Daily Archives: 2023-03-07

2023-03-07: News Headlines

Isheka N. Harrison (2023-03-06). Report: Informant Got $20,000 From FBI To Create Divisiveness Among George Floyd Protestors, Accuse Activists Of Working With Police. moguldom.com The Federal Bureau of Investigation paid a convicted felon to be an FBI informant and undermine racial justice protests during the height of the Black Lives Matter movement in the summer of 2020, a new podcast alleges. According to a report by CBS News, "Alphabet Boys" is a 10-episode docuseries that debuted in February that accuses the FBI of …

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-03-07). From civil rights to transplant awareness, advocate continues to make a difference. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org As America celebrates Black History Month, one civil rights activist is celebrating a new lease on life. Dr. Shirley Green-Reese received a kidney transplant in June 2022 at Mayo Clinic in Florida. Her kidney transplant is only one chapter in an incredible life story. Dr. Green-Reese is no stranger to turning challenges into triumphs. In 1963, at the age of 13, she was one of 15 young African American girls who were arrested for peacefully…

Xiaolu Sun (2023-03-06). Biden pays tribute to heroes of the U.S. civil rights moment. america.cgtn.com U.S. President Joe Biden honored the heroes of 'Bloody Sunday' during the annual commemoration in Selma, Alabama on Sunday. Find out more.

Staff (2023-03-07). Headlines for March 7, 2023. democracynow.org Biden Administration Mulls Return to Detention of Asylum-Seeking Families, Migrants in Tunisia Flee Hate Crimes and Violence Following President's Racist Remarks, Survivors of Forced Labor Under Japanese Occupation Condemn South Korean Compensation Plan, North Korea Warns U.S. Shootdown of Test-Fired Missiles Would Be "Declaration of War", Chinese Leaders Condemn U.S. Policy of "Containment, Encirclement and Suppression", Ukraine Holds Out in Defense of Bakhmut as Both Sides Inflict Heavy Losses, Belarus Sentences Opposition Leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya to 15 Years for Treason, Do…

Fight Back (2023-03-06). Seattle students rally in support of hunger strikers at the Northwest Detention Center. fightbacknews.org Tacoma, WA – A crowd of 35 people gathered at the Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma on Saturday, March 4, to call for the closure of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement-sanctioned prison for undocumented people. The Northwest Detention Center is owned and operated by the private corporation GEO Group. | The Northwest Detention Center is notorious for its mistreatment of inmates, lack of sanitation, medical neglect and overuse of solitary confinement. The prisoners there have gone on multiple hunger strikes over the past year to protest these conditions, most recently in February when over 85 demanded an en…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-03-07). Black History Month: Dr. Michele Halyard on a lifetime commitment to health equity, inclusion and diversity. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Dr. Michele Halyard Black History Month is commemorated every February. It's a month for all people to celebrate and learn about diverse and important contributions of African Americans to American society and culture, as well as to reflect on the ongoing fight against racism, inequity and discrimination. Mayo Clinic News Network is highlighting Mayo Clinic physicians who are focused every day on achieving health equity, inclusion and diversity through their work. Meet Dr. Michele Halyard,…

Dana Sanchez (2023-03-06). Former Google Researcher: Here Are The Top Risks Of AI Systems To Society, We Need Government Oversight. moguldom.com Timnit Gebru, an expert in artificial intelligence ethics who was fired from Google after raising issues of workplace discrimination, is calling for government oversight of the burgeoning and addictive new AI systems that tech is building — and their risks. Initially, the new bots got rave reviews from delighted wanna-be customers who tried out still-being-tested …

news.un (2023-03-06). CSW: Advancing women's rights since 1946. news.un.org The annual UN Commission for the Status of Women (CSW) meets in March each year to address the widespread inequalities, violence and discrimination women continue to face, all around the world. Here is a brief five-point guide to this high-profile UN event.

Patricia Irizar, Daniel Pan, Dharmi Kapadia, Laia Bécares, Shirley Sze, Harry Taylor, Sarah Amele, Eliud Kibuchi, Pip Divall, Laura J. Gray, Laura B. Nellums, Srinivasa Vittal Katikireddi, Manish Pareek (2023-03-06). [Articles] Ethnic inequalities in COVID-19 infection, hospitalisation, intensive care admission, and death: a global systematic review and meta-analysis of over 200 million study participants. thelancet.com Our study suggests that systematic ethnic inequalities in COVID-19 health outcomes exist, with large differences in exposure risk and some differences in prognosis following hospitalisation. Response and recovery interventions must focus on tackling drivers of ethnic inequalities which increase exposure risk and vulnerabilities to severe disease, including structural racism and racial discrimination.

_____ (2023-03-06). Cambodia Jails US Agents as US-China Tensions Rise. journal-neo.org The US government, Western media, and supposed "human rights" organizations are condemning Cambodia for recently sentencing Kem Sokha, the former leader of the opposition party "Cambodia National Rescue Party" (CNRP), to 27 years in prison. While the arguments being made publicly revolve superficially around upholding "human rights" and "democracy," the actual reason for the West's …

Peoples Dispatch (2023-03-06). Palestinian prisoners complete 20 days of civil disobedience against Israeli jail authorities. peoplesdispatch.org The prisoners' agitation started in response to recent punitive measures introduced by the extremist government in Israel, and is expected to escalate in the coming days into a mass indefinite hunger strike…

Raphael Tsavkko Garcia (2023-03-06). Brazil Hit With Devastating Floods as Support for Former President Washes Away. latinorebels.com With thousands of Bolsonaro supporters either in jail or under investigation for plotting against democracy in Brazil, the nation's attention has shifted to the defense of the Amazon rainforest and its Indigenous peoples and the policy shifts under President Lula.

