(2022-03-01). Texas Wants to Take Trans Kids From Their Supportive Parents. We're Suing. aclu.org Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and Attorney General Ken Paxton told trans youth in Texas last week that they considered their health care to be a form of child abuse. This is dangerous, dehumanizing, and terrifying to trans youth and their supportive families. The declaration will have devastating consequences — and we are already seeing them. Abbott and Paxton, along with the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, want to investigate families simply for following best practice medicine and supporting their trans kids through lifesaving, medically necessary health care. Texas political leaders lack…
(2022-03-01). A re-radicalized Beethoven 'Fidelio' for the Black Lives Matter era. peoplesworld.org 
SANTA MONICA, Calif. — A touring production of Ludwig van Beethoven's only opera Fidelio has just ended its four-city tour in February, with stops at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, the Mondavi Center at the University of California-Davis, the Scottsdale [Arizona] Center for the Performing Arts, and finally The Broad Stage …
(2022-03-01). Friday 3/4: Lessons from Selma Bridge Crossing & Civil Rights Movement for Moral Action Today w/ PPC. indybay.org Online via livestream…
(2022-03-01). Rally in solidarity with detained immigrants in Tacoma, Wash., not dampened by rain. liberationnews.org 
On Feb. 26, over 100 community members showed up at the Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma, Washington, to loudly stand in solidarity with those detained just a few feet behind them.
(2022-03-01). Rally in solidarity with detained immigrants in Tacoma, Washington not dampened by rain. liberationnews.org On Feb. 26, over 100 community members showed up at the Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma, Washington, to loudly stand in solidarity with those detained just a few feet behind them.
(2022-03-01). Activists Urge To Probe Toxic Disinfectants Usage In US Prison. telesurenglish.net On Tuesday, the NGO Coalition Shut Down Glades requested the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to verify the reports on misuse of highly concentrated industrial chemical disinfectants at an immigration detention center in Moore Haven in Florida. | RELATED: | "These prison authorities were accused of using disinfectants with a concentration up to 50 times greater than allowed and in poorly ventilated spaces, in w…
(2022-03-01). UN Admits Refugees Have Faced Racism At Ukraine Borders. popularresistance.org The United Nations has admitted that some non-Europeans refugees have faced discrimination while trying to flee to safety at Ukraine borders after their experiences were dismissed as lies and "Russian disinformation" by online commentators. | Filippo Grandi, the organization's High Commissioner for Refugees, acknowledged their plight during a press conference on Tuesday afternoon. | "You have seen reports in the media that there are different treatments — with Ukrainians and non-Ukrainians. Now our observations, and we possibly cannot observe every single post yet — but our observations is that these…
(2022-03-01). Monday 2/28: Discrimination Protest against RCEB. indybay.org 500 Davis Street | Corner of San Leandro Blvd & Davis Street…
(2022-03-01). Half a billion reasons to not build a new jail. peoplesworld.org 
CLEVELAND — The NBA All-Star Weekend began here Feb. 18 at the site where police murdered 12-year-old Tamir Rice in 2014. But inside the Cudell Recreation Center where Tamir once played basketball, a dedication ceremony for a new gym failed to dedicate any time to honor his life or to support the continuing calls for …
(2022-03-01). In Contempt #14: Political Prisoner Updates; Hunger Strikes in New York, North Carolina and Bay Area. itsgoingdown.org As always, we have a lot going on this month. There are several major political prisoner updates — Eric King is set to go to trial in several weeks, Sundiata Acoli's parole case has reached the New Jersey Supreme Court, and Doug Wright of the Cleveland 4 is set to be released to a halfway…
(2022-03-01). 5 March, Raleigh NC: "Fedayin" Film Screening & Discussion. samidoun.net 
Saturday, 5 March 6 pm 202 N. Tarboro Street Raleigh, North Carolina Facebook: www.facebook.com/events/1378134382625185/ Join us for a public screening of the new film, "Fedayin"! This film tells the story of Georges Abdallah imprisoned since 1984 in France for his involvement in the struggle for the liberation of Palestine and Lebanon from Israeli, zionist colonization. …
(2022-03-01). Scientists Propose Measures to Ensure Well-Being of Gene-Edited Babies. sputniknews.com Chinese experts suggest surveillance and protection measures for the world's first three gene-editing babies, as well as their descendents, while He Jiankui, who created the these babies, would be reportedly released soon after three years in prison.
(2022-03-01). US Foreign Policy is a Cruel Sport. orinocotribune.com 
By Diana Johnstone — Feb 23, 2022 | Bear baiting was long ago banned as inhumane. Yet today, a version is being practiced every day against whole nations on a gigantic international scale. | In the time of the first Queen Elizabeth, British royal circles enjoyed watching fierce dogs torment a captive bear for the fun of it. The bear had done no harm to anyone, but the dogs were trained to provoke the imprisoned beast and goad it into fighting back. Blood flowing from the excited animals delighted the spectators. | This cruel practice has long since been banned as inhumane. | And yet today, a version of bear…
(2022-03-01). Coroner's inquiry begins into New Zealand's far-right terror attack. wsws.org Lawyers for the families of some of the 51 people killed in the 2019 massacre in Christchurch criticised the suppression of evidence by the royal commission of inquiry, which whitewashed the government, police and intelligence agencies.