tenth year.

Cristina Escobar (2023-03-13). Melissa Barrera on Having Two Latinas Star in 'Scream VI' (INTERVIEW). latinorebels.com "For the longest time, we were only thought of as side characters, the best friend, or the one that gets killed off first," Melissa Barrera, who stars as co-lead Sam in the latest installment in the 'Scream' series, told Latino Rebels. "To have two final girls that are Latinas is powerful."

Institute for Energy Economics, Financial Analysis (2023-03-13). Privatized Power Grid Unlikely to Save Puerto Rico Customers From Disastrous Debt Restructuring Plan (OPINION). latinorebels.com It is time for the oversight board and the governor to give up the fantasy that the debt can be paid without harming Puerto Rico's economy, pensioners, and electrical system recovery. Overly optimistic assumptions contributed to PREPA's bankruptcy. More of the same will not solve its problems.

The Associated Press (2023-03-13). Puerto Rico Breaks World Record as Baseball Fans Go Blond. latinorebels.com Puerto Rico on Friday broke the Guinness World record for the most hair dyed, with 192 men going blond to support the U.S. territory's team vying to win the World Baseball Classic after finishing twice as runner-up.




Zoe Alexandra (2023-03-13). Family and community continue to demand justice for Matthew Felix, three years after murder. liberationnews.org "These past three years have definitely been the most difficult three years of me and my family's lives," Samantha Felix, Matthew Felix's sister, told Liberation News, "And the fight for justice has not been linear, sometimes we are out fighting for him and it feels like no one is listening and that no one cares. But then there are days when I remember how many people showed up for Matthew."

Beverly Kingston, Sarah Goodrum (2023-03-13). 3 ways to prevent school shootings, based on researchÔøºÔøº. nationofchange.org

Jake Johnson (2023-03-13). Trump-era deregulation deemed a key culprit in the failure of Silicon Valley bank. nationofchange.org "President Trump and congressional Republicans' decision to roll back Dodd-Frank's 'too big to fail' rules for banks like SVB—reducing both oversight and capital requirements—contributed to a costly collapse," said Sen. Elizabeth Warren.

Jim Hightower (2023-03-13). Are the women of your statehouse properly attired? nationofchange.org Instead of fixing their image by legislating responsibly, some state lawmakers say a dress code will suffice — for women, of course.

Robert S. Becker (2023-03-13). How badly will today's rip-roaring 'transparency' surge scar MAGA rampages, McCarthy, FOX and Trump? nationofchange.org If serial, truth-telling transparency doesn't wreck Republicanism as a viable governing party, scaring electability, voters will only have themselves to blame.

Michael Edison Hayden (2023-03-13). 'Alt-Right' Disinformation King Faces Trial. splcenter.org Jury selection started today in the trial of 33-year-old Douglass Mackey, a man who prolifically spread hate and politically charged disinformation under the pseudonym "Ricky Vaughn" during Donald Trump's political rise.




_____ (2023-03-13). "First Daughter" or a new trend of DPRK propaganda? journal-neo.org After mentioning the daughter of the DPRK leader at a military parade and other events marking the 75th anniversary of the Korean People's Army on February 8, 2023, the author was asked to explain whether the reasoning of some experts that the girl had already been appointed Kim Jong-un's successor was correct. Recall that on […] | –°–æ–æ–±—â–µ–Ω–∏–µ

_____ (2023-03-13). Georgian Media and NGO Activity on the Level of Potemkin Democracy! journal-neo.org

Aaron Mate (2023-03-13). In Nord Stream attack, US Officials Use Proxy Media to Blame Proxy Ukraine. globalresearch.ca

ajay tallam (2023-03-13). Monday 3/13: When Life Gives you Lemons, …. Citrus preservation workshop! (And potluck! FREE). indybay.org The PLACE For Sustainable Living | 1121 64th st | oakland, ca 94608…

Anonymous Contributor (2023-03-13). Report Back from Noise Demo in Support of Those Facing 'Domestic Terrorism' Charges in Atlanta, GA. itsgoingdown.org Report back from recent noise demonstration in solidarity with those arrested in Atlanta on domestic terrorism charges. Originally posted to Scenes from the Atlanta Forest. Supporters, family members, and beloved community members of the 23 young people charged with domestic terrorism at the South River Festival gathered outside of the DeKalb County Jail on March…

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2023-03-13). Beware the "Cides" of March. transcend.org 8 Mar 2023 – Reflections on Human Frailties, Virtues, and Betrayal: Finding Solace in Shakespeare's "Julius Caesar"




Antonio C.S. Rosa (2023-03-13). Holi: The Colours of Biodiversity. transcend.org 8 Mar 2023 – This year, International Women's Day falls on the same day of Holi, the festival of colours, joy and diversity: 8 March. On this day, millions of people take to the streets to celebrate the coming of spring by throwing coloured powders.

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2023-03-13). How Stupid Do They Think We Are? A Small Pro-Ukrainian Group in a Yacht Did Whaaaat? transcend.org 8 Mar 2023 – Western "intelligence" and the New York Times in deeper waters than usual, offering us a devious spin and fake story — sadly swallowed by the same media that omitted Hersh's analysis. Ominous.

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2023-03-13). Imperial Narrative Managers Always Try to Make Peace Seem Unnatural. transcend.org 12 Mar 2023: Peace as an ABERRATION? – "Australia must prepare itself. Most important of all is a psychological shift. Urgency must replace complacency. The recent decades of tranquillity were not the norm in human affairs but an aberration. Australia's holiday from history is over. Australians should not feel afraid but be alert to the threats we face, the tough decisions we must make and know that they have agency. This mobilisation of mindset is the essential prerequisite to any successful confrontation of China." — 'The Sydney Morning Herald' and 'The Age'

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2023-03-13). In Bulldozing Israeli Democracy, Netanyahu Could Become the BDS Movement's Greatest Ally. transcend.org 5 Mar 2023 – Capital is beginning to flee Israel in the wake of the prime minister's judicial overhaul.

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2023-03-13). (Italiano) "La pace è l'unica vittoria di cui abbiamo bisogno" e non ha bisogno di armi. transcend.org 5 Marzo 2023 – Scriveva nei giorni scorsi il Financial Times che "le azioni delle aziende del settore della difesa sono salite negli ultimi mesi, perché gli investitori scommettono sulle promesse di un aumento della spesa militare da parte dei governi occidentali per aiutare lo sforzo bellico dell'Ucraina contro la Russia".

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2023-03-13). John Pilger Speaks about Julian Assange in Sydney 10 Mar 2023. transcend.org 10 Mar 2023 – Australia, the ultimate betrayer of Julian Assange.




Antonio C.S. Rosa (2023-03-13). Media Ignore Seymour Hersh Bombshell Report of US Destroying Nord Stream II. transcend.org Seymour Hersh published an in-depth report about Biden deliberately blowing up the Nord Stream II gas pipeline but corporate mainstream media have ignored the Pulitzer Prize reporter's bombshell. In the US, only four mentions were found among the 20 most influential publications.

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2023-03-13). Message from Dr Vandana Shiva for Holi and Women's Day. transcend.org 8 Mar 2023 – Women of the world are the primary guardians and custodians of biodiversity and life. They are holding and protecting the ancient and precious knowledge on how to use and preserve biodiversity for healthy food, healthy communities and healthy environments.

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2023-03-13). No Solution in Sight for Palestinians. transcend.org 3 Mar 2023 – The leaders of the world as of now have shown little interest in resolving conflict between Jews of Israel and Palestinians. The situation in Israel is probably by design to destroy the aspirations of Palestinians now.

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2023-03-13). Open Letter from 'Diverse Women for Diversity' to World Leaders. transcend.org 8 Mar 2023 – ®Diverse Women for Diversity ®, meeting together in Dehradun, India, representing 17 nationalities and multiple cultures, welcome and support the decision of the Mexican government to phase out GMOs and glyphosate. We are outraged and dismayed that the US government is bullying Mexico to impose GMO transgenic corn in violation of Mexico ¥s sovereignty.

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2023-03-13). Peace Propagators (Part 1): The Sufi Spiritual Masters. transcend.org "Spirituality, Not Religiosity, Is the Strongest Pillar of Peace"

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2023-03-13). The Disturbing Groupthink over the War in Ukraine. transcend.org 3 Mar 2023 – U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen asserted that U.S. support for Ukraine "is motivated, first and foremost, by a moral duty to come to the aid of a people under attack." Why this supposed moral duty does not apply to the Palestinians or disappears when the U.S. wages offensive wars and campaigns of mass slaughter throughout the world?>

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2023-03-13). Media Ignore Seymour Hersh Bombshell Report of US Destroying Nord Stream II. transcend.org Seymour Hersh published an in-depth report about Biden deliberately blowing up the Nord Stream II gas pipeline but corporate mainstream media have ignored the Pulitzer Prize reporter's bombshell. In the US, only four mentions were found among the 20 most influential publications.

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2023-03-13). Message from Dr Vandana Shiva for Holi and Women's Day. transcend.org 8 Mar 2023 – Women of the world are the primary guardians and custodians of biodiversity and life. They are holding and protecting the ancient and precious knowledge on how to use and preserve biodiversity for healthy food, healthy communities and healthy environments.

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2023-03-13). No Solution in Sight for Palestinians. transcend.org 3 Mar 2023 – The leaders of the world as of now have shown little interest in resolving conflict between Jews of Israel and Palestinians. The situation in Israel is probably by design to destroy the aspirations of Palestinians now.

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2023-03-13). Open Letter from 'Diverse Women for Diversity' to World Leaders. transcend.org 8 Mar 2023 – ®Diverse Women for Diversity ®, meeting together in Dehradun, India, representing 17 nationalities and multiple cultures, welcome and support the decision of the Mexican government to phase out GMOs and glyphosate. We are outraged and dismayed that the US government is bullying Mexico to impose GMO transgenic corn in violation of Mexico ¥s sovereignty.

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2023-03-13). Peace Propagators (Part 1): The Sufi Spiritual Masters. transcend.org "Spirituality, Not Religiosity, Is the Strongest Pillar of Peace"

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2023-03-13). The Disturbing Groupthink over the War in Ukraine. transcend.org 3 Mar 2023 – U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen asserted that U.S. support for Ukraine "is motivated, first and foremost, by a moral duty to come to the aid of a people under attack." Why this supposed moral duty does not apply to the Palestinians or disappears when the U.S. wages offensive wars and campaigns of mass slaughter throughout the world?>

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2023-03-13). The U.S. Must Stop Threatening China! transcend.org The US Aggressive Military-Industrial Complex – The great danger is that the escalation of the Ukrainian conflict will result in nuclear war. However, politicians from both U.S. political parties are so blinded by nationalism that they believe the risks to be necessary in order to "weaken Russia", thus asserting American global hegemony.

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2023-03-13). 'They Were Burning Our House with Kids Inside—the Army Didn't Let Us Through'. transcend.org 2 Mar 2023 – Children trapped by settlers. A mutilated pet. Checkpoints blocking aid. A Palestinian family recounts the horrifying night of the Huwara pogrom.

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2023-03-13). Time for a Remedial Global Nuclear War? transcend.org Recognizing an Unconscious Collective Need for Disastrous Cathartic Experience…

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2023-03-13). US Occupation of Syria Will Continue. transcend.org 6 Mar 2023 – According to eyewitness accounts, as recently as 27 Feb US troops transported at least 34 tankers filled with stolen Syrian oil through the illegal Al-Mahmoudiya border crossing to their bases in Iraq.

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2023-03-13). Why Do 800 Mothers a Day — 1 Every 2 Minutes— Die from Preventable Causes? transcend.org 7 Mar 2023 – The answer is that there are alarming setbacks for maternal health care and, in many cases, even a total lack of maternity services, which threaten to further raise the number of these tragic preventable deaths one million or more a year by 2030.

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2023-03-13). Wikipedia: A Disinformation Operation? transcend.org Is Wikipedia an open encyclopedia or a covert disinformation operation?>

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2023-03-13). Will the Circle be Unbroken? Reviving the Spirit of Bandung and Panchsheel. transcend.org "I hate the US empire, and I love the US republic." — Johan Galtung. Economic colonization continues, backed up by financial networks, covert CIA/MI6 operations and hundreds of US military bases that dot the globe in over 85 countries. The sun still never sets on the modern Anglo-American empire. Implementation of the Panchsheel principles would set the stage for peaceful coexistence in a nuclear weapons-free world.

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2023-03-13). Yanis Varoufakis Brutally Attacked by Group of Thugs in Athens. transcend.org 12 Mar 2023 – Last night Yanis Varoufakis, secretary of the Greek Party MeRA25 and founder of DiEM25, was attacked in Athens and taken to hospital with injuries. The condemnation of the violence towards the Greek MP came from (almost) everywhere.

AROC (2023-03-13). SF Board of Education Gives Green Light to Accommodate Eid Holiday Starting in 2024. indybay.org Arab and Muslim Community says, "We'll Be Back"

Ben Norton (2023-03-13). "World War III Has Already Started" Between US and Russia/China: French Scholar. globalresearch.ca

Brennan Center for Justice (2023-03-13). Tuesday 3/14: Black Power & Civil Rights History Talk w/ Journalist & Author, Mark Whitaker. indybay.org Online event…

Brett Wilkins (2023-03-13). Fearing Future Probes of US Atrocities, Pentagon Blocks ICC From Russian War Crimes Evidence. globalresearch.ca

Brian Maher (2023-03-13). The 10 Rules of Propaganda. globalresearch.ca

Center for Biological Diversity (2023-03-13). Thursday 3/23: Saving Life on Earth: Stopping the Extinction Crisis w/ CBD. indybay.org Online event…

Dave DeCamp (2023-03-13). US-Ukraine Unity Is Cracking Apart. news.antiwar.com Over one year since Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine, there are growing differences between Washington and Kyiv on how to move forward in the conflict, POLITICO reported Sunday. One issue is over Bakhmut, the eastern Ukrainian city where Russian and Ukrainian forces have been locked in battle for over eight months. Biden administration officials …

Dave Sweeney (2023-03-13). Fukushima: a continuing disaster 12 years on. greenleft.org.au More than $120 billion has already been spent stabilising the stricken Fukushima site, and the crisis continues with a plan to release large volumes of contaminated water into the Pacific. Dave Sweeney and Sue Wareham report.

David Cronin (2023-03-13). Why is the EU suddenly worried about Israeli "democracy"? electronicintifada.net Racist police force takes part in efforts to fight cybercrime.

