Monthly Archives: March 2024

2024-03-29: News Headlines

Qassam Muaddi (2024-03-29). 'Operation Al-Aqsa Flood' Day 175: ICJ orders Israel to stop famine in Gaza as Israel continues to raid hospitals. mondoweiss.net The International Court of Justice imposed new provisional measures in South Africa's case against Israel for its genocide in Gaza, ordering Israel to ensure the entry of food and other supplies in order to stop the spreading famine.

WSWS (2024-03-29). Warning "famine is setting in," International Court of Justice orders "unhindered provision" of humanitarian aid to Gaza. wsws.org Given the undeniable fact that Israel has systematically blocked aid deliveries into Gaza, and massacred Palestinians trying to access food from the few shipments that have made it through, the Court's statement implicitly accuses Israel of committing genocidal actions.

Joe Sims (2024-03-29). Build the Party, Build the Clubs. cpusa.org Editor's Note: Build the Party, Build the Clubs is one of three discussion documents submitted by the CPUSA in preparation for its 32nd National Convention. It was approved for submission by the party's National Board at its March 27th meeting. | As the 2024 election unfolds, the U.S. working class is increasingly taking the fight to the bosses. Last year, strike action was way up, as was involvement in electoral struggles all over the country. Labor is taking greater independent political initiative to set the national agenda. The AFL-CIO, for example, recently demanded a ceasefire in Gaza. | This independen…

krish-rad_ind (2024-03-29). 'Operation Al-Aqsa Flood' Day 175: ICJ orders Israel to stop famine in Gaza as Israel continues to raid hospitals. mondoweiss.net

Peoples Dispatch (2024-03-29). People's movements to launch massive Land Day mobilizations in solidarity with Palestine. peoplesdispatch.org On March 30, people's movements and working class parties around the world will mark Land Day as Palestinians continue to resist against land theft and genocide…

Staff (2024-03-29). "Like Lying in a Coffin": UNICEF Spokesperson Warns of Devastating Toll on Gaza's Children. democracynow.org As the death toll in Gaza tops 32,600, we speak with UNICEF spokesperson James Elder in Rafah near the Egyptian border, now home to some 1.5 million Palestinians seeking shelter from the fighting. He says Israel's continued obstruction of aid into the territory is a "man-made and preventable" crisis of hunger and acute malnutrition that could be ended if Israel just opened access to more aid trucks, especially in northern Gaza, where desperate people could be reached in as little as 10 minutes. "When I'm on the street, every person, the first thing they want to tell me in English or…

Staff (2024-03-29). Over 1.1 mn people in Gaza facing food insecurity: UN. muslimmirror.com Gaza : The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has said that more than 1.1 million people in the Gaza Strip are facing "an extreme level of food insecurity," as Israel prevents aid from entering the enclave. The statement, posted on Thursday on social media platform X, emphasised the need to …

Staff (2024-03-29). Over 1.1 mn people in Gaza facing food insecurity: UN. muslimmirror.com Gaza : The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has said that more than 1.1 million people in the Gaza Strip are facing "an extreme level of food insecurity," as Israel prevents aid from entering the enclave. The statement, posted on Thursday on social media platform X, emphasised the need to …

WSWS (2024-03-29). New Zealand Labour Party leader feigns concern about inequality. wsws.org Workers and young people should not be taken in by the utterly hypocritical posturing of Labour leader Chris Hipkins, who leads a party of big business and imperialist war, which is responsible for the worsening social crisis.

WSWS (2024-03-29). UK child poverty at highest level in 30 years, with schools providing basic living necessities. wsws.org In September 2023, the Child Poverty Action Group reported that 4.2 million children nationwide were growing up in poverty—equivalent to nine children in an average classroom of 30.

Eric Brooks (2024-03-29). Strategies for organizational unity and action. cpusa.org The only remedy against a highly organized ruling class is a highly organized Communist Party. The fascist MAGA right is becoming Struggles within the Struggle | The Party Program states, "Grassroots Communist Party clubs are vital to bringing the Party's vision, strategy, and tactics into local work with masses of working people." As a member of a newer, smaller club, however, we are of…

themoscowtimes (2024-03-29). Tajikistan Detains 9 Moscow Concert Attack Suspects — Reports. themoscowtimes.com Sources said that the Tajik intelligence services were working together with their Russian counterparts in an investigation.

Staff (2024-03-29). ESG Funds Under Attack: Why Republicans Are Targeting Socially Responsible Investing. democracynow.org Republicans are on a "crusade" against responsible investing, says Andrew Behar, CEO of the nonprofit group As You Sow that promotes corporate responsibility through shareholder advocacy. His group was subpoenaed to testify before the House Judiciary Committee this week as Republicans probe whether investments that take into account environmental, social and governance (ESG) concerns violate antitrust laws. Republicans have introduced bills in dozens of states across the U.S. to limit state bodies from working with banks and other financial firms that take things like climate change into consideration…

The Independent (2024-03-29). Uganda makes progress in preparing for rewilding endangered white rhinoceros. independent.co.ug ARUA, Uganda | Xinhua | Conservationists in Uganda are working to transform the Ajai Wildlife Reserve in the northwestern Ugandan district of Madi-Okollo into a home for the endangered white rhinoceros. The Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA), a state conservation agency, is deploying both biological and manual efforts to restore the 166-square-kilometer reserve to its original …

Paul Craig Roberts (2024-03-29). The New York City Council No Longer Differentiates Between Illegal Aliens and US Citizens. thealtworld.com The New York City Council is begging the New York state Supreme Court to permit the council to ignore the New York state constitution that only permits citizens to vote. | The city council says that allowing illegal immigrants to vote can only strengthen democracy "by increasing civic engagement." | Think about this for a moment. For the NY City Council, the only difference between an American citizen and an illegal alien is that the alien is discriminated against by not being allowed to vote. | It was obvious from the beginning that this is what happens when a country allows immigrant-invaders to settle among th…

WSWS (2024-03-29). California fast food restaurants conduct mass layoffs in retaliation against state minimum wage increase. wsws.org The new legislation also creates a nine-member "Fast Food Council" with the authority to annually increase wages by the lower of the Consumer Price Index or 3.5 percent, guaranteeing that workers continue to receive cuts in real pay each year.

David S. D'Amato (2024-03-29). The Antiauthoritarians of the First International. counterpunch.org The International Workingmen's Association, popularly known as the First International, first met in September of 1864 at St. Martin's Hall in London. It began as a relatively modest gathering of workers, trade unionists, and socialists of various kinds and political inclinations a half-century before the fated October Revolution, before the twentieth century cemented a particular

WSWS (2024-03-29). The German Train Drivers Union wage settlement and the government's pro-war policy. wsws.org What GDL union leader Claus Weselsky grandiosely describes as a reduction in train drivers' working hours, with full wages maintained, is in fact the opposite: a reduction in real wages and an open-ended "working time corridor" leading to longer working hours and lower pay.

albawaba (2024-03-29). How to Start a Landscaping Business: Easy Guide! albawaba.com Starting a landscaping business can be total fun! Especially if you love to work outside and create lovely spaces. If you happen to love nature, considering a landscaping business should be your goal. | The demand for landscaping services is always around the corner. You only need to get some useful tools and decide on rates for each service you provide. | By learning how to start a landscaping business, you can enjoy the freedom of your new full of talent and fun job as well as choosing your own clients and an ultimate comfortable working schedule. | How to Start a Landscaping Business: Steps: | 1. Outli…

teleSUR, dcdc, DRL (2024-03-29). Aumentan la pobreza urbana y la indigencia en Argentina. telesurtv.net El rango de edad más afectado por la pobreza es el de los niños de hasta 14 años donde alcanza el 58,4 por ciento.

Michael Roberts (2024-03-29). Sri Lanka's debt trap and the vultures. cadtm.org

newarab (2024-03-29). US official quits State Dept. over Israel Gaza war support. newarab.com A US State Department official working on human rights issues in the Middle East resigned Wednesday in protest over Annelle Sheline, 38, left her position as a foreign affairs officer in the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor just a year into her role, with nearly half of that period overshadowed by Israel's

Larry Johnson (2024-03-29). A Desperate West Steps Up Its Covert Actions As Delusional Thinking Persists. sonar21.com The CIA is working overtime to push the lie that they warned the Russians about the 22 March terrorist attack and the Russians ignored that warning. Simply not true. As I noted in my previous article, the USG warning issued on March 7 only specified 48 hours. I have no idea when that "clock" started but let's assume it was Friday the 7th and ended on Sunday the 9th. Since the "predicted" action did not take place there are at least two possible explanations — 1) the intel was bogus or 2) the stepped up Russian security at the Crocus City Hall on March 8 thwarted the attack. | Unless the intel stipulat…

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2024-03-27: News Headlines

In Defense of Liberation! (2024-03-27). Difficult Posting During a Genocide. podcasters.spotify.com Explaining why I haven't posted while updating on situation in West Asia, connecting to trends worldwide and in Turtle Island – re: Militarization, Cop Cities, Hyper-Repression, Inequality, etc.

ecns.cn (2024-03-27). Insights | Global Development Initiative a way for China to share development experience: U.S. expert. ecns.cn The Global Development Initiative proposed by China has made significant contributions to fostering consensus on development, global poverty reduction, and economic development, said Benjamin Norton, chief editor of the Geopolitical Economy Report, in an interview with China News Network in Wuyishan, Nanping City of East China's Fujian Province.

WSWS (2024-03-27). Right-wing presidential candidate RFK Jr. picks wealthy Silicon Valley lawyer Nicole Shanahan as running mate. wsws.org Shanahan, 38, is a longtime donor to Democratic Party campaigns and was formerly married to Google co-founder Sergey Brin, the 10th wealthiest person in the world.

WSWS (2024-03-27). "Unprecedented" growth of US debt could bring market shock. wsws.org The Congressional Budget Office director has warned the US could face a Liz Truss style financial crisis.

WSWS (2024-03-27). Campaigning begins for South Korea's general election. wsws.org The two main big-business parties have offered nothing but empty populist pledges while ignoring the major issues facing the working class.

Patricia Harrity (2024-03-27). Dr. Fàºllmich Statement From Prison — 'Their House of Cards is Collapsing'. expose-news.com Dr. Reiner Fàºllmich has continued to analyse evidence of the crimes against humanity from prison. that he and the Corona Committee had been working to expose since 2020. The corruption is being …

Waging Nonviolence (2024-03-27). 45 years after Three Mile Island, we need a 'No Nukes' comeback. pressenza.com As Biden sinks billions into nuclear energy, members of the historic Clamshell Alliance are reuniting to spark a new wave of anti-nuke resistance. | By Arnie Alpert | When a nuclear reactor at Three Mile Island in Pennsylvania went from a technological miracle to a pile of radioactive rubble in a matter of moments in 1979, the Portsmouth, New Hampshire office of the Clamshell Alliance became a hive of activity. I was working there at the time, fielding calls from activists and journalists from around the world. Everyone wanted our opinion since — over the previous few years — our nonviolent demonstrat…

ecns.cn (2024-03-27). Insights | Chinese modernization a good example for developing countries: Lebanese scholar. ecns.cn Lebanese scholar Adham Sayed said in an interview with China New Network that it is necessary to let more people in the world see the real China, a good example of a nation working to make a better future.

