(2022-03-18). Ahed's Knee from Israel, made "with a sense of urgency" wsws.org "Ahed's Knee" refers to Palestinian teenager Ahed Tamimi and the incident in December 2017 in the occupied West Bank for which she was later arrested and sentenced to eight months in prison.
(2022-03-18). Russian court rejects appeal by historian Yuri Dmitriev, upholds 15-year prison sentence. wsws.org Amidst the war in Ukraine, the Putin regime is continuing its crackdown on all efforts to uncover the crimes of Stalinism.
(2022-03-17). Dorothy Burnham, civil rights activist. cpusa.org 
The Amsterdam News published an article on Dorothy Burnham, an African American activist who turns 107 years old on March 22. Dorothy was a long-time member of the Communist Party, which goes unmentioned in the article. Dorothy's radicalism may have begun while a microbiology major at Brooklyn College, when she met students and teachers …
(2022-03-17). Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: New cases of COVID-19 continue downward trend. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org New cases of COVID-19 are down 90% from the peak, with under 75,000 new cases reported last week across the U.S. "What we're observing is a pretty dramatic suppression of cases," explains Dr. Gregory Poland, head of Mayo Clinic's Vaccine Research Group. "This is good news, but we need to be cautious." Dr. Poland warns that there are still people who are vulnerable to COVID-19 infection, including people who are immunocompromised; children under 5 who cannot yet be…
(2022-03-17). 'What is it that needs to be done?' A conversation with anti-apartheid freedom fighter Lassy Chiwayo. workers.org 
This interview was conducted by Workers World correspondent Ted Kelly at Robben Island, off the western coast of South Africa. Lassy Chiwayo is an African National Congress member, former political prisoner, uMkhonto weSizwe freedom fighter and former mayor of Mbombela, capital of the Mpumalanga province. He served as the consul-general . . . |
(2022-03-17). St. Louis's Movement-Backed Mayor Promised To Close An Infamous Jail. popularresistance.org St. Louis, Missouri‚Äâ-‚Äâ"What is the delay in closing the Workhouse?" moderator Maquis Govan asks Mayor Tishaura Jones at a virtual town hall on "re-envisioning public safety" February 8. | The event was co-organized by Action St. Louis, an affiliate of the Movement for Black Lives. The group's 501 ©4 arm, Action St. Louis Power Project, endorsed Jones during her 2021 mayoral run. The Rev. Michelle Higgins opened the event by thanking Jones warmly for "valuing and loving the constituents of this city in this way: taking the time to listen to our questions directly." | Now,…
(2022-03-17). MPs Task Security Minister to Produce Missing People. plusnews.ug 
Members of Parliament on the Human Rights Committee have directed the Minister of Security, Jim Muhwezi to produce seven people who have been reported missing since 2020. Muhwezi on Thursday appeared before the committee which is currently inquiring into the torture of suspects by security operatives, detention without trial, and missing persons. The missing persons …
(2022-03-17). TC de Perú examinará habeas corpus sobre indulto a Fujimori. telesurtv.net El indulto humanitario fue concedido en 2017 al expresidente Alberto Fujimori por el entonces mandatario Pedro Pablo Kuczynski.
(2022-03-17). Black America: We're Concerned Biden And Democrats Will Use Rising Crime And Pandemic Conditions For Another Mass Incarceration. moguldom.com The property crime rate was higher than the violent crime rate in 1994 when President Bill Clinton and then-Senator Joe Biden authored the now-infamous 1994 Crime Bill. Flash forward to 2022. Property crime has again skyrocketed, with criminals going into stores and loading stolen merchandise into garbage bags. But in addition to rising property crime, the …
(2022-03-17). Delays to EU aid mean Gaza's poor get jailed for debt. electronicintifada.net Most workers paid less than minimum wage.
(2022-03-17). Legal Action Against Shell Board Previews Wave Of Lawsuits. popularresistance.org Boards should prepare for legal action based on their response to climate change, a DeSmog investigation has found. | Lawyers, insurers, and campaigners have been anticipating litigation against company directors for some time and say the chances are only growing as corporate requirements to address climate risks get tougher. | Today, March 15, ClientEarth announced it was taking legal action against energy giant Shell's board of directors, arguing that their failure to properly prepare the company for net zero carbon emissions breaches their legal duties. | The environmental law non-governmental organization, wh…
(2022-03-17). Legal action against Shell board previews wave of lawsuits against company directors. nationofchange.org Individuals are expected to be a growing target of legal action on climate change, with activists, investors, and regulators looking carefully at how companies and their boards disclose and respond to climate risks.
(2022-03-17). Imprisoned Palestinian health activist Shatha Odeh is a beacon of resistance globally. peoplesdispatch.org Imprisoned health activist Shatha Odeh continues to persist in the struggle for the right to health and women's rights as she sends letter from prison for International Women's Day…
(2022-03-17). U.S. coup engineer to Georgia: We built your army, so you must confront Russia. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com The United National Movement is the political party founded by Mikheil Saakashvili, now in prison after returning from Ukraine where President Zelensky had restored his Ukrainian citizenship and appointed him head of the Executive Committee of the National Reform Council. The recently-formed Reforms Group in the Georgian parliament, see below, is properly the Charles Michel's …