David Giesen (2023-03-13). Monday 3/13: Women's History Month goes MONOPOLY! indybay.org ON LINE: | Google Meet joining info | Video call link: meet.google.com/yvd-fugx-bne

Dr. Binoy Kampmark (2023-03-13). Branding the Acceptable: Battling Cancel Culture at Adelaide Writers' Week. asia-pacificresearch.com

Dr. William Makis (2023-03-13). COVID-19 Vaccinated High School Children Are Having Cardiac Arrests, Heart Attacks While Playing Sports — Plus 31 Shocking VAERS Reports, Some of Them Fatal. globalresearch.ca

ecns.cn (2023-03-13). Chinese export orders see mixed results. ecns.cn Some enterprises have won a lot of overseas orders, while the others said they have suffered setbacks, according to the results released by Chinese local governments.

ecns.cn (2023-03-13). May Day holiday expected to witness explosion of outbound trips. ecns.cn Chinese citizens'outbound trips may see an explosive growth during the upcoming May Day holiday as a package of favorable policies were released to recover the country's tourism market.

ecns.cn (2023-03-13). Huge fire breaks out in S. Korea's tire plant. ecns.cn A huge fire broke out at a tire plant in the South Korean central city of Daejeon, with no serious injury reported, Yonhap news agency said Monday.

ecns.cn (2023-03-13). Russia launches Proton-M rocket with Luch-5X relay satellite. ecns.cn Russia launched a Proton-M carrier rocket with a Breeze-M upper stage on Monday, sending the Luch-5X relay satellite into space.

ecns.cn (2023-03-13). SVB collapse raises systemic 'contagion' worries. ecns.cn The U.S. government would not bail out Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Sunday as systemic "contagion" worries spread across the venture capital and technology industries.

ecns.cn (2023-03-13). China launches new remote sensing satellite. ecns.cn China successfully sent a new remote sensing satellite into space from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, located in the country's northwest region, on Monday.

ecns.cn (2023-03-13). U.S. regulators close New York's Signature Bank following Silicon Valley Bank collapse. ecns.cn New York-based Signature Bank, a key lender in the crypto industry, was shut down Sunday by state regulators over a "similar systemic risk exception," the U.S. Treasury Department, the Federal Reserve.

ecns.cn (2023-03-13). Ruins in northwest China confirmed as 3,000-year-old settlement. ecns.cn Ruins discovered in northwest China's Shaanxi Province were confirmed to be a large-scale settlement from about 3,000 years ago, according to archaeologists.

ecns.cn (2023-03-13). Female live-streamers boost China's rural revitalization. ecns.cn Internet economy has brought more opportunities to women living in rural areas who are able to surf the internet. They have become live-streamers to introduce rural scenery and sell local specialties, making a great contribution to rural revitalization.

ecns.cn (2023-03-13). Hong Kong secretary for culture congratulates Michelle Yeoh on winning Oscar Best Actress. ecns.cn Kevin Yeung, the Secretary for Culture, Sports and Tourism of Hong Kong Special Administration Region on Monday congratulated Michelle Yeoh on winning Best Actress at the 95th Academy Awards.

ecns.cn (2023-03-13). Insights | Robert Kuhn: Private business of great significance in achieving common prosperity. ecns.cn Over the past three decades, Robert Kuhn, a famous U.S. strategist and banker, has been focusing on China's economic development. In his eyes, China has made great economic progress, which is of great significance.

ecns.cn (2023-03-13). Reaching 2023 GDP growth target requires redoubled efforts: Chinese premier. ecns.cn To achieve the 2023 gross domestic product (GDP) growth target of around 5 percent on the current high base of China's economic output is not an easy task and requires redoubled efforts, Chinese Premier Li Qiang said Monday.

ecns.cn (2023-03-13). China to continue to deepen reform, opening up: premier. ecns.cn China will keep to the direction of socialist market economic reform, promote higher-level opening up and inject stronger vitality into development by deepening reform and opening up, Chinese Premier Li Qiang said Monday.

ecns.cn (2023-03-13). Premier voices full confidence in China's economic outlook. ecns.cn Chinese Premier Li Qiang on Monday voiced full confidence in the prospect of the country's economy, saying that it will break winds and waves and sail toward a bright future.

ecns.cn (2023-03-13). Institutional strength an advantage for China's economic development: premier. ecns.cn Chinese Premier Li Qiang said on Monday that the notable institutional strength is one of the advantages for China's economic development.

ecns.cn (2023-03-13). China's private enterprises to enjoy better environment, broader space for development: premier. ecns.cn Private enterprises in China will enjoy better environment and broader space for development, Chinese Premier Li Qiang said Monday.

ecns.cn (2023-03-13). China to step up policy support for employment: premier. ecns.cn China will continue to pursue an employment-first strategy and increase government support to boost employment, Premier Li Qiang said Monday.

ecns.cn (2023-03-13). China's food security well guaranteed: premier. ecns.cn China's food security is well guaranteed on the whole and China will make sure that the rice bowl of the 1.4 billion Chinese people will always be firmly held in their own hands, Chinese Premier Li Qiang said Monday.

ecns.cn (2023-03-13). Chinese premier pledges to focus efforts on high-quality development. ecns.cn Chinese Premier Li Qiang on Monday pledged to focus efforts on promoting high-quality development.

ecns.cn (2023-03-13). Chinese premier expresses confidence in HK, Macao's bright future. ecns.cn Chinese Premier Li Qiang said Monday that Hong Kong and Macao will enjoy an even brighter future with the full support from the central government.

ecns.cn (2023-03-13). Rich supply of human resources remains China's notable strength: premier. ecns.cn A rich supply of human resources remains China's notable strength, as its demographic dividend has not disappeared and its talent dividend is in the making, Premier Li Qiang said Monday.

ecns.cn (2023-03-13). China's COVID-19 response completely right, highly effective: premier. ecns.cn Chinese Premier Li Qiang said Monday that China's COVID-19 response strategies and measures are completely right and have delivered highly effective outcomes.

ecns.cn (2023-03-13). Early restoration of normal exchanges across Strait requires joint efforts: premier. ecns.cn The early restoration of normal exchanges and regular cooperation between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait is a shared aspiration and requires joint efforts of both sides, said Premier Li Qiang on Monday.

ecns.cn (2023-03-13). China, U.S. can, must cooperate: premier. ecns.cn China and the United States can and must cooperate, and there are a lot that the two countries can achieve by working together, Chinese Premier Li Qiang said Monday.

ecns.cn (2023-03-13). China-U.S. consensus needs to be translated into policies, actions: premier. ecns.cn The consensus reached between the top leaders of China and the United States during their meeting last November needs to be translated into actual policies and concrete actions, Premier Li Qiang said on Monday.

ecns.cn (2023-03-13). Chinese premier vows to further improve gov't conduct. ecns.cn Chinese Premier Li Qiang on Monday pledged further efforts to improve the conduct of the government and vowed zero-tolerance for corruption.

ecns.cn (2023-03-13). China to promote rural revitalization through deepening reform: premier. ecns.cn China will deepen reform of its rural sector to provide drivers for rural revitalization, Premier Li Qiang said Monday.

ecns.cn (2023-03-13). Xi to attend CPC and World Political Parties Summit. ecns.cn The Communist Party of China (CPC) and World Political Parties Summit will be held Wednesday via video link, Hu Zhaoming, spokesperson for the International Department of the CPC Central Committee, announced Monday.

ecns.cn (2023-03-13). Xi to attend dialogue between CPC, world political parties. ecns.cn A dialogue between the Communist Party of China (CPC) and other political parties from across the world will take place Wednesday via video link, Hu Zhaoming, spokesperson for the International Department of the CPC Central Committee, announced Monday.

ecns.cn (2023-03-13). China's national legislature holds closing meeting. ecns.cn The closing meeting of the first session of the 14th National People's Congress (NPC) is held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, March 13, 2023.

ecns.cn (2023-03-13). Chinese premier meets press after annual legislative session. ecns.cn Chinese Premier Li Qiang (C, rear) meets the press after the closing of the first session of the 14th National People's Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, March 13, 2023.

ecns.cn (2023-03-13). Human activities confirmed at Yeyuan site in Shaanxi. ecns.cn The unearthed items include stone scrapers, sharp tools, chopping tools, and hand axes. Excavation confirmed that ancient humans existed in Luonan area millions years ago and cultural exchanges between humans in different regions during the Paleolithic Period.

ecns.cn (2023-03-13). China's scientific research ship returns to Sanya after mission. ecns.cn China's scientific research ship Tansuo-1, carrying the deep-sea manned submersible Fendouzhe (Striver) arrived in Sanya, south China's Hainan Province on Saturday.

ecns.cn (2023-03-13). Levee breach forces thousands to evacuate in U.S. California. ecns.cn Residents were forced to evacuate in the middle of the night after an atmospheric river surge broke the Pajaro Levee and sent flood waters flowing into the community.

ecns.cn (2023-03-13). Sunshine creates mysterious beauty in Shaanxi canyon. ecns.cn Sunshine casts into the Ganquan canyon through the fissures, creating mysterious beauty at Ganquan County of Yan'an, northwest China's Shaanxi Province. Rain, water and wind over millions of years has sculpted its red sandstone into various textures and shapes.

ecns.cn (2023-03-13). Michelle Yeoh makes historical Oscar win. ecns.cn Michelle Yeoh accepts the Oscar for Best Actress for "Everything Everywhere All at Once" during the Oscars show at the 95th Academy Awards in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, U.S., March 12, 2023.

Editor (2023-03-13). Chris Hedges: Ukraine's Death by Proxy. scheerpost.com Ukraine is a pawn for militarists intent on degrading Russia and ultimately China in a self-defeating quest to ensure U.S. global hegemony. The end of this war, like most proxy wars, will be ugly.

Ellen Brown (2023-03-13). The Looming Quadrillion Dollar Derivatives Tsunami. globalresearch.ca

Fight Back (2023-03-13). Against Trotskyism: Trotsky and the Chinese Revolution. fightbacknews.org Given the trajectory of Trotsky's line on the USSR, it shouldn't surprising that his theories missed the mark on China as well. In fact, if they had been followed, it is clear that they would have done considerable harm to the Chinese revolution. On the question of China, there are two main things that stand out regarding the position of Trotsky and his followers. First, there is the ever present failure to grasp the national-colonial question in the era of imperialism, and second, there is the failure to understand the united front in relation to that. | The Chinese revolution, led by Mao Zedong and the Communis…

Fight Back (2023-03-13). Appleton, WI: Students and community celebrate International Women's Day. fightbacknews.org Appleton, WI – Students and other members of the Fox Valley community gathered to celebrate International Women's Day on March 5 in Appleton's Houdini Plaza. Appleton Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) and the Freedom Road Socialist Organization co-hosted the rally. | The event was kicked off with a speech by FRSO member Hannah Hurrle, with their speech setting the tone for the afternoon. She reminded people of the origins of International Women's Day and of the relationship between gender inequality and economic inequality. Hurrle highlighted the wage gap between men and women and how that gap is further wi…

Gabriele Gysi & Roland Rottenfusser (2023-03-13). Defensive Invasion & Strategies of Power. indybay.org Imagine it's war and no one goes! This dream is being hurled into the dustbin of history by NATO. War is socially acceptable again, new lifestyle. Many voices cry for revenge, cry for the most modern weapons, because there are new sneaky attack warriors with poisonous arrows. It all seems like a duplicate of the US founding story. The new savages, the new Indians are the Russians.

Global Research News (2023-03-13). Selected Articles: Short List of USAID Subversion Operations. globalresearch.ca By The first thing to know: the agency is run out of the State Department. Its pubic relations cover is to provide "international development." This is code for …

Houston Tenants Union (2023-03-13). Gulfgate Tenants Fight Back Against Abusive Slumlords. itsgoingdown.org Report back from the Houston Tenants Union in Texas about a recent campaign by tenants against an abusive slum lord. Vera has been living at 7318 Thurow St. for a little over two years. During this time she has dealt with unlawful late fee collection, infestations of rats and other pests, non-functioning toilets and various…

IBW, 21st Century (2023-03-13). Institute of the Black World 21st Century has scheduled a 2023 Pan African Conference. indybay.org April 2023 is California Pan African Global Trade Month and the strong linkages to Baltimore Harbor continue today.

infobrics (2023-03-13). Slovakia and Poland want American-made F-16's in exchange for delivering MiG-29's to Ukraine. infobrics.org Slovakian and Polish MiG-29 fighter jets will not change the course of war in Ukraine.

infobrics (2023-03-13). China's Trade with Russia Surges at Double-digit Pace in Jan-Feb. infobrics.org China's exports and imports with Russia surged at a double-digit pace in January-February from a year earlier, customs data showed, as China said it had to advance relations with its northern neighbour in an increasingly turbulent world…

infobrics (2023-03-13). India, Russia Review Bilateral Trade and Economic Cooperation. infobrics.org India and Russia reviewed bilateral trade and economic cooperation, including the deficit in bilateral trade, during a virtual meeting between external affairs minister S Jaishankar and Russian deputy prime minister Denis Manturov…

infobrics (2023-03-13). Mongolia, China and Russia at the Centre of a New Multipolarity. infobrics.org The West seems to be exerting more influence on Mongolian society in order to initiate domestic political instability and sabotage Russian and Chinese projects. However, strong traditions of state governance, reliance on national interests, and reliable neighbours should help Ulaanbaatar to withstand any crisis, writes Valdai Club expert Andrey Gubin…

infobrics (2023-03-13). Kiev's regime foils dialogue about creation of a safety zone in Zaporozhye. infobrics.org According to Zaporozhye's local authorities, Ukrainian officials are not interested in negotiating projects for nuclear protection.

infobrics (2023-03-13). Russia's hypersonic response to latest NATO and Kiev regime escalation. infobrics.org The Kiev regime troops tasked with air defense recently reported that the Russian Aerospace Forces (VKS) used at least six 9-A-7660 "Kinzhal" air-launched hypersonic missiles at once, complaining that they have no means of intercepting such weapons.

Joe Lauria, Consortium News. (2023-03-13). Seismic Iran-Saudi Rapprochement Isolates US. popularresistance.org Ever since the 1979 Islamic Revolution that overthrew the U.S.-allied Shah of Iran, the rivalry between the two major Middle East powers — Iran and Saudi Arabia — has been at the heart of every conflict across the region. | The announcement on Friday that Iran and Saudi Arabia have normalized relations could have a seismic effect on all these conflicts and leave the U.S. on the outside looking in. | In Lebanon, Iranian-backed Hezbollah and Saudi-backed parties might begin to resolve their differences, a unity that would worry Israel and lessen U.S. influence in the country.

Jon Queally (2023-03-13). Sanders calls for repeal of Trump-era deregulation blamed for bank collapses. therealnews.com This story originally appeared in Sen.

Jonathan Manz (2023-03-13). Former Chief Economist of the World Bank Slams the IMF for Writing Riots into their Plans to Force Nations to Accept IMF Conditions. globalresearch.ca

Juan Cole (2023-03-13). As Half a Million Israelis Protest Netanyahu Regime, it Faces setbacks in Arab World. juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — Hadas Gold and Amir Tal report for CNN that the tenth major weekend of protest against the plans of the government of Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu to gut the judiciary grew to half a million people, with about 250,000 massing in the streets of Tel Aviv and a similar number …

Labor Video Project (2023-03-13). STOP Sale Of KPFK Bld & Flagrant Violations Of Pacifica Bylaws 6 Year Term Limit-Speak Out. indybay.org

Labor Video Project (2023-03-13). Stop Sale Of KPFK Bldg & Flagrant Violations Of Pacifica Bylaws 6 Year Term Limit-Speak Out. indybay.org

Larry Johnson (2023-03-13). It Ain't Stalingrad, It Ain't Verdun, It Is Bakhmut. sonar21.com A favorite past time of arm chair generals is to look to history to find an explanation that puts a current battle into context. That is being done with the…

Last Real Indians. (2023-03-13). Bison Restoration To Be Led By Tribes. popularresistance.org Washington — The Department of the Interior today announced several new steps to restore wild and healthy populations of American bison and the prairie grassland ecosystem. Through a new Secretary's Order and over $25 million from the Inflation Reduction Act, the Department will empower its bureaus and partners to use the best available science and Indigenous Knowledge to help restore bison across the country. | "The American bison is inextricably intertwined with Indigenous culture, grassland ecology and American history.

Laura Wells (2023-03-13). Hugo Chávez – Ten Years Presente! indybay.org In contrast to the mainstream media and US government portrayal of Hugo Chavez, he left a legacy of lessons that would benefit people and politics in the US, and the world.

Long time listener supporter (2023-03-13). See video of Rescue Pacifica press conference at KPFA. indybay.org KPFA/KPFK/Pacifica Issues. – The seizure of KPFA funds was abetted by KPFA "Protectors".et al. | 2 – The sale of KPFK's building, was set up without input from listeners and staff, | 3 – In the absence of .new elections,the vote to have the current occupants keep their places,even if termed out, is illegal..

Mansa Musa (2023-03-13). A new federal proposal could seize 75% of commissary funds families send to loved ones in prison. therealnews.com

Margaret Kimberley, Black Agenda Report. (2023-03-13). How Comrades Revealed The Existence Of Cointelpro. popularresistance.org On March 8, 1971 a group of 8 activists broke into an FBI office in Media, Pennsylvania and removed every document they could find. Calling themselves the Citizens Commission to Investigate the FBI, they knew there was FBI infiltration and disruption of the antiwar movement and they were looking for proof to present to the public. They discovered far more than they anticipated. | The burglars had all been politically active and some participated in the theft of records from draft board offices. After planning for months they successfully removed documents, copied them and began sending them to newspapers and to p…

Marjorie Griffin Cohen (2023-03-13). Can more for-profit health care be stopped? canadiandimension.com

Martin Edwin Andersen (2023-03-13). Torture, Murder and Security Clearances at the Defense Security Cooperation Agency. indybay.org The news out of the democratic republic of Chile this week is that the conviction of Jaime Garcia Covarrubias—the former National Defense University / Defense Security Cooperation Agency professor who was since 2008 the target of the Petitioner's disclosures through the NDU/DSCA chain of command—for the torture and murder of an unarmed detainee was upheld by that country's Supreme Court. | Garcia Covarrubias has been sentenced to seven years in prison for his authorship of that crime, one of two involving the torture and clandestine murder of unarmed detainees for which he has already been convicted a…

Middle East Monitor (2023-03-13). Where were Defenders of Israeli Democracy Hiding when Apartheid was Growing? juancole.com Israelis continue rallies against gov't judicial overhaul plan. By Ibrahim Hewitt ibrahimhewitt56 ( Middle East Monitor ) — It is heartening to see so many Israelis taking to the streets to protest against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's planned judicial reforms which will basically give politicians the final say on many judicial issues. It is …

Mothers on the March (2023-03-13). Friday 3/17: POA: Shut it Down! indybay.org On the sidewalk in front of the San Francisco Police Officers Association: 800 Bryant @ 6th Street in San Francisco…

National Lawyers Guild (2023-03-13). NLG Condemns "Stop Cop City" Music Festival Arrests in Atlanta. indybay.org Law enforcement detained at least 35 people in Atlanta on Sunday, March 5, at a solidarity music festival over a mile away from the Cop City construction site.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-03-13). Mayo Clinic Minute: Help with hot flashes due to menopause. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Vasomotor symptoms — the medical term for hot flashes — are among the most common menopause symptoms women experience. Hot flashes, along with night sweats, can be uncomfortable and disruptive. Dr. Suneela Vegunta, a Mayo Clinic women's health physician, explains what happens to the body and offers ways to find relief. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute youtu.be/eRzYfnKjqzg Journalists: Broadcast-quality video pkg (1: 00) is in the downloads at the end of…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-03-13). Mayo Clinic Minute: What is multiple myeloma? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Multiple myeloma is a relatively uncommon form of blood cancer that affects less than 1% of the U.S. population, according the American Cancer Society. March is Myeloma Awareness Month. People younger than 45 rarely get the disease, and it occurs more in older men than women. And your risk is doubled if you're African American. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute youtu.be/pShHvj3Y3Nw Journalists: Broadcast-quality video (1: 06) is in the downloads at the end of this post….