Michael Roberts (2024-03-27). Sri Lanka's debt trap and the vultures. cadtm.org

newarab (2024-03-27). Will famine in Gaza force an end to Israel's war. newarab.com

newarab (2024-03-27). Moscow teens 'saved over 100' from Crocus City Hall attack. newarab.com Russian schoolboys Islam Khalilov, 15, and Artyom Donskoy, 14, have been praised for saving scores of people from the When the attack began, the students were working as cloakroom attendants. Along with other employees, they directed people towards the exits and away from dead ends. | Khalilov filmed himself running towards the scene of the attack and directing people towards the exits, while Donskoy was seen escorting another group out of the burning building. | Islam recall…

newarab (2024-03-27). With no work, Gaza starts the full-time job of staying alive. newarab.com "Sometimes I wake up and think my dreams have come true. But then I remember that I live in Gaza," sighs Yousef Almassri, a recent graduate of IT. | "Today Gaza is like a Before the war started, Yousef had his heart set on a career in IT. "I love the world of apps and working with clients around the world. In a place like Gaza, remote working is often the best optio…

csmonitor.com (2024-03-27). NBC sought a conservative voice. But its employees didn't want Ronna McDanielNBC News cut ties March 26 with former Republican National Committee chief Ronna McDaniel less than a week after hiring her as an on-air political contributor, a decision that followed a furious protest by some of its journalists and commentators.

Comment: This story shows how American MSM that only serves both Dems and Repubs has gotten stupider from year-to-year.

aa.com.tr (2024-03-27). Top UN court likely to issue tough decision against Israel for ongoing attacks on Gaza The world court will rule on the requested additional measures in the coming days, which may include criticism of Israel as well as requests for additional monitoring reports, according to the KAN broadcaster report.

newcoldwar.org (2024-03-27). Hezbollah retaliates against Israeli atrocities in Gaza with strikes on military bases Lebanon's Hezbollah resistance movement has conducted multiple operations against Israeli military outposts in the northern part of the 1948 occupied territories, expressing its unwavering support for Palestinians in Gaza amid a genocidal war.

ca.news.yahoo.com (2024-03-27). Palestinians drown trying to reach Gaza aid air-dropped by US into seaThe Pentagon confirmed that three of the 18 packages it air-dropped on Monday had parachute malfunctions and fell into the water just off the coast of the Strip. However, US officials did not confirm if any Gazans were killed while trying to reach the aid.

firstpost.com (2024-03-27). Teens in Gaza hoping to be killed to end their "nightmare" : UN – Firstpost A spokesman for the UN children's agency said on Tuesday that the situation in the war-torn Gaza is so bad that teens are increasingly expressing their desire to be quickly murdered in order to end the "nightmare".
  "The unspeakable is regularly said in Gaza," said James Elder, spokesman for the United Nations children's agency UNICEF.

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2024-03-25: News Headlines

Staff (2024-03-25). As Israel Blocks More U.N. Aid, Gaza Is on the Brink of "Most Intense Famine" Since WW2. democracynow.org In Gaza, millions of Palestinians are starving after five months of U.S.-backed attacks by Israel, while Israel continues to prevent the delivery of essential provisions. UNRWA chief Philippe Lazzarini wrote on social media, "This man-made starvation under our watch is a stain on our collective humanity." The head of the World Health Organization says children in Gaza are already dying of malnutrition. "This is fundamentally a political crisis," says Alex de Waal, the author of Mass Starvation: The History and Future of Famine, who explains that even with a ceasefire and humanitarian aid,…

albawaba (2024-03-25). UN Security Council adopts Gaza ceasefire resolution despite US objection. albawaba.com ALBAWABA- The United Nations Security Council passed a resolution calling for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, with three votes in favor, the US voting against, and 11 abstentions.However, the proposed amendment by Russia, which aimed to include the phrase "permanent ceasefire," was not adopted. China expressed its support for the new draft resolution emphasizing an "immediate" ceasefire. The Russian delegate to the UN announced that they were instructed to vote affirmatively on any resolution containing the term "permanent ceasefire." Similarly, Mozambique's delegate emphasized the importance of working towards ac…

Olivia Rosane (2024-03-25). Northern Gaza on the Brink of Famine as Israel Denies Entry of UNRWA Food Aid. truthout.org Israel will no longer permit the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East to drive convoys bearing food aid into northern Gaza, even as the area is on the brink of famine. Israeli officials informed the U.N. of the new restrictions on Sunday, prompting outrage and dire warnings from U.N. officials and other human rights advocates. "By preventing UNRWA to… |

Editor (2024-03-25). Flour massacre called 'aid-related deaths'—rather than part of Israel's engineered famine. mronline.org Over 100 Palestinians were killed and hundreds more wounded on February 29, when Israeli snipers opened fire on people approaching a convoy of trucks carrying desperately needed supplies of flour. The attack was quickly dubbed the flour massacre.

Democracy Now! (2024-03-25). Democracy Now! 2024-03-25 Monday. democracynow.org Headlines for March 25, 2024; ISIS-K Claims Credit After 137 Killed in Moscow Concert Attack; Russia Tries to Blame Ukraine; As Israel Blocks More U.N. Aid, Gaza Is on the Brink of "Most Intense Famine" Since WW2; World Ignores Sudan Hunger Crisis; 230,000 Children and Mothers Could Die in Coming Months | Headlines for March 25, 2024; ISIS-K Claims Credit After 137 Killed in Moscow Concert Attack; Russia Tries to Blame Ukraine; As Israel Blocks More U.N. Aid, Gaza Is on the Brink of "Most Intense Famine" Since WW2; World Ignores Sudan Hunger Crisis; 230,000 Children and Mothers Could Die in…

Democracy Now! (2024-03-25). Democracy Now! 2024-03-25 Monday. democracynow.org Headlines for March 25, 2024; ISIS-K Claims Credit After 137 Killed in Moscow Concert Attack; Russia Tries to Blame Ukraine; As Israel Blocks More U.N. Aid, Gaza Is on the Brink of "Most Intense Famine" Since WW2; World Ignores Sudan Hunger Crisis; 230,000 Children and Mothers Could Die in Coming Months | Headlines for March 25, 2024; ISIS-K Claims Credit After 137 Killed in Moscow Concert Attack; Russia Tries to Blame Ukraine; As Israel Blocks More U.N. Aid, Gaza Is on the Brink of "Most Intense Famine" Since WW2; World Ignores Sudan Hunger Crisis; 230,000 Children and Mothers Could Die in…

Sharon Zhang (2024-03-25). Ocasio-Cortez Condemns US Complicity in Gaza "Genocide" and "Forced Famine" truthout.org Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-New York) said that Israel's siege of Gaza amounts to a "genocide" in a speech on the House floor on Friday as she condemned Israel's "forced famine" and U.S. complicity in the massacre. "As we speak, in this moment, 1.1 million innocents in Gaza are at famine's door, a famine that is being intentionally precipitated through the blocking of food and global… |

Staff (2024-03-25). World Ignores Sudan Hunger Crisis; 230,000 Children and Mothers Could Die in Coming Months. democracynow.org Sudan is on track to become the world's worst hunger crisis, according to the United Nations. For over a year, fighting between the Sudanese military and the rival Rapid Support Forces has disrupted the country, displacing over 8 million people who experience extreme hunger in the areas with the most intense fighting. The increasing demand comes as the U.N.'s appeal for $2.7 billion for Sudan is less than 5% funded. Funding is also drying up in Chad, where some 1.2 million Sudanese have taken refuge. "This is the largest sort of mass mortality crisis that we are facing in the world and the largest…

News Desk, The Cradle. (2024-03-25). Sending Weapons To Israel Illegal, US Lawmakers Say. popularresistance.org US Democratic lawmakers are warning President Joe Biden that providing weapons to Israel is illegal under existing US law because Israel is withholding US humanitarian aid from Gaza as famine looms. | Haaretz reported on 24 March that the group of prominent lawmakers sent a letter to President Biden stating that "so long as Israel continues to restrict the entry of humanitarian aid into Gaza, the continued provision of US security assistance to Israel would constitute a violation of existing US law and must be restricted."

SAM (2024-03-25). AOC: "There Is No Defense for Forced Famine" progressivehub.net JAKE JOHNSON | COMMON DREAMS…

Agence France-Presse (2024-03-25). UNRWA says Israel will no longer approve its food convoys to northern Gaza. scmp.com 'This is outrageous and makes it intentional to obstruct life-saving assistance during a man-made famine,' said Philippe Lazzarini, head of the UN Palestinian refugee agency.

albawaba (2024-03-25). Israel informs UNRWA it will no longer approve aid entry to North Gaza. albawaba.com ALBAWABA – UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini wrote in a social media post on X that from now on Israel will be denying the northern parts of Gaza from aid entry which is provided by the UN agency. "Despite the tragedy unfolding under our watch, the Israeli Authorities informed the UN that they will no longer approve any UNRWA food convoys to the north," Lazzarini said in his post. He described the decision as "outrageous," claiming it was made with the goal of obstructing life-saving relief delivery during a man-created famine in the northern Gaza Strip.@UNRWA, the main lifeline for c-span.org (2024-03-25). U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Security Council Resolution for Ceasefire in Gaza During a U.N. Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East and following the adoption of a resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Linda Thomas-Greenfield delivered brief remarks. The ambassador said the United States supports the resolution but chose to abstain from the vote because they did not agree with everything in the resolution.

c-span.org (2024-03-25). U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Security Council Resolution for Ceasefire in GazaDuring a U.N. Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East and following the adoption of a resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Linda Thomas-Greenfield delivered brief remarks. The ambassador said the United States supports the resolution but chose to abstain from the vote because they did not agree with everything in the resolution.

middleeasteye.net (2024-03-25). 'Seeing for Ourselves': A call for inner reflection while tackling injustice In her honest reflections, Suhaiymah Manzoor-Khan invites readers on a spiritual journey of self-accounting, helping us to think about how we see ourselves and want to be seen

en.abna24.com (2024-03-25). Burning Palestinian civilians by Israel, a model of America's massacre in JapanIn Gaza, Palestine, three Palestinian women get martyred every hour as a result of Israeli airstrikes, targeting residential homes with incendiary bombs and being trapped in dire conditions; women, who are often harder to rescue from under rubble or fires than men.

tasnimnews.com (2024-03-25). Iraqi Islamic Resistance Targets Israeli Military Headquarters with Drone StrikeThe Islamic Resistance in Iraq said it launched a drone strike early Sunday targeting the headquarters of the Israeli regime's ministry for military affairs in the occupied territories.

scoop.co.nz (2024-03-25). Jewish And Muslim Youth Unite To Respond To Gaza Humanitarian Crisis "It was both empowering and sobering to be in the room alongside many of our Jewish brothers and sisters who are committed to upholding their Jewish values in support of a liberated Palestine" said Tahirah Moton (Ng?ti Maniapoto) from the Muslim youth community.

_____ (2024-03-25). Israel's Trojan Horse. transcend.org 18 Mar 2024 – The "temporary pier" being built on the Mediterranean coast of Gaza is not there to alleviate the famine, but to herd Palestinians onto ships and into permanent exile.

Editor (2024-03-25). Mar 25, 2024. sitrepworld.info Jules Massenet / Thais / Meditation A Barely‚ÄëDisguised Genocide, by Caitlin Johnstone Observers say Israel could cease to exist if a big war breaks out, by Don Hank Jewish Fingernail Fact Check — NOI Research Group The 'New Anti-Semitism,' by Steven Friedman "Man-Made Hell On Earth": A Canadian Doctor on His Medical Mission to Gaza, by Jeremy Scahill Rick Sterling on Political Weaponization of Sports & JFK-Israel, by Kevin Barrett Elites, Commoners, And The Shrinking Trust Horizon, by John Rubino Total U.S. Billionaire Wealth: Up 88 Percent over Four Years, by Chuck Co…

WSWS (2024-03-25). No to imperialist war and genocide! Reject the capitalist political establishment! Build the Socialist Equality Party in Turkey! wsws.org The March 31 local elections in Turkey are being held against the backdrop of the threat of nuclear conflict, exacerbated by NATO's escalating imperialist war against Russia in Ukraine, Israel's genocide of the Palestinians in Gaza and preparations for war against Iran, and an emerging international movement of the working class.

