2022-03-08: News Headlines

Editor2 (2022-03-08). Russia Says US Transferring Terrorists from Syria to Ukraine. orinocotribune.com Russia's Foreign Intelligence Service says the United States has been transferring Daesh terrorists from Syria to Ukraine. | The intelligence service said in a statement on Friday that the Daesh terrorists had undergone training in the US-held military base of al-Tanf in Syria. | "At the end of 2021, the Americans released from prisons… several dozen Daesh terrorists, including citizens of Russia and CIS countries. These individuals were sent to the US-controlled al-Tanf base, where they have undergone special training in subversive and terrorist warfare methods with a focus on the Donbass region," the statemen…

In Defense of Liberation! (2022-03-08). My LAST (for now) Morning Commute 3-8-22: Happy Women's Liberation Day! Saying goodbye, for Now! anchor.fm This is going to be my last podcast for a while! I recently began my candidacy for the PSL. I am going to take this time to learn, to organize, to experience, and to try to bill not only myself and my own understanding but also a movement. We must build a socialist revolution if we believe that any of the issues facing the masses today will ever be resolved. No war, no form of capitalism, no imperialism, no empire can or ever will be able to overcome these issues. It is only the people-the masses themselves- that will be able to eradicate exploitation and oppression from this world. It has been awesome getting to…

Ana Santoyo (2022-03-08). Celebrating International Women's Day. liberationnews.org IWD means acknowledging the root cause of women's oppression—class society—and its centrality to the system that oppresses our working class today—capitalism.

Sarah Brannon (2022-03-07). The White House Can Do More to Expand Voting Access. aclu.org One year ago today, President Biden issued an Although we applauded President Biden…

rqorinoco (2022-03-07). Palestinian Administrative Detainees Boycott of Israeli Military Courts Reaches 60 Days. orinocotribune.com Occupied Palestine (QNN)- 500 Palestinian administrative detainees in Israeli prisons have been boycotting Israeli Military Courts for 60 consecutive days in protest against their indefinite detention without charges or trials. | The Palestinian commission of detainees and ex-detainees affairs said today that in protest against their administrative detention without charges or trials by the Israeli occupation authorities, 500 Palestinian administrative detainees have been boycotting the Israeli Military Courts since Jan 1, 2022. | Among the 500 administrative detainees are four minors and a female. | The boyco…

Ted Kelly (2022-03-07). War-fueled racism and xenophobia rising 80 years after 'Internment'. workers.org People who knew about this sordid anniversary in the history of the United States empire marked it Feb. 19. On that infamous day in 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, which resulted in the mass incarceration of nearly everyone of Japanese ancestry who resided within the United . . . |

Survival International (2022-03-07). New Report Exposes Brutal Persecution of Adivasi Women Defending Their Land. dissidentvoice.org Adivasi activist Hidme Markam has been thrown into jail for resisting the takeover of her people's land for mining. © Survival WARNING: Contains images some may find disturbing A devastating new report from Survival International — launched on International Women's Day, March 8 — exposes how Adivasi (Indigenous) women in India are being brutally persecuted for …

Ann Brown (2022-03-07). Russia Puts WNBA Star Brittney Griner In Jail Over Cannabis Oil At Airport. moguldom.com Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) All-Star and two-time Olympic champion Brittney Griner was arrested in February in Russia an estimated three weeks ago for having vape cartridges in her luggage at a Moscow airport. The cartridges reportedly contained cannabis oil. The exact date of her arrest has not been released, but Griner has been absent …

Staff (2022-03-07). PSUV Congress Emphasizes Ethics & Fight Against Corruption. orinocotribune.com "Zero tolerance for corruption and the moral rottenness of a few," Venezuela's President Nicolás Maduro said at the Fifth Congress of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) on Saturday. "If they are involved in acts of corruption, in criminal acts, wherever they are, whatever they have been," added the head of state, "they will be taken to court and to prison, and punished with the greatest penalties." | PSUV President Maduro recalled that the Venezuelan government, in recent months, has detained mayors, deputies, and other public officials involved in gasoline trafficking, and others implicated in drug t…

Peoples Dispatch (2022-03-07). Algerian court awards six-month suspended sentence to journalist Khaled Drareni. peoplesdispatch.org On Thursday, March 3, Algerian journalist and political activist Khaled Drareni, who in 2020 was sentenced to three years in prison on politically motivated charges before it was reduced to a two-year prison term, once again had his sentence reduced on appeal. He has now been awarded a six-month suspended sentence. According to information obtained from Algerian prisoners' advocacy group National Commission for Liberation of Detainees (CNLD), Drareni, who spent more than 11 months in prison while awaiting trial, was given the reduced sentence in the new trial ordered by the Algerian supreme court. Drareni was fin…

Khubaka, Michael Harris (2022-03-07). California Assembly Bill 1655 – Juneteenth Paid Holiday for the State of California. indybay.org One block from Old Sacramento Supreme Court Chambers the auction block of "enslaved" prisoners of war were sold. All along the American River Parkway, in the shadow of the early California State Capitol construction, enslavement of people of African Descent, Genocide of Indigenous Nations, Kanakas, Mexicans, Chileans and anybody with melanin pigmentated skin were not a citizen in 1849. Throughout the State same song…

Staff (2022-03-07). Iran-US talks on prisoner exchange has made progress: spox. en.mehrnews.com Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh said Monday that the negotiations between Iran and the United States on the issue of the prisoner exchange have made progress, adding Iran is waiting for their conclusion.