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-03-13). Mayo Clinic Minute: How losing an hour of sleep can affect your body. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Daylight saving time begins at 2 a.m. on Sunday, March 12. Clocks are turned an hour forward, which means you'll be losing an hour of sleep. And Mayo Clinic experts say that missing out on that shut-eye time can affect your body. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute youtu.be/V10gPhowQKQ Journalists: Broadcast-quality video (0: 59) is in the downloads at the end of this post. Please courtesy: "Mayo Clinic News Network." Read the script. When daylight saving time…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-03-13). Science Saturday: Researchers elucidate details about the role of inflammation in liver regeneration. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org The liver has the greatest regenerative capacity of any organ in the body, making it possible for surgeons to treat cancerous and noncancerous diseases with extensive surgical approaches. However, underlying chronic liver diseases, like cirrhosis or nonalcoholic steatohepatitis, are known to inhibit the liver's ability to regenerate after surgery. Without regeneration, the liver cannot function, and patients can develop postoperative liver failure — often a lethal complication. In a recent paper published in JHEP Reports, Mayo…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-03-13). Mayo Clinic Minute: Why millennials should know colon cancer symptoms. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org More younger adults are being diagnosed with colon cancer — also known as colorectal cancer — and at more advanced stages of the disease, says the American Cancer Society. It's a trend experts have seen over the last decade. Colon cancer symptoms usually don't appear in early stages of the disease and when they do, they are often at an advanced stage. Dr. Johanna Chan, a Mayo Clinic gastroenterologist, says it's important to recognize colon cancer symptoms and to seek…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-03-13). Mayo Clinic Minute: Game-changing treatment for chronic kidney disease could slow down progression of the disease. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org About 15% of adults in the U.S. are estimated to have chronic kidney disease — that's about 37 million people. What if those people could be treated with medication that could slow the progression of their disease, and help avoid the need for dialysis and kidney transplantation altogether? Dr. Naim Issa, a Mayo Clinic transplant nephrologist says there is a class of medications to help people with chronic kidney disease that does just that. He says Mayo Clinic…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-03-13). Consumer Health: What's the difference between kidney cysts and polycystic kidney disease? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org March is National Kidney Month, which makes this a good time to learn more about the difference between two kidney disorders — kidney cysts and polycystic kidney disease. Your kidneys are situated in the back of your abdomen under your lower ribs, one on each side of your spine. One of the important jobs of the kidneys is to clean the blood. As blood moves through the body, it picks up extra fluid, chemicals and waste….

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-03-13). Mayo Clinic Q and A: Metabolic syndrome and lifestyle changes. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I just turned 40 and had my annual physical, which included a large panel of blood tests. I was told that I have metabolic syndrome and could develop diabetes. I was told to limit my sugar intake. Can you explain more about the condition and how I can avoid diabetes? ANSWER: When a person is diagnosed with metabolic syndrome, it means he or she has several conditions that, if left untreated, significantly raise the…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-03-13). Mayo Clinic Q and A: What is bariatric surgery? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I've struggled with obesity for many years and have tried to lose weight through a healthy diet and exercise. My doctor recently told me that I could be a good candidate for bariatric surgery. What is bariatric surgery? And are there different types of procedures available? ANSWER: Obesity is a disease, and overcoming it often is not easy. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention defines overweight or obesity as a "weight that is…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-03-13). Shame and guilt eating: Tackling binge-eating disorders. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Most people occasionally eat too much. They may fill up an extra plate with seconds at a special event, enjoy another piece of pie at a holiday gathering or eat popcorn until stuffed at the movies. But for some people, overeating becomes excessive. It crosses the line from an occasional indulgence to a binge-eating disorder when overeating feels out of control and happens on a regular basis. It's the most common eating disorder in the…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-03-13). Cauliflower: A versatile nutrition superstar. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Like many consumers, you may be on a quest for healthier food options and willing to try something new or a new take on a familiar food. If you're diagnosed with celiac disease, you may be looking for gluten-free alternatives. Or maybe you're on the hunt for lower carbohydrate choices. Cauliflower may be just what you're searching for. This versatile veggie can be eaten raw, cooked, roasted, grilled, baked into a pizza crust, or cooked…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-03-13). Mayo Clinic Q and A: Exercise safety in cold weather. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I work out at least three days per week at the gym, but I also like to exercise and run outside. Although I know better than to be outdoors in a winter storm, do you have any tips for exercising safely outdoors in cold weather? ANSWER: It is great that you are dedicated to staying healthy through exercise. Being active at all ages is recommended to improve overall health. It's easy to lose motivation…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-03-13). Consumer Health: Do you check the Nutrition Facts label? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org March is National Nutrition Month, which makes this a good time to learn about using the Nutrition Facts label to make healthy choices. Most people in the U.S. don't eat a healthy diet, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Most consume too much sodium, saturated fat and sugar, increasing their risk of chronic diseases. The Nutrition Facts label on packaged foods is a tool created by the Food and Drug Administration to help…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-03-13). Do prescription opioids impact cognitive function in older adults? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Prescription opioid use could have a negative effect on cognitive function in older adults, according to a recent Mayo Clinic study published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. The population-based observational study used data from the Mayo Clinic Study of Aging, a research initiative examining the cognitive decline in older people for nearly 20 years. Findings The study found that 70% of participants received at least one opioid prescription over an average of…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-03-13). Mayo Clinic Minute: Do you have dry eyes? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Dry eye disease is a common condition that can cause a range of discomfort. It can happen when the eye doesn't produce enough tears, or if the tears are not adequate quality to keep the eye properly lubricated. Dr. Dave Patel, a Mayo Clinic ophthalmologist, explains some of the causes of dry eyes, treatments and some symptoms you shouldn't ignore. Watch this Mayo Clinic Minute www.youtube.com/watch?v=pU8CLcwtjLY Journalists: Broadcast-quality video (1: 06) is in the downloads at…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-03-13). Early Mayo Clinic research finds hope in stem cell therapy for perianal fistulas in patients with Crohn's disease. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn. — A dissolvable plug delivered stem cell therapy with few side effects in patients with single tract perianal fistulas, Mayo Clinic researchers discovered. Perianal fistulas are painful tunnels between the intestine and the skin that often do not go away with standard medical or surgical care. People with Crohn's disease or other inflammatory bowel conditions are most at risk for this condition. In a prospective, phase 1 clinical trial, researchers loaded stem cells…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-03-13). Mayo Clinic again recognized as 'World's Best Hospital' in Newsweek rankings. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Mayo Clinic in Rochester is again ranked No. 1 in the world by Newsweek in its list of the "World's Best Hospitals." The ranking is a tribute to the work of staff across Mayo Clinic. "Among the hallmarks of great hospitals … are not just first-class care, first-class research and first-class innovation. The very best institutions also share another quality: consistency," Newsweek states. "The world's best hospitals consistently attract the best people and provide the best outcomes…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-03-13). How to get the most out of napping. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org While closing your eyes for a few minutes during your busy day may seem like a good idea, it's important to consider the effects napping may bring. The time of day and length of time you nap can provide benefits or create problems. Knowing when to nap and providing yourself with a suitable napping environment will produce the greatest benefits. Consider why you're napping Before lying down to take a daily nap, you may want…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-03-13). 5 ways to get better sleep. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org You're not alone if you have trouble falling or staying asleep. Many people struggle with sleep — and that's a problem, since sleep plays a crucial role in your health, energy levels and ability to function at your best. Most adults require seven to eight hours of sleep each night to feel well-rested and energized each day. If restless nights have become the norm for you or you find that your sleep is not refreshing,…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-03-13). Mayo Clinic Minute: Does one moldy berry spoil the whole bunch? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Spring is around the corner, which means the beginning of berry season. Berries can be a great source of potassium and vitamins C and K, and can also promote a healthy gut. While berries are among the healthiest foods to eat, if not stored properly, they can get mushy and grow mold. But a little bit of mold doesn't necessarily mean the whole batch goes to waste. In this Mayo Clinic Minute, Dr. Nipunie Rajapakse,…

Norman Solomon (2023-03-13). Israel's Liberal Supporters Are Taking Their Denial to a New Level. indybay.org

People for the American Way & DFAD (2023-03-13). Thursday 3/9: Freedom to Vote Movement Virtual Rally w/ the MLK Jr Family & PFAW. indybay.org Online rally…

Pink Knight Press (2023-03-13). "March for Life" in Sacramento. indybay.org March 6 was the California event for the anti-choice group March for Life, a national anti-abortion organization. Charter buses lined their speaking event, which drew something in the region of 200 people, with 15-20 counter-protesters at any given time. The counter-protesters stayed loud throughout the anti-choice speakers' time, drowning out speeches and annoying the audience.

posted by Norse (2023-03-13). Food Not Bombs announces Meals-at-City-Hall today after top cop bans Lot #10 serving. indybay.org Harsh rainy weather, the City's failure to provide adequate 24-hour Warming Center facility, and the Chief Escalante's recent ban on serving in the protected parking garage #10 have prompted the free survival food service to move to City Hall today and likely during future rainy days until reasonable alternatives are allowed.

posted by Norse (2023-03-13). Activist Leads Fight to Stop Harassment of Vehicular Residents. indybay.org In an extensive and well-documented article on LookOut, activist Reggie Meisler published his research and activism to defend the rights of those in vehicles being harassed by police. Cops have been threatening and ticketing for signs not permitted by the Costal Commission.

Prabhat Patnaik (2023-03-13). Imperialism and natural resources. mronline.org There is an overwhelming asymmetry between the level of "development" and the possession of natural resources among countries of the world.

Prof Michael Hudson (2023-03-13). Why the US Banking System Is Breaking Up. Michael Hudson. globalresearch.ca

Ramzy Baroud (2023-03-13). Even Kissinger Wants Compromise: How Ukraine Became a Winner-Take-All Proposition. mintpressnews.com When the likes of Kissinger are accused of being compromisers, we can be certain that the political discourse on the war has reached a degree of extremism unprecedented in decades.

Rick Rozoff (2023-03-13). Headlines, before and after. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com

Rick Rozoff (2023-03-13). Largest-ever group of NATO commanders meet on Russian frontier. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Independent Barents ObserverMarch 9, 2023 Key NATO commanders teamed up with newcomer Sweden at northern border with Russia "I'm very happy about the political decision to become a part of NATO," says Lieutenant general Carl-Johan Edstrà∂m, Chief of Joint Operations with the Swedish Armed Forces. On Thursday, he flew north together with the largest group …

rqorinoco (2023-03-13). 'No Pain Is Like Mine': On International Women's Day, Palestinian Female Prisoners Endure 'Harsh Conditions'. orinocotribune.com By Palestine Chronicle Staff | 29 Palestinian female prisoners are currently held under harsh conditions in Israeli prisons, subjected to a systematic policy of medical negligence, Palestinian prisoners' support and human rights group Addameer said. | Releasing the figures on March 7, the human rights organization took the opportunity to raise awareness of the plight of two 16-year-old teenagers who are among those detained. | According to Addameer's report, several female prisoners are injured while 15 suffer from various health issues, in addition to six mothers, two minors, and a female prisoner who are under…

rqorinoco (2023-03-13). Who Ousted Peru's President of the Poor? orinocotribune.com By Rodrigo Acuña — Mar 9, 2023 | In the last two months, the political crisis in Peru has regularly made it into the mainstream media. On December 7 of last year, the democratically elected Peruvian president Pedro Castillo was removed from power after he attempted to temporarily suspend Congress hours before his third impeachment hearing. | As the first person from an impoverished rural background to become president in Peru, Castillo had found widespread support in the country's poorer regions. His ousting has sparked mass demonstrations and blockades across the country, with protestors calling for Presid…

SAMIR (2023-03-13). Solidarity with 'liberal' Israeli cultural institutions? bdsmovement.net By: | Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI)

Santa Cruz Food Not Bombs (2023-03-13). We Demand Santa Cruz City and County Officials Open 24 Hour Emergency Shelters Now! indybay.org Protect the Homeless from the Ravages of the Atmospheric River…

Speak Out Now (2023-03-13). Sunday 4/23: Who is Essential? Who is Not? indybay.org online meeting, see website for details…

Staff (2023-03-13). Hoy en la Mesa Redonda: La Comunicación Politica en tiempos de odios y mentiras. mesaredonda.cubadebate.cu Reconocidos periodistas y comunicadores de América Latina presentes en la segunda edición del Coloquio Patria, convocado por la UPEC, estarán invitados este lunes a la emisión de la Mesa Redonda.

Staff (2023-03-13). El Control popular, una necesidad permanente. cubadebate.cu øQué ganamos con el control popular? Garantía de cumplimiento de las funciones, tareas y responsabilidades asignadas, de los deberes que como personas, directivos y representantes tienen, como también se contribuye a la realización de los derechos de aquellos que dependen de sus acciones, de la población.

Staff (2023-03-13). Fidel hace 60 años: Esta fecha tendrá cada vez más fuerza. cubadebate.cu Esta fecha que marca el momento de más alto heroísmo en la historia de nuestra universidad, y que es por eso un día que habrá de culminar siempre en un acto como el de hoy, con los estudiantes fundamentalmente, será una fecha de mayor importancia cada año. No ocurrirá como en el pasado. Esta fecha tendrá cada vez más y más fuerza.

Staff (2023-03-13). Realizar bien su labor: Leitmotiv de la primera liniera cubana. cubadebate.cu Hace solo cuatro meses, Yanelis Rodríguez Reyes se graduó de la Escuela de Capacitación de Linieros Juan Ronda Lezcano. Sin embargo, no se vanagloria de ser la primera mujer liniera en Cuba, ni de que esta sea su cuarta entrevista en tan poco tiempo. Es, de hecho, bastante práctica y asume su oficio, en la Empresa Eléctrica de Capdevila, como uno más.

Staff (2023-03-13). Temporada de lluvias deja unos 60 muertos y más de 12 000 damnificados en Perú. cubadebate.cu La temporada de lluvias, que comenzó en septiembre y ha afectado a 24 de las 25 regiones de Perú con desbordamientos de ríos e inundaciones, ha dejado hasta la fecha al menos 59 fallecidos y más de 12 000 damnificados, además de fuertes daños en viviendas, según datos oficiales divulgados este domingo por el Instituto Nacional de Defensa Civil (Indeci).

Staff (2023-03-13). "Todo en todas partes al mismo tiempo", "Sin novedad en el frente" y "Pinocho" triunfan en 95 edición de los àìscar. cubadebate.cu "Pinocho", del mexicano Guillermo del Toro, obtuvo este domingo el àìscar al mejor largometraje de animación en la 95 edición de los premios de la Academia de Hollywood, durante una ceremonia en Los àÅngeles donde "Todo en todas partes al mismo tiempo" y "Sin novedad en el frente" fueron los grandes ganadores de la noche.

Staff (2023-03-13). Conozca las tasas vigentes en el mercado cambiario cubano este 13 de marzo. cubadebate.cu Con el objetivo de mantener a sus lectores informados, Cubadebate comparte las tasas de cambio para diferentes divisas extranjeras vigentes este lunes 13 de marzo de 2023 en el mercado cambiario del país.

Staff (2023-03-13). Cuba reporta más de 400 000 personas afectadas por la sequía. cubadebate.cu Autoridades del Instituto Nacional de Recursos Hidráulicos (INRH) informaron que más de 400 000 personas están afectadas en el país por la sequía meteorológica, fenómeno que se produce cuando ocurre un periodo prolongado sin lluvias o con lluvias por debajo de la media. Entre el 1ro. y el 10 de marzo, 137 municipios de Cuba no reportaron precipitaciones.