Amy Goodman (2024-03-25). Sudan May Soon Face the World's Worst Hunger Crisis. truthout.org Sudan is on track to become the world's worst hunger crisis, according to the United Nations. For over a year, fighting between the Sudanese military and the rival Rapid Support Forces has disrupted the country, displacing over 8 million people who experience extreme hunger in the areas with the most intense fighting. The increasing demand comes as the U.N.'s appeal for $2.7 billion for Sudan is… |

Gabisile (2024-03-25). SA-US relationship built on mutual respect and cooperation. sanews.gov.za SA-US relationship built on mutual respect and cooperation | President Cyril Ramaphosa has acknowledged that the relationship between South Africa and the United States has recently received a great deal of attention due to the Israel-Palestine conflict. | In his weekly newsletter, the President assured citizens that strengthening ties between the two countries was among the important issues discussed by the International Relations and Cooperation Minister, Dr Naledi Pandor, during her working visit to Washington last week, where she met with United States officials. | "The topic also featured prominently in a me…

Amie Stager, In These Times. (2024-03-25). Across Industries, Workers Are Harnessing Their Collective Power. popularresistance.org Minneapolis – Collective power is rising in Minnesota. Thousands of union members and a broad coalition of community groups banded together to demand better contracts, quality schools, housing and a livable planet. Unions in Minnesota have been aligning with community groups for more than a decade, participating in actions to build solidarity and worker power. | On Tuesday, March 5, around 1,000 nursing home workers filled the Minnesota Capitol grounds to picket for better wages and working conditions in what was the industry's largest strike in the history of the state.

tvbrics (2024-03-25). Iran and China agree to cooperate in areas related to the environment through forming joint working group. tvbrics.com The two sides also decided to organise meetings to exchange experiences…

| Our Correspondent | (2024-03-25). Peasant's body doubts credibility of Kissan Card. tribune.com.pk Hari Welfare Association (HWA), a non-profit organisation working for the rights of peasants, has contended that the Sindh government's Kissan Card initiative is unlikely to benefit the farm workers who do not own land. | The association's president Akram Khaskheli said in a statement on Monday that the peasants who mostly offer their labour to the landlords on the basis of sharing crops will not be able to avail the card. | Through the card, which was one of the promises made during the election campaign by Pakistan Peoples Party's Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, the farmers will receive subsidies, loans and…

Joseph Essertier (2024-03-25). American Censorship is Bad for Peace. dissidentvoice.org I cannot sit back and allow the international communist conspiracy to sap and impurify our precious bodily fluids. — General Jack D. Ripper in Dr Strangelove Most people would agree that in any modern, wealthy, multicultural, free, non-colonized, democratic society, people have the right to know what is going on in their community. In fact, …

ecns.cn (2024-03-25). Xi meets Dominican PM. ecns.cn Chinese President Xi Jinping met with Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of Dominica Roosevelt Skerrit in Beijing on Monday.

albawaba (2024-03-25). Dubai to launch Air Taxis service ahead of USA, maker Joby Aviation announces. albawaba.com ALBAWABA — Joby Aviation, the startup working on electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) vehicles, has announced that its Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) aircrafts are set to launch an air taxi service in Dubai, UAE in late 2025, beating the US in the race.Joby's president of operations, Bonny Simi, has explained in an interview according to Bloomberg, that progress with partners in Dubai is "a bit more advanced in the approach that they're taking" compared to other regions, enabling them to launch in the emirate first.Joby's electric air taxi in the skies above New York City, piloted by James "Buddy" De…

Sarah Anderson (2024-03-25). Is 'Neoliberal Feminist' an Oxymoron? inequality.org Christine Lagarde is one of the strongest proponents of gender equality amongst the global elite. President of the European Central Bank, she is also a former International Monetary Fund Managing Director and French finance minister. The former lawyer was the first woman to chair global law firm Baker McKenzie, the first woman to serve as a finance minister from …

GABIK (2024-03-25). Mchunu tackles water shortage in King Cetshwayo District Municipality. sanews.gov.za Mchunu tackles water shortage in King Cetshwayo District Municipality | Water and Sanitation Minister Senzo Mchunu has raised concern at the high deficit of water supply to communities in the King Cetshwayo District Municipality and the management of debt owed to the uMngeni-uThukela Water Board. | Mchunu raised his concerns at a meeting held with the leaders of the King Cetshwayo District Municipality, including the Mfolozi and uMlalazi Local Municipalities, which fall under the district in KwaZulu-Natal. | According to the 2022 Stats SA community survey, the King Cetshwayo District Municipality is home to 1 02…

WSWS (2024-03-25). Laid off UPS worker denounces Teamsters: "They knew they would enact these mass layoffs ahead of time" wsws.org Julia, a single mother of two and recently laid-off worker, spoke to the WSWS about her time working at UPS, the layoffs, the Teamsters union, as well as the immense hardship and injustice facing her and other sections of the working class.

Michael Roberts (2024-03-25). Sri Lanka's debt trap and the vultures. cadtm.org

newarab (2024-03-25). Canada student collapses after hunger strike for Gaza. newarab.com A Canadian student at Rania Amine began her hunger strike on February 19. She fainted on Saturday and is now "stable and under observation" at hospital, Middle East Eye reported. | Amine is one of a group of students hunger striking…

presstv.ir (2024-03-25). Canadian student hospitalized after month-long hunger strike for Palestine. presstv.ir A Canadian student from McGill University, who has been on an indefinite hunger strike in support of the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, is admitted to hospital.

presstv.ir (2024-03-25). Israel kills Palestinian journalist, his son in Gaza City. presstv.ir Saher Akram Rayan had been working as a correspondent for the Palestinian news agency WAFA for more than 20 years.

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2024-03-23: News Headlines

Betsey Piette (2024-03-23). Palestine/Irish solidarity gathering in Philadelphia. workers.org Gathering for Palestine/Irish solidarity. Philadelphia, March 18, 2024. Around 75 people came out for a Palestine/Ireland solidarity gathering at the Irish famine memorial in Philadelphia on March 18, organized by the Philadelphia Palestine Coalition and Philadelphia Irish Against Oppression. The very moving event, which included Irish music performed by Kevin . . . |

Michael Arria (2024-03-23). U.S. cuts UNRWA funding as famine looms for Gaza. mondoweiss.net Congress passed a $1.2 trillion spending bill that will continue a ban on funding UNRWA until at least 2025. President Biden has said he will sign the bill immediately.

James North (2024-03-23). Mainstream media finally reports on Gaza famine but won't admit Israel is deliberately responsible. mondoweiss.net Palestinians in Gaza are starving, but the mainstream media won't tell you the simple truth that Israel is intentionally causing the famine.

Editor (2024-03-23). Flour Massacre Called 'Aid-Related Deaths'—Rather Than Part of Israel's Engineered Famine. scheerpost.com By Robin Andersen / FAIR Over 100 Palestinians were killed and hundreds more wounded on February 29, when Israeli snipers opened fire on people approaching a convoy of trucks carrying desperately needed supplies of flour. The attack was quickly dubbed the flour massacre. Corporate media reporting was contentious and confused, mired in accusations and conflicting details …

WSWS (2024-03-23). Australia: NSW Labor, Canterbury-Bankstown Council ban discussion of Gaza genocide at Lakemba Ramadan night market. wsws.org Labor, working with Zionists and police agencies, is trying to prohibit discussion of the Gaza genocide in a working-class area of Sydney with a major Middle Eastern and Islamic population.

Editor (2024-03-23). Inequalities and concentration of wealth in USA have wide implications. mronline.org A study by the Urban Institute (UI) in 2018, before the pandemic struck, found that nearly 40 per cent of non-elderly adults and their families struggled to afford at least one basic need for health care, housing, utilities or food in 2017.

channelnewsasia (2024-03-23). Singapore is capable of hosting the Commonwealth Games, observers say. But does it need to? channelnewsasia.com CNA looks at the relevance — and the possible political repercussions — of staging the multi-sport event.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2024-03-23). Assessing breast cancer risk. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org The genetic risk of breast cancer has been in the news lately. Researchers at the Mayo Clinic Comprehensive Cancer Center are working toward pinpointing individuals' risk of developing breast cancer. The discovery of the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes in the 1990s enabled many women to learn they are at high risk of developing breast cancer. More than a dozen other breast cancer genes have been identified since, but the risks associated with them have been…

tvbrics (2024-03-23). CIS sectoral co-operation bodies continue to interact with BRICS, SCO and EAEU. tvbrics.com Commonwealth states intend to jointly implement targeted programmes…

WSWS (2024-03-23). Homeless Australians dying 30 years younger than the national average. wsws.org Studies suggesting that even a brief period of rough sleeping can have an enormous impact on health and life expectancy are of particular concern amid a rise in homelessness, including among people with paid jobs.

Dave Kellaway, Uraz Aydin (2024-03-23). Left activism in Turkey. internationalviewpoint.org "One positive approach adopted by the TIP is not to only try and win new members and support from the secular, non—religious sectors, the educated youth and intellectuals but also to reach out to the base of the more religious orientated working class and poor through work around working class demands." | – | / |

palestinechronicle.com (2024-03-23). Amid Israeli Genocide – Gaza's Faith Unbroken (PHOTOS & VIDEO) Faith is a central component in the lives of Palestinians. Gaza, now undergoing an Israeli genocide, is in greater need of its faith than ever before.

inthesetimes.com (2024-03-23). Defunding UNRWA Was Never About HamasThe refugee agency is a reminder that Palestinian refugees exist and have inalienable political rights—a truth the Israeli government finds deeply inconvenient.

sfgate.com (2024-03-23). The UN Security Council is set to vote on a resolution demanding a Ramadan cease-fire The U.N. Security Council is set to vote on a NEW resolution demanding a humanitarian cease-fire in Gaza during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. The resolution, put forward by the 10 elected council members, is backed by Russia and China, who vetoed a U.S.-sponsored resolution Friday. The council is expected to vote on the resolution Monday morning.

truthout.org (2024-03-23). US Has Redefined "Human Shields" to Enable Israel's Slaughter of Gaza Civilians President Biden and members of Congress have cynically reinterpreted "human shields" to flout international law.

palestinechronicle.com (2024-03-23). 'She Never Returned Home' – Palestinians Children Remember Their Mothers, Killed in Israeli Airstrikes In fact, for many children, there will be no mothers to celebrate anymore as well over 9,000 Palestinian women have been killed since the beginning of the war. Moreover, the Palestinian Red Crescent Society said in a statement on X on Thursday that the Israeli war on Gaza has been killing an average of 37 mothers daily since October 7.

Israel-Gaza War Update: Latest Figures and Statistics

Posted by Richard Medhurst.

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2024-03-23). Proletarian Internationalism: The Disconnect of the Western Left. orinocotribune.com By Agonas — Mar 20, 2024 | The Disconnect of the Western Left | Proletarian Internationalism stands as a cornerstone principle in socialist theory, rooted in the understanding that capitalism systematically exploits and oppresses the global working class. Advocating for a unified struggle against capitalist exploitation and imperialism, internationalism recognizes the interconnectedness of the modern world, necessitating a global approach to addressing social, economic, and environmental issues. | Within the Western left, particularly in affluent countries, there has been a noticeable detachment from the pri…

Prabhat Patnaik (2024-03-23). Once more on poverty figures of India. mronline.org Poverty in short had increased significantly between 2011-12 and 2017-18. After 2017-18 we have had a pandemic, and a lockdown induced by it, from which the economy is just recovering, though unemployment today is higher than before the pandemic.

