Staff (2022-03-02). "Ukrainians Only": Nigerian Student Fleeing War Describes Rampant Racism Against Africans at Border. democracynow.org The United Nations reports more than 800,000 people have fled Ukraine since Russia attacked last week, but many foreign nationals trying to escape have described racist discrimination and abuse, saying they were turned away from buses and at the border, while Ukrainians were welcomed with open arms. We speak with one of the African students who documented their experiences on Twitter with the hashtag #AfricansInUkraine. Nigerian student Alexander Somto Orah says the discriminatory treatment he and other African students faced started at the train station in Kyiv and continued at the border with Poland. "We…

Amy Goodman (2022-03-02). Nigerian Student Fleeing War Describes Rampant Racism Against Africans at Border. truthout.org The United Nations reports more than 800,000 people have fled Ukraine since Russia attacked last week, but many foreign nationals trying to escape have described racist discrimination and abuse, saying they were turned away from buses and at the border, while Ukrainians were welcomed with open arms. We speak with one of the African students who documented their experiences on Twitter with the hashtag #AfricansInUkraine. Nigerian student Alexander Somto Orah says the discriminatory treatment…

ANA (2022-03-02). Llegamos en Busca de Asilo, Pero Lo Que Encontramos Fue Peligro. aclu.org Hace un año, gracias a un proceso jurídico, me permitieron cruzar un puente para entrar a los Estados Unidos con mi esposo y mis tres hijas — después de haber pasado más de 16 meses viviendo el peligro y la pobreza, a unos pasos de la frontera del sur. Mi familia sigue intentando sobreponerse al trauma de esta terrible experiencia. Pero ahora, el gobierno de los EE. UU. ha reactivado la política que nos causó tanto sufrimiento, con la que expulsa a los que buscan asilo, enviándolos a la ciudad de Matamoros, México, que está bajo el control de un cartel, lo cual pone en peligro las familias. | Los dichos…

ANA (2022-03-02). My Family Came to Seek Asylum, But Found Danger Instead. aclu.org One year ago, as part of a lawsuit, I was permitted to cross a bridge into the United States with my husband and three daughters — after more than 16 months living in danger and poverty, just beyond the Southern border. Our family is still trying to overcome the trauma of this ordeal. But now, the U.S. government has restarted the policy that caused us so much suffering, expelling asylum-seekers back into the cartel-controlled city of Matamoros, Mexico, and putting more families in danger. | The so-called "Migrant Protection Protocols" (MPP), first introduced by President Trump, required families like ou…

Staff (2022-03-02). 'I'm proud to be Russian,' says football star after being targeted by Ukraine players. rt.com Artem Dzyuba said he is against discrimination as he answered Ukraine star Vitaliy Mykolenko's online callout | Russian football star Artem Dzuyba has broken his silence on the ongoing conflict in Ukraine which has led to an unprecedented ban on athletes from his homeland, after he was accused of failing to comment on the situation by Everton's Ukrainian star Vitaliy Mykolenko. | Mykolenko, who joined the Premier League side from Dynamo Kiev in the January transfer window, slammed Dzyuba online for failing to speak out against the Russian offensive, claiming that sanctions imposed on Russia will lead to him be…

John Knefel (2022-03-02). Biden's Immigration "Fix" Involves Jailing Migrants in Their Homes. truthout.org The Biden administration is launching a new program of digital incarceration — otherwise known as electronic monitoring or

Staff (2022-03-02). Honduras: Jailed Environmental Activists Released (Guapinol Water Protectors). orinocotribune.com Six of the eight Honduran environmentalists, who were in prison, were released by a ruling from the court of Trujillo. | On February 24, the Court of Trujillo in Colón Department of Honduras ruled in favor of six of the eight Honduran environmentalists prosecuted for the Guapinol case. They have now been released from prison. | The court resolution came two weeks after the Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice (CSJ) ordered the release of the Guapinol defenders by granting two injunction appeals in their favor. | Guapinol water protectors José Daniel Márquez, José Abelino Cedillo, Ewer Cedillo…

Adriaan Alsema (2022-03-02). Colombia's prison chief sacked amid corruption scandal. colombiareports.com The director of Colombia's prison authority was sacked after media reported that guards helped an extradited businessman leave jail. The director of La Picota prison was also fired after television…

PAI (2022-03-02). 1,300 Hershey's workers in Virginia voting on unionization. peoplesworld.org STUART'S DRAFT, Va.—Despite rampant corporate labor law-breaking and insults to the union they seek to join, some 1,300 workers at the Hershey's chocolate plant in Stuart's Draft, Va., just southwest of Staunton, are voting on whether to join the Bakery, Confectionery and Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers. If the union wins, those workers, who make …

Rick Rozoff (2022-03-02). Georgia facing new regime change over not sending fighters to Ukraine. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com The Georgian head of state, Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili, and his ruling Georgian Dream party are being accused by French-born President Salome Zourabichvili and former president Mikheil Saakashvili, currently in prison, of being Russian agents for not levying sanctions against Russia and not allowing Georgian armed formations to go to Ukraine to fight in the …

The World House Forum (2022-03-02). Tuesday 3/1: Democracy & the Black Vote: The Problem of Voter Suppression. indybay.org Online event (FREE)…

Chase Strangio (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…

Eric A. Gordon (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 …

Poor People's Campaign (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…

Carlos Osorio (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.

Carlos Osorio (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.

teleSUR (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…

Families United for Equity (2022-03-01). Monday 2/28: Discrimination Protest against RCEB. indybay.org 500 Davis Street | Corner of San Leandro Blvd & Davis Street…

Molly Nagin (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 …

In Contempt (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…

Staff (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. …

sputniknews (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.

Editor2 (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…

WSWS (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.