Staff (2023-03-13). El tiempo: Escasas lluvias y tarde cálida. cubadebate.cu Amanecerá con poca nubosidad en todo el archipiélago, desde el final de la mañana estará parcialmente nublado con escasas lluvias. La tarde será cálida con temperaturas que alcanzarán máximas entre los 30 y 33 grados Celsius, superiores en el interior y sur oriental, mientras que en la noche estarán entre los 21 y 24 grados Celsius.

Staff (2023-03-13). Israel enfrenta las protestas más grandes de su historia (+ Video). cubadebate.cu Cientos de miles de israelíes salieron a las calles en todo el país el fin de semana, en lo que ha sido calificado como las protestas más grandes en la historia de Israel. Las manifestaciones son contra los planes del gobierno para limitar los poderes de la Corte Suprema que, según los críticos, socavan la independencia judicial y amenazan la democracia.

Staff (2023-03-13). La Unión Eléctrica pronostica una afectación de 270 MW para el horario pico nocturno. cubadebate.cu La Unión Eléctrica estima para la hora pico nocturna de este lunes una disponibilidad de 2 550 MW y una demanda máxima de 2 750 MW, para un déficit de 200 MW, por lo que, de mantenerse las condiciones previstas, se pronostica una afectación de 270 MW en este horario.

Staff (2023-03-13). Matemática y creatividad: El V Clásico Mundial y el día de Pi. cubadebate.cu En estos días el V Clásico Mundial ha acaparado la atención de millones de cubanos, es por eso que está presente en este acertijo. Demoré enviar este acertijo para saber si éramos el uno o el dos en el Grupo A. °Somos el 1! Por otra parte, el martes 14 es el día internacional de la Matemática, el día de Pi.

Staff (2023-03-13). México vence por amplio margen al actual campeón Estados Unidos en el Clásico Mundial de Beisbol. cubadebate.cu México venció con autoridad 11-5 a Estados Unidos para obtener su primera victoria en el Clásico Mundial de Beisbol 2023. El combinado mexicano llegaba con pronóstico reservado a la segunda jornada del Grupo C y salió rehabilitado del Chese Field de Phoenix (Arizona) al vencer a los actuales campeones del torneo.

Staff (2023-03-13). Qué trae la prensa cubana, lunes 13 de marzo de 2023. cubadebate.cu

Staff (2023-03-13). Signature Bank de Nueva York sufre tercera mayor quiebra en la historia bancaria de EEUU. cubadebate.cu Los reguladores estatales cerraron este domingo el Signature Bank, con sede en Nueva York, dos días después de que Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) protagonizara la mayor quiebra bancaria en Estados Unidos desde la crisis financiera mundial de hace más de una década.

Staff (2023-03-13). Team Asere: La canción que compone Alexander Abreu en apoyo al equipo cubano de beisbol. cubadebate.cu El músico cubano Alexander Abreu y su orquesta Havana D ¥ Primera trabajan en una canción titulada Team Asere, dedicada al equipo de béisbol de Cuba, para la cual reclutaron a varios colegas.

Staff (2023-03-13). Argentina: Judicial Persecution Against Cristina Fernández Denounced. orinocotribune.com Peronist militants from numerous regions of Argentina participated in the plenary "Fight and Come Back. Cristina 2023." | It's an act to break the ban on the vice president, Cristina Fernández, and denounce the judicial persecution against her. | A crowd of more than 10,000 militants from different Kirchnerist unions and social organizations groups met in the town of Avellaneda, in the province of Buenos Aires, to reject the ruling against the former president. In addition, they demanded that she run in the presidential elections scheduled for next October. During his extensive presentation, Máximo Kirchner, lead…

Staff (2023-03-13). Venezuela Beats Dominican Republic 5-1 in First Game of 2023 World Baseball Classic. orinocotribune.com

Tamara Pearson, The Real News Network. (2023-03-13). Indigenous Mexicans Risk Their Lives To Defend The Environment. popularresistance.org They were driving back from a community meeting in Aquila, Michoacan, where the discussion had centered on getting the Ternium mine in the area to cease activities. They dropped someone off, then were never seen again. Later, their car was found empty, riddled with bullets. | Antonio Díaz, an Indigenous Nahua leader opposed to the mine, and Ricardo Lagunes, a human rights lawyer who has taken on numerous key cases in Mexico, went missing on January 15 of this year. | "I miss my brother a lot," Ana Lucia Lagunes, Ricardo's sister, told TRNN. "But while this is directly affecting my family now, [such forced disappe…

Tanupriya Singh, People's Dispatch. (2023-03-13). Prevent: Health Workers Resist UK's 'Counter Terrorism' Strategy. popularresistance.org In the two decades since the UK government unveiled its 'counter terrorism' strategy 'Prevent', campaigners and human rights organizations have consistently documented its impact on racialized and otherwise marginalized communities, and the ways in which public services—including healthcare—have been weaponized in this process. | A part of the government's broader counter-terrorism strategy called CONTEST, Prevent's stated objective is to "prevent people from being drawn into terrorism." First implemented in the aftermath of the 2005 London bombings, Prevent was amended in 2011 to deal with "all forms…

teleSUR, jaa, JDO (2023-03-13). Naufragio de embarcaciones deja al menos ocho muertos en California, EE.UU. telesurtv.net Trascendió que la noche de este sábado, los equipos de rescate recibieron una llamada de auxilio para advertir de un naufragio ocurrido en Blacks Beach.

teleSUR, jaa, JDO (2023-03-13). Reportan nueva manifestación en Grecia tras accidente ferroviario. telesurtv.net Cerca de 12.000 manifestantes hicieron presencia en la capital griega, Atenas, según cifras de la Policía.

teleSUR, JCM (2023-03-13). China nombra nuevo ministro de Defensa, sancionado por EE.UU. telesurtv.net La XIV Asamblea Popular Nacional llevará a cabo su sesión de clausura este lunes 13 de marzo en el Gran Palacio del Pueblo, donde el presidente chino, Xi Jinping, pronunciará un discurso clave.

teleSUR, JCM (2023-03-13). Gobierno de Colombia presenta condiciones para reanudar diálogo con mineros en paro. telesurtv.net En un comunicado, el Gobierno colombiano rechaza los actos de violencia que se han presentado durante la protesta social…

teleSUR, JCM (2023-03-13). Venezuela vence a República Dominicana en el Mundial de Béisbol. telesurtv.net Esta victoria representa el primer triunfo de Venezuela sobre los dominicanos en cinco encuentros disputados en el Clásico Mundial de Béisbol.

teleSUR, JCM (2023-03-13). Muere el legendario actor mexicano Ignacio López Tarso. telesurtv.net López Tarso, quien era "una biblioteca impresionante" nació un 15 de enero de 1925 en la Ciudad de México.

teleSUR, JCM (2023-03-13). Ejército israelí asesina a tres palestinos en Naplusa. telesurtv.net Los uniformados abrieron fuego contra cuatro palestinos que viajaban en un automóvil, uno de los cuales fue arrestado.

teleSUR, JCM (2023-03-13). Mayoría de los peruanos aprueba el adelanto de elecciones. telesurtv.net Según la encuesta nacional realizada por la empresa Datum, un 83 % de la ciudadanía pide comicios anticipados.

teleSUR, JCM (2023-03-13). Comerciantes de Puno tomarán nuevas acciones de protesta en Perú. telesurtv.net El vocero de los mercados unificados de Puno, Walter Ramos. señaló que este ha sido un acuerdo unificado de todos los centros de abasto y ferias de la ciudad de Puno.

teleSUR, JCM (2023-03-13). Católicos conmemoran 10 años de la gestión del papa Francisco. telesurtv.net El primer papa latinoamericano hizo un llamado a los fieles a "dar de beber" a quienes tienen "sed de la Palabra de Dios" y necesitan "encontrar en la Iglesia un oasis" contra la indiferencia.

teleSUR, JDO (2023-03-13). Peronistas rechazan proscripción de vicepresidenta de Argentina. telesurtv.net Máximo Kirchner llama a la militancia a construir las condiciones para que Cristina Fernández pueda ser candidata a próximos comicios presidenciales.

teleSUR, JDO (2023-03-13). Irán incrementa ventas de crudo pese a sanciones de EE.UU. telesurtv.net Exportaciones de petróleo y gas registran el nivel más alto desde 2018, cuando Washington se retiró del PIAC y prometió reducirlas a cero.

teleSUR, JDO (2023-03-13). Miles de israelíes protestan nuevamente contra reforma judicial. telesurtv.net Por décima semana toman las calles de las principales ciudades para rechazar la normativa que impulsa Benjamin Netanyahu.

teleSUR, JDO (2023-03-13). Critican a autoridades italianas por retraso ante otro naufragio de migrantes. telesurtv.net Guardia Costera italiana fue informada el sábado de una barcaza con migrantes a la deriva. La embarcación no recibió ayuda, se volcó y hay 30 desaparecidos.

teleSUR, JDO (2023-03-13). Defensa Civil peruana informa sobre afectaciones por lluvias. telesurtv.net Alrededor de 400 distritos a nivel nacional permanecen en emergencia debido a los impactos del ciclón Yaku.

teleSUR, JDO (2023-03-13). Gobierno de Perú reconoce déficit para hacer frente a emergencia climática. telesurtv.net Ciclón Yaku trae asociadas lluvias, caída de nieve y granizo y una elevada carga de humedad, lo cual dará lugar a precipitaciones inusuales.

teleSUR, JDO (2023-03-13). Siria reporta llegada de más ayudas para víctimas de terremotos. telesurtv.net Durante esta jornada las autoridades recepcionaron seis aviones, un buque y decenas de camiones cargados de ayuda humanitaria.

teleSUR, JGN (2023-03-13). Presidente de China considera imprescindible poner al pueblo en primer lugar. telesurtv.net Al intervenir en la clausura de la sesión anual de la Asamblea Popular Nacional (Parlamento), Xi destacó que el pueblo es la fuerza decisiva para convertir a China en un gran país socialista moderno.

teleSUR, JGN (2023-03-13). Gobierno cubano califica como fracasada la Ley Helms-Burton. telesurtv.net El presidente cubano Miguel Díaz-Canel catalogó la Helms-Burton como "una ley anticonstitucional que pretende tratar a Cuba como otra posesión norteamericana".

teleSUR, JGN (2023-03-13). Todo en todas partes al mismo tiempo es la ganadora en los Premios Oscar 2023. telesurtv.net La mejor película internacional fue la alemana Im Westen nichts Neues (Sin novedad en el frente), que derrotó a Argentina, 1985.

teleSUR, JGN (2023-03-13). Fuertes lluvias dejan al menos dos muertos en California, EE.UU. telesurtv.net La Guardia Nacional reportó sobre el rescate de al menos 56 personas que estaban atrapadas en sus vehículos en la zona que inundó el río Pájaro.

teleSUR, JGN (2023-03-13). Senado de Francia aprueba reforma de pensiones. telesurtv.net El instrumento legal contempla el incremento de la edad de jubilación (que ahora es a los 62 años) cada tres meses a partir del 1 de septiembre de 2023.

teleSUR, JGN (2023-03-13). Japón conmemora 12 aniversario de terremoto y tsunami. telesurtv.net El primer ministro de Japón, Fumio Kishida, encabezó una ceremonia en Fukushima, durante la cual guardó un minuto de silencio en homenaje a las víctimas del desastre natural.

teleSUR, JGN (2023-03-13). Siria denuncia un nuevo ataque israelí con misiles. telesurtv.net El 7 de marzo, el Aeropuerto Internacional de Alepo, ubicado a unos 400 kilómetros al norte de Damasco, fue víctima de una agresión armada israelí.

teleSUR, JGN (2023-03-13). Venezuela liga segunda victoria en el Clásico Mundial del Béisbol. telesurtv.net Venezuela, que en su debut venció a República Dominicana 5-1, se convirtió en el líder del Grupo D del Mundial de la pelota caliente.

teleSUR, MER (2023-03-13). Programa especial de teleSUR sobre los Premios àìscar 2023. telesurtv.net A través de nuestro canal oficial en la plataforma Twitch podrá interactuar con la periodista Sarai Amoros.

teleSUR- jaa, JCM (2023-03-13). Completan en China nomenclatura del Consejo de Estado. telesurtv.net Entre los que continuaron mediante las votaciones de los cerca de 3000 diputados destacaron el canciller, Qin Gang y el primer ministro Li Qiang.

teleSUR- jaa, JCM (2023-03-13). Rusia informa sobre importante avance en Artiómovsk, Donetsk. telesurtv.net El militar informó además que este nuevo paso permitió liberar el importante complejo industrial ubicado en la región.

Tomdispatch (2023-03-13). As SNAP Benefits are Cut: How it Feels to Be Hungry. juancole.com By Beverly Gologorsky | — ( Tomdispatch.com ) — My long-dead father used to say, "Every human being deserves to taste a piece of cake." Though at the time his words meant little to me, as I grew older I realized both what they meant, symbolically speaking, and the grim reality they disguised so charmingly. …

United Front Committee For A Labor Party (2023-03-13). Tuesday 3/28: Rally To Rehire Fired Namibian Miners By Chinese National Nuclear Corporation. indybay.org San Francisco Chinese Consulate | Geary & Laguna St. | San Francisco…

United State of Women, partners (2023-03-13). Wednesday 3/22: Self-Managed Abortion On Our Own Terms w/ USOW. indybay.org Virtual event…

Victoria Koski-Karell, Elio Dortilus, Truthout. (2023-03-13). Colonialism Created Food Insecurity In Haiti. popularresistance.org As the planet faces more climate-driven disasters, we must prioritize the safety and wellbeing of populations most vulnerable to their effects. Extreme heat, droughts, floods and storms are becoming more frequent and intense worldwide while human industry, resource extraction, consumption and carbon emissions contribute to rapidly warming temperatures and rising seas. Amid this massive and multipronged human-made disaster, global food productivity growth is down 21 percent. Climate change is exacerbating food insecurity, wiping out agricultural production, devastating livelihoods and forcing people to flee their…

WSWS (2023-03-13). UAW announces contract passes at Caterpillar amid widespread opposition: "I think it's a huge sellout" wsws.org The UAW announced that its tentative agreement with Caterpillar had passed, while not releasing either the overall ballot totals or the breakdown by local or plant.

WSWS (2023-03-13). Australia's housing crisis demands a socialist solution. wsws.org Across the country, there are growing reports of people living in caravans, campervans and tents, or sleeping on the streets or in cars alongside freeways.

WSWS (2023-03-13). Australia, India deepen military ties against China. wsws.org The Australian Labor government is doing everything it can to strengthen a network of US-led alliances, all aimed at preparing for an aggressive war against China.

WSWS (2023-03-13). This week in history: March 13-19. wsws.org This column profiles important historical events which took place during this week, 25 years ago, 50 years ago, 75 years ago and 100 years ago.

WSWS (2023-03-13). Striking Temple graduate workers offered another rotten contract. wsws.org The details leaked to the press do not come close to meeting any of the demands fought for by graduate students when they walked out to picket on January 31.

WSWS (2023-03-13). Biden announces bailout for wealthy depositors in Silicon Valley Bank. wsws.org The decision came at the end of a weekend of frantic discussions involving the Treasury Department, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and the US Federal Reserve after the banks was taken over the FDIC on Friday following a $42 billion bank run the previous day.

WSWS (2023-03-13). The rank-and-file struggle against mass firings at Dana. wsws.org The mounting opposition of rank-and-file autoworkers to mass firings at transnational parts supplier Dana Inc.'s factories in the United States is a major episode in the emerging global counteroffensive of the working class.

WSWS (2023-03-13). Xi Jinping reappointed to head Chinese regime under siege. wsws.org Xi has been thrust to the fore by a fragile CCP regime facing crises at home and abroad—a Bonapartist figure balancing between rival factions of the ruling elite amid sharpening social tensions.

WSWS (2023-03-13). Denver, Colorado light rail passenger train derails, injuring two. wsws.org The W Line derailment comes after several high-profile freight train derailments in the United States, including the East Palestine, Ohio, disaster.

WSWS (2023-03-13). Amid mass strikes, France's Morenoite Révolution permanente group embraces capitalist rule. wsws.org Amid an emerging, objectively revolutionary situation across Europe and internationally, the union bureaucracies and pseudo-left parties ever more openly oppose revolutionary measures.

WSWS (2023-03-13). Dana Rank-and-File Committee wins backing from Toledo Jeep workers for fight against unjust terminations. wsws.org A delegation of fired Dana workers campaigned at the nearby Toledo Assembly Complex on Saturday, winning support from Jeep workers against the wave of firings carried out with the complicity of the United Auto Workers.

WSWS (2023-03-13). The Whale: The new film by Darren Aronofsky. wsws.org Is it really demonstrating great audacity in our day and age, for example, to suggest that an obese man deserves to be treated like other people?