Richard Horton (2024-03-23). Comment] Offline: It's about more than a climate emergency. thelancet.com Flying to Singapore to take part in a meeting of the Lancet Commission on Sustainable Healthcare is not without tragic irony. A defence that more can be achieved from 3 days of face-to-face encounters than a few hours of stilted Zoom calls might be weakly self-exculpatory. Proof will come with the final product, which, judging by the leadership of Co-Chairs Jodi Sherman and Andrea MacNeill, is likely to be highly compelling. A second reason for visiting this tropical science superpower was the launch of a new Centre for Sustainable Medicine within the National University of Singapore.

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2024-03-22: News Headlines

Amy Goodman (2024-03-22). Even If Gaza Aid Increased Tomorrow, It Wouldn't Be Enough in the Immediate Term. truthout.org As Israel continues its relentless assault on Gaza, causing mass famine, injury and death, we get an update on the malnutrition and mental health crises in Gaza from Dr. Nahreen Ahmed, a pulmonary and critical care doctor and the medical director of the humanitarian aid group MedGlobal. She is recently back from a two-week volunteer trip to Gaza, where she says these crises are growing so rapidly… |

Rania Khalek (2024-03-22). Why the US Wants to Block Free and Fair Elections in Palestine w/ Dr. Mustafa Barghouti. thealtworld.com Israel continues to starve, bombard, and ethnically cleanse Palestine with the full backing of the US government. The death toll stands at over 31,000 people, and more than half of Gaza's population of 2.3 million people are facing imminent famine. And while the world has its eyes on Gaza, Israel has intensified its slaughter and torture of Palestinians in the occupied West Bank. | Dr. Mustafa Barghouti, a physician and general secretary of the Palestinian National Initiative, joins the show from Ramallah to discuss the possibility of Palestinian political unification in a postwar Gaza why free and fair election…

Staff (2024-03-22). "Children Are Dying": Doctor Just Back from Gaza Describes Severe Malnutrition, Preventable Infections. democracynow.org As Israel continues its relentless assault on Gaza, causing mass famine, injury and death, we get an update on the malnutrition and mental health crises in Gaza from Dr. Nahreen Ahmed, a pulmonary and critical care doctor and the medical director of the humanitarian aid group MedGlobal. She is recently back from a two-week volunteer trip to Gaza, where she says these crises are growing so rapidly "that even if aid was increased tomorrow, we would still be in a severe situation where the amount of food would not be enough in the immediate term." It is a "horrific experience for all involved,&#822…

Staff (2024-03-22). Headlines for March 22, 2024. democracynow.org Al-Shifa Evacuees Describe Terror of Israeli Attack on Besieged Hospital, Video Shows Israeli Forces Targeting and Killing Group of Unarmed Gazans, Antony Blinken Meets Netanyahu in Tel Aviv as He Acknowledges Severe Hunger Crisis in Gaza, Dozens of Ex-U.S. Officials Warn Biden Against Enabling Israeli Abuses in Occupied West Bank, Sudan Could Soon Become the World's Worst Hunger Crisis, Biden Admin Urged to Halt Haiti Deportations as Deadly Unrest Continues, 70+ Rohingya Refugees Could Be Dead After Boat Capsizes Off Aceh Coast, France Pushes Law to Curb Devastating Impacts of Fast Fashion, Russian Strikes…

Salma Yaseen (2024-03-22). Homeless all over again. electronicintifada.net Israel destroyed one of Rafah's largest residential buildings.

WSWS (2024-03-22). French army prepares to send ground troops to Ukraine. wsws.org These statements confirm that Macron and the French army command intend to escalate the war, trampling underfoot deep working class opposition to war.

April M. Short (2024-03-22). The Double Edge Theater's Project to 'Rematriate Land'. counterpunch.org The economic realities in the U.S. do not generally support working-class artists and culture bearers—an issue that has only been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. According to a March 2021 report titled "Solidarity Not Charity: Arts and Culture Grantmaking in the Solidarity Economy," 63 percent of creatives in the U.S. were "fully unemployed" as of December 2020 and one-third

WSWS (2024-03-22). Canada Post demands sweeping concessions in contract talks as postal union keeps workers demobilized. wsws.org The WSWS urges postal workers ready to fight CPC's outrageous concessions demands to draw the necessary conclusions from the Canadian Union of Postal Workers' complicity in undermining their working conditions. The only way forward is through the construction of rank-and-file committees at every depot to seize control of the contract struggle.

SAM (2024-03-22). Coming Soon to a Mansion Near You: A Tax on Over-the-Top Greed Grabs. inequality.org

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2024-03-22). HaàØti: The Barbecue Revolution — Civil War & Viv Ansanm's Path to Power. libya360.wordpress.com New Black Nationalism "We are an organization of nationalists, focused on the country and the ghetto, who united to dismantle a number of vagabonds and gangs that politicians use to harm the ghettos each time they seek to take power. We have formed it so the ghetto gets its share…Hungry people don't play around." —…

GABIK (2024-03-22). SA marks World Water Day. sanews.gov.za SA marks World Water Day | Today South Africa joins the globe in marking World Water Day which is celebrated annually on 22 March. | South African Research Chairs Initiative (SARChI) Chairperson, Professor Bongani Ncube has underscored the need to improve access to productive water across South Africa's disadvantaged communities. | "I'm talking about water for productivity, water for agriculture, [and] water that will take people out of poverty," Professor Ncube said. | The SARChI was established in 2006 by the Department of Science and Technology (DST) and the National Research Foundation (NRF). | The main goal…

WSWS (2024-03-22). US$152 million "pre-wedding" bash of Asia' richest man shows contempt of billionaires toward workers and rural poor. wsws.org This immense accumulation of wealth in the hands of a handful of billionaires should be ended and those resources should be used to resolve the miserable living conditions of hundreds of millions of Indian workers and poor.

youtube.com (2024-03-22). LIVE: Outside Moscow concert hall after shooting by several gunmenRussia's Federal Security Service said 40 people died and more than 100 were wounded in an attack Friday at a Moscow concert hall.
  The attack, which Russian authorities are investigating as terrorism, is the deadliest in Russia in recent years.
  Several gunmen burst into the concert hall on the edge of Moscow and sprayed visitors with automatic gunfire, killing and wounding dozens and starting a massive blaze

PositiveUniverse.com Comment (2024-03-22). The duplicitous American MSM wants the public to believe that Russia vetoed the US drafted Security Council calling for a ceasefire in Gaza.The American MSM wants the public to believe that Russia vetoed the US drafted Security Council calling for a ceasefire in Gaza.
  It was a trick resolution question. It did NOT call for a ceasefire and simply stated that a ceasefire is an 'imperative' (important), further enabling the march by Israel for an upcoming Rafah invasion and massive slaughter of Palestinians.

Homeless Garden Project (2024-03-22). Saturday 3/30: Day of Service in Honor of Cesar Chavez. indybay.org Homeless Garden Project Farm, 904 Shaffer Rd, Santa Cruz…

Ron Jacobs (2024-03-22). The Arrogance of the Powerful, From Palestine to People's Park. counterpunch.org I lived in Berkeley in 1981. In fact, I'd been there for a few years except for a summer in Santa Cruz and a winter in San Diego. I spent a lot of the time I wasn't working some day job hanging out in People's Park and on Telegraph Avenue. I wasn't alone. In fact,

Staff (2024-03-22). Maldives Prez seeks debt relief from India after insisting on withdrawal of military personnel. muslimmirror.com Male : After his anti-India rhetoric, Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu has struck a reconciliatory tone, saying India will continue to remain his country's "closest ally" and urged New Delhi to provide debt relief to the archipelago nation. The Maldives owed approximately USD 400.9 million to India by the end of last year. Ever since he …

Vicente Navarro (2024-03-22). The Importance of Social Class as a Power Category Besides Race and Gender to Understand What is Going on in the US. counterpunch.org The widely reproduced perception that the majority of the working population is middle class, as even President Biden mentioned in his State of the Union address, is inaccurate and is based on a biased survey that asked people to define themselves either as upper, middle, or lower class. The term lower class is derogatory and insulting, and very few people choose to define themselves as lower class. The occupational groups used by the General Social Survey (GSS) give an idea of classes in the U.S.: The corporate class includes corporate owners and managers; the middle class is comprised of professionals and techn…

Hussein Askary (2024-03-22). "Iraq's oil wealth is in the hands of Washington, while Iraqi go hungry," Interview with Hussein Askary. globalresearch.ca

MEE correspondent (2024-03-22). Iranian press review: Afghans claim organ theft from deceased relatives in Iran. middleeasteye.net Iranian press review: Afghans claim organ theft from deceased relatives in Iran | Meanwhile, unions argue proposed minimum wage increase would push workers deeper into poverty, and the closure of the pro-reformist Aftab daily highlights pressure on critical media
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newarab (2024-03-22). Sudan among 'worst humanitarian disasters in recent memory': UN. newarab.com After nearly a year of war, Sudan is suffering one of the worst humanitarian crises in recent history, the United Nations warned Wednesday, slamming the international community for its lack of action. | Fighting between army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and his former deputy, Mohamed Hamdan Daglo, has since April killed tens of thousands and led to acute food shortages and a looming risk of famine. | "By all measures – the sheer scale of humanitarian needs, the numbers of people displaced and facing hunger – Sudan is one of the worst humanitarian disasters in recent memory," said Edem Wosornu, director of oper…

newarab (2024-03-22). Ramadan: Gaza is trapped in a cycle of 'starving to fasting'. newarab.com "There's no food in Gaza, no water, and nothing to buy. We don't have money, we've spent our savings, we sold our belongings, and we have Bahaa Talab slumps in his chair, he's barely eaten since Ramadan began. "We were already fasting before Ramadan," the Al-Saraya resident sighed, "On the first day, I ate a bite of stale bread and a cup of tea for Suhoor. While Muslims around the world agonise over Iftar, we agonise over when the next bomb will explode." | Food shortages, malnutrition, and famine…

newarab (2024-03-22). Canada FM confirms halting arms shipments to Israel. newarab.com Canada will halt all arms shipments to Israel, The besieged Palestinian territory is facing a mounting humanitarian crisis, and months of war have pushed hundreds of thousands of Gazans to the brink of famine. | Canada, a key ally of the United States, which provides Israel with billions of dollars a year in military aid, had alre…

newarab (2024-03-22). Inside the TikTok trend exploiting child hunger in NW Syria. newarab.com In recent years, a disturbing phenomenon has spread across the IDP (internally displaced persons) camps of This is provided to them by the Tiktok account holders, who have themselves

presstv.ir (2024-03-22). Biggest rise in 'absolute poverty' for 30 years seen in UK. presstv.ir The United Kingdom has seen the biggest rise in "absolute poverty" in 30 years.

albawaba (2024-03-21). M. Emmet Walsh, 'Blade Runner' actor, dead at 88. albawaba.com The world of cinema has lost one of its most distinctive character actors, M. Emmet Walsh, who passed away at the age of 88 due to cardiac arrest.Walsh, whose career spanned over six decades, was a familiar face to audiences, often playing roles that left a lasting impression.Born on March 22, 1935, in Ogdensburg, New York, and raised in rural Swanton, Vermont, Walsh's journey into acting began with his onscreen debut in "Alice's Restaurant" in 1969. He quickly became known for his versatility, appearing in a variety of genres and working with some of Hollywood's most renowned directors and actors.RIP, M. Emmet W…

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2024-03-21: News Headlines

International Coalition to Stop Genocide in Palestine, Popular Resistance. (2024-03-21). International Coalition To Stop Genocide In Palestine Global Call. popularresistance.org On March 17, the International Coalition to Stop Genocide in Palestine (ICSGP) held its first Global Call to Action as a webinar simultaneously translated into five languages. The goals of the meeting were to share ways that groups are working to build public support for an end to Israel's genocidal acts, provide humanitarian aid to Palestinians and amplify the global anti-colonial, anti-imperial movement. | The ICSGP convened in late December, 2023 to push for Israel to be held accountable under the Genocide Convention for its acts in Palestine.