Staff (2023-03-06). "They All Knew": Media Matters Files FEC Complaint That Fox News Broke Election Laws, Lied for Trump. democracynow.org A number of bombshell revelations about the inner workings of Fox News have come to light as part of a $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit filed by Dominion Voting Systems against the network. Rupert Murdoch, the owner of Fox News, has admitted under oath that many hosts on his network "endorsed" Donald Trump's false claims about the 2020 election for financial, not political, reasons, stating, "It is not red or blue, it is green." In court filings, Dominion also revealed that Murdoch had given Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner confidential information about Biden's campaign a…

Staff (2023-03-06). Headlines for March 6, 2023. democracynow.org Nations Reach Historic Agreement to Protect High Seas, Iran and IAEA Agree to Strengthen Cooperation in Hopeful Sign for Nuclear Talks, Outrage Mounts over Mysterious Poisoning of Iranian Schoolgirls, U.N. Expert Says Taliban Attacks on Women and Girls Could Be Crime Against Humanity, Ex-Pakistan PM Imran Khan Evades Arrest, Huge Blaze in Cox's Bazar Rohingya Refugee Camp Destroys Thousands of Homes, Shell Pipeline Kills 12 in Nigeria; Massive Lawsuit Targets Shell's Operation in Niger Delta, U.K. Cracks Down on Refugee Rights in Right-Wing Effort to "Stop the Boats", Shahida Raza, Pakista…

Anonymous Contributor (2023-03-07). Message from Yaqui Political Prisoner Fidencio Aldama to the National Indigenous Congress. itsgoingdown.org Message from Yaqui political prisoner Fidencio Aldama to the national assembly of the National Indigenous Congress held on the 4-5 of March, 2023, in Tehuacán, Puebla. Hi, everyone. My name is Fidencio Aldama Pérez. I am a member of the Yaqui tribe, from the town of Loma de Bácum, in the state of Sonora, Mexico….

Anonymous103 (2023-03-07). In Video: Azov Nazi Tells How He Killed Civilian, POW In Mariupol. southfront.org Illustrative Image: Azov fighters calling for their liberation from Azovstal | Members of the Ukrainian Nazi Azov battalion continue to testify on their war crimes committed during the battle for Mariupol. Ukrainian POWs reveal the truth about the murders who became new "heroes" of Ukraine. | A Nazi with the call sign "Botko" told how he killed unarmed servicemen of the DPR, who was likely evacuating civilians from the war-torn city. The Ukrainian militant confirmed that there was no order to kill the DPR prisoner but h…

americanthinker (2023-03-06). What happens when you don't have the death penalty. americanthinker.com El Salvador's huge mega-prison, ready made for a future massacre, could see that happening next.

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2023-03-06). The Scale of El Salvador's New Prison Is Difficult to Comprehend. transcend.org 26 Feb 2023 – Nayib Bukele, president of El Salvador, unveiled his latest project: a massive, "first-world" prison, the largest penitentiary in the world, with a capacity for 40,000 inmates.

Bloomington ABC (2023-03-06). Fire Ant: Anarchist Prisoner Solidarity #15. itsgoingdown.org Announcing Fire Ant #15, a publication featuring the writings of anarchist prisoners. PDF for Printing Fire Ant is a quarterly publication focused on spreading the words of anarchist prisoners and generating material solidarity for our imprisoned friends. Begun as a collaboration between anarchist prisoners and anarchists in Maine, Fire Ant seeks to raise material aid…

Chris Walker (2023-03-06). MN Governor Signs Law Giving Voting Rights Back to Formerly Incarcerated People. truthout.org Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) signed a bill on Friday that grants formerly incarcerated residents in the state the right to vote immediately upon their release from prison. Currently, residents who are released from prison after being convicted of a felony are forced to wait until the conditions of their probation expire before being able to vote again. The legislation, which will go into effect on… |

Editor (2023-03-06). Nicaragua's 'political prisoners' would be criminals by U.S. standards. mronline.org In an unexpected move on February 9, the Nicaraguan government deported to the United States 222 people who were in prison, and moved to strip them of their citizenship.

Staff (2023-03-06). Revolutionary intellectual and freedom fighter: The living legacy of Basil al-Araj. samidoun.net On the sixth anniversary of the martyrdom of Basil Al-Araj, Palestinian revolutionary intellectual, youth leader and freedom fighter who resisted the occupation until the last moment, Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network salutes his living legacy of struggle and resistance that continues to blossom everywhere Palestinians, Arabs and internationals mobilize to seek liberation. He exemplified the …

Pavan Kulkarni, People's Dispatch. (2023-03-06). Nigeria's Opposition Candidates To Challenge Presidential Poll Results. popularresistance.org On Friday, March 3, the Court of Appeal in Nigeria's capital Abuja ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to allow the presidential candidate of the Labor Party (LP), Peter Obi, access to all poll materials for inspection. Bola Tinubu, candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), has been declared the winner of the presidential election that was held on February 25. | The order was passed in response to an appeal filed by Obi on Thursday. Access was also granted to Atiku Abubakar, candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), who had also filed a separate appeal earlier on Wed…

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