WSWS (2023-03-13). One year of pseudo-left Boric government in Chile: A program of pro-imperialist and anti-working class reaction. wsws.org Contrary to its promises of equality and justice, the Boric administration has proven to be among the most right-wing governments of Latin America's so-called Pink Tide.

americanthinker (2023-03-13). Another Conspiracy Theory Comes True — COVID-19 Lab Origin. americanthinker.com The media has a lot of explaining to do.

americanthinker (2023-03-13). Are You Guilty of Child Abuse? americanthinker.com If you support a school system that won't teach, then you might not like the answer.

americanthinker (2023-03-13). Biden Budget: The COVID Ratchet is Permanent. americanthinker.com Biden's federal budget rollout was… well, about what you'd have expected.

americanthinker (2023-03-13). Pathocracy and the Liberal Mind. americanthinker.com To tolerate evil is to give it sanctuary, but to bargain with evil is to give it legitimacy.

americanthinker (2023-03-13). Taking Back Our Country, One Word at a Time. americanthinker.com Let us resolve to reclaim our own words.

americanthinker (2023-03-13). Canadian lawmaker's recognition of the little guy taken as a direct threat by the pseudo-aristocrats of the left. americanthinker.com Pierre Poilievre say the people matter, but for some, those are fightin' words.

americanthinker (2023-03-13). Decoding the decline in college enrollments. americanthinker.com Society will have to change its attitude toward having a college degree, given the ongoing problems of higher education.

americanthinker (2023-03-13). Did Nancy Pelosi direct the US Capitol Police to stand down? americanthinker.com Video of the QAnon Shaman receiving a friendly and hospitable detail from Capitol cops leaves one burning question…

americanthinker (2023-03-13). House Oversight Committee has 'documents that show just exactly how the Biden family was getting money from the Chinese Communist Party'. americanthinker.com Documentary proof of an American president getting paid off by our greatest strategic rival, if not enemy, is no small matter.

americanthinker (2023-03-13). Inflation was only 'transitory' they said. americanthinker.com Then it was a "good thing" and now we have collapsing banks and de facto bailouts.

americanthinker (2023-03-13). Mexico really needs those 'spring break' dollars. americanthinker.com Tourism is a big deal south of the border, and Americans are the ones those resorts and hotels were built for.

americanthinker (2023-03-13). More questions than answers in the wake of Tucker Carlson's January 6 exposé. americanthinker.com Did Tucker Carlson really pull his punches? His exposé of the January 6 incident leaves more questions than answers.

americanthinker (2023-03-13). Must-see TV: Mark Levin exposes 'the scandal no one is talking about'. americanthinker.com My hat is off to Mark Levin for his opening statement in Sunday's edition of Life, Liberty and Levin. It is clearly in the must-see category for anyone concerned about the totalitarian turn the Democrat party has taken.

americanthinker (2023-03-13). Once more into the fray, Colorado Republicans. americanthinker.com Party elections are usually a good barometer, and Colorado's forecast looks like hope.

americanthinker (2023-03-13). The empty suits of the climate activists. americanthinker.com Man-made climate change was, and always will be, a hoax directed toward socialist wealth distribution.

americanthinker (2023-03-13). UK House of Commons refuses to protect private prayer and consensual conversations. americanthinker.com Thoughtcrimes are now a thing in formerly Great Britain.

americanthinker (2023-03-13). Unraveling male bombardments into female domains. americanthinker.com Ruminating on the origins of men in drag forcing themselves into all things women, I came to some ironic conclusions.

americanthinker (2023-03-13). Wokester apocalypse at Silicon Valley Bank? americanthinker.com It was probably less from its wokesterly policies than it was from the protection racket it incurred from donations to Democrats.

Andrew Korybko (2023-03-13). The Geopolitics of the Iran-Saudi Arabia "Rapprochement": What Implications for Pakistan? globalresearch.ca

Andreína Chávez Alava, Venezuelanalysis. (2023-03-13). Hugo Chávez And The Last Solar Eclipse Of The 20th Century. popularresistance.org With his arrival, Chávez broke 40 years of a corrupt system and established a participatory and protagonistic democracy that went beyond electoral processes. This has allowed for people to take power by organizing for social, economic, political and educational purposes. Today, plenty of popular organizations self-govern over their land, resources and production. | Driven by his desire to build another society where the basic aspects of human life are not commodified, the revolutionary leader launched a myriad of economic and social policies to democratize healthcare, food, housing, and access to technology, spor…

Anonymous Contributor (2023-03-13). Mutual Aid and Banner Drops Push Back on Ongoing Attacks on the Houseless in Aberdeen, WA. itsgoingdown.org Report on ongoing actions pushing back on attacks on the houseless in so-called Aberdeen, WA. Originally published on Sabot Media. After delivering a 72-hour notice on Monday, the City moved in around 10am on Friday with bulldozers and dump trucks in order to commit an illegal sweep of the River St encampment of unhoused individuals. Many…

Anonymous103 (2023-03-13). 82 Thousand People, Including 22 Thousand Protesters, Pardoned In Iran. southfront.org Illustrative Image | More than 82 thousand people have been granted amnesty, including 22 thousand of protesters who were convicted or were awaiting sentencing, claimed the Chief of Justice of Iran Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Eje'i. The amnesty is timed to the 44th anniversary of the 1979 Islamic Revolution. | Iran's Supreme leader Ali Khamenei agreed to pardon tens of thousands of convicted and under investigation, including protesters, in February. It was also extended to those who shouted slogans against Khamenei o…

Anonymous103 (2023-03-13). Disastrous Harvest: Silicon Valley Bank and the Anti-Regulation Bank Lobby. southfront.org

Anonymous103 (2023-03-13). In Video: Ukrainian Tactics Hampered Evacuation Of The Wounded From Bakhmut. southfront.org

Anonymous103 (2023-03-13). "It's As Bad As We Thought": CCP Money Flowed To Biden Family According Bank Records, Documents Obtained By House GOP. southfront.org Originally published by ZeroHedge Republicans on the House Oversight Committee have been working with four witnesses with close ties to the…

Anonymous103 (2023-03-13). Military Situation In Bakhmut On March 13, 2023 (Map Update). southfront.org Click to see full-size image | Clashes between Russian forces and the AFU continue in the village of Orikhovo-Vasylivka; | Russian forces took control of some areas of the Bakhmut-Konstantinovka road on the outskirts of Bakhmut; | Russian forces expended the zone of their control in Budenovka district, approaching the last road in the south-west of Bakhmut; | Russian forces launched the mop up operation in the underground facilities of the Azom non-ferrous metal working plant; | The AFU are repo…

Anonymous103 (2023-03-13). Military Situation In Donbass on March 13, 2023 (Map Update). southfront.org Click to see full-size image | The Russian Army is advancing in Krasnogorovka and took control of a dam near Kamenka located north of Avdiivka; | Ukrainian artillery reportedly destroyed Russian ammunition depot south of Ivanivske; | Clashes between Russian forces and the AFU continue in Bakhmut and its outskirts; | Clashes between the Russian Army and the AFU continue on the outskirts of Ugledar; | Clashes between the Russian Army and the AFU continue on the western outskirt…

Anonymous103 (2023-03-13). Military Situation In Yemen On March 13, 2023 (Map Update). southfront.org

Anonymous103 (2023-03-13). Stoltenberg On Air, Let's Count The 'A's. southfront.org

Anonymous103 (2023-03-13). US B-52 Strategic Bombers Worked Out Nuclear Strikes On Russia And Iran. southfront.org Illustrative Image | The US Air Force has recently increased the activity of its strategic bombers near the borders of Russia and Iran. | On March 11, the US strategic bomber B-52H Stratofortress, capable of carrying nuclear weapons, worked out a missile launch on the Russian city of St. Petersburg. The aircraft with the board sign NOBLE61 approached the island of Gotland, which is about 200 km from the Russian northern capital. It took off from Poland, not reaching the borders with the R…

Anonymous103 (2023-03-13). US Cannot Win A War With China Or Russia. southfront.org

Anonymous765 (2023-03-13). Ukrainian Military Does Not Stop Shedding Blood Of Innocent Civilians In Donbass. southfront.org |

Atlanta Community Press Collective (2023-03-13). Independent Autopsy Reveals Tortuguita Killed While Seated with Hands Raised. itsgoingdown.org Report from the Atlanta Community Press Collective (ACPC) on the results of an independent autopsy of slain forest defender, Manuel "Tortuguita" Esteban Paez Terán. The family of slain activist Manuel "Tortuguita" Esteban Paez Terán released the findings of the independent autopsy today that indicates Tortuguita was killed by a Georgia State Patrol (GSP) SWAT team…

Binoy Kampmark (2023-03-13). Silicon Valley Bank and the Anti-Regulation Bank Lobby. dissidentvoice.org Before the financial collapse come the aggressive anti-regulation lobbyists. These are often of the same ilk: loathing anything resembling oversight, restriction, reporting and monitoring. They are incarnations of the frontier, symbolically toting guns and slaying the natives, seeking wealth beyond paper jottings, compliance and bureaucratic tedium. The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), for a …

Dave DeCamp (2023-03-13). China Appoints New Defense Minister Who Is Under US Sanctions. news.antiwar.com China on Sunday named its new defense minister, Li Shangfu, a general who has been under US sanctions since 2018 for overseeing China's purchase of Russian military equipment. The US sanctions on Li could hinder the already-delicate dialogue between the US and China. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin had been holding talks with Li's predecessor, …

Dave DeCamp (2023-03-13). China's Xi to Speak With Zelensky, Meet With Putin. news.antiwar.com Chinese President Xi Jinping plans to speak with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky for the first time since the Russian invasion of Ukraine was launched, The Wall Street Journal reported Monday. The report, which cited people familiar with the matter, said Xi is also planning to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow next week …

Dave DeCamp (2023-03-13). Former Trump Official Says US Would Destroy Taiwan's Semiconductor Factories if China Invades. news.antiwar.com

Dave DeCamp (2023-03-13). Kremlin Says Goals in Ukraine Can Only Be Achieved Through Military Means. news.antiwar.com The Kremlin said Monday that Russia's goals in Ukraine can only be achieved through military means at the moment and ruled out the idea that peace talks were possible. "For us, the absolute priority continues and will always remain the achievement of the goals set. At the moment, they can only be achieved by military …

Dave DeCamp (2023-03-13). US, UK, Australia Unveil AUKUS Nuclear-Powered Submarine Deal. news.antiwar.com On Monday, the US, Britain, and Australia unveiled their plans to develop nuclear-powered submarines under AUKUS, a military pact the three countries signed in September 2021 to coordinate on advanced military technology against China. President Biden, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese formally announced the plans at the US Naval …

Dean Baker (2023-03-13). SVB Was Donald Trump's Bailout. cepr.net There are two key points that people should recognize about the decision to guarantee all the deposits at Silicon Valley Bank (SVB): It was a bailout Donald Trump was the person responsible. The first point is straightforward. We gave a government guarantee of great value to people who had not paid for it. We will …

Dr. Peter McCullough (2023-03-13). FDA and CDC Assertions in Doubling Down on COVID-19 Vaccination. globalresearch.ca

Editor (2023-03-13). 26 arrested, 4000 searched on 7th day of protests in France. mronline.org Videos circulated all over the internet of the brutality that occured between demonstrators and riot police.

Editor (2023-03-13). China's peace plan for Ukraine. mronline.org It will be attractive to the Global South, writes Tony Kevin. It will cause consternation in the Western war party camp.

Editor (2023-03-13). 3D Analysis Shows How Israeli Troops Fired Into Group of Civilians. scheerpost.com According to The Washington Post's reconstruction of the raid in the occupied West Bank city of Nablus, Israeli military fired repeatedly into a group of civilians taking shelter between a mosque and a clinic, killing two and wounding three others.

Editor (2023-03-13). Employers Want to Bring Child Labor to Some of the Most Dangerous Jobs in the Country. scheerpost.com

Editor (2023-03-13). Los Angeles Sheriff's Second-In-Command Has Alleged Gang Tattoo. scheerpost.com

Editor (2023-03-13). On The Brink: Jenin's Rising Resistance. scheerpost.com By Mondoweiss On January 26, 2023 the Israeli army conducted a deadly invasion into the Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank. In the span of a few hours, the army shot and killed 9 Palestinians. A 10th Palestinian succumbed days later to wounds sustained during the raid. It was one of the deadliest …

Emanuel Pastreich (2023-03-13). Bankrupt Banks, Food Crisis, Mandatory Vaccine and Our Grim Future. This time, the Virus has Infected Money Itself. globalresearch.ca

George D. O'Neill, Jr. (2023-03-13). Death of a Myth. Americans Need to Wake Up to the Realities of a Post-unipolar World Before It's Too Late. globalresearch.ca

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-03-13). Nicaragua: Of "Guarangos" Popes, Decrepit Churches, Small and Large Homelands. libya360.wordpress.com Jorge Capelán On Friday there was a scandal that is still reverberating around the world. In a interview with the right-wing and anti-popular media par excellence, Infobae, sworn enemy of everything that smells of Patria Grande, Mr. Jorge Bergoglio, that for about 10 years has held the religious name of Francis, delivered an outburst of,…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-03-13). Saudi-Iran Deal: A Possible US 'Suez Moment'. libya360.wordpress.com As'ad AbuKhalil Smoke rises from oil tanks beside the Suez Canal hit during the initial Anglo-French assault on Port Said, Nov. 5, 1956. (Fleet Air Arm, Imperial War Museums, Wikimedia Commons) The U.S. does not want to experience what Britain experienced in Suez in 1956: a watershed moment signaling its global decline. The announcement in China…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-03-13). The Grenada Revolution: The Fruit, the Priest and the Jewel. libya360.wordpress.com Lautaro Rivara Grenadian Prime Minister Maurice Bishop (center) with a woman of Grenada's Carriacou island. On March 13, 1979, on the island of Grenada, one of the most hopeful and unknown revolutions of our region began. This is the story of the small country that dared to make a great revolution. Grenada, or How to…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-03-13). The Imbalance of San Pedro. libya360.wordpress.com Fabrizio Casari Pope Francis' words against Sandinista Nicaragua have aroused astonishment in some quarters, consternation in others. In criticizing the decision of the judicial authority to impose a harsh prison sentence on Monsignor Rolando Alvarez, Francis has gone far beyond what ecclesial language permits, and far beyond what reasonableness suggests. He has accused President Daniel…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-03-13). Ukraine's Possible Bakhmut Counteroffensive & What Poland's Military Build-Up Means. libya360.wordpress.com Update on conflict in Ukraine for March 13, 2023: — Bakhmut continues to be encircled by Russian forces; — The Western media is reporting conflicting claims by Ukraine and Russia regarding steep losses inflicted on opposing sides; — The West claims Ukraine is inflicting huge losses on Russian forces and that Bakhmut has little strategic…

isabella (2023-03-13). The Unconscionable Push to Bring Back Child Labor. inequality.org Brad Greve has been a Scout leader for more than 20 years. The Davenport, Iowa retiree leads 50-mile canoe trips on Minnesota's Boundary Waters that test teens' mettle while teaching them essential skills. Greve told a story recently where two boys, despite being warned repeatedly, let their canoe drift perilously close to a section of stream that …

isabella (2023-03-13). Making Campuses Platforms for Labor Renewal. inequality.org

James Bovard (2023-03-13). Democrats Champion Censorship and Smear Twitter Files Heroes. globalresearch.ca

John Rachel (2023-03-13). The Realities of the International Power Struggle. dissidentvoice.org Events continue to unfold at a quickening pace. Facing an alarming escalation in tensions around the world, we asked Michael T. Klare for his current thoughts. Michael Klare is a Five Colleges professor of Peace and World Security Studies at Hampshire College in Amherst, Massachusetts; defense correspondent of The Nation magazine; and author of The …

Jonathan Cook (2023-03-13). It's Not Just the Settlers — or Israel — Responsible for the Torching of Huwwara. globalresearch.ca

Kurt Nimmo (2023-03-13). As Color Revolution Rages in Georgia, Neocons Lie About 2008 Conflict in South Ossetia. globalresearch.ca

Lucy Komisar (2023-03-13). Oscar-winning 'Navalny' documentary is packed with misinformation. thegrayzone.com "Navalny" is a slick production full of highly dubious claims, misinformation, and enough new Cold War propaganda impact to win an Oscar for best documentary. A version of this piece was originally published at The Komisar Scoop. The Oscar-winning 2022 documentary film "Navalny" tells the story of the opposition figure who has become the West's favorite Russian activist. Despite having garnered the support of about 2% of Russian voters, according to the polling firm Levada, Alexei Navalny is presented in …

manager (2023-03-13). What to Look for in the February CPI. cepr.net The monthly Consumer Price Index (CPI) is scheduled for release by the Bureau of Labor Statistics on Tuesday, March 14th at 8: 30 AM Eastern Time. The clear evidence of slowing inflation in the CPI, as well as other price indices, through the second half of 2022 was weakened by the retroactive application of new seasonal …

Mansa Musa, The Real News Network. (2023-03-13). New Federal Proposal Could Seize 75% Of Commissary Funds Sent To Prisoners. popularresistance.org Incarcerated people across the US could find their commissary funds depleted by a new proposed policy from the Bureau of Prisons to automatically deduct three quarters of all funds prisoners receive from loved ones on the outside. The BOP is justifying the proposed change by appealing to personal responsibility—claiming that the deductions will go towards covering prisoners' financial obligations such as child support and court fees. But what about the financial obligations of the federal government? Billions of public dollars are earmarked for corporate contractors profiting from incarceration and war each…

Matt Taibbi (2023-03-13). Capsule Summaries of All Twitter Files Threads to Date, with Links and a Glossary. globalresearch.ca

Michael Hudson, Geopolitical Economy. (2023-03-13). Why The US Banking System Is Breaking Up. popularresistance.org The breakup of banks that is now occurring in the United States is the inevitable result of the way in which the Obama administration bailed out the banks in 2008. | When real estate prices collapsed, the Federal Reserve flooded the financial system with 15 years of quantitative easing (QE) to re-inflate real estate prices — and with them, stock and bond prices. | What was inflated were asset prices, above all for the packaged mortgages that banks were holding, but also for stocks and bonds across the board. That is what bank credit does. | This made trillions of dollars for holders of financial assets [mda…

noreply (2023-03-13). Brian Gets Into The Neck Of The Woods… smoothiex12.blogspot.com of Poland's rearmament issue and some operational issues of Bakhmut. Definitely is worth watching.

