Monthly Archives: March 2022

2022-03-15: News Headlines

Rick Rozoff (2022-03-15). China continues to resist U.S. demand to join "global web to strangle Russia" antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Global TimesMarch 15, 2022 US cannot expect China to cooperate under its suppression: Global Times editorial Edited On Monday, Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Director of the Office of the Central Commission for Foreign Affairs Yang Jiechi met with US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan in Rome, Italy. They …

Staff (2022-03-15). The Amarneh Family: Palestinians resisting Israeli imprisonment and Palestinian Authority "security coordination" samidoun.net For the Amarneh family of Yabad, southwest of Jenin, involvement in the Palestinian struggle for liberation is a part of life — as is political imprisonment in Israeli occupation prisons. However, the Amarnehs, like many Palestinians resisting Zionist colonialism, apartheid and occupation, face not only the direct colonial imprisonment of the occupation forces but also …

WSWS (2022-03-15). Australian government dumps two Iranian refugees in the US after nearly nine years of imprisonment. wsws.org Adnan and Mehdi were incarcerated after they fled Iran as teenagers in 2013.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-03-15). 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…

Staff (2022-03-14). Three Artists Explain and Visualize What Black Joy Means to Them. aclu.org We asked three artists to help us visualize what Black joy could look like after we achieve

Ann Brown (2022-03-14). Will Wells Fargo Be Busted Again? During Mortgage Refinancing Boom, Bank Rejects About 50% Of Black Applicants. moguldom.com Over the last few years, Wells Fargo has been hit with several racial discrimination lawsuits. According to a new report, Wells Fargo rejected half its Black applicants in the mortgage refinancing boom of 2020. It seems the banking giant hasn't changed its policies. Will this lead to more lawsuits? Nationwide, only 47 percent of Black …

Yoselina Guevara (2022-03-14). Russophobia and Discrimination is the New Pandemic. orinocotribune.com By Yoselina Guevara — Mar 11, 2022 | "All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights and, endowed as they are with reason and conscience, should behave towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood." | -Universal Declaration of Human Rights | It is unacceptable for countries that claim to be civilized or that call themselves developed to discriminate against someone just because they are Russian, whether by birth or naturalization, and suddenly single them out publicly as an enemy. Hundreds of transnational communication entities have been aiming their heaviest artillery to generate a Russop…

teleSUR, jaa, JL (2022-03-14). Pdte. peruano presenta habeas corpus contra acusación. telesurtv.net El habeas corpus promovido por el abogado defensor Eduardo Pachas alega una vulneración del derecho a la libertad individual entre otras cuestiones.

Ann Brown (2022-03-14). Jussie Smollett Sentenced To 150 Days: 'I'm Not Suicidal,' He Says Before Going To Jail In Protective Custody. moguldom.com Former "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett was sentenced to 150 days in jail in protective custody on March 10 for falsely reporting a hate crime. Smollett has vowed to appeal the conviction. "If I did this, then it means that I stuck my fist in the fears of Black Americans in this country for over 400 …

Peoples Dispatch (2022-03-14). 43 years later, Grenada's New Jewel Movement and Maurice Bishop continue to inspire. peoplesdispatch.org The legacy of the New Jewel Movement and Maurice Bishop is still an inspiration for millions of people across the world who imagine a world free from oppression, poverty and imperialism.

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2022-03-14: News Headlines

teleSUR, jaa, JL (2022-03-14). Pdte. peruano presenta habeas corpus contra acusación. telesurtv.net El habeas corpus promovido por el abogado defensor Eduardo Pachas alega una vulneración del derecho a la libertad individual entre otras cuestiones.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-03-14). 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…

_____ (2022-03-13). Abolitionist Efforts To Trangress The Prison Walls. popularresistance.org Incarcerated radical intellectuals elucidate the nature of political struggle and its various arenas. Alongside these writers are solidarity groups that propagate their writings and intellectual products. Through a close reading of Black Communist trans prisoner Alyssa V. Hope's legal efforts and writings, this article unearths how a pen-pal relationship transformed into a comprehensive abolitionist community. This case study provides an example of how abolitionists are grappling with the need to support the material needs of marginalized communities while still building otherwise possible worlds separate from a…

Daniel Muessig (2022-03-13). I'm Facing 60 Months in Prison. Cannabis Prohibition Has Destroyed My Life. truthout.org The morning of May 24, 2019, found me running for my life through the traditional Jewish enclave of Squirrel Hill in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. This was the neighborhood of stately red brick mansions and large dun-colored apartment houses where I'd grown up, come of age, learned to freestyle at the benches near the Murray Avenue Post Office and smoked my first furtive joints in the alleys that connect its winding, terraced streets. | The occasion for my flight was that the FBI had pulled over a tr…

Ramona Wadi (2022-03-13). Palestinian Refugee Families expelled from Israel can't Come Home, but 100K Ukrainians Admitted. juancole.com By Ramona Wadi | — ( Middle East Monitor )- Once again, Israel feels entitled to play the humanitarian card, with only Palestinians pointing out its selectivity when it comes to opening its doors to refugees. In February, The Jerusalem Post reported that 10,000 Jewish Ukrainian refugees would be entering Israel. The move was confirmed …

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