Jamal Kanj (2024-03-21). Gaza's Floating Pier and Biden's Fake Empathy. counterpunch.org Gaza is teetering on the brink of famine. At least twenty-seven children, including many newborns, have perished due to the severe shortage of essential nourishment, particularly baby milk. Additionally, hundreds of adults and elderly individuals have lost their lives as a result of Israeli attacks while waiting for aid trucks at various drop-off locations throughout

Staff (2024-03-21). Headlines for March 21, 2024. democracynow.org Israeli's Assault on Al-Shifa Hospital Enters 4th Day, Attacks Continue Throughout Gaza Strip, U.S. Submits Ceasefire Resolution to UNSC; Netanyahu Tells GOP Israel Will Continue Attacking Gaza, Lawmakers Pushing to Cut Off U.S. Funding for UNRWA for Another Year Amid Soaring Hunger in Gaza, "Completely Contrary to Human Rights": AMLO Blasts Texas's SB4, Says Mexico Will not Accept Deportees, Georgia Executes Prisoner Willie Pye After 4-Year Pause in Capital Punishment, Two More "Goon Squad" Officers Sentenced to 40 and 17.5 Years for Torture of Two Black Men, Assange's L…

Staff (2024-03-21). British Surgeon Describes Children Suffering "Appalling Injuries" in Gaza, Demands Immediate Ceasefire. democracynow.org We speak with British surgeon Dr. Nick Maynard, who recently led an emergency medical team at Gaza's Al-Aqsa Hospital, about Israel's ongoing attacks on healthcare infrastructure and the worsening humanitarian crisis in the besieged territory, where Israel's brutal assault has killed about 32,000 Palestinians since October 7. Maynard is part of a group of international doctors with experience in Gaza who met with officials at the United Nations and in Washington, D.C., this week to express alarm over civilian suffering. Medical workers in Gaza are "working under extremely challenging condi…

MEE staff (2024-03-21). US senators urge Biden to begin working on a two-state solution in Israel-Palestine. middleeasteye.net US senators urge Biden to begin working on a two-state solution in Israel-Palestine | A letter from over a dozen Democratic lawmakers pushed Biden to facilitate and recognise a 'non-militarised' Palestinian state | | US President Joe Biden shakes hands with Democratic Senator Tom Carper of Delaware…

Vijay Prashad (2024-03-21). The Struggle for Women's Emancipation Will Always Be Worth It. dissidentvoice.org 8 March was not always International Women's Day, nor has there always been any such day at all. The idea emerged from the Socialist International (also known as the Second International), where Clara Zetkin of the German Social Democratic Party and others fought from 1889 to hold a day to celebrate working women's lives and …

albawaba (2024-03-21). M. Emmet Walsh, 'Blade Runner' actor, dead at 88. albawaba.com The world of cinema has lost one of its most distinctive character actors, M. Emmet Walsh, who passed away at the age of 88 due to cardiac arrest.Walsh, whose career spanned over six decades, was a familiar face to audiences, often playing roles that left a lasting impression.Born on March 22, 1935, in Ogdensburg, New York, and raised in rural Swanton, Vermont, Walsh's journey into acting began with his onscreen debut in "Alice's Restaurant" in 1969. He quickly became known for his versatility, appearing in a variety of genres and working with some of Hollywood's most renowned directors and actors.RIP, M. Emmet W…

stclair (2024-03-21). The New York Times' Answer to the Collapse of the News Industry: Free Journalism School. counterpunch.org Yes, I am serious. That is the answer that the New York Times opinion page gave us this morning. The argument is that if students leaving school didn't have so much debt, it would be easier for them to take relatively low-paying jobs in journalism. This is incredibly annoying for two reasons. First, there are

WSWS (2024-03-21). The American oligarchy and the 2024 election. wsws.org The contest between Biden and Trump is in reality a competition for the favor of the few hundred billionaires who monopolize the wealth of the United States and control its political system.

Nadra Nittle (2024-03-21). Biden to Forgive $6 Billion in Student Debt for 78,000 Public Service Workers. truthout.org President Joe Biden has good news for public service workers with outstanding student loan debt. He's slated to announce Thursday that he will forgive roughly $6 billion for 78,000 borrowers such as teachers, nurses or social workers enrolled in the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program, a track designed for employees of government agencies or nonprofit organizations. This wave of relief… |

Homeless Garden Project (2024-03-21). Saturday 3/30: Day of Service in Honor of Cesar Chavez. indybay.org Homeless Garden Project Farm, 904 Shaffer Rd, Santa Cruz…

ecns.cn (2024-03-21). China may pare its U.S. debt holdings. ecns.cn China may continue to reduce the share of U.S. debt in its overall foreign exchange reserves amid its ramped-up efforts to diversify foreign asset portfolios, experts said on Wednesday.

navyrecognition.com (2024-03-21). Russia & China have secured agreement with Houthis to protect their vessels According to information published by Bloomberg on March 21, 2024, the Houthi group has assured China and Russia that their naval vessels will be granted safe passage through the strategically critical maritime zones of the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden.

muslimnews.co.uk (2024-03-21). Gaza: 100 Palestinians killed 92 injured by Israeli bombings last 24 hoursMore than 100 Palestinians were killed and 92 more injured by Israeli indiscriminate bombings in the last 24 hours in Gaza Strip according to the Ministry of Health (MoH) in Gaza. The death toll of Palestinians from Israeli deadly attacks since 7 October 2023 has gone up to 31,988 including over 13,000 children and 74,188 Palestinians injured in Gaza Strip. 8,500 Palestinians are missing.

The Exposé (2024-03-21). Uncovered: Macron, Trudeau, Ardern, and Boris Johnson among WEF Young Global Leaders working in unison to implement The Great Reset! expose-news.com How is it that more than 190 governments from all over the world ended up dealing with the Covid pandemic in almost exactly the same manner, with lockdowns, mask mandates, and vaccination …

tvbrics (2024-03-21). China, India, Iran and Egypt may join the BRICS Marathon League. tvbrics.com The organisers plan to continue working on the international promotion of the league until 2030…

Dean Baker (2024-03-21). The New York Times' Answer to the Collapse of the News Industry: Free Journalism School. counterpunch.org Yes, I am serious. That is the answer that the New York Times opinion page gave us this morning. The argument is that if students leaving school didn't have so much debt, it would be easier for them to take relatively low-paying jobs in journalism. This is incredibly annoying for two reasons. First, there are

albawaba (2024-03-21). France fines Google $270M as its Gemini AI bot broke media agreement. albawaba.com ALBAWABA — French competition authorities have imposed a $271 million fine on Google for breaching intellectual property laws after it was found that the tech giant has trained its Bard AI model, later rebranded to Gemini, on articles from news agencies without prior notification.Google has reportedly agreed on the settlement and pledged not to contest as Reuters writes, saying "it is time to move on," adding "we want to focus on the larger goal of sustainable approaches to connecting people with quality content and on working constructively with French publishers," noting that the company has suggested a r…

Sharon Zhang (2024-03-21). Sanders, Democrats Introduce Bill to Guarantee Workers Paid Time Off. truthout.org A group of congressional Democrats has introduced a bicameral bill this week that would establish a federal guarantee for paid time off for workers across the U.S. and end the U.S.'s status as the only wealthy country in the world that doesn't guarantee the benefit to its workforce. On Wednesday, a group of House Democrats led by Rep. Seth Magaziner (D-Rhode Island) introduced the Protected Time… |

Editor (2024-03-21). 'We call for the respect of Haitian popular sovereignty and an end to Western imperialist intervention'. mronline.org After months of the U.S., Core Group, and other imperialist collaborators working to execute an armed intervention into Haiti that they are now calling a "Multinational Security Service," ex-de facto Prime Minister Ariel Henry has resigned from his illegitimately-held position.

Abahlali baseMjondolo (2024-03-21). Still No Human Rights for the Poor. dissidentvoice.org The poor and marginalised have not seen any gains in almost 30 years of democracy. The poor remain poor and unemployment, poverty and inequality are worse today than at the end of apartheid. Many more people live in shacks than in 1994. Those who live in shack settlements continue to be denied access to basic …

Bharat Dogra (2024-03-21). Inequalities and Concentration of Wealth in the USA Have Wide Implications. globalresearch.ca

ecns.cn (2024-03-20). China-EU financial cooperation set to improve. ecns.cn The China-EU Working Group on Financial Cooperation has held its first meeting in Beijing from Monday to Tuesday, a sign that China-EU financial regulatory cooperation is poised to gather steam.

Thierry Meyssan (2024-03-21). Meyssan : face à la famine massive qui se prépare à Gaza. thealtworld.com Thierry Meyssan fait le point de la situation à Gaza, des perspectives politiques et du désespoir humanitaire alors que les Israéliens organisent l'extinction de la présence palestinienne sur place.

Deepanshu Mohan (2024-03-21). In 9 Charts: India's Growing Debt Problem Has 'Crisis-Like Symptoms'. cadtm.org

newarab (2024-03-21). Canada FM confirms halting arms shipments to Israel. newarab.com Canada will halt all arms shipments to Israel, The besieged Palestinian territory is facing a mounting humanitarian crisis, and months of war have pushed hundreds of thousands of Gazans to the brink of famine. | Canada, a key ally of the United States, which provides Israel with billions of dollars a year in military aid, had alre…

newarab (2024-03-21). Sudan among 'worst humanitarian disasters in recent memory': UN. newarab.com After nearly a year of war, Sudan is suffering one of the worst humanitarian crises in recent history, the United Nations warned Wednesday, slamming the international community for its lack of action. | Fighting between army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and his former deputy, Mohamed Hamdan Daglo, has since April killed tens of thousands and led to acute food shortages and a looming risk of famine. | "By all measures – the sheer scale of humanitarian needs, the numbers of people displaced and facing hunger – Sudan is one of the worst humanitarian disasters in recent memory," said Edem Wosornu, director of oper…

newarab (2024-03-21). Can Joe Biden's floating pier plan prevent famine in Gaza. newarab.com Israel's annihilatory campaign in Gaza began almost six months ago. By now, nearly all of the 2.3 million people living in the besieged enclave

presstv.ir (2024-03-21). 'On brink of death': WHO raises alarm on Gaza children's dire hunger crisis. presstv.ir The World Health Organization has warned that a growing number of children in Gaza are teetering on the edge of death due to severe hunger.

presstv.ir (2024-03-21). Siege, hunger, and disease to be 'main killer' in Gaza: UN. presstv.ir Siege, hunger, and diseases will soon become the main killer in Gaza, says commissioner- general of the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA).