Olivia Wood, Left Voice. (2023-03-13). CUNY Union Chapter Passes Resolution In Support Of Trans Rights. popularresistance.org In a March 10 chapter meeting, union members from the CUNY Graduate Center and the CUNY professional schools unanimously passed a resolution in support of trans rights, pledging support to all workers fighting the nearly 400 anti-LGBTQ bills currently under consideration in the United States, and committing to fighting for trans co-workers and students at the City University of New York. The full text is published below. | Statements of support are always nice, but can often feel hollow. But as the author of this resolution myself, let me be perfectly clear: | We are already working on organizing for expanded nam…

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2023-03-13). Following Chinese Mediation, Iran and Saudi Arabia To Resume Diplomatic Relations. orinocotribune.com By Friends of Socialist China — Mar 11, 2023 | The announcement from Beijing on Friday March 10 that, following Chinese mediation, Iran and Saudi Arabia are to resume their diplomatic relations is widely recognised as a stunning diplomatic and political development, with profound implications not only for the Middle East (or West Asia), but also for international relations generally. | In a Joint Trilateral Statement by the People's Republic of China, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the Islamic Republic of Iran, the three countries announced that, "an agreement has been reached between the Kingdom of Saudi A…

People's Dispatch. (2023-03-13). Millions Of Women Protest Across Latin America And The Caribbean. popularresistance.org In Argentina, women and gender-diverse people participated in a national strike, organized for the seventh consecutive year, and mobilized throughout the country demanding an end to gender discrimination and violence against women and members of the LGBTQI+ community.

Peoples Dispatch (2023-03-13). At least 23 Cop City protesters charged with domestic terrorism in Atlanta. mronline.org At least 23 people, including a legal observer, have been charged with domestic terrorism as protests against massive police training facility continue.

Peter Koenig (2023-03-13). China's Initiative: Iran and Saudi Arabia Are Back on the Diplomatic Track. Ending the Atrocious War in Yemen? globalresearch.ca

rebekah (2023-03-13). How to Persuade a Billionaire. inequality.org A mid-pandemic survey from Pew found that 55 percent of Americans have no opinion on whether billionaires — whose wealth doubled during the pandemic — are good or bad for the United States. How do we shift the narrative to convince a larger majority of the dangers of wealth hoarding at the top end of …

Ronan Burtenshaw, Tribune Magazine. (2023-03-13). Forward Ever, Backward Never: Grenada's Revolution At 40. popularresistance.org When Maurice Bishop, the revolutionary Grenadian leader, appeared at Hunter College in Brooklyn, New York in August 1983, the Reagan administration was worried. Four years earlier, in 1979, a socialist revolution had installed Bishop's New Jewel Movement (NJM) in power in the Caribbean microstate of less than 100,000 people. A state department report from the time summarised the Americans' concerns. The revolution in Grenada, it said, was in some ways even worse than the Cuban Revolution that had rocked the region a quarter of a century earlier: the vast majority of Grenadians were black, and therefore their stru…

Seymour M. Hersh (2023-03-13). Seymour Hersh in Conversation. On U.S. Sabotage of Nord Stream Pipelines. globalresearch.ca

Staff (2023-03-13). Climate & Indigenous Activists Decry Biden's Approval of Willow Oil Drilling Project in Arctic. democracynow.org The Biden administration has approved a massive oil and gas development in Alaska known as the Willow project, despite widespread opposition from environmental and conservation groups that argue Willow will amount to a carbon bomb. The administration also announced Sunday it will ban future oil and gas leasing for 3 million acres of federal waters in the Arctic Ocean and will limit drilling in a further 13 million acres in the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska's North Slope. For more, we speak with Siqiñiq Maupin, executive director of Sovereign Iñupiat for a Living Arctic, who says Willow would undermin…

Staff (2023-03-13). East Palestine Toxic Train Crash Shows Plastics Industry Toll on Planet. Will U.S. Ban Vinyl Chloride? democracynow.org Five weeks after the Norfolk Southern toxic train derailment and so-called controlled burn that blanketed the town with a toxic brew of at least six hazardous chemicals and gases, senators grilled the CEO of Norfolk Southern over the company's toxic train derailment. The company has evaded calls to cover healthcare costs as residents continue to report headaches, coughing, fatigue, irritation and burning of the skin. For more on the ongoing fallout from the toxic crash, and its roots in the plastics industry, we are joined by Monica Unseld, a biologist and environmental and social justice advocate who has s…

Staff (2023-03-13). Headlines for March 13, 2023. democracynow.org 8 Dead After 2 Migrant Boats Capsize Off San Diego Coast, 5 Migrants Drowned, 30 Missing and 1,300 Rescued Over Weekend in Multiple Maritime Tragedies, Iran and Saudi Arabia Sign China-Brokered Normalization Deal, Israeli Forces Kill 3 More Palestinians as 500,000 Israelis Join Protests Against Attack on Courts, Hundreds Protest U.S. Visit of Israeli Minister Who Called for "Erasing" Palestinian Town
| , DRC Attack Claims 19 Lives as U.N. Warns of Mounting Humanitarian Disaster, Biden Approves Massive ConocoPhillips Oil & Gas Project in Alaska, Saudi Oil Giant Reports Largest-Ever $161 Billion Pro…

Staff (2023-03-13). China's Middle East Deal: Iran & Saudi Arabia Reestablish Relations as U.S. Watches from Sidelines. democracynow.org Iran and Saudi Arabia have agreed to reestablish diplomatic relations after seven years and reopen their respective embassies within months, in a deal brokered Friday by China and signed in Beijing. The rapprochement between the two rivals is the latest sign of China's growing presence in world affairs and waning U.S. influence in the Middle East amid a shift in focus to Ukraine and the Pacific region. "If we have a more stable Middle East, even if it's mediated by the Chinese, that ultimately is good for the United States, as well," says author and analyst Trita Parsi, executive vice pres…

Staff (2023-03-13). Talk World Radio: Jodie Evans and Joe Lombardo: All Out for Peace on March 18. davidswanson.org

Staff (2023-03-13). Resuming Iran-Saudi Diplomatic Relations Expedites Ceasefire in Yemen (+China). orinocotribune.com Iran's envoy to the United Nations stated that the agreement to resume diplomatic relations between Iran and Saudi Arabia, signed on Friday, March 10, will expedite the start of negotiations and the formation of an inclusive Yemeni national government. | This milestone will have positive implications at the bilateral, regional, and international levels, including improvements to the network of relations between all nations that make up the Islamic world.

Ted Glick (2023-03-13). Defending the Weelaunee Forest. dissidentvoice.org My creed of nonviolence is an extremely active force. It has no room for cowardice or even weakness. There is hope for a violent man to be some day non-violent, but there is none for a coward. I have, therefore, said more than once….that, if we do not know how to defend ourselves, our women …

The Cradle (2023-03-13). China Urges Washington to End 'Occupation and Marauding' of Syria. globalresearch.ca

_____ (2023-03-13). Iraq: Twenty Years of Lost History. journal-neo.org Two bloody events have enraged the entire country, raising the painful question of whether the negative effects of the brazen, unjustified invasion of Iraq by hordes of US troops 20 years ago are still wreaking havoc on all Iraqis today. When Jassim al-Assadi, a leading campaigner for the preservation of Iraq's famous southern marshes, was […] | –°–æ–æ–±—â–µ–Ω–∏–µ

Peoples Dispatch (2023-03-12). Millions of women take to the streets across Latin America and Caribbean. peoplesdispatch.org From Argentina to Mexico, millions of women and gender-diverse people took to the streets to demand equal rights in the most unequal region of the world…

Peoples Dispatch (2023-03-12). International Women's Day 2023: Struggle for dignity and equality for all. peoplesdispatch.org This International Working Women's Day, we take a look at the mobilizations and struggles women are taking part in across the world in their fight for equality, democracy, and dignity.

Roger McKenzie (2023-03-12). There's an international media war for the truth about who sabotaged the Nord Stream pipeline. peoplesdispatch.org In response to Seymour Hersh's explosive expose of the US role in sabotaging the Nord Stream pipelines, western media outlets are hard at work trying to blame an unknown pro-Ukrainian group…

Peoples Dispatch (2023-03-12). Daily Round-up| Iran and Saudi Arabia reach agreement to establish relations & other stories. peoplesdispatch.org In today's episode, we bring you stories of the Saudi-Iran agreement, a report on Iran supplying ammunition to Russia, and the BBC suspending Gary Lineker…

Kevin Gosztola (2023-03-12). March To Iraq War, 20 Years Later: March 12, 2003. thedissenter.org The Dissenter Newsletter recalls each day in the timeline of events that led up to the US invasion of Iraq on March 19, 2003, twenty years ago…

Unicorn Riot (2023-03-12). What is the Lukov March and Why Was it Banned in Bulgaria? unicornriot.ninja

Ryan Cristián (2023-03-12). Impending Financial Collapse, #TwoPartyIllusion Operatives, Ohio Revelations & Manufacturing Consent. 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 (3/12/23). 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

_____ (2023-03-12). Foreign ministers from the world's leading countries met in India at various locations. journal-neo.org

_____ (2023-03-12). Seismic Iran-Saudi Rapprochement Isolates U.S. strategic-culture.org The Chinese-brokered diplomatic deal between Saudi Arabia and Iran not only opens the way for resolution of region-wide conflicts, but foils U.S. Mideast designs based on Saudi-Iranian enmity, writes Joe Lauria. | By Joe LAURIA | Ever since the 1979 Islamic Revolution that overthrew the U.S.-allied Shah of Iran, the rivalry between the two major Middle East powers — Iran and Saudi Arabia — has been at the heart of every conflict across the region. | The announcement on Friday that Iran and Saudi Arabia have normalized relations could have a seismic effect on all these conflicts and leave the U.S. on t…

_____ (2023-03-12). U.S. Foreign Policy Goes 'Woke'? strategic-culture.org Regime change in store for cultural conservatives? | By Philip M. GIRALDI | It is generally observed that imperial powers like the United States frequently interfere in foreign governments in support of economic or hard political reasons. To be sure, Washington has refined the process so it can plausibly deny that it is interfering at all, that the change is spontaneous and comes from the people and institutions in the country that is being targeted for change. One recalls how handing out cookies in Maidan Square in Kiev served as an incentive wrapped around a publicity stunt to bring about regime change in Ukrai…

_____ (2023-03-12). Western Capitalism's Historic Crisis… As People Realize There's Actually Socialist Alternative. strategic-culture.org Socialism is becoming popularly realized as a realistic alternative to the destructive, warmongering status quo of capitalist so-called democracy. | Western capitalism and its supposed democracy are in terminal crisis as increasing numbers of people reject the system's abysmal economic failure: record levels of poverty, inequality and relentless militarism and warmongering. | Professor Jodi Dean, the author of The Communist Horizon (Verso), says we are living in a rare historic situation of social, economic and political turmoil where breakthrough revolutionary change can happen. People are increasingly realiz…

Abayomi Azikiwe (2023-03-12). 1.2 Million French Workers Strike Again. globalresearch.ca

americanthinker (2023-03-12). How an American Fits In in Israel. americanthinker.com Ten years ago, my wife and I moved from America to Israel. After a decade, we remain outliers.

americanthinker (2023-03-12). If We're Doing Reparations, Here's Who Should Pay Them. americanthinker.com Democrats hollering for reparations need to give the issue some more thought.

americanthinker (2023-03-12). Liberating Ourselves from Dystopia. americanthinker.com The government's lying liars love to lie.

americanthinker (2023-03-12). The 'Trans'-Fem Debate: The National Version of 'My Wife is Always Right'. americanthinker.com Who's "erasing women"?>

americanthinker (2023-03-12). This Great Stage of Fools. americanthinker.com Democrat lies about the GOP go back a long, long way.

americanthinker (2023-03-12). What Science, Exactly, Does the Left Follow? americanthinker.com Over the past few years, one of the rallying cries and favored slogans of the left, for many cultural and political issues at least, has been, "Follow the science!"

americanthinker (2023-03-12). Biden's scale-tipping endangers America. americanthinker.com Unelected bureaucrats will force your retirement savings to be invested in companies that espouse PC rehtoric in place of pursuing profit, if Biden's planned veto of a Congressional vote is not overeridden.

americanthinker (2023-03-12). BBC sports broadcaster suspended for violation of 'impartiality' guidelines in a social media post. americanthinker.com Thank goodness for the First Amendment in the states.

americanthinker (2023-03-12). Democrat Rep. Calls Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion 'God'. americanthinker.com It is not the supernatural Creator of the universe. Nor is it the Father, the Son, or the Holy Ghost. Rather, it replaces them in the fevered minds of lost and confused individuals like Rep. Regina Goodwin.

americanthinker (2023-03-12). It's a miracle! Media reports attest murdered unborn child is a 'person'. americanthinker.com Cognitive dissonance (and inequality) reign supreme with the Democrats.

americanthinker (2023-03-12). Kamala Harris unearths a 'climate mental health' crisis but the 'why' still puzzles her. americanthinker.com It's a colossal climate conundrum.

americanthinker (2023-03-12). Liberal feminist Naomi Wolf apologizes to conservatives, Republicans, and MAGA. americanthinker.com A whole lot of lies were told about Trump in the leftist press and Wolf had had enough of it.

americanthinker (2023-03-12). Mexican president speaks, and it's pretty 'estúpido'. americanthinker.com Better for the guy to have stayed out of American political affairs.

americanthinker (2023-03-12). Physical science is in a crisis. americanthinker.com The most basic assumption in science is that everything is physical. But it's getting harder to maintain.

americanthinker (2023-03-12). Shameful New York Times hit piece on Ron DeSantis reveals panic over his political appeal. americanthinker.com A governor using power explicitly granted to him by the state constitution to fire a prosecutor who took upon himself the job of overriding state law is somehow scandalous to the New York Times. A remarkable effort to find fault on the slenderest of grounds.

americanthinker (2023-03-12). The mainstream media, and now the government, want to shut down FOX News. americanthinker.com "Shut up," they explained….