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2022-03-07: News Headlines

rqorinoco (2022-03-07). Palestinian Administrative Detainees Boycott of Israeli Military Courts Reaches 60 Days. orinocotribune.com Occupied Palestine (QNN)- 500 Palestinian administrative detainees in Israeli prisons have been boycotting Israeli Military Courts for 60 consecutive days in protest against their indefinite detention without charges or trials. | The Palestinian commission of detainees and ex-detainees affairs said today that in protest against their administrative detention without charges or trials by the Israeli occupation authorities, 500 Palestinian administrative detainees have been boycotting the Israeli Military Courts since Jan 1, 2022. | Among the 500 administrative detainees are four minors and a female. | The boyco…

Staff (2022-03-07). Iran-US talks on prisoner exchange has made progress: spox. en.mehrnews.com Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh said Monday that the negotiations between Iran and the United States on the issue of the prisoner exchange have made progress, adding Iran is waiting for their conclusion.

Khubaka, Michael Harris (2022-03-07). California Assembly Bill 1655 – Juneteenth Paid Holiday for the State of California. indybay.org One block from Old Sacramento Supreme Court Chambers the auction block of "enslaved" prisoners of war were sold. All along the American River Parkway, in the shadow of the early California State Capitol construction, enslavement of people of African Descent, Genocide of Indigenous Nations, Kanakas, Mexicans, Chileans and anybody with melanin pigmentated skin were not a citizen in 1849. Throughout the State same song…

ecns.cn (2022-03-06). Cease-fire declared in 2 Ukrainian cities. ecns.cn Russia declared a partial ceasefire in two Ukrainian cities on Saturday to allow safe passages for civilians fleeing the fighting, Russia's Defense Ministry said.The cease-fire came as Putin signed into law on Friday a bill introducing jail terms of up to 15 years for fake news on the Russian army.

Staff (2022-03-06). Video: Resisting Anti-Palestinian Repression — Fighting for Liberation. samidoun.net This webinar was organized by Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network on Sunday, 6 March, highlighting organizers challenging anti-Palestinian repression internationally. In late February, French interior minister Gerald Darmanin announced his intention to dissolve, or ban, two collectives organizing for justice in Palestine in France, including the Collectif Palestine Vaincra, a member of the Samidoun Network. …

Staff (2022-03-06). Video: Mohammed Khatib of Samidoun on "Dictators and Fascist Regimes" samidoun.net Mohammed Khatib, Europe coordinator of the Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network, joined the International League of Peoples' Struggle for an international online event on "Dictators and Fascist Regimes" on Saturday, 5 March 2022. "Fascism is on the rise. To fight this, we must link all the peoples' struggles against fascism all over the world." Speakers: …

SF015 (2022-03-06). Difference In Treatment Of Captives And Fortitude Of The Russian Soldiers (Videos, 18+). southfront.org Any war is a loss of life for soldiers and civilians, and of course there are prisoners of war (POW) on all sides. | The treatment of enemy civilians and of their POWs has always been the best expression of the moral qualities and outlook of the parties to the conflict. To the same extent, behavior toward POWs, as well as the behavior of the POWs themselves, is indicative of the characteristic features of the domestic propaganda of the opposing sides. It is enough to recall the examples of World War II, military conflic…

_____ (2022-03-06). Putin, Lenin, Imperialism And The (Real) History Of Ukraine. popularresistance.org The people of this country suffer, I've always thought, from a general ignorance of history. This is because with vast oceans for borders, and ever-friendly neighbors, and no experience of being invaded, living in a country that has always urged assimilation including the acceptance of "American exceptionalism," schooled through an educational system that avoids teaching U.S. history with any degree of credibility so as not to upset anybody, they've never been encouraged to think critically about the past. To ask questions. To raise objections—not necessarily about what happened, but about how to interpret…

Staff (2022-03-06). EU comments on warplanes for Kiev. rt.com Ukraine insists it needs jet fighters to repel the Russian attack | European Council President Charles Michel has said that the bloc's military aid to Ukraine will not include jet fighters, which Kiev has insisted it badly needs to fend off the ongoing Russian invasion. | "The European Union is definitely not at war with Russia. A war is what Russia has launched against Ukraine, a country very friendly and very close to the EU. That is why we support Ukraine on all levels," Michel said in an interview with several European newspapers on Saturday. | The chief of the EU's top political body confirmed that the EU…

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