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2024-03-13: News Headlines

teleSUR (2024-03-11). UN: 68th Annual Meeting to Promote Gender Equality Opens. telesurenglish.net The 68th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women will begin today amid what experts are calling a crossroads for gender equality. | RELATED: | The agency's largest annual women's empowerment meeting will run through March 22 with discussions focused on accelerating the achievement of equality, addressing poverty, and strengthening gender-responsive institutions and financing. | The event brings together representatives of governments, civil so…

newarab.com (2024-03-13). Israel using starvation as 'weapon of war' in Gaza: Borrell European Union (EU) foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said on Tuesday that Israel is deliberately using starvation as a weapon of war in Gaza. | | Addressing the UN Security Council in New York, Borrell stated that the lack of aid entering the Palestinian enclave is "manmade". | | "This humanitarian crisis… is not a natural disaster, is not a flood, is not an earthquake, it is manmade," the EU diplomat said.

Hannah Davenport (2024-03-13). Campaigners build cemetery outside Parliament warning 'cold homes cost lives'. leftfootforward.org Activists have constructed a cemetery outside the Houses of Parliament this morning drawing attention to the thousands of avoidable deaths in the UK due to fuel poverty and cold homes. | Hundreds of headstones made of insulation boards were put up in Victoria Tower Gardens along with an eight metre long funeral wreath with the message 'Cold Homes Cost Lives', as activists accused the government of failing on energy efficiency policy. | The protest, staged by Greenpeace UK activists, came as new analysis by the environmental campaign group found 58 people have died every day during winter due to cold homes over…

Sarah Anderson, William Rice, Zachary Tashman (2024-03-13). More for Them, Less for Us. otherwords.org In his State of the Union address, President Biden called out "massive executive pay" and vowed to "make big corporations and the very wealthy finally pay their share" of taxes. | Corporate tax dodging and CEO pay have gotten so out of control that many major U.S. companies are paying their top executives more than they're paying Uncle Sam. | Tesla is perhaps the most dramatic example. Over the period 2018-2022, the electric car maker raked in $4.4 billion in profits but paid no federal income taxes. Meanwhile, Tesla CEO Elon Musk became one of the world's richest men. | When it comes to fleecing taxpayers while…

The Exposé (2024-03-13). Wealth over Health: Decision to withdraw Rotavirus Vaccine in 1999 & NOT withdraw COVID-19 Vaccines proves Health Authorities are Corrupt & only care about Wealth. expose-news.com The decision in 1999 to withdraw the Rotashield rotavirus vaccine from the market due to its association with an increased risk of intussusception—a rare but serious bowel obstruction—set a precedent for vaccine …

Deepanshu Mohan (2024-03-13). In 9 Charts: India's Growing Debt Problem Has 'Crisis-Like Symptoms'. cadtm.org

albawaba (2024-03-13). Video: Indian wife hits Husband's elder father with steel crutch. albawaba.com ALBAWABA – A video circulating on X (formerly Twitter) shocked internet users worldwide as a live stream showed an Indian wife hitting her husband's elderly father with his own steel crutch that he uses out of old age and necessity. The video in question was broadcast and streamed live through what seems an Indian live-stream service where the wife was seen hitting the elderly man till he fell and started crying, while her husband was working abroad in the Gulf area. Video: Indian wife hits Husband's elder father with steel crutch: While the wife targeted the elder man's legs, he tried to fight back but en…

Danaka Katovich (2024-03-13). We Need Feminism Free of Condescension. counterpunch.org *The following is from a speech given by CODEPINK co-director, Danaka Katovich, gave at Palestinian Feminist Collective's International Working Women's Day Vigil for Palestine on Friday March 8th* I was three years old when CODEPINK was founded, by women I still interact with on a daily basis. So I've been able to hear what sort

Henry Giroux (2024-03-13). Everyday Fascism: Brecht's Warning about The Serpent's Egg. counterpunch.org n a world shaped increasingly by emerging authoritarianism, it has become increasingly difficult to remember what a purposeful and substantive democracy looks like, or for that matter, what the idea of democracy might suggest. Democracy as an ideal, promise, and working practice is under assault, just as a number of far-right educational, market, military, and religious fundamentalisms are gaining ascendancy in American society.

Workers' World. (2024-03-13). May Day 2024: Make It 'Workers For Palestinian Resistance Day'. popularresistance.org On May 1st, workers all over the world will march to demand all of the things that the working class needs for its survival. Along with all of the workers' demands on May 1st, at this decisive moment, in the spirit of reviving working class internationalism, on this May Day, the world needs us to prioritize working class solidarity with the liberation struggle of the Palestinian people, and the right of the Palestinian resistance to fight for liberation by any means necessary, including armed struggle. | This is the best way to strengthen unity between the working class and those who are fighting against colonial…

WSWS (2024-03-13). Video: SEP (Australia) launches electoral registration campaign. wsws.org The SEP is fighting to provide the working class with a political voice, in opposition to the pro-genocide, pro-war Labor government and political establishment.

Betsey Piette (2024-03-13). Philadelphia: Martyrs Day march for Palestine. workers.org Over 1,000 people marched in rain and sometimes gale force winds in recognition of Palestinian Martyrs Day and International Working Women's Day in Philadelphia on March 9. Starting with a rally at Rittenhouse Square, the crowd took to the streets, heading around City Hall and up North Broad to Spring . . . |

DikelediM (2024-03-13). Inspection blitz nabs non-compliant employers. sanews.gov.za Inspection blitz nabs non-compliant employers | The Department of Employment and Labour, working with other law enforcement agencies, have issued over 50 contravention notices and compliance orders against non-compliant employers in Rustenburg in the North West. | Nine undocumented foreign nationals were also arrested during a joint blitz inspection by the department and other law enforcement agencies. | The three-day blitz inspection that started in Rustenburg on Monday was led by the Inspection and Enforcement Services unit of the Department of Employment and Labour in the North West in partnership with the D…

Gabisile (2024-03-13). SA must join forces to create youth employment, says Mashatile. sanews.gov.za SA must join forces to create youth employment, says Mashatile | Deputy President Paul Mashatile emphasised the need to strengthen multi-sectoral partnerships to increase opportunities for youth empowerment and participation in the labour market. | "Together, we can contribute to national efforts to create employment and get South Africans working," he said on Tuesday. | Deputy President Mashatile was speaking at the National Council of Provinces during a question and answer session. | In 2020, he said Cabinet approved the National Youth Policy (NYP) 2030, which is a cross-sectoral policy intended to redress th…

Gabisile (2024-03-13). Service delivery 'war room' working to resolve water and electricity disruptions. sanews.gov.za Service delivery 'war room' working to resolve water and electricity disruptions | Deputy President Paul Mashatile says government is implementing rapid response interventions to resolve water and electricity disruptions in various municipalities across the country. | The Deputy President was speaking during his question and answer session in the National Council of Provinces on Tuesday. | Through the Service Delivery War Room, the Deputy President said the Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (CoGTA) has developed some improvement plans to implement rapid response interventions. | These,…

Jake Johnson (2024-03-13). Sanders Introduces Bill to Establish 32-Hour Workweek in US With No Loss of Pay. truthout.org Sen. Bernie Sanders on Wednesday introduced legislation that would establish a 32-hour workweek in the U.S. with no loss of pay, a change the Vermont senator said is necessary to ensure the working class benefits from massive productivity gains and technological advances. A 32-hour workweek "is not a radical idea," Sanders, chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP)… |

eng.belta.by (2024-03-13). Belarus sets up commission to select radioactive waste storage facility. eng.belta.by The state commission has been instructed to work out proposals on the | selection of a site for a radioactive waste storage facility and submit | them to the Council of Ministers within ten working days.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2024-03-13). Comprehensive testing helps diagnose and manage rare genetic disorder. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Lauri's daughter, Christy, a genetic counselor at Mayo Clinic, was instrumental in getting Lauri the testing she needed for an accurate diagnosis. Multiple doctors and multiple examinations could not figure out why Lauri Sieben had spent much of her life "never feeling quite right" physically. Fortunately for Lauri, that changed after her daughter Christy began working as a genetic counselor in Mayo Clinic's Molecular Technologies Laboratory. After seeing similarities between the patient testing she was…

UUSF Human Rights Working Group (2024-03-13). Sunday 4/7: Live from Jenin. indybay.org Unitarian Universalist Society of San Francisco | 1187 FRANKLIN ST. | S.F.

newarab (2024-03-13). UAE-funded aid ship sets sail for north Gaza as famine grips. newarab.com An aid ship, mostly funded by the The ship, which is part of a pilot project for the opening of a humanitarian sea corridor to

Tareq S. Hajjaj (2024-03-13). Palestinians in Gaza face famine during Ramadan. mondoweiss.net Ramadan has arrived, and northern Gaza has been overtaken by famine. "People fast without the promise of breaking it, and the world watches on without doing anything," Ghazi Oweis, a refugee from northern Gaza, tells Mondoweiss.

Vijay Prashad (2024-03-13). Starvation is a war crime: Note from the Israeli genocide against the Palestinians. peoplesdispatch.org Famine looms in Gaza due to Israel's refusal to let aid trucks into the besieged territory. This is in violation of the Geneva Conventions which say that "starvation of civilians as a method of combat is prohibited"

teleSUR (2024-03-12). Israel Kills Civilians While They Wait for Help. telesurenglish.net Israel again attacked Palestinians awaiting humanitarian aid in the Gaza Strip. This while the occupation forces subdue the Gazati people through famine. | RELATED: | As the famine intensifies, the Zionist army bombards a group of civilians who were waiting for humanitarian aid, leaving 400 dead and 1300 injured. | The Gaza Press Office has denounced this by calling the massacres against civilian groups awaiting aid a fabrication of what is said about at…

Sarah Anderson (2024-03-13). Corporations That Pay Their Executives More Than Uncle Sam. inequality.org Corporate tax dodging and CEO pay have both gotten so far out of control that a significant number of major U.S. companies are paying their top executives more than they're paying Uncle Sam. Tesla is perhaps the most dramatic example. Over the period 2018-2022, the electric car maker raked in $4.4 billion in profits but …

albawaba (2024-03-13). 230,000 mothers and children likely to die from hunger in Sudan. albawaba.com ALBAWABA – According to the UK-based NGO Save The Children, nearly 230,000 pregnant women, new mothers and children are facing death from hunger if no immediate action is taken to save them from the deteriorating situation in Sudan.According to new figures released by the Nutrition Cluster in Sudan, a partnership of organizations including the UN, Federal Ministry of Health, and NGOs including Save the Children, over 2.9 million children in Sudan are acutely malnourished, with an additional 729,000 children under the age of five suffering from severe acute malnutrition.Save The Children Country Director, Arif Noo…

newarab (2024-03-13). Children in Gaza are dying of starvation at a sickening rate. newarab.com "There's an everyday struggle to find food. Her mum told me how they'd either eat very small portions, share food, or skip meals altogether," Jonathan Crickx, Head of Communications at UNICEF State of Palestine told The New Arab, referring to 13-year-old Nada who shelters with her mother and two sisters in a makeshift tent in Rafah. | Hunger and starvation now looms over Gaza. 10-year-old

newarab (2024-03-13). 230,000 children, mothers risk dying of hunger in Sudan: NGO. newarab.com Without critical action, nearly 230,000 Nearly 11 months of fighting between the forces of two rival generals has killed thousands and The bombing and destruction of fields and factories have plunged Sudan into "

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2024-03-11: News Headlines

ecns.cn (2024-03-11). Insights‰∏®German expert shows confidence in China's future success. ecns.cn China's two sessions this year have attracted global attention. During an exclusive interview with China News Network, Michael Borchmann, former head of the European and International Affairs Department of the federal German state of Hesse, highly appreciated China's achievement in urban-rural development, poverty alleviation, green energy technologies and so on."ÄÄ…

Strike Debt Bay Area (2024-03-11). Saturday 4/20: Strike Debt Bay Area Book Group: Wealth Supremacy. indybay.org Email strike.debt.bay.area@gmail.com a few days beforehand for the online invite.