Andrew Korybko (2023-03-12). China's Global Security Initiative (GSI): Beijing has Mediated the Resumption of Iran-Saudi Arabia Ties. globalresearch.ca

Andrew Perez (2023-03-12). LEVER WEEKLY: Who Cleans The Billionaire Factory. levernews.com This is Lever Weekly, a recap of our work from the past week. If you only read one email from us all week, this should be it.Below you will find a breakdown of our reporting, podcasts, videos, and live events — a feature open to all subscribers. Following that, we are providing paid subscribers with an original column, written by a member of The Lever, connecting the dots on our coverage to deliver important takeaways.In this week's column, exclusively for paid subscribers, Andrew Perez breaks down how two of the darkest stories in recent news reveal who is being exploited to help private equity executiv…

Andrew Perez (2023-03-12). Who Cleans The Billionaire Factory. levernews.com We often make the point at The Lever that private equity has been a bad deal for public pension funds managing the retirement savings for unionized teachers, firefighters, police officers, and other government workers. State and local retirement systems have

Ann Brown (2023-03-12). Tony Yayo Condemns Lil Uzi Very Flirtation With Satanic Themes In Hip-Hop. moguldom.com Veteran hip-hop artist Tony Yayo has taken offense at Lil Uzi Vert's recent "Satan" lyrics from a performance at the Rolling Loud music festival. The three-day event took place at Hollywood Park Grounds in Inglewood, California, from March 3 to 5. Yayo was part of 50 Cent's collective G-Unit. He was recently questioned about Lil …

Ann Garrison (2023-03-12). US Shoots Itself in the Foot in Africa. orinocotribune.com

Anonymous103 (2023-03-12). CNN Admits America Trying To Use Ukraine Conflict To 'Isolate' China. southfront.org Russian_Chinese joint drillsWhile Donald Trump's approach was more isolationist and focused on economic warfare, the Biden administration is showing much more belligerence, as well as a tendency to relegate portions of its power projection to allies and vassals such as the UK, Australia, Japan, etc. | Written by Drago Bosnic, independent geopolitical and military analyst | It's certainly no secret that the

Anonymous103 (2023-03-12). In Video 18+: Ukrainian Nazis Continue To Execute Surrendered Russian Soldiers. southfront.org

Anonymous103 (2023-03-12). Military Situation In Bakhmut On March 12, 2023 (Map Update). southfront.org

Anonymous103 (2023-03-12). Military Situation In Donbass On March 12, 2023 (Map Update). southfront.org Click to see full-size image | Clashes between Russian forces and the AFU continue in Bakhmut and its outskirts; | According to preliminary reports, Russian-led forces took control of the village of Krasnohorivka; | Clashes between the Russian Army and the AFU continue near Ugledar; | Clashes between the Russian Army and the AFU continue on the western outskirts of Mariinka; | Up to 100 Ukrainian servicemen, 4 pickups and 2 howitzers were destroyed by Russian artillery on Kra…

Anonymous103 (2023-03-12). Military Situation In Iraq On March 13, 2023 (Map Update). southfront.org

Anonymous103 (2023-03-12). Military Situation In Syria On March 12, 2023 (Map Update). southfront.org Click to see full-size image | On March 12, Russia reported that Idlib militants violated the ceasefire regime in Greater Idlib 3 times: 2 — in Idlib province, 1 — in Latakia province; | On March 12, SAA artillery shelled positions of Turkish-backed forces in Kabani; | On March 12, SAA artillery shelled positions of Turkish-backed forces in Kansafra; | On March 12, Israeli warplanes attacked SAA positions in Hama and Tartus with several missiles. Three SAA servicemen were wounded; | On March…

Anonymous103 (2023-03-12). Nasrallah: Israel Can Be Destroyed Within 5 Years. southfront.org Illustrative Image | Speech by Hezbollah Secretary General Sayed Hassan Nasrallah on March 10, 2023, mourning the death of Hajj Assad Mahmoud Saghir, a cadre of the 'Party of God'. | Source : Translation: [… I will say a word about the Israeli-Palestinian issue, because it is our main battle since 1982; it was the case for others before 1982, but for us, the sta…

Anonymous103 (2023-03-12). US-NATO Efforts to Overthrow President Assad in Syria. southfront.org Illustrative Image | Written by The attempts by Washington and its NATO allies to secure regime change in Syria earlier this century, was concerned with the strategic importance of the Syrian nation. Part of Syria's western frontier rests along the Mediterranean Sea, a body of w…

Anonymous103 (2023-03-12). US Plans Further Sanctions Against China As It Pivots To The Pacific. southfront.org Illustrative ImageThis could be a repetition of the same mistakes all over again, with sanctions backfiring, thereby alienating partners and boosting Eurasian integration. | Written by Uriel Araujo, researcher with a focus on international and ethnic conflicts | Facing increased sanctions and Western trade war, Chinese paramount leader Xi Jinping stated, during the National People's Congress last week, that Beijing needs to speed up its tech and science development to ensure greater self-reliance. As an example of such a…

Anonymous103 (2023-03-12). Will Regime-Change Now Come To Riyadh? southfront.org click to see full-size image | Written by Gavin O'Reilly | Friday's As the region's two main powerhouses, Tehran and Riyadh had found themselves supporting opposing sides in conflicts in both Syria and Yemen over the past decade, result…

Anonymous669 (2023-03-12). Iran Confirms Su-35 Fighter Jets Deal With Russia. southfront.org File image. | Iran has finalized a deal to purchase advanced Su-35 fighter jets from Russia, Iranian state broadcaster said on March 11, confirming reports that emerged in the last few months. "The Sukhoi-35 fighter planes are technically acceptable to Iran and Iran has finalized a contract for their purchase," the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting quoted Iran's mission to the United Nations in New York as saying. | The broadcaster said that Iran had also inquired about buying military aircraft f…

Anonymous669 (2023-03-12). New Footage Shows Work Of Russian Lancet Drone Operators In Special Operation Zone. southfront.org MOSCOW REGION, RUSSIA — JUNE 25, 2019: A ZALA Lancet-3 attack drone developed by Kalashnikov Concern on display at the Army 2019 International Military Technical Forum at Patriot Park. Marina Lystseva/TASS | On March 12, Russia's Izvestia TV published a video report documenting the work of an unidentified unit armed with Lancet loitering munitions in the special military operation in Ukraine. | The report, which was filmed on an unspecified front, shows the operators preparing then launching the…

Anonymous669 (2023-03-12). Russian Aerospace Forces Began Using 'Grom' Guided Stand-Off Munitions Against Kiev Forces (Video). southfront.org Cruise missile "Grom-1" under the wing of the MiG-35 fighter | © Nikolai Novichkova/TASS | The Russian Aerospace Forces (VKS) have begun to use a new type of precision-guided, stand-off munitions against Kiev forces. | On March 12, Ukrainian sources shared footage showing the remains of the munition, known as the Grom, near an unspecified front. The Grom is a derivative from the Kh-38M air-to-ground missile, which was developed by Russia's Tactical Missiles Corporation (KTRV).

Arzu Geybullayeva (2023-03-12). Women in Turkey March to mark International Women's Day, despite state Pressure. juancole.com "We are angry, we are mourning, we are in a feminist revolt." Written byArzu Geybullayeva Istanbul march. Photo by Arzu Geybullayeva ( Globalvoices.org ) — Solidarity between women across Turkey was on full display in the annual night march held on March 8, to mark International Women's Day, despite heavy police presence in some …

Binoy Kampmark (2023-03-12). Battling Cancel Culture at Adelaide Writers' Week. dissidentvoice.org Writing festivals are often tired, stilted affairs, but the 38th Adelaide Writers' Week did not promise to be that run-of-the-mill gathering of yawn-inducing, life draining sessions. For one thing, social media vultures and public relations experts, awaiting the next freely explosive remark or unguarded comment, were at hand to stir the pot and exhort cancel …

Brett Wilkins (2023-03-12). China-Led Iran-Saudi Arabia Diplomatic Deal Shows Alternative to US Hegemony. truthout.org While advocates of peace and a multipolar world order welcomed Friday's China-brokered agreement reestablishing diplomatic relations between Iran and Saudi Arabia, U.S. press, pundits, and politicians expressed what one observer called "imperial anxieties" over the deal and growing Chinese influence in a region dominated by the United States for decades. The deal struck between the two countries… |

Chauncey K. Robinson (2023-03-12). Reseña de 'Selena Gomez: My Mind & Me'. peoplesworld.org No permita que la cobertura excesivamente entusiasta de los medios sobre el presunto drama interpersonal entre Selena Gomez y Hailey Bieber lo distraiga del hecho de que una de estas personas recientemente publicó un impactante documental. La película de Gomez, Selena Gomez: My Mind & Me, es una mirada enfocada y sin filtrar a un …

Colin Todhunter (2023-03-12). A Hard-Edged Rock: Waging Economic Warfare on Humanity. globalresearch.ca

Dave DeCamp (2023-03-12). GOP Leaders Blast Biden's $886 Billion Military Budget as 'Inadequate'. news.antiwar.com Republican leadership in Congress has blasted President Biden's massive $886 billion military budget request for 2024 as "inadequate" even as House GOP members claim they want to cap spending, Defense News reported Friday. House Republicans favor a plan to cap discretionary spending for the fiscal year 2024 at 2022 levels. But military spending accounts for …

Dave DeCamp (2023-03-12). Israeli Official Says Saudi-Iran Deal the Result of US 'Weakness'. news.antiwar.com A senior Israeli official told reporters on Friday that the normalization agreement between Saudi Arabia and Iran was the result of the "weakness" of the US and the previous Israeli government. "There was a feeling of US and Israeli weakness and this is why the Saudis started looking for new avenues. It was clear that …

Dave DeCamp (2023-03-12). Reports: US Airstrike in Somalia Killed 7 Civilians in January. news.antiwar.com According to the monitoring group Airwars, a suspected US drone strike killed seven civilians, including three children, in Somalia on January 30. Airwars cited media reports from three news outlets: Shabelle Media Network, Somali Guardian, and Caasimada Online News. Local residents said the strike took place between two villages near the border of the Hiraan …

Dave DeCamp (2023-03-12). Russia's Wagner Chief Says Fighting in Bakhmut Getting 'Fiercer'. news.antiwar.com The head of Wagner Group, the Russian mercenary outfit, said Sunday that fighting in the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut is getting "fiercer" as Ukraine keeps pouring troops in to defend the area. "The situation in Bakhmut is difficult, very difficult, with the enemy fighting for each meter. And the closer we are approaching the …

Dave DeCamp (2023-03-12). Three Wounded in Latest Israeli Airstrikes on Syria. news.antiwar.com Israel launched more airstrikes in Syria on Sunday morning, wounding at least three Syrian soldiers. According to the Syrian news agency SANA, missiles were launched at targets in the western provinces of Tartus and Hama, two regions that were hit by the devastating February 6 earthquake. "At around 7: 15am (04: 15 GMT), the Israeli enemy carried …

Dave LIndorff (2023-03-12). Biden's 2024 Funding Proposal is a War Budget and He Is Leading Us to War. thiscantbehappening.net From Aug. 7, 1789 when it was created, to September 18, 1947, the American people knew that their government had a Department of War, and that it had an Army and a Navy for that purpose, both to defend the country against attack, as it did in 1812, and to make war, as it … |

Dean Baker (2023-03-12). The Answer to the Silicon Valley Bank Bailout: Federal Reserve Banking. cepr.net Word from the grapevine is that the risk of contagion may cause the Fed or the FDIC to engineer some sort of bailout of uninsured deposits, where they get paid back in full, instead of being forced to accept a partial loss on deposits over $250k. That would be unfortunate, since the people who run …

Defend the Atlanta Forest, It's Going Down. (2023-03-12). Atlanta, GA: Elders Say Stop Cop City! popularresistance.org Atlanta, Georgia – On Monday, March 6th, a group of elders and a young person in support visited the corporate offices of Brasfield & Gorrie, as well as five B&G worksites around Atlanta, to call on the company to Drop Cop City. It is currently the general contractor on the project, officially known as the Atlanta Public Safety Training Center. | At each site, they held banners for the workers and passersby to see, and tried to talk to the construction manager in charge. At one site, after speaking with and handling flyers to dozens of workers from many countries, the manager appeared and threatened to…

Dr. Mike Yeadon (2023-03-12). Dr. Michael Yeadon on the Covid Crisis: The Most Important Single Message I've Ever Written. globalresearch.ca

Dr. William Makis (2023-03-12). COVID-19 Vaccine Eye Injuries: Ocular Adverse Events, Vision Problems, Blurry Vision, Visual Impairment, Blindness and More. globalresearch.ca

Dr. William Makis (2023-03-12). Healthcare Worker Deaths from COVID-19 Vaccines Will be Covered Up. The Tragic Case of a 31 Year Old New Zealand Nurse Who Died Four Days After Her COVID-19 Booster Shot. globalresearch.ca

Dubraska Esteves (2023-03-12). Chile: President Gabriel Boric Shuffles Cabinet for the Second Time. orinocotribune.com On Friday, March 10, the eve of the start of his second year as the president of Chile, Gabriel Boric shuffled his cabinet, announcing changes in five of the 24 ministries in his government. | This is the second time that Boric has shuffled his cabinet during his presidency, following the changes made in September 2022 when 62% of the electorate had rejected a new constitution that had the president's support. | "The purpose of these changes is to improve our capacity to respond to citizens' demands and advance the administration to face the urgent needs of our country and our citizens," the president explained a…

ecns.cn (2023-03-12). Chinese premier to meet press on Monday. ecns.cn Chinese Premier Li Qiang will meet the press at the Great Hall of the People after the conclusion of the first session of the 14th National People's Congress (NPC) on Monday morning, according to the press center for the first session of the 14th NPC.

ecns.cn (2023-03-12). Wang Huning addresses closing meeting of top political advisory body's annual session. ecns.cn Wang Huning, chairman of the 14th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), the top political advisory body, delivered a speech at the closing meeting of the first session of the 14th CPPCC National Committee on Saturday. ‚ñ…

ecns.cn (2023-03-12). China's top political advisory body concludes annual session. ecns.cn The first session of the 14th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, the top political advisory body, concluded Saturday.

ecns.cn (2023-03-12). Xi Jinping unanimously elected Chinese president, PRC CMC chairman. ecns.cn Xi Jinping was unanimously elected Chinese president on Friday at the ongoing session of China's national legislature, leading the country of 1.4 billion people onto a new journey toward modernization.

ecns.cn (2023-03-12). Cradle of Civilization: Mount Lushan. ecns.cn

ecns.cn (2023-03-12). Insights | Pakistan Scholar: I am a follower of Chinese development path. ecns.cn

ecns.cn (2023-03-12). Insights | Pakistan Scholar: Belt & Road Initiative and CPEC have done very good work. ecns.cn

ecns.cn (2023-03-12). China focuses on green and low-carbon transition: expert. ecns.cn Song Hailiang, chairman of China Energy Engineering Group Co Ltd., was interviewed ahead of the closing meeting of the first session of the 14th CPPCC National Committee at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Saturday.

Editor (2023-03-12). Colonialism Created Food Insecurity in Haiti, Now Climate Change Compounds It. scheerpost.com

Editor (2023-03-12). Ellen Brown: The Looming Quadrillion Dollar Derivatives Tsunami. scheerpost.com By Ellen Brown / Original to ScheerPost On Friday, March 10, Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) collapsed and was taken over by federal regulators. SVB was the 16th largest bank in the country and its bankruptcy was the second largest in U.S. history, following Washington Mutual in 2008. Despite its size, SVB was not a "systemically …

Editor (2023-03-12). 'Snowden,' 'Assange' & 'Manning' Arrive in Sydney [VIDEO]. scheerpost.com The three bronze statues that have been touring the world have arrived in Assange's home country, where John Shipton, John Pilger, David McBride and other speakers demanded the prime minister tell Joe Biden to release the WikiLeaks publisher.

Editor (2023-03-12). The Global Vigils for the Closure of Guantánamo on International Women's Day. scheerpost.com Campaigners at the global vigils for the closure of Guantánamo on March 8, 2023. Clockwise from top left: London, Washington, D.C., New York and Mexico City.