Michael Hudson (2024-03-11). Debt Forgiveness in the Bronze Age. counterpunch.org

Deepanshu Mohan (2024-03-11). In 9 Charts: India's Growing Debt Problem Has 'Crisis-Like Symptoms'. cadtm.org

David Bacon (2024-03-11). A New Life for Mexico's Oldest Union. counterpunch.org Humberto Montes de Oca is the Secretary for Internal Relations of the Mexican Union of Electrical Workers (SME). He was originally a working-class art student who became active in the left-wing political movements of the period of Mexico's Dirty War (1970s to early 1980s). He joined the SME as a political act to become part

Sam Pizzigati (2024-03-11). The Gilded Age Then, the Gilded Age Now. counterpunch.org How many people in India are going hungry? Researchers working on the Global Hunger Index are currently tracking 125 nations across the world. Exactly 110 of those nations, those researchers reported last fall, are suffering less hunger than India. But India, by contrast, is doing quite well on the gluttony front. Few nations today can

UUSF Human Rights Working Group (2024-03-11). Sunday 4/7: LIVE FROM JENIN. indybay.org Unitarian Universalist Society of San Francisco | 1187 FRANKLIN ST. | S.F.

WSWS (2024-03-11). Sri Lankan police attack student protests against austerity measures. wsws.org These violent attacks on students, with water cannons, tear gas and batons, are part of the Wickremesinghe government's assault on the democratic and social rights of the working class.

EDWIN (2024-03-11). PSC study makes recommendations on hybrid work arrangements. sanews.gov.za PSC study makes recommendations on hybrid work arrangements | The Public Service Commission (PSC) has completed a study on the impact of hybrid work arrangements on service delivery in the public service. | PSC Commissioner Anele Gxoyiya says the COVID-19 pandemic forced most organisations, including government, to consider alternative working arrangements in order to limit human and physical interaction. | "This resulted in the introduction of hybrid workspaces and the working from home (WFH) option that was new for most employees, as only a few private companies offered this option pre-COVID-19," Gxoyiya said a…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2024-03-11). Comprehensive testing helps diagnose and manage rare genetic disorder. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Lauri's daughter, Christy, a genetic counselor at Mayo Clinic, was instrumental in getting Lauri the testing she needed for an accurate diagnosis. Multiple doctors and multiple examinations could not figure out why Lauri Sieben had spent much of her life "never feeling quite right" physically. Fortunately for Lauri, that changed after her daughter Christy began working as a genetic counselor in Mayo Clinic's Molecular Technologies Laboratory. After seeing similarities between the patient testing she was…

Peoples Dispatch (2024-03-11). Massive demonstration in Rome calls for ceasefire in Gaza. peoplesdispatch.org On March 9, Saturday, peace and working-class groups in Italy organized a major mobilization in Rome demanding an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. In the march called by the Assisi Pace Giusta committee, various organizations participated including the Italian Network for Peace and Disarmament, the Italian General Confederation of Labor (CGIL), the Communist Refoundation Party (PRC), Union of University Students (UDU), and others. The groups demanded an end to Israel's ongoing genocide in Palestine and called on the Italian and European governments to stop sending weapons to support wars. | Over 31,000 people have be…

eng.belta.by (2024-03-11). New 55t BelAZ haul truck passes final tests. eng.belta.by BelAZ-7555M has an economical 700 hp diesel engine and a modernized | driving axle, which provides increased working life of gears and | bearings.

eng.belta.by (2024-03-11). Russian president briefed about crew readiness for new mission to ISS. eng.belta.by Russian President Vladimir Putin held a working meeting with Yuri Borisov, Director General of the Roscosmos State Corporation to discuss, among other things, the preparation for new mission to the ISS that carries a representative of Belarus. A video of the meeting was released by the Kremlin's press service, BelTA has learned.

newarab (2024-03-11). Gaza prison torture by Israel worse than Guantanamo: monitor. newarab.com Israeli detention centres have become worse than Guantanamo Bay prison as Palestinians in these prisons are suffering from "shameful forms" of torture, degrading treatment, and the deprivation of their most basic human rights, Euro-Med says. | Thousands of Palestinians have been rounded up from Gaza since the start of the war on 7 October, with hundreds kept in unknown locatio…

Chris Mills Rodrigo (2024-03-11). Life Happens. That's Why We Need a Safety Net. inequality.org Things don't always work out the way you expect. I've gotten to mix with celebrities and travel to the other side of the world. But I'm also a single mother who's experienced health crises, homelessness, and food insecurity. What I've learned is we need public policies that look out for people no matter where they …

newarab (2024-03-11). Arab refugees in Berlin: Down and out from asylum to suicide. newarab.com In the cold winter evenings, a little over a hundred individuals stand in line in Berlin's Frankfurter Allee. Holding a ticket number, they wait for the opening of a shelter that provides the homeless with dinner, showers, and a warm place to sleep until the next morning. | Hassan Ahmad, born to Lebanese parents in Africa in 1970, comes here often to escape the cold winter nights, which worsen his bronchial asthma. He struggled to remember how he made it to the shelter and could not quite clearly explain the issues with his asylum papers. | A little less than six kilometres west, in the area of Kottbusser Tor,…

David Kattenburg (2024-03-11). UN expert: Israel is engineering famine in Gaza. mondoweiss.net UN Special Rapporteur Michael Fakhri says Israel's intentional starvation of Gaza is unprecedented. "We've never seen a civilian population made to go hungry so completely and so quickly," he tells Mondoweiss. "Never in modern history."

newarab (2024-03-11). Gaza: Boat carrying humanitarian aid 'ready' to leave Cyprus. newarab.com The New Arab's live blog on Israel's war in Gaza has now ended, and will resume tomorrow at 0800 GMT. | A boat laden with food for Palestinians in war-ravaged Gaza was "ready" to set sail from Cyprus, an NGO said Saturday, as Israel's war in the enclave ahead of Ramadan. | The sea route aims to counter aid access restrictions, which humanitarians and foreign governments have blamed on Israel, more than five months into the war which has left Gaza's 2.4 million people struggling to survive. | The United Nations has repeatedly warned of looming famine, particularly in the Palestinian territory's north where no o…

Malte Kornfeld (2024-03-11). "Modern societies cannot function without a welfare state" indybay.org Modern societies cannot really function well without a general social security system. That's why we need a security system for the whole of society that everyone pays into. In addition, growing social inequality is also a major economic risk.

SAM (2024-03-11). A Fresh Approach to Limiting CEO Pay — and Saving Our Environment. inequality.org

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2024-03-10: News Headlines

ecns.cn (2024-03-10). Insights‰∏®German expert shows confidence in China's future success. ecns.cn China's two sessions this year have attracted global attention. During an exclusive interview with China News Network, Michael Borchmann, former head of the European and International Affairs Department of the federal German state of Hesse, highly appreciated China's achievement in urban-rural development, poverty alleviation, green energy technologies and so on."ÄÄ…

Oscar Perry Abello, Next City. (2024-03-10). Arizona Using Covid Relief Funds To Cancel Medical Debt. popularresistance.org Arizona has just launched a partnership with the nonprofit RIP Medical Debt to acquire as much as $2 billion in medical debt— and forgive all of it. The program, announced on Monday by Gov. Katie Hobbs, will benefit up to 1 million Arizona residents living below 400% of the federal poverty line or owe medical debts totaling more than 5% of their annual income. | At $30 million in funding — out of pandemic relief funds allocated to Arizona under the American Rescue Plan Act — it's the biggest example yet of a state or local government using federal dollars for massive debt cancellation.

Deepanshu Mohan (2024-03-10). In 9 Charts: India's Growing Debt Problem Has 'Crisis-Like Symptoms'. cadtm.org

Ellen Brown, Web Of Debt. (2024-03-10). The Public Bank That Wasn't: New Jersey's Excursion Into Public Banking. popularresistance.org In 2017, Phil Murphy, a former Goldman Sachs executive, made the establishment of a public, state-owned bank a centerpiece issue during his run for New Jersey governor. He regularly championed public banking in speeches, town halls and campaign commercials. He won the race, and the nation's second state-owned bank following the stellar model of the Bank of North Dakota (BND) appeared to be in view. | Due to the priority of other economic-policy goals, the initiative was largely kept on the back burner until November 2019.

mforinoco (2024-03-10). Israel's Blocking of Aid to Gaza Is a Weapon in Its Brutal War Against Palestinians. orinocotribune.com Israel has defied ICJ's interim verdict as well as a UN Security Council resolution calling for increased access to aid. It has instead deliberately blocking aid, causing a massive humanitarian crisis in Gaza. | Israel's deliberate blocking of humanitarian aid to Gaza has emerged as key weapon against the people of the territory. More than 20 Palestinians have reportedly been killed due to starvation in the last few weeks and numbers are expected to explode in the coming days. | Though Israel denies it has any such policy, almost all UN agencies working to provide aid on the ground in Gaza, as well as several…

newarab (2024-03-10). Shoshana: 'Lacklustre' British Mandate era biopic. newarab.com "The British role in Palestine is complicated…but I don't think it helps anyone to ignore history," Michael Winterbottom said during an It's an admirable position for a British filmmaker working in an industry more willing to produce films about Britain's heroic past during…

albawaba (2024-03-10). Why is Fortnite not working? Chapter 5: Season 2 servers are up. albawaba.com Gamers around the world are eagerly awaiting the return of Fortnite, as Epic Games' servers remain offline for an extended maintenance period ahead of the much-anticipated launch of Chapter 5: Season 2.The new season, dubbed "Myths & Mortals," promises to bring a fresh wave of excitement with Olympian-themed skins, weapons, and locations, featuring big names like Zeus and Hades.Originally scheduled for a routine update period, the maintenance has encountered unforeseen delays, extending the downtime significantly. The Fortnite community has been buzzing with speculation and anticipation, as the usual five-hour up…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2024-03-10). Comprehensive testing helps diagnose and manage rare genetic disorder. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Lauri's daughter, Christy, a genetic counselor at Mayo Clinic, was instrumental in getting Lauri the testing she needed for an accurate diagnosis. Multiple doctors and multiple examinations could not figure out why Lauri Sieben had spent much of her life "never feeling quite right" physically. Fortunately for Lauri, that changed after her daughter Christy began working as a genetic counselor in Mayo Clinic's Molecular Technologies Laboratory. After seeing similarities between the patient testing she was…

newarab (2024-03-10). Gaza prison torture by Israel worse than Guantanamo: monitor. newarab.com Israeli detention centres have become worse than Guantanamo Bay prison as Palestinians in these prisons are suffering from "shameful forms" of torture, degrading treatment, and the deprivation of their most basic human rights, Euro-Med says. | Thousands of Palestinians have been rounded up from Gaza since the start of the war on 7 October, with hundreds kept in unknown locatio…

ecns.cn (2024-03-10). Insolvent housing companies must file for bankruptcy. ecns.cn Chinese housing companies that are seriously insolvent or can no longer operate must file for bankruptcy or restructuring in line with the country's laws and market rules, a senior official said on Saturday, adding that any action impairing people's interests will be punished accordingly.