Editor (2023-03-12). The Rights of Asylum-Seekers are Under Attack by Biden Administration. scheerpost.com

Editor (2023-03-12). US Navy Wants to Turn Australia Into a Full-Service Submarine Hub. scheerpost.com By David DeCamp / Antiwar.com The US Navy wants a full-service submarine hub in Australia that can oversee all underwater activity in the Asia Pacific, including production and repairs, Defense News reported Thursday. The report cited comments from Navy Secretary Carlos del Toro, whose vision will be possible under AUKUS, the military pact signed between the US, …

Eleanor Klibanoff (2023-03-12). Texas Women Sued for Wrongful Death for Allegedly Helping Friend Obtain Abortion. truthout.org A Texas man is suing three women under the wrongful death statute, alleging that they assisted his ex-wife in terminating her pregnancy, the first such case brought since the state's near-total ban on abortion last summer. Marcus Silva is represented by Jonathan Mitchell, the former Texas solicitor general and architect of the state's prohibition on abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy… |

Eric Walberg (2023-03-12). Creating Culture on the Fly. dissidentvoice.org A Hunter-Gatherer's Guide to the 21st Century: Evolution and the Challenges of Modern Life, by Heather Heying and Bret Weinstein, is an ambitious work — like The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity by David Graeber and David Wengrow — building on the radical anthropology of prehistoric man, and Graham Hancock's Netflix series …

Fight Back (2023-03-12). New Orleans marches for International Women's Day. fightbacknews.org New Orleans, LA – On March 10 members of several student and community organizations rallied in front of the Fifth District Federal Courthouse in New Orleans. They gathered to celebrate International Women's Day and to speak out against the continuing attacks on reproductive healthcare and LGBTQ rights. | The event was hosted by members of Freedom Road Socialist Organization and Real Name Campaign, who demanded increased access to contraceptives and policies to make New Orleans a sanctuary city for abortions. Speakers from New Orleans for Community Oversight of Police (NOCOP) and Students United at University of…

Florence CGTN (2023-03-12). Biggest U.S. bank failure since 2008. america.cgtn.com Thousands of technology companies are facing financial uncertainty after the failure of America's 16th largest bank. The U.S. federal government on Friday assumed control of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) and its billions of dollars in customer deposits, temporarily shutting all branches and freezing withdrawals. …

Florence CGTN (2023-03-12). Regulators race to find solutions for Silicon Valley Bank. america.cgtn.com Thousands of technology companies are facing financial uncertainty following the second biggest bank failure in U.S. history. The U.S. federal government says it's "considering a wide range of available options" as it also aims to avoid a domino effect in the rest of the …

Gavin OReilly (2023-03-12). Will Regime Change Now Come to Riyadh? globalresearch.ca

Hollie Russon Gilman, Grace Levin, Next City. (2023-03-12). The Digital Tools Unlocking Democracy In Our Cities. popularresistance.org Digitization. It's the threat that modern democracies, and especially cities, must solve — at least according to current dialogues on digital regulation. | Many of the social and political problems our cities face today have been exacerbated by technology. Social media and other digital tools have increased the spread of misinformation and overall weakened public trust in our civic, social and political institutions. Recent developments in virtual reality and artificial intelligence raise new concerns for issues around surveillance, bias, automation and exploitation, especially with increasing public scruti…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-03-12). As US-China Tensions Rise, Japan Remilitarizes. libya360.wordpress.com Stavroula Pabst Responding to deepening US-China tensions over Taiwan and worsening geopolitical conditions internationally, Japan is remilitarizing, announcing in late 2022 that it would double its military budget by 2028. Namely, Japan illustrated plans to build military capacity in three key December 2022 documents: the National Security Strategy, the National Defense Strategy, and the Defense Buildup Plan. While outlining new…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-03-12). Foreign Devils on the Road to Afghanistan. libya360.wordpress.com M. K. Bhadrakumar UN Security Council held a meeting on women and peace and security at UN Headquarters, New York, March 7, 2023 On March 7, the western powers huddled together in Paris for a restricted meeting on Taliban and the Afghanistan situation. It was an exclusive meeting of the Special Representatives and Envoys for…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-03-12). 'Rigorous' Maidan Massacre Exposé Suppressed by Leading Academic Journal. libya360.wordpress.com Kit Klarenberg A peer-reviewed paper initially approved and praised by a prestigious academic journal was suddenly rescinded without explanation. Its author, one of the world's top scholars on Ukraine-related issues, had marshaled overwhelming evidence to conclude Maidan protesters were killed by pro-coup snipers. The massacre by snipers of anti-government activists and police officers in Kiev's…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-03-12). The Proximate Aspect: Imran Khan. libya360.wordpress.com Al Mayadeen English An exclusive interview with former Pakistani PM Imran Khan discussing his planned political ousting, attempted assassination, disputed Kashmir, and much more.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-03-12). The War in Ukraine: A Biologist's Perspective. libya360.wordpress.com Peter Abrams THE POSSIBILITY OF SELF-EXTINCTION During much of the last century, Ernst Mayr, at Harvard, was among the world's most influential evolutionary biologists. One of his interests was whether intelligent life was present elsewhere in the universe. Mayr argued that intelligence at or above the level of humans was not likely to increase the…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-03-12). Ukraine: The Growing Backlash against the Methods of Conscription. libya360.wordpress.com Petr Lavrenin A Ukrainian serviceman places flowers on the grave of a recently killed fellow soldier in a cemetery, during Ukraine Defenders Day in Kharkiv, Ukraine. © AP Photo/Francisco Seco Ukraine's general mobilization process has become shrouded in scandal as the authorities become increasingly desperate in their hunt for new recruits Last year, military conscription became an…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-03-12). Western Capitalism's Historic Crisis as People Realize There's Actually Socialist Alternative. libya360.wordpress.com Finian Cunningham Western capitalism and its supposed democracy are in terminal crisis as increasing numbers of people reject the system's abysmal economic failure: record levels of poverty, inequality and relentless militarism and warmongering. Professor Jodi Dean, the author of The Communist Horizon (Verso), says we are living in a rare historic situation of social, economic…

Ivana Nikoliƒá Hughes (2023-03-12). We Must Abolish Nuclear Weapons Before They Abolish Us. truthout.org As we pass the one-year anniversary of the Ukraine War, we are reminded of the pain and suffering of Ukrainian people whose country has been ravaged by war, Russian mothers whose sons will never return home, and all who have been affected deeply by the global food and energy crisis this war has engendered. While there is little room for optimism in the bleak picture, one possible silver lining is… |

JANET (2023-03-12). A visit to Mariupol after the fighting. iacenter.org March 9, 2023 By Stefan Natke This article, one of a series on the war in Ukraine, was published March 6 in the German daily newspaper, junge Welt. Its report on the reconstruction of a city on the coast of the Donbass region clashes with the propaganda in the corporate media. Translated by John Catalinotto. Market in an area of Mariupol, Donbass, being rebuilt after heavy fighting. Credit: Guillermo Pintero Once again we are awakened at seven o'clock in the morning by the thunderous fire of heavy artillery. But this time the earth does not vibrate. Ljoschka, our constant companion, says, "Don't worry, this time…

JANET (2023-03-12). Atlanta area police attack Music Festival, Stop Cop City battles on. iacenter.org By Dianne Mathiowetz March 7, 2023 Atlanta On March 7, Workers World writer Dianne Mathiowetz stated: "I was just at a press conference called by various local and national clergy that denounced the police action again as proof that there is nothing about Cop City that suggests de-escalation and protection of people's rights. There are a significant number of Muscogee people here, and at least one of them was manhandled, brutally attacked and arrested by the police at the concert site. "There is an acknowledgement of a variety of tactics. No disclaimer over the alleged property damage was made at today's clergy p…

JANET (2023-03-12). Dioxins likely in East Palestine — EPA refuses to test. iacenter.org By Betsey Piette March 8, 2023 Controlled release of burning chemicals continues to impact E. Palestine, Ohio. Why hasn't President Joe Biden taken time to visit East Palestine, Ohio, following the disastrous derailment of a Norfolk Southern train there on Feb. 3? He was probably made aware that the train had been carrying vinyl chloride, among other hazardous materials. Burning vinyl chloride, as was done in East Palestine, is known to release dioxins — highly toxic chemicals that remain in the environment, especially in soil, for years. Biden's Environmental Protection Agency clearly understands this. The…

JANET (2023-03-12). Feds declare health emergency over, but COVID-19 still ravages Disability community. iacenter.org March 8, 2023 The Biden administration announced Jan. 30 its intent to end the national emergency and public health emergency declarations related to the COVID-19 pandemic on May 11, 2023. In March 2020, an article in Workers World newspaper by a Disability Justice and Rights Caucus member exposed the particularly disparate and increasing threat of the COVID-19 pandemic faced by individuals with disabilities. (workers.org/2020/03/47187/) Clearly, there was a risk for serious medical complications and death for anyone already physically or mentally compromised. Prior to the vaccine's being readily available, ther…

JANET (2023-03-12). Sunday, March 12 webinar, "Nicaragua: Standing Tall to the Wrecking Ball" iacenter.org You are invited to a Nicaragua Webinar "Nicaragua: Standing Tall to the Wrecking Ball" Sunday, March 12 3pm Eastern, 1pm Nicaragua, noon Pacific, 7pm Greenwich/UK Register Here bit.ly/NicaMarch12 Join these speakers for a 90-minute exploration of Nicaragua's resistance to violent overthrow, US intervention, and coercive measures ("sanctions"). Sara Flounders is editor of the new second edition of Sanctions: A Wrecking Ball in a Global Economy. Produced by the SanctionsKill Campaign, it is a comprehensive overview of coercive measures imposed on more than 40 countries, including Nicaragua, by the US and in turn b…

Julia Rock (2023-03-12). SVB's Lobby Groups Fought Proposal To Bolster Deposit Insurance. levernews.com

Kawsachun News, Resumen English. (2023-03-12). El Alto Bolivia: A History Of Anti-Neoliberal Struggle. popularresistance.org "El Alto on his feet, never on his knees!" is a slogan that reflects the combative character of the inhabitants of this indigenous Aymara city in Bolivia, which since 2003, has shaped the country's history. This city led the uprising against the privatization of natural resources in 2003, and then the defense of democracy in the face of the 2019 coup. Both struggles resulted in numerous massacres against those of El Alto who stood up to defend the country. | Located at more than 4,000 meters above sea level, it mostly comprises migrants from rural areas between La Paz and the Peruvian border.

Kester Kenn Klomegah (2023-03-12). EU-Russia's "Unforgettable Divorce" globalresearch.ca

Kit Klarenberg (2023-03-12). 'Rigorous' Maidan massacre exposé suppressed by top academic journal. thegrayzone.com A peer-reviewed paper initially approved and praised by a prestigious academic journal was suddenly rescinded without explanation. Its author, one of the world's top scholars on Ukraine-related issues, had marshaled overwhelming evidence to conclude Maidan protesters were killed by pro-coup snipers. The massacre by snipers of anti-government activists and police officers in Kiev's Maidan Square in late February 2014 was a defining moment in the US-orchestrated overthrow of Ukraine's elected government. The death of 70 protesters triggered an avalanche of …

Kurt Nimmo (2023-03-12). Short List of USAID Subversion Operations. globalresearch.ca

Kurt Nimmo (2023-03-12). USAID's Georgia Riots: the Next Phase in this Insane Plot to Fragment and Destroy Russia. globalresearch.ca

Luis Feliz Leon (2023-03-12). Chicago Grocery Teamsters Face Retaliation for Exercising Their Rights. truthout.org Workers couldn't wear a sticker or button, because what if it fell into the fruits and vegetables they packaged for the Anthony Marano Company, a major distributor of produce in Chicago and the greater Midwest for restaurants and grocery chains including Aldi's, Sysco, and Pete's Fresh Market? They couldn't do a red T-shirt day; the temperatures are frigid in the warehouse, and workers must cover… |

Manlio Dinucci (2023-03-12). EU Empties the Arsenals to Fill the Arsenals. globalresearch.ca Defense ministers of the 27 EU countries, meeting in Stockholm, approved the plan — presented by Josep Borrell, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy — for "joint procurement of large caliber munitions." | The meeting was attended by …

Mark Keenan (2023-03-12). Transcending the Climate Change Deception — Toward Real Sustainability. globalresearch.ca

mforinoco (2023-03-12). El Alto: A History of Anti-Neoliberal Struggle. orinocotribune.com "El Alto on his feet, never on his knees!" is a slogan that reflects the combative character of the inhabitants of this indigenous Aymara city in Bolivia, which since 2003, has shaped the country's history. This city led the uprising against the privatization of natural resources in 2003, and then the defense of democracy in the face of the 2019 coup. Both struggles resulted in numerous massacres against those of El Alto who stood up to defend the country. | Located at more than 4,000 meters above sea level, it mostly comprises migrants from rural areas between La Paz and the Peruvian border. It has a population…

Michael Hudson (2023-03-12). Michael Hudson: Why the US banking system is breaking up. geopoliticaleconomy.com Economist Michael Hudson responds to the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and Silvergate, and explains the similarities with the 2008 financial crash and the savings and loan crisis of the 1980s.

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2023-03-12). Biggest Lie in World History: There Never Was A Pandemic. The Data Base is Flawed. The Covid Mandates including the Vaccine are Invalid. globalresearch.ca Fake science was supportive of this devastating agenda. The lies were sustained by a massive media disinformation campaign. The historic March 11, 2020 lockdown triggered economic and social chaos Worldwide. It was an act of "economic warfare": a war against humanity.

Prof Souad N. Al-Azzawi (2023-03-12). The Demise of Mesopotamia: The Geopolitics of Water. The Desertification of Iraq. globalresearch.ca

Prof. Henry Francis B. Espiritu (2023-03-12). The Existential Crisis of Meaning and Human Significance Resulting from Global Capitalism and Corporatocracy. globalresearch.ca

Ramzy Baroud (2023-03-12). Victory is Defeat: Palestinian Children's Art Exposes Israel's Cultural Genocide. orinocotribune.com

Redacted (2023-03-12). The US Should be ASHAMED of What They're Doing in Syria. dissidentvoice.org The House of Representatives voted not to end the U.S. occupation of Syria on Wednesday. This is disappointing but not surprising. Although all is not lost, 103 leaders voted for it with 56 Democrats joining 47 Republicans to vote in favor of the bill, showing that there is at least some appetite for peace. Opponents …

Rodney Atkinson (2023-03-12). Corporatism Will Kill Us All. globalresearch.ca

Seymour M. Hersh (2023-03-12). "Deconstructing the Obvious" — From My Lai to Nord Stream. Interview with Legendary Muckraker Sy Hersh. globalresearch.ca

Staff (2023-03-12). Maduro: People Will Peacefully Elect Their President in 2024. orinocotribune.com Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro said that the people of Venezuela will peacefully elect their president in the 2024 elections. He made this comment during an interview with the Argentina-based Spanish economist and journalist Alfredo Serrano Mancilla, on the latter's radio and television show La Pizarra, broadcast on Saturday, March 11. | "The president elected in Venezuela will be sworn in on January 10, 2025, and will follow the course of our country in peace, democracy and with popular leadership," the president said. | He also highlighted the success of his government's foreign policy during the last year…

Tom Conway (2023-03-12). US Corporations Are Bringing Back Child Labor, With Help From GOP Lawmakers. truthout.org Brad Greve has been a Scout leader for more than 20 years. The Davenport, Iowa retiree leads 50-mile canoe trips on Minnesota's Boundary Waters that test teens' mettle while teaching them essential skills. Greve told a story recently where two boys, despite being warned repeatedly, let their canoe drift perilously close to a section of stream that swept over rapids into a lake below. |

unitedEditor (2023-03-12). Greetings from South African Muslims to the Ottoman Caliphate. uwidata.com The Ottoman Empire was the last great Islamic Empire. Today, many stories between the Ottoman Caliphate and local Muslim communties have been forgotten. The forgotten photos and documents from the Turkish Archives in Istanbul, however, may be able to bring back some of those memories. Indeed, numerous correspondences between Türkiye and South Africa highlight the …

Victoria Law (2023-03-12). These Men Fought White Supremacists and Got Sentenced to Over 200 Years. truthout.org Christopher "Naeem" Trotter had three months left in prison. Then, on February 1, 1985, he tried to save another incarcerated man's life in a fight against white supremacists — and was punished with over a century behind bars. In 1985, 23-year-old Trotter was finishing a four-year prison sentence at the Indiana Reformatory, which is now known as the Pendleton Correctional Facility. |

WSWS (2023-03-12). Chris Hedges' dishonest defense of the January 6 fascist mob. wsws.org In his March 5 column, the ex-left journalist continued his political adaption to the far right.

WSWS (2023-03-12). UK trade unions and Labour MPs only attract a few thousand to NHS demonstration. wsws.org Such a small turnout at a time when the National Health Service is facing the biggest crisis since its foundation, with hundreds of thousands of health workers engaged in live industrial disputes, marks the collapse of the organisers' political perspective.

WSWS (2023-03-12). BBC's removing sports host Gary Lineker for opposing government anti-migrant legislation provokes public outrage. wsws.org Lineker has proved that the Tories and Labour represent a vocal minority who can dominate political life only because the majority of working people have no one to speak for them.

WSWS (2023-03-12). Warning strikes in Germany's public sector: "There is something wrong with the system itself" wsws.org There is enormous anger among striking public sector workers at the provocative offer from the state and federal governments. At the same time, discontent with the Verdi trade union is growing as it seeks to avoid organising joint industrial action at all costs.

americanthinker (2023-03-12). Axios claims Republicans want to 'move on' from January 6 but 'far-right' wants to revive it. americanthinker.com Democrats and their media allies still have some explaining to do about January 6.

Dean Baker (2023-03-12). Waiving Intellectual Property Rules in a Pandemic is Just Inconceivable at the New York Times. cepr.net The New York Times had two pieces on Sunday talking about what we should do the next time we face a pandemic. Incredibly, neither said one word about waiving patents and other forms of intellectual property. The NYT might have missed it, but this was actually a major issue in the developing world, as poor …

JANET (2023-03-12). Norway, Nord Stream and Vietnam. iacenter.org By Nadya Williams Feb. 28, 2023 Nadya Williams is Director of Communications, Veterans For Peace, San Francisco Chapter 69; and Board Member, VFP Viet Nam Ch. 160. Williams forwarded this guest article, in which most language is left in her style. Anti-NATO protest, Norway, Oct. 27, 2018. Credit: People's Dispatch Forgive the pun, but the irrefutable [U.S] American investigative journalist Seymour Hersh dropped a bomb in Washington's lap with his Feb. 8 meticulous exposé: "How America Took Out the Nord Stream Pipeline." This was something that everyone already knew; however, the forensic details were lacking [mda…

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