Editor (2024-03-10). 'Operation Al-Aqsa Flood' Day 155: Deadly Aid Drop and More Expose Farcical Humanitarian Response to Gaza Famine. scheerpost.com

newarab (2024-03-10). Gaza: Boat carrying humanitarian aid 'ready' to leave Cyprus. newarab.com The New Arab's live blog on Israel's war in Gaza has now ended, and will resume tomorrow at 0800 GMT. | A boat laden with food for Palestinians in war-ravaged Gaza was "ready" to set sail from Cyprus, an NGO said Saturday, as Israel's war in the enclave ahead of Ramadan. | The sea route aims to counter aid access restrictions, which humanitarians and foreign governments have blamed on Israel, more than five months into the war which has left Gaza's 2.4 million people struggling to survive. | The United Nations has repeatedly warned of looming famine, particularly in the Palestinian territory's north where no o…

newarab (2024-03-10). What might the US built 'floating pier' in Gaza look like?>. newarab.com US President The move comes as warnings that Gaza is steps away from a famine grow louder and aid agencies report continuing difficulties in distributing supplies as fighting between Israeli forces and Hamas intensify.

Kyle Anzalone (2024-03-10). Biden's Gaza Sea Port Will Take Months To Establish. news.antiwar.com President Joe Biden's plan to deliver aid to Gaza through a sea corridor will take at least 45-60 days to develop and depends on Tel Aviv's approval. Israel's five-month siege and the bombing of the Strip have created a humanitarian catastrophe that is nearing famine. During his State of the Union address on Thursday, Biden …

teleSUR (2024-03-09). Death Toll From Famine in the Gaza Strip Rises to 25. telesurenglish.net According to the Palestinian medical authorities, 25 people have died in the Gaza Strip as a result of malnutrition and dehydration, most of them babies, but also a 20-year-old girl who has died in the last few hours at the Shifa hospital in Gaza City. | RELATED: | The Gaza Ministry of Health today reported the death of a two-month-old girl at the Kamal Adwan hospital in the northern Gaza Strip, as well as that of a 20-year-old girl…

newarab (2024-03-10). #IWD2024: Gaza women experiencing 'darkest of days' amid war. newarab.com Shtayyeh said that Palestinian women are "mourning their loved ones, being killed, displaced, hungry and deprived of the most basic human rights in full views and hearing of the world" in a glaring statement i…

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2024-03-08: News Headlines

Angelina de los Santos (2024-03-08). Argentines Take Feminist Strike to the Streets on International Women's Day. truthout.org Argentinian women from all walks of life will take to the streets nationwide on 8 March, International Women's Day, as part of a feminist strike calling for an end to the country's growing poverty, which already affects 57% of the population of 46 million. The protesters' "most important demand" is a solution to Argentina's "food emergency", said María Claudia Albornoz, an activist from La… |

Isaac Nellist (2024-03-08). Albanese talks big on equality, leaves women trapped in poverty. greenleft.org.au Anthony Albanese's refusal to tackle structural disadvantage reveals his 'commitment to gender equality' is a farce, argues Isaac Nellist.

Taya Graham, Stephen Janis, Jayne Miller, The Real News Network. (2024-03-08). Why Did Baltimore Lavish Tens Of Millions In Tax Breaks? popularresistance.org Baltimore is often maligned as a shrinking city beset by crime and intractable poverty. But take a walk down President Street just south of Little Italy on a Friday night, and you will enter a world that appears far removed from the idea of a city that is terminally in decay. | Past the empty pavilions of the Inner Harbor and east of the city's increasingly troubled downtown business district, a cluster of towering high-rises emerges from the harbor like a defiant mountain range of concrete. | A cobblestone boulevard leads to a European-style thoroughfare dotted with a dazzling array of upscale restaurants and ou…

albawaba (2024-03-08). 900 luxury watches go missing in a $13M scam. albawaba.com ALBAWABA — Japanese authorities are on the hunt to return 900 luxurious worth $12.6 million to their 190 owners, as they were on a watch rental site called Toke Match before the site's owner, who is suspected of selling he loaned from an owner back in January, fled to Dubai as reported by local media.The Osaka-based site, Toke Match, was a rental site that would loan luxurious goods like premium Rolex, Omegas and Tag Heuers watches from wealthy individuals to clients. Operated by mother company, Neo Reverse, which had terminated the service by the end of Jan. and announced plans to return all watches to the…

Amy Goodman (2024-03-08). Katrina vanden Heuvel: Foreign Policy Undermines Best Proposals in Biden's SOTU. truthout.org President Biden delivered his State of the Union address Thursday night. In it, he made his case for a second term ahead of this year's presidential election, criticizing Republican front-runner Donald Trump without mentioning him by name, and highlighting his administration's policies to raise taxes on the wealthiest Americans, reinstate reproductive rights and provide support to Ukraine. |

Bryant Furlow (2024-03-09). World Report] $1 billion gift makes tuition free at US medical school. thelancet.com The donation, by former professor Ruth Gottesman, to Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the Bronx spotlights US medical school debt. Bryant Furlow reports.

Deepanshu Mohan (2024-03-08). In 9 Charts: India's Growing Debt Problem Has 'Crisis-Like Symptoms'. cadtm.org

WSWS (2024-03-08). Depreciating ringgit creating political problems for Malaysian government. wsws.org The fall in the ringgit, growing national debt, and the rising cost of living are all having a serious impact on the stability of Malaysia's ruling coalition.

ecns.cn (2024-03-08). Experts hail Government Work Report. ecns.cn China has set a rational GDP growth target that indicates substantial confidence and robustness in its economy and the government is working to ensure that the benefits of economic growth are shared by all.

Chris Walker (2024-03-08). WFP State of the Union Response Shows Biden's Shortfalls on Gaza, Immigration. truthout.org Shortly after President Joe Biden's State of the Union address on Thursday evening, Philadelphia city council member Nicolas O'Rourke delivered the Working Families Party (WFP) response. O'Rourke, who made history last fall alongside fellow WFP member Kendra Brooks by ousting the final two Republican at-large members from the Philadelphia city council in the city-wide election… |

EDWIN (2024-03-08). Patel completes working visit to China. sanews.gov.za Patel completes working visit to China | Trade, Industry and Competition Minister Ebrahim Patel and a high-level delegation have completed a four-day working visit to Shanghai, Nanjing and Beijing to meet with government officials, investors and a number of Chinese electric vehicles and battery manufacturers. | Patel was hosted by his Chinese counterpart, Wang Wentao, the Chinese Minister of Commerce, at a bilateral meeting and working dinner during the visit. | The discussion reviewed trade relations and considered steps taken to implement agreements signed during President Xi Jinping's State Visit in August 202…

Luis Feliz Leon, Labor Notes. (2024-03-08). Toyota Workers At Critical Engine Plant Launch UAW Union Drive. popularresistance.org Auto workers at a Toyota engine plant in Troy, Missouri, have signed up 30 percent of their 1,000 co-workers to join the United Auto Workers (UAW)—a first at Toyota, the world's largest automaker, on the heels of the union's announcements of organizing campaigns at Volkswagen, Hyundai, and Mercedes-Benz. | Workers at the plant just outside St. Louis build 2.6 million cylinder heads per year. Should they stop building them, it would cut off supplies for all of the company's engine plants in North America. Toyota is still working to build up its supply of chips and other inventory, following pandemic lockdown…

newarab (2024-03-08). Shoshana: 'Lacklustre' British Mandate era biopic. newarab.com "The British role in Palestine is complicated…but I don't think it helps anyone to ignore history," Michael Winterbottom said during an It's an admirable position for a British filmmaker working in an industry more willing to produce films about Britain's heroic past during…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2024-03-08). Comprehensive testing helps diagnose and manage rare genetic disorder. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Lauri's daughter, Christy, a genetic counselor at Mayo Clinic, was instrumental in getting Lauri the testing she needed for an accurate diagnosis. Multiple doctors and multiple examinations could not figure out why Lauri Sieben had spent much of her life "never feeling quite right" physically. Fortunately for Lauri, that changed after her daughter Christy began working as a genetic counselor in Mayo Clinic's Molecular Technologies Laboratory. After seeing similarities between the patient testing she was…

NEOB (2024-03-08). Ekurhuleni taxi commuters urged to make alternative arrangements. sanews.gov.za Ekurhuleni taxi commuters urged to make alternative arrangements | City of Ekurhuleni Transport Planning, Roads and Stormwater MMC Andile Mngwevu has called on residents of the metro who use public transport to make alternative arrangements as talks between the city, the Gauteng Provincial Government and the taxi industry collapsed. | This as the industry halted services in protest on Thursday over a transport contract awarded to a bus company. | "As a city we have a direct interest on the matter. These taxi operators are our stakeholders, and we have a great working relationship. At the same time the destruction…

Xzandria Armstrong (2024-03-08). Life Happens —That's Why We Need a Safety Net. counterpunch.org Things don't always work out the way you expect. I've gotten to mix with celebrities and travel to the other side of the world. But I'm also a single mother who's experienced health crises, homelessness, and food insecurity. What I've learned is we need public policies that look out for people no matter where they

Mustafa Abu Sneineh, Mondoweiss. (2024-03-08). 'Operation Al-Aqsa Flood' Day 152: Little Prospect Of Breakthrough In Ceasefire Talks. popularresistance.org Israeli authorities turned back 14 trucks carrying humanitarian aid to northern Gaza on Tuesday. | This prompted the World Food Program (WFP) to resort to airdropping the aid with the help of the Jordanian Air Force, delivering aid to 20,000 people in northern Gaza. | "WFP is determined to do whatever it takes to reach people in need. But to avert famine, we must have access by road," the organization wrote on X. | Aid convoys driving on Salah al-Din Street to northern Gaza have had to stop at an Israeli military checkpoint in Wadi Gaza, which splits the enclave into northern and southern territories.

newarab (2024-03-08). Israel continues Gaza siege as famine deaths rise. newarab.com After months of warnings over the risk of famine in Gaza under Israel's bombardment, offensives and siege, Palestinian children are starting to die in the enclave. | Hunger is At least 20 people have died from malnutrition and dehydration at the north's Kamal Adwan and Shifa hospitals, according to the Health Ministry. Most of the dead are children, including ones as old as 15…

newarab (2024-03-08). What might the US built 'floating pier' in Gaza look like?>. newarab.com US President The move comes as warnings that Gaza is steps away from a famine grow louder and aid agencies report continuing difficulties in distributing supplies as fighting between Israeli forces and Hamas intensify.

albawaba (2024-03-08). Biden orders construction of floating pier for Gaza aid amidst unprecedented famine. albawaba.com ALBAWABA- In his upcoming State of the Union address on Thursday, US President Biden will announce a critical measure to address the dire humanitarian situation in Gaza. The White House has termed it an "emergency mission," where the US military will build a floating pier off Gaza to facilitate the delivery of essential aid to the region, where many are on the brink of starvation.The plan involves constructing a temporary port for aid delivery from US ships, which will then be moved close to shore and connected to a temporary causeway. This project could take 30 to 60 days. It will require the involvement of hund…

greenleft.org.au (2024-03-08). Victoria's voluntary assisted dying review told of cruel delays, access inequality. greenleft.org.au

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead (2024-03-08). International Women's Day: Britain's increasing gender pay inequality revealed in new reports. leftfootforward.org At the current rate of progress, it will take 43 years to close the gender pay gap in Britain.

Bloomberg (2024-03-08). Joe Biden orders US military to build aid port to ease Gaza's hunger crisis. scmp.com Construction of the temporary facility is not expected to require deployment of American troops in Gaza.

newarab (2024-03-08). #IWD2024: Gaza women experiencing 'darkest of days' amid war. newarab.com Shtayyeh said that Palestinian women are "mourning their loved ones, being killed, displaced, hungry and deprived of the most basic human rights in full views and hearing of the world" in a glaring statement i…

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